Numbers 6:2
6:2 “Speak to the Israelites, and tell them, ‘When either a man or a woman
takes a special vow,
to take a vow
as a Nazirite,
to separate
himself to the
Lord,
Jude 1:4-7
1:4 For certain men
have secretly slipped in among you
– men who long ago
were marked out
for the condemnation I am about to describe
– ungodly men who have turned the grace of our God into a license for evil
and who deny our only Master
and Lord,
Jesus Christ.
1:5 Now I desire to remind you (even though you have been fully informed of these facts once for all) that Jesus, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, later destroyed those who did not believe.
1:6 You also know that the angels who did not keep within their proper domain but abandoned their own place of residence, he has kept in eternal chains in utter darkness, locked up for the judgment of the great Day.
1:7 So also Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighboring towns, since they indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural desire in a way similar to these angels, are now displayed as an example by suffering the punishment of eternal fire.
Lamentations 4:7
ז (Zayin)
4:7 Her consecrated ones were brighter than snow,
whiter than milk;
their bodies more ruddy than corals,
their hair like lapis lazuli.
Luke 1:3-17
1:3 So
it seemed good to me as well,
because I have followed
all things carefully from the beginning, to write an orderly account
for you, most excellent Theophilus,
1:4 so that you may know for certain
the things you were taught.
Birth Announcement of John the Baptist
1:5 During the reign of Herod king of Judea, there lived a priest named Zechariah who belonged to the priestly division of Abijah, and he had a wife named Elizabeth, who was a descendant of Aaron.
1:6 They were both righteous in the sight of God, following all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blamelessly.
1:7 But they did not have a child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both very old.
1:8 Now while Zechariah was serving as priest before God when his division was on duty,
1:9 he was chosen by lot, according to the custom of the priesthood, to enter the holy place of the Lord and burn incense.
1:10 Now the whole crowd of people were praying outside at the hour of the incense offering.
1:11 An angel of the Lord, standing on the right side of the altar of incense, appeared to him.
1:12 And Zechariah, visibly shaken when he saw the angel, was seized with fear.
1:13 But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for your prayer has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son; you will name him John.
1:14 Joy and gladness will come to you, and many will rejoice at his birth,
1:15 for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He must never drink wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even before his birth.
1:16 He will turn many of the people of Israel to the Lord their God.
1:17 And he will go as forerunner before the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers back to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready for the Lord a people prepared for him.”