Haggai 1:4

1:4 “Is it right for you to live in richly paneled houses ¹  while my temple is in ruins? ² 

Joshua 7:10-15

7:10 The Lord responded ³  to Joshua, “Get up! Why are you lying there face down? ⁴  7:11 Israel has sinned; they have violated my covenantal commandment! ⁵  They have taken some of the riches; ⁶  they have stolen them and deceitfully put them among their own possessions. ⁷  7:12 The Israelites are unable to stand before their enemies; they retreat because they have become subject to annihilation. ⁸  I will no longer be with you, ⁹  unless you destroy what has contaminated you. ¹⁰  7:13 Get up! Ritually consecrate the people and tell them this: ‘Ritually consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, because the Lord God of Israel says, “You are contaminated, ¹¹  O Israel! You will not be able to stand before your enemies until you remove what is contaminating you.” ¹²  7:14 In the morning you must approach in tribal order. ¹³  The tribe the Lord selects ¹⁴  must approach by clans. The clan the Lord selects must approach by families. ¹⁵  The family the Lord selects must approach man by man. ¹⁶  7:15 The one caught with the riches ¹⁷  must be burned up ¹⁸  along with all who belong to him, because he violated the Lord’s covenant and did such a disgraceful thing in Israel.’”

Joshua 7:2

7:2 Joshua sent men from Jericho ¹⁹  to Ai (which is located near Beth Aven, east of Bethel ²⁰ ) and instructed them, “Go up and spy on the land.” So the men went up and spied on Ai.

Joshua 21:1

Levitical Cities

21:1 The tribal leaders of the Levites went before Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun and the Israelite tribal leaders

Matthew 10:37-38

10:37 “Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. 10:38 And whoever does not take up his cross ²¹  and follow me is not worthy of me.

Matthew 10:1

Sending Out the Twelve Apostles

10:1 Jesus ²²  called his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits ²³  so they could cast them out and heal every kind of disease and sickness. ²⁴ 

Colossians 1:1

Salutation

1:1 From Paul, ²⁵  an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,

Revelation 2:4

2:4 But I have this against you: You have departed ²⁶  from your first love!

Revelation 3:19

3:19 All those ²⁷  I love, I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent!

[1:4]  ¹ sn Richly paneled houses. Paneling is otherwise known in the OT only in connection with the temple (1 Kgs 6:9) and the royal palace (2 Kgs 7:3, 7). It implies decoration and luxury (cf. NCV “fancy houses”; TEV “well-built houses”; NLT “luxurious houses”). The impropriety of the people living in such lavish accommodations while the temple lay unfinished is striking.

[1:4]  ² tn Heb “Is it time for you, [yes] you, to live in paneled houses, while this house is in ruins”; NASB “lies desolate”; NIV “remains a ruin.”

[7:10]  ³ tn Heb “said.”

[7:10]  ⁴ tn Heb “Why are you falling on your face?”

[7:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “They have violated my covenant which I commanded them.”

[7:11]  ⁶ tn Heb “what was set apart [to the Lord].”

[7:11]  ⁷ tn Heb “and also they have stolen, and also they have lied, and also they have placed [them] among their items.”

[7:12]  ⁸ tn Heb “they turn [the] back before their enemies because they are set apart [to destruction by the Lord].”

[7:12]  ⁹ tn The second person pronoun is plural in Hebrew, indicating these words are addressed to the entire nation.

[7:12]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “what is set apart [to destruction by the Lord] from your midst.”

[7:13]  ¹¹ tn Heb “what is set apart [to destruction by the Lord] [is] in your midst.”

[7:13]  ¹² tn Heb “remove what is set apart [i.e., to destruction by the Lord] from your midst.”

[7:14]  ¹³ tn Heb “by your tribes.”

[7:14]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “takes forcefully, seizes.”

[7:14]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “houses.”

[7:14]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “by men.”

[7:15]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “with what was set apart [to the Lord].”

[7:15]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “burned with fire.”

[7:2]  ¹⁹ map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

[7:2]  ²⁰ map For the location of Bethel see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

[10:38]  ²¹ sn It was customary practice in a Roman crucifixion for the prisoner to be made to carry his own cross. Jesus is speaking figuratively here in the context of rejection. If the priority is not one’s allegiance to Jesus, then one will not follow him in the face of possible rejection.

[10:1]  ²² tn Grk “And he.”

[10:1]  ²³ sn Unclean spirits refers to evil spirits.

[10:1]  ²⁴ tn Grk “and every [kind of] sickness.” Here “every” was not repeated in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[1:1]  ²⁵ tn Grk “Paul.” The word “from” is not in the Greek text, but has been supplied to indicate the sender of the letter.

[2:4]  ²⁶ tn The Greek word translated “departed from” (ἀφίημι, afihmi; L&N 15.48) can actually be used of divorce (L&N 34.78), so the imagery here is very strong.

[3:19]  ²⁷ tn The Greek pronoun ὅσος (Josos) means “as many as” and can be translated “All those” or “Everyone.”