Their enemies oppressed them; they were subject to their authority.

Meremoth son of Uriah, the son of Hakoz, worked on the section adjacent to them. Meshullam son of Berechiah the son of Meshezabel worked on the section next to them. And Zadok son of Baana worked on the section adjacent to them.

So the men inside reached out and pulled Lot back into the house as they shut the door.

“Thus you are to do for Aaron and for his sons, according to all that I have commanded you; you are to consecrate them for seven days.

These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the anointed priests, whom he consecrated to minister as priests.

Do not audit the foremen who disburse the silver, for they are honest.”

(They gave their word to send away their wives; their guilt offering was a ram from the flock for their guilt.)

The men of Tekoa worked on the section adjacent to them, but their town leaders would not assist with the work of their master.

Rephaiah son of Hur, head of a half-district of Jerusalem, worked on the section adjacent to them.

So now my heart will sing to you and not be silent; O Lord my God, I will always give thanks to you.

For this reason whoever is smart keeps quiet in such a time, for it is an evil time.

“You are to clothe them – your brother Aaron and his sons with him – and anoint them and ordain them and set them apart as holy, so that they may minister as my priests.

“The holy garments that belong to Aaron are to belong to his sons after him, so that they may be anointed in them and consecrated in them.

They are to eat those things by which atonement was made to consecrate and to set them apart, but no one else may eat them, for they are holy.

They did not audit the treasurers who disbursed the funds to the foremen, for they were honest.

I weighed out to them 650 talents of silver, silver vessels worth 100 talents, 100 talents of gold,

Adjacent to them worked Melatiah the Gibeonite and Jadon the Meronothite, who were men of Gibeon and Mizpah. These towns were under the jurisdiction of the governor of Trans-Euphrates.

Jedaiah son of Harumaph worked on the section adjacent to them opposite his house, and Hattush son of Hashabneiah worked on the section adjacent to him.

the ten sons of Haman son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews. But they did not confiscate their property.

They will swoop down on the Philistine hills to the west; together they will loot the people of the east. They will take over Edom and Moab, and the Ammonites will be their subjects.