We have become fatherless orphans; our mothers have become widows.

Now the leader of the clan of the Gershonites was Eliasaph son of Lael.

Now the leader of the clan of the families of the Kohathites was Elizaphan son of Uzziel.

I was a father to the needy, and I investigated the case of the person I did not know;

Does the rain have a father, or who has fathered the drops of the dew?

As a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on his faithful followers.

Listen, children, to a father’s instruction, and pay attention so that you may gain discernment.

A wise son accepts his father’s discipline, but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.

A wise child brings joy to his father, but a foolish person despises his mother.

The one who robs his father and chases away his mother is a son who brings shame and disgrace.

They have sex with their father’s wife within you; they violate women during their menstrual period within you.

My lord asked his servants, ‘Do you have a father or a brother?’

Stand in the sanctuary and, together with the Levites, represent the family divisions of your countrymen.

The Proverbs of Solomon: A wise child makes a father rejoice, but a foolish child is a grief to his mother.

The living person, the living person, he gives you thanks, as I do today. A father tells his sons about your faithfulness.

They have treated father and mother with contempt within you; they have oppressed the foreigner among you; they have wronged the orphan and the widow within you.

“A son naturally honors his father and a slave respects his master. If I am your father, where is my honor? If I am your master, where is my respect? The Lord who rules over all asks you this, you priests who make light of my name! But you reply, ‘How have we made light of your name?’

No longer will your name be Abram. Instead, your name will be Abraham because I will make you the father of a multitude of nations.

We said to my lord, ‘We have an aged father, and there is a young boy who was born when our father was old. The boy’s brother is dead. He is the only one of his mother’s sons left, and his father loves him.’

Now the leader of the clan of the families of Merari was Zuriel son of Abihail. These were to camp on the north side of the tabernacle.