These were the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king ruled over the Israelites: Bela son of Beor; the name of his city was Dinhabah.

So Nebuzaradan, the captain of the royal guard, Nebushazban, who was a chief officer, Nergal-Sharezer, who was a high official, and all the other officers of the king of Babylon

The name of his brother was Jubal; he was the first of all who play the harp and the flute.

They entered Jerusalem to the sound of stringed instruments and trumpets and proceeded to the temple of the Lord.

The sum total of the descendants of Perez who were settling in Jerusalem was 468 exceptional men.

Are your days like the days of a mortal, or your years like the years of a mortal,

People of the west are appalled at his fate; people of the east are seized with horror, saying,

to turn back his life from the place of corruption, that he may be enlightened with the light of life.

“‘See how each of the princes of Israel living within you has used his authority to shed blood.

The woman was a Greek, of Syrophoenician origin. She asked him to cast the demon out of her daughter.

I will put your robe on him, tie your belt around him, and transfer your authority to him. He will become a protector of the residents of Jerusalem and of the people of Judah.

And the Lord did this on the next day; all the livestock of the Egyptians died, but of the Israelites’ livestock not one died.

Then Moses gave a ruling to the Israelites by the word of the Lord: “What the tribe of the Josephites is saying is right.

For long ago, in the days of David and Asaph, there had been directors for the singers and for the songs of praise and thanks to God.

The Lord God made all kinds of trees grow from the soil, every tree that was pleasing to look at and good for food. (Now the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil were in the middle of the orchard.)

A wind lifted me up and brought me to the east gate of the Lord’s temple that faces the east. There, at the entrance of the gate, I noticed twenty-five men. Among them I saw Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, officials of the people.

The sons of Ram, Jerahmeel’s firstborn, were Maaz, Jamin, and Eker.

The sons of Reuben, Israel’s firstborn: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

People say wonderful things about you, O city of God. (Selah)

O descendants of Jacob, come, let us walk in the Lord’s guiding light.