I tell you the truth, people will be forgiven for all sins, even all the blasphemies they utter.

to Timothy, my dear child. Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord!

I am appealing to you concerning my child, whose spiritual father I have become during my imprisonment, that is, Onesimus,

The real mother spoke up to the king, for her motherly instincts were aroused. She said, “My master, give her the living child! Whatever you do, don’t kill him!” But the other woman said, “Neither one of us will have him! Let them cut him in two!”

These were their names: Ben-Hur was in charge of the hill country of Ephraim.

Ben-Deker was in charge of Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth Shemesh, and Elon Beth Hanan.

Now Elisha went back to Gilgal, while there was famine in the land. Some of the prophets were visiting him and he told his servant, “Put the big pot on the fire and boil some stew for the prophets.”

Jesse was the father of Eliab, his firstborn; Abinadab was born second, Shimea third,

Benjamin was the father of Bela, his firstborn; Ashbel was born second, Aharah third,

O children of Israel, God’s servant, you descendants of Jacob, God’s chosen ones!

the men of Kiriath Jearim, Kephirah and Beeroth: 743;

All the temple servants and the descendants of the servants of Solomon: 392.

or his uncle or his cousin may redeem him, or anyone of the rest of his blood relatives – his family – may redeem him, or if he prospers he may redeem himself.

These are those numbered from the families of the Merarites, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the word of the Lord by the authority of Moses.

But to the Kohathites he gave none, because the service of the holy things, which they carried on their shoulders, was their responsibility.

The Gadites by their families: from Zephon, the family of the Zephonites; from Haggi, the family of the Haggites; from Shuni, the family of the Shunites;

The Asherites by their families: from Imnah, the family of the Imnahites; from Ishvi, the family of the Ishvites; from Beriah, the family of the Beriahites.

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

you must say to them, “We were Pharaoh’s slaves in Egypt, but the Lord brought us out of Egypt in a powerful way.

When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, when he divided up humankind, he set the boundaries of the peoples, according to the number of the heavenly assembly.