Here are the divisions of the priests and Levites who will perform all the service of God’s temple. All the willing and skilled men are ready to assist you in all the work and perform their service. The officials and all the people are ready to follow your instructions.”

Now swear to me right here in God’s name that you will not deceive me, my children, or my descendants. Show me, and the land where you are staying, the same loyalty that I have shown you.”

and whether the land they live in is good or bad, and whether the cities they inhabit are like camps or fortified cities,

Too bad for us! Who can deliver us from the hand of these mighty gods? These are the gods who struck the Egyptians with all sorts of plagues in the desert!

while David and all Israel were energetically celebrating before the Lord, singing and playing various stringed instruments, tambourines, rattles, and cymbals.

Damascus was your trade partner because of the abundance of your goods and of all your wealth: wine from Helbon, white wool from Zahar,

There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon and another glory of the stars, for star differs from star in glory.

Slaves, be subject to your masters with all reverence, not only to those who are good and gentle, but also to those who are perverse.

He said to Zebah and Zalmunna, “Describe for me the men you killed at Tabor.” They said, “They were like you. Each one looked like a king’s son.”

Let Israel say, “Yes, his loyal love endures!”

He will deliver Israel from all the consequences of their sins.

“Go and declare in the hearing of the people of Jerusalem: ‘This is what the Lord says: “I have fond memories of you, how devoted you were to me in your early years. I remember how you loved me like a new bride; you followed me through the wilderness, through a land that had never been planted.

I led them with leather cords, with leather ropes; I lifted the yoke from their neck, and gently fed them.

Return to the Lord your God, for he is merciful and compassionate, slow to anger and boundless in loyal love – often relenting from calamitous punishment.

He has told you, O man, what is good, and what the Lord really wants from you: He wants you to promote justice, to be faithful, and to live obediently before your God.

If someone carries holy meat in a fold of his garment and that fold touches bread, a boiled dish, wine, olive oil, or any other food, will that item become holy?’” The priests answered, “It will not.”

So then, you will recognize them by their fruit.

and in cutting stones for their setting, and in cutting wood, to do work in every artistic craft.

Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold from them, all of it in the form of ornaments.

‘Cursed is the one who commits bestiality.’ Then all the people will say, ‘Amen!’