Then the one who brought the offering must remove all its fat (just as the fat of the sheep is removed from the peace offering sacrifice) and the priest must offer them up in smoke on the altar on top of the other gifts of the Lord. So the priest will make atonement on his behalf for his sin which he has committed and he will be forgiven.

She said, “As certainly as the Lord your God lives, I have no food, except for a handful of flour in a jar and a little olive oil in a jug. Right now I am gathering a couple of sticks for a fire. Then I’m going home to make one final meal for my son and myself. After we have eaten that, we will die of starvation.”

“Don’t imagine that because you are part of the king’s household you will be the one Jew who will escape. If you keep quiet at this time, liberation and protection for the Jews will appear from another source, while you and your father’s household perish. It may very well be that you have achieved royal status for such a time as this!”

Indeed, for forty years the Israelites traveled through the desert until all the men old enough to fight when they left Egypt, the ones who had disobeyed the Lord, died off. For the Lord had sworn a solemn oath to them that he would not let them see the land he had sworn on oath to give them, a land rich in milk and honey.

We will also bring the first of our coarse meal, of our contributions, of the fruit of every tree, of new wine, and of olive oil to the priests at the storerooms of the temple of our God, along with a tenth of the produce of our land to the Levites, for the Levites are the ones who collect the tithes in all the cities where we work.

The whole earth had a common language and a common vocabulary.

Then you spoke through a vision to your faithful followers and said: “I have energized a warrior; I have raised up a young man from the people.

61,000 donkeys,

For in fact the body is not a single member, but many.

the big bronze basin called “The Sea” with its twelve bulls underneath,

the big bronze basin called “The Sea” with its twelve bulls underneath,

their wings touched each other; they did not turn as they moved, but went straight ahead.

Finally, all of you be harmonious, sympathetic, affectionate, compassionate, and humble.

“‘You must not steal, you must not tell lies, and you must not deal falsely with your fellow citizen.

So all the men of Israel gathered together at the city as allies.

Yes, they devise a unified strategy; they form an alliance against you.

You who are naive, discern wisdom! And you fools, understand discernment!

“Moab will be crushed. Her children will cry out in distress.

but each had four faces and four wings.

Under the platform their wings were stretched out, each toward the other. Each of the beings also had two wings covering its body.