You must not profane my holy name, and I will be sanctified in the midst of the Israelites. I am the Lord who sanctifies you,

But the Levites were not numbered among the other Israelites, as the Lord commanded Moses.

you must set apart for yourselves three cities in the middle of your land that the Lord your God is giving you as a possession.

Also included were the cities set apart for the tribe of Ephraim within Manasseh’s territory, along with their towns.

The Levites received within the land owned by the Israelites forty-eight cities in all and their grazing areas.

So they went up to the town. As they were heading for the middle of the town, Samuel was coming in their direction to go up to the high place.

So they ran and brought him from there. When he took his position among the people, he stood head and shoulders above them all.

How the warriors have fallen in the midst of battle! Jonathan lies slain on your high places!

But he made a stand in the middle of that area. He defended it and defeated the Philistines; the Lord gave them a great victory.

I will live among the Israelites and will not abandon my people Israel.”

He prepared the inner sanctuary inside the temple so that the ark of the covenant of the Lord could be placed there.

but then they made a stand in the middle of that area. They defended it and defeated the Philistines; the Lord gave them a great victory.

Job took a shard of broken pottery to scrape himself with while he was sitting among the ashes.

My strength drains away like water; all my bones are dislocated; my heart is like wax; it melts away inside me.

If you should pound the fool in the mortar among the grain with the pestle, his foolishness would not depart from him.

At that time there will be an altar for the Lord in the middle of the land of Egypt, as well as a sacred pillar dedicated to the Lord at its border.

They do one act of violence after another, and one deceitful thing after another. They refuse to pay attention to me,” says the Lord.

(Now Jeremiah had not yet been put in prison. So he was still free to come and go among the people as he pleased.

Jeremiah started to leave Jerusalem to go to the territory of Benjamin. He wanted to make sure he got his share of the property that was being divided up among his family there.

“This is what the sovereign Lord says: This is Jerusalem; I placed her in the center of the nations with countries all around her.