Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. Zeruiah’s three sons were Abshai, Joab, and Asahel.

in using gold, silver, bronze, and iron. Get up and begin the work! May the Lord be with you!”

Realize now that the Lord has chosen you to build a temple as his sanctuary. Be strong and do it!”

He gives his chosen king magnificent victories; he is faithful to his chosen ruler, to David and his descendants forever.”

Those who remain in Judah will take root in the ground and bear fruit.

In those days and at that time I will raise up for them a righteous descendant of David. “‘He will do what is just and right in the land.

“Suppose such a man has a violent son who sheds blood and does any of these things mentioned previously

When a righteous person turns back from his righteousness and practices wrongdoing, he will die for it; because of the wrongdoing he has done, he will die.

Suppose I say to the wicked, ‘You must certainly die,’ but he turns from his sin and does what is just and right.

When the wicked turns from his sin and does what is just and right, he will live because of it.

On that day the prince will provide for himself and for all the people of the land a bull for a sin offering.

His power will be great, but it will not be by his strength alone. He will cause terrible destruction. He will be successful in what he undertakes. He will destroy powerful people and the people of the holy ones.

Then the king of the north will return to his own land with much property. His mind will be set against the holy covenant. He will take action, and then return to his own land.

Moses then said to Aaron, “Approach the altar and make your sin offering and your burnt offering, and make atonement on behalf of yourself and on behalf of the people; and also make the people’s offering and make atonement on behalf of them just as the Lord has commanded.”

He prayed, “O Lord, God of my master Abraham, guide me today. Be faithful to my master Abraham.

Then prepare for me some tasty food, the kind I love, and bring it to me. Then I will eat it so that I may bless you before I die.”

Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons because he was a son born to him late in life, and he made a special tunic for him.

Make one cherub on one end and one cherub on the other end; from the atonement lid you are to make the cherubim on the two ends.

“Tell the Israelites, ‘When a person sins by straying unintentionally from any of the Lord’s commandments which must not be violated, and violates any one of them –

He must do with the rest of the bull just as he did with the bull of the sin offering; this is what he must do with it. So the priest will make atonement on their behalf and they will be forgiven.