And again, “The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile.”

Indeed, the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets,

For such people are false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ.

And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.

But you, brothers and sisters, are children of the promise like Isaac.

Now the works of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, depravity,

For in him all the fullness of deity lives in bodily form,

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.

holding to the mystery of the faith with a clear conscience.

For the blood of bulls and goats cannot take away sins.

It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

The fear of the Lord is like a life-giving fountain, to turn people from deadly snares.

for God is not characterized by disorder but by peace. As in all the churches of the saints,

He must present one of each kind of grain offering as a contribution offering to the Lord; it belongs to the priest who splashes the blood of the peace offering.

“All the service of the Gershonites, whether carrying loads or for any of their work, will be at the direction of Aaron and his sons. You will assign them all their tasks as their responsibility.

Among those nations you will have no rest nor will there be a place of peaceful rest for the soles of your feet, for there the Lord will give you an anxious heart, failing eyesight, and a spirit of despair.

Then the Lord said to Moses, “The day of your death is near. Summon Joshua and present yourselves in the tent of meeting so that I can commission him.” So Moses and Joshua presented themselves in the tent of meeting.

He has selected the best part for himself, for the portion of the ruler is set aside there; he came with the leaders of the people, he obeyed the righteous laws of the Lord and his ordinances with Israel.

After all, you picked them out of all the nations of the earth to be your special possession, just as you, O sovereign Lord, announced through your servant Moses when you brought our ancestors out of Egypt.”

He brought the letter to king of Israel. It read: “This is a letter of introduction for my servant Naaman, whom I have sent to be cured of his skin disease.”