The grace of the Lord Jesus be with all.

Abram said to Lot, “Let there be no quarreling between me and you, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen, for we are close relatives.

And Abraham called the name of that place “The Lord provides.” It is said to this day, “In the mountain of the Lord provision will be made.”

Then Isaac built an altar there and worshiped the Lord. He pitched his tent there, and his servants dug a well.

Now Rebekah had been listening while Isaac spoke to his son Esau. When Esau went out to the open fields to hunt down some wild game and bring it back,

Please take my present that was brought to you, for God has been generous to me and I have all I need.” When Jacob urged him, he took it.

You can make the bride price and the gift I must bring very expensive, and I’ll give whatever you ask of me. Just give me the young woman as my wife!”

(Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died and was buried under the oak below Bethel; thus it was named Oak of Weeping.)

Moses told this to the Israelites, but they did not listen to him because of their discouragement and hard labor.

Then the Lord said to Moses,

(7:26) Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and tell him, ‘Thus says the Lord: “Release my people in order that they may serve me!

and he must wave the sheaf before the Lord to be accepted for your benefit – on the day after the Sabbath the priest is to wave it.

When Balaam came to him, he was still standing by his burnt offering, along with the princes of Moab. And Balak said to him, “What has the Lord spoken?”

The Lord replied to Moses, “Take Joshua son of Nun, a man in whom is such a spirit, and lay your hand on him;

And they must stand as your towns of refuge from the avenger in order that the killer may not die until he has stood trial before the community.

I lay flat on the ground before the Lord for forty days and nights, for he had said he would destroy you.

You must not eat any forbidden thing.

However, suppose a person hates someone else and stalks him, attacks him, kills him, and then flees to one of these cities.

If you build a new house, you must construct a guard rail around your roof to avoid being culpable in the event someone should fall from it.

Then Moses wrote down this law and gave it to the Levitical priests, who carry the ark of the Lord’s covenant, and to all Israel’s elders.