“Honor your father and your mother, that you may live a long time in the land the Lord your God is giving to you.

“‘Any bed the man with a discharge lies on will be unclean, and any furniture he sits on will be unclean.

A clay vessel which the man with the discharge touches must be broken, and any wooden utensil must be rinsed in water.

So they placed him in custody until they were able to make a clear legal decision for themselves based on words from the mouth of the Lord.

As for the cities of the Levites, the houses in the cities which they possess, the Levites must have a perpetual right of redemption.

This is the way it used to be continually: The cloud would cover it by day, and there was a fiery appearance by night.

“Not a single person of this evil generation will see the good land that I promised to give to your ancestors!

You must not charge interest on a loan to your fellow Israelite, whether on money, food, or anything else that has been loaned with interest.

When Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb’s brother, captured it, Caleb gave Acsah his daughter to him as a wife.

God sent a spirit to stir up hostility between Abimelech and the leaders of Shechem. He made the leaders of Shechem disloyal to Abimelech.

They said to him, “Seek a divine oracle for us, so we can know if we will be successful on our mission.”

So the men did as instructed. They took two cows that had calves and harnessed them to a cart; they also removed their calves to their stalls.

When David finished offering the burnt sacrifices and peace offerings, he pronounced a blessing over the people in the name of the Lord of hosts.

When David finished offering burnt sacrifices and peace offerings, he pronounced a blessing over the people in the Lord’s name.

and more cedar logs than could be counted. (The Sidonians and Tyrians had brought a large amount of cedar logs to David.)

Shallum son of Hallohesh, head of a half-district of Jerusalem, worked on the section adjacent to him, assisted by his daughters.

The king’s servants who attended him said, “Let a search be conducted in the king’s behalf for attractive young women.

But now, the sun cannot be looked at – it is bright in the skies – after a wind passed and swept the clouds away.

Take a good look! This is what the wicked are like, those who always have it so easy and get richer and richer.

So I made a vow in my anger, ‘They will never enter into the resting place I had set aside for them.’”