The couriers who were riding the royal horses went forth with the king’s edict without delay. And the law was presented in Susa the citadel as well.

Receiving sacrifices and offerings are not your primary concern. You make that quite clear to me! You do not ask for burnt sacrifices and sin offerings.

Then you spoke through a vision to your faithful followers and said: “I have energized a warrior; I have raised up a young man from the people.

When the Lord gives you relief from your suffering and anxiety, and from the hard labor which you were made to perform,

They have burned the gods of the nations, for they are not really gods, but only the product of human hands manufactured from wood and stone. That is why the Assyrians could destroy them.

and they cast lots for my people. They traded a boy for a prostitute; they sold a little girl for wine so they could drink.

Then he cried out to me, “Look! The ones going to the northland have brought me peace about the northland.”

He called his disciples and said to them, “I tell you the truth, this poor widow has put more into the offering box than all the others.

And the Father who sent me has himself testified about me. You people have never heard his voice nor seen his form at any time,

When they heard this, they ceased their objections and praised God, saying, “So then, God has granted the repentance that leads to life even to the Gentiles.”

For it has been granted to you not only to believe in Christ but also to suffer for him,

Every scripture is inspired by God and useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

Older women likewise are to exhibit behavior fitting for those who are holy, not slandering, not slaves to excessive drinking, but teaching what is good.

I want you to recall both the predictions foretold by the holy prophets and the commandment of the Lord and Savior through your apostles.

She was permitted to be dressed in bright, clean, fine linen” (for the fine linen is the righteous deeds of the saints).

Every living creature of the earth and every bird of the sky will be terrified of you. Everything that creeps on the ground and all the fish of the sea are under your authority.

So Bezalel and Oholiab and every skilled person in whom the Lord has put skill and ability to know how to do all the work for the service of the sanctuary are to do the work according to all that the Lord has commanded.”

“Everything devoted in Israel will be yours.

The other half of Manasseh, Reuben, and Gad received their allotted tribal lands beyond the Jordan, just as Moses, the Lord’s servant, had assigned them.

The descendants of Joseph were considered as two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim. The Levites were allotted no territory, though they were assigned cities in which to live, along with the grazing areas for their cattle and possessions.