This is the blessing Moses the man of God pronounced upon the Israelites before his death.

Joshua told the Israelites, “Come here and listen to the words of the Lord your God!”

The people said to Joshua, “We will worship the Lord our God and obey him.”

But since you abandoned me and worshiped other gods, I will not deliver you again.

She said, “The glory has departed from Israel, because the ark of God has been captured.”

Now the Philistines had captured the ark of God and brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod.

David’s power grew steadily, for the Lord God who commands armies was with him.

You made Israel your very own people for all time. You, O Lord, became their God.

So Zadok and Abiathar took the ark of God back to Jerusalem and remained there.

For I have obeyed the Lord’s commands; I have not rebelled against my God.

You made Israel your very own nation for all time. You, O Lord, became their God.

The descendants of Moses the man of God were considered Levites.

the sixth Ammiel, the seventh Issachar, and the eighth Peullethai. (Indeed, God blessed Obed-Edom.)

“Now, my God, may you be attentive and responsive to the prayers offered in this place.

For a long time Israel had no true God, or priest to instruct them, or law.

but instead sought the God of his ancestors and obeyed his commands, unlike the Israelites.

So we fasted and prayed to our God about this, and he answered us.

“Is a mortal man righteous before God? Or a man pure before his Creator?

Such is the destiny of all who forget God; the hope of the godless perishes,

when you turn your rage against God and allow such words to escape from your mouth?