And which of you by worrying can add an hour to his life?

When he said this, an argument began between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and the assembly was divided.

But so that I may not delay you any further, I beg you to hear us briefly with your customary graciousness.

For I can testify that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not in line with the truth.

For our momentary, light suffering is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison

these are only the shadow of the things to come, but the reality is Christ!

For they could not bear what was commanded: “If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned.”

For this finds God’s favor, if because of conscience toward God someone endures hardships in suffering unjustly.

You must take with you seven of every kind of clean animal, the male and its mate, two of every kind of unclean animal, the male and its mate,

But the Lord will distinguish between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt, and nothing will die of all that the Israelites have.”’”

But the meat of the bull, its skin, and its dung you are to burn up outside the camp. It is the purification offering.

The goat is to bear on itself all their iniquities into an inaccessible land, so he is to send the goat away in the wilderness.

“‘If your brother becomes impoverished with regard to you so that he sells himself to you, you must not subject him to slave service.

Now write down for yourselves the following song and teach it to the Israelites. Put it into their very mouths so that this song may serve as my witness against the Israelites!

No men were left in Ai or Bethel; they all went out after Israel. They left the city wide open and chased Israel.

He divided the three hundred men into three units. He gave them all trumpets and empty jars with torches inside them.

He ordered Jether his firstborn son, “Come on! Kill them!” But Jether was too afraid to draw his sword, because he was still young.

The three sons of Zeruiah were there – Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. (Now Asahel was as quick on his feet as one of the gazelles in the field.)

As he was still speaking, Jonathan son of Abiathar the priest arrived. Adonijah said, “Come in, for an important man like you must be bringing good news.”

King Solomon also built ships in Ezion Geber, which is located near Elat in the land of Edom, on the shore of the Red Sea.