Hanani, who was one of my relatives, along with some of the men from Judah, came to me, and I asked them about the Jews who had escaped and had survived the exile, and about Jerusalem.

So I, Jeremiah, tell you, “Each of you people should say to his friend or his relative, ‘How did the Lord answer? Or what did the Lord say?’

We know that we have crossed over from death to life because we love our fellow Christians. The one who does not love remains in death.

If the owner does not live near you or you do not know who the owner is, then you must corral the animal at your house and let it stay with you until the owner looks for it; then you must return it to him.

The men of Judah said to their relatives, the men of Simeon, “Invade our allotted land with us and help us attack the Canaanites. Then we will go with you into your allotted land.” So the men of Simeon went with them.

and his followers, Gabbai and Sallai – 928 in all.

By this the children of God and the children of the devil are revealed: Everyone who does not practice righteousness – the one who does not love his fellow Christian – is not of God.

They also took Abram’s nephew Lot and his possessions when they left, for Lot was living in Sodom.

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 you make any kind of loan to your neighbor, you may not go into his house to claim what he is offering as security.

My countrymen who accompanied me frightened the people, but I remained loyal to the Lord my God.

Ahio, Shashak, Jeremoth,

The second

Every day I am in danger of death! This is as sure as my boasting in you, which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord.

you must select without fail a king whom the Lord your God chooses. From among your fellow citizens you must appoint a king – you may not designate a foreigner who is not one of your fellow Israelites.

At the beginning of the year King Nebuchadnezzar ordered him to be brought to Babylon, along with the valuable items in the Lord’s temple. In his place he made his relative Zedekiah king over Judah and Jerusalem.

They went before Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the leaders and said, “The Lord told Moses to assign us land among our relatives.” So Joshua assigned them land among their uncles, as the Lord had commanded.

Just like their relatives, the descendants of Aaron, they also cast lots before King David, Zadok, Ahimelech, the leaders of families, the priests, and the Levites. The families of the oldest son cast lots along with the those of the youngest.

Why should the name of our father be lost from among his family because he had no son? Give us a possession among the relatives of our father.”

All the relatives of a poor person hate him; how much more do his friends avoid him – he pursues them with words, but they do not respond.