His father’s family will gain increasing prominence because of him, including the offspring and the offshoots. All the small containers, including the bowls and all the jars will hang from this peg.’

I will do this so people will observe and recognize, so they will pay attention and understand that the Lord’s power has accomplished this, and that the Holy One of Israel has brought it into being.”

So after Peter and John had solemnly testified and spoken the word of the Lord, they started back to Jerusalem, proclaiming the good news to many Samaritan villages as they went.

Jacob became angry and argued with Laban. “What did I do wrong?” he demanded of Laban. “What sin of mine prompted you to chase after me in hot pursuit?

I remove the guilt of your rebellious deeds as if they were a cloud, the guilt of your sins as if they were a cloud. Come back to me, for I protect you.”

For you are aware of our many rebellious deeds, and our sins testify against us; indeed, we are aware of our rebellious deeds; we know our sins all too well.

The fiery bellows of judgment burn fiercely. But there is too much dross to be removed. The process of refining them has proved useless. The wicked have not been purged.

But the Lord said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood is crying out to me from the ground!

After he became the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked with God for 300 years, and he had other sons and daughters.

From these the coastlands of the nations were separated into their lands, every one according to its language, according to their families, by their nations.

When Pharaoh’s officials saw her, they praised her to Pharaoh. So Abram’s wife was taken into the household of Pharaoh,

“God will provide for himself the lamb for the burnt offering, my son,” Abraham replied. The two of them continued on together.

So Abraham secured the field and the cave that was in it as a burial site from the sons of Heth.

Jacob said, “Swear to me that you will do so.” So Joseph gave him his word. Then Israel bowed down at the head of his bed.

Aaron spoke all the words that the Lord had spoken to Moses and did the signs in the sight of the people,

Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve wells of water and seventy palm trees, and they camped there by the water.

You are to overlay it with pure gold – both inside and outside you must overlay it, and you are to make a surrounding border of gold over it.

You are to make four rings of gold for it and attach the rings at the four corners where its four legs are.

with two projections per frame parallel one to another. You are to make all the frames of the tabernacle in this way.

You are to assign the Levites to Aaron and his sons; they will be assigned exclusively to him out of all the Israelites.