But in the days when the seventh angel is about to blow his trumpet, the mystery of God is completed, just as he has proclaimed to his servants the prophets.”

He shouted with a powerful voice: “Fallen, fallen, is Babylon the great! She has become a lair for demons, a haunt for every unclean spirit, a haunt for every unclean bird, a haunt for every unclean and detested beast.

Then I saw one angel standing in the sun, and he shouted in a loud voice to all the birds flying high in the sky: “Come, gather around for the great banquet of God,

Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine. (Now he was the priest of the Most High God.)

Abraham journeyed from there to the Negev region and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he lived as a temporary resident in Gerar,

Some time after these things God tested Abraham. He said to him, “Abraham!” “Here I am!” Abraham replied.

Jacob and all those who were with him arrived at Luz (that is, Bethel) in the land of Canaan.

So Jacob came back to his father Isaac in Mamre, to Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had stayed.

Then he sent his brothers on their way and they left. He said to them, “As you travel don’t be overcome with fear.”

God spoke to Israel in a vision during the night and said, “Jacob, Jacob!” He replied, “Here I am!”

So when they came home to their father Reuel, he asked, “Why have you come home so early today?”

So the Lord let him alone. (At that time she said, “A bridegroom of blood,” referring to the circumcision.)

On the first day there will be a holy assembly for you; you must not do any regular work.

These were the ones chosen from the community, leaders of their ancestral tribes. They were the heads of the thousands of Israel.

Next will be the tribe of Gad. The leader of the people of Gad is Eliasaph son of Deuel.

“Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may serve him.

But when you assemble the community, you must blow, but you must not sound an alarm.

and you eat some of the food of the land, you must offer up a raised offering to the Lord.

These women invited the people to the sacrifices of their gods; then the people ate and bowed down to their gods.

These were the Gileadites: from Iezer, the family of the Iezerites; from Helek, the family of the Helekites;