Now Simon, when he saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, offered them money,

And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized, and have your sins washed away, calling on his name.’

and to put on the new man who has been created in God’s image – in righteousness and holiness that comes from truth.

(This requires a mind that has wisdom.) The seven heads are seven mountains the woman sits on. They are also seven kings:

The blood of the saints and prophets was found in her, along with the blood of all those who had been killed on the earth.”

So he said to his servants, “Look, Joab has a portion of field adjacent to mine and he has some barley there. Go and set it on fire.” So Absalom’s servants set Joab’s portion of the field on fire.

One thousand will scurry at the battle cry of one enemy soldier; at the battle cry of five enemy soldiers you will all run away, until the remaining few are as isolated as a flagpole on a mountaintop or a signal flag on a hill.”

(Now the servant did not understand any of this. Only Jonathan and David knew what was going on.)

He will not look on the streams, the rivers, which are the torrents of honey and butter.

They say, “How does God know what we do? Is the sovereign one aware of what goes on?”

you kings of the earth and all you nations, you princes and all you leaders on the earth,

So come on, let’s go ahead and attack it by night and destroy all its fortified buildings.’

The Lord will bring on you, your people, and your father’s family a time unlike any since Ephraim departed from Judah – the king of Assyria!”

Its alcoves, three on each side, and its jambs and porches had the same measurement as the first gate; 87½ feet long and 43¾ feet wide.

He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we may cease from sinning and live for righteousness. By his wounds you were healed.

Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai (which is located near Beth Aven, east of Bethel) and instructed them, “Go up and spy on the land.” So the men went up and spied on Ai.

Listen, you who sit enthroned above the valley on a rocky plateau. I am opposed to you,’ says the Lord. ‘You boast, “No one can swoop down on us. No one can penetrate into our places of refuge.”

Therefore, dear friends, since you have been forewarned, be on your guard that you do not get led astray by the error of these unprincipled men and fall from your firm grasp on the truth.

You foolish Galatians! Who has cast a spell on you? Before your eyes Jesus Christ was vividly portrayed as crucified!

The Lord went on his way when he had finished speaking to Abraham. Then Abraham returned home.