So the king assigned them a daily ration from his royal delicacies and from the wine he himself drank. They were to be trained for the next three years. At the end of that time they were to enter the king’s service.

After three days Paul called the local Jewish leaders together. When they had assembled, he said to them, “Brothers, although I had done nothing against our people or the customs of our ancestors, from Jerusalem I was handed over as a prisoner to the Romans.

May Dan be a snake beside the road, a viper by the path, that bites the heels of the horse so that its rider falls backward.

warn them of the statutes and the laws, and make known to them the way in which they must walk and the work they must do.

The whole time he has the infection he will be continually unclean. He must live in isolation, and his place of residence must be outside the camp.

It must be eaten on the day of your sacrifice and on the following day, but what is left over until the third day must be burned up.

But I will bring in your little ones, whom you said would become victims of war, and they will enjoy the land that you have despised.

The Lord your God is about to go ahead of you; he will fight for you, just as you saw him do in Egypt

But your wives, children, and livestock (of which I know you have many) may remain in the cities I have given you.

If they have any kind of blemish – lameness, blindness, or anything else – you may not offer them as a sacrifice to the Lord your God.

But the woman hid the two men and replied, “Yes, these men were clients of mine, but I didn’t know where they came from.

Their border started at Heleph and the oak of Zaanannim, went to Adami Nekeb, Jabneel and on to Lakkum, and ended at the Jordan River.

If I had acted at risk of my own life – and nothing is hidden from the king! – you would have abandoned me.”

He stretched out and fell asleep under the shrub. All of a sudden an angelic messenger touched him and said, “Get up and eat.”

I still have left in Israel seven thousand followers who have not bowed their knees to Baal or kissed the images of him.”

“You have with you the sons of your master, chariots and horses, a fortified city, and weapons. So when this letter arrives,

Moses and Aaron were among his priests; Samuel was one of those who prayed to him. They prayed to the Lord and he answered them.

Your names will live on in the curse formulas of my chosen ones. The sovereign Lord will kill you, but he will give his servants another name.

You people of Israel should tell those nations this: ‘These gods did not make heaven and earth. They will disappear from the earth and from under the heavens.’

Treat my Sabbaths as holy and they will be a reminder of our relationship, and then you will know that I am the Lord your God.”