They said to him, “Seek a divine oracle for us, so we can know if we will be successful on our mission.”

You have brought all this on yourself, Israel, by deserting the Lord your God when he was leading you along the right path.

They charge like warriors; they scale walls like soldiers. Each one proceeds on his course; they do not alter their path.

Look, the Lord is coming out of his dwelling place! He will descend and march on the earth’s mountaintops!

On that day they will say to Jerusalem, “Don’t be afraid, Zion! Your hands must not be paralyzed from panic!

On that day the lamentation in Jerusalem will be as great as the lamentation at Hadad-Rimmon in the plain of Megiddo.

And if a peace-loving person is there, your peace will remain on him, but if not, it will return to you.

For I tell you that from now on I will not drink of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes.”

For it seemed best to the Holy Spirit and to us not to place any greater burden on you than these necessary rules:

Paul went to the Jews in the synagogue, as he customarily did, and on three Sabbath days he addressed them from the scriptures,

to the praise of the glory of his grace that he has freely bestowed on us in his dearly loved Son.

For everything made evident is light, and for this reason it says: “Awake, O sleeper! Rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you!”

(Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you saints and apostles and prophets, for God has pronounced judgment against her on your behalf!)

You must by all means destroy all the places where the nations you are about to dispossess worship their gods – on the high mountains and hills and under every leafy tree.

Leave the work on this temple of God alone. Let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews rebuild this temple of God in its proper place.

The Lord said to Satan, “Where have you come from?” And Satan answered the Lord, “From roving about on the earth, and from walking back and forth across it.”

And the Lord said to Satan, “Where do you come from?” Satan answered the Lord, “From roving about on the earth, and from walking back and forth across it.”

So after they came back here with me, I did not postpone the case, but the next day I sat on the judgment seat and ordered the man to be brought.

and the priest must take up with his hand some of the choice wheat flour of the grain offering and some of its olive oil, and all of the frankincense that is on the grain offering, and he must offer its memorial portion up in smoke on the altar as a soothing aroma to the Lord.

When they brought the kings out to Joshua, he summoned all the men of Israel and said to the commanders of the troops who accompanied him, “Come here and put your feet on the necks of these kings.” So they came up and put their feet on their necks.