<t /><p class="poetry">Of Levi he said:p> <p class="poetry">Your Thummim and Urim<n id="1" /> belong to your godly one,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">whose authority you challenged at Massah,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">and with whom you argued at the waters of Meribah.<n id="4" />p>

Then the whole army safely returned to Joshua at the camp in Makkedah.<n id="1" /> No one<n id="2" /> dared threaten the Israelites.<n id="3" />

She made him go to sleep on her lap<n id="1" /> and then called a man in to shave off<n id="2" /> the seven braids of his hair.<n id="3" /> She made him vulnerable<n id="4" /> and his strength left him.

So bathe yourself,<n id="1" /> rub on some perfumed oil,<n id="2" /> and get dressed up.<n id="3" /> Then go down<n id="4" /> to the threshing floor. But don&#8217;t let the man know you&#8217;re there until he finishes his meal.<n id="5" />

The <sc>Lordsc> rewards each man for his integrity and loyalty.<n id="1" /> Even though today the <sc>Lordsc> delivered you into my hand, I was not willing to extend my hand against the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s chosen one.

She went and told the prophet.<n id="1" /> He said, &#8220;Go, sell the olive oil. Repay your creditor, and then you and your sons can live off the rest of the profit.&#8221;p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">Now a man from Baal Shalisha brought some food for the prophet<n id="1" /> &#8211; twenty loaves of bread made from the firstfruits of the barley harvest, as well as fresh ears of grain.<n id="2" /> Elisha<n id="3" /> said, &#8220;Set it before the people so they may eat.&#8221;

and she said to them: &#8220;This is what the <sc>Lordsc> God of Israel says: &#8216;Say this to the man who sent you to me:

and she said to them: &#8220;This is what the <sc>Lordsc> God of Israel says: &#8216;Say this to the man who sent you to me:

<p class="bodytext">But<n id="1" /> Satan answered the <sc>Lordsc>, &#8220;Skin for<n id="2" /> skin!<n id="3" /> Indeed, a man will give up<n id="4" /> all that he has to save his life!<n id="5" />

<p class="poetry">Yes,<n id="1" /> the <sc>Lordsc> has this to sayp> <p class="poetry">to the people of Judah and Jerusalem:p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Like a farmer breaking up hard unplowed ground,p> <p class="poetry">you must break your rebellious will and make a new beginning;p> <p class="poetry">just as a farmer must clear away thorns lest the seed is wasted,p> <p class="poetry">you must get rid of the sin that is ruining your lives.<n id="2" />p>

You must no longer say that the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s message is burdensome.<n id="1" /> For what is &#8216;burdensome&#8217;<n id="2" /> really pertains to what a person himself says.<n id="3" /> You are misrepresenting<n id="4" /> the words of our God, the living God, the <sc>Lordsc> who rules over all.<n id="5" />

You plan great things and you do mighty deeds.<n id="1" /> You see everything people do.<n id="2" /> You reward each of them for the way they live and for the things they do.<n id="3" />

Under the platform their wings were stretched out, each toward the other. Each of the beings also had two wings covering<n id="1" /> its body.

I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth so that you will be silent and unable to reprove<n id="1" /> them, for they are a rebellious house.

does not engage in usury or charge interest,<n id="1" /> but refrains<n id="2" /> from wrongdoing, promotes true justice<n id="3" /> between men,

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;&#8216;This is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says: If the prince should give a gift to one of his sons as<n id="1" /> his inheritance, it will belong to his sons, it is their property by inheritance.

Then I told her, &#8220;You must live with me many days; you must not commit adultery or have sexual intercourse with<n id="1" /> another man, and I also will wait for you.&#8221;

<t /><p class="bodytext">Ask the <sc>Lordsc> for rain in the season of the late spring rains<n id="1" /> &#8211; the <sc>Lordsc> who causes thunderstorms &#8211; and he will give everyone showers of rain and green growth in the field.

May the <sc>Lordsc> cut off from the community<n id="1" /> of Jacob every last person who does this,<n id="2" /> as well as the person who presents improper offerings to the <sc>Lordsc> who rules over all!p>