when they sin in any of these ways and realize their guilt, they must return what they have stolen or taken by extortion, or what was entrusted to them, or the lost property they found,
As long as they remain under their Nazirite vow, they must not eat anything that comes from the grapevine, not even the seeds or skins.
The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and also afterward—when the sons of God went to the daughters of humans and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown.
I also established my covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, where they resided as foreigners.
They camped on the land and ruined the crops all the way to Gaza and did not spare a living thing for Israel, neither sheep nor cattle nor donkeys.
Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.
Have seven priests carry trumpets of rams’ horns in front of the ark. On the seventh day, march around the city seven times, with the priests blowing the trumpets.
Four times they sent me the same message, and each time I gave them the same answer.
The king said, “Who is in the court?” Now Haman had just entered the outer court of the palace to speak to the king about impaling Mordecai on the pole he had set up for him.
with three courses of large stones and one of timbers. The costs are to be paid by the royal treasury.
The arrows of the Almighty are in me, my spirit drinks in their poison; God’s terrors are marshaled against me.
Turn, Lord , and deliver me; save me because of your unfailing love.
Allow no sleep to your eyes, no slumber to your eyelids.
It comes without meaning, it departs in darkness, and in darkness its name is shrouded.
At the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook and the temple was filled with smoke.
“Prepare for battle against her! Arise, let us attack at noon! But, alas, the daylight is fading, and the shadows of evening grow long.
Your altars will be demolished and your incense altars will be smashed; and I will slay your people in front of your idols.
At this, the administrators and the satraps tried to find grounds for charges against Daniel in his conduct of government affairs, but they were unable to do so. They could find no corruption in him, because he was trustworthy and neither corrupt nor negligent.
“What can I do with you, Ephraim? What can I do with you, Judah? Your love is like the morning mist, like the early dew that disappears.
You lie on beds adorned with ivory and lounge on your couches. You dine on choice lambs and fattened calves.
I brought you up out of Egypt and redeemed you from the land of slavery. I sent Moses to lead you, also Aaron and Miriam.
I asked the angel who was speaking to me, “What are these, my lord?”
so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his own town, among his relatives and in his own home.”
He entered the house of God, and taking the consecrated bread, he ate what is lawful only for priests to eat. And he also gave some to his companions.”