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All the firstling males that come of thy herd and of thy flock thou shalt sanctify unto the LORD thy God: thou shalt do no work with the firstling of thy bullock, nor shear the firstling of thy sheep.
Behold, therefore I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of the nations: and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall defile thy brightness.
And there were set there six waterpots of stone, after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece.
They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away.
And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to bear his cross.
My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.
Praise ye the LORD. Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise in the congregation of saints.
And the other Jews dissembled likewise with him; insomuch that Barnabas also was carried away with their dissimulation.
For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: thou art God alone.
And the singers the sons of Asaph were in their place, according to the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the king's seer; and the porters waited at every gate; they might not depart from their service; for their brethren the Levites prepared for them.
And at that time Solomon held a feast, and all Israel with him, a great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt, before the LORD our God, seven days and seven days, even fourteen days.
Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand.
Especially because I know thee to be expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews: wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently.
For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellors there is safety.
And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.
They answered and said unto him, Thou wast altogether born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out.
I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:
O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Then he found another man, and said, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man smote him, so that in smiting he wounded him.
And they said unto Jephthah, Come, and be our captain, that we may fight with the children of Ammon.
And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone.
And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?
Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith: neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto: it is confusion.
