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And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness.
And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And she said unto him, Say on.
And his head was brought in a charger, and given to the damsel: and she brought it to her mother.
Moreover the spirit lifted me up, and brought me unto the east gate of the LORD'S house, which looketh eastward: and behold at the door of the gate five and twenty men; among whom I saw Jaazaniah the son of Azur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people.
He gave them hail for rain, and flaming fire in their land.
That then the LORD thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath scattered thee.
For they all saw him, and were troubled. And immediately he talked with them, and saith unto them, Be of good cheer: it is I; be not afraid.
The slothful hideth his hand in his bosom; it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth.
They were all ashamed of a people that could not profit them, nor be an help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach.
Behold, now I have opened my mouth, my tongue hath spoken in my mouth.
Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.
And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.
These chief fathers of the Levites were chief throughout their generations; these dwelt at Jerusalem.
For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin, to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger with their vanities.
And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace offering an offering made by fire unto the LORD; the fat thereof, and the whole rump, it shall he take off hard by the backbone; and the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards,
Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of the LORD.
And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying,
Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him.
And the king said unto Joab, Behold now, I have done this thing: go therefore, bring the young man Absalom again.
But the firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of a goat, thou shalt not redeem; they are holy: thou shalt sprinkle their blood upon the altar, and shalt burn their fat for an offering made by fire, for a sweet savour unto the LORD.
I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from mine iniquity.
I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the LORD, and the praises of the LORD, according to all that the LORD hath bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed on them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.
Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation:
Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.
