Thematic Bible: Consisted in his
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Theocracy » Consisted in his » Exacting tribute
Three times each year shall all thy males appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose: in the solemn feast of unleavened bread and in the solemn feast of weeks and in the solemn feast of the tabernacles. And they shall not appear before the LORD empty,
And all the tithes of the land, whether of the seed of the land or of the fruit of the tree, is the LORD's; it is holiness unto the LORD.
And Moses spoke unto all the congregation of the sons of Israel, saying, This is what the LORD commanded, saying, Take ye from among you an offering unto the LORD; whoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it, an offering of the LORD: gold, silver, brass; blue, purple, scarlet, fine linen, goats' hair; read more.
rams' skins dyed red, badgers' skins, cedar wood; oil for the light, spices for anointing oil and for the aromatic incense; onyx stones, and stones to be set for the ephod, and for the pectoral. And everyone that is wise hearted among you shall come and make all that the LORD has commanded: The tabernacle, its tent, and its covering, its hooks, and its boards, its bars, its pillars, and its sockets; the ark and its staves, the seat of reconciliation, and the veil of the tent, the table and its staves and all its vessels, and the showbread; the lampstand also for the light and its vessels and its lamps, and the oil for the light; and the altar of incense and its staves, and the anointing oil, and the aromatic incense, and the hanging for the door at the entrance of the tabernacle, the altar of burnt offering with its brasen grate, its staves, and all its vessels, the laver and its base, the hangings of the court, its pillars, and their sockets, and the hanging for the door of the court, the stakes of the tabernacle and the stakes of the court, and their cords, the clothing of service to minister in the sanctuary, that is, the holy garments of Aaron the priest and the garments of his sons to serve in the priesthood. And all the congregation of the sons of Israel departed from the presence of Moses. And they came, every man whose heart stirred him up, and every one whose spirit made them willing, and they brought the LORD's offering for the work of the tabernacle of the testimony and for all his service and for the holy garments. And they came, both men and women, as many as were willing hearted, and brought chains and earrings, rings and bracelets, and all jewels of gold; and anyone that offered an offering of gold unto the LORD. Every man who had blue or purple or scarlet or fine linen or goats' hair or red skins of rams or badgers' skins brought them. Anyone that offered an offering of silver or brass brought the offering unto the LORD; and every man, with whom was found cedar wood, brought it for all the work of the service. And all the women that were wise hearted spun with their hands and brought that which they had spun: blue or purple or scarlet or fine linen. And all the women whose heart lifted them up in wisdom spun goats' hair. And the princes brought onyx stones and the stones to be set for the ephod and for the pectoral; and aromatic spice and oil for the light and for the anointing oil and for the aromatic incense. Of the sons of Israel, men and women, all that had a willing heart to bring for all the work, which the Lord had commanded to be made by the hand of Moses, brought a voluntary offering unto the LORD.
rams' skins dyed red, badgers' skins, cedar wood; oil for the light, spices for anointing oil and for the aromatic incense; onyx stones, and stones to be set for the ephod, and for the pectoral. And everyone that is wise hearted among you shall come and make all that the LORD has commanded: The tabernacle, its tent, and its covering, its hooks, and its boards, its bars, its pillars, and its sockets; the ark and its staves, the seat of reconciliation, and the veil of the tent, the table and its staves and all its vessels, and the showbread; the lampstand also for the light and its vessels and its lamps, and the oil for the light; and the altar of incense and its staves, and the anointing oil, and the aromatic incense, and the hanging for the door at the entrance of the tabernacle, the altar of burnt offering with its brasen grate, its staves, and all its vessels, the laver and its base, the hangings of the court, its pillars, and their sockets, and the hanging for the door of the court, the stakes of the tabernacle and the stakes of the court, and their cords, the clothing of service to minister in the sanctuary, that is, the holy garments of Aaron the priest and the garments of his sons to serve in the priesthood. And all the congregation of the sons of Israel departed from the presence of Moses. And they came, every man whose heart stirred him up, and every one whose spirit made them willing, and they brought the LORD's offering for the work of the tabernacle of the testimony and for all his service and for the holy garments. And they came, both men and women, as many as were willing hearted, and brought chains and earrings, rings and bracelets, and all jewels of gold; and anyone that offered an offering of gold unto the LORD. Every man who had blue or purple or scarlet or fine linen or goats' hair or red skins of rams or badgers' skins brought them. Anyone that offered an offering of silver or brass brought the offering unto the LORD; and every man, with whom was found cedar wood, brought it for all the work of the service. And all the women that were wise hearted spun with their hands and brought that which they had spun: blue or purple or scarlet or fine linen. And all the women whose heart lifted them up in wisdom spun goats' hair. And the princes brought onyx stones and the stones to be set for the ephod and for the pectoral; and aromatic spice and oil for the light and for the anointing oil and for the aromatic incense. Of the sons of Israel, men and women, all that had a willing heart to bring for all the work, which the Lord had commanded to be made by the hand of Moses, brought a voluntary offering unto the LORD.
And it shall be when thou art come in unto the land, which the LORD thy God gives thee for an inheritance and possess it and dwell therein, thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the earth, which thou shalt bring of thy land that the LORD thy God gives thee, and shalt put it in a basket and shalt go unto the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to cause his name to dwell. And thou shalt go unto the priest that shall be in those days and say unto him, I declare today unto the LORD thy God that I have entered into the land which the LORD swore unto our fathers to give us. read more.
And the priest shall take the basket out of thine hand and set it down before the altar of the LORD thy God.
And the priest shall take the basket out of thine hand and set it down before the altar of the LORD thy God.
Theocracy » Consisted in his » Being the supreme judge
And Moses said unto them, Wait, and I will hear what the LORD will command concerning you. And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the sons of Israel, saying, If any man of you or of your generations should be unclean by reason of a dead body or be on a journey afar off, yet he shall keep the passover unto the LORD. read more.
The fourteenth day of the second month, between the two evenings they shall keep it, and eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.
The fourteenth day of the second month, between the two evenings they shall keep it, and eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.
And Moses brought their cause before the LORD. And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, The daughters of Zelophehad speak right; thou shalt surely give them a possession of an inheritance among their father's brethren, and thou shalt cause the inheritance of their father to pass unto them. read more.
And thou shalt speak unto the sons of Israel, saying, If a man dies and has no son, then ye shall cause his inheritance to pass unto his daughter. And if he has no daughter, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his brethren. And if he has no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his father's brethren. And if his father has no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his kinsman that is next to him of his lineage, and he shall inherit it; and it shall be unto the sons of Israel a law of rights, as the LORD commanded Moses.
And thou shalt speak unto the sons of Israel, saying, If a man dies and has no son, then ye shall cause his inheritance to pass unto his daughter. And if he has no daughter, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his brethren. And if he has no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his father's brethren. And if his father has no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his kinsman that is next to him of his lineage, and he shall inherit it; and it shall be unto the sons of Israel a law of rights, as the LORD commanded Moses.
Theocracy » Consisted in his » Appointing civil officers
Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh that thou may bring forth my people, the sons of Israel, out of Egypt.
And the LORD said unto Moses, Take Joshua, the son of Nun, a man in whom is the Spirit, and lay thine hand upon him
And thou shalt put some of thy splendour upon him that all the congregation of the sons of Israel may hear him.
Theocracy » Consisted in his » Exercise of the prerogative of mercy
And I fell down before the LORD, as at the first, forty days and forty nights; I neither ate bread nor drank water because of all your sins in which ye sinned in doing wickedly in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger. For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure with which the LORD was wroth against you to destroy you. But the LORD hearkened unto me at that time also. And the LORD was very angry with Aaron to have destroyed him, and I prayed for Aaron also the same time.
Theocracy » Consisted in his » Promulgating laws
These words the LORD spoke unto all your congregation in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice, and he added no more. And he wrote them in two tables of stone and delivered them unto me. And it came to pass when ye heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness and saw the mountain that burned with fire that ye came near unto me, even all the princes of your tribes and your elders;
Theocracy » Consisted in his » Proclaiming war
And the LORD said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in the book and tell Joshua that I must utterly blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven. And Moses built an altar and called the name of it The LORD is my Banner, for he said, Because Amalek lifted his hand against the throne of the LORD, the LORD will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.
And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, Avenge the sons of Israel upon the Midianites; afterward thou shalt be gathered unto thy peoples.
Theocracy » Consisted in his » Appointing ecclesiastical officers
And cause Aaron, thy brother, to come unto thee with his sons, from among the sons of Israel, that they may be my priests, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's sons.
And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons unto the door of the tabernacle of the testimony and wash them with water. And thou shalt put upon Aaron the holy garments and anoint him and sanctify him, that he may be my priest. And thou shalt bring his sons and clothe them with coats. read more.
And thou shalt anoint them as thou didst anoint their father, and they shall be my priests; and it shall be that their anointing shall be unto them for a perpetual priesthood throughout their generations.
And thou shalt anoint them as thou didst anoint their father, and they shall be my priests; and it shall be that their anointing shall be unto them for a perpetual priesthood throughout their generations.
Theocracy » Consisted in his » Directing the movements of the nation
And when the cloud lifted itself up from over the tabernacle, the sons of Israel went onward in all their journeys; but if the cloud did not lift itself up, then they did not journey until the day that it lifted itself up.
Theocracy » Consisted in his » Distribution of conquered lands
Now when Joshua was old and advanced in years, the LORD said unto him, Thou art old and advanced in years, and there remains yet very much land to be possessed. This is the land that yet remains: all the borders of the Philistines and all Geshuri from the Nile, which is before Egypt, even unto the borders of Ekron northward, which is counted among the Canaanites; five cardinals of the Philistines; the Gazathites and the Ashdothites, the Eshkalonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites, also the Avites; read more.
towards the Negev all the land of the Canaanites and Mearah that is beside those of Sidon unto Aphek to the border of the Amorite; and the land of the Giblites and all Lebanon toward the sunrising, from Baalgad at the root of Mount Hermon unto the entering into Hamath. All the inhabitants of the mountains from Lebanon unto the hot springs and all the Sidonians, them will I drive out from before the sons of Israel; only thou shalt divide the country by lot unto the Israelites for an inheritance, as I have commanded thee. Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance unto the nine tribes and the half tribe of Manasseh,
towards the Negev all the land of the Canaanites and Mearah that is beside those of Sidon unto Aphek to the border of the Amorite; and the land of the Giblites and all Lebanon toward the sunrising, from Baalgad at the root of Mount Hermon unto the entering into Hamath. All the inhabitants of the mountains from Lebanon unto the hot springs and all the Sidonians, them will I drive out from before the sons of Israel; only thou shalt divide the country by lot unto the Israelites for an inheritance, as I have commanded thee. Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance unto the nine tribes and the half tribe of Manasseh,