For many days Israel was without the true God and without a teaching priest and without law.

and so as to teach the sons of Israel all the statutes which the Lord has spoken to them through Moses.”

So the king consulted, and made two golden calves, and he said to them, “It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem; behold your gods, O Israel, that brought you up from the land of Egypt.”

For the sons of Israel will remain for many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred pillar and without ephod or household idols.

They shall teach Your ordinances to Jacob,
And Your law to Israel.
They shall put incense before You,
And whole burnt offerings on Your altar.

and with them the Levites, Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah and Tobadonijah, the Levites; and with them Elishama and Jehoram, the priests.

Then Nehemiah, who was the governor, and Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who taught the people said to all the people, “This day is holy to the Lord your God; do not mourn or weep.” For all the people were weeping when they heard the words of the law.

But the Lord is the true God;
He is the living God and the everlasting King.
At His wrath the earth quakes,
And the nations cannot endure His indignation.

Nor shall any of the priests drink wine when they enter the inner court.

Her leaders pronounce judgment for a bribe,
Her priests instruct for a price
And her prophets divine for money.
Yet they lean on the Lord saying,
Is not the Lord in our midst?
Calamity will not come upon us.”

For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge, and men should seek instruction from his mouth; for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.

Gathering together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Messiah was to be born.

This is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.

For all who have sinned without the Law will also perish without the Law, and all who have sinned under the Law will be judged by the Law;

But sin, taking opportunity through the commandment, produced in me coveting of every kind; for apart from the Law sin is dead.

to those who are without law, as without law, though not being without the law of God but under the law of Christ, so that I might win those who are without law.

For they themselves report about us what kind of a reception we had with you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve a living and true God,

An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, prudent, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,

And we know that the Son of God has come, and has given us understanding so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.

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Now for a long season Israel hath been without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law.

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A long

So the king consulted, and made two golden calves, and he said to them, “It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem; behold your gods, O Israel, that brought you up from the land of Egypt.”
For the sons of Israel will remain for many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred pillar and without ephod or household idols.

True god

But the Lord is the true God;
He is the living God and the everlasting King.
At His wrath the earth quakes,
And the nations cannot endure His indignation.
This is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.
For they themselves report about us what kind of a reception we had with you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve a living and true God,
And we know that the Son of God has come, and has given us understanding so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.

A teaching

and with them the Levites, Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah and Tobadonijah, the Levites; and with them Elishama and Jehoram, the priests.
and so as to teach the sons of Israel all the statutes which the Lord has spoken to them through Moses.”
They shall teach Your ordinances to Jacob,
And Your law to Israel.
They shall put incense before You,
And whole burnt offerings on Your altar.
Then Nehemiah, who was the governor, and Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who taught the people said to all the people, “This day is holy to the Lord your God; do not mourn or weep.” For all the people were weeping when they heard the words of the law.
Nor shall any of the priests drink wine when they enter the inner court.
Her leaders pronounce judgment for a bribe,
Her priests instruct for a price
And her prophets divine for money.
Yet they lean on the Lord saying,
Is not the Lord in our midst?
Calamity will not come upon us.”
For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge, and men should seek instruction from his mouth; for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.
Gathering together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Messiah was to be born.
An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, prudent, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,

Without law

For all who have sinned without the Law will also perish without the Law, and all who have sinned under the Law will be judged by the Law;
But sin, taking opportunity through the commandment, produced in me coveting of every kind; for apart from the Law sin is dead.
to those who are without law, as without law, though not being without the law of God but under the law of Christ, so that I might win those who are without law.
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