ס SamekI hate those who are double-minded,
but I love Your instruction.

His mind rejoiced in the Lord’s ways, and he again removed the high places and Asherah poles from Judah.

He was driven away from people, his mind was like an animal’s, he lived with the wild donkeys, he was fed grass like cattle, and his body was drenched with dew from the sky until he acknowledged that the Most High God is ruler over the kingdom of men and sets anyone He wants over it.

for the one who killed a person was supposed to live in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest. Only after the death of the high priest may the one who has killed a person return to the land he possesses.

For the High and Exalted One
who lives forever, whose name is Holy says this:
“I live in a high and holy place,
and with the oppressed and lowly of spirit,
to revive the spirit of the lowly
and revive the heart of the oppressed.

So I asked them: What is this high place you are going to? And it is called High Place to this day.

He will speak words against the Most High and oppress the holy ones of the Most High. He will intend to change religious festivals and laws, and the holy ones will be handed over to him for a time, times, and half a time.

After all this Jeroboam did not repent of his evil way but again set up priests for the high places from every class of people. He ordained whoever so desired it, and they became priests of the high places.

They also built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree;

He walked in all the ways of his father Asa; he did not turn away from them but did what was right in the Lord’s sight. However, the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.

Yet the high places were not taken away; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense on the high places.

Yet the high places were not taken away, and the people continued sacrificing and burning incense on the high places.

Yet the high places were not taken away; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense on the high places.

Yet the high places were not taken away; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense on the high places.

Jotham built the Upper Gate of the Lord’s temple.

Then Josiah brought all the priests from the cities of Judah, and he defiled the high places from Geba to Beer-sheba, where the priests had burned incense. He tore down the high places of the gates at the entrance of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city (on the left at the city gate).

He even tore down the altar at Bethel and the high place that Jeroboam son of Nebat, who caused Israel to sin, had made. Then he burned the high place, crushed it to dust, and burned the Asherah.

I will ascend above the highest clouds;
I will make myself like the Most High.”

And I said:

My God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift my face toward You, my God, because our iniquities are higher than our heads and our guilt is as high as the heavens.

Isn’t God as high as the heavens?
And look at the highest stars—how lofty they are!

Then the waters surged even higher on the earth, and all the high mountains under the whole sky were covered.

I said, “You are gods;
you are all sons of the Most High.

May they know that You alone—
whose name is Yahweh—
are the Most High over all the earth.

And it will be said of Zion,
“This one and that one were born in her.”
The Most High Himself will establish her.

You have a mighty arm;
Your hand is powerful;
Your right hand is lifted high.

You have lifted high the right hand of his foes;
You have made all his enemies rejoice.

The one who lives under the protection of the Most High
dwells in the shadow of the Almighty.

Because you have made the Lord—my refuge,
the Most High—your dwelling place,

A psalm. A song for the Sabbath day.It is good to praise Yahweh,
to sing praise to Your name, Most High,

Greater than the roar of many waters—
the mighty breakers of the sea—
the Lord on high is majestic.

For You, Lord,
are the Most High over all the earth;
You are exalted above all the gods.

For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
so great is His faithful love
toward those who fear Him.

The high mountains are for the wild goats;
the cliffs are a refuge for hyraxes.

David left Zadok the priest and his fellow priests before the tabernacle of the Lord at the high place in Gibeon

The tabernacle of the Lord, which Moses made in the desert, and the altar of burnt offering were at the high place in Gibeon,

Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood, 45 inches long, 27 inches wide, and 27 inches high.

“You are to construct a table of acacia wood, 36 inches long, 18 inches wide, and 27 inches high.

“You are to construct the altar of acacia wood. The altar must be square, 7½ feet long, and 7½ feet wide; it must be 4½ feet high.

It must be square, 18 inches long and 18 inches wide; it must be 36 inches high. Its horns must be of one piece.

because they rebelled against God’s commands
and despised the counsel of the Most High.

Who is like Yahweh our God—
the One enthroned on high,

Solomon and the whole assembly with him went to the high place that was in Gibeon because God’s tent of meeting, which the Lord’s servant Moses had made in the wilderness, was there.

He constructed the table of acacia wood, 36 inches long, 18 inches wide, and 27 inches high.

He made the altar of incense out of acacia wood. It was square, 18 inches long and 18 inches wide; it was 36 inches high. Its horns were of one piece.

Bezalel constructed the altar of burnt offering from acacia wood. It was square, 7½ feet long and 7½ feet wide, and was 4½ feet high.

The screen for the gate of the courtyard was embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen. It was 30 feet long, and like the hangings of the courtyard, 7½ feet high.

Reach down from heaven;
rescue me from deep water, and set me free
from the grasp of foreigners

So Solomon went to Jerusalem from the high place that was in Gibeon in front of the tent of meeting, and he reigned over Israel.

In front of the temple he made two pillars, each 27 feet high. The capital on top of each was 7½ feet high.

He made a bronze altar 30 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 15 feet high.

Then he made the cast metal reservoir, 15 feet from brim to brim, perfectly round. It was 7½ feet high and 45 feet in circumference.

For Solomon had made a bronze platform 7½ feet long, 7½ feet wide, and 4½ feet high and put it in the court. He stood on it, knelt down in front of the entire congregation of Israel, and spread out his hands toward heaven.

The priest who is anointed and ordained to serve as high priest in place of his father will make atonement. He will put on the linen garments, the holy garments,

Then you will find favor and high regard
in the sight of God and man.

Jeroboam appointed his own priests for the high places, the goat-demons, and the golden calves he had made.

He removed the pagan altars and the high places. He shattered their sacred pillars and chopped down their Asherah poles.

He also removed the high places and the incense altars from all the cities of Judah, and the kingdom experienced peace under him.

The high places were not taken away from Israel; nevertheless, Asa was wholehearted his entire life.

I will destroy your high places, cut down your incense altars, and heap your dead bodies on the lifeless bodies of your idols; I will reject you.

The priest will set its value, whether high or low; the price will be set as the priest makes the assessment for you.

“When a man consecrates his house as holy to the Lord, the priest will assess its value, whether high or low. The price will stand just as the priest assesses it.

One who loves to offend loves strife;
one who builds a high threshold invites injury.

A rich man’s wealth is his fortified city;
in his imagination it is like a high wall.

As the heaven is high and the earth is deep,
so the hearts of kings cannot be investigated.

However, the high places were not taken away; the people had not yet set their hearts on the God of their ancestors.

Jehoram also built high places in the hills of Judah, and he caused the inhabitants of Jerusalem to prostitute themselves, and he led Judah astray.

So the king called Jehoiada the high priest and said, “Why haven’t you required the Levites to bring from Judah and Jerusalem the tax imposed by the Lord’s servant Moses and the assembly of Israel for the tent of the testimony?

Whenever the chest was brought by the Levites to the king’s overseers, and when they saw that there was a large amount of money, the king’s secretary and the high priest’s deputy came and emptied the chest, picked it up, and returned it to its place. They did this daily and gathered the money in abundance.

He sacrificed and burned incense on the high places, on the hills, and under every green tree.

He made high places in every city of Judah to offer incense to other gods, and he provoked the Lord, the God of his ancestors.