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Blood » Sacrificial » Sprinkled on altar and people
And Moses took half of the blood and put it in basins, and the other half he sprinkled on the altar. And he took the book of the covenant and read it in the audience of the people. And they said, "All that the LORD hath said, we will do and hear." And Moses took the blood and sprinkled it on the people and said, "Behold, this is the blood of the covenant which the LORD hath made with you upon all these words."
And he said unto me, "Thou son of man, thus sayeth the LORD God: These are the ordinances and laws of the altar, in the day when it is made to offer burnt offerings, and to sprinkle blood there upon.
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and take the blood of him and sprinkle his four horns withal and the four corners of the altar covering, with the ledge that goeth round about: herewith shalt thou cleanse it, and reconcile it.
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Covenant » Man's with God
And the king stood by a pillar and made a covenant before the LORD that they should walk after the LORD, and keep his commandments and his witnesses and his ordinances with all their hearts and all their souls, and make good the words of the said covenant that were written in the foresaid book. And all the people consented to the covenant.
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And he took the book of the covenant and read it in the audience of the people. And they said, "All that the LORD hath said, we will do and hear."
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And the people answered Joshua, "The LORD our God we will serve and his voice we will obey."
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And Jehoiada made a covenant both between the LORD and the king, and between the people and the LORD, that they should be the LORD's people: and also between the king and the people.
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And they made a covenant to seek the LORD God of their fathers, with all their hearts and all their souls:
And Jehoiada made a bond between him and all the people and the king, to be the LORD's people.
and their lords that had rule of them, received it for their brethren. And they came to sware, and to bind themselves with an oath to walk in God's law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, that they would observe and do according unto all the commandments, judgments, and statutes of the LORD our God:
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Covenant » Book of
And he took the book of the covenant and read it in the audience of the people. And they said, "All that the LORD hath said, we will do and hear."
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Covenants » Man's with God
And the king stood by a pillar and made a covenant before the LORD that they should walk after the LORD, and keep his commandments and his witnesses and his ordinances with all their hearts and all their souls, and make good the words of the said covenant that were written in the foresaid book. And all the people consented to the covenant.
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And he took the book of the covenant and read it in the audience of the people. And they said, "All that the LORD hath said, we will do and hear."
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And the people answered Joshua, "The LORD our God we will serve and his voice we will obey."
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And Jehoiada made a covenant both between the LORD and the king, and between the people and the LORD, that they should be the LORD's people: and also between the king and the people.
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And they made a covenant to seek the LORD God of their fathers, with all their hearts and all their souls:
And Jehoiada made a bond between him and all the people and the king, to be the LORD's people.
and their lords that had rule of them, received it for their brethren. And they came to sware, and to bind themselves with an oath to walk in God's law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, that they would observe and do according unto all the commandments, judgments, and statutes of the LORD our God:
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journey of israel through the Desert » Worship of God celebrated during
This is that which thou shalt offer upon the altar: two lambs of one year old day by day forever, the one thou shalt offer in the morning and the other at even. And unto the one lamb take a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of a hin of beaten oil, and the fourth part of a hin of wine, for a drink offering. read more.
And the other lamb thou shalt offer at even and shalt do thereto according to the meat offering and drink offering in the morning, to be an odour of a sweet savour of the sacrifice of the LORD. And it shall be a continual burnt offering among your children after you, in the door of the tabernacle of witness before the LORD, where I will meet you to speak unto you there.
And the other lamb thou shalt offer at even and shalt do thereto according to the meat offering and drink offering in the morning, to be an odour of a sweet savour of the sacrifice of the LORD. And it shall be a continual burnt offering among your children after you, in the door of the tabernacle of witness before the LORD, where I will meet you to speak unto you there.
and sent young men of the children of Israel to sacrifice burnt offerings and to offer peace offerings of oxen unto the LORD. And Moses took half of the blood and put it in basins, and the other half he sprinkled on the altar. And he took the book of the covenant and read it in the audience of the people. And they said, "All that the LORD hath said, we will do and hear." read more.
And Moses took the blood and sprinkled it on the people and said, "Behold, this is the blood of the covenant which the LORD hath made with you upon all these words."
And Moses took the blood and sprinkled it on the people and said, "Behold, this is the blood of the covenant which the LORD hath made with you upon all these words."
And he put the candlestick in the tabernacle of witness over against the table in the south side of the habitation, and set up the lamps before the LORD: as the LORD commanded Moses. And he put the golden altar in the tabernacle of witness before the veil, read more.
and burnt sweet cense thereon as the LORD commanded Moses. And set up the hanging in the door of the habitation, and set the burnt offering altar before the door of the tabernacle of witness, and offered burnt offerings and meat offerings thereon as the LORD commanded Moses.
and burnt sweet cense thereon as the LORD commanded Moses. And set up the hanging in the door of the habitation, and set the burnt offering altar before the door of the tabernacle of witness, and offered burnt offerings and meat offerings thereon as the LORD commanded Moses.
journey of israel through the Desert » To mount sinai » Covenant made
And Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD and all the laws. And all the people answered with one voice and said, "All the words which the LORD hath said, will we do." Then Moses wrote all the words of the LORD and rose up early and made an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars according to the number of the twelve tribes of Israel, and sent young men of the children of Israel to sacrifice burnt offerings and to offer peace offerings of oxen unto the LORD. read more.
And Moses took half of the blood and put it in basins, and the other half he sprinkled on the altar. And he took the book of the covenant and read it in the audience of the people. And they said, "All that the LORD hath said, we will do and hear." And Moses took the blood and sprinkled it on the people and said, "Behold, this is the blood of the covenant which the LORD hath made with you upon all these words."
And Moses took half of the blood and put it in basins, and the other half he sprinkled on the altar. And he took the book of the covenant and read it in the audience of the people. And they said, "All that the LORD hath said, we will do and hear." And Moses took the blood and sprinkled it on the people and said, "Behold, this is the blood of the covenant which the LORD hath made with you upon all these words."
Government » Mosaic » Popular, by a national assembly or its representatives » Accepted, and agreed to, the law given by moses
And he took the book of the covenant and read it in the audience of the people. And they said, "All that the LORD hath said, we will do and hear."
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And Moses came and called for the elders of Israel, and laid before them all these words which the LORD had commanded him. And the people answered all together and said, "All that the LORD hath said, we will do." And Moses brought the words of the people unto the LORD.
And Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD and all the laws. And all the people answered with one voice and said, "All the words which the LORD hath said, will we do."
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Ye stand here this day every one of you before the LORD your God: both the heads of your tribes, your elders, your officers and all the men of Israel; your children, your wives and the strangers that are in thine host, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water; that thou shouldest come under the covenant of the LORD thy God, and under his oath which the LORD thy God maketh with thee this day. read more.
For to make thee a people unto himself, and that he may be unto thee a God, as he hath said unto thee and as he hath sworn unto thy fathers Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. "Also, I make not this covenant and this oath with you only: but both with him that stoodeth here with us this day before the LORD our God, and also with him that is not here with us this day.
For to make thee a people unto himself, and that he may be unto thee a God, as he hath said unto thee and as he hath sworn unto thy fathers Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. "Also, I make not this covenant and this oath with you only: but both with him that stoodeth here with us this day before the LORD our God, and also with him that is not here with us this day.
Jews, the » The covenant established with
And Moses took half of the blood and put it in basins, and the other half he sprinkled on the altar. And he took the book of the covenant and read it in the audience of the people. And they said, "All that the LORD hath said, we will do and hear." And Moses took the blood and sprinkled it on the people and said, "Behold, this is the blood of the covenant which the LORD hath made with you upon all these words."
Moreover, I made an covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan: the land of their pilgrimage wherein they were strangers.
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And the LORD said unto Moses, "Write these words, for upon these words I have made a covenant with thee and with the children of Israel."
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Obedience to God » Exemplified
By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed to go out into a place which he should afterward receive to inheritance, and he went out, not knowing whither he should go.
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Then Abraham rose up early in the morning and saddled his ass, and took two of his men with him, and Isaac his son: and clove wood for the sacrifice, and rose up and got him to the place which God had appointed him.
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And he took the book of the covenant and read it in the audience of the people. And they said, "All that the LORD hath said, we will do and hear."
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Then the LORD said unto Abram, "Get thee out of thy country and from thy kindred; and out of thy father's house, into a land which I will show thee. And I will make of thee a mighty people, and will bless thee, and make thy name great, that thou mayst be a blessing. And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse them that curse thee. And in thee shall be blessed all the generations of the earth." read more.
And Abram went as the LORD bade him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy five years old, when he went out of Haran.
And Abram went as the LORD bade him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy five years old, when he went out of Haran.
And he said, "Lay not thy hands upon the child, neither do anything at all unto him, for now I know that thou fearest God, in that thou hast not kept thine only son from me."
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And the children of Israel went and did as the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron.
Obedience to God » Resolve upon
And he took the book of the covenant and read it in the audience of the people. And they said, "All that the LORD hath said, we will do and hear."
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And the people answered Joshua, "The LORD our God we will serve and his voice we will obey."
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Purification » By blood
For when all the commandments were read of Moses unto all the people, he took the blood of calves, and of goats, with water and purple wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people, saying, "This is the blood of the testament, which God hath appointed unto you." Moreover, he sprinkled the tabernacle with blood also, and all the ministering vessels. read more.
And almost all things are, by the law, purged with blood, and without shedding of blood, is no remission.
And almost all things are, by the law, purged with blood, and without shedding of blood, is no remission.
And the priest shall take the living bird and the cypress wood and the purple and the hyssop, and shall dip them and the living bird in the blood of the slain bird, and in the running water, and sprinkle it upon him that must be cleansed of his leprosy seven times and cleanse him, and shall let the living bird go free into the fields.
and sent young men of the children of Israel to sacrifice burnt offerings and to offer peace offerings of oxen unto the LORD. And Moses took half of the blood and put it in basins, and the other half he sprinkled on the altar. And he took the book of the covenant and read it in the audience of the people. And they said, "All that the LORD hath said, we will do and hear." read more.
And Moses took the blood and sprinkled it on the people and said, "Behold, this is the blood of the covenant which the LORD hath made with you upon all these words."
And Moses took the blood and sprinkled it on the people and said, "Behold, this is the blood of the covenant which the LORD hath made with you upon all these words."
neither by the blood of goats, and calves: but by his own blood, we entered once for all into the holy place, and found eternal redemption. For if the blood of oxen, and of goats, and the ashes of a heifer, when it was sprinkled, purified the unclean, as touching the purifying of the flesh: How much more shall the blood of Christ - which through the eternal spirit, offered himself without spot to God - purge your consciences from dead works, for to serve the living God?
Purifications or baptisms » Means used for » Water mixed with blood
For when all the commandments were read of Moses unto all the people, he took the blood of calves, and of goats, with water and purple wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people,
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and sent young men of the children of Israel to sacrifice burnt offerings and to offer peace offerings of oxen unto the LORD. And Moses took half of the blood and put it in basins, and the other half he sprinkled on the altar. And he took the book of the covenant and read it in the audience of the people. And they said, "All that the LORD hath said, we will do and hear." read more.
And Moses took the blood and sprinkled it on the people and said, "Behold, this is the blood of the covenant which the LORD hath made with you upon all these words."
And Moses took the blood and sprinkled it on the people and said, "Behold, this is the blood of the covenant which the LORD hath made with you upon all these words."
Sacrifices » The covenants of God confirmed by
And he said unto him, "Take a heifer of three years old, and a she-goat of three years old, and a three year old ram, a turtle dove and a young pigeon." And he took all these and divided them in the midst, and laid every piece, one over against another. But the fowls divided he not. And the birds fell on the carcasses, but Abram drove them away. read more.
And when the sun was down, there fell a slumber upon Abram. And lo, fear and great darkness came upon him. And he said unto Abram, "Know this of a surety, that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that pertaineth not unto them. And they shall make bondmen of them and entreat them evil, four hundred years. But the nation whom they shall serve, will I judge. And afterward shall they come out with great substance. Nevertheless, thou shalt go unto thy fathers in peace, and shalt be buried when thou art of a good age: and in the fourth generation they shall come hither again, for the wickedness of the Amorites is not yet full." When the sun was down and it was waxed dark, behold, there was a smoking furnace and a fire brand that went between the said pieces.
And when the sun was down, there fell a slumber upon Abram. And lo, fear and great darkness came upon him. And he said unto Abram, "Know this of a surety, that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that pertaineth not unto them. And they shall make bondmen of them and entreat them evil, four hundred years. But the nation whom they shall serve, will I judge. And afterward shall they come out with great substance. Nevertheless, thou shalt go unto thy fathers in peace, and shalt be buried when thou art of a good age: and in the fourth generation they shall come hither again, for the wickedness of the Amorites is not yet full." When the sun was down and it was waxed dark, behold, there was a smoking furnace and a fire brand that went between the said pieces.
and sent young men of the children of Israel to sacrifice burnt offerings and to offer peace offerings of oxen unto the LORD. And Moses took half of the blood and put it in basins, and the other half he sprinkled on the altar. And he took the book of the covenant and read it in the audience of the people. And they said, "All that the LORD hath said, we will do and hear." read more.
And Moses took the blood and sprinkled it on the people and said, "Behold, this is the blood of the covenant which the LORD hath made with you upon all these words."
And Moses took the blood and sprinkled it on the people and said, "Behold, this is the blood of the covenant which the LORD hath made with you upon all these words."
For when all the commandments were read of Moses unto all the people, he took the blood of calves, and of goats, with water and purple wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people, saying, "This is the blood of the testament, which God hath appointed unto you."
The bible » Purpose » Read in the great congregation
And he came to Nazareth where he was nursed, and as his custom was, went into the synagogue on the Sabbath days, and stood up for to read.
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And he took the book of the covenant and read it in the audience of the people. And they said, "All that the LORD hath said, we will do and hear."
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And after that he read all the words of the law, both the blessing and cursing, according to all that is written in the book of the law -
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So Baruch the son of Neriah did, according unto all that Jeremiah the Prophet commanded him, reading the words of the LORD out of the book in the LORD's house.
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And when the epistle is read of you, make that it be read in the congregation of the Laodiceans also: and that ye likewise read the epistle of Laodicea.
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The word of God » The people stood and responded by saying, "amen,"
"These shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the people, when ye are come over Jordan: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph and Benjamin. And these shall stand upon mount Ebal to curse: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan and Naphtali. And the Levites shall begin, and say unto all the men of Israel with a loud voice, read more.
Cursed be he that maketh any carved image or image of metal - an abomination unto the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman - and putteth it in a secret place.' And all the people shall answer and say, 'Amen.' "'Cursed be he that curseth his father or his mother.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.' "'Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour's mark.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.' 'Cursed be he that maketh the blind go out of his way.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.' "'Cursed be he that hindereth the right of the stranger, fatherless and widow.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.' "'Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife, because he hath opened his father's covering.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.' "'Cursed be he that lieth with any manner beast.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.' "'Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, whether she be the daughter of his father or of his mother.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.' "'Cursed be he that lieth with his mother-in-law.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.' "'Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour secretly.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.' "'Cursed be he that taketh a reward to slay innocent blood.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.' "'Cursed be he that maintaineth not all the words of this law to do them.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'
Cursed be he that maketh any carved image or image of metal - an abomination unto the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman - and putteth it in a secret place.' And all the people shall answer and say, 'Amen.' "'Cursed be he that curseth his father or his mother.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.' "'Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour's mark.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.' 'Cursed be he that maketh the blind go out of his way.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.' "'Cursed be he that hindereth the right of the stranger, fatherless and widow.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.' "'Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife, because he hath opened his father's covering.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.' "'Cursed be he that lieth with any manner beast.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.' "'Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, whether she be the daughter of his father or of his mother.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.' "'Cursed be he that lieth with his mother-in-law.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.' "'Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour secretly.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.' "'Cursed be he that taketh a reward to slay innocent blood.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.' "'Cursed be he that maintaineth not all the words of this law to do them.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'
And he took the book of the covenant and read it in the audience of the people. And they said, "All that the LORD hath said, we will do and hear."
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And Ezra opened the book before all the people, for he stood above all the people. And when he opened it, all the people stood up. And Ezra praised the LORD, the great God. And all the people answered, "Amen, Amen," with their hands up, and bowed themselves, and worshipped the LORD with their faces to the ground.
Theocracy » Established
And he took the book of the covenant and read it in the audience of the people. And they said, "All that the LORD hath said, we will do and hear."
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And the people answered all together and said, "All that the LORD hath said, we will do." And Moses brought the words of the people unto the LORD.
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And Gideon said unto them, "I will not reign over you, neither shall my children reign over you, but the LORD shall reign over you."
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And for all that, when you saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against you, ye said unto me, 'Not so, a king shall reign over us' - when yet the LORD your God was your king.
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And Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD and all the laws. And all the people answered with one voice and said, "All the words which the LORD hath said, will we do."
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And now wherefore should we die that this great fire should consume us: If we should hear the voice of the LORD our God any more, we should die. For what is any flesh that he should hear the voice of the living God speaking out of the fire as we have done and should yet live: Go thou and hear all that the LORD our God sayeth, and tell thou unto us all that the LORD our God sayeth unto thee, and we will hear it and do it.' read more.
And the LORD heard the voice of your words when ye spake unto me, and he said unto me, 'I have heard the voice of the words of this people which they have spoke unto thee, they have well said all that they have said. Oh that they had such a heart with them to fear me and keep all my commandments always, that it might go well with them and with their children forever.
And the LORD heard the voice of your words when ye spake unto me, and he said unto me, 'I have heard the voice of the words of this people which they have spoke unto thee, they have well said all that they have said. Oh that they had such a heart with them to fear me and keep all my commandments always, that it might go well with them and with their children forever.
saying, "The LORD came from Sinai, and showed his beams from Seir unto them; and appeared gloriously from mount Paran, and he came with thousands of saints, and in his righthand a law of fire for them. How loved he the people? All his saints are in his hand. They shall set themselves down at thy feet, and receive of thy words. Moses gave us a law which is the inheritance of the congregation of Jacob. read more.
And he was in the fullness of the king, and held the rulers of the people together, with the tribes of Israel.
And he was in the fullness of the king, and held the rulers of the people together, with the tribes of Israel.
Word » Purpose of » Read in the great congregation
And he came to Nazareth where he was nursed, and as his custom was, went into the synagogue on the Sabbath days, and stood up for to read.
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And he took the book of the covenant and read it in the audience of the people. And they said, "All that the LORD hath said, we will do and hear."
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And after that he read all the words of the law, both the blessing and cursing, according to all that is written in the book of the law -
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So Baruch the son of Neriah did, according unto all that Jeremiah the Prophet commanded him, reading the words of the LORD out of the book in the LORD's house.
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And when the epistle is read of you, make that it be read in the congregation of the Laodiceans also: and that ye likewise read the epistle of Laodicea.
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Worship » The word of God read in public assemblies
"These shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the people, when ye are come over Jordan: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph and Benjamin. And these shall stand upon mount Ebal to curse: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan and Naphtali. And the Levites shall begin, and say unto all the men of Israel with a loud voice, read more.
Cursed be he that maketh any carved image or image of metal - an abomination unto the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman - and putteth it in a secret place.' And all the people shall answer and say, 'Amen.' "'Cursed be he that curseth his father or his mother.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.' "'Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour's mark.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.' 'Cursed be he that maketh the blind go out of his way.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.' "'Cursed be he that hindereth the right of the stranger, fatherless and widow.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.' "'Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife, because he hath opened his father's covering.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.' "'Cursed be he that lieth with any manner beast.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.' "'Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, whether she be the daughter of his father or of his mother.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.' "'Cursed be he that lieth with his mother-in-law.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.' "'Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour secretly.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.' "'Cursed be he that taketh a reward to slay innocent blood.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.' "'Cursed be he that maintaineth not all the words of this law to do them.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'
Cursed be he that maketh any carved image or image of metal - an abomination unto the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman - and putteth it in a secret place.' And all the people shall answer and say, 'Amen.' "'Cursed be he that curseth his father or his mother.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.' "'Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour's mark.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.' 'Cursed be he that maketh the blind go out of his way.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.' "'Cursed be he that hindereth the right of the stranger, fatherless and widow.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.' "'Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife, because he hath opened his father's covering.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.' "'Cursed be he that lieth with any manner beast.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.' "'Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, whether she be the daughter of his father or of his mother.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.' "'Cursed be he that lieth with his mother-in-law.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.' "'Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour secretly.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.' "'Cursed be he that taketh a reward to slay innocent blood.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.' "'Cursed be he that maintaineth not all the words of this law to do them.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'
And he took the book of the covenant and read it in the audience of the people. And they said, "All that the LORD hath said, we will do and hear."
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Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, and to doctrine.
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And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, "By what authority doest thou these things? And who gave thee this power?"
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And all Israel and the elders thereof, and their officers and judges, stood part on this side the ark, and part on that side, before the priests: that were Levites which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD - as well the stranger, as they that were born among them: half of them on the forefront of the Mount of Gerizim, and half of them on the forefront of mount Ebal: as Moses the servant of the LORD commanded, first to bless the people of Israel. And after that he read all the words of the law, both the blessing and cursing, according to all that is written in the book of the law - so that there was not one word of all that Moses commanded, which Joshua read not - before all the congregation of Israel, with women and children and the strangers that were among them.
And on the next day were gathered together the chief fathers among all the people and the priests and Levites, unto Ezra the scribe, that he should teach them the words of the law. And they found written in the law, how that the LORD had commanded by Moses that the children of Israel should dwell in booths in the feast of the seventh month. And so they caused it be declared and proclaimed in all their cities, and at Jerusalem, saying, "Go up unto the mount and fetch Olive branches, and Pine branches, Myrtle branches, Palm branches, and branches of thick trees, to make booths, as it is written." read more.
And the people went up, and fetched them, and made them booths, every one upon the roof of his house, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the street by the Watergate, and in the street by port Ephraim. And all the congregation of them that were come again out of the captivity, made booths, and dwelt therein. For since the time of Jeshua the son of Nun unto this day, had not the children of Israel done so, and there was very great gladness. And every day from the first day unto the last, read he in the book of the law of God. And seven days held they the feast, and on the eighth day they gathered together, according unto the manner.
And the people went up, and fetched them, and made them booths, every one upon the roof of his house, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the street by the Watergate, and in the street by port Ephraim. And all the congregation of them that were come again out of the captivity, made booths, and dwelt therein. For since the time of Jeshua the son of Nun unto this day, had not the children of Israel done so, and there was very great gladness. And every day from the first day unto the last, read he in the book of the law of God. And seven days held they the feast, and on the eighth day they gathered together, according unto the manner.
when all Israel is come to appear before the LORD thy God, in the place which he hath chosen: see that thou read this law before all Israel in their ears. Gather the people together: both men, women and children and the strangers that are in thy cities, that they may hear, learn and fear the LORD your God, and be diligent to keep all the words of this law, and that their children which know nothing may hear and learn to fear the LORD your God, as long as ye live in the land whither ye go over Jordan to possess it."
Now when the seventh month drew nigh, and the children of Israel were in their cities, all the people gathered themselves together as one man upon the street before the Watergate, and said unto Ezra the scribe that he should fetch the book of the law of Moses, which the LORD commanded to Israel. And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation both of men and women, and of all that could understand it, upon the first day of the seventh month. And read therein in the street that is before the Watergate, from the morning until the noon day before men and women, and such as could understand it: and the ears of all the people were inclined unto the book of the law. read more.
And Ezra the scribe stood upon a high pulpit of wood, which they had made for the preaching, and beside him stood Mattithiah, Shema, Ananiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his righthand: and on his left hand stood Pedaiah, Mishael, Malchiah, Hashum, Hashbaddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam. And Ezra opened the book before all the people, for he stood above all the people. And when he opened it, all the people stood up. And Ezra praised the LORD, the great God. And all the people answered, "Amen, Amen," with their hands up, and bowed themselves, and worshipped the LORD with their faces to the ground. And Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to give heed unto the law, and the people stood in their place. And they read in the book of the law of God distinctly and plainly, so that men understood the thing that was read.
And Ezra the scribe stood upon a high pulpit of wood, which they had made for the preaching, and beside him stood Mattithiah, Shema, Ananiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his righthand: and on his left hand stood Pedaiah, Mishael, Malchiah, Hashum, Hashbaddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam. And Ezra opened the book before all the people, for he stood above all the people. And when he opened it, all the people stood up. And Ezra praised the LORD, the great God. And all the people answered, "Amen, Amen," with their hands up, and bowed themselves, and worshipped the LORD with their faces to the ground. And Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to give heed unto the law, and the people stood in their place. And they read in the book of the law of God distinctly and plainly, so that men understood the thing that was read.
And then the king sent and gathered unto him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem. And the king went up into the house of the LORD, and all the men of Judah and all the inhabiters of Jerusalem with him, and the priests and the Prophets and all the people both small and great. And he read in the ears of them all the words of the book of the covenant, which was found in the house of the LORD. And the king stood by a pillar and made a covenant before the LORD that they should walk after the LORD, and keep his commandments and his witnesses and his ordinances with all their hearts and all their souls, and make good the words of the said covenant that were written in the foresaid book. And all the people consented to the covenant.
And he came to Nazareth where he was nursed, and as his custom was, went into the synagogue on the Sabbath days, and stood up for to read. And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Isaiah. And when he had opened the book, he found the place, where it was written,
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And he took the book of the covenant and read it in the audience of the people. And they said, "All that the LORD hath said, we will do and hear."
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when all Israel is come to appear before the LORD thy God, in the place which he hath chosen: see that thou read this law before all Israel in their ears.
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