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Ablution » Of the feet
Please. Let a little water be brought. Wash your feet and rest under the tree.
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My lords, he said, come to my home to wash your feet, and be my guests for the night. You may get up in the morning as early as you like and be on your way again. Oh no, they said, We will spend the night out here in the city square.
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The man went into the house. Laban unloaded the camels and gave them straw and fodder. Then he brought water for Abraham's servant and his men to wash their feet.
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The servant took them into Joseph's house. He gave them water to wash their feet. He also tended their donkeys.
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Aaron and his sons will use it for washing their hands and feet.
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They must wash their hands and feet, so that they will not die. This is a long lasting rule that they and their descendants are to observe.
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Moses, Aaron, and his sons used this water to wash their hands and feet.
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He took them home and fed their donkeys. They washed their feet and ate and drank.
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Go home, David said to Uriah, and wash your feet. Uriah left the royal palace, and the king sent a present to him.
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I have removed my coat. How shall I put it on? I have washed my feet. How shall I defile them?
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Standing by his feet weeping, she wet his feet with her tears. She wiped them with the hair of her head. Then she kissed his feet and anointed them with the ointment.
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Turning to the woman, he said to Simon: See this woman? I entered into your house and you gave me no water for my feet. She watered my feet with her tears, and wiped them with her hair.
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Then he poured water into the basin and washed the disciples' feet. He wiped them with the towel he was wearing.
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Beneficence » Instances of » The old man of gibeah
An old man came by at the end of a day's work on the farm. He was originally from the mountains of Ephraim, but he was now living in Gibeah. (The other people there were from the tribe of Benjamin.) The old man saw the traveler in the city square and asked: Where do you come from? Where are you going? The Levite answered: We have been in Bethlehem in Judah. We are on our way home deep in the mountains of Ephraim. No one will put us up for the night. read more.
We have fodder and straw for our donkeys and we have bread and wine for my concubine and me and for my servant. We have everything we need. The old man said: Come to my home. You are welcome! I will take care of you. You do not have to spend the night in the square. He took them home and fed their donkeys. They washed their feet and ate and drank.
We have fodder and straw for our donkeys and we have bread and wine for my concubine and me and for my servant. We have everything we need. The old man said: Come to my home. You are welcome! I will take care of you. You do not have to spend the night in the square. He took them home and fed their donkeys. They washed their feet and ate and drank.
Gibeah » Of saul » The people's wickedness
But his master said: We are not going to stop in a city where the people are not Israelites. We will pass by and go a little farther and spend the night at Gibeah or Ramah. They passed by Jebus and continued on their way. It was sunset when they came to Gibeah in the territory of the tribe of Benjamin. read more.
They turned off the road to spend the night there. They went into town and sat down in the city square. However no one offered to take them home for the night. An old man came by at the end of a day's work on the farm. He was originally from the mountains of Ephraim, but he was now living in Gibeah. (The other people there were from the tribe of Benjamin.) The old man saw the traveler in the city square and asked: Where do you come from? Where are you going? The Levite answered: We have been in Bethlehem in Judah. We are on our way home deep in the mountains of Ephraim. No one will put us up for the night. We have fodder and straw for our donkeys and we have bread and wine for my concubine and me and for my servant. We have everything we need. The old man said: Come to my home. You are welcome! I will take care of you. You do not have to spend the night in the square. He took them home and fed their donkeys. They washed their feet and ate and drank. They were enjoying themselves when suddenly some sexual perverts from the town surrounded the house and pounded on the door. They said to the old man: Bring out the man who came to your house! We want to have sex with him! The old man went outside and said to them: No, my friends! Please! Do not do such an evil, immoral thing! This man is my guest. Here is his concubine and my virgin daughter. I will bring them out now. You can have them. Do whatever you want with them. But do not do such an awful thing to this man! The men would not listen to him. The Levite took his concubine and put her outside with them. They raped her and abused her all night long and did not stop until morning. At dawn the woman came and fell down at the door of the old man's house. She was still there when daylight came. When her master opened the door that morning to go on his way, he found his concubine lying in front of the house with her hands reaching for the door. He said: Get up and let us go. But there was no answer. Then he put her body across the donkey and started on his way home. When he arrived at his house he got a knife. He took his concubine's body and cut it into twelve pieces. He sent one piece to each of the twelve tribes of Israel. Everyone who saw it said: No such deed has been seen or done since the people of Israel left Egypt! We must do something about this! What will we do?
They turned off the road to spend the night there. They went into town and sat down in the city square. However no one offered to take them home for the night. An old man came by at the end of a day's work on the farm. He was originally from the mountains of Ephraim, but he was now living in Gibeah. (The other people there were from the tribe of Benjamin.) The old man saw the traveler in the city square and asked: Where do you come from? Where are you going? The Levite answered: We have been in Bethlehem in Judah. We are on our way home deep in the mountains of Ephraim. No one will put us up for the night. We have fodder and straw for our donkeys and we have bread and wine for my concubine and me and for my servant. We have everything we need. The old man said: Come to my home. You are welcome! I will take care of you. You do not have to spend the night in the square. He took them home and fed their donkeys. They washed their feet and ate and drank. They were enjoying themselves when suddenly some sexual perverts from the town surrounded the house and pounded on the door. They said to the old man: Bring out the man who came to your house! We want to have sex with him! The old man went outside and said to them: No, my friends! Please! Do not do such an evil, immoral thing! This man is my guest. Here is his concubine and my virgin daughter. I will bring them out now. You can have them. Do whatever you want with them. But do not do such an awful thing to this man! The men would not listen to him. The Levite took his concubine and put her outside with them. They raped her and abused her all night long and did not stop until morning. At dawn the woman came and fell down at the door of the old man's house. She was still there when daylight came. When her master opened the door that morning to go on his way, he found his concubine lying in front of the house with her hands reaching for the door. He said: Get up and let us go. But there was no answer. Then he put her body across the donkey and started on his way home. When he arrived at his house he got a knife. He took his concubine's body and cut it into twelve pieces. He sent one piece to each of the twelve tribes of Israel. Everyone who saw it said: No such deed has been seen or done since the people of Israel left Egypt! We must do something about this! What will we do?
They have gone deep in depravity as in the days of Gibeah. He will remember their iniquity. He will punish their sins.
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Jehovah says: The people of Israel have not stopped sinning against me since the time of their sin at Gibeah. So at Gibeah war will catch up with them.
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