31 occurrences

'May' in the Bible

If his oblation be a burnt-offering of the herd, he shall offer it a male without blemish: he shall offer it at the door of the tent of meeting, that he may be accepted before Jehovah.

Verse ConceptsLaw, OtSacrifices At The DoorwayMale AnimalsPerfect Sacrifices

And the fat of that which dieth of itself, and the fat of that which is torn of beasts, may be used for any other service; but ye shall in no wise eat of it.

Verse ConceptsAnimals Torn To PiecesFat Of AnimalsDeath Of CreaturesForbidden FoodUseful Things

his own hands shall bring the offerings of Jehovah made by fire; the fat with the breast shall he bring, that the breast may be waved for a wave-offering before Jehovah.

Verse ConceptsWave OfferingsSwingingActing For Oneself

and that ye may make a distinction between the holy and the common, and between the unclean and the clean;

Verse ConceptsDiscernment, Nature OfPriests, Function In Ot TimesRitual LawMan DifferentiatingClean And Unclean

and that ye may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which Jehovah hath spoken unto them by Moses.

Verse ConceptsKnowledge, Of SinLeaders, SpiritualScripture Teaching

Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These are the living things which ye may eat among all the beasts that are on the earth.

Verse ConceptsFood DefinedRelation Of Animals To Man

Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that may ye eat.

Verse ConceptsBeastsCleft HoofsFeet Of CreaturesClean And UncleanClean AnimalsClean FoodNoting What Animals Eatporkcats

These may ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, that may ye eat.

Verse ConceptsSea DwellersClean FoodBrooksFishThe SeaEating Meatpork

Yet these may ye eat of all winged creeping things that go upon all fours, which have legs above their feet, wherewith to leap upon the earth.

Verse ConceptsFeet Of CreaturesClean Food

Even these of them ye may eat: the locust after its kind, and the bald locust after its kind, and the cricket after its kind, and the grasshopper after its kind.

Verse ConceptsInsectsLocustsGrasshoppersAccording To Its KindClean FoodKinds Of Living ThingsWeedbugs

All food therein which may be eaten, that on which water cometh, shall be unclean; and all drink that may be drunk in every'such vessel shall be unclean.

Verse ConceptsMoist ThingsWeed

And if any beast, of which ye may eat, die; he that toucheth the carcass thereof shall be unclean until the even.

Verse ConceptsAnimals, religious role ofTouching Unclean ThingsUnclean Until EveningRules About Corpses

to make a distinction between the unclean and the clean, and between the living thing that may be eaten and the living thing that may not be eaten.

Verse ConceptsAnimal LifeMan DifferentiatingClean And UncleanFood Defined

and he shall put the incense upon the fire before Jehovah, that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy-seat that is upon the testimony, that he die not:

Verse ConceptsSmokeCovering The ArkDeath Due To God's PresencePropitiatory [Mercy Seat]smoking

To the end that the children of Israel may bring their sacrifices, which they sacrifice in the open field, even that they may bring them unto Jehovah, unto the door of the tent of meeting, unto the priest, and sacrifice them for sacrifices of peace-offerings unto Jehovah.

Verse ConceptsSacrifices At The Doorway

And whatsoever man there be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among them, who taketh in hunting any beast or bird that may be eaten; he shall pour out the blood thereof, and cover it with dust.

Verse ConceptsHuntingLifebloodForeigners Included In The Law

And when ye offer a sacrifice of peace-offerings unto Jehovah, ye shall offer it that ye may be accepted.

Verse ConceptsFellowship OfferingPeace offeringsAcceptance

And in the fifth year shall ye eat of the fruit thereof, that it may yield unto you the increase thereof: I am Jehovah your God.

Verse ConceptsIncreasing FruitThe Lord Is GodFifthFood Permitted

and for his sister a virgin, that is near unto him, that hath had no husband; for her may he defile himself.

Verse ConceptsBrothersSinglenessvirginity

or whosoever toucheth any creeping thing, whereby he may be made unclean, or a man of whom he may take uncleanness, whatsoever uncleanness he hath;

Verse ConceptsCrawling

that ye may be accepted, ye shall offer a male without blemish, of the bullocks, of the sheep, or of the goats.

Verse ConceptsSheepMale AnimalsPerfect SacrificesSacrificing Cattle Sheep And Goats

that your generations may know that I made the children of Israel to dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am Jehovah your God.

Verse ConceptsBoothsThe Lord Is GodGod Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt

And thou shalt put pure frankincense upon each row, that it may be to the bread for a memorial, even an offering made by fire unto Jehovah.

Verse ConceptsFrankincenseMemorialShowbread

And if a man sell a dwelling-house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after it is sold; for a full year shall he have the right of redemption.

Verse ConceptsRelationships And Dating

But the houses of the villages which have no wall round about them shall be reckoned with the fields of the country: they may be redeemed, and they shall go out in the jubilee.

Verse ConceptsVillagesThe CountrysideReversion Of Things

Nevertheless the cities of the Levites, the houses of the cities of their possession, may the Levites redeem at any time.

But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold; for it is their perpetual possession.

Verse ConceptsProperty, Land

Take thou no interest of him or increase, but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee.

Verse ConceptsReverence, And Social BehaviourFear God!lent

after that he is sold he may be redeemed: one of his brethren may redeem him;

Verse ConceptsRedemptionredeemed

or his uncle, or his uncle's son, may redeem him, or any that is nigh of kin unto him of his family may redeem him; or if he be waxed rich, he may redeem himself.

Verse ConceptsGetting Rich

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