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'May' in the Bible

Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him;

but this shall ye do unto them, that they may live, and not die, when they draw near unto the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in, and appoint them every one to his service and to his burden;

Verse ConceptsMan Appointing

and he shall cause the woman to drink the bitter water that bringeth the curse, that the water that bringeth the curse may enter into her for bitterness.

Verse ConceptsBitter WaterRepulsive FoodBad WaterBitternessInfidelity

And the priest shall wave them as wave-offering before Jehovah; it is holy for the priest, with the breast of the wave-offering and with the shoulder of the heave-offering; and afterwards the Nazarite may drink wine.

Verse ConceptsAnimal Sacrifices, Heave OfferingSwingingDrinking Wine

And thou shalt separate the Levites from among the children of Israel, that the Levites may be mine.

Verse ConceptsSeparationSeparation From Evil PeoplePeople Belong To God

And those men said to him, We are unclean by reason of the dead body of a man: why are we kept back, that we may not present the offering of Jehovah at its set time among the children of Israel?

Verse ConceptsRules About Corpses

Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for they weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh that we may eat!

Verse ConceptsMourning In RegretEating Meat

And if thou deal thus with me, slay me, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes, that I may not behold my wretchedness.

Verse ConceptsHope, Results Of Its AbsenceUniversality Of DeathDepression, SymptomsUnwise PrayersApproval To Kill Oneself

And Moses said, The people in whose midst I am are six hundred thousand footmen; and thou sayest, I will give them flesh that they may eat a whole month.

Verse ConceptsSkepticismThree To Nine Hundred ThousandOne Month

Send thou men, that they may search out the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel. Ye shall send a man of every tribe of his fathers, each a prince among them.

Verse ConceptsSpyingTwelve Tribesexploring

And why is Jehovah bringing us to this land that we may fall by the sword, that our wives and our little ones may become a prey? Is it not better for us to return to Egypt?

Verse ConceptsdoubtersFaint HeartednessWhy Does God Do This?

and it shall be unto you for a tassel, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of Jehovah, and do them; and that ye seek not after the lusts of your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye go a whoring;

Verse ConceptsSpiritual HarlotryHeart, HumanHuman DesiresEvil Eyes

that ye may remember and do all my commandments, and be holy unto your God.

Verse ConceptsObeying Godmindfulness

And Jehovah said to Moses, Bring Aaron's staff again before the testimony, to be kept as a token for the sons of rebellion, that thou mayest put an end to their murmurings before me, that they may not die.

Verse ConceptsArk Of The Covenant, ContentsArk Of The Covenant, FunctionRebellion, Against GodAaron, Life EventsDeath Due To God's PresenceDo Not GrumbleThings As Signsrebellion

And thy brethren also, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father, bring near with thee, that they may unite with thee, and minister unto thee; but thou and thy sons with thee shall serve before the tent of the testimony.

Verse ConceptsAaron, As High PriestMinistry, Nature OfParticipation, In Christ

And they shall keep thy charge, and the charge of the whole tent: only they shall not come near to the vessels of the sanctuary and to the altar, that they may not die, and you as well as they.

Verse ConceptsExclusionDeath Due To God's PresenceDanger When God Is Near

And now come, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are mightier than I: perhaps I may be able to smite them, and drive them out of the land; for I know that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed.

Verse ConceptsBalaams DonkeyInvitationsSorcery And MagicCursing IsraelPeople Blessing

Behold, a people is come out of Egypt, and it covers the face of the land. Now come, curse me them: perhaps I may be able to fight against them, and drive them out.

Verse ConceptsCursing Israel

And Jehovah said to Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up to Jehovah before the sun, that the fierce anger of Jehovah may be turned away from Israel.

Verse ConceptsPeople Hung To DeathAction Lest God Be Angry

who may go out before them, and who may come in before them, and who may lead them out, and who may bring them in, that the assembly of Jehovah be not as sheep that have no shepherd.

Verse ConceptsInadequate ShepherdingPeople Going BeforeGoing Out And Coming In

And thou shalt put of thine honour upon him, that the whole assembly of the children of Israel may obey him.

Verse ConceptsHuman Authority, Nature OfAuthority Of DisciplesPaying Attention To Peopleinvesting

And ye shall wash your garments on the seventh day, and ye shall be clean; and afterwards ye may come into the camp.

Verse ConceptsRitual WashingWashingThe Seventh Day Of The WeekClean ClothesDay 7

And among the cities that ye shall give unto the Levites shall be the six cities of refuge, which ye shall appoint for the manslayer, that he may flee thither, and besides them ye shall give forty-two cities:

Verse ConceptsFugitivesDeath penaltyRefugeesSanctuaryManslaughterTypes Of ChristAsylumSix ThingsForties

then ye shall appoint for yourselves cities: cities of refuge shall they be for you; that a manslayer may flee thither, who without intent smiteth a person mortally.

Verse ConceptsMurderRefugeManslaughterAccidental KillingsUnintentional

For the children of Israel, and for the stranger, and for the sojourner among them shall these six cities be a refuge, that one who smiteth a person mortally without intent may flee thither.

Verse ConceptsManslaughterStrangersAccidental KillingsForeigners Included In The LawUnintentionalAliens

And if he have smitten him with a stone from the hand, wherewith one may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall certainly be put to death.

Verse ConceptsStonesBeing Struck With StonesJudgement On Murderers

Or if he have smitten him with an instrument of wood, in the hand, wherewith one may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall certainly be put to death;

Verse ConceptsJudgement On Murderers

or have smitten him with any stone wherewith one may die, without seeing him, and have cast it upon him so that he die, and he was not his enemy, neither sought his harm:

Verse ConceptsBeing Struck With Stones

for the manslayer should have remained in the city of his refuge until the death of the high-priest; but after the death of the high-priest he may return into the land of his possession.

Verse ConceptsDeath Of Office HoldersPermission To Return Home

And every daughter that possesseth an inheritance among the tribes of the children of Israel, shall be married to one of the family of the tribe of her father, that the children of Israel may possess every one the inheritance of his fathers,

Verse Conceptsethics, personalIntermarriageFathers And Daughters

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