'Present' in the Bible
Hezekiah appointed the divisions of the priests and Levites to do their assigned tasks -- to offer burnt sacrifices and present offerings and to serve, give thanks, and offer praise in the gates of the Lord's sanctuary.
They reserved the burnt offerings and the cattle for the family divisions of the people to present to the Lord, as prescribed in the scroll of Moses.
So the Israelites who were present observed the Passover at that time, as well as the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days.
Then this Sheshbazzar went and laid the foundations of the temple of God in Jerusalem. From that time to the present moment it has been in the process of being rebuilt, although it is not yet finished.'
I had them assemble at the canal that flows toward Ahava, and we camped there for three days. I observed that the people and the priests were present, but I found no Levites there.
and I weighed out to them the silver, the gold, and the vessels intended for the temple of our God -- items that the king, his advisers, his officials, and all Israel who were present had contributed.
From the days of our fathers until this very day our guilt has been great. Because of our iniquities we, along with our kings and priests, have been delivered over by the local kings to sword, captivity, plunder, and embarrassment -- right up to the present time.
in the third year of his reign he provided a banquet for all his officials and his servants. The army of Persia and Media was present, as well as the nobles and the officials of the provinces.
When those days were completed, the king then provided a seven-day banquet for all the people who were present in Susa the citadel, for those of highest standing to the most lowly. It was held in the court located in the garden of the royal palace.
Now the day came when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord -- and Satan also arrived among them.
Again the day came when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also arrived among them to present himself before the Lord.
There an upright person could present his case before him, and I would be delivered forever from my judge.
Lord, in the morning you will hear me; in the morning I will present my case to you and then wait expectantly for an answer.
Present to God a thank-offering! Repay your vows to the sovereign One!
Let them present thank offerings, and loudly proclaim what he has done!
I will present a thank offering to you, and call on the name of the Lord.
The Lord will reveal himself to the Egyptians, and they will acknowledge the Lord's authority at that time. They will present sacrifices and offerings; they will make vows to the Lord and fulfill them.
Who acts and carries out decrees? Who summons the successive generations from the beginning? I, the Lord, am present at the very beginning, and at the very end -- I am the one.
"Present your argument," says the Lord. "Produce your evidence," says Jacob's king.
You did not buy me aromatic reeds; you did not present to me the fat of your sacrifices. Yet you burdened me with your sins; you made me weary with your evil deeds.
Tell me! Present the evidence! Let them consult with one another! Who predicted this in the past? Who announced it beforehand? Was it not I, the Lord? I have no peer, there is no God but me, a God who vindicates and delivers; there is none but me.
Listen to me, O Jacob, Israel, whom I summoned! I am the one; I am present at the very beginning and at the very end.
Before Jeremiah could turn to leave, the captain of the guard added, "Go back to Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam and grandson of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon appointed to govern the towns of Judah. Go back and live with him among the people. Or go wherever else you choose." Then the captain of the guard gave Jeremiah some food and a present and let him go.
eighty men arrived from Shechem, Shiloh, and Samaria. They had shaved off their beards, torn their clothes, and cut themselves to show they were mourning. They were carrying grain offerings and incense to present at the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem.
"Take some large stones and bury them in the mortar of the clay pavement at the entrance of Pharaoh's residence here in Tahpanhes. Do it while the people of Judah present there are watching.
(Resh) Look, O Lord! I am distressed; my stomach is in knots! My heart is pounding inside me. Yes, I was terribly rebellious! Out in the street the sword bereaves a mother of her children; Inside the house death is present.
When you present your sacrifices -- when you make your sons pass through the fire -- you defile yourselves with all your idols to this very day. Will I allow you to seek me, O house of Israel? As surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, I will not allow you to seek me!
You will present them before the Lord, and the priests will scatter salt on them and offer them up as a burnt offering to the Lord.
Listen to what the Lord says: "Get up! Defend yourself before the mountains! Present your case before the hills!"
Why do you force me to witness injustice? Why do you put up with wrongdoing? Destruction and violence confront me; conflict is present and one must endure strife.
leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother and then come and present your gift.
He also asked, "To what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable can we use to present it?
But some who were present indignantly said to one another, "Why this waste of expensive ointment?
Now when the time came for their purification according to the law of Moses, Joseph and Mary brought Jesus up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord
You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky, but how can you not know how to interpret the present time?
Now there were some present on that occasion who told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices.
So Judas agreed and began looking for an opportunity to betray Jesus when no crowd was present.
So they prepared a dinner for Jesus there. Martha was serving, and Lazarus was among those present at the table with him.
(Now none of those present at the table understood why Jesus said this to Judas.
After several years I came to bring to my people gifts for the poor and to present offerings,
Then Festus said, "King Agrippa, and all you who are present here with us, you see this man about whom the entire Jewish populace petitioned me both in Jerusalem and here, shouting loudly that he ought not to live any longer.
This was also to demonstrate his righteousness in the present time, so that he would be just and the justifier of the one who lives because of Jesus' faithfulness.
and do not present your members to sin as instruments to be used for unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those who are alive from the dead and your members to God as instruments to be used for righteousness.
Do you not know that if you present yourselves as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one you obey, either of sin resulting in death, or obedience resulting in righteousness?
(I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh.) For just as you once presented your members as slaves to impurity and lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness leading to sanctification.
So, I find the law that when I want to do good, evil is present with me.
For I consider that our present sufferings cannot even be compared to the glory that will be revealed to us.
For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor heavenly rulers, nor things that are present, nor things to come, nor powers,
So in the same way at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace.
Therefore I exhort you, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a sacrifice -- alive, holy, and pleasing to God -- which is your reasonable service.
Do not be conformed to this present world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may test and approve what is the will of God -- what is good and well-pleasing and perfect.
whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future. Everything belongs to you,
To the present hour we are hungry and thirsty, poorly clothed, brutally treated, and without a roof over our heads.
For even though I am absent physically, I am present in spirit. And I have already judged the one who did this, just as though I were present.
those who use the world as though they were not using it to the full. For the present shape of this world is passing away.
Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is present, there is freedom.
For if the eagerness is present, the gift itself is acceptable according to whatever one has, not according to what he does not have.
At the present time, your abundance will meet their need, so that one day their abundance may also meet your need, and thus there may be equality,
Now I, Paul, appeal to you personally by the meekness and gentleness of Christ (I who am meek when present among you, but am full of courage toward you when away!) --
now I ask that when I am present I may not have to be bold with the confidence that (I expect) I will dare to use against some who consider us to be behaving according to human standards.
Let such a person consider this: What we say by letters when we are absent, we also are in actions when we are present.
For I am jealous for you with godly jealousy, because I promised you in marriage to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.
I said before when I was present the second time and now, though absent, I say again to those who sinned previously and to all the rest, that if I come again, I will not spare anyone,
who gave himself for our sins to rescue us from this present evil age according to the will of our God and Father,
However, it is good to be sought eagerly for a good purpose at all times, and not only when I am present with you.
Now Hagar represents Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present Jerusalem, for she is in slavery with her children.
in which you formerly lived according to this world's present path, according to the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the ruler of the spirit that is now energizing the sons of disobedience,
so that he may present the church to himself as glorious -- not having a stain or wrinkle, or any such blemish, but holy and blameless.
but now he has reconciled you by his physical body through death to present you holy, without blemish, and blameless before him --
We proclaim him by instructing and teaching all people with all wisdom so that we may present every person mature in Christ.
For though I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your morale and the firmness of your faith in Christ.
For "physical exercise has some value, but godliness is valuable in every way. It holds promise for the present life and for the life to come."
Make every effort to present yourself before God as a proven worker who does not need to be ashamed, teaching the message of truth accurately.
For Demas deserted me, since he loved the present age, and he went to Thessalonica. Crescens went to Galatia and Titus to Dalmatia.
It trains us to reject godless ways and worldly desires and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age,
You put all things under his control." For when he put all things under his control, he left nothing outside of his control. At present we do not yet see all things under his control,
This was a symbol for the time then present, when gifts and sacrifices were offered that could not perfect the conscience of the worshiper.
But by the same word the present heavens and earth have been reserved for fire, by being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly.
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