33 occurrences

'May' in the Bible

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

but thus do unto them, that they may live, and not die, when they approach 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

But if the man have no kinsman to whom restitution may be made for the guilt, the restitution for guilt which is made unto Jehovah shall be the priest's; besides the ram of the atonement, whereby atonement shall be made for him.

Verse ConceptsRamsAdditionsAtoning By Sacrifices

and the priest shall wave them for a wave-offering before Jehovah; this is holy for the priest, together with the wave-breast and heave-thigh: and after that the Nazirite may drink wine.

Verse ConceptsAnimal Sacrifices, Heave OfferingSwingingDrinking Wine

Take it of them, that they may be used in doing the service of the tent of meeting; and thou shalt give them unto the Levites, to every man according to his service.

Verse ConceptsAcceptance, divineAcceptance, Of Worshipperformance

and Aaron shall offer the Levites before Jehovah for a wave-offering, on the behalf of the children of Israel, that it may be theirs to do the service of Jehovah.

Verse ConceptsReadinessWave OfferingsSwinging

and those men said unto him, We are unclean by reason of the dead body of a man: wherefore are we kept back, that we may not offer the oblation of Jehovah in its appointed season among the children of Israel?

Verse ConceptsRules About Corpses

And Moses said unto them, Stay ye, that I may hear what Jehovah will command concerning you.

Verse ConceptsFindingWaitingStillnessPeople WaitingPaying Attention To GodWaiting On The Lord

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 Jehovah said unto Moses, Gather unto me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people, and officers over them; and bring them unto the tent of meeting, that they may stand there with thee.

Verse ConceptsSeventiesLeadersIdentityResponsibilityThe Elderlyeldersorganizationgathering

And Moses said, The people, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand footmen; and thou hast said, 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 spy out the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a prince among them.

Verse ConceptsSpyingTwelve Tribesexploring

And if a stranger sojourn with you, or whosoever may be among you throughout your generations, and will offer an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto Jehovah; as ye do, so he shall do.

Verse ConceptsSmellsAromasAltarsForeigners Permitted At The FeastsForeigners Included In The LawRefreshing God

and it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of Jehovah, and do them; and that ye follow not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to play the harlot;

Verse ConceptsSpiritual HarlotryHeart, HumanHuman DesiresEvil Eyes

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

Verse ConceptsObeying Godmindfulness

Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.

Verse ConceptsSeparationSeparation From Evil PeopleGod Might Kill His People

Get you up from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment. And they fell upon their faces.

Verse ConceptsSeparation From Evil PeopleGod Might Kill His People

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

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

Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may 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

Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that I may know what Jehovah will speak unto me more.

And Jehovah said unto Moses, Take all the chiefs of the people, and hang them up unto Jehovah before the sun, that the fierce anger of Jehovah may turn 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 congregation of Jehovah be not as sheep which have no shepherd.

Verse ConceptsInadequate ShepherdingPeople Going BeforeGoing Out And Coming In

And thou shalt put of thine honor upon him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may obey.

Verse ConceptsHuman Authority, Nature OfAuthority Of DisciplesPaying Attention To Peopleinvesting

Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void.

Verse ConceptsHusband And WifeWifeMan And WomanA Good Husband

And Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm ye men from among you for the war, that they may go against Midian, to execute Jehovah's vengeance on Midian.

Verse ConceptsGod Executes Vengeance

everything that may abide the fire, ye shall make to go through the fire, and it shall be clean; nevertheless it shall be purified with the water for impurity: and all that abideth not the fire ye shall make to go through the water.

then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you, that the manslayer that killeth any person unwittingly may flee thither.

Verse ConceptsMurderRefugeManslaughterAccidental KillingsUnintentional

For the children of Israel, and for the stranger and for the sojourner among them, shall these six cities be for refuge; that every one that killeth any person unwittingly may flee thither.

Verse ConceptsManslaughterStrangersAccidental KillingsForeigners Included In The LawUnintentionalAliens

And if he smote him with a stone in the hand, whereby a man may die, and he died, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

Verse ConceptsStonesBeing Struck With StonesJudgement On Murderers

Or if he smote him with a weapon of wood in the hand, whereby a man may die, and he died, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

Verse ConceptsJudgement On Murderers

or with any stone, whereby a man may die, seeing him not, and cast it upon him, so that he died, and he was not his enemy, neither sought his harm;

Verse ConceptsBeing Struck With Stones

And ye shall take no ransom for him that is fled to his city of refuge, that he may come again to dwell in the land, until the death of the priest.

Verse ConceptsDeath Of Office HoldersNot Redeemed

And every daughter, that possesseth an inheritance in any tribe of the children of Israel, shall be wife unto one of the family of the tribe of her father, that the children of Israel may possess every man the inheritance of his fathers.

Verse Conceptsethics, personalIntermarriageFathers And Daughters

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