34 occurrences

'May' in the Bible

And the flesh that toucheth anything unclean shall not be eaten; it shall be burned with fire. And as to the flesh, all that are clean may eat the flesh.

Verse ConceptsSanitation, DisinfectionTouching Unclean ThingsUnclean SpiritsForbidden FoodUnclean Animals

But the fat of a dead carcase, and the fat of that which is torn, may be used in any other use; but ye shall in no wise eat it.

Verse ConceptsAnimals Torn To PiecesFat Of AnimalsDeath Of CreaturesForbidden FoodUseful Things

His own hands shall bring Jehovah's offerings by fire, the fat with the breast shall he bring: the breast, that it may be waved as a wave-offering before Jehovah.

Verse ConceptsWave OfferingsSwingingActing For Oneself

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

Verse ConceptsKnowledge, Of SinLeaders, SpiritualScripture Teaching

And he shall see the sore on the seventh day: if the sore have spread in the garment, either in the warp or in the woof, or in a skin, in any work that may be made of skin, the sore is a corroding leprosy: it is unclean.

Verse ConceptsSpreadingThe Seventh Day Of The WeekCordsAnimal SkinsDay 7Unclean Thingsmold

and two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons, as his hand may be able to get: the one shall be a sin-offering, and the other a burnt-offering.

Verse ConceptsdovesPigeonsTwo Animals

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

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

that the goat may bear upon him all their iniquities to a land apart from men; and he shall send away the goat into the wilderness.

Verse ConceptsCarrying SinPreparing For Actionliberation

And he that letteth go the goat for Azazel shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water; and afterwards he may come into the camp.

Verse ConceptsPurity, Nature OfScapegoatClean ClothesTaking Away Evil

And he that burneth them shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water; and afterwards he may come into the camp.

Verse ConceptsClean Clothes

And every one of the children of Israel, and of the strangers who sojourn among them, that catcheth in the hunt a beast or fowl that may be eaten, he shall pour out the blood thereof, and cover it with earth;

Verse ConceptsHuntingLifebloodForeigners Included In The Law

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

Verse ConceptsIncreasing FruitThe Lord Is GodFifthFood Permitted

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

Verse ConceptsBrothersSinglenessvirginity

or a man that toucheth any crawling thing whereby he becometh unclean, or a man by whom he may become unclean, whatever may be his uncleanness,

Verse ConceptsCrawling

and when the sun goeth down, he shall be clean, and may afterwards eat of the holy things; for it is his food.

Verse ConceptsSunsetsFood For Priests Defined

But if a priest buy any one for money, he may eat of it, and he that is born in his house: they may eat of his food.

Verse ConceptsMoney, Uses OfRightsSlavesPermitted To Eat Offerings

And a priest's daughter who is married to a stranger may not eat of the heave-offering of the holy things.

But a priest's daughter that becometh a widow, or is divorced, and hath no seed, and returneth unto her father's house, as in her youth, she may eat of her father's food; but no stranger shall eat thereof.

Verse ConceptsSinglenessDivorceFathers And Daughters

that your generations may know that I caused 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 if ye say, What shall we eat in the seventh year? behold, we may not sow, nor gather in our produce;

Verse ConceptsSeeking Food

then I will command my blessing upon you in the sixth year, that it may bring forth produce for three years;

Verse ConceptsIncreasing FruitThreefoldGod Will Bless

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

Verse ConceptsVillagesThe CountrysideReversion Of Things

And if thy brother grow poor, and he be fallen into decay beside thee, then thou shalt relieve him, be he stranger or sojourner, that he may live beside thee.

Verse ConceptsLiberalityethics, socialGenerosity, HumanGenerosity, Used TowardsLove To Others Shown InStrangersPoor PeopleLoving Foreigners

Thou shalt take no usury nor increase of him; and thou shalt fear thy God; that thy brother may live beside thee.

Verse ConceptsReverence, And Social BehaviourFear God!lent

Moreover of the children of them that dwell as sojourners with you, of them may ye buy, and of their family that is with you, which they beget in your land, and they shall be your possession.

Verse ConceptsForeignersMaking SlavesLaws Restricting ForeignersPropertyImmigrantsAliens

And ye shall leave them as an inheritance to your children after you, to inherit them as a possession: these may ye make your bondmen for ever; but as for your brethren, the children of Israel, ye shall not rule over one another with rigour.

Verse ConceptsSlavery, In OtPropertyslavery

after that he is sold there shall be right of redemption for him; one of his brethren may redeem him.

Verse ConceptsRedemptionredeemed

Either his uncle or his uncle's son may redeem him, or one of his next relations of his family may redeem him; or if his means be sufficient, he may redeem himself.

Verse ConceptsGetting Rich

And I will set my face against you, that ye may be routed before your enemies; they that hate you shall have dominion over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you.

Verse ConceptsFace Of GoddefeatPursuingGuilty FearGod OpposingUnsuitable Rule

And I will send the beasts of the field among you, that they may rob you of your children, and cut off your cattle, and make you few in number; and your streets shall be desolate.

Verse ConceptsBeastsNumbers ReducingAnimals Killing

And I will bring the land into desolation; that your enemies who dwell there in may be astonished at it.

And when any one halloweth his house, that it may be holy to Jehovah, the priest shall value it, judging between good and bad: as the priest shall value it, so shall it stand.

Verse ConceptsLiving In Houses

And if a man hallow to Jehovah part of a field of his possession, thy valuation shall be according to what may be sown in it: the homer of barley seed at fifty shekels of silver.

Verse ConceptsGrainSeedWeights And Measures, DistancesWeights And Measures, DryAccording To ThingsComparative MeasuresValuesales

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