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"When you divide up the inheritance of the land, you must set aside part of the land as sacred space for GOD: approximately seven miles long by six miles wide, all of it holy ground.

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"'When you allot the land as an inheritance, you are to present to the LORD a portion of the land as a sacred district, 25,000 cubits long and 20,000 cubits wide; the entire area will be holy.

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"Moreover, when you divide the land by lot into inheritance, you shall set apart a district for the LORD, a holy section of the land; its length shall be twenty-five thousand cubits, and the width ten thousand. It shall be holy throughout its territory all around.

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"When you divide the land among the tribes of Israel, you must set aside a section of it for the LORD as his holy portion. This piece of land will be 8 1/3 miles long and 6 2/3 miles wide. The entire area will be holy ground.

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Within this rectangle, reserve a seven-hundred-fifty-foot square for the Sanctuary with a seventy-five-foot buffer zone surrounding it.

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Of this, a section 500 cubits square is to be for the sanctuary, with 50 cubits around it for open land.

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Of this there shall be a square plot for the sanctuary, five hundred by five hundred rods, with fifty cubits around it for an open space.

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A section of this land, measuring 875 feet by 875 feet, will be set aside for the Temple. An additional strip of land 87 1/2 feet wide is to be left empty all around it.

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Mark off within the sacred reserve a section seven miles long by three miles wide. The Sanctuary with its Holy of Holies will be placed there.

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In the sacred district, measure off a section 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 cubits wide. In it will be the sanctuary, the Most Holy Place.

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So this is the district you shall measure: twenty-five thousand cubits long and ten thousand wide; in it shall be the sanctuary, the Most Holy Place.

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Within the larger sacred area, measure out a portion of land 8 1/3 miles long and 3 1/3 miles wide. Within it the sanctuary of the Most Holy Place will be located.

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This is where the priests will live, those who lead worship in the Sanctuary and serve GOD there. Their houses will be there along with The Holy Place.

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It will be the sacred portion of the land for the priests, who minister in the sanctuary and who draw near to minister before the LORD. It will be a place for their houses as well as a holy place for the sanctuary.

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It shall be a holy section of the land, belonging to the priests, the ministers of the sanctuary, who come near to minister to the LORD; it shall be a place for their houses and a holy place for the sanctuary.

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This area will be a holy land, set aside for the priests who minister to the LORD in the sanctuary. They will use it for their homes, and my Temple will be located within it.

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"To the north of the sacred reserve, an area roughly seven miles long and two and a quarter miles wide will be set aside as land for the villages of the Levites who administer the affairs of worship in the Sanctuary.

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An area 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 cubits wide will belong to the Levites, who serve in the temple, as their possession for towns to live in.

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An area twenty-five thousand cubits long and ten thousand wide shall belong to the Levites, the ministers of the temple; they shall have twenty chambers as a possession.

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The strip of sacred land next to it, also 8 1/3 miles long and 3 1/3 miles wide, will be a living area for the Levites who work at the Temple. It will be their possession and a place for their towns.

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"To the south of the sacred reserve, measure off a section seven miles long and about a mile and a half wide for the city itself, an area held in common by the whole family of Israel.

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"'You are to give the city as its property an area 5,000 cubits wide and 25,000 cubits long, adjoining the sacred portion; it will belong to the whole house of Israel.

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"You shall appoint as the property of the city an area five thousand cubits wide and twenty-five thousand long, adjacent to the district of the holy section; it shall belong to the whole house of Israel.

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"Adjacent to the larger sacred area will be a section of land 8 1/3 miles long and 1 2/3 miles wide. This will be set aside to be a city where anyone in Israel can come and live.

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"The prince gets the land abutting the seven-mile east and west borders of the central sacred square, extending eastward toward the Jordan and westward toward the Mediterranean.

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"'The prince will have the land bordering each side of the area formed by the sacred district and the property of the city. It will extend westward from the west side and eastward from the east side, running lengthwise from the western to the eastern border parallel to one of the tribal portions.

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"The prince shall have a section on one side and the other of the holy district and the city's property; and bordering on the holy district and the city's property, extending westward on the west side and eastward on the east side, the length shall be side by side with one of the tribal portions, from the west border to the east border.

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"Two special sections of land will be set apart for the prince. One section will share a border with the east side of the sacred lands and city, and the second section will share a border on the west side. Then the far eastern and western borders of the prince's lands will line up with the eastern and western boundaries of the tribal areas.

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This is the prince's possession in Israel. My princes will no longer bully my people, running roughshod over them. They'll respect the land as it has been allotted to the tribes.

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This land will be his possession in Israel. And my princes will no longer oppress my people but will allow the house of Israel to possess the land according to their tribes.

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The land shall be his possession in Israel; and My princes shall no more oppress My people, but they shall give the rest of the land to the house of Israel, according to their tribes."

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These sections of land will be the prince's allotment. "My princes will no longer oppress and rob my people; they will assign the rest of the land to the people, giving an allotment to each tribe.

Ezek.45.9

"This is the Message of GOD, the Master: "I've put up with you long enough, princes of Israel! Quit bullying and taking advantage of my people. Do what's just and right for a change.

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"'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: You have gone far enough, O princes of Israel! Give up your violence and oppression and do what is just and right. Stop dispossessing my people, declares the Sovereign LORD.

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"Thus says the Lord GOD: "Enough, O princes of Israel! Remove violence and plundering, execute justice and righteousness, and stop dispossessing My people," says the Lord GOD.

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For this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Enough, you princes of Israel! Stop all your violence and oppression and do what is just and right. Quit robbing and cheating my people out of their land! Stop expelling them from their homes!

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Use honest scales--honest weights and honest measures.

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You are to use accurate scales, an accurate ephah and an accurate bath.

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"You shall have honest scales, an honest ephah, and an honest bath.

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You must use only honest weights and scales, honest dry volume measures, and honest liquid volume measures.

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Every pound must have sixteen ounces. Every gallon must measure four quarts. The ounce is the basic measure for both.

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The ephah and the bath are to be the same size, the bath containing a tenth of a homer and the ephah a tenth of a homer; the homer is to be the standard measure for both.

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The ephah and the bath shall be of the same measure, so that the bath contains one-tenth of a homer, and the ephah one-tenth of a homer; their measure shall be according to the homer.

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The homer will be your standard unit for measuring volume. The ephah and the bath will each measure one-tenth of a homer.

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And your coins must be honest--no wooden nickels!

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The shekel is to consist of twenty gerahs. Twenty shekels plus twenty-five shekels plus fifteen shekels equal one mina.

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The shekel shall be twenty gerahs; twenty shekels, twenty-five shekels, and fifteen shekels shall be your mina.

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The standard unit for weight will be the silver shekel. One shekel consists of twenty gerahs, and sixty shekels are equal to one mina.

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These are the prescribed offerings you are to supply: one-sixtieth part of your wheat, one-sixtieth part of your barley,

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"'This is the special gift you are to offer: a sixth of an ephah from each homer of wheat and a sixth of an ephah from each homer of barley.

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"This is the offering which you shall offer: you shall give one-sixth of an ephah from a homer of wheat, and one-sixth of an ephah from a homer of barley.

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"This is the tax you must give to the prince: one bushel of wheat or barley for every sixty you harvest,

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one-hundredth part of your oil,

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The prescribed portion of oil, measured by the bath, is a tenth of a bath from each cor (which consists of ten baths or one homer, for ten baths are equivalent to a homer).

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The ordinance concerning oil, the bath of oil, is one-tenth of a bath from a kor. A kor is a homer or ten baths, for ten baths are a homer.

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one percent of your olive oil,

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one sheep out of every two hundred from the lush pastures of Israel. These will be used for the grain offerings, burnt offerings, and peace offerings for making the atonement sacrifices for the people. Decree of GOD, the Master.

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Also one sheep is to be taken from every flock of two hundred from the well-watered pastures of Israel. These will be used for the grain offerings, burnt offerings and fellowship offerings to make atonement for the people, declares the Sovereign LORD.

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And one lamb shall be given from a flock of two hundred, from the rich pastures of Israel. These shall be for grain offerings, burnt offerings, and peace offerings, to make atonement for them," says the Lord GOD.

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and one sheep for every two hundred in your flocks in Israel. These will be the grain offerings, burnt offerings, and peace offerings that will make atonement for the people who bring them, says the Sovereign LORD.

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Everyone in the land must contribute to these special offerings that the prince in Israel will administer.

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All the people of the land will participate in this special gift for the use of the prince in Israel.

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"All the people of the land shall give this offering for the prince in Israel.

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All the people of Israel must join the prince in bringing their offerings.

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It's the prince's job to provide the burnt offerings, grain offerings, and drink offerings at the Holy Festivals, the New Moons, and the Sabbaths--all the commanded feasts among the people of Israel. Sin offerings, grain offerings, burnt offerings, and peace offerings for making atonement for the people of Israel are his responsibility.

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It will be the duty of the prince to provide the burnt offerings, grain offerings and drink offerings at the festivals, the New Moons and the Sabbaths-at all the appointed feasts of the house of Israel. He will provide the sin offerings, grain offerings, burnt offerings and fellowship offerings to make atonement for the house of Israel.

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Then it shall be the prince's part to give burnt offerings, grain offerings, and drink offerings, at the feasts, the New Moons, the Sabbaths, and at all the appointed seasons of the house of Israel. He shall prepare the sin offering, the grain offering, the burnt offering, and the peace offerings to make atonement for the house of Israel."

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The prince will be required to provide offerings that are given at the religious festivals, the new moon celebrations, the Sabbath days, and all other similar occasions. He will provide the sin offerings, burnt offerings, grain offerings, drink offerings, and peace offerings to make reconciliation for the people of Israel.

Ezek.45.18

This is the Message from GOD, the Master: On the first day of the first month, take an unblemished bull calf and purify the Sanctuary.

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"'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: In the first month on the first day you are to take a young bull without defect and purify the sanctuary.

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"Thus says the Lord GOD: "In the first month, on the first day of the month, you shall take a young bull without blemish and cleanse the sanctuary.

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"This is what the Sovereign LORD says: In early spring, on the first day of each new year, sacrifice a young bull with no physical defects to purify the Temple.

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The priest is to take blood from the sin offerings and rub it on the doorposts of the Temple, on the four corners of the ledge of the altar, and on the gate entrance to the inside courtyard.

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The priest is to take some of the blood of the sin offering and put it on the doorposts of the temple, on the four corners of the upper ledge of the altar and on the gateposts of the inner court.

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The priest shall take some of the blood of the sin offering and put it on the doorposts of the temple, on the four corners of the ledge of the altar, and on the gateposts of the gate of the inner court.

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The priest will take some of the blood of this sin offering and put it on the doorposts of the Temple, the four corners of the upper ledge on the altar, and the gateposts at the entrance to the inner courtyard.

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Repeat this ritual on the seventh day of the month for anyone who sins without knowing it. In this way you make atonement for the Temple.

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You are to do the same on the seventh day of the month for anyone who sins unintentionally or through ignorance; so you are to make atonement for the temple.

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And so you shall do on the seventh day of the month for everyone who has sinned unintentionally or in ignorance. Thus you shall make atonement for the temple.

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Do this also on the seventh day of the new year for anyone who has sinned through error or ignorance. In that way, you will make atonement for the Temple.

Ezek.45.21

On the fourteenth day of the first month, you will observe the Passover, a feast of seven days. During the feast you will eat bread made without yeast.

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"'In the first month on the fourteenth day you are to observe the Passover, a feast lasting seven days, during which you shall eat bread made without yeast.

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"In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, you shall observe the Passover, a feast of seven days; unleavened bread shall be eaten.

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"On the fourteenth day of the new year, you must celebrate the Passover. This festival will last for seven days. Only bread without yeast may be eaten during that time.

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On Passover, the prince supplies a bull as a sin offering for himself and all the people of the country.

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On that day the prince is to provide a bull as a sin offering for himself and for all the people of the land.

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And on that day the prince shall prepare for himself and for all the people of the land a bull for a sin offering.

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On the day of Passover the prince will provide a young bull as a sin offering for himself and the people of Israel.

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Each day for each of the seven days of the feast, he will supply seven bulls and seven rams unblemished as a burnt offering to GOD, and also each day a male goat.

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Every day during the seven days of the Feast he is to provide seven bulls and seven rams without defect as a burnt offering to the LORD, and a male goat for a sin offering.

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On the seven days of the feast he shall prepare a burnt offering to the LORD, seven bulls and seven rams without blemish, daily for seven days, and a kid of the goats daily for a sin offering.

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On each of the seven days of the feast he will prepare a burnt offering to the LORD. This daily offering will consist of seven young bulls and seven rams without any defects. A male goat will also be given each day for a sin offering.

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He will supply about five and a half gallons of grain offering and a gallon of oil for each bull and each ram.

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He is to provide as a grain offering an ephah for each bull and an ephah for each ram, along with a hin of oil for each ephah.

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And he shall prepare a grain offering of one ephah for each bull and one ephah for each ram, together with a hin of oil for each ephah.

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The prince will provide a half bushel of flour as a grain offering and a gallon of olive oil with each young bull and ram.

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On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, and on each of the seven days of the feast, he is to supply the same materials for sin offerings, burnt offerings, grain offerings, and oil. [JC]

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"'During the seven days of the Feast, which begins in the seventh month on the fifteenth day, he is to make the same provision for sin offerings, burnt offerings, grain offerings and oil.

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"In the seventh month, on the fifteenth day of the month, at the feast, he shall do likewise for seven days, according to the sin offering, the burnt offering, the grain offering, and the oil."

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"During the seven days of the Festival of Shelters, which occurs every year in early autumn, the prince will provide these same sacrifices for the sin offering, the burnt offering, and the grain offering, along with the required olive oil.

Ezek.46.1

Message from GOD, the Master: The gate of the inside courtyard on the east is to be shut on the six working days, but open on the Sabbath. It is also to be open on the New Moon.

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"'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: The gate of the inner court facing east is to be shut on the six working days, but on the Sabbath day and on the day of the New Moon it is to be opened.

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"Thus says the Lord GOD: "The gateway of the inner court that faces toward the east shall be shut the six working days; but on the Sabbath it shall be opened, and on the day of the New Moon it shall be opened.

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"This is what the Sovereign LORD says: The east gateway of the inner wall will be closed during the six workdays each week, but it will be open on Sabbath days and the days of new moon celebrations.

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The prince will enter through the entrance area of the gate complex and stand at the gateposts as the priests present his burnt offerings and peace offerings while he worships there on the porch. He will then leave, but the gate won't be shut until evening.

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The prince is to enter from the outside through the portico of the gateway and stand by the gatepost. The priests are to sacrifice his burnt offering and his fellowship offerings. He is to worship at the threshold of the gateway and then go out, but the gate will not be shut until evening.

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The prince shall enter by way of the vestibule of the gateway from the outside, and stand by the gatepost. The priests shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings. He shall worship at the threshold of the gate. Then he shall go out, but the gate shall not be shut until evening.

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The prince will enter the foyer of the gateway from the outside. Then he will stand by the gatepost while the priest offers his burnt offering and peace offering. He will worship inside the gateway passage and then go back out the way he came. The gateway will not be closed until evening.

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On Sabbaths and New Moons, the people are to worship before GOD at the outside entrance to that gate complex.

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On the Sabbaths and New Moons the people of the land are to worship in the presence of the LORD at the entrance to that gateway.

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Likewise the people of the land shall worship at the entrance to this gateway before the LORD on the Sabbaths and the New Moons.

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The common people will worship the LORD in front of this gateway on Sabbath days and the days of new moon celebrations.

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The prince supplies for GOD the burnt offering for the Sabbath--six unblemished lambs and an unblemished ram.

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The burnt offering the prince brings to the LORD on the Sabbath day is to be six male lambs and a ram, all without defect.

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The burnt offering that the prince offers to the LORD on the Sabbath day shall be six lambs without blemish, and a ram without blemish;

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"Each Sabbath day the prince will present to the LORD a burnt offering of six lambs and one ram, all with no physical defects.

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The grain offering to go with the ram is about five and a half gallons plus a gallon of oil, and a handful of grain for each lamb.

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The grain offering given with the ram is to be an ephah, and the grain offering with the lambs is to be as much as he pleases, along with a hin of oil for each ephah.

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and the grain offering shall be one ephah for a ram, and the grain offering for the lambs, as much as he wants to give, as well as a hin of oil with every ephah.

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He will present a grain offering of a half bushel of flour to go with the ram and whatever amount of flour he chooses to go with each lamb. He is to offer one gallon of olive oil for each half bushel of flour.

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At the New Moon he is to supply a bull calf, six lambs, and a ram, all without blemish.

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On the day of the New Moon he is to offer a young bull, six lambs and a ram, all without defect.

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On the day of the New Moon it shall be a young bull without blemish, six lambs, and a ram; they shall be without blemish.

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At the new moon celebrations, he will bring one young bull, six lambs, and one ram, all with no physical defects.

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He will also supply five and a half gallons of grain offering and a gallon of oil for both ram and bull, and a handful of grain offering for each lamb.

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He is to provide as a grain offering one ephah with the bull, one ephah with the ram, and with the lambs as much as he wants to give, along with a hin of oil with each ephah.

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He shall prepare a grain offering of an ephah for a bull, an ephah for a ram, as much as he wants to give for the lambs, and a hin of oil with every ephah.

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With the young bull he must bring a half bushel of flour for a grain offering. With the ram he must bring another half bushel of flour. And with each lamb he is to bring whatever amount of flour that he decides to give. With each half bushel of flour he must offer one gallon of olive oil.

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When the prince enters, he will go through the entrance vestibule of the gate complex and leave the same way.

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When the prince enters, he is to go in through the portico of the gateway, and he is to come out the same way.

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When the prince enters, he shall go in by way of the vestibule of the gateway, and go out the same way.

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"The prince must enter the gateway through the foyer, and he must leave the same way he came.

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But when the people of the land come to worship GOD at the commanded feasts, those who enter through the north gate will exit from the south gate, and those who enter though the south gate will exit from the north gate. You don't exit the gate through which you enter, but through the opposite gate.

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"'When the people of the land come before the LORD at the appointed feasts, whoever enters by the north gate to worship is to go out the south gate; and whoever enters by the south gate is to go out the north gate. No one is to return through the gate by which he entered, but each is to go out the opposite gate.

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"But when the people of the land come before the LORD on the appointed feast days, whoever enters by way of the north gate to worship shall go out by way of the south gate; and whoever enters by way of the south gate shall go out by way of the north gate. He shall not return by way of the gate through which he came, but shall go out through the opposite gate.

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But when the people come in through the north gateway to worship the LORD during the religious festivals, they must leave by the south gateway. And those who entered through the south gateway must leave by the north gateway. They must never leave by the same gateway they came in; they must always use the opposite gateway.

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The prince is to be there, mingling with them, going in and out with them.

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The prince is to be among them, going in when they go in and going out when they go out.

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The prince shall then be in their midst. When they go in, he shall go in; and when they go out, he shall go out.

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The prince will enter and leave with the people on these occasions.

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At the festivals and the commanded feasts, the appropriate grain offering is five and a half gallons, with a gallon of oil for the bull and ram and a handful of grain for each lamb.

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"'At the festivals and the appointed feasts, the grain offering is to be an ephah with a bull, an ephah with a ram, and with the lambs as much as one pleases, along with a hin of oil for each ephah.

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At the festivals and the appointed feast days the grain offering shall be an ephah for a bull, an ephah for a ram, as much as he wants to give for the lambs, and a hin of oil with every ephah.

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"So at the special feasts and sacred festivals, the grain offering will be a half bushel of flour with each young bull, another half bushel of flour with each ram, and as much flour as the prince chooses to give with each lamb. One gallon of oil is to be given with each half bushel of flour.

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When the prince brings a freewill offering to GOD, whether a burnt offering or a peace offering, the east gate is to be opened for him. He offers his burnt or peace offering the same as he does on the Sabbath. Then he leaves, and after he is out, the gate is shut.

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When the prince provides a freewill offering to the LORD -whether a burnt offering or fellowship offerings-the gate facing east is to be opened for him. He shall offer his burnt offering or his fellowship offerings as he does on the Sabbath day. Then he shall go out, and after he has gone out, the gate will be shut.

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"Now when the prince makes a voluntary burnt offering or voluntary peace offering to the LORD, the gate that faces toward the east shall then be opened for him; and he shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings as he did on the Sabbath day. Then he shall go out, and after he goes out the gate shall be shut.

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Whenever the prince offers a voluntary burnt offering or peace offering to the LORD, the east gateway to the inner courtyard will be opened for him to enter, and he will offer his sacrifices just as he does on Sabbath days. Then he will turn and leave the way he entered, and the gateway will be shut behind him.

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Every morning you are to bring a yearling lamb unblemished for a burnt offering to GOD.

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"'Every day you are to provide a year-old lamb without defect for a burnt offering to the LORD; morning by morning you shall provide it.

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"You shall daily make a burnt offering to the LORD of a lamb of the first year without blemish; you shall prepare it every morning.

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"Each morning a year-old lamb with no physical defects must be sacrificed as a burnt offering to the LORD.

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Also, every morning bring a grain offering of about a gallon of grain with a quart or so of oil to moisten it. Presenting this grain offering to GOD is standard procedure.

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You are also to provide with it morning by morning a grain offering, consisting of a sixth of an ephah with a third of a hin of oil to moisten the flour. The presenting of this grain offering to the LORD is a lasting ordinance.

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And you shall prepare a grain offering with it every morning, a sixth of an ephah, and a third of a hin of oil to moisten the fine flour. This grain offering is a perpetual ordinance, to be made regularly to the LORD.

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With the lamb, a grain offering must also be given to the LORD--about two and a half quarts of flour with a third of a gallon of olive oil to moisten the flour. This will be a permanent law for you.

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The lamb, the grain offering, and the oil for the burnt offering are a regular daily ritual.

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So the lamb and the grain offering and the oil shall be provided morning by morning for a regular burnt offering.

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Thus they shall prepare the lamb, the grain offering, and the oil, as a regular burnt offering every morning."

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The lamb, the grain offering, and the olive oil must be given as a daily sacrifice every morning without fail.

Ezek.46.16

A Message from GOD, the Master: If the prince deeds a gift from his inheritance to one of his sons, it stays in the family.

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"'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: If the prince makes a gift from his inheritance to one of his sons, it will also belong to his descendants; it is to be their property by inheritance.

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"Thus says the Lord GOD: "If the prince gives a gift of some of his inheritance to any of his sons, it shall belong to his sons; it is their possession by inheritance.

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"This is what the Sovereign LORD says: If the prince gives a gift of land to one of his sons, it will belong to him and his descendants forever.

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But if he deeds a gift from his inheritance to a servant, the servant keeps it only until the year of liberation (the Jubilee year). After that, it comes back to the prince. His inheritance is only for his sons. It stays in the family.

Ezek.46.17

If, however, he makes a gift from his inheritance to one of his servants, the servant may keep it until the year of freedom; then it will revert to the prince. His inheritance belongs to his sons only; it is theirs.

Ezek.46.17

But if he gives a gift of some of his inheritance to one of his servants, it shall be his until the year of liberty, after which it shall return to the prince. But his inheritance shall belong to his sons; it shall become theirs.

Ezek.46.17

But if he gives a gift of land to one of his servants, the servant may keep it only until the Year of Jubilee, which comes every fiftieth year. At that time the servant will be set free, and the land will return to the prince. Only the gifts given to the prince's sons will be permanent.

Ezek.46.18

The prince must not take the inheritance from any of the people, dispossessing them of their land. He can give his sons only what he himself owns. None of my people are to be run off their land.'"

Ezek.46.18

The prince must not take any of the inheritance of the people, driving them off their property. He is to give his sons their inheritance out of his own property, so that none of my people will be separated from his property.'"

Ezek.46.18

Moreover the prince shall not take any of the people's inheritance by evicting them from their property; he shall provide an inheritance for his sons from his own property, so that none of My people may be scattered from his property.""'

Ezek.46.18

And the prince may never take anyone's property by force. If he gives property to his sons, it must be from his own land, for I do not want any of my people unjustly evicted from their property."

Ezek.46.19

Then the man brought me through the north gate into the holy chambers assigned to the priests and showed me a back room to the west.

Ezek.46.19

Then the man brought me through the entrance at the side of the gate to the sacred rooms facing north, which belonged to the priests, and showed me a place at the western end.

Ezek.46.19

Now he brought me through the entrance, which was at the side of the gate, into the holy chambers of the priests which face toward the north; and there a place was situated at their extreme western end.

Ezek.46.19

Then the man brought me through the entrance beside the gateway and led me to the sacred rooms assigned to the priests, which faced toward the north. He showed me a place at the extreme west end of these rooms.

Ezek.46.20

He said, "This is the kitchen where the priests will cook the guilt offering and sin offering and bake the grain offering so that they won't have to do it in the outside courtyard and endanger the unprepared people out there with The Holy."

Ezek.46.20

He said to me, "This is the place where the priests will cook the guilt offering and the sin offering and bake the grain offering, to avoid bringing them into the outer court and consecrating the people."

Ezek.46.20

And he said to me, "This is the place where the priests shall boil the trespass offering and the sin offering, and where they shall bake the grain offering, so that they do not bring them out into the outer court to sanctify the people."

Ezek.46.20

He explained, "This is where the priests will cook the meat from the guilt offerings and sin offerings and bake the flour from the grain offerings into bread. They will do it here to avoid carrying the sacrifices through the outer courtyard and harming the people by transmitting holiness to them."

Ezek.46.21

He proceeded to take me to the outside courtyard and around to each of its four corners. In each corner I observed another court.

Ezek.46.21

He then brought me to the outer court and led me around to its four corners, and I saw in each corner another court.

Ezek.46.21

Then he brought me out into the outer court and caused me to pass by the four corners of the court; and in fact, in every corner of the court there was another court.

Ezek.46.21

Then he brought me back to the outer courtyard and led me to each of its four corners. In each corner I saw an enclosure.

Ezek.46.22

In each of the four corners of the outside courtyard were smaller courts sixty by forty-five feet, each the same size.

Ezek.46.22

In the four corners of the outer court were enclosed courts, forty cubits long and thirty cubits wide; each of the courts in the four corners was the same size.

Ezek.46.22

In the four corners of the court were enclosed courts, forty cubits long and thirty wide; all four corners were the same size.

Ezek.46.22

Each of these enclosures was 70 feet long and 52 1/2 feet wide, surrounded by walls.

Ezek.46.23

On the inside walls of the courts was a stone shelf, and beneath the shelves, hearths for cooking.

Ezek.46.23

Around the inside of each of the four courts was a ledge of stone, with places for fire built all around under the ledge.

Ezek.46.23

There was a row of building stones all around in them, all around the four of them; and cooking hearths were made under the rows of stones all around.

Ezek.46.23

Along the inside of these walls was a ledge of stone with fireplaces under the ledge all the way around.

Ezek.46.24

He said, "These are the kitchens where those who serve in the Temple will cook the sacrifices of the people."

Ezek.46.24

He said to me, "These are the kitchens where those who minister at the temple will cook the sacrifices of the people."

Ezek.46.24

And he said to me, "These are the kitchens where the ministers of the temple shall boil the sacrifices of the people."

Ezek.46.24

The man said to me, "These are the kitchens to be used by the Temple assistants to boil the sacrifices offered by the people."

1Pet.3.1

The same goes for you wives: Be good wives to your husbands, responsive to their needs. There are husbands who, indifferent as they are to any words about God, will be captivated

1Pet.3.1

Wives, in the same way be submissive to your husbands so that, if any of them do not believe the word, they may be won over without words by the behavior of their wives,

1Pet.3.1

Wives, likewise, be submissive to your own husbands, that even if some do not obey the word, they, without a word, may be won by the conduct of their wives,

1Pet.3.1

In the same way, you wives must accept the authority of your husbands, even those who refuse to accept the Good News. Your godly lives will speak to them better than any words. They will be won over

1Pet.3.2

by your life of holy beauty.

1Pet.3.2

when they see the purity and reverence of your lives.

1Pet.3.2

when they observe your chaste conduct accompanied by fear.

1Pet.3.2

by watching your pure, godly behavior.

1Pet.3.3

What matters is not your outer appearance--the styling of your hair, the jewelry you wear, the cut of your clothes--

1Pet.3.3

Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair and the wearing of gold jewelry and fine clothes.

1Pet.3.3

Do not let your adornment be merely outward--arranging the hair, wearing gold, or putting on fine apparel--

1Pet.3.3

Don't be concerned about the outward beauty that depends on fancy hairstyles, expensive jewelry, or beautiful clothes.

1Pet.3.4

but your inner disposition. Cultivate inner beauty, the gentle, gracious kind that God delights in.

1Pet.3.4

Instead, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God's sight.

1Pet.3.4

rather let it be the hidden person of the heart, with the incorruptible beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in the sight of God.

1Pet.3.4

You should be known for the beauty that comes from within, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is so precious to God.

1Pet.3.5

The holy women of old were beautiful before God that way, and were good, loyal wives to their husbands.

1Pet.3.5

For this is the way the holy women of the past who put their hope in God used to make themselves beautiful. They were submissive to their own husbands,

1Pet.3.5

For in this manner, in former times, the holy women who trusted in God also adorned themselves, being submissive to their own husbands,

1Pet.3.5

That is the way the holy women of old made themselves beautiful. They trusted God and accepted the authority of their husbands.

1Pet.3.6

Sarah, for instance, taking care of Abraham, would address him as "my dear husband." You'll be true daughters of Sarah if you do the same, unanxious and unintimidated.

1Pet.3.6

like Sarah, who obeyed Abraham and called him her master. You are her daughters if you do what is right and do not give way to fear.

1Pet.3.6

as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, whose daughters you are if you do good and are not afraid with any terror.

1Pet.3.6

For instance, Sarah obeyed her husband, Abraham, when she called him her master. You are her daughters when you do what is right without fear of what your husbands might do.

1Pet.3.7

The same goes for you husbands: Be good husbands to your wives. Honor them, delight in them. As women they lack some of your advantages. But in the new life of God's grace, you're equals. Treat your wives, then, as equals so your prayers don't run aground.

1Pet.3.7

Husbands, in the same way be considerate as you live with your wives, and treat them with respect as the weaker partner and as heirs with you of the gracious gift of life, so that nothing will hinder your prayers.

1Pet.3.7

Husbands, likewise, dwell with them with understanding, giving honor to the wife, as to the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers may not be hindered.

1Pet.3.7

In the same way, you husbands must give honor to your wives. Treat her with understanding as you live together. She may be weaker than you are, but she is your equal partner in God's gift of new life. If you don't treat her as you should, your prayers will not be heard.

1Pet.3.8

Summing up: Be agreeable, be sympathetic, be loving, be compassionate, be humble.

1Pet.3.8

Finally, all of you, live in harmony with one another; be sympathetic, love as brothers, be compassionate and humble.

1Pet.3.8

Finally, all of you be of one mind, having compassion for one another; love as brothers, be tenderhearted, be courteous;

1Pet.3.8

Finally, all of you should be of one mind, full of sympathy toward each other, loving one another with tender hearts and humble minds.

1Pet.3.9

That goes for all of you, no exceptions. No retaliation. No sharp-tongued sarcasm. Instead, bless--that's your job, to bless. You'll be a blessing and also get a blessing.

1Pet.3.9

Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.

1Pet.3.9

not returning evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary blessing, knowing that you were called to this, that you may inherit a blessing.

1Pet.3.9

Don't repay evil for evil. Don't retaliate when people say unkind things about you. Instead, pay them back with a blessing. That is what God wants you to do, and he will bless you for it.

1Pet.3.10

Whoever wants to embrace life and see the day fill up with good, Here's what you do: Say nothing evil or hurtful;

1Pet.3.10

For, "Whoever would love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from deceitful speech.

1Pet.3.10

For "He who would love life And see good days, Let him refrain his tongue from evil, And his lips from speaking deceit.

1Pet.3.10

For the Scriptures say, "If you want a happy life and good days, keep your tongue from speaking evil, and keep your lips from telling lies.

1Pet.3.11

Snub evil and cultivate good; run after peace for all you're worth.

1Pet.3.11

He must turn from evil and do good; he must seek peace and pursue it.

1Pet.3.11

Let him turn away from evil and do good; Let him seek peace and pursue it.

1Pet.3.11

Turn away from evil and do good. Work hard at living in peace with others.

1Pet.3.12

God looks on all this with approval, listening and responding well to what he's asked; But he turns his back on those who do evil things.

1Pet.3.12

For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous and his ears are attentive to their prayer, but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil."

1Pet.3.12

For the eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, And His ears are open to their prayers; But the face of the LORD is against those who do evil."

1Pet.3.12

The eyes of the Lord watch over those who do right, and his ears are open to their prayers. But the Lord turns his face against those who do evil."

1Pet.3.13

If with heart and soul you're doing good, do you think you can be stopped?

1Pet.3.13

Who is going to harm you if you are eager to do good?

1Pet.3.13

And who is he who will harm you if you become followers of what is good?

1Pet.3.13

Now, who will want to harm you if you are eager to do good?

1Pet.3.14

Even if you suffer for it, you're still better off. Don't give the opposition a second thought.

1Pet.3.14

But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. "Do not fear what they fear; do not be frightened."

1Pet.3.14

But even if you should suffer for righteousness' sake, you are blessed. "And do not be afraid of their threats, nor be troubled."

1Pet.3.14

But even if you suffer for doing what is right, God will reward you for it. So don't be afraid and don't worry.

1Pet.3.15

Through thick and thin, keep your hearts at attention, in adoration before Christ, your Master. Be ready to speak up and tell anyone who asks why you're living the way you are, and always with the utmost courtesy.

1Pet.3.15

But in your hearts set apart Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect,

1Pet.3.15

But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear;

1Pet.3.15

Instead, you must worship Christ as Lord of your life. And if you are asked about your Christian hope, always be ready to explain it.

1Pet.3.16

Keep a clear conscience before God so that when people throw mud at you, none of it will stick. They'll end up realizing that they're the ones who need a bath.

1Pet.3.16

keeping a clear conscience, so that those who speak maliciously against your good behavior in Christ may be ashamed of their slander.

1Pet.3.16

having a good conscience, that when they defame you as evildoers, those who revile your good conduct in Christ may be ashamed.

1Pet.3.16

But you must do this in a gentle and respectful way. Keep your conscience clear. Then if people speak evil against you, they will be ashamed when they see what a good life you live because you belong to Christ.

1Pet.3.17

It's better to suffer for doing good, if that's what God wants, than to be punished for doing bad.

1Pet.3.17

It is better, if it is God's will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil.

1Pet.3.17

For it is better, if it is the will of God, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil.

1Pet.3.17

Remember, it is better to suffer for doing good, if that is what God wants, than to suffer for doing wrong!

1Pet.3.18

That's what Christ did definitively: suffered because of others' sins, the Righteous One for the unrighteous ones. He went through it all--was put to death and then made alive--to bring us to God.

1Pet.3.18

For Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive by the Spirit,

1Pet.3.18

For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit,

1Pet.3.18

Christ also suffered when he died for our sins once for all time. He never sinned, but he died for sinners that he might bring us safely home to God. He suffered physical death, but he was raised to life in the Spirit.

1Pet.3.19

He went and proclaimed God's salvation to earlier generations who ended up in the prison of judgment

1Pet.3.19

through whom also he went and preached to the spirits in prison

1Pet.3.19

by whom also He went and preached to the spirits in prison,

1Pet.3.19

So he went and preached to the spirits in prison--

1Pet.3.20

because they wouldn't listen. You know, even though God waited patiently all the days that Noah built his ship, only a few were saved then, eight to be exact--saved from the water by the water.

1Pet.3.20

who disobeyed long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In it only a few people, eight in all, were saved through water,

1Pet.3.20

who formerly were disobedient, when once the Divine longsuffering waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water.

1Pet.3.20

those who disobeyed God long ago when God waited patiently while Noah was building his boat. Only eight people were saved from drowning in that terrible flood.

1Pet.3.21

The waters of baptism do that for you, not by washing away dirt from your skin but by presenting you through Jesus' resurrection before God with a clear conscience.

1Pet.3.21

and this water symbolizes baptism that now saves you also--not the removal of dirt from the body but the pledge of a good conscience toward God. It saves you by the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

1Pet.3.21

There is also an antitype which now saves us--baptism (not the removal of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God), through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

1Pet.3.21

And this is a picture of baptism, which now saves you by the power of Jesus Christ's resurrection. Baptism is not a removal of dirt from your body; it is an appeal to God from a clean conscience.

1Pet.3.22

Jesus has the last word on everything and everyone, from angels to armies. He's standing right alongside God, and what he says goes.

1Pet.3.22

who has gone into heaven and is at God's right hand--with angels, authorities and powers in submission to him.

1Pet.3.22

who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, angels and authorities and powers having been made subject to Him.

1Pet.3.22

Now Christ has gone to heaven. He is seated in the place of honor next to God, and all the angels and authorities and powers are bowing before him.

Prov.28.18

Walk straight--live well and be saved; a devious life is a doomed life.

Prov.28.18

He whose walk is blameless is kept safe, but he whose ways are perverse will suddenly fall.

Prov.28.18

Whoever walks blamelessly will be saved, But he who is perverse in his ways will suddenly fall.

Prov.28.18

The honest will be rescued from harm, but those who are crooked will be destroyed.

Prov.28.19

Work your garden--you'll end up with plenty of food; play and party--you'll end up with an empty plate.

Prov.28.19

He who works his land will have abundant food, but the one who chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.

Prov.28.19

He who tills his land will have plenty of bread, But he who follows frivolity will have poverty enough!

Prov.28.19

Hard workers have plenty of food; playing around brings poverty.

Prov.28.20

Committed and persistent work pays off; get-rich-quick schemes are ripoffs.

Prov.28.20

A faithful man will be richly blessed, but one eager to get rich will not go unpunished.

Prov.28.20

A faithful man will abound with blessings, But he who hastens to be rich will not go unpunished.

Prov.28.20

The trustworthy will get a rich reward. But the person who wants to get rich quick will only get into trouble.

Prov.28.21

Playing favorites is always a bad thing; you can do great harm in seemingly harmless ways.

Prov.28.21

To show partiality is not good- yet a man will do wrong for a piece of bread.

Prov.28.21

To show partiality is not good, Because for a piece of bread a man will transgress.

Prov.28.21

Showing partiality is never good, yet some will do wrong for something as small as a piece of bread.

Prov.28.22

A miser in a hurry to get rich doesn't know that he'll end up broke.

Prov.28.22

A stingy man is eager to get rich and is unaware that poverty awaits him.

Prov.28.22

A man with an evil eye hastens after riches, And does not consider that poverty will come upon him.

Prov.28.22

A greedy person tries to get rich quick, but it only leads to poverty.

Prov.28.23

In the end, serious reprimand is appreciated far more than bootlicking flattery.

Prov.28.23

He who rebukes a man will in the end gain more favor than he who has a flattering tongue.

Prov.28.23

He who rebukes a man will find more favor afterward Than he who flatters with the tongue.

Prov.28.23

In the end, people appreciate frankness more than flattery.

Prov.28.24

Anyone who robs father and mother and says, "So, what's wrong with that?" is worse than a pirate.

Prov.28.24

He who robs his father or mother and says, "It's not wrong"- he is partner to him who destroys.

Prov.28.24

Whoever robs his father or his mother, And says, "It is no transgression," The same is companion to a destroyer.

Prov.28.24

Robbing your parents and then saying, "What's wrong with that?" is as serious as committing murder.

Prov.28.25

A grasping person stirs up trouble, but trust in GOD brings a sense of well-being.

Prov.28.25

A greedy man stirs up dissension, but he who trusts in the LORD will prosper.

Prov.28.25

He who is of a proud heart stirs up strife, But he who trusts in the LORD will be prospered.

Prov.28.25

Greed causes fighting; trusting the LORD leads to prosperity.

Prov.28.26

If you think you know it all, you're a fool for sure; real survivors learn wisdom from others.

Prov.28.26

He who trusts in himself is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom is kept safe.

Prov.28.26

He who trusts in his own heart is a fool, But whoever walks wisely will be delivered.

Prov.28.26

Trusting oneself is foolish, but those who walk in wisdom are safe.

Prov.28.27

Be generous to the poor--you'll never go hungry; shut your eyes to their needs, and run a gauntlet of curses.

Prov.28.27

He who gives to the poor will lack nothing, but he who closes his eyes to them receives many curses.

Prov.28.27

He who gives to the poor will not lack, But he who hides his eyes will have many curses.

Prov.28.27

Whoever gives to the poor will lack nothing. But a curse will come upon those who close their eyes to poverty.

Prov.28.28

When corruption takes over, good people go underground, but when the crooks are thrown out, it's safe to come out.

Prov.28.28

When the wicked rise to power, people go into hiding; but when the wicked perish, the righteous thrive.

Prov.28.28

When the wicked arise, men hide themselves; But when they perish, the righteous increase.

Prov.28.28

When the wicked take charge, people hide. When the wicked meet disaster, the godly multiply.