[Jesus teaching] “’Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!  For you tithe mint and dill and cummin, and have neglected the weightier provisions of the law”

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“[God speaking] “’But as for you, take wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet and spelt, put them in one vessel and make them into bread for yourself; and you shall eat it according to the number of the days that you lie on your side, three hundred and ninety days.  Your food which you eat shall be twenty shekels a day by weight; you shall eat it from time to time. 

“’The water you drink shall be…

“Most blessed of women is Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite; most blessed is she of women in the tent.  He asks for water and she gave him milk; in a magnificent bowl she brought him curds. 

“She reached out her hand for…

[Job speaking with God] “’Your hands fashioned and made me altogether, and would You destroy me?  Remember now, that You have made me as clay’ and would You turn me into dust again? 

Did You not pour me out like milk and curdle me like cheese; cloth me with skin and flesh, and knit me together with bones and sinews?

“’You have granted me…

‘Then the Lord spoke to Moses, ‘Depart, go up from here, you and the people whom you have brought up from the land of Egypt, to the land of which I swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying, ‘To your descendants I will give it.’

“’I will send…

“And the rabble who were among them had greedy desires; and also the sons of Israel wept again and said, ‘

Who will give us meat to eat?  We remember the fish which we used to eat free in Egypt, the cucumbers and the,…

“See, the Lord has given you the sabbath; therefore, He gives you bread for two days on the sixth day.  Remain every man in his place; let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.’  So the people rested on the seventh day.  The house of Israel named it manna, and it was like coriander seed, white, and the taste was like wafers with honey.

“Then Moses said, ‘This is what the Lord hass,…

“The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.  As it is written in Isaiah the prophet: ‘Behold I send My messenger ahead of You, who will prepare Your way; the voice of one crying in the wilderness, make ready the way of the Lord, make His paths straight.’’

“John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness,…

“Then David came to Mahanaim.  And Absalom crossed the Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.  And Absalom set Amasa over the army in place of Joab.  Now Amasa was the son of a man whose name was Ithra the Israelite, who went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister of Zeruiah, Joab’s mother. And Israel and Absalom camped in the land of Gilead.

“Now when David had come to Mahanaim,…

“I“Comfort, O comfort My people,’ says your God.  Speak kindly to Jerusalem; and call out to her, that her warfare has ended.  That her iniquity has been removed, that she has received of the Lord’s hand double for all her sins.’

“A voice is calling, ‘Clear the way for the Lord in the wilderness; make smooth in the desert a highway for our God. 

When you consider…

“It is good to give thanks to the Lord and to sing praises to Your name, O Most High; to declare Your lovingkindness in the morning and Your faithfulness by night, with the ten-stringed lute and with the harp, with resounding music upon the lyre.  For You, O Lord, have made me glad by what You have done. 

“I will sing for joy at the works of Your hands.  How great are Your works, O Lord!  Your thoughts are very deep. 

“Then the Lord sent Nathan to David, and he came to him and said, ‘There were two men in one city, the one rich and the other poor.  The rich man had a great many flocks and herds. 

“But the poor man had nothing except one little ewe lamb which he bought and nourished; and it grew up together with…

[Moses speaking] “’Because you did not serve the Lord your God with joy and a glad heart, for the abundance of all things; therefore you shall serve your enemies whom the Lord will send against you, in hunger, in thirst, in nakedness, and in the lack of all things; and He will put an iron yoke on your neck until He has destroyed you. 

“’The Lord will bring a nation against you from afar, from the end of the earth, as the…

“’Now when you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap to the very corners of your field, nor shall you gather the gleanings of your harvest. 

“’Nor shall you gle3an your vineyard, nor shall you gather the fallen fruit of your vineyard; you shall leave them for the needy and for the stranger.  I am the Lord your God.”  Leviticus 19:19-20

““When you make a vow to the Lord your God, you shall not delay to pay it, for it would be sin in you, and the Lord your God will surely require it of you.  However, if you refrain from vowing, it would not be sin in you.

“’You shall be careful to perform what goes out of your lips, just as you have voluntarily vowed to the Lord your God, what you have promised….

“Again, the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ‘Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘When a man or woman makes a special vow, the vow of a Nazarite, to dedicate himself to the Lord,

“’…he shall abstain from wine and strong drink; he shall drink no…

“When Elisha returned to Gilgal, there was a famine in the land.  As the sons of the prophets were sitting before him, he said to his servant, ‘Put on the large pot and boil stew for the sons of the prophets.’

“Then one went out into the field to gather herbs, and…

“It came about as soon as Moses came near the camp, that he saw the calf and the dancing; and Moses’ anger burned, and he threw the tablets from his hands and shattered them at the foot of the mountain. 

“He took the calf which they had made and burned it with…

“Rebekah was listening while Isaac spoke to his son Esau.  So when Esau went to the field to hunt for game to bring home, Rebekah said to her son Jacob, ‘Behold, I heard your father speak to your brother Esau, saying, ‘Bring me some game and prepare a savory dish for me, that I may eat, and bless you in the presence of the Lord before my death.’

“Now therefore, my son, listen to me…

“Now the people became like those who complain of adversity in the hearing of the Lord; and when the Lord heard it, His anger was kindled, and the fire of the Lord burned among them and consumed some of the outskirts of the camp. 

“The people therefore cried out to Moses…