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   <div class="book bkLEV">
      <div class="chapter ch8" data-usfm="LEV.8">
         <div class="label">8</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Ordination of Aaron and His Sons</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="LEV.8.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to Moses, </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="LEV.8.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Bring Aaron and his sons, their garments, the anointing oil, the bull for the sin offering,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:2 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">purification offering</span><span class="ft">; also in verse 14</span></span></span><span class="content"> the two rams and the basket containing bread made without yeast, </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="LEV.8.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">and gather the entire assembly at the entrance to the tent of meeting.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LEV.8.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Moses did as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> commanded him, and the assembly gathered at the entrance to the tent of meeting.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LEV.8.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LEV.8.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Moses said to the assembly, &#8220;This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has commanded to be done.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LEV.8.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Then Moses brought Aaron and his sons forward and washed them with water. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LEV.8.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">He put the tunic on Aaron, tied the sash around him, clothed him with the robe and put the ephod on him. He also fastened the ephod with a decorative waistband, which he tied around him. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="LEV.8.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">He placed the breastpiece on him and put the Urim and Thummim in the breastpiece. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="LEV.8.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Then he placed the turban on Aaron&#8217;s head and set the gold plate, the sacred emblem, on the front of it, as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> commanded Moses.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="LEV.8.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LEV.8.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Then Moses took the anointing oil and anointed the tabernacle and everything in it, and so consecrated them. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LEV.8.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">He sprinkled some of the oil on the altar seven times, anointing the altar and all its utensils and the basin with its stand, to consecrate them. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LEV.8.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">He poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron&#8217;s head and anointed him to consecrate him. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LEV.8.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Then he brought Aaron&#8217;s sons forward, put tunics on them, tied sashes around them and fastened caps on them, as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> commanded Moses.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LEV.8.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LEV.8.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">He then presented the bull for the sin offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on its head. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LEV.8.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Moses slaughtered the bull and took some of the blood, and with his finger he put it on all the horns of the altar to purify the altar. He poured out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar. So he consecrated it to make atonement for it. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="LEV.8.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Moses also took all the fat around the internal organs, the long lobe of the liver, and both kidneys and their fat, and burned it on the altar. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LEV.8.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">But the bull with its hide and its flesh and its intestines he burned up outside the camp, as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> commanded Moses.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LEV.8.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LEV.8.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">He then presented the ram for the burnt offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on its head. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LEV.8.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Then Moses slaughtered the ram and splashed the blood against the sides of the altar. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LEV.8.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">He cut the ram into pieces and burned the head, the pieces and the fat. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LEV.8.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">He washed the internal organs and the legs with water and burned the whole ram on the altar. It was a burnt offering, a pleasing aroma, a food offering presented to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> commanded Moses.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LEV.8.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="LEV.8.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">He then presented the other ram, the ram for the ordination, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on its head. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="LEV.8.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Moses slaughtered the ram and took some of its blood and put it on the lobe of Aaron&#8217;s right ear, on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="LEV.8.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Moses also brought Aaron&#8217;s sons forward and put some of the blood on the lobes of their right ears, on the thumbs of their right hands and on the big toes of their right feet. Then he splashed blood against the sides of the altar. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="LEV.8.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">After that, he took the fat, the fat tail, all the fat around the internal organs, the long lobe of the liver, both kidneys and their fat and the right thigh. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="LEV.8.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">And from the basket of bread made without yeast, which was before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, he took one thick loaf, one thick loaf with olive oil mixed in, and one thin loaf, and he put these on the fat portions and on the right thigh. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="LEV.8.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">He put all these in the hands of Aaron and his sons, and they waved them before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> as a wave offering. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="LEV.8.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Then Moses took them from their hands and burned them on the altar on top of the burnt offering as an ordination offering, a pleasing aroma, a food offering presented to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="LEV.8.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Moses also took the breast, which was his share of the ordination ram, and waved it before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> as a wave offering, as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> commanded Moses.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="LEV.8.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="LEV.8.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Then Moses took some of the anointing oil and some of the blood from the altar and sprinkled them on Aaron and his garments and on his sons and their garments. So he consecrated Aaron and his garments and his sons and their garments.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="LEV.8.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="LEV.8.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Moses then said to Aaron and his sons, &#8220;Cook the meat at the entrance to the tent of meeting and eat it there with the bread from the basket of ordination offerings, as I was commanded: &#8216;Aaron and his sons are to eat it.&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="LEV.8.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">Then burn up the rest of the meat and the bread. </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="LEV.8.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">Do not leave the entrance to the tent of meeting for seven days, until the days of your ordination are completed, for your ordination will last seven days. </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="LEV.8.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">What has been done today was commanded by the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> to make atonement for you. </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="LEV.8.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">You must stay at the entrance to the tent of meeting day and night for seven days and do what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> requires, so you will not die; for that is what I have been commanded.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="LEV.8.35"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="LEV.8.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">So Aaron and his sons did everything the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> commanded through Moses.</span></span></div>
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   <div class="book bkPSA">
      <div class="chapter ch107" data-usfm="PSA.107">
         <div class="label">107</div><div class="ms"><span class="heading">BOOK V</span></div><div class="mr"><span class="heading">  </span><span class="heading">Psalms 107&#8211;150</span></div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 107</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.107.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Give thanks to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, for he is good;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.107.1"><span class="content">his love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.107.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.107.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Let the redeemed of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> tell their story&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.107.2"><span class="content">those he redeemed from the hand of the foe,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.107.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.107.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">those he gathered from the lands,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.107.3"><span class="content">from east and west, from north and south.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">107:3 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">north and the sea</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.107.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.107.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Some wandered in desert wastelands,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.107.4"><span class="content">finding no way to a city where they could settle.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.107.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.107.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">They were hungry and thirsty,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.107.5"><span class="content">and their lives ebbed away.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.107.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.107.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Then they cried out to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> in their trouble,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.107.6"><span class="content">and he delivered them from their distress.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.107.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.107.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">He led them by a straight way</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.107.7"><span class="content">to a city where they could settle.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.107.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.107.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Let them give thanks to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> for his unfailing love</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.107.8"><span class="content">and his wonderful deeds for mankind,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.107.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.107.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">for he satisfies the thirsty</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.107.9"><span class="content">and fills the hungry with good things.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.107.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.107.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Some sat in darkness, in utter darkness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.107.10"><span class="content">prisoners suffering in iron chains,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.107.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.107.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">because they rebelled against God&#8217;s commands</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.107.11"><span class="content">and despised the plans of the Most High.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.107.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.107.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">So he subjected them to bitter labor;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.107.12"><span class="content">they stumbled, and there was no one to help.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.107.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.107.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Then they cried to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> in their trouble,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.107.13"><span class="content">and he saved them from their distress.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.107.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.107.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">He brought them out of darkness, the utter darkness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.107.14"><span class="content">and broke away their chains.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.107.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.107.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Let them give thanks to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> for his unfailing love</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.107.15"><span class="content">and his wonderful deeds for mankind,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.107.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.107.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">for he breaks down gates of bronze</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.107.16"><span class="content">and cuts through bars of iron.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.107.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.107.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Some became fools through their rebellious ways</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.107.17"><span class="content">and suffered affliction because of their iniquities.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.107.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.107.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">They loathed all food</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.107.18"><span class="content">and drew near the gates of death.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.107.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.107.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Then they cried to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> in their trouble,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.107.19"><span class="content">and he saved them from their distress.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.107.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.107.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">He sent out his word and healed them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.107.20"><span class="content">he rescued them from the grave.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.107.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.107.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Let them give thanks to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> for his unfailing love</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.107.21"><span class="content">and his wonderful deeds for mankind.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.107.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.107.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Let them sacrifice thank offerings</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.107.22"><span class="content">and tell of his works with songs of joy.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.107.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.107.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Some went out on the sea in ships;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.107.23"><span class="content">they were merchants on the mighty waters.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.107.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.107.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">They saw the works of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.107.24"><span class="content">his wonderful deeds in the deep.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.107.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.107.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">For he spoke and stirred up a tempest</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.107.25"><span class="content">that lifted high the waves.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.107.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.107.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">They mounted up to the heavens and went down to the depths;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.107.26"><span class="content">in their peril their courage melted away.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.107.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.107.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">They reeled and staggered like drunkards;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.107.27"><span class="content">they were at their wits&#8217; end.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.107.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.107.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Then they cried out to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> in their trouble,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.107.28"><span class="content">and he brought them out of their distress.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.107.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.107.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">He stilled the storm to a whisper;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.107.29"><span class="content">the waves of the sea</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">107:29 </span><span class="ft">Dead Sea Scrolls; Masoretic Text </span><span class="fqa">/ their waves</span></span></span><span class="content"> were hushed.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.107.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.107.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">They were glad when it grew calm,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.107.30"><span class="content">and he guided them to their desired haven.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.107.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PSA.107.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Let them give thanks to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> for his unfailing love</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PSA.107.31"><span class="content">and his wonderful deeds for mankind.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PSA.107.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PSA.107.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">Let them exalt him in the assembly of the people</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PSA.107.32"><span class="content">and praise him in the council of the elders.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PSA.107.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PSA.107.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">He turned rivers into a desert,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PSA.107.33"><span class="content">flowing springs into thirsty ground,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PSA.107.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PSA.107.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">and fruitful land into a salt waste,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PSA.107.34"><span class="content">because of the wickedness of those who lived there.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PSA.107.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PSA.107.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">He turned the desert into pools of water</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PSA.107.35"><span class="content">and the parched ground into flowing springs;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PSA.107.35"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="PSA.107.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">there he brought the hungry to live,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="PSA.107.36"><span class="content">and they founded a city where they could settle.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="PSA.107.36"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="PSA.107.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">They sowed fields and planted vineyards</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="PSA.107.37"><span class="content">that yielded a fruitful harvest;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="PSA.107.37"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="PSA.107.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">he blessed them, and their numbers greatly increased,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="PSA.107.38"><span class="content">and he did not let their herds diminish.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="PSA.107.38"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="PSA.107.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">Then their numbers decreased, and they were humbled</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="PSA.107.39"><span class="content">by oppression, calamity and sorrow;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="PSA.107.39"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="PSA.107.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">he who pours contempt on nobles</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="PSA.107.40"><span class="content">made them wander in a trackless waste.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="PSA.107.40"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="PSA.107.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">But he lifted the needy out of their affliction</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="PSA.107.41"><span class="content">and increased their families like flocks.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="PSA.107.41"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="PSA.107.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">The upright see and rejoice,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="PSA.107.42"><span class="content">but all the wicked shut their mouths.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="PSA.107.42"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="PSA.107.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="content">Let the one who is wise heed these things</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="PSA.107.43"><span class="content">and ponder the loving deeds of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">16</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Collection for the Lord&#8217;s People</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1CO.16.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Now about the collection for the Lord&#8217;s people: Do what I told the Galatian churches to do. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1CO.16.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">On the first day of every week, each one of you should set aside a sum of money in keeping with your income, saving it up, so that when I come no collections will have to be made. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1CO.16.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Then, when I arrive, I will give letters of introduction to the men you approve and send them with your gift to Jerusalem. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1CO.16.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">If it seems advisable for me to go also, they will accompany me.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Personal Requests</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1CO.16.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1CO.16.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">After I go through Macedonia, I will come to you&#8212;for I will be going through Macedonia. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1CO.16.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Perhaps I will stay with you for a while, or even spend the winter, so that you can help me on my journey, wherever I go. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1CO.16.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">For I do not want to see you now and make only a passing visit; I hope to spend some time with you, if the Lord permits. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1CO.16.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">But I will stay on at Ephesus until Pentecost, </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1CO.16.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">because a great door for effective work has opened to me, and there are many who oppose me.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1CO.16.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1CO.16.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">When Timothy comes, see to it that he has nothing to fear while he is with you, for he is carrying on the work of the Lord, just as I am. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1CO.16.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">No one, then, should treat him with contempt. Send him on his way in peace so that he may return to me. I am expecting him along with the brothers.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1CO.16.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1CO.16.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Now about our brother Apollos: I strongly urged him to go to you with the brothers. He was quite unwilling to go now, but he will go when he has the opportunity.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1CO.16.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1CO.16.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1CO.16.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Do everything in love.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1CO.16.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1CO.16.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">You know that the household of Stephanas were the first converts in Achaia, and they have devoted themselves to the service of the Lord&#8217;s people. I urge you, brothers and sisters, </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1CO.16.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">to submit to such people and to everyone who joins in the work and labors at it. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1CO.16.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">I was glad when Stephanas, Fortunatus and Achaicus arrived, because they have supplied what was lacking from you. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1CO.16.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">For they refreshed my spirit and yours also. Such men deserve recognition.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Final Greetings</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1CO.16.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1CO.16.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">The churches in the province of Asia send you greetings. Aquila and Priscilla</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">16:19 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="fqa">Prisca</span><span class="ft">, a variant of </span><span class="fq">Priscilla</span></span></span><span class="content"> greet you warmly in the Lord, and so does the church that meets at their house. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1CO.16.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">All the brothers and sisters here send you greetings. Greet one another with a holy kiss.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1CO.16.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1CO.16.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">I, Paul, write this greeting in my own hand.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1CO.16.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1CO.16.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">If anyone does not love the Lord, let that person be cursed! Come, Lord</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">16:22 </span><span class="ft">The Greek for </span><span class="fq">Come, Lord </span><span class="ft">reproduces an Aramaic expression (Marana tha) used by early Christians.</span></span></span><span class="content">!</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1CO.16.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1CO.16.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The grace of the Lord Jesus be with you.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1CO.16.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1CO.16.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">My love to all of you in Christ Jesus. Amen.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">16:24 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts do not have </span><span class="fq">Amen</span><span class="ft">.</span></span></span></span></div>
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