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Leviticus 14.2: 2 “This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing: He shall be brought to the priest,

Leviticus 14.3: 3 and the priest shall go out of the camp. The priest shall examine him. Behold, if the plague of leprosy is healed in the leper,

Leviticus 14.4: 4 then the priest shall command them to take for him who is to be cleansed two living clean birds, cedar wood, scarlet, and hyssop.

Leviticus 14.5: 5 The priest shall command them to kill one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water.

Leviticus 14.6: 6 As for the living bird, he shall take it, the cedar wood, the scarlet, and the hyssop, and shall dip them and the living bird in the blood of the bird that was killed over the running water.

Leviticus 14.7: 7 He shall sprinkle on him who is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the living bird go into the open field.

Leviticus 14.8: 8 “He who is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, and shave off all his hair, and bathe himself in water; and he shall be clean. After that he shall come into the camp, but shall dwell outside his tent seven days.

Leviticus 14.9: 9 It shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave all his hair off his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair he shall shave off. He shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his body in water. Then he shall be clean.

Leviticus 14.10: 10 “On the eighth day he shall take two male lambs without defect, one ewe lamb a year old without defect, three tenths of an ephah1 of fine flour for a meal offering, mixed with oil, and one log2 of oil.

Leviticus 14.11: 11 The priest who cleanses him shall set the man who is to be cleansed, and those things, before Yahweh, at the door of the Tent of Meeting.

Leviticus 14.12: 12 “The priest shall take one of the male lambs, and offer him for a trespass offering, with the log of oil, and wave them for a wave offering before Yahweh.

Leviticus 14.13: 13 He shall kill the male lamb in the place where they kill the sin offering and the burnt offering, in the place of the sanctuary; for as the sin offering is the priest’s, so is the trespass offering. It is most holy.

Leviticus 14.14: 14 The priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass offering, and the priest shall put it on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot.

Leviticus 14.15: 15 The priest shall take some of the log of oil, and pour it into the palm of his own left hand.

Leviticus 14.16: 16 The priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that is in his left hand, and shall sprinkle some of the oil with his finger seven times before Yahweh.

Leviticus 14.17: 17 The priest shall put some of the rest of the oil that is in his hand on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot, upon the blood of the trespass offering.

Leviticus 14.18: 18 The rest of the oil that is in the priest’s hand he shall put on the head of him who is to be cleansed, and the priest shall make atonement for him before Yahweh.

Leviticus 14.19: 19 “The priest shall offer the sin offering, and make atonement for him who is to be cleansed because of his uncleanness. Afterward he shall kill the burnt offering;

Leviticus 14.20: 20 then the priest shall offer the burnt offering and the meal offering on the altar. The priest shall make atonement for him, and he shall be clean.

Leviticus 14.21: 21 “If he is poor, and can’t afford so much, then he shall take one male lamb for a trespass offering to be waved, to make atonement for him, and one tenth of an ephah3 of fine flour mixed with oil for a meal offering, and a log4 of oil;

Leviticus 14.22: 22 and two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, such as he is able to afford; and the one shall be a sin offering, and the other a burnt offering.

Leviticus 14.23: 23 “On the eighth day he shall bring them for his cleansing to the priest, to the door of the Tent of Meeting, before Yahweh.

Leviticus 14.24: 24 The priest shall take the lamb of the trespass offering, and the log of oil, and the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before Yahweh.

Leviticus 14.25: 25 He shall kill the lamb of the trespass offering. The priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass offering and put it on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot.

Leviticus 14.26: 26 The priest shall pour some of the oil into the palm of his own left hand;

Leviticus 14.27: 27 and the priest shall sprinkle with his right finger some of the oil that is in his left hand seven times before Yahweh.

Leviticus 14.28: 28 Then the priest shall put some of the oil that is in his hand on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot, on the place of the blood of the trespass offering.

Leviticus 14.29: 29 The rest of the oil that is in the priest’s hand he shall put on the head of him who is to be cleansed, to make atonement for him before Yahweh.

Leviticus 14.30: 30 He shall offer one of the turtledoves, or of the young pigeons, which ever he is able to afford,

Leviticus 14.31: 31 of the kind he is able to afford, the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, with the meal offering. The priest shall make atonement for him who is to be cleansed before Yahweh.”

Leviticus 14.32: 32 This is the law for him in whom is the plague of leprosy, who is not able to afford the sacrifice for his cleansing.

Leviticus 14.34: 34 “When you have come into the land of Canaan, which I give to you for a possession, and I put a spreading mildew in a house in the land of your possession,

Leviticus 14.35: 35 then he who owns the house shall come and tell the priest, saying, ‘There seems to me to be some sort of plague in the house.’

Leviticus 14.36: 36 The priest shall command that they empty the house, before the priest goes in to examine the plague, that all that is in the house not be made unclean. Afterward the priest shall go in to inspect the house.

Leviticus 14.37: 37 He shall examine the plague; and behold, if the plague is in the walls of the house with hollow streaks, greenish or reddish, and it appears to be deeper than the wall,

Leviticus 14.38: 38 then the priest shall go out of the house to the door of the house, and shut up the house seven days.

Leviticus 14.39: 39 The priest shall come again on the seventh day, and look. If the plague has spread in the walls of the house,

Leviticus 14.40: 40 then the priest shall command that they take out the stones in which is the plague, and cast them into an unclean place outside of the city.

Leviticus 14.41: 41 He shall cause the inside of the house to be scraped all over. They shall pour out the mortar that they scraped off outside of the city into an unclean place.

Leviticus 14.42: 42 They shall take other stones, and put them in the place of those stones; and he shall take other mortar, and shall plaster the house.

Leviticus 14.43: 43 “If the plague comes again, and breaks out in the house after he has taken out the stones, and after he has scraped the house, and after it was plastered,

Leviticus 14.44: 44 then the priest shall come in and look; and behold, if the plague has spread in the house, it is a destructive mildew in the house. It is unclean.

Leviticus 14.45: 45 He shall break down the house, its stones, and its timber, and all the house’s mortar. He shall carry them out of the city into an unclean place.

Leviticus 14.46: 46 “Moreover he who goes into the house while it is shut up shall be unclean until the evening.

Leviticus 14.47: 47 He who lies down in the house shall wash his clothes; and he who eats in the house shall wash his clothes.

Leviticus 14.48: 48 “If the priest shall come in, and examine it, and behold, the plague hasn’t spread in the house, after the house was plastered, then the priest shall pronounce the house clean, because the plague is healed.

Leviticus 14.49: 49 To cleanse the house he shall take two birds, cedar wood, scarlet, and hyssop.

Leviticus 14.50: 50 He shall kill one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water.

Leviticus 14.51: 51 He shall take the cedar wood, the hyssop, the scarlet, and the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the slain bird, and in the running water, and sprinkle the house seven times.

Leviticus 14.52: 52 He shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, with the living bird, with the cedar wood, with the hyssop, and with the scarlet;

Leviticus 14.53: 53 but he shall let the living bird go out of the city into the open field. So shall he make atonement for the house; and it shall be clean.”

Leviticus 14.55: 55 and for the destructive mildew of a garment, and for a house,

Leviticus 22.2: 2 “Tell Aaron and his sons to separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel, which they make holy to me, and that they not profane my holy name. I am Yahweh.

Leviticus 22.3: 3 “Tell them, ‘If anyone of all your offspring throughout your generations approaches the holy things which the children of Israel make holy to Yahweh, having his uncleanness on him, that soul shall be cut off from before me. I am Yahweh.

Leviticus 22.4: 4 “‘Whoever of the offspring of Aaron is a leper or has a discharge shall not eat of the holy things until he is clean. Whoever touches anything that is unclean by the dead, or a man who has a seminal emission,

Leviticus 22.5: 5 or whoever touches any creeping thing whereby he may be made unclean, or a man from whom he may become unclean, whatever uncleanness he has—

Leviticus 22.6: 6 the person that touches any such shall be unclean until the evening, and shall not eat of the holy things unless he bathes his body in water.

Leviticus 22.7: 7 When the sun is down, he shall be clean; and afterward he shall eat of the holy things, because it is his bread.

Leviticus 22.8: 8 He shall not eat that which dies of itself or is torn by animals, defiling himself by it. I am Yahweh.

Leviticus 22.9: 9 “‘They shall therefore follow my commandment, lest they bear sin for it and die in it, if they profane it. I am Yahweh who sanctifies them.

Leviticus 22.10: 10 “‘No stranger shall eat of the holy thing: a foreigner living with the priests, or a hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing.

Leviticus 22.11: 11 But if a priest buys a slave, purchased by his money, he shall eat of it; and those who are born in his house shall eat of his bread.

Leviticus 22.12: 12 If a priest’s daughter is married to an outsider, she shall not eat of the heave offering of the holy things.

Leviticus 22.13: 13 But if a priest’s daughter is a widow, or divorced, and has no child, and has returned to her father’s house as in her youth, she may eat of her father’s bread; but no stranger shall eat any of it.

Leviticus 22.14: 14 “‘If a man eats something holy unwittingly, then he shall add the fifth part of its value to it, and shall give the holy thing to the priest.

Leviticus 22.15: 15 The priests shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer to Yahweh,

Leviticus 22.16: 16 and so cause them to bear the iniquity that brings guilt when they eat their holy things; for I am Yahweh who sanctifies them.’”

Leviticus 22.18: 18 “Speak to Aaron, and to his sons, and to all the children of Israel, and say to them, ‘Whoever is of the house of Israel, or of the foreigners in Israel, who offers his offering, whether it is any of their vows or any of their free will offerings, which they offer to Yahweh for a burnt offering:

Leviticus 22.19: 19 that you may be accepted, you shall offer a male without defect, of the bulls, of the sheep, or of the goats.

Leviticus 22.20: 20 But you shall not offer whatever has a defect, for it shall not be acceptable for you.

Leviticus 22.21: 21 Whoever offers a sacrifice of peace offerings to Yahweh to accomplish a vow, or for a free will offering of the herd or of the flock, it shall be perfect to be accepted. It shall have no defect.

Leviticus 22.22: 22 You shall not offer what is blind, is injured, is maimed, has a wart, is festering, or has a running sore to Yahweh, nor make an offering by fire of them on the altar to Yahweh.

Leviticus 22.23: 23 Either a bull or a lamb that has any deformity or lacking in his parts, that you may offer for a free will offering; but for a vow it shall not be accepted.

Leviticus 22.24: 24 You must not offer to Yahweh that which has its testicles bruised, crushed, broken, or cut. You must not do this in your land.

Leviticus 22.25: 25 You must not offer any of these as the bread of your God from the hand of a foreigner, because their corruption is in them. There is a defect in them. They shall not be accepted for you.’”

Leviticus 22.27: 27 “When a bull, a sheep, or a goat is born, it shall remain seven days with its mother. From the eighth day on it shall be accepted for the offering of an offering made by fire to Yahweh.

Leviticus 22.28: 28 Whether it is a cow or ewe, you shall not kill it and its young both in one day.

Leviticus 22.29: 29 “When you sacrifice a sacrifice of thanksgiving to Yahweh, you shall sacrifice it so that you may be accepted.

Leviticus 22.30: 30 It shall be eaten on the same day; you shall leave none of it until the morning. I am Yahweh.

Leviticus 22.31: 31 “Therefore you shall keep my commandments, and do them. I am Yahweh.

Leviticus 22.32: 32 You shall not profane my holy name, but I will be made holy among the children of Israel. I am Yahweh who makes you holy,

Leviticus 22.33: 33 who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God. I am Yahweh.”

Esther 6.1: 6On that night, the king couldn’t sleep. He commanded the book of records of the chronicles to be brought, and they were read to the king.

Esther 6.2: 2 It was found written that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs, who were doorkeepers, who had tried to lay hands on the King Ahasuerus.

Esther 6.3: 3 The king said, “What honor and dignity has been given to Mordecai for this?”

Then the king’s servants who attended him said, “Nothing has been done for him.”

Esther 6.4: 4 The king said, “Who is in the court?” Now Haman had come into the outer court of the king’s house, to speak to the king about hanging Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.

Esther 6.5: 5 The king’s servants said to him, “Behold,1 Haman stands in the court.”

Esther 6.6: 6 So Haman came in. The king said to him, “What shall be done to the man whom the king delights to honor?”

Now Haman said in his heart, “Who would the king delight to honor more than myself?”

Esther 6.7: 7 Haman said to the king, “For the man whom the king delights to honor,

Esther 6.8: 8 let royal clothing be brought which the king uses to wear, and the horse that the king rides on, and on the head of which a royal crown is set.

Esther 6.9: 9 Let the clothing and the horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king’s most noble princes, that they may array the man whom the king delights to honor with them, and have him ride on horseback through the city square, and proclaim before him, ‘Thus it shall be done to the man whom the king delights to honor!’”

Esther 6.10: 10 Then the king said to Haman, “Hurry and take the clothing and the horse, as you have said, and do this for Mordecai the Jew, who sits at the king’s gate. Let nothing fail of all that you have spoken.”

Esther 6.11: 11 Then Haman took the clothing and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and had him ride through the city square, and proclaimed before him, “Thus it shall be done to the man whom the king delights to honor!”

Esther 6.12: 12 Mordecai came back to the king’s gate, but Haman hurried to his house, mourning and having his head covered.

Esther 6.13: 13 Haman recounted to Zeresh his wife and all his friends everything that had happened to him. Then his wise men and Zeresh his wife said to him, “If Mordecai, before whom you have begun to fall, is of Jewish descent, you will not prevail against him, but you will surely fall before him.”

Esther 6.14: 14 While they were yet talking with him, the king’s eunuchs came, and hurried to bring Haman to the banquet that Esther had prepared.

Acts 24.1: 24After five days, the high priest, Ananias, came down with certain elders and an orator, one Tertullus. They informed the governor against Paul.

Acts 24.2: 2 When he was called, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying, “Seeing that by you we enjoy much peace, and that prosperity is coming to this nation by your foresight,

Acts 24.3: 3 we accept it in all ways and in all places, most excellent Felix, with all thankfulness.

Acts 24.4: 4 But that I don’t delay you, I entreat you to bear with us and hear a few words.

Acts 24.5: 5 For we have found this man to be a plague, an instigator of insurrections among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.

Acts 24.8: 8 3By examining him yourself you may ascertain all these things of which we accuse him.”

Acts 24.9: 9 The Jews also joined in the attack, affirming that these things were so.

Acts 24.10: 10 When the governor had beckoned to him to speak, Paul answered, “Because I know that you have been a judge of this nation for many years, I cheerfully make my defense,

Acts 24.11: 11 seeing that you can verify that it is not more than twelve days since I went up to worship at Jerusalem.

Acts 24.12: 12 In the temple they didn’t find me disputing with anyone or stirring up a crowd, either in the synagogues, or in the city.

Acts 24.13: 13 Nor can they prove to you the things of which they now accuse me.

Acts 24.14: 14 But this I confess to you, that after the Way, which they call a sect, so I serve the God of our fathers, believing all things which are according to the law, and which are written in the prophets;

Acts 24.15: 15 having hope toward God, which these also themselves look for, that there will be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.

Acts 24.16: 16 In this I also practice always having a conscience void of offense toward God and men.

Acts 24.17: 17 Now after some years, I came to bring gifts for the needy to my nation, and offerings;

Acts 24.18: 18 amid which certain Jews from Asia found me purified in the temple, not with a mob, nor with turmoil.

Acts 24.19: 19 They ought to have been here before you, and to make accusation, if they had anything against me.

Acts 24.20: 20 Or else let these men themselves say what injustice they found in me when I stood before the council,

Acts 24.21: 21 unless it is for this one thing that I cried standing among them, ‘Concerning the resurrection of the dead I am being judged before you today!’”

Acts 24.22: 22 But Felix, having more exact knowledge concerning the Way, deferred them, saying, “When Lysias, the commanding officer, comes down, I will decide your case.”

Acts 24.23: 23 He ordered the centurion that Paul should be kept in custody, and should have some privileges, and not to forbid any of his friends to serve him or to visit him.

Acts 24.24: 24 But after some days, Felix came with Drusilla, his wife, who was a Jewess, and sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in Christ Jesus.

Acts 24.25: 25 As he reasoned about righteousness, self-control, and the judgment to come, Felix was terrified, and answered, “Go your way for this time, and when it is convenient for me, I will summon you.”

Acts 24.26: 26 Meanwhile, he also hoped that money would be given to him by Paul, that he might release him. Therefore also he sent for him more often and talked with him.

Acts 24.27: 27 But when two years were fulfilled, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus, and desiring to gain favor with the Jews, Felix left Paul in bonds.

Acts 27.1: 27When it was determined that we should sail for Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners to a centurion named Julius, of the Augustan band.

Acts 27.2: 2 Embarking in a ship of Adramyttium, which was about to sail to places on the coast of Asia, we put to sea, Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, being with us.

Acts 27.3: 3 The next day, we touched at Sidon. Julius treated Paul kindly, and gave him permission to go to his friends and refresh himself.

Acts 27.4: 4 Putting to sea from there, we sailed under the lee of Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.

Acts 27.5: 5 When we had sailed across the sea which is off Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra, a city of Lycia.

Acts 27.6: 6 There the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing for Italy, and he put us on board.

Acts 27.7: 7 When we had sailed slowly many days, and had come with difficulty opposite Cnidus, the wind not allowing us further, we sailed under the lee of Crete, opposite Salmone.

Acts 27.8: 8 With difficulty sailing along it we came to a certain place called Fair Havens, near the city of Lasea.

Acts 27.9: 9 When much time had passed and the voyage was now dangerous, because the Fast had now already gone by, Paul admonished them

Acts 27.10: 10 and said to them, “Sirs, I perceive that the voyage will be with injury and much loss, not only of the cargo and the ship, but also of our lives.”

Acts 27.11: 11 But the centurion gave more heed to the master and to the owner of the ship than to those things which were spoken by Paul.

Acts 27.12: 12 Because the haven was not suitable to winter in, the majority advised going to sea from there, if by any means they could reach Phoenix, and winter there, which is a port of Crete, looking southwest and northwest.

Acts 27.13: 13 When the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, they weighed anchor and sailed along Crete, close to shore.

Acts 27.14: 14 But before long, a stormy wind beat down from shore, which is called Euroclydon. 1

Acts 27.15: 15 When the ship was caught and couldn’t face the wind, we gave way to it and were driven along.

Acts 27.16: 16 Running under the lee of a small island called Clauda, we were able, with difficulty, to secure the boat.

Acts 27.17: 17 After they had hoisted it up, they used cables to help reinforce the ship. Fearing that they would run aground on the Syrtis sand bars, they lowered the sea anchor, and so were driven along.

Acts 27.18: 18 As we labored exceedingly with the storm, the next day they began to throw things overboard.

Acts 27.19: 19 On the third day, they threw out the ship’s tackle with their own hands.

Acts 27.20: 20 When neither sun nor stars shone on us for many days, and no small storm pressed on us, all hope that we would be saved was now taken away.

Acts 27.21: 21 When they had been long without food, Paul stood up in the middle of them, and said, “Sirs, you should have listened to me, and not have set sail from Crete and have gotten this injury and loss.

Acts 27.22: 22 Now I exhort you to cheer up, for there will be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship.

Acts 27.23: 23 For there stood by me this night an angel, belonging to the God whose I am and whom I serve,

Acts 27.24: 24 saying, ‘Don’t be afraid, Paul. You must stand before Caesar. Behold, God has granted you all those who sail with you.’

Acts 27.25: 25 Therefore, sirs, cheer up! For I believe God, that it will be just as it has been spoken to me.

Acts 27.27: 27 But when the fourteenth night had come, as we were driven back and forth in the Adriatic Sea, about midnight the sailors surmised that they were drawing near to some land.

Acts 27.28: 28 They took soundings, and found twenty fathoms.2 After a little while, they took soundings again, and found fifteen fathoms.3

Acts 27.29: 29 Fearing that we would run aground on rocky ground, they let go four anchors from the stern, and wished for daylight.

Acts 27.30: 30 As the sailors were trying to flee out of the ship, and had lowered the boat into the sea, pretending that they would lay out anchors from the bow,

Acts 27.31: 31 Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, “Unless these stay in the ship, you can’t be saved.”

Acts 27.32: 32 Then the soldiers cut away the ropes of the boat, and let it fall off.

Acts 27.33: 33 While the day was coming on, Paul begged them all to take some food, saying, “Today is the fourteenth day that you wait and continue fasting, having taken nothing.

Acts 27.34: 34 Therefore I beg you to take some food; for this is for your safety; for not a hair will perish from any of your heads.”

Acts 27.35: 35 When he had said this, and had taken bread, he gave thanks to God in the presence of all, then he broke it and began to eat.

Acts 27.38: 38 When they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, throwing out the wheat into the sea.

Acts 27.39: 39 When it was day, they didn’t recognize the land, but they noticed a certain bay with a beach, and they decided to try to drive the ship onto it.

Acts 27.40: 40 Casting off the anchors, they left them in the sea, at the same time untying the rudder ropes. Hoisting up the foresail to the wind, they made for the beach.

Acts 27.41: 41 But coming to a place where two seas met, they ran the vessel aground. The bow struck and remained immovable, but the stern began to break up by the violence of the waves.

Acts 27.42: 42 The soldiers’ counsel was to kill the prisoners, so that none of them would swim out and escape.

Acts 27.43: 43 But the centurion, desiring to save Paul, stopped them from their purpose, and commanded that those who could swim should throw themselves overboard first to go toward the land;

Acts 27.44: 44 and the rest should follow, some on planks, and some on other things from the ship. So they all escaped safely to the land.

1 14:10 1 ephah is about 22 liters or about 2/3 of a bushel

2 14:10 a log is a liquid measure of about 300 ml or 10 ounces

3 14:21 1 ephah is about 22 liters or about 2/3 of a bushel

4 14:21 a log is a liquid measure of about 300 ml or 10 ounces

1 6:5 “Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.

1 24:6 TR adds “We wanted to judge him according to our law,”

2 24:7 TR adds “but the commanding officer, Lysias, came by and with great violence took him out of our hands,”

3 24:8 TR adds “commanding his accusers to come to you.”

1 27:14 Or, “a northeaster”.

2 27:28 20 fathoms = 120 feet = 36.6 meters

3 27:28 15 fathoms = 90 feet = 27.4 meters