Numbers 10:28

For I most certainly, as being absent in body but present in spirit, have already, as though I were present, judged him who has done this thing.

Withstand him steadfast in your faith, knowing that your brothers who are in the world are undergoing the same sufferings.

You are beautiful, my love, as Tirzah, lovely as Jerusalem, awesome as an army with banners.

The children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man by his own camp, and every man by his own standard, according to their divisions.

if I have seen the sun when it shined, or the moon moving in splendor,

Yet if the unbeliever departs, let there be separation. The brother or the sister is not under bondage in such cases, but God has called us in peace.

Only, as the Lord has distributed to each man, as God has called each, so let him walk. So I command in all the assemblies.

Watch! Stand firm in the faith! Be courageous! Be strong!

But we, brothers, being bereaved of you for a short season, in presence, not in heart, tried even harder to see your face with great desire,

Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times in all ways. The Lord be with you all.

I left you in Crete for this reason, that you would set in order the things that were lacking and appoint elders in every city, as I directed you,

Now may the God of peace, who brought again from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep with the blood of an eternal covenant, our Lord Jesus,

Thus the children of Israel did. According to all that Yahweh commanded Moses, so they encamped by their standards, and so they set out, everyone by their families, according to their fathers’ houses.

Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel dwelling according to their tribes; and the Spirit of God came on him.

shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun rises, a morning without clouds, when the tender grass springs out of the earth, through clear shining after rain.’

Also the burnt offerings were in abundance, with the fat of the peace offerings, and with the drink offerings for every burnt offering. So the service of Yahweh’s house was set in order.

and might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that didn’t make their hearts loyal, whose spirit was not steadfast with God.

For their heart was not right with him, neither were they faithful in his covenant.

Who is this who comes up from the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all spices of the merchant?

Then your light will break out as the morning, and your healing will appear quickly; then your righteousness shall go before you, and Yahweh’s glory will be your rear guard.

He was changed before them. His face shone like the sun, and his garments became as white as the light.

Because of this I have sent Timothy to you, who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, who will remind you of my ways which are in Christ, even as I teach everywhere in every assembly.

But if any man seems to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither do God’s assemblies.

But if anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, lest your coming together be for judgment. The rest I will set in order whenever I come.

Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the Lord’s work, because you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

that he might present the assembly to himself gloriously, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without defect.

For now we live, if you stand fast in the Lord.

For we have become partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence firm to the end,

This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and steadfast and entering into that which is within the veil;

I saw a mighty angel coming down out of the sky, clothed with a cloud. A rainbow was on his head. His face was like the sun, and his feet like pillars of fire.

There will be no night, and they need no lamp light or sun light; for the Lord God will illuminate them. They will reign forever and ever.

They saw the God of Israel. Under his feet was like a paved work of sapphire stone, like the skies for clearness.

According to all that Yahweh commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did all the work.

You shall set them in two rows, six on a row, on the pure gold table before Yahweh.

Thus the children of Israel did. According to all that Yahweh commanded Moses, so they did.

“The children of Israel shall encamp every man by his own standard, with the banners of their fathers’ houses. They shall encamp around the Tent of Meeting at a distance from it.”

“Then the Tent of Meeting shall set out, with the camp of the Levites in the middle of the camps. As they encamp, so shall they set out, every man in his place, by their standards.

Yahweh said to Moses, “They shall offer their offering, each prince on his day, for the dedication of the altar.”

He has not seen iniquity in Jacob. Neither has he seen perverseness in Israel. Yahweh his God is with him. The shout of a king is among them.

Then build an altar to Yahweh your God on the top of this stronghold, in an orderly way, and take the second bull, and offer a burnt offering with the wood of the Asherah which you shall cut down.”

He said to him, “Didn’t my heart go with you, when the man turned from his chariot to meet you? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and olive groves and vineyards, and sheep and cattle, and male servants and female servants?

For because you didn’t carry it at first, Yahweh our God broke out in anger against us, because we didn’t seek him according to the ordinance.”

This was their ordering in their service, to come into Yahweh’s house according to the ordinance given to them by Aaron their father, as Yahweh, the God of Israel, had commanded him.

Life will be clearer than the noonday. Though there is darkness, it will be as the morning.

There they were in great fear, for God is in the generation of the righteous.

But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light that shines more and more until the perfect day.

Who is she who looks out as the morning, beautiful as the moon, clear as the sun, and awesome as an army with banners?

Who is this who comes up from the wilderness, leaning on her beloved? Under the apple tree I aroused you. There your mother conceived you. There she was in labor and bore you.

Who is this who comes from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? Who is this who is glorious in his clothing, marching in the greatness of his strength? “It is I who speak in righteousness, mighty to save.”

They shall have linen turbans on their heads, and shall have linen trousers on their waists. They shall not clothe themselves with anything that makes them sweat.

Therefore I have cut them to pieces with the prophets; I killed them with the words of my mouth. Your judgments are like a flash of lightning.

But to you who fear my name shall the sun of righteousness arise with healing in its wings. You will go out, and leap like calves of the stall.

Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the Kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

He commanded them that everyone should sit down in groups on the green grass.

They were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord.

For they were about five thousand men. He said to his disciples, “Make them sit down in groups of about fifty each.”

But Ananias answered, “Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much evil he did to your saints at Jerusalem.

testifying both to Jews and to Greeks repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus.

No, in all these things, we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.

What is it then, brothers? When you come together, each one of you has a psalm, has a teaching, has a revelation, has another language, or has an interpretation. Let all things be done to build each other up.

for God is not a God of confusion, but of peace, as in all the assemblies of the saints.

Let all things be done decently and in order.

and not by his coming only, but also by the comfort with which he was comforted in you while he told us of your longing, your mourning, and your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced still more.

always in every request of mine on behalf of you all, making my requests with joy,

make my joy full by being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind;

The things which you learned, received, heard, and saw in me: do these things, and the God of peace will be with you.

For I desire to have you know how greatly I struggle for you, and for those at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;

For though I am absent in the flesh, yet I am with you in the spirit, rejoicing and seeing your order, and the steadfastness of your faith in Christ.

May the God of peace himself sanctify you completely. May your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

You therefore, beloved, knowing these things beforehand, beware, lest being carried away with the error of the wicked, you fall from your own steadfastness.

A great sign was seen in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars.

The city has no need for the sun or moon to shine, for the very glory of God illuminated it, and its lamp is the Lamb.

I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify these things to you for the assemblies. I am the root and the offspring of David, the Bright and Morning Star.”