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Genesis: 35

35:2Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your garments:

35:2Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's?

35:2Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it,

35:2It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of the LORD, and the excellency of our God.

35:3Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.

35:3And said unto the Levites that taught all Israel, which were holy unto the LORD, Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel did build; it shall not be a burden upon your shoulders: serve now the LORD your God, and his people Israel,

35:3Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.

35:3And the cities shall they have to dwell in; and the suburbs of them shall be for their cattle, and for their goods, and for all their beasts.

35:3Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath day.

35:3Then I took Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah, the son of Habaziniah, and his brethren, and all his sons, and the whole house of the Rechabites;

35:3And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.

35:3And say unto it, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O mount Seir, I am against thee, and I will stretch out mine hand against thee, and I will make thee most desolate.

35:3For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?

35:4Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence; he will come and save you.

35:4And I brought them into the house of the LORD, into the chamber of the sons of Hanan, the son of Igdaliah, a man of God, which was by the chamber of the princes, which was above the chamber of Maaseiah the son of Shallum, the keeper of the door:

35:4And the suburbs of the cities, which ye shall give unto the Levites, shall reach from the wall of the city and outward a thousand cubits round about.

35:4And Moses spake unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the LORD commanded, saying,

35:4And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem.

35:4Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.

35:4I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.

35:4I will lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be desolate, and thou shalt know that I am the LORD.

35:4And prepare yourselves by the houses of your fathers, after your courses, according to the writing of David king of Israel, and according to the writing of Solomon his son.

35:5And ye shall measure from without the city on the east side two thousand cubits, and on the south side two thousand cubits, and on the west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits; and the city shall be in the midst: this shall be to them the suburbs of the cities.

35:5Take ye from among you an offering unto the LORD: whosoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it, an offering of the LORD; gold, and silver, and brass,

35:5Because thou hast had a perpetual hatred, and hast shed the blood of the children of Israel by the force of the sword in the time of their calamity, in the time that their iniquity had an end:

35:5Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.

35:5And they journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.

35:5Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than thou.

35:5Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase them.

35:5And I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites pots full of wine, and cups, and I said unto them, Drink ye wine.

35:5And stand in the holy place according to the divisions of the families of the fathers of your brethren the people, and after the division of the families of the Levites.

35:6So kill the passover, and sanctify yourselves, and prepare your brethren, that they may do according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses.

35:6Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will prepare thee unto blood, and blood shall pursue thee: sith thou hast not hated blood, even blood shall pursue thee.

35:6And among the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites there shall be six cities for refuge, which ye shall appoint for the manslayer, that he may flee thither: and to them ye shall add forty and two cities.

35:6Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.

35:6And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair,

35:6So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Bethel, he and all the people that were with him.

35:6But they said, We will drink no wine: for Jonadab the son of Rechab our father commanded us, saying, Ye shall drink no wine, neither ye, nor your sons for ever:

35:6Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the LORD persecute them.

35:6If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?

35:7And Josiah gave to the people, of the flock, lambs and kids, all for the passover offerings, for all that were present, to the number of thirty thousand, and three thousand bullocks: these were of the king's substance.

35:7So all the cities which ye shall give to the Levites shall be forty and eight cities: them shall ye give with their suburbs.

35:7And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins, and shittim wood,

35:7And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.

35:7And he built there an altar, and called the place Elbethel: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.

35:7For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.

35:7If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand?

35:7Thus will I make mount Seir most desolate, and cut off from it him that passeth out and him that returneth.

35:7Neither shall ye build house, nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard, nor have any: but all your days ye shall dwell in tents; that ye may live many days in the land where ye be strangers.

35:8And his princes gave willingly unto the people, to the priests, and to the Levites: Hilkiah and Zechariah and Jehiel, rulers of the house of God, gave unto the priests for the passover offerings two thousand and six hundred small cattle, and three hundred oxen.