So I will choose severe punishment ¹  for them; I will bring on them what they dread, because I called, and no one responded, I spoke and they did not listen. They did evil before me; ²  they chose to do what displeases me.”

we have unanimously ¹  decided ²  to choose men to send to you along with our dear friends Barnabas and Paul,

Now select for yourselves twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one per tribe.

“Select for yourselves twelve men from the people, one per tribe.

God says, ¹  “At the appointed times, ²  I judge ³  fairly.

I choose the path of faithfulness; I am committed to ¹  your regulations.

Receive my instruction ¹  rather than ²  silver, and knowledge rather than choice gold.

You did not choose me, but I chose you ¹  and appointed you to go and bear ²  fruit, fruit that remains, ³  so that whatever you ask the Father in my name he will give you.

You must sacrifice the Passover animal ¹  (from the flock or the herd) to the Lord your God in the place where he ²  chooses to locate his name.

You must cook ¹  and eat it in the place the Lord your God chooses; you may return the next morning to your tents.

you must select without fail ¹  a king whom the Lord your God chooses. From among your fellow citizens ²  you must appoint a king – you may not designate a foreigner who is not one of your fellow Israelites. ³ 

Suppose a Levite comes by his own free will ¹  from one of your villages, from any part of Israel where he is living, ²  to the place the Lord chooses

when all Israel comes to appear before the Lord your God in the place he chooses, you must read this law before them ¹  within their hearing.

Just as surely as I have done this, so surely will I never reject the descendants of Jacob. Nor will I ever refuse to choose one of my servant David’s descendants to rule over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Indeed, ¹  I will restore them ²  and show mercy to them.”

Then you must come to the place the Lord your God chooses for his name to reside, bringing ¹  everything I am commanding you – your burnt offerings, sacrifices, tithes, the personal offerings you have prepared, ²  and all your choice votive offerings which you devote to him. ³ 

Only in the presence of the Lord your God may you eat these, in the place he ¹  chooses. This applies to you, your son, your daughter, your male and female servants, and the Levites ²  in your villages. In that place you will rejoice before the Lord your God in all the output of your labor. ³ 

you may convert the tithe into money, secure the money, ¹  and travel to the place the Lord your God chooses for himself.

Am I not ¹  permitted to do what I want with what belongs to me? Or are you envious because I am generous?’ ² 

You must then do as they have determined at that place the Lord chooses. Be careful to do just as you are taught.

Then the apostles and elders, with the whole church, decided ¹  to send men chosen from among them, Judas called Barsabbas and Silas, ²  leaders among the brothers, to Antioch ³  with Paul and Barnabas.