And your raised offering will be credited ¹  to you as though it were grain from the threshing floor or as new wine ²  from the winepress.

His brothers by their clans, as listed in their genealogical records: The leader Jeiel, Zechariah,

Just as Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness, ¹ 

Abram believed ¹  the Lord, and the Lord ²  considered his response of faith ³  as proof of genuine loyalty. ⁴ 

This brought him a reward, an eternal gift. ¹ 

God had told him, “Through Isaac descendants will carry on your name,” ¹ 

For from the top of the rocks I see them; ¹  from the hills I watch them. ²  Indeed, a nation that lives alone, and it will not be reckoned ³  among the nations.

So indeed it was credited to Abraham ¹  as righteousness.

The descendants of Moses the man of God were considered Levites. ¹ 

Now to the one who works, his pay is not credited due to grace but due to obligation. ¹ 

“Therefore you will say to them, ¹  ‘When you offer up ²  the best of it, then it will be credited to the Levites as the product of the threshing floor and as the product of the winepress.

Any children that you father ¹  after them will be yours; they will be listed ²  under the names of their brothers in their inheritance. ³ 

How then was it credited to him? Was he circumcised at the time, or not? No, he was not circumcised but uncircumcised!

And the scripture was fulfilled that says, “Now Abraham believed God and it was counted to him for righteousness,” ¹  and he was called God’s friend. ² 

But the statement it was credited to him ¹  was not written only for Abraham’s ²  sake,

Is this blessedness ¹  then for ²  the circumcision ³  or also for ⁴  the uncircumcision? For we say, “faith was credited to Abraham as righteousness.” ⁵ 

Every conversion value must be calculated by the standard of the sanctuary shekel; ¹  twenty gerahs to the shekel.

These people, as well as the Anakites, are also considered Rephaites; ¹  the Moabites call them Emites.

the son of Shecaniah; ¹  from the descendants of Parosh, Zechariah, and with him were enrolled by genealogy 150 men;

They treat me like ¹  those who descend into the grave. ²  I am like a helpless man, ³