“Speak to the Israelites, and tell them, ‘When either a man or a woman ¹  takes a special vow, ²  to take a vow ³  as a Nazirite, ⁴  to separate ⁵  himself to the Lord,

“Speak to the Israelites and tell them, ‘When a man makes a special votive offering ¹  based on the conversion value of persons to the Lord, ² 

Indeed, ¹  the Lord has chosen Jacob for himself, Israel to be his special possession. ² 

You are observing religious ¹  days and months and seasons and years.

And when you prepare a young bull as a burnt offering or a sacrifice for discharging a vow or as a peace offering to the Lord,

It will be their portion from the allotment of the land, a most holy place, next to the border of the Levites.

“They will belong to me,” says the Lord who rules over all, “in the day when I prepare my own special property. ¹  I will spare them as a man spares his son who serves him.

And today the Lord has declared you to be his special people (as he already promised you) so you may keep all his commandments.

You must make holy garments ¹  for your brother Aaron, for glory and for beauty. ² 

For the Lord’s allotment is his people, Jacob is his special possession. ¹ 

God was performing extraordinary ¹  miracles by Paul’s hands,

From Paul, ¹  an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,

And now, if you will diligently listen to me ¹  and keep ²  my covenant, then you will be my ³  special possession ⁴  out of all the nations, for all the earth is mine,

For you are a people holy ¹  to the Lord your God. He ²  has chosen you to be his people, prized ³  above all others on the face of the earth.

do you pay attention to the one who is finely dressed and say, ¹  “You sit here in a good place,” ²  and to the poor person, “You stand over there,” or “Sit on the floor”? ³ 

All the people of the land will contribute ¹  to this offering for the prince of Israel.

With regard to spiritual gifts, ¹  brothers and sisters, ²  I do not want you to be uninformed. ³ 

From Paul, ¹  an apostle of Christ Jesus by the command of God our Savior ²  and of Christ Jesus our hope,

From Paul, ¹  an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, to further the promise ²  of life in Christ Jesus,

Above all, you do well if you recognize ¹  this: ²  No prophecy of scripture ever comes about by the prophet’s own imagination, ³