set him ¹  before Eleazar the priest and before the whole community, and commission ²  him publicly. ³ 

They demolished ¹  the sacred pillar of Baal and ²  the temple of Baal; it is used as ³  a latrine ⁴  to this very day.

As for the Izharites: Kenaniah and his sons were given responsibilities outside the temple ¹  as officers and judges over Israel.

I go about blackened, ¹  but not by the sun; in the assembly I stand up and cry for help.

Wisdom ¹  calls out ²  in the street, she shouts loudly ³  in the plazas; ⁴ 

Give ¹  her credit for what she has accomplished, ²  and let her works praise her ³  in the city gates. ⁴ 

In their streets they wear sackcloth; on their roofs and in their town squares all of them wail, they fall down weeping.

He will not cry out or shout; he will not publicize himself in the streets. ¹ 

you built yourself a chamber ¹  and put up a pavilion ²  in every public square.

You are the light of the world. A city located on a hill cannot be hidden.

What I say to you in the dark, tell in the light, and what is whispered in your ear, ¹  proclaim from the housetops. ² 

Woe to you Pharisees! You love the best seats ¹  in the synagogues ²  and elaborate greetings ³  in the marketplaces!

For a person is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision something that is outward in the flesh,

Judge for yourselves: Is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered?

He was foreknown ¹  before the foundation of the world but ²  was manifested in these last times ³  for your sake.

The city is left in ruins; ¹  the gate is reduced to rubble. ² 

But he sternly warned them not to make him known.

When he had seized him, he put him in prison, handing him over to four squads ¹  of soldiers to guard him. Herod ²  planned ³  to bring him out for public trial ⁴  after the Passover.

Shallum son of Jabesh conspired against him; he assassinated him in Ibleam ¹  and took his place as king.

A copy of the edict was to be presented as law throughout each and every province and made known to all peoples, so that the Jews might be prepared on that ¹  day to avenge themselves from their enemies.