He struck down all the firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of their reproductive power. ¹ 

Let them praise the name of the Lord, for he gave the command and they came into existence.

He established them so they would endure; ¹  he issued a decree that will not be revoked. ² 

Devise your strategy, but it will be thwarted! Issue your orders, but they will not be executed! ¹  For God is with us! ² 

The earth will be completely devastated and thoroughly ransacked. For the Lord has decreed this judgment. ¹ 

Now King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had issued orders concerning Jeremiah. He had passed them on through Nebuzaradan, the captain of his royal guard, ¹ 

this is the interpretation, O king! It is the decision of the Most High that this has happened to my lord the king.

I heard, but I did not understand. So I said, “Sir, ¹  what will happen after these things?”

Indeed, look! The Lord is giving the command. ¹  He will smash the large house to bits, and the small house into little pieces.

He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. ¹  Then Pilate ordered that it be given to him.

Now ¹  in those days a decree ²  went out from Caesar ³  Augustus ⁴  to register ⁵  all the empire ⁶  for taxes.

She ¹  came up behind Jesus ²  and touched the edge ³  of his cloak, ⁴  and at once the bleeding ⁵  stopped.

Now with regard to the issues you wrote about: “It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.” ¹ 

For ¹  neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for ²  anything; the only thing that matters is a new creation! ³ 

I do not say this because I am seeking a gift. ¹  Rather, I seek the credit that abounds to your account.

They want to be teachers of the law, but they do not understand what they are saying or the things they insist on so confidently. ¹ 

“‘When the man with the discharge becomes clean from his discharge he is to count off for himself seven days for his purification, and he must wash his clothes, bathe in fresh water, ¹  and be clean.

“‘When a woman has a discharge ¹  and her discharge is blood from her body, ²  she is to be in her menstruation ³  seven days, and anyone who touches her will be unclean until evening.

The firstborn of every womb which they present to the Lord, whether human or animal, will be yours. Nevertheless, the firstborn sons you must redeem, ¹  and the firstborn males of unclean animals you must redeem.

Rather, he must acknowledge the son of the less loved ¹  wife as firstborn and give him the double portion ²  of all he has, for that son is the beginning of his father’s procreative power ³  – to him should go the right of the firstborn.