before he made the earth and its fields, ¹  or the beginning ²  of the dust of the world.

“These are the exits of the city: On the north side, one and one-half miles ¹  by measure,

I will strike you brutally ¹  and destroy you because of your sin.

So also you, when you see all these things, know ¹  that he is near, right at the door.

So also you, when you see these things happening, know ¹  that he is near, right at the door.

When ¹  they had done this, they caught so many fish that their nets started to tear. ² 

I wrote ¹  the former ²  account, ³  Theophilus, ⁴  about all that Jesus began to do and teach

and he made no distinction ¹  between them and us, cleansing ²  their hearts by faith.

who also sealed us and gave us the Spirit in our hearts as a down payment. ¹ 

Are you so foolish? Although you began ¹  with ²  the Spirit, are you now trying to finish ³  by human effort? ⁴ 

in hope of eternal life, which God, who does not lie, promised before the ages began. ¹ 

that sends messengers by sea, who glide over the water’s surface in boats made of papyrus. Go, you swift messengers, to a nation of tall, smooth-skinned people, ¹  to a people that are feared far and wide, ²  to a nation strong and victorious, ³  whose land rivers divide. ⁴ 

At that time tribute will be brought to the Lord who commands armies, by a people that are tall and smooth-skinned, a people that are feared far and wide, a nation strong and victorious, whose land rivers divide. ¹  The tribute ²  will be brought to the place where the Lord who commands armies has chosen to reside, on Mount Zion. ³ 

In the second year after they had come to the temple of God in Jerusalem, ¹  in the second month, Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua the son of Jozadak initiated the work, ²  along with the rest of their associates, ³  the priests and the Levites, and all those who were coming to Jerusalem from the exile. They appointed ⁴  the Levites who were at least twenty years old ⁵  to take charge of the work on the Lord’s temple.

Laban said, “This pile of stones is a witness of our agreement ¹  today.” That is why it was called Galeed.

Then in the fifth year you may eat its fruit to add its produce to your harvest. ¹  I am the Lord your God.

You must count seven weeks; you must begin to count them ¹  from the time you begin to harvest the standing grain.

Then Moses recited the words of this song from start to finish in the hearing of the whole assembly of Israel.

Elisha died and was buried. ¹  Moabite raiding parties invaded ²  the land at the beginning of the year. ³ 

In the east they settled as far as the entrance to the desert that stretches to the Euphrates River, for their cattle had increased in numbers in the land of Gilead.