from the ground to the area above the entrance, cherubim and decorative palm trees were carved on the wall of the outer sanctuary.

These are the ones sown on rocky ground: As soon as they hear the word, they receive it with joy.

So ¹  with many parables like these, he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear.

Similarly good works are also obvious, and the ones that are not cannot remain hidden.

Also, if anyone competes as an athlete, he will not be crowned as the winner ¹  unless he competes according to the rules. ² 

In the same way, there are also some among you who follow the teaching of the Nicolaitans. ¹ 

he must separate ¹  himself from wine and strong drink, he must drink neither vinegar ²  made from wine nor vinegar made from strong drink, nor may he drink any juice ³  of grapes, nor eat fresh grapes or raisins. ⁴ 

The bronze top of one pillar was about seven and one-half feet ¹  high and had bronze latticework and pomegranate-shaped ornaments all around it. The second pillar with its pomegranate-shaped ornaments was like it.

Then Pharaoh also summoned wise men and sorcerers, ¹  and the magicians ²  of Egypt by their secret arts ³  did the same thing.

or has found something lost and denies it and swears falsely ¹  concerning any one of the things that someone might do to sin ²  –

This is exactly what he did for the descendants of Esau who lived in Seir when he destroyed the Horites before them so that they could dispossess them and settle in their area to this very day.

At that same time the Lord said to me, “Carve out for yourself two stone tablets like the first ones and come up the mountain to me; also make for yourself a wooden ark. ¹ 

You have eaten no bread and drunk no wine or beer – all so that you might know that I ¹  am the Lord your God!

He went up from there to Penuel and made the same request. ¹  The men of Penuel responded the same way the men of Succoth had. ² 

The wheels were constructed like chariot wheels; their crossbars, rims, spokes, and hubs were made of cast metal.

Likewise one of the second cherub’s wings was seven and one-half feet long and touched the other wall of the temple; its other wing was also seven and one-half feet long and touched one of the first cherub’s wings. ¹ 

He made all who were in Jerusalem and Benjamin agree to it. ¹  The residents of Jerusalem acted in accordance with the covenant of God, the God of their ancestors.

The rest of the needs for the temple of your God that you may have to supply, ¹  you may do so from the royal treasury.

Residents of Lachish, ¹  hitch the horses to the chariots! You ²  influenced Daughter Zion ³  to sin, ⁴  for Israel’s rebellious deeds can be traced back ⁵  to you!

This is the kind of plague that will devastate horses, mules, camels, donkeys, and all the other animals in those camps.