suffering harm as the wages for their harmful ways. ¹  By considering it a pleasure to carouse in broad daylight, ²  they are stains and blemishes, indulging ³  in their deceitful pleasures when they feast together with you.

More than that, I now regard all things as liabilities compared to the far greater value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things – indeed, I regard them as dung! ¹  – that I may gain Christ,

But you ¹  said, ‘I will certainly make you prosper ²  and will make ³  your descendants like the sand on the seashore, too numerous to count.’” ⁴ 

If a decision is not made, ¹  when my master the king is buried with his ancestors, ²  my son Solomon and I ³  will be considered state criminals.” ⁴ 

Jahath was the oldest and Zizah the second oldest. Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons, so they were considered one family with one responsibility.

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision carries any weight – the only thing that matters is faith working through love. ¹ 

Those of them who were numbered, counting every male from a month old and upward, were 6,200.

So Moses numbered all the firstborn males among the Israelites, as the Lord had commanded him.

So Moses and Aaron and the leaders of the community numbered the Kohathites by their families and by clans,

When they took roll call, ¹  they noticed ²  none of the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead were there.

and more cedar logs than could be counted. (The Sidonians and Tyrians had brought a large amount of cedar logs to David.)

“Surely now you count my steps; ²  then you would not mark ³  my sin. ⁴ 

Do you count the months they must fulfill, and do you know the time they give birth? ¹ 

How blessed is the one ¹  whose wrongdoing the Lord does not punish, ²  in whose spirit there is no deceit. ³ 

The Lord writes in the census book of the nations, ¹  “This one was born there.” ²  (Selah)

When he is judged, he will be found ¹  guilty! ²  Then his prayer will be regarded as sinful.

There will be so few trees left in his forest, a child will be able to count them. ¹ 

I will make you pass under ¹  the shepherd’s staff, ²  and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant.

I do not condone the use of rigged scales, or a bag of deceptive weights. ¹ 

Then ¹  they cast lots for them, and the one chosen was Matthias; ²  so he was counted with the eleven apostles. ³