The priests: the descendants of Jedaiah (through the family ¹  of Jeshua), 973;

Will you keep to the old path ¹  that evil men have walked –

The Lord laughs in disgust ¹  at them, for he knows that their day is coming. ² 

saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance.”

Indeed, ¹  the leaders sit ²  there on thrones and make legal decisions, on the thrones of the house of David. ³ 

Do not move an ancient boundary stone, or take over ¹  the fields of the fatherless,

They pronounce the guilty innocent for a payoff, they ignore the just cause of the innocent. ¹ 

For I can testify that they are zealous for God, ¹  but their zeal is not in line with the truth. ² 

and he was designated ¹  by God as high priest in the order of Melchizedek. ² 

For here is the testimony about him: ¹  “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.” ² 

These are the families of the sons of Noah, according to their genealogies, by their nations, and from these the nations spread ¹  over the earth after the flood.

You are to set in it a setting for stones, four rows of stones, a row with a ruby, a topaz, and a beryl – the first row;

and you must set them in two rows, six in a row, ¹  on the ceremonially pure table before the Lord.

From there they moved on and camped on the other side of the Arnon, in the wilderness that extends from the regions ¹  of the Amorites, for Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.

It then extended to the slope of Ekron to the north, went toward Shikkeron, crossed to Mount Baalah, extended to Jabneel, and ended at the sea.

After David had entrusted his cargo to the care of the supply officer, ¹  he ran to the battlefront. When he arrived, he asked his brothers how they were doing.

Around the great courtyard were three rows of chiseled stones and one row of cedar beams, like the inner courtyard of the Lord’s temple and the hall of the palace. ¹ 

The royal bodyguard ¹  took their stations, each holding his weapon in his hand. They lined up from the south side of the temple to the north side and stood near the altar and the temple, surrounding the king. ² 

The Ammonites marched out and were deployed for battle at the entrance to the city, while the kings who had come were by themselves in the field.

He placed the men at their posts, each holding his weapon in his hand. They lined up from the south side of the temple to the north side and stood near the altar and the temple, surrounding the king. ¹