For I consider myself not at all inferior to those “super-apostles.” ¹ 

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;

Now the boy Samuel continued serving the Lord under Eli’s supervision. ¹  Word from the Lord was rare in those days; revelatory visions were infrequent.

All who form idols are nothing; the things in which they delight are worthless. Their witnesses cannot see; they recognize nothing, so they are put to shame.

Ephraim will be struck down ¹  – their root will be dried up; they will not yield any fruit. Even if they do bear children, I will kill their precious offspring.

Shave your heads bald as you mourn for the children you love; ¹  shave your foreheads as bald ²  as an eagle, ³  for they are taken from you into exile.

On that day the Lord their God will deliver them as the flock of his people, for they are the precious stones of a crown sparkling over his land.

a woman came to him with an alabaster jar ¹  of expensive perfumed oil, ²  and she poured it on his head as he was at the table. ³ 

The furnishings included linen and purple curtains hung by cords of the finest linen ¹  and purple wool on silver rings, alabaster columns, gold and silver couches ²  displayed on a floor made of valuable stones of alabaster, mother-of-pearl, and mineral stone.

(Now the manna was like coriander seed, and its color like the color of bdellium.

and throw ¹  your gold ²  in the dust – your gold ³  of Ophir among the rocks in the ravines –

You sold ¹  your people for a pittance; ²  you did not ask a high price for them. ³ 

They come with red cloth ¹  from Egypt, Ethiopia ²  voluntarily offers tribute ³  to God.

Certainly ¹  the Lord does not forsake his people; he does not abandon the nation that belongs to him. ² 

The law you have revealed is more important to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver. ¹ 

lest you give your vigor ¹  to others and your years to a cruel person,

For wisdom is better than rubies, and desirable things cannot be compared ¹  to her.

Like tying a stone in a sling, ¹  so is giving honor to a fool.

Let your clothes always be white, and do not spare precious ointment on your head.

His head is like the most pure gold. ¹  His hair is curly ²  – black like a raven.