King Uzziah suffered from a skin disease until the day he died. He lived in separate quarters, ¹  afflicted by a skin disease and banned from the Lord’s temple. His son Jotham was in charge of the palace and ruled over the people of the land.

The blessings of your father are greater than ¹  the blessings of the eternal mountains ²  or the desirable things of the age-old hills. They will be on the head of Joseph and on the brow of the prince of his brothers. ³ 

“Tell Aaron and his sons that they must deal respectfully with the holy offerings ¹  of the Israelites, which they consecrate to me, so that they do not profane my holy name. ²  I am the Lord.

While they were serving ¹  the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart ²  for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”

Until ¹  certain people came from James, he had been eating with the Gentiles. But when they arrived, he stopped doing this ²  and separated himself ³  because he was afraid of those who were pro-circumcision. ⁴ 

you must set apart for yourselves three cities ¹  in the middle of your land that the Lord your God is giving you as a possession.

Also included were the cities set apart for the tribe of Ephraim within Manasseh’s territory, along with their towns. ¹ 

Jeremiah started to leave Jerusalem to go to the territory of Benjamin. He wanted to make sure he got his share of the property that was being divided up among his family there. ¹ 

and the face cloth, ¹  which had been around Jesus’ head, not lying with the strips of linen cloth but rolled up in a place by itself. ² 

(but if she does, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband), and a husband should not divorce his wife.

All the days of his separation he must be holy to the Lord.

For each of the seven lambs you are to offer one-tenth of an ephah,

with one-tenth for each of the seven lambs,

and one-tenth for each of the seven lambs,

and one-tenth for each of the seven lambs,

and one-tenth for each of the fourteen lambs,

Now when these things had been completed, the leaders approached me and said, “The people of Israel, the priests, and the Levites have not separated themselves from the local residents ¹  who practice detestable things similar to those of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.

A wise king separates out ¹  the wicked; he turns the threshing wheel over them. ² 

Set them apart ¹  in the truth; your word is truth.

These people are divisive, ¹  worldly, ²  devoid of the Spirit. ³