In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, at twilight, ¹  is a Passover offering to the Lord.

The descendants of Judah were Er and Onan, but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.

All the men of Israel assembled before King Solomon during the festival ¹  in the month Ethanim ²  (the seventh month).

Phinehas son of Eleazar had been their leader in earlier times, and the Lord was with him.

All the men of Israel assembled before the king during the festival ¹  in the seventh month. ² 

In the third month they began piling their contributions in heaps ¹  and finished in the seventh month.

For you write down ¹  bitter things against me and cause me to inherit the sins of my youth. ² 

“Surely you know ¹  that it has been from old, ever since humankind was placed ²  on the earth,

Before daybreak ¹  the murderer rises up; he kills the poor and the needy; in the night he is ²  like a thief. ³ 

just as I was in my most productive time, ¹  when God’s intimate friendship ²  was experienced in my tent,

then his flesh is restored ¹  like a youth’s; he returns to the days of his youthful vigor. ² 

When he struck them down, ¹  they sought his favor; ²  they turned back and longed for God.

I recall the old days; ¹  I meditate on all you have done; I reflect on your accomplishments. ² 

who leaves ¹  the husband ²  from her younger days, ³  and forgets her marriage covenant ⁴  made before God. ⁵ 

May your fountain be blessed, ¹  and may you rejoice ²  in your young wife ³  –

The lazy person does not roast ¹  his prey, but personal possessions ²  are precious to the diligent.

The one who spares his rod ¹  hates ²  his child, ³  but the one who loves his child ⁴  is diligent ⁵  in disciplining ⁶  him.

Even now you say to me, ‘You are my father! ¹  You have been my faithful companion ever since I was young.

I sent all my servants the prophets to warn you over and over again. They said, “Every one of you, stop doing the evil things you have been doing and do what is right. ¹  Do not pay allegiance to other gods ²  and worship them. Then you can continue to live in this land that I gave to you and your ancestors.” But you did not pay any attention or listen to me.

like the accounts ¹  passed on ²  to us by those who were eyewitnesses and servants of the word ³  from the beginning. ⁴