I say again, let no one think that I am a fool. ¹  But if you do, then at least accept me as a fool, so that I too may boast a little.

You will not eat anything made with yeast; in all the places where you live you must eat bread made without yeast.’”

The Philistines again came up and spread out in the valley of Rephaim.

Let Israel say, “Yes, his loyal love endures!”

Let the family ¹  of Aaron say, “Yes, his loyal love endures!”

Let the loyal followers of the Lord ¹  say, “Yes, his loyal love endures!”

but to repeat the text cited earlier: ¹  “They will never enter my rest!”

Hear ¹  the sound of those who divide the sheep ²  among the watering places; there they tell of ³  the Lord’s victorious deeds, the victorious deeds of his warriors ⁴  in Israel. Then the Lord’s people went down to the city gates –

¹ “You must not give ²  a false report. ³  Do not make common cause ⁴  with the wicked ⁵  to be a malicious ⁶  witness.

Any creature in the water that does not have both fins and scales is detestable to you.

Have all the warriors march around the city one time; ¹  do this for six days.

If I lift myself up, ¹  you hunt me as a fierce lion, ²  and again ³  you display your power ⁴  against me.

“As surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, ¹  you will not quote this proverb in Israel anymore!

was caught up into paradise ¹  and heard things too sacred to be put into words, ²  things that a person ³  is not permitted to speak.

This is what you must do on the seventh day of the month for anyone who sins inadvertently or through ignorance; so you will make atonement for the temple.

Jacob fled to the country of Aram, then Israel worked ¹  to acquire a wife; he tended sheep to pay for her.

These things happened to them as examples and were written for our instruction, on whom the ends of the ages have come.

As we have said before, and now I say again, if any one is preaching to you a gospel contrary to what you received, let him be condemned to hell! ¹ 

And I testify again to every man who lets himself be circumcised that he is obligated to obey ¹  the whole law.

Remind people ¹  of these things and solemnly charge them ²  before the Lord ³  not to wrangle over words. This is of no benefit; it just brings ruin on those who listen. ⁴