Every day ¹  they continued to gather together by common consent in the temple courts, ²  breaking bread from ³  house to house, sharing their food with glad ⁴  and humble hearts, ⁵ 

For seven days you must present a gift to the Lord. On the eighth day there is to be a holy assembly for you, and you must present a gift to the Lord. It is a solemn assembly day; ¹  you must not do any regular work.

At the end of the twelve months that were required for the women, ¹  when the turn of each young woman arrived to go to King Ahasuerus – for in this way they had to fulfill their time of cosmetic treatment: six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with perfume and various ointments used by women –

When ¹  the days of their feasting were finished, ²  Job would send ³  for them and sanctify ⁴  them; he would get up early ⁵  in the morning and offer burnt offerings according to ⁶  the number of them all. For Job thought, “Perhaps ⁷  my children ⁸  have sinned and cursed ⁹  God in their hearts.” This was Job’s customary practice.

Let the priests also, who approach the Lord, sanctify themselves, lest the Lord break through ¹  against them.”

He must present this grain offering ¹  in addition to ring-shaped loaves of leavened bread which regularly accompany ²  the sacrifice of his thanksgiving peace offering.

“‘You must not approach a woman in her menstrual impurity ¹  to have sexual intercourse with her.

“‘These are the Lord’s appointed times, holy assemblies, which you must proclaim at their appointed time.

These Gadites were military leaders; the least led a hundred men, the greatest a thousand. ¹ 

That day David first gave to Asaph and his colleagues this song of thanks to the Lord:

He defeated the Moabites; the Moabites became David’s subjects and brought tribute. ¹ 

the pure gold lampstands and their lamps which burned as specified at the entrance to the inner sanctuary,

For they were under royal orders ¹  which determined their activity day by day. ² 

So I purified them of everything foreign, and I assigned specific ¹  duties to the priests and the Levites.

He made the moon to mark the months, ¹  and the sun sets according to a regular schedule. ² 

All of your creatures ¹  wait for you to provide them with food on a regular basis. ² 

Everything looks to you in anticipation, ¹  and you provide them with food on a regular basis. ² 

And you must drink water by measure, a pint and a half; ¹  you must drink it at fixed times.

Arabia and all the princes of Kedar were your trade partners; for lambs, rams, and goats they traded with you.

So the warden removed the delicacies and the wine ¹  from their diet ²  and gave them a diet of vegetables instead.