but Paul insisted ¹  that they should not take along this one who had left them in Pamphylia ²  and had not accompanied them in the work.

For you have heard of my former way of life ¹  in Judaism, how I was savagely persecuting the church of God and trying to destroy it.

See that no one pays back evil for evil to anyone, but always pursue what is good for one another and for all.

Therefore, dear friends, since you are waiting for ¹  these things, strive to be found ²  at peace, without spot or blemish, when you come into his presence. ³ 

The Philistines asked, ¹  “Who did this?” They were told, ²  “Samson, the Timnite’s son-in-law, because the Timnite ³  took Samson’s ⁴  bride and gave her to his best man.” So the Philistines went up and burned her and her father. ⁵ 

Saul said, “Let’s go down after the Philistines at night; we will rout ¹  them until the break of day. ²  We won’t leave any of them alive!” ³  They replied, “Do whatever seems best to you.” ⁴  But the priest said, “Let’s approach God here.”

David thought to himself, ¹  “One of these days I’m going to be swept away by the hand of Saul! There is nothing better for me than to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will despair of searching for me through all the territory of Israel and I will escape from his hand.”

blue, ¹  purple, ²  scarlet, ³  fine linen, ⁴  goat’s hair, ⁵ 

You are to overlay it with ¹  pure gold, and you are to make a surrounding border of gold for it.

The artisans ¹  are to use ²  the gold, blue, purple, scarlet, and fine linen.

and two braided chains of pure gold, like a cord, and attach the chains to the settings.

“You are to make a plate ¹  of pure gold and engrave on it the way a seal is engraved: ²  “Holiness to the Lord.” ³ 

blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, fine linen, goat’s hair,

He overlaid it with pure gold, inside and out, and he made a surrounding border ¹  of gold for it.

Their buds and their branches were of one piece; ¹  all of it was one hammered piece of pure gold.

He made the ephod of gold, blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twisted linen.

If your offering is a grain offering made in a pan, ¹  it must be made of choice wheat flour deep fried in olive oil. ² 

with one-tenth of an ephah ¹  of finely ground flour as a grain offering mixed with one quarter of a hin ²  of pressed olive oil.

So Joshua and his whole army, including the bravest warriors, marched up from Gilgal. ¹ 

Eighteen thousand Benjaminites, all of them capable warriors, fell dead.