Genesis 38 Cross References - NSB

¹ At that time Judah left his brothers and went to stay with a man named Hirah, who was from the town of Adullam. ² Judah met a young Canaanite woman there whose father was named Shua. He married her. ³ Shua bore him a son, whom he named Er. ⁴ She became pregnant again and gave birth to another son and named him Onan. ⁵ She had another son and named him Shelah. Judah was at Achzib when the boy was born. ⁶ For his first son Er, Judah got a wife whose name was Tamar. ⁷ Er was an evil man. It displeased Jehovah. So Jehovah killed him. ⁸ Then Judah said to Er’s brother Onan: »Go sleep with your brother’s widow. Fulfill your obligation to her as her husband’s brother. That way your brother may have descendants.« ⁹ Onan knew that the children would not belong to him. So when he had intercourse with his brother’s widow, he let the semen spill on the ground, assuring that there would be no children for his brother. ¹⁰ What he did displeased Jehovah. So Jehovah killed him also. ¹¹ Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar: »Return to your father’s house and remain a widow until my son Shelah grows up.« He said this because he was afraid that Shelah would be killed, as his brothers had been. So Tamar went back home. ¹² After some time Judah’s wife died. When he finished mourning, he and his friend Hirah of Adullam went to Timnah, where his sheep were being sheared. ¹³ Tamar found out that her father-in-law Judah was going to Timnah to shear his sheep. ¹⁴ She realized that Shelah was now a grown man. She had not been allowed to marry him. So she decided to dress in something other than her widow’s clothes and to cover her face with a veil. Then she sat outside the town of Enaim on the road to Timnah. ¹⁵ Judah came along. He did not recognize her because of the veil. He thought she was a prostitute, ¹⁶ and asked her to sleep with him. She asked: »What will you give me if I do?« ¹⁷ He answered: »One of my young goats.« Then she asked: »What will you give me to keep until you send the goat?« ¹⁸ »What do you want?« he asked. »The ring on that cord around your neck,« she replied. »I also want the special walking stick you have with you.« So he gave them to her. They slept together and she became pregnant. ¹⁹ After returning home, Tamar took off the veil and dressed in her widow’s clothes again. ²⁰ Judah sent the young goat by his friend the Adullamite, to receive the pledge from the woman’s hand. But he did not find her. ²¹ He asked the men: »Where is the temple prostitute who was by the road at Enaim?« They said: »There has been no temple prostitute here.« ²² So he went back to Judah and said: »I did not find her. Besides, the men who lived there said there has not been any temple prostitute here.« ²³ Then Judah said: »Let her keep what she has, or we will become a laughingstock. After all, I did send her this young goat, but you did not find her.« ²⁴ Three months later Judah was told: »Your daughter-in-law Tamar is guilty of prostitution, and as a result she is now pregnant.« Judah said: »Bring her out and have her burned to death!« ²⁵ As she was being brought out, she sent a message to her father-in-law. »I am pregnant by the man who owns these,« she said. She added: »See if you recognize whose seal and cord and staff these are.« ²⁶ Judah recognized them and said: »She is more righteous than I, since I would not give her to my son Shelah.« He did not sleep with her again. ²⁷ When the time came for her to give birth, there were twin boys in her womb. ²⁸ As she was giving birth, one of them put out his hand. The midwife took a scarlet thread and tied it on his wrist and said: »This one came out first.« ²⁹ When he drew back his hand, his brother came out. She said: »So this is how you have broken out!« He was named Perez. ³⁰ Then his brother, who had the scarlet thread on his wrist, came out and he was given the name Zerah.

⁶ When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.

¹ Adam had sexual intercourse with his wife Eve. She became pregnant and gave birth to Cain. She said: »With the help of Jehovah I have brought forth a man.«

² The sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful. They married any of them they chose.

⁴ The NEPHILIM were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God had sexual intercourse with the daughters of men and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown.

⁸ But Noah found favor in the eyes of Jehovah.

¹³ The men of Sodom were wicked and sinned greatly against Jehovah.

² »My lords,« he said, »come to my home to wash your feet, and be my guests for the night. You may get up in the morning as early as you like and be on your way again.« »Oh no,« they said, »We will spend the night out here in the city square.« ³ Lot insisted, so at last they went home with him. He set a great feast before them, complete with fresh unleavened (unfermented) bread.

¹³ »We will destroy the city completely. The stench of the place has reached Jehovah. He has sent us to destroy it.«

³ God appeared to the king in a dream and said: »You are going to die, because you have taken this woman. She is already married.«

⁷ »Give the man’s wife back to him now. He is a prophet. He will pray for you, and you will live. But if you do not give her back, you and all who belong to you are doomed to die.«

⁹ Then Abimelech called Abraham. He said to him: »What have you done to us? And how have I sinned against you? You have brought a great sin on me and on my kingdom. You have done to me things that ought not to be done.«

²¹ He lived in the wilderness of Paran. His mother took a wife for him from the land of Egypt.

³ »I want you to swear by Jehovah God of heaven and earth that you will not get my son a wife from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am living.

⁶⁵ She asked Abraham’s servant: »Who is that man walking toward us in the field?« »He is my master,« the servant answered. So she took her veil (scarf) and covered her face.

⁶⁷ Isaac brought Rebecca into the tent that his mother Sarah had lived in. She became his wife. Isaac loved Rebecca. He was comforted for the loss of his mother.

²⁴ The time came for her to give birth. She gave birth to twin sons.

¹⁹ When Laban went to shear his sheep, Rachel stole her father’s household idols.

² Shechem, son of Hamor the Hivite, who was chief of that region, saw her. He grabbed her and raped (sexually defiled) her.

³¹ They responded: »Should he treat our sister like a prostitute?«

³² They took the robe to their father and said: »We found this. Does it belong to your son?« ³³ He recognized it and said: »Yes, it is his! Some wild animal has killed him. My son Joseph has been torn to pieces!«

¹ At that time Judah left his brothers and went to stay with a man named Hirah, who was from the town of Adullam.

¹¹ Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar: »Return to your father’s house and remain a widow until my son Shelah grows up.« He said this because he was afraid that Shelah would be killed, as his brothers had been. So Tamar went back home.

¹¹ Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar: »Return to your father’s house and remain a widow until my son Shelah grows up.« He said this because he was afraid that Shelah would be killed, as his brothers had been. So Tamar went back home. ¹² After some time Judah’s wife died. When he finished mourning, he and his friend Hirah of Adullam went to Timnah, where his sheep were being sheared. ¹³ Tamar found out that her father-in-law Judah was going to Timnah to shear his sheep. ¹⁴ She realized that Shelah was now a grown man. She had not been allowed to marry him. So she decided to dress in something other than her widow’s clothes and to cover her face with a veil. Then she sat outside the town of Enaim on the road to Timnah.

¹⁸ »What do you want?« he asked. »The ring on that cord around your neck,« she replied. »I also want the special walking stick you have with you.« So he gave them to her. They slept together and she became pregnant.

²⁰ Judah sent the young goat by his friend the Adullamite, to receive the pledge from the woman’s hand. But he did not find her.

²⁴ Three months later Judah was told: »Your daughter-in-law Tamar is guilty of prostitution, and as a result she is now pregnant.« Judah said: »Bring her out and have her burned to death!« ²⁵ As she was being brought out, she sent a message to her father-in-law. »I am pregnant by the man who owns these,« she said. She added: »See if you recognize whose seal and cord and staff these are.«

²⁵ As she was being brought out, she sent a message to her father-in-law. »I am pregnant by the man who owns these,« she said. She added: »See if you recognize whose seal and cord and staff these are.« ²⁶ Judah recognized them and said: »She is more righteous than I, since I would not give her to my son Shelah.« He did not sleep with her again.

²⁶ Judah recognized them and said: »She is more righteous than I, since I would not give her to my son Shelah.« He did not sleep with her again.

¹² The sons of Judah were Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah. (Er and Onan died in Canaan.) The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.

¹⁶ »‘Do not have sexual intercourse with your sister-in-law. She is your brother's wife.

¹⁷ »‘Never hate your brother in your heart. Be sure to correct your neighbor so that you will not be guilty of sinning along with him.

¹⁰ »‘If a man commits adultery with the wife of an Israelite, both he and the woman should be put to death.

⁹ »When a priest's daughter dishonors herself by becoming a prostitute, she dishonors her father. She must be burned.

¹³ »‘A widowed or divorced daughter who has no children and who has returned to live in her father's house as a dependent may eat the food her father receives as a priest. Only a member of a priestly family may eat any of it.

¹ The people complained out loud to Jehovah about their troubles. Jehovah heard them and he became angry. Fire from Jehovah burned among them. It destroyed some people on the outskirts of the camp.

³⁴ Balaam replied: »I have sinned. I did not know that you were standing in the road to oppose me. Now if you think it is wrong for me to go on I will return home.«

⁸ »Every woman who inherits property in an Israelite tribe must marry a man belonging to that tribe. In this way all Israelites will inherit the property of their ancestors, ⁹ and the property will not pass from one tribe to another. Each tribe will continue to possess its own property.«

¹⁹ Er and Onan were sons of Judah, but they died in Canaan. ²⁰ The families descended from Judah were the family of Shelah, the family of Perez, and the family of Zerah.

²¹ they will take the girl to the doorway of her father's house. The men of her city shall stone her to death because she has committed an act of folly in Israel by playing the harlot in her father's house. You must purge the evil from among you. ²² »If a man is caught having sexual intercourse with another mans wife, then both of them shall die! Both the man and the woman committing adultery must be killed. Thus you shall purge the evil from Israel. ²³ »Suppose there is a girl who is a virgin engaged to a man, and another man has sexual relations with her. ²⁴ »You must bring them both out to the gate of that city and you must stone them to death! The girl did not protest what was happening and the man has violated his neighbor's woman. Thus you shall purge the evil from among you. ²⁵ »If an engaged woman is raped (forced to experience sex) only the man who commits the act will die. ²⁶ »Do nothing to the woman. There is no sin in the woman worthy of death. This is like the case where a man attacks and murders his neighbor. ²⁷ »When he found her in the field, the woman who is engaged protested, but there was no one to save her.

¹⁸ »Do not bring the hire (fee) of a harlot or the wages of a dog into the house of Jehovah your God for any vow offering. Both of these are an abomination to Jehovah your God.

¹⁶ »Fathers shall not be put to death for their sons, nor shall sons be put to death for their fathers. Everyone shall be put to death for his own sin.

⁵ »When brothers live together and one of them dies without a son the wife of the deceased shall not marry outside the family to a strange man. Her husband's brother shall marry her and perform the duty of a husband's brother to her. ⁶ »The firstborn son she bears will assume the name of the dead brother. That way his name will not be blotted out from Israel.

⁶ »The firstborn son she bears will assume the name of the dead brother. That way his name will not be blotted out from Israel. ⁷ »If the man does not desire to take his brother's wife, his brother's wife shall go up to the gate to the elders and say: My husband's brother refuses to establish a name for his brother in Israel. He is not willing to perform the duty of a husband's brother to me. ⁸ »The elders of his city must summon him and speak to him. If he persists and says: I do not desire to take her, ⁹ his brother's wife shall must to him in the sight of the elders. She will pull his sandal off his foot and spit in his face. Then she will declare: It is done to the man who does not build up his brother's house. ¹⁰ »His name in Israel will be: ‘The house of him whose sandal is removed.’

¹⁵ The king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;

¹⁰ The border circled Baalah westward to Mount Seir, and passed along to the side of mount Jearim, which is Chesalon, on the north side, and went down to Beth-shemesh, and passed on to Timnah:

³⁵ Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah,

³⁷ Zenan, and Hadashah, and Migdal-gad,

⁵⁷ Cain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities with their villages:

⁴³ Elon, and Thimnathah, and Ekron,

¹⁸ Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said to him: »Come my lord, come right in. Do not be afraid.« When he came in to her tent, she covered him with a mantle.

¹ One day Samson traveled to Timnah. He noticed a young Philistine woman. ² He went home and told his father and mother: »A Philistine woman at Timnah caught my attention. Get her for me. I want to marry her.«

²⁰ His wife was given to his best man at the wedding.

¹ Samson went to the Philistine city of Gaza. He met a prostitute and went to bed with her.

² She was unfaithful to him and went to her father’s house at Bethlehem in Judah. She was there four whole months.

¹¹ »You must go back, my daughters,« Naomi replied. »Why do you want to come with me? Do you think I could have sons again for you to marry?

¹¹ »You must go back, my daughters,« Naomi replied. »Why do you want to come with me? Do you think I could have sons again for you to marry? ¹² »Return home, my daughters. I am too old to get married again. Even if I thought there was still hope, and got married and had sons, ¹³ »would you wait for them to grow up? Would this keep you from marrying someone else? No, my daughters, you know that is not possible. Jehovah has turned against me. I feel sorry for you.«

⁵ Then Boaz said: »On the day when you take this field, you will have to take with it Ruth, the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, so that you may keep the name of the dead living in his heritage.« ⁶ The near relative said: »I am not able to redeem it for myself, for fear of damaging the heritage I have. You may do it in my place, for I am not able to do it myself.« ⁷ It was the custom for the seller to take off his sandal and give to the buyer to settle a sale or exchange of property. By doing this, Israelites showed that the matter was settled. ⁸ So when the man said to Boaz: »You buy it,« he took off his sandal and gave it to Boaz. ⁹ Then Boaz said to the leaders and all the others there: »You are all witnesses today that I have bought from Naomi everything that belonged to Elimelech and to his sons Chilion and Mahlon. ¹⁰ »In addition, Ruth the Moabite, Mahlon’s widow, becomes my wife. This will keep the property in the dead man’s family, and his family line will continue among his people in his hometown. Today you are witnesses to this.«

¹⁰ »In addition, Ruth the Moabite, Mahlon’s widow, becomes my wife. This will keep the property in the dead man’s family, and his family line will continue among his people in his hometown. Today you are witnesses to this.« ¹¹ The leaders and the others said: »Yes, we are witnesses. May Jehovah make your wife become like Rachel and Leah, who bore many children to Jacob. May you become rich in the clan of Ephrathah and famous in Bethlehem. ¹² »May your family be like the family of Perez, the son whom Tamar gave to Judah, from the offspring that Jehovah may give you by this young woman.«

¹⁷ He said: »David, you are a better person than I am. You treated me with kindness when I was cruel to you.

⁴ While David was in the desert he heard that Nabal was shearing sheep. ⁵ David sent ten young men to Nabal. David said to them: »Go up to Carmel and go to Nabal, and say kind words to him in my name. ⁶ »Say to him: ‘May you live long! May you, your home, and all you have prosper! ⁷ »‘I hear that your sheepshearers are with you. Your shepherds have been with us. We have not mistreated them. Nothing of theirs has been missing as long as they have been in Carmel. ⁸ »‘Ask your shepherds. They will tell you the same thing. My servants are your servants. You are like a father to me. This is a day for celebrating. Please be kind and share some of your food with us.’«

³⁶ When Abigail came to Nabal, he was holding a banquet in his home. It was like a king’s banquet. He was in a good mood and very drunk, so she did not tell him anything until dawn.

¹ David escaped from the town of Gath and he went to Adullam Cave. Once they found out where he was his brothers and the rest of his family followed him there.

² Late one afternoon, David got up from his nap and went to the palace roof. He walked around on the roof. He saw a woman taking a bath. She was very beautiful.

²⁷ When her mourning was over, David sent for her and brought her to his home. She became his wife. Then she gave birth to a son. However, Jehovah considered David’s actions evil.

⁵ David became very angry with the rich man. He said: »I swear by the living God Jehovah that the man who did this should die!

⁷ »You are that man!« Nathan said to David. »And this is what the Lord Jehovah the God of Israel says: ‘I made you king of Israel and rescued you from Saul.

⁹ »‘Why have you disobeyed my commands? Why did you do this evil thing? You had Uriah killed in battle! You let the Ammonites kill him. Then you took his wife!

³ David left ten of his concubines in Jerusalem to take care of his palace. When he returned, he had them taken to another house. He placed soldiers there to guard them. He gave them what they needed. He never slept with any of them again. They had to live there for the rest of their lives as if they were widows.

³ Amnon had a friend named Jonadab. He was the son of David’s brother Shimeah. Jonadab usually knew how to get what he wanted.

¹¹ She offered them to him. He grabbed her and said: »Come to bed with me!«

²³ Two years later Absalom had sheep sheared at Baal Hazor, near the town of Ephraim. He invited all the king’s sons to be there. ²⁴ He went to King David and said: »Your Majesty, I am having my sheep sheared. Will you and your officials take part in the festivities?« ²⁵ The king answered: No, my son. It would be too much trouble for you if we all went. Absalom insisted, but the king would not give in. So he asked Absalom to leave. ²⁶ Absalom said: »Will you at least let my brother Amnon come? Why should he?« The king asked. ²⁷ Absalom insisted until David finally let Amnon and all his other sons go with Absalom. Absalom prepared a banquet fit for a king. ²⁸ Absalom gave an order to his servants: »Watch now and when Amnon begins to feel good from drinking too much wine, I will tell you, Attack Amnon. Then kill him. Do not be afraid. I give this order. Be strong and courageous.« ²⁹ Absalom’s servants did to Amnon as Absalom ordered. Then all the king’s sons got up, mounted their mules, and fled.

³⁹ King David longed for Absalom once people had consoled him over Amnon’s death.

² Joab sent someone to Tekoa to get a wise woman from there. He told her: »Please act like a mourner. Dress in mourning clothes. Do not use any cosmetic lotions. Act like a woman who has been mourning for the dead for a long time.

⁵ The king asked her: »What can I do for you?« She answered: »I am a widow; my husband is dead.

²² They pitched a tent for Absalom on the palace roof. There in the sight of everyone Absalom went in and had intercourse with his father’s concubines.

¹³ At harvest time three of the thirty leading men came to David at the cave of Adullam when a troop from the Philistine army was camping in the valley of Rephaim.

¹⁷ David saw the angel who had been killing the people. He said to Jehovah: »I have sinned. I have done wrong. What have these sheep done? Please let your punishment be against me and against my father’s family.«

⁸ Elisha went to Shunem, where a rich woman lived. She invited him to a meal. From that time on every time he went to Shunem he would have his meals at her house.

³ The sons of Judah: Er, Onan and Shelah. These three were born to him by a Canaanite woman, the daughter of Shua. Er, Judah’s firstborn was wicked in Jehovah’s sight; so Jehovah put him to death. ⁴ Tamar, Judah’s daughter-in-law, bore him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all.

²¹ The sons of Shelah son of Judah: Er the father of Lecah, Laadah the father of Mareshah and the clans of the linen workers at Beth Ashbea,

⁴ Uthai son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, a descendant of Perez son of Judah.

⁶ Of the Zerahites: Jeuel. The people from Judah numbered six hundred ninety.

⁷ God was displeased with what had been done, so he punished Israel.

⁶ He burned his son as a sacrifice in the valley of Ben Hinnom, he consulted fortunetellers, and he cast evil spells. He also practiced witchcraft, and appointed royal mediums and psychics. He did many things that made Jehovah furious.

⁴ Other people of the children of Judah and of Benjamin lived in Jerusalem. Of the children of Judah: Athaiah, the son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalalel, of the children of Perez;

⁶ All the sons of Perez living in Jerusalem were four hundred and sixty-eight men of good position.

⁵ »But trouble comes to you, and you are impatient. It touches you, and you panic.

² »To be sure anger kills a stubborn fool. And jealousy murders a gullible person.

⁵ I spoke once, but I cannot answer twice. I will proceed no further.«

³¹ »Job, have you confessed your sins to God and promised not to sin again? ³² »Have you asked God to show you your faults, and have you agreed to stop doing evil?

²³ But You, O God, will bring them down to the corruption of the grave. Men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in you.

²¹ »When you did these things, I remained silent. That made you think I was like you. I will argue my point with you and lay it all out for you to see.

⁶ »Forsake the foolish, and live. Travel in the way of understanding.«

³³ He will get wounds and be dishonored. His shame will not be wiped away.

¹² Now in the streets and squares, she waits at every corner.

²⁰ The one who walks with wise men will be wise. A companion of fools will be destroyed.

³² The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous has hope in his death.

¹⁶ Take his garment that is surety for a stranger and hold it as a pledge for a seductress.

¹⁸ Jehovah will see it and be displeased and turn his anger away from him.

⁴ Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?

²⁶ I find what was worse than death is the woman whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands are chains. He who pleases God will escape from her. But she will capture the sinner.

²⁰ »Long ago you broke off your yoke, tore off your bonds, and said that you would not be a slave. You lay down and acted like a prostitute on every high hill and under every large tree.

²⁶ »As a thief feels ashamed when he is caught, so the nation of Israel will feel ashamed. Their kings, princes, priests, and prophets will also feel ashamed.

¹ It is said: »If a man divorces his wife and she leaves him and marries another man, her first husband should not go back to her again.« The land would become completely polluted. »You have behaved like a prostitute who has many lovers. Now you want to come back to me!« Says Jehovah. ² »Lift up your eyes to the bare hills and see. You have had sex with men in every place. You sat by the roadside waiting for them like a nomad in the desert. You have defiled (corrupted) (profaned) the land with your prostitution and wickedness.

⁶ During the reign of King Josiah, Jehovah asked me: »Did you see what unfaithful Israel did? She went up every high mountain and under every large tree, and she acted like a prostitute there.

⁸ »Judah saw that I sent unfaithful Israel away because of her adultery and that I gave Israel her divorce papers. But treacherous Judah, her sister, was not afraid. She also acted like a prostitute.

²² ‘Because of them, all the captives from Judah who are in Babylon will use this curse: »May Jehovah curse you as he cursed Zedekiah and Ahab, whom the king of Babylon burned to death.« ²³ They have done scandalous and disgraceful things in Israel. They committed adultery with their neighbors' wives and spoke lies in my name. I did not command them to do this. »‘»I know what they have done. I am a witness,« says Jehovah.’«

²⁴ »‘As I live,’ says Jehovah, ‘even though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were a signet ring on my right hand, yet I would pull you off.

⁴ »‘I kept sending you my servants the prophets, who told you not to do this terrible thing that I hate.

¹⁵ »‘But you trusted your beauty. You used your fame to become a prostitute. You had sex with everyone who walked by.

²⁵ »You dragged your beauty through the mud. You offered yourself to everyone who came by, and you were more of a prostitute every day.

²⁸ »The others did not satisfy you so you ran after the Assyrians. You were their prostitute, but they did not satisfy you either.

³³ »Prostitutes accept money for having sex, but you bribe men from everywhere to have sex with you.

⁴¹ »They will burn your houses with fire and execute judgments on you in the sight of many women. Then I will stop you from playing the harlot. You will also no longer pay your lovers.

⁵² ‘»You will have to suffer disgrace because you accused your sisters. Yet, your sins are more disgusting than theirs. They look like they are innocent compared to you. Be ashamed of yourself and suffer disgrace, because you have made your sisters look like they are innocent.’

⁵ »Oholah played the prostitute while she was mine; and she lusted after her lovers, after the Assyrians, her neighbors.

¹⁹ »Yet she multiplied her acts of prostitution. She remembered the days of her youth, when she prostituted herself in the land of Egypt.

⁴⁴ »But they went into her as they would go into a prostitute. Thus they went into Oholah and into Oholibah, the lewd women.

⁵ Their mother played the harlot. She that conceived them acted shamefully! For she said, I will go after my lovers, who give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, my oil and my drink.

³ I said to her: »You will live with me many days. You must not play the harlot (commit fornication) and you must not be any man’s wife. I will also be with you.«

¹¹ Prostitution, wine and new wine take away the understanding.

¹⁵ Though you, Israel, play the harlot, do not let Judah become guilty! Do not go to Gilgal, neither go to Bethaven, nor swear, »As Jehovah lives.«

¹⁵ »I will yet bring a conqueror against you, O inhabitant of Mareshah! He will possess you. The glory of Israel will come to Adullam.

¹³ Your eyes are too pure to look at evil. You cannot look at perversity. Why do you look at treacherous persons and not act? Why do you keep quiet when the wicked destroy the man who is more righteous?

¹³ Then Haggai gave Jehovah’s message to the people: »I am with you!«

³ Judah and Tamar were the father and mother of Perez and Zerah. Perez was the father of Hezron, Hezron the father of Ram,

¹ »Stop judging, so that you will not be judged. ² »As you judge, so you will be judged. As you measure, it will be measured to you. ³ »Why do you see the speck in your brother’s eye? Do you not consider the beam in your own eye? ⁴ »Will you tell your brother, ‘I will remove the speck from your eye’ when there is a beam in your own eye? ⁵ »You hypocrite! First remove the beam out of your own eye. Then you can see to remove the speck out of your brother’s eye.

⁸ »Bear fruit worthy of repentance!

²³ That same day, Sadducees came to him. They believe there is no resurrection. They asked him a question. ²⁴ »Teacher, Moses said if a man dies having no children, his brother should marry his wife, and bring up seed for his brother. ²⁵ »There were seven brothers. The first married and died, and having no children, left his wife to his brother. ²⁶ »The same happened to the second, right on through the seventh. ²⁷ »After that the woman died.

¹⁵ He asked them: »What are you willing to give me to deliver him to you?« They paid him thirty pieces of silver.

³³ the son of Amminadab, the son of Arni, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah,

²² »The father called his servants. He said: ‘Hurry and bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and shoes on his feet.

⁸ »The master of the dishonest manager praised him for doing a shrewd thing. People of this world are more astute at handling their affairs than people who belong to the light.

¹² Herod and Pilate became friends that day. Before that time they were at enmity.

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¹ You who judge have no excuse. For when you judge another you condemn yourself. After all you do the same things. ² We are sure that the judgment of God, according to truth, is against those who commit such things.

¹⁶ This is in the day when God will judge the secrets of men, according to my good news, by Jesus Christ.

²¹ You are now ashamed of the fruit you had at that time. For the results of these things is death.

¹⁹ We know that whatever the law says, it speaks to those under the law. Every mouth may be stopped and the entire world may become liable to God for punishment.

¹² The night is far along and the day is at hand. Let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.

²² Do you have faith? Have it for yourself before God. Happy is he who does not condemn himself in that thing that he allows.

⁵ Do not judge anything before the time. Wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light the hidden things of darkness and make apparent the counsels of the hearts. Then each man’s praise will come from God.

² We have renounced the hidden things of shame. And we do not walk in craftiness and deceit. We do not adulterate the word of God. But by the manifestation of the truth we commend ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.

¹⁴ Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers: for what fellowship does righteousness have with lawlessness? Or what communion does light have with darkness?

¹² For the things that are done by them in secret is a shame even to speak about.

¹⁰ For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some by longing for it have been led away from the faith. They have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

¹¹ For the grace (divine influence) of God has been revealed, bringing salvation to all men, ¹² instructing us, to the intent that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly and righteously and godly in this present age (world) (period of time).

³ For we also once were foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another.

¹⁴ If you have bitter jealousy (envy) and greedy ambition in your heart, do not be arrogant and lie against the truth.

¹⁶ For where jealousy and selfishness are, there is confusion and every evil deed.

⁵ Or do you think the scripture speaks to no purpose? Does the attitude of the heart (mental disposition) that he induced to live in us cause us to envy?

² From now on you must live the rest of your earthly lives controlled by God’s will and not by human desires (lusts). ³ You have spent enough time in the past doing what unbelievers like to do. Your lives were spent in indecency, lusts, drunkenness, orgies, drinking parties, and the disgusting worship of idols (false gods).

¹⁵ »Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he who stays awake and keeps his outer garment, that he does not walk naked and they see his shame.«

¹² I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God. The books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged according to the things written in the books, according to their works.