Bible verses about "dedication" | Leeser

²⁷ For this lad did I pray; and the Lord hath granted me my petition which I asked of him; ²⁸ Therefore also have I lent him, for my part, to the Lord; all the days that have been assigned to him shall he be lent to the Lord. And he bowed himself there before the Lord.

¹¹ And she vowed a vow, and said, O Lord of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thy handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thy handmaid, but wilt give unto thy handmaid a man-child: then will I give him unto the Lord all the days of his life, and no razor shall come upon his head.

⁸ I will instruct thee and I will teach thee concerning the way which thou oughtest to go: I will counsel thee with my eye.

²⁸ But any devoted thing, which a man may devote unto the Lord of all that he hath, both of man and beast, and of the field of his possession, shall not be sold nor redeemed: every devoted thing is most holy unto the Lord.

²⁷ And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to celebrate the dedication with joy, with thanksgivings, and with singing, cymbals, psalteries, and with harps. ²⁸ And there gathered themselves together the sons of the singers, both out of the district round about Jerusalem, and from the villages of Netophah; ²⁹ Also from Beth-hagilgal, and out of the fields of Geba’ and Azmaveth; for the singers had built themselves villages round about Jerusalem. ³⁰ And the priests and the Levites purified themselves, and then they purified the people, and the gates, and the wall. ³¹ Then brought I up the princes of Judah upon the wall, and stationed two great companies for thanksgiving, and trains to walk on the right hand upon the wall by the dung-gate; ³² And after them walked Hosha’yah, and half of the princes of Judah, ³³ And ‘Azaryah, ‘Ezra, and Meshullam, ³⁴ Judah, and Benjamin, and Shema’yah, and Jeremiah; ³⁵ And of the sons of priests’ with trumpets, Zechariah the son of Jonathan, the son of Shema’yah, the son of Matthanyah, the son of Michayah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Assaph; ³⁶ And his brethren, Shema’yah, and ‘Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Ma’ai, Nethanel, and Judah, Chanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God; and ‘Ezra the expounder walked before them. ³⁷ And over the fountain-gate, and straight before them, they went up by the stairs of the city of David, at the ascent of the wall, above the house of David, even as far as the water-gate, eastward. ³⁸ And the other company for thanksgiving that walked in the opposite direction to them,—this one did I follow, and the half of the people upon the wall, from beyond the tower of the ovens even as far as the broad wall; ³⁹ And above the gate of Ephraim, and above the old gate, and above the fish-gate, and the tower of Chananel, and the tower of Meah, even as far as the sheep-gate; and they halted at the prison-gate. ⁴⁰ So did the two companies for thanksgiving place themselves in the house of God, and I, and the half of the rulers with me. ⁴¹ And the priests, Elyakim, Ma’asseyah, Minyamin, Michayah, Elyo’enai, Zechariah, and Chananiah, with trumpets; ⁴² And Ma’asseyah, and Shema’yah, and El’azar, and ‘Uzzi, and Jehochanan, and Malkiyah, and ‘Elam, and ‘Ezer. And the singers sang aloud, with Yisrachyah as their overseer. ⁴³ And they sacrificed on that day great sacrifices, and rejoiced; for God had caused them to rejoice with great joy; and also the women and the children rejoiced: so that the shout of joy of Jerusalem was heard even at a great distance off.

¹ BOOK FIRST: Happy is the man who walketh not in the council of the wicked, and standeth not in the way of sinners, and sitteth not in the seat of scorners; ² But whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who doth meditate in his law by day and night. ³ And he shall be like a tree planted by rivulets of water, that yieldeth its fruit in its season, and the leaf of which doth not wither; and all that he may do shall prosper. ⁴ Not so the wicked; but they are like the chaff which the wind driveth away. ⁵ Therefore shall the wicked not be able to stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. ⁶ For the Lord regardeth the way of the righteous; but the way of the wicked leadeth to perdition.