"We will cutwhatevertimberyou needfrom Lebanonand bringit to you on raftsby seato Joppa,so that you may carryit up to Jerusalem."
and Me-jarkonand Rakkon,with the territoryoveragainstJoppa.
Thereforesendto Joppaand inviteSimon,whois also calledPeter,to come to you; he is stayingat the houseof Simon[the] tannerby the sea.'
Nowin Joppathere was a disciplenamedTabitha(whichtranslated[in Greek] is calledDorcas);this womanwas aboundingwith deedsof kindnessand charitywhichshe continually did.
All thingscameinto beingthroughHim, and apartfrom Him nothingcame into being that has come into being.
Then they gavemoneyto the masonsand carpenters,and food,drinkand oilto the Sidoniansand to the Tyrians,to bringcedarwoodfrom Lebanonto the seaat Joppa,according to the permissionthey had from Cyruskingof Persia.
Since Lyddawas nearJoppa,the disciples,having heardthat Peterwas there,senttwomento him, imploringhim, "Do not delayin comingto us."
It becameknownalloverJoppa,and manybelievedin the Lord.
And Peter stayedmanydaysin Joppawith a tanner[named] Simon.
But Jonahroseup to fleeto Tarshishfrom the presenceof the LORD.So he wentdownto Joppa,founda shipwhich was goingto Tarshish,paidthe fareand wentdowninto it to gowith them to Tarshishfrom the presenceof the LORD.
But Joshuamadethem that dayhewersof woodand drawersof waterfor the congregationand for the altarof the LORD,to thisday,in the placewhichHe would choose.
So Davidgaveordersto gatherthe foreignerswhowere in the landof Israel,and he setstonecuttersto hewout stonesto buildthe houseof God.
Allof the peoplewho were leftof the Hittites,the Amorites,the Perizzites,the Hivitesand the Jebusites,whowere not of Israel,
[namely], from their descendantswhowere leftafterthem in the landwhomthe sonsof Israelhad not destroyed,them Solomonraisedas forcedlaborersto thisday.
Allthe assemblyof Judahrejoiced,with the priestsand the Levitesand allthe assemblythat camefrom Israel,both the sojournerswho camefrom the landof Israeland those livingin Judah.
