Also, the power of God was at work in Judah to unite them to carry out the command of the king and his officials by the word of the Lord.
Acts 7:23 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised ‘When he was forty years old, he decided to visit his own people, the Israelites. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And when he was in his fortieth year, it came into his heart to visit his kinsmen the children of Israel [to help them and to care for them]. American Standard Version (1901) But when he was well-nigh forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel. Common English Bible “When Moses was 40 years old, he decided to visit his family, the Israelites. Catholic Public Domain Version But when forty years of age were completed in him, it rose up in his heart that he should visit his brothers, the sons of Israel. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren, the children of Israel. |
Also, the power of God was at work in Judah to unite them to carry out the command of the king and his officials by the word of the Lord.
In the first year of King Cyrus of Persia, in order to fulfil the word of the Lord spoken through Jeremiah, the Lord roused the spirit of King Cyrus to issue a proclamation throughout his entire kingdom and to put it in writing:
So the family heads of Judah and Benjamin, along with the priests and Levites #– #everyone whose spirit God had roused #– #prepared to go up and rebuild the Lord’s house in Jerusalem.
Blessed be the Lord, the God of our ancestors, who has put it into the king’s mind to glorify the house of the Lord in Jerusalem,
Everyone whose heart was moved and whose spirit prompted him came and brought an offering to the Lord for the work on the tent of meeting, for all its services, and for the holy garments.
So the Israelites brought a freewill offering to the Lord, all the men and women whose hearts prompted them to bring something for all the work that the Lord, through Moses, had commanded to be done.
Then Moses went back to his father-in-law, Jethro, and said to him, ‘Please let me return to my relatives in Egypt and see if they are still living.’ Jethro said to Moses, ‘Go in peace.’
Moses was eighty years old and Aaron eighty-three when they spoke to Pharaoh.
A king’s heart is like channelled water in the Lord’s hand: He directs it wherever he chooses.
After some time had passed, Paul said to Barnabas, ‘Let’s go back and visit the brothers and sisters in every town where we have preached the word of the Lord and see how they’re doing.’
When he saw one of them being mistreated, he came to his rescue and avenged the oppressed man by striking down the Egyptian.
Thanks be to God, who put the same concern for you into the heart of Titus.
Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.
For God has put it into their hearts to carry out his plan by having one purpose and to give their kingdom to the beast until the words of God are fulfilled.