So King Jeroboam chose his own time for a holiday for the Israelites. It was the 15th day of the eighth month. During that time he offered sacrifices and burned incense [159] on the altar that he built. This was in the city of Bethel.
Numbers 15:39 - Easy To Read Version You will be able to look at these tassels and remember all the commands that the Lord has given you. Then you will obey the commands. You will not do wrong by forgetting about the commands and doing the things that your own bodies and eyes want. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the LORD, and do them; and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a whoring: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And it shall be to you a fringe or tassel that you may look upon and remember all the commandments of the Lord and do them, that you may not spy out and follow after [the desires of] your own heart and your own eyes, after which you used to follow and play the harlot [spiritually, if not physically], American Standard Version (1901) and it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of Jehovah, and do them; and that ye follow not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to play the harlot; Common English Bible This will be your fringe. You will see it and remember all the LORD’s commands and do them. Then you won’t go exploring the lusts of your own heart or your eyes. Catholic Public Domain Version so that, when they see these, they may remember all the commandments of the Lord, and they may not follow their own thoughts and eyes, fornicating in various ways, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version That when they shall see them, they may remember all the commandments of the Lord, and not follow their own thoughts and eyes going astray after divers things. |
So King Jeroboam chose his own time for a holiday for the Israelites. It was the 15th day of the eighth month. During that time he offered sacrifices and burned incense [159] on the altar that he built. This was in the city of Bethel.
\{Then God would know\}\par if I walked off the the right path,\par if my eyes led my heart to do evil,\par or if my hands are dirty with sin,\par
So God’s people became dirty with the sins of those other people.\par God’s people were unfaithful to their God\par and did the things those other people did.\par
God, people who leave you will be lost.\par You will destroy the people\par who are not faithful to you.\par
“This holiday will help you remember—it will be like a string tied on your hand. It will be like a sign before your eyes. [83] This holiday will help you remember the Lord’s teachings. It will help you remember that the Lord used his great power to take you out of Egypt.
Cut the wool from your lambs and make your clothes. Sell some of your goats and buy some land.
My son, don’t forget my teaching. Remember the things I tell you to do.
So young people, enjoy yourselves while you are young. Be happy! Do whatever your heart leads you to do. Do whatever you want. But remember that God will judge you for everything you do.
The people of Judah lived their own way.\par They were stubborn.\par They followed the false god Baal. {\cf2\super [76]} \par Their fathers taught them to follow\par those false gods.”\par
Then those survivors {\cf2\super [50]} will be taken prisoners. They will be forced to live in other countries. But those survivors will remember me. I broke their spirit. {\cf2\super [51]} They will hate themselves for the bad things they did. In the past, they turned away from me and left me. They chased after their filthy idols. They were like a woman leaving her husband and running after some other man. They did many terrible things.
“Argue with your mother. {\cf2\super [11]} Argue! Because she is not my wife! I am not her husband! Tell her to stop being like a prostitute. {\cf2\super [12]} Tell her to take away her lovers {\cf2\super [13]} from between her breasts.
“A person might hear these curses, but he might comfort himself and say, ‘I will continue doing what I want. Nothing bad will happen to me.’ That person might cause bad things to happen not only to himself but to everyone—even to the good people. [192]
In that new land, you must be careful not to forget the Agreement that the Lord your God made with you. You must obey the Lord’s command. Don’t make any idols in any form!
“But be careful! Don’t forget the Lord. You were slaves in Egypt, but the Lord brought you out of the land of Egypt.
“Be careful. Don’t forget the Lord your God! Be careful to obey the commands, laws, and rules that I give you today.
When that happens, you must be careful not to become proud. You must not forget the Lord your God. You were slaves in Egypt. But the Lord made you free and brought you out of that land.
So you people are not faithful to God! You should know that loving the world is the same as hating God. So if a person wants to be a part {\cf2\super [18]} of the world, then he makes himself God’s enemy.