“The Lord made a promise to my father David. The Lord said, ‘I will make your son king after you. And your son will build a temple to honor me.’ Now, I plan to build that temple to honor the Lord my God.
Numbers 27:16 - Easy To Read Version “The Lord is the God who knows what people are thinking. Lord, I pray that you will choose a leader for these people. [322] Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation American Standard Version (1901) Let Jehovah, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation, Common English Bible “Let the LORD, the God of all living things, appoint someone over the community Catholic Public Domain Version "May the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh, provide a man, who may be over this multitude, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version May the Lord the God of the spirits of all flesh provide a man, that may be over this multitude: |
“The Lord made a promise to my father David. The Lord said, ‘I will make your son king after you. And your son will build a temple to honor me.’ Now, I plan to build that temple to honor the Lord my God.
You must stay with King Joash any time he goes any place. The whole group must surround the king. Each guard must have his weapon in his hand. And you must kill any person that comes too close to you.”
Your body came from the earth.\par And when you die,\par your body will go back to the earth.\par But your spirit came from God.\par And when you die,\par your spirit will go back to God.\par
Then I will give you new rulers. Those rulers will be faithful to me. They will lead you with knowledge and understanding.
“Jeremiah, I am the Lord. I am the God of every person on the earth. Jeremiah, you know that nothing is impossible for me.”
But King Zedekiah secretly swore an oath to Jeremiah. Zedekiah said, “The Lord gives us breath and life. As surely as the Lord lives I will not kill you, Jeremiah. And I promise not to give you to those officials that want to kill you.”
I will treat each person just the same. It won’t matter if that person is the parent or the child. The person that sins is the person that will die!
Then I will put one shepherd over them, my servant David. He will feed them and be their shepherd.
“‘And my servant David will be the king over them. There will be only one shepherd over all of them. They will live by my rules and obey my laws. They will do the things I tell them.
But Moses and Aaron bowed to the ground and cried out, “God, you know what people are thinking. [208] Please don’t be angry at all these people. Only one man really sinned.”
God owns the harvest (people). Pray to him that he will send more workers to help gather his harvest.”
“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives his life for the sheep.
Be careful for yourselves and for all the people that God has given you. The Holy Spirit {\cf2\super [406]} gave you the work of caring for this flock. {\cf2\super [407]} You must be like shepherds to the church (people) of God. {\cf2\super [408]} This is the church that God bought with his own blood. {\cf2\super [409]}
The Lord said to Moses, “Now the time is near for you to die. Get Joshua and come to the Meeting Tent. [204] I will tell Joshua the things he must do.” So Moses and Joshua went to the Meeting Tent.
We have all had fathers here on earth who punished us. And we respected our fathers. So it is even more important that we accept punishment from the Father of our spirits. If we do this we will have life.