“The Lord made a promise to my father David. He said, ‘I will make your son king after you, and he will build a temple to honor me.’ Now, I plan to build that temple to honor the Lord my God.
Numbers 27:16 - Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version “Lord, you are the God who knows what people are thinking. I pray that you will choose a leader for these people. 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. He said, ‘I will make your son king after you, and he will build a temple to honor me.’ Now, I plan to build that temple to honor the Lord my God.
You must stay with him wherever he goes. The whole group must surround the king. Each guard must have his weapon in his hand, and you must kill anyone who comes too close to you.”
Your body came from the earth. And when you die, it will return to the earth. But your spirit came from God, and when you die, it will return to him.
Then I will give you new rulers who 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. You know that nothing is impossible for me.”
But King Zedekiah secretly swore an oath to Jeremiah. Zedekiah said, “As surely as the Lord lives, who gives us breath and life, I will not kill you, Jeremiah. And I promise not to give you to the officials who want to kill you.”
I will treat everyone, child and parent, just the same. The one who sins is the one who 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. Please don’t be angry with all these people. Only one man really sinned.”
God owns the harvest. Ask him to send more workers to help gather his harvest.”
“I am the good shepherd, and the good shepherd gives his life for the sheep.
Be careful for yourselves and for all the people God has given you. The Holy Spirit gave you the work of caring for this flock. You must be shepherds to the church of God, the people he bought with his own blood.
The Lord said to Moses, “Now the time is near for you to die. Get Joshua and come to the Meeting Tent. I will tell Joshua what he must do.” So Moses and Joshua went to the Meeting Tent.
We have all had fathers here on earth who corrected us with discipline. And we respected them. So it is even more important that we accept discipline from the Father of our spirits. If we do this, we will have life.