Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brothers the priests, and they built the sheep gate. They sanctified it, and set up its doors. They sanctified it even to the tower of Hammeah, to the tower of Hananel.
Numbers 21:18 - Y'all Version Bible the well, which the leaders dug, which the nobles of the people dug, with the scepter, and with their poles.” From the wilderness they traveled to Mattanah, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The princes digged the well, The nobles of the people digged it, By the direction of the lawgiver, with their staves. And from the wilderness they went to Mattanah: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The fountain that the princes opened, that the nobles of the people hollowed out from their staves. And from the wilderness or desert [Israel journeyed] to Mattanah, American Standard Version (1901) The well, which the princes digged, Which the nobles of the people delved, With the sceptre, and with their staves. And from the wilderness they journeyed to Mattanah; Common English Bible The well that the officials dug, that the officials of the people hollowed out with the ruler’s scepter and their staffs.” They marched from the desert to Mattanah; Catholic Public Domain Version "The well, the leaders dug it, and the commanders of the multitude prepared it, at the direction of the lawgiver, and with their staffs." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The well, which the princes dug, and the chiefs of the people prepared by the direction of the lawgiver, and with their staves. And they marched from the wilderness to Mathana. |
Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brothers the priests, and they built the sheep gate. They sanctified it, and set up its doors. They sanctified it even to the tower of Hammeah, to the tower of Hananel.
Next to them, the Tekoites made repairs; but their nobles didn’t put their necks to the Lord’s work.
For YHWH is our judge. YHWH is our lawgiver. YHWH is our king. He will save us.
For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
But as for you, stand here by me, and I will tell you all the commandments, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which you are to teach them, so that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess.”
There is only one lawgiver, the one who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge your neighbor?