But what did you go out to see? a man in soft clothing? See now, those who have beautiful clothing and delicate food are in kings' houses.
Who will not get a hundred times as much now in this time, houses, and brothers, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and land--though with great troubles; and, in the world to come, eternal life.
If I send them away to their houses with no food, they will be overcome by weariness on the way; and some of them have come from far.
But what went you out to see? a man delicately clothed? Those who have fair robes are in kings' houses.
And everyone who has given up houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or child, or land, for my name, will be given a hundred times as much, and have eternal life.
See the birds of heaven; they do not put seeds in the earth, they do not get in grain, or put it in store-houses; and your Father in heaven gives them food. Are you not of much more value than they?
They have a desire for fields and take them by force; and for houses and take them away: they are cruel to a man and his family, even to a man and his heritage.
Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were door-keepers keeping the watch at the store-houses of the doors.
Then all Judah came with the tenth part of the grain and wine and oil and put it into the store-houses.
And I made controllers over the store-houses, Shelemiah the priest and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah: and with them was Hanan, the son of Zaccur the son of Mattaniah: they were taken to be true men and their business was the distribution of these things to their brothers.
And after looking, I got up and said to the great ones and to the chiefs and to the rest of the people, Have no fear of them: keep in mind the Lord who is great and greatly to be feared, and take up arms for your brothers, your sons, and your daughters, your wives and your houses.
Give back to them this very day their fields, their vine-gardens, their olive-gardens, and their houses, as well as a hundredth part of the money and the grain and the wine and the oil which you have taken from them.
And there were some who said, We are giving our fields and our vine-gardens and our houses for debt: let us get grain because we are in need.
Now the town was wide and great: but the people in it were only a small number, and the houses had not been put up.
And they took walled towns and a fat land, and became the owners of houses full of all good things, water-holes cut in the rock, vine-gardens and olive-gardens and a wealth of fruit-trees: so they had food enough and became fat, and had joy in the good you gave them.
These are the men named out of all the people, chiefs of their fathers' houses, heads of the tribes of Israel.
Take the full number of the children of Israel, by their families, and by their fathers' houses, every male by name;
The generations of the sons of Reuben, the oldest son of Israel, were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over, who was able to go to war;
The generations of the sons of Simeon were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over, who was able to go to war;
The generations of the sons of Gad were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war;
The generations of the sons of Judah were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war;
The generations of the sons of Issachar were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war;
The generations of the sons of Zebulun were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war;
The generations of the sons of Joseph were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war;
The generations of the sons of Manasseh were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war;
The generations of the sons of Benjamin were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war;
The generations of the sons of Dan were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years and over who was able to go to war;
The generations of the sons of Asher were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war;
The generations of the sons of Naphtali were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war;
The children of Israel are to put up their tents in the order of their families, by the flags of their fathers' houses, facing the Tent of meeting on every side.
So the children of Israel did as the Lord said to Moses, so they put up their tents by their flags, and they went forward in the same order, by their families, and by their fathers' houses.
How fair are your tents, O Jacob, your houses, O Israel!
Let all the children of Levi be numbered by their families and their fathers' houses; let every male of a month old and over be numbered.
And the sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites in the order of their fathers' houses.
We will not come back to our houses till every one of the children of Israel has come into his heritage.
Let the sons of Kohath, from among the sons of Levi, be numbered by their families, in the order of their fathers' houses;
Let the sons of Gershon be numbered by families, in the order of their fathers' houses;
The sons of Merari are to be numbered by families, in the order of their fathers' houses;
So Moses and Aaron and the chiefs of the people took in hand the numbering of the sons of the Kohathites, by families, in the order of their fathers' houses;
Who were numbered by families in the order of their fathers' houses, were two thousand, six hundred and thirty.
And those of the sons of Merari who were numbered by families, in the order of their fathers' houses,
And all the Levites who were numbered by Moses and Aaron and the chiefs of the people, by families, in the order of their fathers' houses,
Then the chiefs of Israel, the heads of their fathers' houses, made offerings; these were the chiefs of the tribes, who were over those who were numbered.
Goods of great price will be ours, our houses will be full of wealth;
The conies are only a feeble people, but they make their houses in the rocks;
You may take the lizard in your hands, but it is in kings' houses.
So your store-houses will be full of grain, and your vessels overflowing with new wine.
So that I may give my lovers wealth for their heritage, making their store-houses full.
He sends down rain from his store-houses on the hills: the earth is full of the fruit of his works.
May peace be inside your walls, and wealth in your noble houses.
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