"This is that which belongs to the Levites: from twenty-five years old and upward they shall go in to wait on the service in the work of the Tent of Meeting;
and from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting on the work, and shall serve no more,
the LORD spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying,
Moses answered them, "Wait, that I may hear what the LORD will command concerning you."
But the man who is clean, and is not on a journey, and fails to keep the Passover, that soul shall be cut off from his people. Because he didn't offer the offering of the LORD in its appointed season, that man shall bear his sin.
On the day that the tabernacle was raised up, the cloud covered the tabernacle, even the Tent of the Testimony: and at evening it was over the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire, until morning.
So it was continually. The cloud covered it, and the appearance of fire by night.
Whether it was two days, or a month, or a year that the cloud stayed on the tabernacle, remaining on it, the children of Israel remained encamped, and didn't travel; but when it was taken up, they traveled.
It happened in the second year, in the second month, on the twentieth day of the month, that the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle of the testimony.
The Kohathites set forward, bearing the sanctuary. The others set up the tabernacle before they arrived.
The standard of the camp of the children of Dan, which was the rear guard of all the camps, set forward according to their armies. Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai was over his army.
The people were complaining in the ears of the LORD. When the LORD heard it, his anger was kindled; and the LORD's fire burnt among them, and consumed some of the outskirts of the camp.
The manna was like coriander seed, and its appearance like the appearance of bdellium.
Moses heard the people weeping throughout their families, every man at the door of his tent; and the anger of the LORD was kindled greatly; and Moses was displeased.
I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me.
I will come down and talk with you there. I will take of the Spirit which is on you, and will put it on them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with you, that you not bear it yourself alone.
"Say to the people, 'Sanctify yourselves against tomorrow, and you will eat flesh; for you have wept in the ears of the LORD, saying, "Who will give us flesh to eat? For it was well with us in Egypt." Therefore the LORD will give you flesh, and you will eat.
A wind from the LORD went out and brought quails from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, about a day's journey on this side, and a day's journey on the other side, around the camp, and about two cubits above the surface of the earth.
They said, "Has the LORD indeed spoken only with Moses? Hasn't he spoken also with us?" And the LORD heard it.
Now the man Moses was very humble, above all the men who were on the surface of the earth.
He said, "Hear now my words. If there is a prophet among you, I the LORD will make myself known to him in a vision. I will speak with him in a dream.
They went up by the South, and came to Hebron; and Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were there. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
Only don't rebel against the LORD, neither fear the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defense is removed from over them, and the LORD is with us. Don't fear them."
But all the congregation threatened to stone them with stones. The glory of the LORD appeared in the Tent of Meeting to all the children of Israel.
Moses said to the LORD, "Then the Egyptians will hear it; for you brought up this people in your might from among them;
and they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have heard that you the LORD are in the midst of this people; for you the LORD are seen face to face, and your cloud stands over them, and you go before them, in a pillar of cloud by day, and in a pillar of fire by night.
Now if you killed this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of you will speak, saying,
'the LORD is slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, forgiving iniquity and disobedience; and that will by no means clear [the guilty], visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and on the fourth generation.'
but in very deed, as I live, and as all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the LORD;
"How long [shall I bear] with this evil congregation, that murmur against me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against me.
Tell them, 'As I live, says the LORD, surely as you have spoken in my ears, so will I do to you:
your dead bodies shall fall in this wilderness; and all who were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, who have murmured against me,
Your children shall be wanderers in the wilderness forty years, and shall bear your prostitution, until your dead bodies be consumed in the wilderness.
After the number of the days in which you spied out the land, even forty days, for every day a year, you will bear your iniquities, even forty years, and you will know my alienation.'
They rose up early in the morning, and went up to the top of the mountain, saying, "Behold, we are here, and will go up to the place which the LORD has promised: for we have sinned."
"'If one person sins unwittingly, then he shall offer a female goat a year old for a sin offering.
and it shall be to you for a fringe, that you may look on it, and remember all the commandments of the LORD, and do them; and that you not follow after your own heart and your own eyes, after which you use to play the prostitute;
When Moses heard it, he fell on his face:
and he spoke to Korah and to all his company, saying, "In the morning the LORD will show who are his, and who is holy, and will cause him to come near to him: even him whom he shall choose he will cause to come near to him.
Moses said to Korah, "Hear now, you sons of Levi!
Is it a small thing to you, that the God of Israel has separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to himself, to do the service of the tabernacle of the LORD, and to stand before the congregation to minister to them;
and that he has brought you near, and all your brothers the sons of Levi with you? and do you seek the priesthood also?
Korah assembled all the congregation against them to the door of the Tent of Meeting: and the glory of the LORD appeared to all the congregation.
and the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and all the men who appertained to Korah, and all their goods.
So they, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into Sheol: and the earth closed on them, and they perished from among the assembly.
All Israel that were around them fled at the cry of them; for they said, "Lest the earth swallow us up!"
to be a memorial to the children of Israel, to the end that no stranger, who isn't of the seed of Aaron, comes near to burn incense before the LORD; that he not be as Korah, and as his company: as the LORD spoke to him by Moses.
It happened, when the congregation was assembled against Moses and against Aaron, that they looked toward the Tent of Meeting: and behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of the LORD appeared.
Everyone who comes near, who comes near to the tabernacle of the LORD, dies! Will we all perish?"
the LORD said to Aaron, "You and your sons and your fathers' house with you shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary; and you and your sons with you shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood.
Your brothers also, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, bring near with you, that they may be joined to you, and minister to you: but you and your sons with you shall be before the tent of the testimony.
They shall keep your commands, and the duty of all the Tent: only they shall not come near to the vessels of the sanctuary and to the altar, that they not die, neither they, nor you.
They shall be joined to you, and keep the responsibility of the Tent of Meeting, for all the service of the Tent: and a stranger shall not come near to you.
You and your sons with you shall keep your priesthood for everything of the altar, and for that within the veil; and you shall serve: I give you the priesthood as a service of gift: and the stranger who comes near shall be put to death."
Henceforth the children of Israel shall not come near the Tent of Meeting, lest they bear sin, and die.
But the Levites shall do the service of the Tent of Meeting, and they shall bear their iniquity: it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations; and among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.
You shall bear no sin by reason of it, when you have heaved from it its best: and you shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, that you not die.'"
Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly to the door of the Tent of Meeting, and fell on their faces: and the glory of the LORD appeared to them.
Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly together before the rock, and he said to them, "Hear now, you rebels; shall we bring you water out of this rock for you?"
and when we cried to the LORD, he heard our voice, and sent an angel, and brought us forth out of Egypt: and behold, we are in Kadesh, a city in the uttermost of your border.
The Canaanite, the king of Arad, who lived in the South, heard tell that Israel came by the way of Atharim; and he fought against Israel, and took some of them captive.
the LORD said to Moses, "Don't fear him: for I have delivered him into your hand, and all his people, and his land; and you shall do to him as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived at Heshbon."
He sent messengers to Balaam the son of Beor, to Pethor, which is by the River, to the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, "Behold, there is a people who came out from Egypt. Behold, they cover the surface of the earth, and they are staying opposite me.
'Behold, the people that is come out of Egypt, it covers the surface of the earth: now, come curse me them; perhaps I shall be able to fight against them, and shall drive them out.'"
When Balak heard that Balaam had come, he went out to meet him to the City of Moab, which is on the border of the Arnon, which is in the utmost part of the border.
Balak said to Balaam, "Didn't I earnestly send to you to call you? Why didn't you come to me? Am I not able indeed to promote you to honor?"
He took up his parable, and said, "Rise up, Balak, and hear! Listen to me, you son of Zippor.
he says, who hears the words of God, who sees the vision of the Almighty, falling down, and having his eyes open:
he says, who hears the words of God, knows the knowledge of the Most High, and who sees the vision of the Almighty, Falling down, and having his eyes open:
I see him, but not now. I see him, but not near. A star will come out of Jacob. A scepter will rise out of Israel, and shall strike through the corners of Moab, and break down all the sons of Sheth.
When Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from the midst of the congregation, and took a spear in his hand;
"Take a census of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, by their fathers' houses, all who are able to go forth to war in Israel."
"[Take a census of the people], from twenty years old and upward; as the LORD commanded Moses and the children of Israel." These are those that came out of the land of Egypt.
and the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died; what time the fire devoured two hundred fifty men, and they became a sign.
Then drew near the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph; and these are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah.
You shall tell them, 'This is the offering made by fire which you shall offer to the LORD: male lambs a year old without blemish, two day by day, for a continual burnt offering.
"'On the Sabbath day two male lambs a year old without blemish, and two tenth parts [of an ephah] of fine flour for a meal offering, mixed with oil, and the drink offering of it:
"'In the beginnings of your months you shall offer a burnt offering to the LORD: two young bulls, and one ram, seven male lambs a year old without blemish;
Their drink offerings shall be half a hin of wine for a bull, and the third part of a hin for the ram, and the fourth part of a hin for a lamb: this is the burnt offering of every month throughout the months of the year.
but you shall offer an offering made by fire, a burnt offering to the LORD: two young bulls, and one ram, and seven male lambs a year old; they shall be to you without blemish;
but you shall offer a burnt offering for a pleasant aroma to the LORD: two young bulls, one ram, seven male lambs a year old;
You shall offer a burnt offering for a pleasant aroma to the LORD: one young bull, one ram, seven male lambs a year old without blemish;
but you shall offer a burnt offering to the LORD for a pleasant aroma: one young bull, one ram, seven male lambs a year old; they shall be to you without blemish;
and you shall offer a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to the LORD; thirteen young bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old; they shall be without blemish;
"'On the second day [you shall offer] twelve young bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old without blemish;
"'On the third day eleven bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old without blemish;
"'On the fourth day ten bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old without blemish;
"'On the fifth day nine bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old without blemish;
"'On the sixth day eight bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old without blemish;
"'On the seventh day seven bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old without blemish;
but you shall offer a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to the LORD: one bull, one ram, seven male lambs a year old without blemish;
When a man vows a vow to the LORD, or swears an oath to bind his soul with a bond, he shall not break his word; he shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.
and her father hears her vow, and her bond with which she has bound her soul, and her father holds his peace at her; then all her vows shall stand, and every bond with which she has bound her soul shall stand.
But if her father disallow her in the day that he hears, none of her vows, or of her bonds with which she has bound her soul, shall stand: and the LORD will forgive her, because her father disallowed her.
and her husband hear it, and hold his peace at her in the day that he hears it; then her vows shall stand, and her bonds with which she has bound her soul shall stand.
But if her husband disallow her in the day that he hears it, then he shall make void her vow which is on her, and the rash utterance of her lips, with which she has bound her soul: and the LORD will forgive her.
and her husband heard it, and held his peace at her, and didn't disallow her; then all her vows shall stand, and every bond with which she bound her soul shall stand.
But if her husband made them null and void in the day that he heard them, then whatever proceeded out of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, shall not stand: her husband has made them void; and the LORD will forgive her.
But if her husband altogether hold his peace at her from day to day, then he establishes all her vows, or all her bonds, which are on her: he has established them, because he held his peace at her in the day that he heard them.
But if he shall make them null and void after that he has heard them, then he shall bear her iniquity."
The officers who were over the thousands of the army, the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds, came near to Moses;
We have brought the LORD's offering, what every man has gotten, of jewels of gold, armlets, and bracelets, signet rings, earrings, and necklaces, to make atonement for our souls before the LORD."
Why do you discourage the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which the LORD has given them?
For when they went up to the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, that they should not go into the land which the LORD had given them.
'Surely none of the men who came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; because they have not wholly followed me:
the LORD's anger was kindled against Israel, and he made them wander back and forth in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation, who had done evil in the sight of the LORD, was consumed.
They came near to him, and said, "We will build sheepfolds here for our livestock, and cities for our little ones:
Aaron the priest went up into Mount Hor at the commandment of the LORD, and died there, in the fortieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fifth month, on the first day of the month.
Aaron was one hundred twenty-three years old when he died in Mount Hor.
The Canaanite, the king of Arad, who lived in the South in the land of Canaan, heard of the coming of the children of Israel.
The heads of the fathers' [houses] of the family of the children of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, came near, and spoke before Moses, and before the princes, the heads of the fathers' [houses] of the children of Israel:
The vision of Obadiah. This is what the Lord the LORD says about Edom. We have heard news from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent among the nations, saying, "Arise, and let's rise up against her in battle.
The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who dwell in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high, who says in his heart, 'Who will bring me down to the ground?'
For the day of the LORD is near all the nations! As you have done, it will be done to you. Your deeds will return upon your own head.
hearing of your love, and of the faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus, and toward all the saints;
For we have much joy and comfort in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother.
I am sending him back. Therefore receive him, that is, my own heart,
Yes, brother, let me have joy from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in the Lord.
It is even right for me to think this way on behalf of all of you, because I have you in my heart, because, both in my bonds and in the defense and confirmation of the Good News, you all are partakers with me of grace.
and that most of the brothers in the Lord, being confident through my bonds, are more abundantly bold to speak the word of God without fear.
according to my earnest expectation and hope, that I will in no way be disappointed, but with all boldness, as always, now also Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life, or by death.
Only let your way of life be worthy of the Good News of Christ, that, whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your state, that you stand firm in one spirit, with one soul striving for the faith of the Good News;
having the same conflict which you saw in me, and now hear is in me.
that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, those on earth, and those under the earth,
So then, my beloved, even as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
since he longed for you all, and was very troubled, because you had heard that he was sick.
For indeed he was sick, nearly to death, but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, that I might not have sorrow on sorrow.
because for the work of Christ he came near to death, risking his life to supply that which was lacking in your service toward me.
whose end is destruction, whose god is the belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who think about earthly things.
And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.
The things which you learned, received, heard, and saw in me: do these things, and the God of peace will be with you.
Not that I speak in respect to lack, for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content in it.
I know how to be humbled, and I know also how to abound. In everything and in all things I have learned the secret both to be filled and to be hungry, both to abound and to be in need.
that the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; that the man of understanding may attain to sound counsel:
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; but the foolish despise wisdom and instruction.
because they hated knowledge, and didn't choose the fear of the LORD.
But whoever listens to me will dwell securely, and will be at ease, without fear of harm."
So as to turn your ear to wisdom, and apply your heart to understanding;
If you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures:
then you will understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.
For wisdom will enter into your heart. Knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.
My son, don't forget my teaching; but let your heart keep my commandments:
for length of days, and years of life, and peace, will they add to you.
Don't let kindness and truth forsake you. Bind them around your neck. Write them on the tablet of your heart.
Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and don't lean on your own understanding.
Don't be wise in your own eyes. Fear the LORD, and depart from evil.
My son, don't despise the LORD's discipline, neither be weary of his reproof:
By wisdom the LORD founded the earth. By understanding, he established the heavens.
Don't be afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it comes:
for I give you sound learning. Don't forsake my law.
He taught me, and said to me: "Let your heart retain my words. Keep my commandments, and live.
Listen, my son, and receive my sayings. The years of your life will be many.
My son, attend to my words. Turn your ear to my sayings.
Let them not depart from your eyes. Keep them in the midst of your heart.
Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it is the wellspring of life.
My son, pay attention to my wisdom. Turn your ear to my understanding:
Remove your way far from her. Don't come near the door of her house,
lest you give your honor to others, and your years to the cruel one;
and say, "How I have hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
neither have I obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor turned my ear to those who instructed me!
in whose heart is perverseness, who devises evil continually, who always sows discord.
a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are swift in running to mischief,
Bind them continually on your heart. Tie them around your neck.
Don't lust after her beauty in your heart, neither let her captivate you with her eyelids.
Bind them on your fingers. Write them on the tablet of your heart.
passing through the street near her corner, he went the way to her house,
Don't let your heart turn to her ways. Don't go astray in her paths,
You simple, understand prudence. You fools, be of an understanding heart.
Hear, for I will speak excellent things. The opening of my lips is for right things.
The fear of the LORD is to hate evil. I hate pride, arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth.
By me princes rule; nobles, and all the righteous rulers of the earth.
I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, before the earth existed.
while as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the beginning of the dust of the world.
when he gave to the sea its boundary, that the waters should not violate his commandment, when he marked out the foundations of the earth;
Hear instruction, and be wise. Don't refuse it.
Blessed is the man who hears me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at my door posts.
Instruct a wise man, and he will be still wiser. Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom. The knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
For by me your days will be multiplied. The years of your life will be increased.
If you are wise, you are wise for yourself. If you mock, you alone will bear it.
The wise in heart accept commandments, but a chattering fool will fall.
Wise men lay up knowledge, but the mouth of the foolish is near ruin.
The tongue of the righteous is like choice silver. The heart of the wicked is of little worth.
What the wicked fear, will overtake them, but the desire of the righteous will be granted.
The fear of the LORD prolongs days, but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
Wicked people earn deceitful wages, but one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.
Those who are perverse in heart are an abomination to the LORD, but those whose ways are blameless are his delight.
He who diligently seeks good seeks favor, but he who searches after evil, it shall come to him.
He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind. The foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart.
Behold, the righteous shall be repaid in the earth; how much more the wicked and the sinner!
Deceit is in the heart of those who plot evil, but joy comes to the promoters of peace.
A prudent man keeps his knowledge, but the hearts of fools proclaim foolishness.
Anxiety in a man's heart weighs it down, but a kind word makes it glad.
The ransom of a man's life is his riches, but the poor hear no threats.
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when longing is fulfilled, it is a tree of life.
Every wise woman builds her house, but the foolish one tears it down with her own hands.
He who walks in his uprightness fears the LORD, but he who is perverse in his ways despises him.
The heart knows its own bitterness and joy; he will not share these with a stranger.
Even in laughter the heart may be sorrowful, and mirth may end in heaviness.
A wise man fears, and shuns evil, but the fool is hotheaded and reckless.
In the fear of the LORD is a secure fortress, and he will be a refuge for his children.
The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, turning people from the snares of death.
The life of the body is a heart at peace, but envy rots the bones.
Wisdom rests in the heart of one who has understanding, and is even made known in the inward part of fools.
The lips of the wise spread knowledge; not so with the heart of fools.
Sheol and Abaddon are before the LORD-- how much more then the hearts of the children of men!
A glad heart makes a cheerful face; but an aching heart breaks the spirit.
The heart of one who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouths of fools feed on folly.
All the days of the afflicted are wretched, but one who has a cheerful heart enjoys a continual feast.
Better is little, with the fear of the LORD, than great treasure with trouble.
The heart of the righteous weighs answers, but the mouth of the wicked gushes out evil.
the LORD is far from the wicked, but he hears the prayer of the righteous.
The light of the eyes rejoices the heart. Good news gives health to the bones.
The ear that listens to reproof lives, and will be at home among the wise.
The fear of the LORD teaches wisdom. Before honor is humility.
The plans of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from the LORD.
Everyone who is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD: they shall certainly not be unpunished.
By mercy and truth iniquity is atoned for. By the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.
A man's heart plans his course, but the LORD directs his steps.
The wise in heart shall be called prudent. Pleasantness of the lips promotes instruction.
The heart of the wise instructs his mouth, and adds learning to his lips.
The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but the LORD tests the hearts.
An evildoer heeds wicked lips. A liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue.
Let a bear robbed of her cubs meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
One who has a perverse heart doesn't find prosperity, and one who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble.
A cheerful heart makes good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
Wisdom is before the face of one who has understanding, but the eyes of a fool wander to the ends of the earth.
Before destruction the heart of man is proud, but before honor is humility.
He who gives answer before he hears, that is folly and shame to him.
A man's spirit will sustain him in sickness, but a crushed spirit, who can bear?
The heart of the discerning gets knowledge. The ear of the wise seeks knowledge.
The foolishness of man subverts his way; his heart rages against the LORD.
There are many plans in a man's heart, but the LORD's counsel will prevail.
The fear of the LORD leads to life, then contentment; he rests and will not be touched by trouble.
Flog a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; rebuke one who has understanding, and he will gain knowledge.
Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.
Who can say, "I have made my heart pure. I am clean and without sin?"
Most of the teaching of Jesus are recorded in the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. The Complete Sayings of Jesus presents every word spoken by Jesus in one place and provides an index to assist in finding specific ocassions, places and/or events. It is a must read aid for serious Bible study.
He that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, saith the Lord. These are the words of Christ; and they direct us to imitate his life and character. The Imitation of Christ is guide to following the example of Jesus Christ. Let it be our most earnest study to dwell upon the life and example of Jesus.
The Apocrypha books are 14 books that were included between the old and new testaments in the original King James Version of the bible and many others. Church leaders agreed that these books were valuable for instruction in life and manners, but did not all agree that they should be considered cannon.
The Childrens Bible provides bible lessons from the Old and New testaments. There are 216 stories written in plain english. The stories are easy to read and understand but they are not just for childern. It is a pleasure to read and enjoy these important stories.
Let us love one another, for love comes from God and every one who loves is a child of God and knows God. He who loves not man does not know God, for God is love. God showed his love for us, for he sent his only Son into the world that through him we might have life. Love the stranger.
In Mark 12:30 Jesus said;
And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this [is] the first commandment.
And the second Mark 12:31 [is] like, [namely] this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
The Gospel of The Birth of Mary was attributed to St. Matthew and was received as genuine and authentic by early Christians. It is to be found in the works of Jerome, a Father of the Church in the 4th century and is translated from his collection.
The Book of Enoch is ascribed to the great-grandfather of Noah and is included in the cannon of some churches. It describes the fall of the angels (watchers), visions of heaven and hell and the birth of Noah. Quotes from the book of Enoch are found in the New Testament.
The First Book of Adam and Eve. Books 1 begins immediately after the expulsion from the Garden of Eden. We learn about the fall but also of the promise to save Adam and his decendents. The story depicts mans struggle against evil, the devil and sin.
The Second Book of Adam and Eve. Discusses Adam's sorrow and death. The history of the patriarchs who lived before the Flood until the birth of Noah; the children of Seth on Mount Hermon and Cain's death. It ends with the testament and translation of Enoch.
The Infancy of Jesus Christ (Infancy Gospel of Thomas) relates the life of Jesus from the ages of five to twelve. It is believed that the document was transcribed from oral traditions some time prior to the second century. The ancient writing is possibly Gnostic and many early church leaders considered it heretical.
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