At the south side four thousand and five hundred [reeds] by measure, and three gates: the gate of Simeon, one; the gate of Issachar, one; the gate of Zebulun, one.
At the west side four thousand and five hundred [reeds], with their three gates: the gate of Gad, one; the gate of Asher, one; the gate of Naphtali, one.
It shall be eighteen thousand [reeds] around: and the name of the city from that day shall be, the LORD is there.
I decreed, and search has been made, and it is found that this city of old time has made insurrection against kings, and that rebellion and sedition have been made therein.
For you, brothers, were called for freedom. Only don't use your freedom for gain to the flesh, but through love be servants to one another.
Bring forth with you every living thing that is with you of all flesh, including birds, livestock, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply on the earth."
Know that our brother Timothy has been freed, with whom, if he comes shortly, I will see you.
Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, palm branch and reed, in one day.
The rivers will become foul. The streams of Egypt will be diminished and dried up. The reeds and flags will wither away.
The burning sand will become a pool, and the thirsty ground springs of water. Grass with reeds and rushes will be in the habitation of jackals, where they lay.
Behold, you trust in the staff of this bruised reed, even in Egypt, which if a man leans on it, it will go into his hand and pierce it. So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.
He won't break a bruised reed. He won't quench a dimly burning wick. He will faithfully bring justice.
The captive exile shall speedily be freed; and he shall not die [and go down] into the pit, neither shall his bread fail.
Yes, the dogs are greedy, they can never have enough; and these are shepherds who can't understand: they have all turned to their own way, each one to his gain, from every quarter.
But he who looks into the perfect law of freedom, and continues, not being a hearer who forgets, but a doer of the work, this man will be blessed in what he does.
So speak, and so do, as men who are to be judged by a law of freedom.
and the passages are seized, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are frightened.
While it is yet in its greenness, not cut down, it withers before any other reed.
Their bulls breed without fail. Their cows calve, and don't miscarry.
He lies under the lotus trees, in the covert of the reed, and the marsh.
Out of his nostrils a smoke goes, as of a boiling pot over a fire of reeds.
His parents said these things because they feared the Jews; for the Jews had already agreed that if any man would confess him as Christ, he would be put out of the synagogue.
"'You shall keep my statutes. "'You shall not crossbreed different kinds of animals. "'you shall not sow your field with two kinds of seed; "'neither shall there come upon on you a garment made of two kinds of material.
"'If a man lies carnally with a woman who is a slave girl, pledged to be married to another man, and not ransomed, or given her freedom; they shall be punished. They shall not be put to death, because she was not free.
His mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue freed, and he spoke, blessing God.
When John's messengers had departed, he began to tell the multitudes about John, "What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?
When Jesus saw her, he called her, and said to her, "Woman, you are freed from your infirmity."
Ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan had bound eighteen long years, be freed from this bondage on the Sabbath day?"
They were glad, and agreed to give him money.
Pilate decreed that what they asked for should be done.
They struck his head with a reed, and spat on him, and bowing their knees, did homage to him.
One ran, and filling a sponge full of vinegar, put it on a reed, and gave it to him to drink, saying, "Let him be. Let's see whether Elijah comes to take him down."
As these went their way, Jesus began to say to the multitudes concerning John, "What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?
He won't break a bruised reed. He won't quench a smoking flax, until he leads justice to victory.
When he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
They braided a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and a reed in his right hand; and they kneeled down before him, and mocked him, saying, "Hail, King of the Jews!"
They spat on him, and took the reed and struck him on the head.
Immediately one of them ran, and took a sponge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him a drink.
It is decreed: she is uncovered, she is carried away; and her handmaids moan as with the voice of doves, beating on their breasts.
So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain. It takes away the life of its owners.
Pride only breeds quarrels, but with ones who take advice is wisdom.
He who is greedy for gain troubles his own house, but he who hates bribes will live.
There are those who covet greedily all day long; but the righteous give and don't withhold.
One who is greedy stirs up strife; but one who trusts in the LORD will prosper.
For the wicked boasts of his heart's cravings. He blesses the greedy, and condemns the LORD.
He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey, as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
Rebuke the wild animal of the reeds, the multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the peoples. Being humbled, may it bring bars of silver. Scatter the nations that delight in war.
"I removed his shoulder from the burden. His hands were freed from the basket.
The king sent and freed him; even the ruler of peoples, and let him go free.
the LORD, truly I am your servant. I am your servant, the son of your handmaid. You have freed me from my chains.
Out of my distress, I called on Yah. Yah answered me with freedom.
The four angels were freed who had been prepared for that hour and day and month and year, so that they might kill one third of mankind.
A reed like a rod was given to me. Someone said, "Rise, and measure God's temple, and the altar, and those who worship in it.
and cast him into the abyss, and shut it, and sealed it over him, that he should deceive the nations no more, until the thousand years were finished. After this, he must be freed for a short time.
He who spoke with me had for a measure, a golden reed, to measure the city, its gates, and its walls.
The city lies foursquare, and its length is as great as its breadth. He measured the city with the reed, Twelve thousand twelve stadia. Its length, breadth, and height are equal.
For he who has died has been freed from sin.
For the overseer must be blameless, as God's steward; not self-pleasing, not easily angered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for dishonest gain;
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