Parsha Pinchas (Pinechas)

Chapter 25:10-18

The Zeal of Phinehas

Num 25:10  And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying:
Num 25:11  ‘Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned My wrath away from the children of Israel, in that he was very jealous for My sake among them, so that I consumed not the children of Israel in My jealousy.
Num 25:12  Wherefore say: Behold, I give unto him My covenant of peace;
Num 25:13  and it shall be unto him, and to his seed after him, the covenant of an everlasting priesthood; because he was jealous for his God, and made atonement for the children of Israel.’

Num 25:14  Now the name of the man of Israel that was slain, who was slain with the Midianitish woman, was Zimri, the son of Salu, a prince of a fathers’ house among the Simeonites.
Num 25:15  And the name of the Midianitish woman that was slain was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur; he was head of the people of a fathers’ house in Midian.

Num 25:16  And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying:
Num 25:17  ‘Harass the Midianites, and smite them;
Num 25:18  for they harass you, by their wiles wherewith they have beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of the prince of Midian, their sister, who was slain on the day of the plague in the matter of Peor.’

Chapter 26:1-4

Census of the New Generation

Num 26:1  (25:19) And it came to pass after the plague, (26:1) that the LORD spoke unto Moses and unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying:
Num 26:2  ‘Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, by their fathers’ houses, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel.’

Num 26:3  And Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying:
Num 26:4  ‘Take the sum of the people, from twenty years old and upward, as the LORD commanded Moses and the children of Israel, that came forth out of the land of Egypt.’

Chapter 26:5-51

Num 26:5  Reuben, the first-born of Israel: the sons of Reuben: of Hanoch, the family of the Hanochites; of Pallu, the family of the Palluites;
Num 26:6  of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; of Carmi, the family of the Carmites.
Num 26:7  These are the families of the Reubenites; and they that were numbered of them were forty and three thousand and seven hundred and thirty.
Num 26:8  And the sons of Pallu: Eliab.
Num 26:9  And the sons of Eliab: Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. These are that Dathan and Abiram, the elect of the congregation, who strove against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah, when they strove against the LORD;
Num 26:10  and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died; what time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men, and they became a sign.
Num 26:11  Notwithstanding the sons of Korah died not.

Num 26:12  The sons of Simeon after their families: of Nemuel, the family of the Nemuelites; of Jamin, the family of the Jaminites; of Jachin, the family of the Jachinites;
Num 26:13  of Zerah, the family of the Zerahites; of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites.
Num 26:14  These are the families of the Simeonites, twenty and two thousand and two hundred.

Num 26:15  The sons of Gad after their families: of Zephon, the family of the Zephonites; of Haggi, the family of the Haggites; of Shuni, the family of the Shunites;
Num 26:16  of Ozni, the family of the Oznites; of Eri, the family of the Erites;
Num 26:17  of Arod, the family of the Arodites; of Areli, the family of the Arelites.
Num 26:18  These are the families of the sons of Gad according to those that were numbered of them, forty thousand and five hundred.

Num 26:19  The sons of Judah: Er and Onan; and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.
Num 26:20  And the sons of Judah after their families were: of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites; of Perez, the family of the Perezites; of Zerah, the family of the Zerahites.
Num 26:21  And the sons of Perez were: of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites.
Num 26:22  These are the families of Judah according to those that were numbered of them, threescore and sixteen thousand and five hundred.

Num 26:23  The sons of Issachar after their families: of Tola, the family of the Tolaites; of Puvah, the family of the Punites;
Num 26:24  of Jashub, the family of the Jashubites; of Shimron, the family of the Shimronites.
Num 26:25  These are the families of Issachar according to those that were numbered of them, threescore and four thousand and three hundred.

Num 26:26  The sons of Zebulun after their families: of Sered, the family of the Seredites; of Elon, the family of the Elonites; of Jahleel, the family of the Jahleelites.
Num 26:27  These are the families of the Zebulunites according to those that were numbered of them, threescore thousand and five hundred.

Num 26:28  The sons of Joseph after their families: Manasseh and Ephraim.
Num 26:29  The sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites – and Machir begot Gilead; of Gilead, the family of the Gileadites.
Num 26:30  These are the sons of Gilead: of Iezer, the family of the Iezerites; of Helek, the family of the Helekites;
Num 26:31  and of Asriel, the family of the Asrielites; and of Shechem, the family of the Shechemites;
Num 26:32  and of Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites; and of Hepher, the family of the Hepherites.
Num 26:33  And Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters; and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
Num 26:34  These are the families of Manasseh; and they that were numbered of them were fifty and two thousand and seven hundred.

Num 26:35  These are the sons of Ephraim after their families: of Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthelahites; of Becher, the family of the Becherites; of Tahan, the family of the Tahanites.
Num 26:36  And these are the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the family of the Eranites.
Num 26:37  These are the families of the sons of Ephraim according to those that were numbered of them, thirty and two thousand and five hundred. These are the sons of Joseph after their families.

Num 26:38  The sons of Benjamin after their families: of Bela, the family of the Belaites; of Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites; of Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites;
Num 26:39  of Shephupham, the family of the Shuphamites; of Hupham, the family of the Huphamites.
Num 26:40  And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman; of Ard, the family of the Ardites; of Naaman, the family of the Naamites.
Num 26:41  These are the sons of Benjamin after their families; and they that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and six hundred.

Num 26:42  These are the sons of Dan after their families: of Shuham, the family of the Shuhamites. These are the families of Dan after their families.
Num 26:43  All the families of the Shuhamites, according to those that were numbered of them, were threescore and four thousand and four hundred.

Num 26:44  The sons of Asher after their families: of Imnah, the family of the Imnites; of Ishvi, the family of the Ishvites; of Beriah, the family of the Beriites.
Num 26:45  Of the sons of Beriah: of Heber, the family of the Heberites; of Malchiel, the family of the Malchielites.
Num 26:46  And the name of the daughter of Asher was Serah.
Num 26:47  These are the families of the sons of Asher according to those that were numbered of them, fifty and three thousand and four hundred.

Num 26:48  The sons of Naphtali after their families: of Jahzeel, the family of the Jahzeelites; of Guni, the family of the Gunites;
Num 26:49  of Jezer, the family of the Jezerites; of Shillem, the family of the Shillemites.
Num 26:50  These are the families of Naphtali according to their families; and they that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and four hundred.

Num 26:51  These are they that were numbered of the children of Israel, six hundred thousand and a thousand and seven hundred and thirty.

Chapter 26:52 – 27:5

Num 26:52  And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying:
Num 26:53  ‘Unto these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names.
Num 26:54  To the more thou shalt give the more inheritance, and to the fewer thou shalt give the less inheritance; to each one according to those that were numbered of it shall its inheritance be given.
Num 26:55  Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot; according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.
Num 26:56  According to the lot shall their inheritance be divided between the more and the fewer.’

Num 26:57  And these are they that were numbered of the Levites after their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites; of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites; of Merari, the family of the Merarites.
Num 26:58  These are the families of Levi: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korahites. And Kohath begot Amram.
Num 26:59  And the name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt; and she bore unto Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister.
Num 26:60  And unto Aaron were born Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
Num 26:61  And Nadab and Abihu died, when they offered strange fire before the LORD.
Num 26:62  And they that were numbered of them were twenty and three thousand, every male from a month old and upward; for they were not numbered among the children of Israel, because there was no inheritance given them among the children of Israel.

Num 26:63  These are they that were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.
Num 26:64  But among these there was not a man of them that were numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest, who numbered the children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai.
Num 26:65  For the LORD had said of them: ‘They shall surely die in the wilderness.’ And there was not left a man of them, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.

Chapter 27:1-5

The Daughters of Zelophehad

Num 27:1  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.
Num 27:2  And they stood before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, and before the princes and all the congregation, at the door of the tent of meeting, saying:
Num 27:3  ‘Our father died in the wilderness, and he was not among the company of them that gathered themselves together against the LORD in the company of Korah, but he died in his own sin; and he had no sons.
Num 27:4  Why should the name of our father be done away from among his family, because he had no son? Give unto us a possession among the brethren of our father.’

Num 27:5  And Moses brought their cause before the LORD.

Chapter 27:6-23

Num 27:6  And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying:
Num 27:7  ‘The daughters of Zelophehad speak right: thou shalt surely give them a possession of an inheritance among their father’s brethren; and thou shalt cause the inheritance of their father to pass unto them.

Num 27:8  And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying: If a man die, and have no son, then ye shall cause his inheritance to pass unto his daughter.
Num 27:9  And if he have no daughter, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his brethren.
Num 27:10  And if he have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his father’s brethren.
Num 27:11  And if his father have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his kinsman that is next to him of his family, and he shall possess it. And it shall be unto the children of Israel a statute of judgment, as the LORD commanded Moses.’

Joshua to Succeed Moses

Num 27:12  And the LORD said unto Moses: ‘Get thee up into this mountain of Abarim, and behold the land which I have given unto the children of Israel.
Num 27:13  And when thou hast seen it, thou also shalt be gathered unto thy people, as Aaron thy brother was gathered;
Num 27:14  because ye rebelled against My commandment in the wilderness of Zin, in the strife of the congregation, to sanctify Me at the waters before their eyes.’ – These are the waters of Meribath-kadesh in the wilderness of Zin. –

Num 27:15  And Moses spoke unto the LORD, saying:
Num 27:16  ‘Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation,
Num 27:17  who may go out before them, and who may come in before them, and who may lead them out, and who may bring them in; that the congregation of the LORD be not as sheep which have no shepherd.’

Num 27:18  And the LORD said unto Moses: ‘Take thee Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is spirit, and lay thy hand upon him;
Num 27:19  and set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation; and give him a charge in their sight.
Num 27:20  And thou shalt put of thy honour upon him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may hearken.
Num 27:21  And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall inquire for him by the judgment of the Urim before the LORD; at his word shall they go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he, and all the children of Israel with him, even all the congregation.’

Num 27:22  And Moses did as the LORD commanded him; and he took Joshua, and set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation.
Num 27:23  And he laid his hands upon him, and gave him a charge, as the LORD spoke by the hand of Moses.

Chapter 28:1-15

Daily Offerings

Num 28:1  And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying:
Num 28:2  Command the children of Israel, and say unto them: My food which is presented unto Me for offerings made by fire, of a sweet savour unto Me, shall ye observe to offer unto Me in its due season.
Num 28:3  And thou shalt say unto them: This is the offering made by fire which ye shall bring unto the LORD: he-lambs of the first year without blemish, two day by day, for a continual burnt-offering.
Num 28:4  The one lamb shalt thou offer in the morning, and the other lamb shalt thou offer at dusk;
Num 28:5  and the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a meal-offering, mingled with the fourth part of a hin of beaten oil.
Num 28:6  It is a continual burnt-offering, which was offered in mount Sinai, for a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
Num 28:7  And the drink-offering thereof shall be the fourth part of a hin for the one lamb; in the holy place shalt thou pour out a drink- offering of strong drink unto the LORD.
Num 28:8  And the other lamb shalt thou present at dusk; as the meal-offering of the morning, and as the drink-offering thereof, thou shalt present it, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.

Sabbath Offerings

Num 28:9  And on the sabbath day two he-lambs of the first year without blemish, and two tenth parts of an ephah of fine flour for a meal- offering, mingled with oil, and the drink-offering thereof.
Num 28:10  This is the burnt-offering of every sabbath, beside the continual burnt-offering, and the drink-offering thereof.

Monthly Offerings

Num 28:11  And in your new moons ye shall present a burnt-offering unto the LORD: two young bullocks, and one ram, seven he-lambs of the first year without blemish;
Num 28:12  and three tenth parts of an ephah of fine flour for a meal-offering, mingled with oil, for each bullock; and two tenth parts of fine flour for a meal-offering, mingled with oil, for the one ram;
Num 28:13  and a several tenth part of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering unto every lamb; for a burnt-offering of a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
Num 28:14  And their drink-offerings shall be half a hin of wine for a bullock, 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 new moon throughout the months of the year.
Num 28:15  And one he-goat for a sin-offering unto the LORD; it shall be offered beside the continual burnt-offering, and the drink- offering thereof.

Chapter 28:16-29

Passover Offerings

Num 28:16  And in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, is the LORD’S passover.
Num 28:17  And on the fifteenth day of this month shall be a feast; seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten.
Num 28:18  In the first day shall be a holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of servile work;
Num 28:19  but ye shall present an offering made by fire, a burnt-offering unto the LORD: two young bullocks, and one ram, and seven he- lambs of the first year; they shall be unto you without blemish;
Num 28:20  and their meal-offering, fine flour mingled with oil; three tenth parts shall ye offer for a bullock, and two tenth parts for the ram;
Num 28:21  a several tenth part shalt thou offer for every lamb of the seven lambs;
Num 28:22  and one he-goat for a sin-offering, to make atonement for you.
Num 28:23  Ye shall offer these beside the burnt-offering of the morning, which is for a continual burnt-offering.
Num 28:24  After this manner ye shall offer daily, for seven days, the food of the offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD; it shall be offered beside the continual burnt-offering, and the drink-offering thereof.
Num 28:25  And on the seventh day ye shall have a holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of servile work.

Offerings for the Feast of Weeks

Num 28:26  Also in the day of the first-fruits, when ye bring a new meal-offering unto the LORD in your feast of weeks, ye shall have a holy convocation: ye shall do no manner of servile work;
Num 28:27  but ye shall present a burnt-offering for a sweet savour unto the LORD: two young bullocks, one ram, seven he-lambs of the first year;
Num 28:28  and their meal-offering, fine flour mingled with oil, three tenth parts for each bullock, two tenth parts for the one ram,
Num 28:29  a several tenth part for every lamb of the seven lambs;
Num 28:30  one he-goat, to make atonement for you.
Num 28:31  Beside the continual burnt-offering, and the meal-offering thereof, ye shall offer them – they shall be unto you without blemish- -and their drink-offerings.

Chapter 29:1-11

Offerings for the Feast of Trumpets

Num 29:1  And in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, ye shall have a holy convocation: ye shall do no manner of servile work; it is a day of blowing the horn unto you.
Num 29:2  And ye shall prepare a burnt-offering for a sweet savour unto the LORD: one young bullock, one ram, seven he-lambs of the first year without blemish;
Num 29:3  and their meal-offering, fine flour mingled with oil, three tenth parts for the bullock, two tenth part for the ram,
Num 29:4  and one tenth part for every lamb of the seven lambs;
Num 29:5  and one he-goat for a sin-offering, to make atonement for you;
Num 29:6  beside the burnt-offering of the new moon, and the meal-offering thereof, and the continual burnt-offering and the meal- offering thereof, and their drink-offerings, according unto their ordinance, for a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the LORD.

Offerings for the Day of Atonement

Num 29:7  And on the tenth day of this seventh month ye shall have a holy convocation; and ye shall afflict your souls; ye shall do no manner of work;
Num 29:8  but ye shall present a burnt-offering unto the LORD for a sweet savour: one young bullock, one ram, seven he-lambs of the first year; they shall be unto you without blemish;
Num 29:9  and their meal-offering, fine flour mingled with oil, three tenth parts for the bullock, two tenth parts for the one ram,
Num 29:10  a several tenth part for every lamb of the seven lambs;
Num 29:11  one he-goat for a sin-offering; beside the sin-offering of atonement, and the continual burnt-offering, and the meal-offering thereof, and their drink-offerings.

Chapter 29:12-30:1

Offerings for the Feast of Booths

Num 29:12  And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month ye shall have a holy convocation: ye shall do no manner of servile work, and ye shall keep a feast unto the LORD seven days;
Num 29:13  and ye shall present a burnt-offering, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD: thirteen young bullocks, two rams, fourteen he-lambs of the first year; they shall be without blemish;
Num 29:14  and their meal-offering, fine flour mingled with oil, three tenth parts for every bullock of the thirteen bullocks, two tenth parts for each ram of the two rams,
Num 29:15  and a several tenth part for every lamb of the fourteen lambs;
Num 29:16  and one he-goat for a sin-offering beside the continual burnt-offering, the meal-offering thereof, and the drink-offering thereof.

Num 29:17  And on the second day ye shall present twelve young bullocks, two rams, fourteen he-lambs of the first year without blemish;
Num 29:18  and their meal-offering and their drink-offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after the ordinance;
Num 29:19  and one he-goat for a sin-offering; beside the continual burnt-offering, and the meal-offering thereof, and their drink- offerings.

Num 29:20  And on the third day eleven bullocks, two rams, fourteen he-lambs of the first year without blemish;
Num 29:21  and their meal-offering and their drink-offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after the ordinance;
Num 29:22  and one he-goat for a sin-offering; beside the continual burnt-offering, and the meal-offering thereof, and the drink-offering thereof.

Num 29:23  And on the fourth day ten bullocks, two rams, fourteen he-lambs of the first year without blemish;
Num 29:24  their meal-offering and their drink-offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after the ordinance;
Num 29:25  and one he-goat for a sin-offering; beside the continual burnt-offering, the meal-offering thereof, and the drink-offering thereof.

Num 29:26  And on the fifth day nine bullocks, two rams, fourteen he-lambs of the first year without blemish;
Num 29:27  and their meal-offering and their drink-offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after the ordinance;
Num 29:28  and one he-goat for a sin-offering; beside the continual burnt-offering, and the meal-offering thereof, and the drink-offering thereof.

Num 29:29  And on the sixth day eight bullocks, two rams, fourteen he-lambs of the first year without blemish;
Num 29:30  and their meal-offering and their drink-offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after the ordinance;
Num 29:31  and one he-goat for a sin-offering; beside the continual burnt-offering, the meal-offering thereof, and the drink-offerings thereof.

Num 29:32  And on the seventh day seven bullocks, two rams, fourteen he-lambs of the first year without blemish;
Num 29:33  and their meal-offering and their drink-offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after the ordinance;
Num 29:34  and one he-goat for a sin-offering; beside the continual burnt-offering, the meal-offering thereof, and the drink-offering thereof.

Num 29:35  On the eighth day ye shall have a solemn assembly: ye shall do no manner of servile work;
Num 29:36  but ye shall present a burnt-offering, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD: one bullock, one ram, seven he-lambs of the first year without blemish;
Num 29:37  their meal-offering and their drink-offerings for the bullock, for the ram, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the ordinance;
Num 29:38  and one he-goat for a sin-offering; beside the continual burnt-offering, and the meal-offering thereof, and the drink-offering thereof.

Num 29:39  These ye shall offer unto the LORD in your appointed seasons, beside your vows, and your freewill-offerings, whether they be your burnt-offerings, or your meal-offerings, or your drink-offerings, or your peace-offerings.
Num 29:40  (30:1) And Moses told the children of Israel according to all that the LORD commanded Moses.

1 Kings 18:46

1Ki 18:46  And the hand of the LORD was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.

1 Kings 19:1-21

Elijah Flees Jezebel

1Ki 19:1  And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the sword.
1Ki 19:2  Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying: ‘So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to-morrow about this time.’
1Ki 19:3  And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beer-sheba, which belongeth to Judah, and left his servant there.
1Ki 19:4  But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a broom-tree; and he requested for himself that he might die; and said: ‘It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.’

1Ki 19:5  And he lay down and slept under a broom-tree; and, behold, an angel touched him, and said unto him: ‘Arise and eat.’
1Ki 19:6  And he looked, and, behold, there was at his head a cake baked on the hot stones, and a cruse of water. And he did eat and drink, and laid him down again.
1Ki 19:7  And the angel of the LORD came again the second time, and touched him, and said: ‘Arise and eat; because the journey is too great for thee.’
1Ki 19:8  And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meal forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God.
The Lord Speaks to Elijah

1Ki 19:9  And he came thither unto a cave, and lodged there; and, behold, the word of the LORD came to him, and He said unto him: ‘What doest thou here, Elijah?’

1Ki 19:10  And he said: ‘I have been very jealous for the LORD, the God of hosts; for the children of Israel have forsaken Thy covenant, thrown down Thine altars, and slain Thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.’

1Ki 19:11  And He said: ‘Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the LORD.’ And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and broke in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind; and after the wind an earthquake; but the LORD was not in the earthquake;
1Ki 19:12  and after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire; and after the fire a still small voice.
1Ki 19:13  And it was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entrance of the cave. And, behold, there came a voice unto him, and said: ‘What doest thou here, Elijah?’

1Ki 19:14  And he said: ‘I have been very jealous for the LORD, the God of hosts; for the children of Israel have forsaken Thy covenant, thrown down Thine altars, and slain Thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.’

1Ki 19:15  And the LORD said unto him: ‘Go, return on thy way to the wilderness of Damascus; and when thou comest, thou shalt anoint Hazael to be king over Aram;
1Ki 19:16  and Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over Israel; and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy room.
1Ki 19:17  And it shall come to pass, that him that escapeth from the sword of Hazael shall Jehu slay; and him that escapeth from the sword of Jehu shall Elisha slay.
1Ki 19:18  Yet will I leave seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him.’

The Call of Elisha

1Ki 19:19  So he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing, with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth; and Elijah passed over unto him, and cast his mantle upon him.
1Ki 19:20  And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said: ‘Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee.’ And he said unto him: ‘Go back; for what have I done to thee?’
1Ki 19:21  And he returned from following him, and took the yoke of oxen, and slew them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gave unto the people, and they did eat. Then he arose, and went after Elijah, and ministered unto him.

Jeremiah 1:1-19

Jer 1:1  The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin,
Jer 1:2  to whom the word of the LORD came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.
Jer 1:3  It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, unto the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah, king of Judah, unto the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month.
The Call of Jeremiah

Jer 1:4  And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying:

Jer 1:5  Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee, and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee; I have appointed thee a prophet unto the nations.

Jer 1:6  Then said I: ‘Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak; for I am a child.’

Jer 1:7  But the LORD said unto me: say not: I am a child; for to whomsoever I shall send thee thou shalt go, and whatsoever I shall command thee thou shalt speak.

Jer 1:8  Be not afraid of them; for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the LORD.

Jer 1:9  Then the LORD put forth His hand, and touched my mouth; and the LORD said unto me: Behold, I have put My words in thy mouth;

Jer 1:10  See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out and to pull down, and to destroy and to overthrow; to build, and to plant.

Jer 1:11  Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying: ‘Jeremiah, what seest thou?’ And I said: ‘I see a rod of an almond-tree.’

Jer 1:12  Then said the LORD unto me: ‘Thou hast well seen; for I watch over My word to perform it.’

Jer 1:13  And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying: ‘What seest thou?’ And I said: ‘I see a seething pot; and the face thereof is from the north.’

Jer 1:14  Then the LORD said unto me: ‘Out of the north the evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.

Jer 1:15  For, lo, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north, saith the LORD; and they shall come, and they shall set every one his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all the walls thereof round about, and against all the cities of Judah.

Jer 1:16  And I will utter My judgments against them touching all their wickedness; in that they have forsaken me, and have offered unto other gods, and worshipped the work of their own hands.

Jer 1:17  Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee; be not dismayed at them, lest I dismay thee before them.

Jer 1:18  For, behold, I have made thee this day a fortified city, and an iron pillar, and brazen walls, against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land.

Jer 1:19  And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee; For I am with thee, saith the LORD, to deliver thee.’

Jeremiah 2:1-3

Israel Forsakes the Lord

Jer 2:1  And the word of the LORD came to me, saying:
Jer 2:2  Go, and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying: Thus saith the LORD: I remember for thee the affection of thy youth, the love of thine espousals; how thou wentest after Me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.
Jer 2:3  Israel is the LORD’S hallowed portion, His first-fruits of the increase; all that devour him shall be held guilty, evil shall come upon them, saith the LORD.

John 2:13-25

Jesus Cleanses the Temple

Joh 2:13  The Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
Joh 2:14  In the temple he found those who were selling oxen and sheep and pigeons, and the money-changers sitting there.
Joh 2:15  And making a whip of cords, he drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and oxen. And he poured out the coins of the money-changers and overturned their tables.
Joh 2:16  And he told those who sold the pigeons, “Take these things away; do not make my Father’s house a house of trade.”
Joh 2:17  His disciples remembered that it was written, “Zeal for your house will consume me.”

Joh 2:18  So the Jews said to him, “What sign do you show us for doing these things?”

Joh 2:19  Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”

Joh 2:20  The Jews then said, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will you raise it up in three days?”
Joh 2:21  But he was speaking about the temple of his body.
Joh 2:22  When therefore he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed the Scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken.

Jesus Knows What Is in Man

Joh 2:23  Now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many believed in his name when they saw the signs that he was doing.
Joh 2:24  But Jesus on his part did not entrust himself to them, because he knew all people
Joh 2:25  and needed no one to bear witness about man, for he himself knew what was in man.