These words, which I am ordering you today, are to be on your heart; and you are to teach them carefully to your children. You are to talk about them when you sit at home, when you are traveling on the road, when you lie down and when you get up. (Deuteronomy 6:6-7)
BIBLES
King James Version (1769 Pure Cambridge Edition) and JPS Tanakh (1917).
Both texts are in the public domain. Some original names have been restored
1 Chronicles 22
Tanakh 19 verses
- 1 Then said: ‘This is the house of , and this is the of burnt- for .’
- 2 And commanded to gather together the strangers that were in the land of ; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of .
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And prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the couplings; and brass in abundance without weight;
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and cedar-trees without number; for the Zidonians and they of brought cedar-trees in abundance to .
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- 5 And said: ‘ my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be builded for must be exceeding magnificent, of fame and of throughout all countries; I will therefore make preparation for him.’ So prepared abundantly before his death.
- 6 Then He called for his son, and charged him to build a house for , the of .
- 7 And said to : ‘My son, as for me, it was in my to build a house unto the of my .
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But the of came to me, saying: Thou hast shed abundantly, and hast made great wars; thou shalt not build a house unto My , because thou hast shed much upon the earth in My sight.
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- 9 Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about; for his shall be , and I will give and quietness unto in his days.
- 10 He shall build a house for My ; and he shall be to Me for a son, and I will be to him for a father; and I will establish the throne of his over for ever.
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Now, my son, be with thee; and prosper thou, and build the house of thy , as He hath spoken concerning thee.
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- 12 Only give thee discretion and understanding, and give thee charge concerning ; that so thou mayest keep the of thy .
- 13 Then shalt thou prosper, if thou observe to do the statutes and the ordinances which charged with concerning ; be strong, and of good courage; not, neither be dismayed.
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Now, behold, in my straits I have prepared for the house of a hundred thousand talents of gold, and a thousand thousand talents of silver; and of brass and iron without weight, for it is in abundance; timber also and stone have I prepared; and thou mayest add thereto.
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Moreover there are workmen with thee in abundance, hewers and workers of stone and timber, and all men that are skilful in any manner of work;
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- 16 of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, there is no number. Arise and be doing, and be with thee.’
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also commanded all the princes of to help his son:
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- 18 Is not your with you? and hath He not given you rest on every side? for He hath delivered the inhabitants of the land into my hand; and the land is subdued before , and before His people.
- 19 Now set your and your to seek after your ; arise therefore, and build ye the of , to bring the of the of , and the vessels of , into the house that is to be built to the of .’