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22 And David said, “This is the House of the LORD God. And this is the Altar for the Burnt Offering of Israel.”
2 And David commanded to gather together the strangers who were in the land of Israel. And he set masons to cut and polish stones to build the House of God.
3 David also prepared a large amount of iron for the nails of the doors and of the gates, and for the joinings, and abundance of bronze surpassing weight,
4 and cedar trees without number. For the Sidonians and they of Tyre brought a large amount of cedar wood to David.
5 And David said, “Solomon, my son, is young and tender. And we must build a House for the LORD, magnificent, excellent and of great fame and dignity throughout all countries. I will now prepare for it.” So, David prepared very much before his death.
6 Then he called Solomon, his son, and charged him to build a House for the LORD God of Israel.
7 And David said to Solomon, “My son, I had intended to build a House to the Name of the LORD my God,
8 “but the Word of the LORD came to me, saying, ‘You have shed much blood, and have made great battles. You shall not build a House to My Name. For you have shed much blood upon the Earth in My sight.
9 ‘Behold, a son is born to you who shall be a man of rest. For I will give him rest from all his enemies all around. Therefore, his name is Solomon. And I will send peace and quietness upon Israel in his days.
10 ‘He shall build a House for My Name. And he shall be My son. And I will be his father. And I will establish the throne of his kingdom upon Israel forever.’
11 “Now, therefore, my son, the LORD shall be with you. And you shall prosper. And you shall build a House to the LORD your God, as He has spoken of you.
12 “May the LORD alone give you wisdom and understanding, and give you charge over Israel, to keep the Law of the LORD your God.
13 “Then you shall prosper, if you take heed to observe the Statutes and the Judgments which the LORD Commanded Moses for Israel. Be strong and of good courage! Neither fear nor be afraid!
14 “For behold, according to my poverty have I prepared a hundred thousand talents of gold for the House of the LORD, and a million talents of silver, and bronze and iron of surpassing weight. For there was abundance. I have also prepared timber and stone; and you may provide more to it.
15 “Moreover, you have enough workmen with you, stonecutters and workmen of timber and all men expert in every work.
16 Of gold, silver, bronze and iron there is no limit. Up and get to work! And the LORD will be with you!”
17 David also commanded all the princes of Israel to help Solomon, his son, saying,
18 “Is not the LORD your God with you, giving you rest on every side? For He has given the inhabitants of the land into my hand. And the land is subdued before the LORD and before His people.
19 “Now, set your hearts and your souls to seek the LORD your God! And arise and build the Sanctuary of the LORD God, to bring the Ark of the Covenant of the LORD and the Holy Vessels of God into the House built for the Name of the LORD!”
23 So, when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon, his son, king over Israel.
2 And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.
3 And the Levites were counted, from the age of thirty years and above. And their total number was thirty-eight thousand men.
4 Of these, twenty-four thousand were set to advance the work of the House of the LORD. And six thousand were overseers and judges.
5 And four thousand were gatekeepers. And four thousand praised the LORD with instruments (“…which I made for praise!” said David).
6 So David separated the sons of Levi — Gershon, Kohath, and Merari — into divisions.
7 Of the Gershonites were Laadan and Shimei.
8 The sons of Laadan were the chief (Jehiel) and Zetham and Joel (three).
9 The Sons of Shimei were Shelomith and Haziel and Haran (three). These were the chief fathers of Laadan.
10 Also the sons of Shimei were Jahath, Zina, Jeush and Beriah. These four were the sons of Shimei.
11 And Jahath was the chief and Zizah was the second. But Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons. Therefore, they were in the families of their father, counted but as one.
12 The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel (four).
13 The sons of Amram were Aaron and Moses. And Aaron was separated to sanctify the Most Holy Place, he and his sons forever, to burn incense before the LORD, to minister to Him, and to bless in His Name forever.
14 Also Moses, the man of God, and his children were named with the tribe of Levi.
15 The sons of Moses were Gershon and Eliezer.
16 Of the sons of Gershon was Shebuel the chief.
17 And the son of Eliezer was Rehabiah the chief. For Eliezer had no other sons. But there were very many sons of Rehabiah.
18 The son of Izhar was Shelomith the chief.
19 The sons of Hebron were Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.
20 The sons of Uzziel were Michah the first, and Jesshiah the second.
21 The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli were Eleazar and Kish.
22 And Eleazar died and had no sons, but daughters. And their brethren, the sons of Kish, took them.
23 The sons of Mushi were Mahli and Eder and Jeremoth (three).
24 These were the sons of Levi, according to the House of their fathers, the chief fathers according to their offices, according to the number of names, all who did the work for the service of the House of the LORD from the age of twenty years and above.
25 For David said, “The LORD God of Israel has given rest to His people, so that they may dwell in Jerusalem forever.
26 “And also the Levites shall no longer bear the Tabernacle and all the Vessels for its service.”
27 Therefore, according to the last words of David, the Levites were numbered from twenty years and above.
28 And their office was under the hand of the sons of Aaron, for the service of the House of the LORD in the courts and chambers and in the purifying of all Holy things and in the work of the service of the House of God,
29 both for the showbread and for the fine flour, for the Meat Offering and for the unleavened cakes and for the fried things and for that which was roasted and for all measures and size.
30 And they were to stand every morning to give thanks and praise to the LORD, and likewise at evening,
31 and to offer all Burnt Offerings to the LORD on the Sabbaths — in the months, at the appointed times, according to the number and according to their custom — continually before the LORD.
32 And they were to keep the charge of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and the charge of the Holy Place, and the charge of the sons of Aaron, their brethren, in the service of the House of the LORD.
9 What then? Are we more excellent? No, in no way! For we have already proved that all, both Jews and Gentiles, are under sin.
10 As it is written, “There is no one righteous; no, not one.
11 “There is no one who understands. There is no one who seeks God.
12 “They have all turned away. They have all been made useless. There is no one that does good; no, not one.
13 “Their throat is an open grave. They use their tongues to deceive. The poison of asps is under their lips;
14 “whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.
15 “Their feet are swift to shed blood.
16 “Destruction and misery are in their path;
17 “and the way of peace they have not known.
18 “The fear of God is not before their eyes.”
19 Now, we know that whatever the Law says, it says it to those who are under the Law; so that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may be subject to the judgment of God.
20 Therefore, no flesh shall be justified in His sight by the works of the Law. For by the Law comes the knowledge of sin.
21 But now, the righteousness of God has been made manifest without the Law, having been witnessed by the Law and the Prophets;
22 that is, the righteousness of God by the faith of Jesus Christ, unto all and upon all who believe. For there is no difference.
23 For all have sinned and fall short of the Glory of God;
24 and are justified freely by His grace, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,
25 Whom God has set forth to be a propitiation, (through faith in His blood) to declare His righteousness, by the forgiveness of previous sins through God’s forbearance;
26 to show His righteousness at this present time, that He might be just, and a justifier of the one who believes in Jesus.
27 Where, then, is the boasting? It is excluded. By what law? Of works? No, but by the Law of faith.
28 Therefore, we conclude that a man is justified by faith, apart from the works of the Law.
29 Or is He the God of the Jews only, and not also of the Gentiles? Yes, even of the Gentiles also.
30 For indeed it is one God Who shall justify circumcision of faith, and uncircumcision through faith.
31 Do we then make the Law of no effect through faith? Absolutely not! Rather, we establish the Law.
12 Help, LORD! For there is not a godly man left. For the faithful have failed from among the children of men.
2 They speak deceitfully, everyone with his neighbor; flattering with their lips, speaking with a double heart.
3 The LORD cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaks proud things,
4 which have said, “With our tongue we will prevail. Our lips are our own. Who is lord over us?”
5 “Now, for the oppression of the needy, for the sighs of the poor, I will arise;” says the LORD, “and will speak their deliverance.”
6 The Words of the LORD are pure Words, as silver, tried in a furnace of earth; refined sevenfold.
7 You will keep them, O LORD. You will preserve him from this generation, forever.
8 The wicked walk on every side. When they are exalted, it is a shame for the sons of men. To him who excels: A Psalm of David.
13 A foolish son is the calamity of his father, and the contentions of a wife are like a continual dripping.
14 House and riches are the inheritance of the fathers. But a prudent wife comes from the LORD.
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