(NIV)
If she does not please the master who has selected her for himself, he must let her be redeemed. He has no right to sell her to foreigners, because he has broken faith with her.
If she does not
please her
master, who has
designated her for himself, then he shall let her be
redeemed. He shall have
no right to
sell her to a
foreign people, since he has broken
faith with her.
(NIV)
If he selects her for his son, he must grant her the rights of a daughter.
If he
designates her for his
son, he shall
deal with her
as with a
daughter.
(NIV)
‘If a man seduces a virgin who is not pledged to be married and sleeps with her, he must pay the bride-price, and she shall be his wife.
“
If a
man seduces a
virgin who is not
betrothed and
lies with her, he shall
give the
bride-price for her and make her his
wife.
(NIV)
There, above the cover between the two cherubim that are over the ark of the covenant law, I will meet with you and give you all my commands for the Israelites.
There I will
meet with you, and from
above the
mercy seat, from
between the
two cherubim that are
on the
ark of the
testimony, I will
speak with you about
all that I will give you in
commandment for the
people of
Israel.
(NIV)
‘For the generations to come this burnt offering is to be made regularly at the entrance to the tent of meeting, before the
Lord. There I will meet you and speak to you;
It shall be a
regular burnt offering throughout your
generations at the
entrance of the
tent of
meeting before the
Lord,
where I will
meet with you, to
speak to you
there.
(NIV)
there also I will meet with the Israelites, and the place will be consecrated by my glory.
There I will
meet with the
people of
Israel, and it shall be
sanctified by my
glory.
(NIV)
Put the altar in front of the curtain that shields the ark of the covenant law – before the atonement cover that is over the tablets of the covenant law – where I will meet with you.
And you shall
put it in front
of the
veil that is
above the
ark of the
testimony, in front
of the
mercy seat that is
above the
testimony, where I will
meet with you.
(NIV)
Grind some of it to powder and place it in front of the ark of the covenant law in the tent of meeting, where I will meet with you. It shall be most holy to you.
You shall
beat some of
it very
small, and
put part of
it before the
testimony in the
tent of
meeting where I shall
meet with you. It shall be
most holy for you.
(NIV)
When both are sounded, the whole community is to assemble before you at the entrance to the tent of meeting.
And when both are
blown,
all the
congregation shall
gather themselves to you at the
entrance of the
tent of
meeting.
(NIV)
If only one is sounded, the leaders – the heads of the clans of Israel – are to assemble before you.
But
if they
blow only
one, then the
chiefs, the
heads of the
tribes of
Israel, shall
gather themselves to you.
(NIV)
I, the
Lord, have spoken, and I will surely do these things to this whole wicked community, which has banded together against me. They will meet their end in this wilderness; here they will die.’
I, the
Lord, have
spoken.
Surely this will I
do to
all this wicked congregation who are
gathered together against me: in
this wilderness they shall come to a full
end, and
there they shall
die.”
(NIV)
It is against the
Lord that you and all your followers have banded together. Who is Aaron that you should grumble against him?’
Therefore it is
against the
Lord that you and
all your
company have
gathered together.
What is
Aaron that you
grumble against him?”
(NIV)
Place them in the tent of meeting in front of the ark of the covenant law, where I meet with you.
Then you shall
deposit them in the
tent of
meeting before the
testimony,
where I
meet with you.
(NIV)
‘Our father died in the wilderness. He was not among Korah’s followers, who banded together against the
Lord, but he died for his own sin and left no sons.
“Our
father died in the
wilderness. He was
not among the
company of those who
gathered themselves together against the
Lord in the
company of
Korah,
but died for his own
sin. And he had
no sons.
(NIV)
Has anyone become pledged to a woman and not married her? Let him go home, or he may die in battle and someone else marry her.’
And is
there any
man who has
betrothed a
wife and has
not taken her? Let him
go back to his
house,
lest he
die in the
battle and
another man take her.’
(NIV)
If a man happens to meet in a town a virgin pledged to be married and he sleeps with her,
“
If there is a
betrothed virgin, and a
man meets her in the
city and
lies with her,
(NIV)
But if out in the country a man happens to meet a young woman pledged to be married and rapes her, only the man who has done this shall die.
“But
if in the open
country a
man meets a
young woman who is
betrothed, and the
man seizes her and
lies with her, then only the
man who lay with her shall
die.
(NIV)
for the man found the young woman out in the country, and though the betrothed woman screamed, there was no one to rescue her.
because he
met her in the open
country, and though the
betrothed young woman cried for
help there was no
one to
rescue her.
(NIV)
If a man happens to meet a virgin who is not pledged to be married and rapes her and they are discovered,
“
If a
man meets a
virgin who is
not betrothed, and
seizes her and
lies with her, and they are
found,
(NIV)
You will be pledged to be married to a woman, but another will take her and rape her. You will build a house, but you will not live in it. You will plant a vineyard, but you will not even begin to enjoy its fruit.
You shall
betroth a
wife, but
another man shall
ravish her. You shall
build a
house, but you shall
not dwell in it. You shall
plant a
vineyard, but you shall
not enjoy its
fruit.
(NIV)
All these kings joined forces and made camp together at the Waters of Merom to fight against Israel.
And all these
kings joined their
forces and
came and
encamped together at the
waters of
Merom to
fight against
Israel.
(NIV)
Then David sent messengers to Ish-Bosheth son of Saul, demanding, ‘Give me my wife Michal, whom I betrothed to myself for the price of a hundred Philistine foreskins.’
Then
David sent messengers to
Ish-bosheth,
Saul’s son,
saying, “
Give me my
wife Michal,
for whom I
paid the bridal price of a
hundred foreskins of the
Philistines.”
(NIV)
But when Amasa went to summon Judah, he took longer than the time the king had set for him.
So
Amasa went to
summon Judah, but he
delayed beyond the
set time that had been
appointed him.
(NIV)
and King Solomon and the entire assembly of Israel that had gathered about him were before the ark, sacrificing so many sheep and cattle that they could not be recorded or counted.
And
King Solomon and all the
congregation of
Israel, who had
assembled before him, were with him
before the
ark,
sacrificing so many
sheep and
oxen that they could not be
counted or
numbered.
(NIV)
and King Solomon and the entire assembly of Israel that had gathered about him were before the ark, sacrificing so many sheep and cattle that they could not be recorded or counted.
And
King Solomon and
all the
congregation of
Israel, who had
assembled before him, were
before the
ark,
sacrificing so
many sheep and
oxen that they could
not be
counted or numbered.
(NIV)
Sanballat and Geshem sent me this message: ‘Come, let us meet together in one of the villages on the plain of Ono.’
But they were scheming to harm me;
Sanballat and
Geshem sent to me,
saying, “
Come and let us
meet together at
Hakkephirim in the
plain of
Ono.” But they
intended to
do me
harm.
(NIV)
One day I went to the house of Shemaiah son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabel, who was shut in at his home. He said, ‘Let us meet in the house of God, inside the temple, and let us close the temple doors, because men are coming to kill you – by night they are coming to kill you.’
Now when
I went into the
house of
Shemaiah the
son of
Delaiah,
son of
Mehetabel, who was confined to his
home, he
said, “Let us
meet together in the
house of
God,
within the
temple. Let us
close the
doors of the
temple,
for they are
coming to
kill you. They are
coming to
kill you by
night.”
(NIV)
When Job’s three friends, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite, heard about all the troubles that had come upon him, they set out from their homes and met together by agreement to go and sympathise with him and comfort him.
Now when
Job’s three friends heard of
all this
evil that had
come upon him, they
came each from his own
place,
Eliphaz the
Temanite,
Bildad the
Shuhite, and
Zophar the
Naamathite. They made an
appointment together to
come to show him
sympathy and
comfort him.
(NIV)
If it is a matter of strength, he is mighty!
And if it is a matter of justice, who can challenge him ?
If it is a contest of
strength, behold, he is mighty!
If it is a
matter of
justice, who can
summon him?
(NIV)
When the kings joined forces,
when they advanced together,
For
behold,
the
kings assembled;
they
came on
together.
(NIV)
‘Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem:
‘This is what the
Lord says:
‘“I remember the devotion of your youth,
how as a bride you loved me
and followed me through the wilderness,
through a land not sown.
“
Go and
proclaim in the
hearing of
Jerusalem,
Thus says the
Lord,
“I
remember the
devotion of your
youth,
your
love as a
bride,
how you
followed me in the
wilderness,
in a
land not sown.
(NIV)
After Jehoiachin son of Jehoiakim king of Judah and the officials, the skilled workers and the craftsmen of Judah were carried into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the
Lord showed me two baskets of figs placed in front of the temple of the
Lord.
After Nebuchadnezzar king of
Babylon had taken into
exile from Jerusalem Jeconiah the
son of
Jehoiakim,
king of
Judah, together with the
officials of
Judah, the
craftsmen, and the
metal workers, and had
brought them to
Babylon, the
Lord showed me this vision:
behold,
two baskets of
figs placed before the
temple of the
Lord.
(NIV)
But how can it rest
when the
Lord has commanded it,
when he has ordered it
to attack Ashkelon and the coast?’
How can it be
quiet when the
Lord has given it a
charge?
Against
Ashkelon and against the
seashore he has
appointed it.”
(NIV)
‘Like a lion coming up from Jordan’s thickets
to a rich pasture-land,
I will chase Edom from its land in an instant.
Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this?
Who is like me and who can challenge me?
And what shepherd can stand against me?’
Behold,
like a
lion coming up from the
jungle of the
Jordan against a
perennial pasture, I will
suddenly make him
run away from her. And I will
appoint over her
whomever I
choose.
For who is like me?
Who will
summon me?
What shepherd can
stand before me?
(NIV)
Like a lion coming up from Jordan’s thickets
to a rich pasture-land,
I will chase Babylon from its land in an instant.
Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this?
Who is like me and who can challenge me?
And what shepherd can stand against me?’
“
Behold, like a
lion coming up from the
thicket of the
Jordan against a
perennial pasture, I will
suddenly make them
run away from her, and I will
appoint over her
whomever I
choose.
For who is
like me?
Who will
summon me?
What shepherd can
stand before me?
(NIV)
Slash to the right, you sword,
then to the left,
wherever your blade is turned.
Cut
sharply to the
right;
set yourself to the
left,
wherever your
face is
directed.
(NIV)
I will betroth you to me for ever;
I will betroth you in righteousness and justice,
in love and compassion.
And I
will betroth you to me
forever.
I will
betroth you to me in
righteousness and in
justice, in
steadfast love and in
mercy.
(NIV)
I will betroth you in faithfulness,
and you will acknowledge the
Lord.
I will
betroth you to me in
faithfulness. And you shall
know the
Lord.
(NIV)
Do two walk together
unless they have agreed to do so?
“Do
two walk together,
unless they have
agreed to meet?
(NIV)
Listen! The
Lord is calling to the city –
and to fear your name is wisdom –
‘Heed the rod and the One who appointed it.
The
voice of the
Lord cries to the
city—
and it is
sound wisdom to
fear your
name:
“
Hear of the
rod and of him who
appointed it!
(NIV)
This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about : his mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit.
Now the
birth of
Jesus Christ took place in this
way.
When his mother Mary had been
betrothed to
Joseph,
before they came together she was
found to be with
child from the
Holy Spirit.
(NIV)
But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, ‘Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.
But as
he considered these
things,
behold,
an
angel of the
Lord appeared to
him in a
dream,
saying, “
Joseph,
son of
David, do
not fear to
take Mary as
your wife,
for that which is
conceived in her is from the
Holy Spirit.
(NIV)
‘The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel’ (which means ‘God with us’).
“
Behold, the
virgin shall
conceive and bear a
son,
and they shall
call his name Immanuel”
(
which means,
God with us).
(NIV)
When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary home as his wife.
When Joseph woke from sleep, he
did as the
angel of the
Lord commanded him:
he took his wife,
(NIV)
‘It has been said, “Anyone who divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.”
(ESV)
“It was also said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.’
(NIV)
But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, makes her the victim of adultery, and anyone who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
(ESV)
But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of sexual immorality, makes her commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
(NIV)
Now Herod had arrested John and bound him and put him in prison because of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife,
For Herod had
seized John and
bound him and put him
in prison for the
sake of
Herodias,
his brother Philip’s wife
(NIV)
Since he was not able to pay, the master ordered that he and his wife and his children and all that he had be sold to repay the debt.
(ESV)
And since he could not pay, his master ordered him to be sold, with his wife and children and all that he had, and payment to be made.
(NIV)
Some Pharisees came to him to test him. They asked, ‘Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any and every reason?’
And Pharisees came up to
him and tested him by
asking,
“
Is it
lawful to
divorce one’s wife for any cause?”
(NIV)
and said, “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh” ?
(ESV)
and said, ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’?
(NIV)
Jesus replied,
‘Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because your hearts were hard. But it was not this way from the beginning.He
said to
them,
“Because of your hardness of heart Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so.
(NIV)
I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery.’
(ESV)
And I say to you: whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery.”
(NIV)
The disciples said to him, ‘If this is the situation between a husband and wife, it is better not to marry.’
The
disciples said to
him, “
If such is the
case of a
man with his
wife, it
is better not to
marry.”
(NIV)
‘Teacher,’ they said, ‘Moses told us that if a man dies without having children, his brother must marry the widow and raise up offspring for him.
saying, “
Teacher,
Moses said,
‘
If a
man dies having no children,
his brother must
marry the
widow and raise up offspring for
his brother.’
(NIV)
Now there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died, and since he had no children, he left his wife to his brother.
Now there
were seven brothers among us. The
first married and died,
and having no offspring left his wife to
his brother.
(NIV)
Now then, at the resurrection, whose wife will she be of the seven, since all of them were married to her?’
In the
resurrection,
therefore, of the
seven,
whose wife will she
be?
For they
all had her.”
(NIV)
‘At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.
(ESV)
“Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom.
(NIV)
‘Then all the virgins woke up and trimmed their lamps.
(ESV)
Then all those virgins rose and trimmed their lamps.
(NIV)
‘Later the others also came. “Lord, Lord,” they said, “open the door for us!”
(ESV)
Afterward the other virgins came also, saying, ‘Lord, lord, open to us.’
(NIV)
While Pilate was sitting on the judge’s seat, his wife sent him this message: ‘Don’t have anything to do with that innocent man, for I have suffered a great deal today in a dream because of him.’
Besides,
while he was
sitting on the
judgment seat,
his wife sent word
to him, “Have
nothing to do with
that righteous man,
for I have
suffered much because of
him today in a
dream.”
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