mSee Luke 10:20
Exodus 32:26-29
26then Moses stood in the gate of the camp and said, “Who is on the Lord’s side? Come to me.” And all the sons of Levi gathered around him. 27And he said to them, “Thus says the Lord God of Israel, ‘Put your sword on your side each of you, and go to and fro from gate to gate throughout the camp, and each of you akill his brother and his companion and his neighbor.’” 28And the sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses. And that day about three thousand men of the people fell. 29And Moses said, “Today you have been bordained for the service of the Lord, each one at the cost of his son and of his brother, so that he might bestow a blessing upon you this day.”Numbers 3:12
12“Behold, cI have taken the Levites from among the people of Israel instead of every firstborn who opens the womb among the people of Israel. The Levites shall be mine,Numbers 3:15
15“List the sons of Levi, by fathers’ houses and by clans; devery male from a month old and upward you shall list.”Numbers 3:45
45 e“Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the people of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle. The Levites shall be mine: I am the Lord.Psalms 87:6
6The Lord records as he fregisters the peoples,“This one was born there.” Selah
Isaiah 4:3
3 gAnd he who is left in Zion and remains in Jerusalem will be called hholy, everyone who has ibeen recorded for life in Jerusalem,Luke 10:20
20 jNevertheless, do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that kyour names are written in heaven.”Philippians 4:3
3Yes, I ask you also, true companion, ▼▼Or loyal Syzygus; Greek true yokefellow
help these women, who have labored side by side with me in the gospel together with Clement and the rest of my fellow workers, mwhose names are in the book of life.
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