Psalms 133
When Brothers Dwell in Unity
A Song of aAscents. Of David.
1 Behold, how good and pleasant it iswhen bbrothers dwell in unity! ▼
▼Or dwell together
2It is like the precious doil on ethe head,
running down on the beard,
on the beard of Aaron,
running down on fthe collar of his robes!
3It is like gthe dew of hHermon,
which falls on ithe mountains of Zion!
For there the Lord jhas commanded the blessing,
life forevermore.
Ezekiel 37:16-23
16 k“Son of man, ltake a stick ▼▼Or one piece of wood; also verses 17, 19, 20
and write on it, ‘For nJudah, and othe people of Israel associated with him’; then take another stick and write on it, ‘For pJoseph (the stick of qEphraim) and all the house of Israel associated with him.’ 17And rjoin them one to another into one stick, that sthey may become tone in your hand. 18And when uyour people say to you, v‘Will you not tell us what you mean by these?’ 19say to them, Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I am about to take wthe stick of Joseph (that is in the hand of Ephraim) and the tribes of Israel associated with him. And I will join with it the xstick of Judah, ▼▼Hebrew And I will place them on it, the stick of Judah
and zmake them one stick, aathat they may be one in my hand. 20When the sticks on which you write are in your hand abbefore their eyes, 21then say to them, Thus says the Lord God: Behold, acI will take the people of Israel from the nations among which they have gone, and will gather them from all around, and adbring them to their own land. 22And aeI will make them one nation in the land, on afthe mountains of Israel. And agone king shall be king over them all, and they shall be no longer ahtwo nations, and no longer divided into two kingdoms. 23 aiThey shall not ajdefile themselves anymore akwith their idols and their detestable things, or with any of their transgressions. But alI will save them from all the backslidings ▼▼Many Hebrew manuscripts; other Hebrew manuscripts dwellings
in which they have sinned, and will cleanse them; and anthey shall be my people, and I will be their God. John 17:21-23
21 aothat they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that apthey also may be in aqus, so that the world armay believe that you have sent me. 22 asThe glory that you have given me atI have given to them, authat they may be one even as we are one, 23 avI in them and you in me, awthat they may become perfectly one, axso that the world may know that you sent me and ayloved them even as azyou loved me.
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