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            <div class="label">3</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Levites</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="NUM.3.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">This is the account of the family of Aaron and Moses at the time the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> spoke to Moses at Mount Sinai.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="NUM.3.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NUM.3.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The names of the sons of Aaron were Nadab the firstborn and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NUM.3.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Those were the names of Aaron&#8217;s sons, the anointed priests, who were ordained to serve as priests. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NUM.3.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Nadab and Abihu, however, died before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> when they made an offering with unauthorized fire before him in the Desert of Sinai. They had no sons, so Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests during the lifetime of their father Aaron.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NUM.3.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NUM.3.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to Moses, </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NUM.3.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">&#8220;Bring the tribe of Levi and present them to Aaron the priest to assist him. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NUM.3.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">They are to perform duties for him and for the whole community at the tent of meeting by doing the work of the tabernacle. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NUM.3.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">They are to take care of all the furnishings of the tent of meeting, fulfilling the obligations of the Israelites by doing the work of the tabernacle. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NUM.3.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Give the Levites to Aaron and his sons; they are the Israelites who are to be given wholly to him.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:9 </span><span class="ft">Most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text; some manuscripts of the Masoretic Text, Samaritan Pentateuch and Septuagint (see also 8:16) </span><span class="fqa">to me</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NUM.3.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Appoint Aaron and his sons to serve as priests; anyone else who approaches the sanctuary is to be put to death.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NUM.3.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NUM.3.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> also said to Moses, </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NUM.3.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;I have taken the Levites from among the Israelites in place of the first male offspring of every Israelite woman. The Levites are mine, </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NUM.3.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">for all the firstborn are mine. When I struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, I set apart for myself every firstborn in Israel, whether human or animal. They are to be mine. I am the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NUM.3.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NUM.3.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to Moses in the Desert of Sinai, </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NUM.3.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">&#8220;Count the Levites by their families and clans. Count every male a month old or more.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="NUM.3.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">So Moses counted them, as he was commanded by the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="NUM.3.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="NUM.3.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">These were the names of the sons of Levi:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="NUM.3.17"><span class="content">Gershon, Kohath and Merari.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="NUM.3.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="NUM.3.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">These were the names of the Gershonite clans:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="NUM.3.18"><span class="content">Libni and Shimei.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="NUM.3.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NUM.3.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">The Kohathite clans:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NUM.3.19"><span class="content">Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NUM.3.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="NUM.3.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">The Merarite clans:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="NUM.3.20"><span class="content">Mahli and Mushi.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="NUM.3.20"><span class="content">These were the Levite clans, according to their families.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="NUM.3.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="NUM.3.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">To Gershon belonged the clans of the Libnites and Shimeites; these were the Gershonite clans. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="NUM.3.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">The number of all the males a month old or more who were counted was 7,500. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="NUM.3.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The Gershonite clans were to camp on the west, behind the tabernacle. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="NUM.3.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">The leader of the families of the Gershonites was Eliasaph son of Lael. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="NUM.3.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">At the tent of meeting the Gershonites were responsible for the care of the tabernacle and tent, its coverings, the curtain at the entrance to the tent of meeting, </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="NUM.3.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">the curtains of the courtyard, the curtain at the entrance to the courtyard surrounding the tabernacle and altar, and the ropes&#8212;and everything related to their use.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="NUM.3.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="NUM.3.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">To Kohath belonged the clans of the Amramites, Izharites, Hebronites and Uzzielites; these were the Kohathite clans. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="NUM.3.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">The number of all the males a month old or more was 8,600.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:28 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew; some Septuagint manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">8,300</span></span></span><span class="content"> The Kohathites were responsible for the care of the sanctuary. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="NUM.3.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">The Kohathite clans were to camp on the south side of the tabernacle. </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="NUM.3.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">The leader of the families of the Kohathite clans was Elizaphan son of Uzziel. </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="NUM.3.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">They were responsible for the care of the ark, the table, the lampstand, the altars, the articles of the sanctuary used in ministering, the curtain, and everything related to their use. </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="NUM.3.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">The chief leader of the Levites was Eleazar son of Aaron, the priest. He was appointed over those who were responsible for the care of the sanctuary.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="NUM.3.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="NUM.3.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">To Merari belonged the clans of the Mahlites and the Mushites; these were the Merarite clans. </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="NUM.3.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">The number of all the males a month old or more who were counted was 6,200. </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="NUM.3.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">The leader of the families of the Merarite clans was Zuriel son of Abihail; they were to camp on the north side of the tabernacle. </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="NUM.3.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">The Merarites were appointed to take care of the frames of the tabernacle, its crossbars, posts, bases, all its equipment, and everything related to their use, </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="NUM.3.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">as well as the posts of the surrounding courtyard with their bases, tent pegs and ropes.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="NUM.3.37"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="NUM.3.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">Moses and Aaron and his sons were to camp to the east of the tabernacle, toward the sunrise, in front of the tent of meeting. They were responsible for the care of the sanctuary on behalf of the Israelites. Anyone else who approached the sanctuary was to be put to death.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="NUM.3.38"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="NUM.3.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">The total number of Levites counted at the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s command by Moses and Aaron according to their clans, including every male a month old or more, was 22,000.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="NUM.3.39"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="NUM.3.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to Moses, &#8220;Count all the firstborn Israelite males who are a month old or more and make a list of their names. </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="NUM.3.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">Take the Levites for me in place of all the firstborn of the Israelites, and the livestock of the Levites in place of all the firstborn of the livestock of the Israelites. I am the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="NUM.3.41"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="NUM.3.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">So Moses counted all the firstborn of the Israelites, as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> commanded him. </span></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="NUM.3.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="content">The total number of firstborn males a month old or more, listed by name, was 22,273.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="NUM.3.43"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="NUM.3.44"><span class="label">44</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> also said to Moses, </span></span><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="NUM.3.45"><span class="label">45</span><span class="content">&#8220;Take the Levites in place of all the firstborn of Israel, and the livestock of the Levites in place of their livestock. The Levites are to be mine. I am the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="NUM.3.46"><span class="label">46</span><span class="content">To redeem the 273 firstborn Israelites who exceed the number of the Levites, </span></span><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="NUM.3.47"><span class="label">47</span><span class="content">collect five shekels</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:47 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 2 ounces or about 58 grams</span></span></span><span class="content"> for each one, according to the sanctuary shekel, which weighs twenty gerahs. </span></span><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="NUM.3.48"><span class="label">48</span><span class="content">Give the money for the redemption of the additional Israelites to Aaron and his sons.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="NUM.3.48"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v49" data-usfm="NUM.3.49"><span class="label">49</span><span class="content">So Moses collected the redemption money from those who exceeded the number redeemed by the Levites. </span></span><span class="verse v50" data-usfm="NUM.3.50"><span class="label">50</span><span class="content">From the firstborn of the Israelites he collected silver weighing 1,365 shekels,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:50 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 35 pounds or about 16 kilograms</span></span></span><span class="content"> according to the sanctuary shekel. </span></span><span class="verse v51" data-usfm="NUM.3.51"><span class="label">51</span><span class="content">Moses gave the redemption money to Aaron and his sons, as he was commanded by the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div>
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            <div class="label">1</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="SNG.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Solomon&#8217;s Song of Songs.</span></span></div><div class="sp"><span class="heading">She</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">The main male and female speakers (identified primarily on the basis of the gender of the relevant Hebrew forms) are indicated by the captions </span></span><span class="fqa"><span class="heading">He </span></span><span class="ft"><span class="heading">and </span></span><span class="fqa"><span class="heading">She </span></span><span class="ft"><span class="heading">respectively. The words of others are marked </span></span><span class="fqa"><span class="heading">Friends. </span></span><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In some instances the divisions and their captions are debatable.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="SNG.1.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="SNG.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="SNG.1.2"><span class="content">for your love is more delightful than wine.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="SNG.1.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="SNG.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Pleasing is the fragrance of your perfumes;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="SNG.1.3"><span class="content">your name is like perfume poured out.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="SNG.1.3"><span class="content">No wonder the young women love you!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="SNG.1.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="SNG.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Take me away with you&#8212;let us hurry!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="SNG.1.4"><span class="content">Let the king bring me into his chambers.</span></span></div><div class="sp"><span class="heading">Friends</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="SNG.1.4"><span class="content">We rejoice and delight in you</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:4 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew is masculine singular.</span></span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="SNG.1.4"><span class="content">we will praise your love more than wine.</span></span></div><div class="sp"><span class="heading">She</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="SNG.1.4"><span class="content">How right they are to adore you!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="SNG.1.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="SNG.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Dark am I, yet lovely,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="SNG.1.5"><span class="content">daughters of Jerusalem,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="SNG.1.5"><span class="content">dark like the tents of Kedar,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="SNG.1.5"><span class="content">like the tent curtains of Solomon.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:5 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Salma</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="SNG.1.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="SNG.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Do not stare at me because I am dark,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="SNG.1.6"><span class="content">because I am darkened by the sun.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="SNG.1.6"><span class="content">My mother&#8217;s sons were angry with me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="SNG.1.6"><span class="content">and made me take care of the vineyards;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="SNG.1.6"><span class="content">my own vineyard I had to neglect.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="SNG.1.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="SNG.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Tell me, you whom I love,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="SNG.1.7"><span class="content">where you graze your flock</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="SNG.1.7"><span class="content">and where you rest your sheep at midday.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="SNG.1.7"><span class="content">Why should I be like a veiled woman</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="SNG.1.7"><span class="content">beside the flocks of your friends?</span></span></div><div class="sp"><span class="heading">Friends</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="SNG.1.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="SNG.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">If you do not know, most beautiful of women,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="SNG.1.8"><span class="content">follow the tracks of the sheep</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="SNG.1.8"><span class="content">and graze your young goats</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="SNG.1.8"><span class="content">by the tents of the shepherds.</span></span></div><div class="sp"><span class="heading">He</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="SNG.1.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="SNG.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">I liken you, my darling, to a mare</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="SNG.1.9"><span class="content">among Pharaoh&#8217;s chariot horses.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="SNG.1.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="SNG.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Your cheeks are beautiful with earrings,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="SNG.1.10"><span class="content">your neck with strings of jewels.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="SNG.1.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="SNG.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">We will make you earrings of gold,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="SNG.1.11"><span class="content">studded with silver.</span></span></div><div class="sp"><span class="heading">She</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="SNG.1.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="SNG.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">While the king was at his table,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="SNG.1.12"><span class="content">my perfume spread its fragrance.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="SNG.1.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="SNG.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="SNG.1.13"><span class="content">resting between my breasts.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="SNG.1.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="SNG.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="SNG.1.14"><span class="content">from the vineyards of En Gedi.</span></span></div><div class="sp"><span class="heading">He</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="SNG.1.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="SNG.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">How beautiful you are, my darling!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="SNG.1.15"><span class="content">Oh, how beautiful!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="SNG.1.15"><span class="content">Your eyes are doves.</span></span></div><div class="sp"><span class="heading">She</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="SNG.1.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="SNG.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">How handsome you are, my beloved!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="SNG.1.16"><span class="content">Oh, how charming!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="SNG.1.16"><span class="content">And our bed is verdant.</span></span></div><div class="sp"><span class="heading">He</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="SNG.1.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="SNG.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The beams of our house are cedars;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="SNG.1.17"><span class="content">our rafters are firs.</span></span></div>
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            <div class="label">1</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">God&#8217;s Final Word: His Son</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HEB.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at many times and in various ways, </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HEB.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom also he made the universe. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HEB.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The Son is the radiance of God&#8217;s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HEB.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">So he became as much superior to the angels as the name he has inherited is superior to theirs.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Son Superior to Angels</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HEB.1.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HEB.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">For to which of the angels did God ever say,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HEB.1.5"><span class="content">&#8220;You are my Son;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HEB.1.5"><span class="content">today I have become your Father&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:5 </span><span class="ft">Psalm 2:7</span></span></span><span class="content">?</span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HEB.1.5"><span class="content">Or again,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HEB.1.5"><span class="content">&#8220;I will be his Father,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HEB.1.5"><span class="content">and he will be my Son&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:5 </span><span class="ft">2 Samuel 7:14; 1 Chron. 17:13</span></span></span><span class="content">?</span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HEB.1.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HEB.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">And again, when God brings his firstborn into the world, he says,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HEB.1.6"><span class="content">&#8220;Let all God&#8217;s angels worship him.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:6 </span><span class="ft">Deut. 32:43 (see Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint)</span></span></span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HEB.1.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HEB.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">In speaking of the angels he says,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HEB.1.7"><span class="content">&#8220;He makes his angels spirits,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HEB.1.7"><span class="content">and his servants flames of fire.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:7 </span><span class="ft">Psalm 104:4</span></span></span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HEB.1.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HEB.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">But about the Son he says,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HEB.1.8"><span class="content">&#8220;Your throne, O God, will last for ever and ever;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HEB.1.8"><span class="content">a scepter of justice will be the scepter of your kingdom.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HEB.1.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HEB.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HEB.1.9"><span class="content">therefore God, your God, has set you above your companions</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HEB.1.9"><span class="content">by anointing you with the oil of joy.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:9 </span><span class="ft">Psalm 45:6,7</span></span></span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HEB.1.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HEB.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">He also says,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HEB.1.10"><span class="content">&#8220;In the beginning, Lord, you laid the foundations of the earth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HEB.1.10"><span class="content">and the heavens are the work of your hands.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HEB.1.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HEB.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">They will perish, but you remain;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HEB.1.11"><span class="content">they will all wear out like a garment.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HEB.1.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HEB.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">You will roll them up like a robe;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HEB.1.12"><span class="content">like a garment they will be changed.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HEB.1.12"><span class="content">But you remain the same,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HEB.1.12"><span class="content">and your years will never end.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:12 </span><span class="ft">Psalm 102:25-27</span></span></span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HEB.1.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HEB.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">To which of the angels did God ever say,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HEB.1.13"><span class="content">&#8220;Sit at my right hand</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HEB.1.13"><span class="content">until I make your enemies</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HEB.1.13"><span class="content">a footstool for your feet&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:13 </span><span class="ft">Psalm 110:1</span></span></span><span class="content">?</span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HEB.1.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HEB.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Are not all angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?</span></span></div>
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