⁵ No one looked on you with pity or had compassion enough to do any of these things for you. Rather, you were thrown out into the open field, for on the day you were born you were despised.

¹⁸ When you were weary and worn out, they met you on your journey and attacked all who were lagging behind; they had no fear of God.^(A)

²⁰ And the Lord was angry enough with Aaron to destroy him, but at that time I prayed for Aaron too.

²⁷ I prayed^(A) for this child, and the Lord has granted me what I asked of him.

³⁰ Cornelius answered: “Three days ago I was in my house praying at this hour, at three in the afternoon. Suddenly a man in shining clothes^(A) stood before me

¹⁷ “When I returned to Jerusalem^(A) and was praying at the temple, I fell into a trance^(B)

The Agreement of the People

³⁸ “In view of all this, we are making a binding agreement,^(A) putting it in writing,^(B) and our leaders, our Levites and our priests are affixing their seals to it.”^[a]

¹⁰ which he unrolled before me. On both sides of it were written words of lament and mourning and woe.^(A)

³⁹ Acknowledge^(A) and take to heart this day that the Lord is God in heaven above and on the earth below. There is no other.^(B)