“No!” the Lord answered. “Anyone who kills you will be punished seven times worse than I am punishing you.” So the Lord put a mark on Cain to warn everyone not to kill him.

Gather all the possessions of the people who lived there, and pile them up in the marketplace, without keeping anything for yourself. Set the pile and the whole town on fire, and don't ever rebuild the town. The whole town will be a sacrifice to the Lord your God. Then he won't be angry anymore, and he will have mercy on you and make your nation stronger, just as he promised your ancestors.

Property Lines

Moses said to Israel:

In the land the Lord is giving you, there are already stones set up to mark the property lines between fields. So don't move those stones.

The people of the Levi tribe will speak each curse in a loud voice, then the rest of the people will agree to that curse by saying, “Amen!” Here are the curses: We ask the Lord to put a curse on anyone who makes an idol or worships idols, even secretly. The Lord is disgusted with idols. We ask the Lord to put a curse on all who do not show respect for their father and mother. We ask the Lord to put a curse on anyone who moves the rocks that mark property lines. We ask the Lord to put a curse on anyone who tells blind people to go the wrong way. We ask the Lord to put a curse on anyone who keeps the poor from getting justice, whether these poor are foreigners, widows, or orphans. We ask the Lord to put a curse on any man who sleeps with his father's wife; that man has shown no respect for his father's marriage. We ask the Lord to put a curse on anyone who has sex with an animal. We ask the Lord to put a curse on any man who sleeps with his sister or his half sister or his mother-in-law. We ask the Lord to put a curse on anyone who commits murder, even when there are no witnesses to the crime. We ask the Lord to put a curse on anyone who accepts money to murder an innocent victim. We ask the Lord to put a curse on anyone who refuses to obey his laws. And so, to each of these curses, the people will answer, “Amen!”

Sinners remove boundary markers and take care of sheep they have stolen.

Is it ever chopped up and its pieces bargained for in the fish-market?

She shouts in the marketplaces and near the city gates as she says to the people,

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Don't move a boundary marker set up by your ancestors.

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Don't move a boundary marker or take the land that belongs to orphans.

Has anyone gone up to heaven and come back down? Has anyone grabbed hold of the wind? Has anyone wrapped up the sea or marked out boundaries for the earth? If you know of any who have done such things, then tell me their names and their children's names.

With rock piles and signposts, mark the road well, my dear people. The road by which you left by will now lead you home.

“Walk through the city of Jerusalem and mark the forehead of anyone who is truly upset and sad about the terrible things that are being done here.”

He turned to the other six men and said, “Follow him and put to death everyone who doesn't have a mark on their forehead. Show no mercy or pity! Kill men and women, parents and children. Begin here at my temple, but be sure not to harm those who are marked.” The men immediately killed the leaders who were standing there.

Ezekiel, son of man, mark two roads for the king of Babylonia to follow when he comes with his sword. The roads will begin at the same place, but be sure to put up a signpost where the two roads separate and go in different directions.

Clearly mark where the two roads lead. One goes to Rabbah, the capital of Ammon, and the other goes to Jerusalem, the fortified capital of Judah.

His right hand will pull out the arrow marked “Jerusalem.” Then he will immediately give the signal to shout the battle cry, to build dirt ramps up to the top of the city walls, to break down its walls and gates with large wooden poles, and to kill the people.

Whenever they find a human bone, they will set up a marker next to it. Then the gravediggers will bury it in “The Valley of Gog's Army”

Judah's leaders are like crooks who move boundary markers; that's why I will flood them with my anger.

The Preaching of John the Baptist

(Mark 1.1-8; Luke 3.1-18; John 1.19-28)

Years later, John the Baptist started preaching in the desert of Judea.

The Baptism of Jesus

(Mark 1.9-11; Luke 3.21,22)

Jesus left Galilee and went to the Jordan River to be baptized by John.

Jesus and the Devil

(Mark 1.12,13; Luke 4.1-13)

The Holy Spirit led Jesus into the desert, so that the devil could test him.

Jesus Begins His Work

(Mark 1.14,15; Luke 4.14,15)

When Jesus heard that John had been put in prison, he went to Galilee.

Jesus Chooses Four Fishermen

(Mark 1.16-20; Luke 5.1-11)

While Jesus was walking along the shore of Lake Galilee, he saw two brothers. One was Simon, also known as Peter, and the other was Andrew. They were fishermen, and they were casting their net into the lake.

Salt and Light

(Mark 9.50; Luke 14.34,35)

You are the salt for everyone on earth. But if salt no longer tastes like salt, how can it make food salty? All it is good for is to be thrown out and walked on.

Divorce

(Matthew 19.9; Mark 10.11,12; Luke 16.18)

You have been taught that a man who divorces his wife must write out divorce papers for her.