¹⁶ gold, silver, bronze, and iron. Arise and work! ^(A)The Lord be with you!”

¹¹ “Now, my son, ^(A)the Lord be with you, so that you may succeed in building the house of the Lord your God, as he has spoken concerning you.

¹³ I can do all things ^(A)through him who strengthens me.

¹⁴ for anything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it says,

^58 (A)Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in ^(B)the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord ^(C)your labor is not in vain.

Lights in the World

¹² Therefore, my beloved, ^(A)as you have always ^(B)obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling, ¹³ for ^(C)it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for ^(D)his good pleasure.

The Sin of Achan

¹⁰ The Lord said to Joshua, “Get up! Why have you fallen on your face?

⁹ Have I not commanded you? ^(A)Be strong and courageous. ^(B)Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”

¹⁴ With great pains I have provided for the house of the Lord ^(A)100,000 talents^[a] of gold, a million talents of silver, and ^(B)bronze and iron beyond weighing, for there is so much of it; timber and stone, too, I have provided. To these you must add.

³ David also provided great quantities of iron for nails for the doors of the gates and for clamps, ^(A)as well as bronze in quantities beyond weighing,