2 Kings 23:3

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³And the king stood ^(A)by the pillar and ^(B)made a covenant before the Lord, ^(C)to walk after the Lord and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all his heart and all his soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people joined in the covenant.

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2 Kings 23:3

New International Version

³The king stood by the pillar^(A) and renewed the covenant^(B) in the presence of the Lord—to follow^(C) the Lord and keep his commands, statutes and decrees with all his heart and all his soul, thus confirming the words of the covenant written in this book. Then all the people pledged themselves to the covenant.

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2 Kings 11:14

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¹⁴And when she looked, there was the king standing ^(A)by the pillar, according to the custom, and the captains and the trumpeters beside the king, and all the people of the land rejoicing and ^(B)blowing trumpets. And Athaliah ^(C)tore her clothes and cried, “Treason! Treason!”

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2 Kings 11:14

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¹⁴She looked and there was the king, standing by the pillar,^(A) as the custom was. The officers and the trumpeters were beside the king, and all the people of the land were rejoicing and blowing trumpets.^(B) Then Athaliah tore^(C) her robes and called out, “Treason! Treason!”^(D)

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2 Kings 11:17

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¹⁷And Jehoiada ^(A)made a covenant between the Lord and the king and people, that they should be the Lord's people, and also ^(B)between the king and the people.

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2 Kings 11:17

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¹⁷Jehoiada then made a covenant^(A) between the Lord and the king and people that they would be the Lord’s people. He also made a covenant between the king and the people.^(B)

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Deuteronomy 13:4

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⁴You shall ^(A)walk after the Lord your God and fear him and keep his commandments and obey his voice, and you shall serve him and ^(B)hold fast to him.

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Deuteronomy 13:4

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⁴It is the Lord your God you must follow,^(A) and him you must revere.^(B) Keep his commands and obey him; serve him and hold fast^(C) to him.

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Hebrews 13:20

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Benediction

²⁰Now ^(A)may the God of peace ^(B)who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, ^(C)the great shepherd of the sheep, by ^(D)the blood of the eternal covenant,

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Hebrews 13:20

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Benediction and Final Greetings

²⁰Now may the God of peace,^(A) who through the blood of the eternal covenant^(B) brought back from the dead^(C) our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep,^(D)

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Hebrews 12:24

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²⁴and to Jesus, ^(A)the mediator of a new covenant, and to ^(B)the sprinkled blood ^(C)that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.

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Hebrews 12:24

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²⁴to Jesus the mediator^(A) of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood^(B) that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.^(C)

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Hebrews 8:8-13

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⁸For he finds fault with them when he says:^[a]

^(A)“Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord,
    when I will establish a new covenant with the house of Israel
    and with the house of Judah,
⁹not like the covenant that I made with their fathers
    on the day when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt.
For they did not continue in my covenant,
    and so I showed no concern for them, declares the Lord.
¹⁰^(B)For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel
    after those days, declares the Lord:
I will put my laws into their minds,
    and ^(C)write them on their hearts,
and I will be their God,
    and they shall be my people.
¹¹And they shall not teach, each one his neighbor
    and each one his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’
for they shall ^(D)all know me,
    from the least of them to the greatest.
¹²For I will be merciful toward their iniquities,
    ^(E)and I will remember their sins no more.”

¹³In speaking of a new covenant, he makes the first one obsolete. And ^(F)what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away.

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Hebrews 8:8 Some manuscripts For finding fault with it he says to them

Hebrews 8:8-13

New International Version

⁸But God found fault with the people and said^[a]:

“The days are coming, declares the Lord,
    when I will make a new covenant^(A)
with the people of Israel
    and with the people of Judah.
⁹It will not be like the covenant
    I made with their ancestors^(B)
when I took them by the hand
    to lead them out of Egypt,
because they did not remain faithful to my covenant,
    and I turned away from them,
declares the Lord.
¹⁰This is the covenant^(C) I will establish with the people of Israel
    after that time, declares the Lord.
I will put my laws in their minds
    and write them on their hearts.^(D)
I will be their God,
    and they will be my people.^(E)
¹¹No longer will they teach their neighbor,
    or say to one another, ‘Know the Lord,’
because they will all know me,^(F)
    from the least of them to the greatest.
¹²For I will forgive their wickedness
    and will remember their sins no more.^(G)”^[b]^(H)

¹³By calling this covenant “new,”^(I) he has made the first one obsolete;^(J) and what is obsolete and outdated will soon disappear.

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Hebrews 8:8 Some manuscripts may be translated fault and said to the people.
Hebrews 8:12 Jer. 31:31-34

Matthew 22:36-37

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³⁶“Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?” ³⁷And he said to him, ^(A)“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.

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Matthew 22:36-37

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³⁶“Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?”

³⁷Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’^[a]^(A)

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Matthew 22:37 Deut. 6:5

Jeremiah 50:5

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⁵^(A)They shall ask the way to Zion, with faces turned toward it, ^(B)saying, ‘Come, let us join ourselves to the Lord in an ^(C)everlasting covenant that will never be forgotten.’

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Jeremiah 50:5

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⁵They will ask the way^(A) to Zion
    and turn their faces toward it.
They will come^(B) and bind themselves to the Lord
    in an everlasting covenant^(C)
    that will not be forgotten.

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Jeremiah 4:2

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²^(A)and if you swear, ‘As the Lord lives,’
in truth, in justice, and in righteousness,
then ^(B)nations shall bless themselves in him,
^(C)and in him shall they glory.”

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Jeremiah 4:2

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²and if in a truthful, just and righteous way
you swear,^(A) ‘As surely as the Lord lives,’^(B)
then the nations will invoke blessings^(C) by him
and in him they will boast.^(D)”

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Ecclesiastes 8:2

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²I say:^[a] Keep the king's command, because of ^(A)God's oath to him.^[b]

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Ecclesiastes 8:2 Hebrew lacks say
Ecclesiastes 8:2 Or because of your oath to God

Ecclesiastes 8:2

New International Version

Obey the King

²Obey the king’s command, I say, because you took an oath before God.

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Psalm 19:7-9

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⁷^(A)The law of the Lord is perfect,^[a]
    ^(B)reviving the soul;
^(C)the testimony of the Lord is ^(D)sure,
    ^(E)making wise ^(F)the simple;
⁸^(G)the precepts of the Lord are right,
    rejoicing the heart;
the commandment of the Lord is ^(H)pure,
    ^(I)enlightening the eyes;
⁹the fear of the Lord is clean,
    enduring forever;
the rules^[b] of the Lord are ^(J)true,
    and righteous altogether.

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Psalm 19:7 Or blameless
Psalm 19:9 Or just decrees

Psalm 19:7-9

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⁷The law of the Lord^(A) is perfect,^(B)
    refreshing the soul.^(C)
The statutes of the Lord are trustworthy,^(D)
    making wise the simple.^(E)
⁸The precepts of the Lord are right,^(F)
    giving joy^(G) to the heart.
The commands of the Lord are radiant,
    giving light to the eyes.^(H)
⁹The fear of the Lord^(I) is pure,
    enduring forever.
The decrees of the Lord are firm,
    and all of them are righteous.^(J)

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Nehemiah 10:28-39

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The Obligations of the Covenant

²⁸^(A)“The rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, the temple servants, ^(B)and all who have separated themselves from the peoples of the lands to the Law of God, their wives, their sons, their daughters, all who have knowledge and understanding, ²⁹join with their brothers, their nobles, ^(C)and enter into a curse and an oath ^(D)to walk in God's Law that was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the Lord our Lord and his rules and his statutes. ³⁰^(E)We will not give our daughters to the peoples of the land or take their daughters for our sons. ³¹^(F)And if the peoples of the land bring in goods or any grain on the Sabbath day to sell, we will not buy from them on the Sabbath or on a holy day. And we will forego the crops of the ^(G)seventh year and the ^(H)exaction of every debt.

³²“We also take on ourselves the obligation to give yearly ^(I)a third part of a shekel^[a] for the service of the house of our God: ³³^(J)for the showbread, ^(K)the regular grain offering, ^(L)the regular burnt offering, the Sabbaths, the new moons, the appointed feasts, the holy things, and the sin offerings to make atonement for Israel, and for all the work of the house of our God. ³⁴^(M)We, the priests, the Levites, and the people, have likewise cast lots ^(N)for the wood offering, to bring it into the house of our God, according to our fathers' houses, at times appointed, year by year, to burn on the altar of the Lord our God, ^(O)as it is written in the Law. ³⁵We obligate ourselves ^(P)to bring the firstfruits of our ground and the firstfruits of all fruit of every tree, year by year, to the house of the Lord; ³⁶also to bring to the house of our God, to the priests who minister in the house of our God, the firstborn of our sons and of our cattle, ^(Q)as it is written in the Law, and the firstborn of our herds and of our flocks; ³⁷^(R)and to bring the first of our dough, and our contributions, the fruit of every tree, the wine and the oil, to the priests, ^(S)to the chambers of the house of our God; and to bring to the Levites the tithes from our ground, for it is the Levites who collect the tithes in all our towns where we labor. ³⁸And the priest, the son of Aaron, shall be with the Levites when the Levites receive the tithes. And the Levites shall bring up the tithe of the tithes to the house of our God, to the chambers of ^(T)the storehouse. ³⁹For the people of Israel and the sons of Levi ^(U)shall bring the contribution of grain, wine, and oil to the chambers, where the vessels of the sanctuary are, as well as the priests who minister, and the gatekeepers and the singers. ^(V)We will not neglect the house of our God.”

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Nehemiah 10:32 A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams

Nehemiah 10:28-39

New International Version

²⁸“The rest of the people—priests, Levites, gatekeepers, musicians, temple servants^(A) and all who separated themselves from the neighboring peoples^(B) for the sake of the Law of God, together with their wives and all their sons and daughters who are able to understand— ²⁹all these now join their fellow Israelites the nobles, and bind themselves with a curse and an oath^(C) to follow the Law of God given through Moses the servant of God and to obey carefully all the commands, regulations and decrees of the Lord our Lord.

³⁰“We promise not to give our daughters in marriage to the peoples around us or take their daughters for our sons.^(D)

³¹“When the neighboring peoples bring merchandise or grain to sell on the Sabbath,^(E) we will not buy from them on the Sabbath or on any holy day. Every seventh year we will forgo working the land^(F) and will cancel all debts.^(G)

³²“We assume the responsibility for carrying out the commands to give a third of a shekel^[a] each year for the service of the house of our God: ³³for the bread set out on the table;^(H) for the regular grain offerings and burnt offerings; for the offerings on the Sabbaths, at the New Moon^(I) feasts and at the appointed festivals; for the holy offerings; for sin offerings^[b] to make atonement for Israel; and for all the duties of the house of our God.^(J)

³⁴“We—the priests, the Levites and the people—have cast lots^(K) to determine when each of our families is to bring to the house of our God at set times each year a contribution of wood^(L) to burn on the altar of the Lord our God, as it is written in the Law.

³⁵“We also assume responsibility for bringing to the house of the Lord each year the firstfruits^(M) of our crops and of every fruit tree.^(N)

³⁶“As it is also written in the Law, we will bring the firstborn^(O) of our sons and of our cattle, of our herds and of our flocks to the house of our God, to the priests ministering there.^(P)

³⁷“Moreover, we will bring to the storerooms of the house of our God, to the priests, the first of our ground meal, of our grain offerings, of the fruit of all our trees and of our new wine and olive oil.^(Q) And we will bring a tithe^(R) of our crops to the Levites,^(S) for it is the Levites who collect the tithes in all the towns where we work.^(T) ³⁸A priest descended from Aaron is to accompany the Levites when they receive the tithes, and the Levites are to bring a tenth of the tithes^(U) up to the house of our God, to the storerooms of the treasury. ³⁹The people of Israel, including the Levites, are to bring their contributions of grain, new wine and olive oil to the storerooms, where the articles for the sanctuary and for the ministering priests, the gatekeepers and the musicians are also kept.

“We will not neglect the house of our God.”^(V)

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Nehemiah 10:32 That is, about 1/8 ounce or about 4 grams
Nehemiah 10:33 Or purification offerings

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