³ As for the ^(A)prince, because he is the prince, he may sit in it to ^(B)eat bread before the Lord; he shall enter by way of the vestibule of the gateway, and go out the same way.”

^2 (A)The prince shall enter by way of the vestibule of the gateway from the outside, and stand by the gatepost. The priests shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings. He shall worship at the threshold of the gate. Then he shall go out, but the gate shall not be shut until evening.

¹⁸ Observe ^(A)Israel ^(B)after the flesh: ^(C)Are not those who eat of the sacrifices ^[a]partakers of the altar? ¹⁹ What am I saying then? ^(D)That an idol is anything, or what is offered to idols is anything? ²⁰ Rather, that the things which the Gentiles ^(E)sacrifice ^(F)they sacrifice to demons and not to God, and I do not want you to have fellowship with demons. ^21 (G)You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and ^(H)the cup of demons; you cannot partake of the ^(I)Lord’s table and of the table of demons. ²² Or do we ^(J)provoke the Lord to jealousy? ^(K)Are we stronger than He?

All to the Glory of God^(L)

²³ All things are lawful ^[b]for me, but not all things are ^(M)helpful; all things are lawful for me, but not all things ^[c]edify. ²⁴ Let no one seek his own, but each one ^(N)the other’s well-being.

^25 (O)Eat whatever is sold in the meat market, asking no questions for conscience’ sake; ²⁶ for ^(P)“the earth is the Lord’s, and all its fullness.”

²⁷ If any of those who do not believe invites you to dinner, and you desire to go, ^(Q)eat whatever is set before you, asking no question for conscience’ sake. ²⁸ But if anyone says to you, “This was offered to idols,” do not eat it ^(R)for the sake of the one who told you, and for conscience’ sake; ^[d]for ^(S)“the earth is the Lord’s, and all its fullness.” ²⁹ “Conscience,” I say, not your own, but that of the other. For ^(T)why is my liberty judged by another man’s conscience? ³⁰ But if I partake with thanks, why am I evil spoken of for the food ^(U)over which I give thanks?

^31 (V)Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. ^32 (W)Give no offense, either to the Jews or to the Greeks or to the church of God, ³³ just ^(X)as I also please all men in all things, not seeking my own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved.

^25 (A)Then they shall dwell in the land that I have given to Jacob My servant, where your fathers dwelt; and they shall dwell there, they, their children, and their children’s children, ^(B)forever; and ^(C)My servant David shall be their prince forever.

²⁴ And ^(A)I, the Lord, will be their God, and My servant David ^(B)a prince among them; I, the Lord, have spoken.

⁵⁴ Then Jacob offered a sacrifice on the mountain, and called his brethren to eat bread. And they ate bread and stayed all night on the mountain.

^8 (A)When the prince enters, he shall go in by way of the vestibule of the gateway, and go out the same way.

⁹ “But when the people of the land ^(B)come before the Lord on the appointed feast days, whoever enters by way of the north ^(C)gate to worship shall go out by way of the south gate; and whoever enters by way of the south gate shall go out by way of the north gate. He shall not return by way of the gate through which he came, but shall go out through the opposite gate. ¹⁰ The prince shall then be in their midst. When they go in, he shall go in; and when they go out, he shall go out.

⁹ Then he measured the vestibule of the gateway, eight cubits; and the gateposts, two cubits. The vestibule of the gate was on the inside.

³¹ Then the king ^(A)stood in ^(B)his place and made a ^(C)covenant before the Lord, to follow 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 the covenant that were written in this book.