¹⁰ and bring the Levites near before Yahweh; and the sons of Israel ^(A)shall lay their hands on the Levites.

¹⁸ So Yahweh said to Moses, “^[a]Take Joshua the son of Nun, a man ^(A)in whom is the Spirit, and ^(B)lay your hand on him;

⁹ Now Joshua the son of Nun was ^(A)filled with the spirit of wisdom, for Moses had laid his hands on him; and the sons of Israel listened to him and did as Yahweh had commanded Moses.

²³ and *pleaded with Him earnestly, saying, “My little daughter is at the point of death; please come, that by coming, ^(A)You may lay Your hands on her, so that she will ^[a]be saved and live.”

¹⁷ Then they ^(A)began laying their hands on them, and they were ^(B)receiving the Holy Spirit. ¹⁸ Now when Simon saw that the Spirit had been bestowed through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money, ¹⁹ saying, “Give this authority to me as well, so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.” ²⁰ But Peter said to him, “May your silver perish with you, because you supposed you could ^(C)obtain the gift of God with money! ²¹ You have ^(D)no part or portion in this ^[a]matter, for your heart is not ^(E)right before God. ²² Therefore repent of this wickedness of yours, and pray earnestly to the Lord that, ^(F)if possible, the intention of your heart may be forgiven you. ²³ For I see that you are in the gall of bitterness and in ^(G)the ^[b]bondage of unrighteousness.” ²⁴ But Simon answered and said, “^(H)Pray earnestly to the Lord for me yourselves, so that nothing of what you have said may come upon me.”

An Ethiopian Receives Christ

²⁵ So, when they had solemnly ^(I)borne witness and spoken ^(J)the word of the Lord, they started back to Jerusalem, and were ^(K)proclaiming the gospel to many villages of the ^(L)Samaritans.

²⁶ But ^(M)an angel of the ^[c]Lord spoke to ^(N)Philip saying, “Rise up and go south to the road that descends from Jerusalem to ^(O)Gaza.” (^[d]This is a desert road.) ²⁷ So he rose up and went; and behold, ^(P)there was an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was in charge of all her treasure; and he ^(Q)had come to Jerusalem to worship, ²⁸ and he was returning and sitting in his ^[e]chariot, and was reading the prophet Isaiah. ²⁹ Then ^(R)the Spirit said to Philip, “Go over and join this ^[f]chariot.” ³⁰ And Philip ran up and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, “Do you understand what you are reading?” ³¹ And he said, “Well, how could I, unless someone guides me?” And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him. ³² Now the passage of Scripture which he was reading was this:

³⁴ And the eunuch answered Philip and said, “I ask you earnestly, of whom does the prophet say this? Of himself or of someone else?” ³⁵ Then Philip ^(U)opened his mouth, and ^(V)beginning from this Scripture he ^(W)proclaimed the good news about Jesus to him. ³⁶ And as they went along the road they came to some water; and the eunuch *said, “Look! Water! ^(X)What prevents me from being baptized?” ^37 [i][And Philip said, “If you believe with all your heart, you may.” And he answered and said, “I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.”] ³⁸ And he ordered the ^[j]chariot to stop, and they both went down into the water, Philip as well as the eunuch, and he baptized him. ³⁹ When they came up out of the water, ^(Y)the Spirit of the Lord snatched Philip away, and the eunuch no longer saw him, ^[k]but went on his way rejoicing. ⁴⁰ But Philip ^[l]found himself at ^[m](Z)Azotus, and as he passed through he ^(AA)kept proclaiming the gospel to all the cities until he came to ^(AB)Caesarea.

¹⁷ So Ananias departed and entered the house. And he ^(A)laid his hands on him and said, “^(B)Brother Saul, the Lord sent me—that is Jesus who appeared to you on the road by which you were coming—so that you may regain your sight and be ^(C)filled with the Holy Spirit.”

³ Then, when they had fasted and ^(A)prayed and ^(B)laid their hands on them, ^(C)they sent them away.

⁶ And when Paul had ^(A)laid his hands upon them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they began ^(B)speaking with tongues and ^(C)prophesying.

¹⁴ Do not neglect the gift within you, which was given to you through ^(A)prophetic utterance with ^(B)the laying on of hands by the ^(C)council of elders.