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And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto
Esau, when ye find him.
He also
instructed the second, the third, and all those
following behind the herds: “When you meet
Esau, you are to say the same thing to him.
And the
plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine
following; for it shall be very
grievous.
The abundance in the land will not be remembered, since the famine that follows it will be so severe.
And to his father he sent after this manner; ten
asses laden with the good things of Egypt, and ten she
asses laden with corn and bread and meat for his father by the way.
And he sent to his father the
following: ten
donkeys loaded with the best of Egypt, and ten female
donkeys loaded with grain and bread and provisions for his father’s journey.
Nevertheless these shall ye not eat of them that
chew the
cud, or of them that divide the
hoof: as the
camel, because he cheweth the
cud, but divideth not the
hoof; he is unclean unto you.
But of those that only
chew the
cud or only have a divided
hoof, you are not to eat the
following: The
camel, though it chews the
cud, does not have a divided
hoof; it is unclean for you.
And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which is in the waters, they shall be an
abomination unto you:
But the
following among all the
teeming life and creatures in the water are
detestable to you: everything in the seas or streams that does not have fins and scales.
Yet these may ye eat of every flying
creeping thing that goeth upon all four, which have legs above their feet, to
leap withal upon the earth;
However, you may eat the
following kinds of flying insects that walk on all fours: those having jointed legs above their feet for
hopping on the ground.
The
following creatures that move along the ground are unclean for you: the
mole, the
mouse, any kind of great
lizard,
It shall be unto you a sabbath of rest, and ye shall
afflict your souls: in the ninth day of the month at even, from even unto even, shall ye
celebrate your sabbath.
It will be a Sabbath of complete rest for you, and you shall humble
yourselves. From the evening of the ninth day of the month until the
following evening you are to keep your Sabbath.”
And it shall be unto you for a
fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the LORD, and do them; and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a
whoring:
These will serve as tassels for you to look at, so that you may remember all the commandments of the LORD, that you may obey them and not
prostitute yourselves by
following your own heart and your own eyes.
For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and ye shall destroy all this people.
For if you turn away from following Him, He will once again leave this people in the wilderness, and you will be the cause of their destruction.”
For they will turn away thy son from
following me, that they may serve other gods: so will the anger of the LORD be
kindled against you, and destroy thee suddenly.
because they will turn your sons away from following Me to serve other gods. Then the anger of the LORD will burn against you, and He will swiftly destroy you.
And a
curse, if ye will not obey the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not known.
but a
curse if you disobey the commandments of the LORD your God and turn aside from the path I command you
today by
following other gods, which you have not known.
Take
heed to
thyself that thou be not
snared by
following them, after that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou
enquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise.
be careful not to be ensnared by their ways after they have been destroyed before you. Do not inquire about their gods, asking, “How do these nations serve their gods? I will do likewise.”
Nevertheless these ye shall not eat of them that
chew the
cud, or of them that divide the
cloven hoof; as the
camel, and the
hare, and the
coney: for they
chew the
cud, but divide not the
hoof; therefore they are unclean unto you.
But of those that
chew the
cud or have a completely divided
hoof, you are not to eat the
following: the
camel, the
rabbit, or the rock
badger.
But it shall come to pass, if thou
wilt not
hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee:
If, however, you do not obey the LORD your God by carefully
following all His commandments and statutes I am giving you
today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:
Thus saith the whole congregation of the LORD, What
trespass is this that ye have committed against the God of Israel, to turn away this day from
following the LORD, in that ye have builded you an altar, that ye might
rebel this day against the LORD?
“This is what the whole congregation of the LORD says: ‘What is this breach of faith you have committed
today against the God of Israel by turning away from the LORD and building for
yourselves an altar, that you might
rebel against the LORD this day?
But that ye must turn away this day from
following the LORD? and it will be, seeing ye
rebel to day against the LORD, that to
morrow he will be
wroth with the whole congregation of Israel.
And now, would you turn away from the LORD? If you
rebel today against the LORD,
tomorrow He will be
angry with the whole congregation of Israel.
That we have built us an altar to turn from
following the LORD, or if to offer
thereon burnt offering or meat offering, or if to offer peace offerings
thereon, let the LORD himself require it;
If we have built for ourselves an altar to turn away from Him and to offer burnt offerings and grain offerings on it, or to sacrifice
fellowship offerings on it, may the LORD Himself hold us accountable.
God
forbid that we should
rebel against the LORD, and turn this day from
following the LORD, to build an altar for burnt offerings, for meat offerings, or for sacrifices, beside the altar of the LORD our God that is before his tabernacle.
Far be it from us to
rebel against the LORD and turn away from Him
today by building an altar for burnt offerings, grain offerings, or sacrifices, other than the altar of the LORD our God, which stands before His tabernacle.”
And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they returned, and corrupted themselves more than their fathers, in
following other gods to serve them, and to bow down unto them; they ceased not from their own doings, nor from their
stubborn way.
But when the judge died, the Israelites became even more corrupt than their fathers, going after other gods to serve them and bow down to them. They would not give up their evil practices and
stubborn ways.
And
Deborah said unto
Barak, Up; for this is the day in which the LORD hath delivered Sisera into thine hand: is not the LORD gone out before thee? So
Barak went down from mount
Tabor, and ten thousand men after him.
Then
Deborah said to
Barak, “Arise, for this is the day that the LORD has delivered Sisera into your hand. Has not the LORD gone before you?” So
Barak came down from Mount
Tabor with ten thousand men
following him.
And
Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from
following after thee: for
whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will
lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God:
But
Ruth replied: “Do not
urge me to leave you or to turn from
following you. For wherever you go, I will go, and wherever you live, I will live; your people will be my people, and your God will be my God.
If ye will fear the LORD, and serve him, and obey his voice, and not
rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall both ye and also the king that reigneth over you continue
following the LORD your God:
If you fear the LORD and serve Him and obey His voice, and if you do not
rebel against the command of the LORD, and if both you and the king who reigns over you follow the LORD your God, then all will be well.
And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not: ye have done all this wickedness: yet turn not aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart;
“Do not be afraid,” Samuel replied. “Even though you have committed all this evil, do not turn aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart.
Then Saul went up from following the Philistines: and the Philistines went to their own place.
Then Saul gave up his pursuit of the Philistines, and the Philistines returned to their own land.
It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from
following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it
grieved Samuel; and he
cried unto the LORD all night.
“I
regret that I have made Saul king, for he has turned away from
following Me and has not carried out My instructions.” And Samuel was distressed and
cried out to the LORD all that night.
And it came to pass, when Saul was returned from following the Philistines, that it was told him, saying, Behold, David is in the wilderness of En-gedi.
After Saul had returned from pursuing the Philistines, he was told, “David is in the wilderness of En-gedi.”
And
Asahel pursued after
Abner; and in going he turned not to the right hand nor to the left from
following Abner.
and he
chased Abner, not turning to the right or to the left in his pursuit.
And
Abner said to him, Turn thee aside to thy right hand or to thy left, and lay thee hold on one of the young men, and take thee his armour. But
Asahel would not turn aside from
following of him.
And
Abner said again to
Asahel, Turn thee aside from
following me: wherefore should I
smite thee to the ground? how then should I hold up my face to
Joab thy brother?
Then
Abner called to
Joab, and said, Shall the sword
devour for ever? knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? how long shall it be then,
ere thou
bid the people return from
following their brethren?
Then
Abner called out to
Joab: “Must the sword
devour forever? Do you not
realize that this will only end in bitterness? How long before you tell the troops to stop pursuing their brothers?”
And
Joab said, As God liveth, unless thou hadst spoken, surely then in the morning the people had gone up every one from
following his brother.
“As surely as God lives,”
Joab replied, “if you had not spoken up, the troops would have continued pursuing their brothers until morning.”
And
Joab returned from
following Abner: and when he had gathered all the people together, there lacked of David’s servants
nineteen men and
Asahel.
When
Joab returned from pursuing
Abner, he gathered all the troops. In addition to
Asahel,
nineteen of David’s servants were missing,
Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the
sheepcote, from
following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel:
Now then, you are to tell My servant David that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I took you from the pasture, from following the flock, to be the ruler over My people Israel.
And
Absalom sent for
Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counsellor, from his city, even from Giloh, while he offered sacrifices. And the
conspiracy was strong; for the people increased continually with
Absalom.
And the king went forth, and all the people after him, and
tarried in a place that was far off.
So the king set out with all the people following him. He stopped at the last house,
And he conferred with
Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with
Abiathar the priest: and they
following Adonijah helped him.
So Adonijah conferred with
Joab son of Zeruiah and with
Abiathar the priest, who supported him.
But if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your children, and will not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them:
But if indeed you or your sons turn away from following Me and do not keep the commandments and statutes I have set before you, and if you go off to serve and worship other gods,
For his sins which he
sinned in doing evil in the sight of the LORD, in walking in the way of
Jeroboam, and in his sin which he did, to make Israel to sin.
because of the sins he had committed, doing evil in the sight of the LORD and
following the example of
Jeroboam and the sin he had committed and had caused Israel to commit.
And he did very
abominably in
following idols, according to all things as did the
Amorites, whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.
He committed the most
detestable acts by going after idols, just like the
Amorites whom the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.)
For he rent Israel from the house of David; and they made
Jeroboam the son of Nebat king: and
Jeroboam drave Israel from
following the LORD, and made them sin a great sin.
When the LORD had
torn Israel away from the house of David, they made
Jeroboam son of Nebat king, and
Jeroboam led Israel away from
following the LORD and caused them to commit a great sin.
For he
clave to the LORD, and departed not from
following him, but kept his commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses.
He remained faithful to the LORD and did not turn from following Him; he kept the commandments that the LORD had given Moses.
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, after the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD by following the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.
Unto the sons of Gershom were given out of the family of the half tribe of
Manasseh, Golan in
Bashan with her suburbs, and
Ashtaroth with her suburbs:
The Gershomites received the
following: From the clan of the half-tribe of
Manasseh they were given Golan in
Bashan and also
Ashtaroth, together with their pasturelands.
Unto the rest of the children of Merari were given out of the tribe of
Zebulun.
Rimmon with her suburbs,
Tabor with her suburbs:
The Merarites (the rest of the Levites) received the
following: From the tribe of
Zebulun they were given Rimmono and
Tabor, together with their pasturelands.
Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the
sheepcote, even from
following the sheep, that thou shouldest be ruler over my people Israel:
Now then, you are to tell My servant David that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I took you from the pasture, from following the flock, to be the ruler over My people Israel.
Moreover David and the captains of the host separated to the service of the sons of
Asaph, and of Heman, and of
Jeduthun, who should
prophesy with harps, with
psalteries, and with cymbals: and the number of the workmen according to their service was:
Additionally, David and the commanders of the army set apart some of the sons of
Asaph, Heman, and
Jeduthun to
prophesy with the
accompaniment of lyres, harps, and cymbals. The
following is the list of the men who performed this service:
And Solomon numbered all the strangers that were in the land of Israel, after the numbering
wherewith David his father had numbered them; and they were found an hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and six hundred.
Solomon numbered all the foreign men in the land of Israel following the census his father David had conducted, and there were found to be 153,600 in all.
Now after the time that
Amaziah did turn away from
following the LORD they made a
conspiracy against him in Jerusalem; and he fled to
Lachish: but they sent to
Lachish after him, and
slew him there.
From the time that
Amaziah turned from
following the LORD, a
conspiracy was formed against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to
Lachish. But men were sent after him to
Lachish, and they killed him there.
But did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, like unto the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel.
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD by following the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.
And
Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the countries that
pertained to the children of Israel, and made all that were present in Israel to serve, even to serve the LORD their God. And all his days they departed not from
following the LORD, the God of their fathers.
And
Josiah removed all the abominations from all the lands belonging to the Israelites, and he required
everyone in Israel to serve the LORD their God. Throughout his reign they did not turn aside from
following the LORD, the God of their fathers.
Moreover all the chief of the priests, and the people,
transgressed very much after all the abominations of the heathen; and
polluted the house of the LORD which he had
hallowed in Jerusalem.
Furthermore, all the leaders of the priests and the people multiplied their unfaithful deeds,
following all the abominations of the nations, and they
defiled the house of the LORD, which He had consecrated in Jerusalem.
And these were they which went up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsa,
Cherub, Addan, and Immer: but they could not
shew their father’s house, and their seed, whether they were of Israel:
The
following came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha,
Cherub, Addan, and Immer, but could not prove that their families were descended from Israel:
And there was found at
Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of the Medes, a roll, and therein was a record thus written:
And a
scroll was found in the fortress of
Ecbatana, in the province of Media, with the
following written on it:
Memorandum:
And my God put into mine heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they might be reckoned by
genealogy. And I found a register of the
genealogy of them which came up at the first, and found written therein,
Then my God put it into my heart to
assemble the nobles, the officials, and the people to be
enrolled by
genealogy. I found the
genealogical register of those who had first returned, and I found the
following written in it:
And these were they which went up also from Telmelah, Telharesha,
Cherub, Addon, and Immer: but they could not
shew their father’s house, nor their seed, whether they were of Israel.
The
following came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha,
Cherub, Addon, and Immer, but could not prove that their families were descended from Israel:
Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following.
consider her ramparts, tour her citadels, that you may tell the next generation.
From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.
from tending the ewes He brought him to be
shepherd of His people Jacob, of Israel His inheritance.
Let his
posterity be cut off; and in the generation
following let their name be
blotted out.
May his descendants be cut off; may their name be
blotted out from the next generation.
But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly
heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from me.
Then I said, ‘How I long to make you My sons and give you a desirable land, the most beautiful inheritance of all the nations!’ I thought you would call Me ‘Father’ and never turn away from following Me.
And the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the LORD said unto me, Go,
prophesy unto my people Israel.
But the LORD took me from
following the flock and said to me, ‘Go,
prophesy to My people Israel.’
And them that are turned back from the LORD; and those that have not sought the LORD, nor enquired for him.
and those who turn back from following the LORD, neither seeking the LORD nor inquiring of Him.”
When Jesus heard it, he
marvelled, and said to them that followed,
Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.
When Jesus heard this, He
marveled and said to those
following Him, “Truly I tell you, I have not found
anyone in Israel with such great faith.
These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the
Samaritans enter ye not:
These twelve Jesus sent out with the
following instructions: “Do not go
onto the road of the Gentiles or enter any town of the
Samaritans.
And there followed him a certain young man, having a linen cloth cast about his naked body; and the young men laid hold on him:
One young man who had been following Jesus was wearing a linen cloth around his body. They caught hold of him,
And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and
confirming the word with signs
following.
Amen.
And they went out and preached everywhere, and the Lord worked through them,
confirming His word by the signs that accompanied it.
When Jesus heard these things, he
marvelled at him, and turned him about, and said unto the people that followed him, I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.
When Jesus heard this, He
marveled at the
centurion. Turning to the crowd
following Him, He said, “I tell you, not even in Israel have I found such great faith.”
Nevertheless I must walk to day, and to
morrow, and the day
following: for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem.
Nevertheless, I must keep going
today and
tomorrow and the next day, for it is not
admissible for a prophet to perish outside of Jerusalem.
Then Jesus turned, and saw them
following, and saith unto them, What seek ye? They said unto him,
Rabbi, (which is to say, being interpreted, Master,) where dwellest thou?
Jesus turned and saw them
following. “What do you want?” He asked. They said to Him, “
Rabbi” (which means Teacher), “where are You staying?”
The day
following Jesus would go forth into
Galilee, and findeth Philip, and saith unto him, Follow me.
The next day Jesus decided to set out for
Galilee. Finding Philip, He told him, “Follow Me.”
The day
following, when the people which stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was none other boat there, save that one
whereinto his disciples were entered, and that Jesus went not with his disciples into the boat, but that his disciples were gone away alone;
The next day, the crowd that had remained on the other side of the sea realized that only one boat had been there, and that Jesus had not boarded it with His disciples, but they had gone away alone.
And Simon Peter followed Jesus, and so did another disciple: that disciple was known unto the high priest, and went in with Jesus into the palace of the high priest.
Now Simon Peter and another disciple were
following Jesus. Since that disciple was known to the high priest, he also went with Jesus into the
courtyard of the high priest.
Then cometh Simon Peter
following him, and went into the
sepulchre, and
seeth the linen clothes lie,
Simon Peter arrived just after him. He entered the tomb and saw the linen cloths lying there.
Then Peter, turning about,
seeth the disciple whom Jesus loved
following; which also
leaned on his breast at
supper, and said, Lord, which is he that betrayeth thee?
Peter turned and saw the disciple whom Jesus loved
following them. He was the one who had
leaned back against Jesus at the
supper to ask, “Lord, who is going to
betray You?”
And the
morrow after they entered into Caesarea. And
Cornelius waited for them, and had called together his
kinsmen and near friends.
The
following day he arrived in Caesarea, where
Cornelius was expecting them and had called together his relatives and close friends.
And the next sabbath day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of God.
On the following Sabbath, nearly the whole city gathered to hear the word of the Lord.
Therefore loosing from
Troas, we came with a straight course to Samothracia, and the next day to Neapolis;
We sailed from
Troas straight to
Samothrace, and the
following day on to Neapolis.
And we sailed thence, and came the next day over against
Chios; and the next day we arrived at
Samos, and
tarried at Trogyllium; and the next day we came to
Miletus.
Sailing on from there, we arrived the next day opposite
Chios. The day after that we arrived at
Samos, and on the
following day we came to
Miletus.
And it came to pass, that after we were
gotten from them, and had
launched, we came with a straight course unto Coos, and the day
following unto
Rhodes, and from thence unto Patara:
After we had
torn ourselves away from them, we sailed directly to Cos, and the next day on to
Rhodes, and from there to Patara.
And the day following Paul went in with us unto James; and all the elders were present.
The next day Paul went in with us to see James, and all the elders were present.
And the night
following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good
cheer, Paul: for as thou hast
testified of me in Jerusalem, so must thou bear witness also at Rome.
The
following night the Lord stood near Paul and said, “Take courage! As you have
testified about Me in Jerusalem, so also you must
testify in Rome.”
And he wrote a letter after this manner:
And he wrote the following letter:
Now in this that I declare unto you I praise you not, that ye come together not for the better, but for the worse.
In the
following instructions I have no praise to offer, because your gatherings do more
harm than good.
Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an
ensample.
Join one another in following my example, brothers, and carefully observe those who walk according to the pattern we set for you.
Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.
Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall by following the same pattern of disobedience.
Which have
forsaken the right way, and are gone
astray,
following the way of
Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;
They have left the straight way and
wandered off to follow the way of
Balaam son of Beor, who loved the wages of wickedness.
Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,
Most importantly, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come,
scoffing and
following their own evil desires.
These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men’s persons in admiration because of advantage.
These men are discontented grumblers,
following after their own lusts; their mouths
spew arrogance; they
flatter others for their own advantage.
But in the time of Artexerxes king of the Persians Belemus, and Mithridates, and Tabellius, and Rathumus, and Beeltethmus, and Semellius the secretary, with others that were in commission with them, dwelling in Samaria and other places, wrote unto him against them that dwelt in
Judea and Jerusalem these letters
following;
Then Sisinnes the governor of Celosyria and Phenice, and Sathrabuzanes, with their companions
following the commandments of king
Darius,
And so it was, that when it reigned, the end of it came, and the place thereof appeared no more: so the next following stood up. and reigned, and had a great time;
The next year therefore
following Lysias gathered together
threescore thousand choice men of foot, and five thousand
horsemen, that he might
subdue them.
For it is not a light thing to do wickedly against the laws of God: but the time following shall declare these things.
Then swelling with anger. he thought to
avenge upon the Jews the disgrace done unto him by those that made him
flee. Therefore commanded he his chariotman to drive without ceasing, and to
dispatch the journey, the judgment of God now
following him. For he had spoken proudly in this sort, That he would come to Jerusalem and make it a common
burying place of the Jews.
And upon the day
following, as the use had been,
Judas and his company came to take up the bodies of them that were slain, and to
bury them with their
kinsmen in their fathers’ graves.