Category Archives: integrity

a stink instead of perfume

Isaiah 3:18-26 18 In that day the Lord will take away the fine clothes: the anklets and the headbands and the crescent necklaces, 19 the pendants and the bracelets and the veils, 20 the headdresses and the armlets and the … Continue reading

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spotlighting his face

Exodus 37:17-24 17 And he made the lampstand out of pure gold. He made the lampstand by shaping it with a hammer. Its base, its stem, its cups, its bowls, and its flowers were fashioned from one piece. 18 And … Continue reading

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putting together the holy place

Exodus 26:15-30 15 “You should make upright frames for the tabernacle of acacia wood. 16 Ten cubits should be the length of a frame, and a cubit and a half the breadth of each frame. 17 There should be two … Continue reading

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saving face but mocking God

Exodus 8:20-32 (Hebrew: 8:16-28) 20 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Get up early in the morning and present yourself to Pharaoh, as he goes out to the water, and say to him, ‘Thus says the LORD, “Send my people … Continue reading

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the fig tree generation

Matthew 24:32-35 . 32 “From the fig tree learn this lesson: as soon as its branch becomes tender and puts out its leaves, you know that summer is near. 33 So also, when you see all these things, you know … Continue reading

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the whole package

Matthew 22:23-33 23 The same day Sadducees came to him, who say that there is no resurrection, and they asked him a question, 24 saying, “Teacher, Moses said, ‘If a man dies having no children, his brother must marry the … Continue reading

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saving Egypt for Pharaoh

Genesis 47:13-26 13 There was no food in all the land, for the famine was very brutal, so that the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan wasted away because of the famine. 14 And Joseph collected all the … Continue reading

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who we belong to

Genesis 47:1-12 1 So Joseph went in and told Pharaoh, “My father and my brothers, with their flocks and herds and all that they have, have come from the land of Canaan. They are now in the land of Goshen.” … Continue reading

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demonstrating his faithfulness

Genesis 46:26 – 34 26 All the souls coming from Jacob who came into Egypt, who came from his own body, not counting Jacob’s sons’ wives, were sixty-six persons in all. 27 And the sons of Joseph, who were born … Continue reading

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revenge of the “holy woman”

Genesis 38:11-30 11 Then Judah said to Tamar his daughter-in-law, “Remain a widow in your father’s house, till Shelah my son grows up”- for he feared that he would die, like his brothers. So Tamar went and remained in her … Continue reading

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