#elishama

[hellmouth-manor]

By My Power || Eli & Raoul || FINAL

Eli is a very careful person; historically, he aptly avoids putting himself in harm's way, despite finding himself in the blast radius of calamity quite often.  In fact, for the duration of their stay in the manor, he's somehow avoided injury altogether up until this point.

His mental reflexes tell him that the white hot searing is anything else.  Denial, however, is no match against the reality of warmth– no, blood– fighting to drip past the claws in his chest.  It digs past every mental defense, aggressively and urgently reminding him that this is pain; that there is no beauty or purpose in it.  It is simple in its demand for action, forcing Eli to move frantically, jaggedly away from Micah; simple in how it drills past every excuse and attempt to repress, digging further than any psychological torment could.  It digs, and digs, until it finds purchase around something long forgotten, left behind in a cold and worn down Michigan apartment.

Something that Hell itself, with all its torture, couldn't drag out of him until now.

“Do– do you… have any idea…”

He moves his arms, slowly, numbly, to wrap his hands around the digits of the wing.  And, before his knees can buckle…

“HOW EXPENSIVE THIS TATTOO WAS?” 

He rips it in two.

“YOU BOORISH MOTHERFUCKER?”

Along with any remaining veneer of restraint.

The sound of Eli’s sudden outburst is the thing that snaps Raoul to attention— Raoul, who struggled to adequately communicate just how much he hated being trapped in the form of a demon, suddenly thrust back into the body he entered the manor with and finding himself thrown off-kilter up til now by the lack of a tail, the absence of weight from two horns tipping his head back, the softness of his fingertips against his palms with no talons to pierce.

But even when he was at his lowest, there were still people who saw past the fanged smile he kept on his face and stretched their hands out to him. A lesson on internet slang here, a bodacious Build-A-Bear there, an offer to talk things over or do something to distract, so many people who scarcely even knew him but wanted to see him well regardless. It’s meant the world to him, more than he could ever express, even as someone who has never shied away from expressing how much he cares.

He dared not intervene with those tending to Micah, entrusting them with the task of saving him. He’ll pay his debt to the man later. But perhaps now he’ll be able to repay another favor to someone who has, for a while now, been far beyond anything he could possibly do to help.

“-- AND YOU WILL RECEIVE IT, RIGHT IN YOUR FUuuuc–”

A hand on Eli’s shoulder causes him to freeze, pulled abruptly from the throes of blinding rage.  He realizes that his arms are glowing again, and the energy accumulating in his hands is taking the form of a familiar weapon.  But more than that, he realizes that Raoul isn’t stopping him.

“Would you care for an assist, my friend? Because I daresay I shall be able to offer you something far more substantial than a mere arm…”

Raoul’s soul has returned to him, but instead of manifesting in his hands or some other appendage, it seems to have melded into his suit, each individual sparkle reflecting brighter and brighter off of each other. It glows with a vengeance, until light breaks through each and every heart on it, beaming outwards like a disco ball— and from within, a flurry of sparkles emerges, dazzling as they rush to gather around Eli and the weapon in his hands.

“Hah– thank you.  I believe I will need it.”

There’s still rage, of course.  There’s still the claws, hanging limply from his chest, and all the ire that such a sensation inspires.  But now it has a direction.  The energy in his hands forms a bow, glittering and radiating as it seems to almost nudge him forward.

He knows now, more than ever, watching the others, that violence can be an expression of love.

[♪♪♪]

While Hisashi may have said it flippantly, Eli took such a notion to heart, as he does with most things Hisashi says.  A beacon of wisdom, he’s decided; a lighthouse, a signal of what to avoid, yet illuminating the darker parts of life that Eli was content to ignore.

One arrow forms, and Eli pulls the bowstring taut.  Then another arrow forms, and another still.  Three arrows, poised and ready to strike.

The first is for Micah.  It surges with a righteous anger, a vigilance that seeks to sever any remaining threads between him and Alou.  Micah is his own, and his sacrifice– their efforts to save him– none of that will be wasted today.

(One foot in front of the other.)

The second is for Mirai.  A sister, someone who always brought him home, who watched over him even when her own circumstances were similarly dire.  The least he could do is save her from one more scrape.

(It almost doesn’t hurt anymore.)

The third is for Minami, pushing him aside to take a punishment that should have been for him.  It’s for Hibiki, trying in vain to scream sense through his skull.  It’s for Kamiya, who died trying to save him.  It’s for Miori, whose sorrow he could never pierce despite his best efforts.  It’s for Poppy, whose death he failed to handle with care.  It’s for Arisa, who selflessly stayed in his lounge to keep him company after the worst day of his life.  It’s for every person who had to guide him through bloody crime scene after bloody crime scene.

This final arrow is redemption for every time he’s burdened those around him with inaction.  Yes, this arrow is for Eli Nassar, who did NOT die, despite all odds, thanks to the efforts of those around him.

And he has no intention of missing the shot. 

He aims, briefly stunned as he notices that he is looking down at Alou.

(He doesn’t realize that his feet have left the ground.)

But the shock dulls against the flame of purpose, as a smile quirks at the corner of his mouth.

“... You did say that you would trust me at the lever.”

As soon as he releases the bowstring, all three arrows fly with supernatural precision toward their targets, blinding Alou's left side.  There’s a persistent shimmer that obfuscates the impact, serving more to irritate than anything.

The bow vanishes from Eli's hands, and he finds himself descending with surprising gentleness.

As Eli returns to the ground, Raoul turns towards everyone else with a smile on his face that radiates everything he’s done his best to embody during his time here. Kindness. Understanding. Empathy. Support. Belief that there’s goodness in every single person here, some part of them that proves they deserve to walk out of a hell that would chain them down with arbitrary sin.

And as he smiles, even more sparkles than before rush out of the hearts on his suit— that fucking eyesore of a suit he picked up from Party City but still loves so much— towards everyone else, showering them in dazzling warmth that shines bright as the stars, as the sun itself, but still somehow never hurts to look at.

It can’t hurt. That’s your light reflecting off of it, after all.

(What, did you really think glitter could shine all on its own?)

It’s invigoration of the soul itself, flooding you with energy, with hope, with the power to fight this towering enemy before you. The faith that you can go home— wherever home is for you, wherever you’ll find it if you don’t already know. It takes the strength you already have and amplifies it, light bouncing all around, multiplying into a near-blinding brightness within, empowering whatever you do next. And for those who have suffered injuries, you feel it gently siphon away the pain— not all of it, but enough for you to find your footing once again.

Raoul looks on, positively beaming. He’s never been a violent person. Even now, he can’t bring himself to raise a hand against Alou. But he knows what must be done, and he knows there’s no one else in the world better to trust with the task— no one better to lend his support to as they carry it out.

“Now, my dear friends, in the words of a wise man…”

He’s never believed in anyone more than he’s believed in you.

“Get his ass.”

[t0rschlusspan1k]

One passion he had, if passion it may be called—a fanatical craving for security and for being left alone. In its nature this feeling was akin to homesickness or to the instinct of the homing-pigeon. His soul was concentrated upon this one request: that he might enter his closet and shut his door, with the certainty that here no one could possibly follow or disturb him.

The closet which he entered, and to which he shut the door, was a modest place, a small dark room in a narrow street. Here he slept on an old sofa rented from his landlady. But in the room there were a few objects which did really belong to him—a painted, ink-stained table, two chairs and a chest. These objects to their owner were of great significance. Sometimes, in the night, he would light a small candle to lie and gaze at them, as if they proved to him that the world was still fairly safe. (...)

Elishama, who despised the goods of this world, passed his time from morning till night amongst greedy and covetous people, and had done so all his life. This to him was as it should be. He understood to a nicety the feelings of his surroundings, and he approved of them. For out of those feelings came, in the end, his closet with the door to it. If the world’s desperate struggle for gold and power were ever to cease, it was not certain that this room or this door would remain.

Karen Blixen, "The Immortal Story: II. Elishama", from Anectodes of Destiny (1985)

[mybeautifulchristianjourney]

King Jehoiakim destroys the Lord's Message

1 The Lord spoke to Jeremiah in the fourth year that Josiah's son Jehoiakim ruled Judah as king. He said, 2 ‘Write down on a scroll all the messages that I have spoken to you. Since Josiah was king until now, I have given you messages about Israel, Judah and the other nations. Write them all on a scroll. 3 That will warn the people of Judah about the very bad things that I have decided to do to them. When they hear about it, perhaps they will stop doing the evil things that they have been doing. Then I will forgive their sins and everything wrong that they have done.’

4 So Jeremiah told Neriah's son Baruch to come to him. Jeremiah spoke all the words that the Lord had told him to say. Baruch wrote them down on a scroll. 5 Then Jeremiah said to Baruch, ‘The officers will not let me go to the Lord's temple. 6 So you must go to the temple yourself. Go on a special day when people are fasting and they have come from their towns. Read the words that you wrote on the scroll to the people, so that they can all hear them. 7 Perhaps they will ask the Lord to forgive them. Perhaps they will stop doing all the evil things that they have been doing. The Lord is very angry with them and he has warned them that he will punish them.’

8 Neriah's son Baruch did everything that the prophet Jeremiah had told him. He went to the Lord's temple. He read the Lord's message that was written on the scroll. 9 That happened in the ninth month of the fifth year that Jehoiakim ruled Judah as king. People from all Judah's towns had come to Jerusalem. They joined with the people of Jerusalem to fast and pray in the Lord's temple. 10 Baruch stood in the temple, at the entrance of the room of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan. Shaphan had been the king's secretary. Gemariah's room was in the higher yard of the temple, near the New Gate. Baruch stood there. He read the Lord's message that Jeremiah had told him to write on the scroll.

11 Micaiah, son of Gemariah and grandson of Shaphan, heard the Lord's message as Baruch read it aloud. 12 Then Micaiah went to the secretary's room in the king's palace. All the king's officers were meeting there. They included: the king's secretary Elishama, Shemaiah's son Delaiah, Akbor's son Elnathan, Shaphan's son Gemariah, and Hananiah's son Zedekiah. All the officers were sitting there. 13 Micaiah told them everything that he had heard when Baruch read the scroll aloud to the people. 14 The officers sent somebody to go and speak to Baruch. They sent Jehudi, son of Nethaniah, and the grandson of Cushi's son, Shelemiah. They told him to say to Baruch, ‘Bring here to us the scroll with the words that you read aloud to the people.’ So Neriah's son Baruch went to them. He took the scroll with him in his hand. 15 The officers said to him, ‘Please sit down and read it to us.’ So Baruch read it to them. 16 They listened to the words that Baruch had written on the scroll. They looked at each other in fear. They said to Baruch, ‘We must certainly report this to the king. We must tell him about everything that you have read to us.’ 17 They also asked Baruch, ‘Please tell us how you wrote all these words. Did Jeremiah himself tell you what to write?’ 18 Baruch said, ‘Yes, he told me what I should write. Then I used ink to write the words on this scroll.’

19 The officers said to Baruch, ‘You and Jeremiah must go and hide yourselves. Do not tell anyone where you are.’ 20 The officers put the scroll into the room of Elishama, the king's secretary, to keep it safe. Then they went to see the king. He was in the palace yard. They reported to him everything that they had heard. 21 Then the king sent Jehudi to fetch the scroll. Jehudi brought the scroll from Elishama's room in the temple. Then he read the message that was written on the scroll. He read it aloud to the king and to all the officers who were standing around him. 22 It was autumn, so the king was sitting in the rooms that he used when it was cold. A fire was burning beside him. 23 Jehudi read a small section of the words that were written on the scroll. As soon as he finished each section, the king cut off that part of the scroll with a knife. He threw each piece of the scroll on the fire. The king continued to do that until fire had burned up the whole scroll. 24 As the king and his officers heard Jehudi read each section of the scroll, it did not make them afraid. None of them tore their clothes because they were upset. 25 Elnathan, Delaiah and Gemariah asked the king very strongly not to burn the scroll. But the king refused to listen to them. 26 Instead, the king told Prince Jerahmeel to go and find the secretary Baruch and the prophet Jeremiah. Jerahmeel went with Azriel's son Seraiah and Abdeel's son Shelemiah to take hold of them. But the Lord had hidden Baruch and Jeremiah.

Baruch and Jeremiah write another scroll

27 After the king had destroyed the scroll on which Baruch had written Jeremiah's words, the Lord spoke to Jeremiah again. 28 He said, ‘Take another scroll. Write on it everything that was written on the first scroll that King Jehoiakim of Judah burned in the fire. 29 Then tell the king that the Lord says this: “You burned the scroll because you did not like the message that was written on it. It said that the king of Babylon would come to destroy this land, with all its people and animals. You warned Jeremiah that he should not write things like that.” 30 So now the Lord says this to you, Jehoiakim, king of Judah: “None of your descendants will rule David's kingdom of Judah. When you die, people will not bury your body. They will throw your dead body on the ground. As it lies there, the sun will burn it in the daytime. At night it will be cold with frost. 31 I will punish you, your descendants and your officers because you have all done wicked things. I will also bring terrible trouble on the people of Jerusalem and all of Judah. I will punish everyone in the way that I promised I would do. I warned them, but they did not listen to me.”’

32 Then Jeremiah took another scroll. He gave it to Neriah's son, Baruch, the secretary. Jeremiah spoke the same message that Baruch had written on the first scroll. That was the scroll that King Jehoiakim of Judah had burned in the fire. They also added more messages that were like the first one. — Jeremiah 36 | EasyEnglish Bible 2018 (EASY) EasyEnglish Bible Copyright © MissionAssist 2019. All rights reserved. Cross References: Genesis 37:29; Genesis 37:34; Exodus 4:15-16; Numbers 1:10; Deuteronomy 28:15-16; Deuteronomy 29:19; Judges 3:20; Judges 20:26; 2 Samuel 8:17; 1 Kings 17:3; 1 Kings 22:8; 2 Kings 22:10; 2 Kings 24:1; 2 Kings 24:12; 2 Chronicles 34:18; Proverbs 29:1; Jeremiah 1:17; Jeremiah 25:13; Jeremiah 26:22; Jeremiah 30:2; Jeremiah 45:1; Ezekiel 2:7; Zechariah 8:19; Matthew 23:34; Mark 4:12; John 9:10; Acts 3:19; Acts 5:34; Acts 24:25; 2 Corinthians 11:23; Hebrews 10:7

[birbgalaxy]

29; elishama be upon ye!

[lordgodjehovahsway]

1 Chronicles 14: Hiram Congratulates David On Being Crowned King Over Israel

1 Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, along with cedar logs, stonemasons and carpenters to build a palace for him. 

2 And David knew that the Lord had established him as king over Israel and that his kingdom had been highly exalted for the sake of his people Israel.

3 In Jerusalem David took more wives and became the father of more sons and daughters. 

4 These are the names of the children born to him there: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon, 

5 Ibhar, Elishua, Elpelet, 

6 Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia, 

7 Elishama, Beeliada and Eliphelet.

David Defeats the Philistines

8 When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over all Israel, they went up in full force to search for him, but David heard about it and went out to meet them. 

9 Now the Philistines had come and raided the Valley of Rephaim; 

10 so David inquired of God: “Shall I go and attack the Philistines? Will you deliver them into my hands?”

The Lord answered him, “Go, I will deliver them into your hands.”

11 So David and his men went up to Baal Perazim, and there he defeated them. He said, “As waters break out, God has broken out against my enemies by my hand.” So that place was called Baal Perazim. 

12 The Philistines had abandoned their gods there, and David gave orders to burn them in the fire.

13 Once more the Philistines raided the valley; 

14 so David inquired of God again, and God answered him, “Do not go directly after them, but circle around them and attack them in front of the poplar trees. 

15 As soon as you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the poplar trees, move out to battle, because that will mean God has gone out in front of you to strike the Philistine army.” 

16 So David did as God commanded him, and they struck down the Philistine army, all the way from Gibeon to Gezer.

17 So David’s fame spread throughout every land, and the Lord made all the nations fear him.

[brucedinsman]

Daily Bible Reading 2 June 2024

Daily Bible Reading: 2 Chronicles 17-18, John 13:1-20  2 Chronicles 17:7-10 (NKJV) Also in the third year of his reign he sent his leaders, Ben-Hail, Obadiah, Zechariah, Nethanel, and Michaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah. And with them he sent Levites: Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah, and Tobadonijah–the Levites; and with them Elishama and…

[craftylovegentlemen]

The Bible Old Testament

2 Samuel

Chapter 5

1 Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh. 2 Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be a captain over Israel. 3 So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a league with them in Hebron before the LORD: and they anointed David king over Israel. 4 David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years. 5 In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah. 6 And the king and his men went to Jerusalem unto the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land: which spake unto David, saying, Except thou take away the blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in hither: thinking, David cannot come in hither. 7 Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is the city of David. 8 And David said on that day, Whosoever getteth up to the gutter, and smiteth the Jebusites, and the lame and the blind, that are hated of David's soul, he shall be chief and captain. Wherefore they said, The blind and the lame shall not come into the house. 9 So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward. 10 And David went on, and grew great, and the LORD God of hosts was with him.

11 And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons: and they built David an house. 12 And David perceived that the LORD had established him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Israel's sake. 13 And David took him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron: and there were yet sons and daughters born to David. 14 And these be the names of those that were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shammuah, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, 15 Ibhar also, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia, 16 And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphalet. 17 But when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines came up to seek David; and David heard of it, and went down to the hold. 18 The Philistines also came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim. 19 And David enquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up to the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the LORD said unto David, Go up: for I will doubtless deliver the Philistines into thine hand. 20 And David came to Baalperazim, and David smote them there, and said, The LORD hath broken forth upon mine enemies before me, as the breach of waters. Therefore he called the name of that place Baalperazim. 21 And there they left their images, and David and his men burned them. 22 And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim. 23 And when David enquired of the LORD, he said, Thou shalt not go up; but fetch a compass behind them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees. 24 And let it be, when thou hearest the sound of a going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself: for then shall the LORD go out before thee, to smite the host of the Philistines. 25 And David did so, as the LORD had commanded him; and smote the Philistines from Geba until thou come to Gazer.

2 Samuel 5

Diane Beauford

[ancestorsofjudah]

2 Kings 25: 22-26. "The Banks."

The Constitution embodies all that is good and wise about what is taught in the Church without the expense of its superstitions and changes in thrust or direction. Life is ultimately a secular experience that is divinified by the bedrock understanding of religion. At all points the laws of the land hold sway over how life works.

Even still, religion,poses a risk to how life unfolds due its disparity of opinions about the former. For this reason the Book of Kings says Nebuchadnezzar, the Constitutional Leader resorts to Gedaliah, "central banks and seats in government" and Shaphan, the wealth of a community that floats from the bottom up.

Gedaliah=

The verb גדל (gadel) means to become strong or great, particularly by combining many ordinary elements into a big strong strand or collection of some sort.

The noun מגדל (migdal) or מגדול (migdol) literally describes a place or agent for greatness. It's the word for tower, and a tower is not only a big strong thing consisting of many bricks, it also formed the center of a community around which all houses and all activity unfolded. From their tower people kept lookout over the community's territories, and launched offensives when the community was attacked.

A tower could carry a fire and from it folks trumpeted signals. Towers drew its people from wherever they might roam. Over time they developed into central storage houses, banks and seats of government. Towers are buildings around which the greatness of a people forms and in which it becomes manifested.

Participle or adjective גדל (gadel) means a becoming great or growing up. Noun גדל (godel) means greatness or pride. Plural noun גדלים (gedilim) refers to tassels or festoons made from twisted strands. The very common adjectives גדול (gadol) and גדולה (gadola) mean great. Noun גדולה (gedulla) means greatness or great one.

Nebuchadnezzar appoints Gedaliah to establish order over Israel and Judah:

22 Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, to be over the people he had left behind in Judah. 

23 When all the army officers and their men heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah as governor, they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah—Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan son of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, Jaazaniah the son of the Maakathite, and their men.

24 Gedaliah took an oath to reassure them and their men. “Do not be afraid of the Babylonian officials,” he said. “Settle down in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it will go well with you.”

25 In the seventh month, however, Ishmael son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, who was of royal blood, came with ten men and assassinated Gedaliah and also the men of Judah and the Babylonians who were with him at Mizpah. 

26 At this, all the people from the least to the greatest, together with the army officers, fled to Egypt for fear of the Babylonians.

Government, governors and the wealth come from the lowest tier of society, meaning the most rudimentary the equivalent of producers in the plant and animal kingdom. They are farmers, eucators, and those that perform public works. They are, for the most part unseen by us but without plenty of them and superlative investment in their upkeep, society has not one prayer at all of surviving.

Imagine the conversations little kids are overhearing now as politicians debate the importance of a bunch of frozen gunk over the decline in our abilities to produce food, shelter, pay teachers, arrest the damage to the climate, rebuild the millions of destroyed homes, rehouse and care for all the displaced lives we've caused, or busy the dismembered body parts that are littering areas of the world.

The priority list is out of whack. The advice the House of Government gives us: "settle the land and serve the Principals of Constitution and all will go well."

And what does the Constitution say? Have you read it lately?

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

Do any of you feel like the Republicans are worried about the general Welfare or are interested in protecting anyone except a bunch of unborn jellyfish eggs? Did you know the Government can spend as much as it wants in order to take good care of us? It has no limits on spending if Americans are not faring well. Does anyone feel like we are securing the Blessings of Liberty for the sake of ourselves or Posterity by allowing the Russians to pound sand right straight up inside the assholes of the Ukrainians after they came to us and sincerely asked us for help, help we are more than able to give?

All of these things mentioned in the Constitution are called Shaphan, they are the sentiments that become the wealth all human beings are legally required to possess by their governments. America is supposed to lead in the distrubution of this highly sentimental wealth and we never ever do it, not even for ourselves. We are always too busy with other things.

And the second our enemies sensed were soft in the head about our identities, they Crischcoed their hands and shoved.

=2015, the beginning of the end. Also "witness the miracle."

In spite of the attempts at making Constitutional Government sound appealing, it doesn't work. The people run and hide.

The Values in Gematria are:

v. 22: Nebuchadnezzar appointed Gedaliah as governor. The Governor is our willingness to uphold obeisance to legislation. The Self must govern whether or not to sin, the Governor must decide whether or not to enforce the law, especially within his own office. Many of our governors are obssessed with abortion and Pro-Life is a crime and this is costing us big time and has to be stopped.

We must be able to expect our governors to perform in the name of the people and stand up for what is right, Ahikam, and many are not doing this.

The Value in Gematria is 5654, הוהד‎‎‎ ‎"Resonated."

v. 23: They came to Gedaliah at Mizpah.

Mizpah= the watchtower.

Ishmael son of Nethaniah= "who hears, reports, and obeys" son of "what graces God gives, give back to others."

Johanan son of Kareah= "where each individual is as free as the king" son of "and not by accident or opposition."

Seraiah son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite= "This cures social stagnation" son of "it prevents scavenging and creates permanence" and is the "distillation of the Words of Moses, the Balsam of God."

Root שרר (sharar) has to do with rigidity resulting from the absorption and retention of liquids (called turgor in plants), liquidity in economy, or data in IT and so on — and the ultimate effects thereof. The promise of Jesus', that streams of living water would emerge from within (John 7:38), tells of a curing of social lymphedema, when pools of stagnant wealth (whether fat, cash or data) are re-released into society to benefit all (for more on this, see our article on the noun δουλος, doulos).

The verb נטף (natap) means to drop, drip or distil. Noun נטף (natap) means drop and was also the name of a odoriferous gum. Noun נטיפה (netipa) refers to a sort of drop shaped jewelry.

Jaazaniah the son of the Maakathite= "to equalize by turning one's face towards others" son of the "is the pressure to avoid oppression."

The verb אזן ('azan) means to balance or equalize. Noun מאזן (m'zn) describes a merchant's scale or balance and noun אזן ('ozen) means ear. The denominative verb אזן ('azan) means to harken or hear and obviously describes the turning of one's face to where sound comes from.

The Value in Gematria is 8278, חבזח‎, hebzakh, "the flash", ie, the moment how deep is our immaturity dawns on us.

v. 24: Settle down in the land. The Value in Gematria is 10016, כב, "two thousand" =

Our sages state that “He who has one hundred, wants two hundred.” This desire continues to grow in proportion to one’s achievements. Now that you have one thousand students, you must strive for two thousand.

If life goes well now, it will certainly go well later. If it does not go well now, it could still go well later but it is better if prosperity doubles rather than wanes in its properties and has to be reestablished.

v. 25: In the Seventh Month, Ten Men Assassinated Gedaliah. The hypothetical society we are discussing put the words down on paper but did not want to follow the Decrees and violated every last one. The government was assassinated by Ishmael son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, who was of royal blood.

Ishmael= hear, understand, obey

Son of Nethaniah= the transformation

Son of Elishama= the cause of the sound of the report or the rumor

Royal blood= the ability to process what one feels with the intellect and act with propriety and dignity

The Value in Gematria is 12813, יבחאג‎, "they did not observe Shabbat".

v. 26: At this, all the people from the least to the greatest, together with the army officers, fled to Egypt for fear of the Babylonians.

The Value in Gematria is 5862, ה‎חו‎ב‎, "the debt, in arrears." Because the government did not keep the Commandments, neither did the people and they gave up their right to be free and independent. This is forbidden. It is also dangerous, and it is why the Melachim insists on the existence of a Constitution and that we bar persons bearing strange stories from participating in or influencing the government.

[sacharene]

Modus operandi of Mold.

Chic - Always ahead of the latest trends, Jordan embodies chic fashion.

Trendy - He's got an instinct for style, always setting rather than following the latest trends.

Wave - Jordan Elishama is a lover of everything surfing. His love for surfing is so immense that he is usually found hitting the waves in his spare time.

The Social Butterfly - Loves the social aspect of trivia games, Jordan uses his knowledge to engage with people.

The curious mind - Not just a surfer, Jordan is also a knowledgeable coffee connoisseur. He has spent considerable time learning about the types, roasts, and brewing methods of coffee.

The Bibliophile - Born and raised near the sea, Jordan often takes inspiration from the coastal area for his dishes.

[hellmouth-manor]

Beauty of Life || Miranda/Miori/Eli/Mirai feat: Alou

What do you do, when a friend, an enemy, a person, is turned into a demon, and then that demon turns into a monstrous goat version of itself?  And then skewers your close friend-- the only one with a fighting chance against him?  You've got numbers on your side, but how much does that help?  Hope has been dangled and yanked from you like a carrot on a string for so long now, what can even be done?

[♪♪♪]

▒▒▒

The only thing that can be done. You keep going. Miranda’s whole philosophy long before she got here was that pushing forward in spite of all the odds is what matters the most.

She knows she has to deal with Alou, but that can wait. Nothing else matters right now besides making sure the man who sacrificed himself to save them all gets to come out with them. She rushes to Miacah and drops to her knees. Olwin had given her his soul, and now she holds it out to him, gently trying to coax it in through the hole in his chest.  If they can defeat Alou with virtues, they can defeat death with virtues. Tenuous as that logic might be, what other option do they have? Leaving without Micah isn’t an option.

Micah Linne is the Bigfoot to her Flatwoods Monster and her Cinnamoroomfie and her best friend and a person who she trusts with even the worst parts of her. She’s looked out for him before. Smaller versions of this that she calls on in her own soul to reunite him with his. She’s eaten hashbrowns on the floor and talked about everything stupid just to take his mind off of the shithole that surrounded him, and she’s dragged him outside so he can get some sunshine on his face when he’s hiding away from the world, and she’s hyped him up every time he’s tried to drag himself down because she truly truly cares about him in a way she would never have believed all those months ago.

“You have to come back, Micah. I want my ugly sweater from your mom. I want to come visit you at Build-a-Bear. I want to hear more stories about all the wild shit you got up to. I want us to be annoyingly happy after all the fucking misery we’ve been through.”

Her voice cracks at the end there, but her hands stay as steady as a doctor’s would be. It’s working. Slowly but surely the soul is flowing into him the way it flowed through the rest of them. It’ll just take patience. Her focus has to stay on this.

▒▒▒

When she’d first arrived here, Miori had every intention of closing herself off, of building walls high enough to keep anyone and everyone away from her. It was every man for himself, she’d thought - why risk her own life for others when all anyone had ever done in return was hurt her? Her loyalties had lied solely with herself, and she was happy that way - or, rather, she was comfortable that way. She was content, at least, in her cocoon of selfishness and misery.

But there were people who, in spite of everything, chipped away at that cocoon. Some did so with force - they tore her away from the thing she’d believed had kept her so safe. Others unraveled it gently. Others like Micah.

She can’t pinpoint when it was she’d begun to care so deeply for him. Perhaps it was a simple culmination of little moments, small actions and choices of words that called to mind a brother she’d lost nearly a lifetime ago. People who treated her normally were few and far between, especially after all of her missteps, but Micah had stuck by her throughout them all. He’d poked fun at her (very middle-school, as he’d described it) crush on Kamiya, and he’d talked to her about Love Live, and he’d shown her pictures of himself and his mother, and he’d danced with her during karaoke, and he’d played carnival games with her, and he’d forgiven her when she had done her worst. And despite every attempt she made to push him away, he’d stayed.

So she stays, too, even when she knows it’s risky. Even when she knows it’s dangerous. Even when she knows she’s putting her life on the line to do so, because her loyalties lie elsewhere now.

Like a songbird free of its cage, Miori sings a gentle song, soft blue light pouring from her lips and into her cupped hands. Before it can overflow, she pours it over Micah, and the light disappears into him as it patches his organs together.

▒▒▒

Eli isn't a fighter.  He knows this.  He's relieved, at least, that there are a few on their side.  But he knows he'll get in the way if he tries to assist, and he's smart enough to know that talking Alou (or whatever is left of him) down will be futile.  But others around him move, and he decides to follow.

[TW: VAGUE DESCRIPTION OF CIRCULATORY SYSTEM]

So he finds himself kneeling by Micah (or whatever is left of him), applying pressure to the wound in his chest.  It's useless, he knows it is, and the feeling of blood soaking through his gloves is nearly enough to cause him to shudder out of his skin.  But he swallows, and keeps his eyes elsewhere.  Virtues... virtues... it's difficult to think of virtues, when he isn't sure he can even feel a heartbeat.  He presses once, twice, just barely, as if to will a pulse into being.  As if diligence and patience will cause Micah's heart to mend.

And it does.

[END TW]

There is a glow that shines, then fades, then shines again, as it runs down Eli's arms in slow, rolling waves.  A light that invites, but doesn't demand, as it gently reassures you that hope is on your side.  Patience and diligence will be rewarded. 

His eyes turn from Miranda, to Miori, to… Alou, large and looming, but then, ultimately, his gaze comes home to Mirai.

▒▒▒

As always, Mirai is guided by another before taking action on her own, this time by Eli’s light and everyone’s efforts --- her priorities lie not with defeating Alou at the moment but undo what damage he has already deeply carved into Micah, her feet move on her own, her soul wants to return that which it has been given, she kneels by his side with the others and the light of hope burns brighter.

Feathers, rising from a burning purple fire that is her soul, gently envelop Micah when Mirai reaches for his wounds, burning with unconditional care and love, each leaving behind no mark but placing everything where it should be in his body; he will burn again, brighter and brighter.

He will burn with the strength and gentle love of everyone who’s ever cared for him, who’s ever loved anything about him, he will live, that is why Mirai knows, he will get up. He has to. Because everyone here is right there by his side.

▒▒▒

What can you do, when you’ve severed parts of yourself to become what you needed to?  When even the people who you thought might understand turn against you?  When you realize, once again, that the problem was never you, that it's those naive enough to fall victim to the delusion of h̵̥̆ô̸͍͜p̴̛̜̦ȩ̴͎̒?̴̥̕

His pride won't allow it.  Poised, precise, surgical, even in this monstrous form, Alou sneers as he turns in the direction of his latest eyesore.  His work, his craft, being revised by those too arrogant to understand what must be done.  He has to make them understand.  Really, it's for their own good.

With a flick of his ear, a sprawling wing flashes across the way, strings bared and ready to strike. First, they wrap tightly around Miori's left arm and hand and yank back hard. A horrible pop is followed up by a shrill scream, one that's soon joined by the sounds of bones cracking and contorting in ways they shouldn't. The threads cut into her skin, leaving her arm bloodied and limp and useless, and tears involuntarily roll down her cheeks. But she's no stranger to pain, in spite of the severity with which she faces it now, and so she continues to focus as much of her thoughts as she can on mending Micah's wounds.

Unsatisfied, another wing stretches out, reaching with sharp claws towards Miranda’s face. She barely registers them in her peripheral. Then there's a sudden darkness in half of her vision, and searing pain that wasn’t there before. She grits her teeth, resists the urge to scream, but her other eye wells up with tears as a reflex. Even so, she keeps her hands on Micah’s soul that’s slowly fading into him.

As if unbothered, the claws of the wing aim for a final target.  It reaches to swipe, claw, tear flesh asunder, but before it can grip its target, Mirai is pushed aside.  She doesn’t flinch despite it all, determined to see this to fruition, her hand doesn’t part from Micah.

Instead, Eli is hunched forward next to her, with one hand out and gripping her shoulder.  His other hand twitches uselessly toward the claws planted firmly in his chest.  They dig, and twist, and anchor, as if primed to extract his ribs in one piece.

His lesson unfinished thanks to Eli's intervention, Alou raises his wing again, but before he can continue:

"HEY! FUCK OFF!"

[t0rschlusspan1k]

Things not to be recounted and hardly to be recalled still moved, like big deep-water fish, in the depths of his dark mind. 

Karen Blixen, "The Immortal Story: Elishama", from Anectodes of Destiny (1985)

[mybeautifulchristianjourney]

The Assassination of Gedaliah

1 And it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah the son of Elishama, of the royal seed, and one of the king's chief men, and ten men with him, came to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam unto Mizpah, and there they ate bread together, in Mizpah. 2 And Ishmael the son of Nethaniah arose, and the ten men that were with him, and smote Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan with the sword, and killed him, whom the king of Babylon had appointed over the land. 3 And Ishmael smote all the Jews that were with him, with Gedaliah, at Mizpah, and the Chaldeans that were found there, the men of war.

4 And it came to pass the second day after he had killed Gedaliah, and no man knew it, 5 that there came men from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, eighty men, having their beards shaven and their clothes rent, and having cut themselves; with oblations and incense in their hand, to bring them to the house of Jehovah. 6 And Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went forth from Mizpah to meet them, weeping all along as he went; and it came to pass when he met them, he said unto them, Come to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam. 7 And it was so, when they came into the midst of the city, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, he and the men that were with him, slew them, and cast them into the midst of the pit. 8 But ten men were found among them that said unto Ishmael, Do not kill us, for we have hidden stores in the field, of wheat, and of barley, and of oil, and of honey. So he forbore, and did not kill them among their brethren.

9 And the pit into which Ishmael had cast all the dead bodies of the men whom he had slain by the side of Gedaliah was the one which Asa the king had made for fear of Baasha king of Israel: Ishmael the son of Nethaniah filled it with the slain. 10 And Ishmael carried away captive all the remnant of the people that were in Mizpah, the king's daughters, and all the people that remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzar-adan the captain of the body-guard had committed to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam: Ishmael the son of Nethaniah carried them away captive, and departed to go over to the children of Ammon.

11 And Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, heard of all the evil that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had done; 12 and they took all the men, and went to fight with Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and found him by the great waters that are at Gibeon. 13 And it came to pass when all the people that were with Ishmael saw Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, then they were glad. 14 And all the people that Ishmael had carried away captive from Mizpah turned about and came back, and went to Johanan the son of Kareah. 15 But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with eight men, and went to the children of Ammon. 16 Then Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, took all the remnant of the people whom he had recovered from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, from Mizpah, after he had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the mighty men of war, and the women, and the children, and the eunuchs, whom he had brought again from Gibeon; 17 and they departed, and dwelt at Geruth-Chimham, which is by Bethlehem, to go to enter into Egypt, 18because of the Chaldeans; for they feared them, because Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had smitten Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon had appointed over the land. — Jeremiah 41 | Literal Emphasis Translation (LET) The Literal Emphasis Bible is in the public domain Cross References: Genesis 14:14; Genesis 33:18; Genesis 37:12; Judges 6:2; 1 Samuel 30:1; 1 Samuel 30:17; 2 Samuel 3:16; 2 Samuel 3:27; 2 Samuel 19:37-38; 1 Kings 20:20; 2 Kings 25:23; 2 Kings 25:25; Nehemiah 2:10; Nehemiah 2:19; Psalm 41:9; Psalm 55:23; Isaiah 14:19; Isaiah 45:3; Isaiah 51:12; Jeremiah 42:1; Jeremiah 42:8; Jeremiah 42:14; Jeremiah 43:4; Jeremiah 50:4; Luke 12:4-5; John 13:18; Hebrews 11:38

[xxlorienxx]

[lordgodjehovahsway]

1 Chronicles 7: Historical Records Of The Sons Of Issachar

1 The sons of Issachar:

Tola, Puah, Jashub and Shimron—four in all.

2 The sons of Tola:

Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam and Samuel—heads of their families. During the reign of David, the descendants of Tola listed as fighting men in their genealogy numbered 22,600.

3 The son of Uzzi:

Izrahiah.

The sons of Izrahiah:

Michael, Obadiah, Joel and Ishiah. All five of them were chiefs. 

4 According to their family genealogy, they had 36,000 men ready for battle, for they had many wives and children.

5 The relatives who were fighting men belonging to all the clans of Issachar, as listed in their genealogy, were 87,000 in all.

Benjamin

6 Three sons of Benjamin:

Bela, Beker and Jediael.

7 The sons of Bela:

Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth and Iri, heads of families—five in all. Their genealogical record listed 22,034 fighting men.

8 The sons of Beker:

Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth and Alemeth. All these were the sons of Beker. 

9 Their genealogical record listed the heads of families and 20,200 fighting men.

10 The son of Jediael:

Bilhan.

The sons of Bilhan:

Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Kenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish and Ahishahar. 

11 All these sons of Jediael were heads of families. There were 17,200 fighting men ready to go out to war.

12 The Shuppites and Huppites were the descendants of Ir, and the Hushites the descendants of Aher.

Naphtali

13 The sons of Naphtali:

Jahziel, Guni, Jezer and Shillem—the descendants of Bilhah.

Manasseh

14 The descendants of Manasseh:

Asriel was his descendant through his Aramean concubine. She gave birth to Makir the father of Gilead. 

15 Makir took a wife from among the Huppites and Shuppites. His sister’s name was Maakah.

Another descendant was named Zelophehad, who had only daughters.

16 Makir’s wife Maakah gave birth to a son and named him Peresh. His brother was named Sheresh, and his sons were Ulam and Rakem.

17 The son of Ulam:

Bedan.

These were the sons of Gilead son of Makir, the son of Manasseh. 

18 His sister Hammoleketh gave birth to Ishhod, Abiezer and Mahlah.

19 The sons of Shemida were:

Ahian, Shechem, Likhi and Aniam.

Ephraim

20 The descendants of Ephraim:

Shuthelah, Bered his son,

Tahath his son, Eleadah his son,

Tahath his son, 

21 Zabad his son

and Shuthelah his son.

Ezer and Elead were killed by the native-born men of Gath, when they went down to seize their livestock. 

22 Their father Ephraim mourned for them many days, and his relatives came to comfort him. 

23 Then he made love to his wife again, and she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. He named him Beriah, because there had been misfortune in his family. 

24 His daughter was Sheerah, who built Lower and Upper Beth Horon as well as Uzzen Sheerah.

25 Rephah was his son, Resheph his son,

Telah his son, Tahan his son,

26 Ladan his son, Ammihud his son,

Elishama his son, 

27 Nun his son

and Joshua his son.

28 Their lands and settlements included Bethel and its surrounding villages, Naaran to the east, Gezer and its villages to the west, and Shechem and its villages all the way to Ayyah and its villages. 

29 Along the borders of Manasseh were Beth Shan, Taanach, Megiddo and Dor, together with their villages. The descendants of Joseph son of Israel lived in these towns.

Asher

30 The sons of Asher:

Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi and Beriah. Their sister was Serah.

31 The sons of Beriah:

Heber and Malkiel, who was the father of Birzaith.

32 Heber was the father of Japhlet, Shomer and Hotham and of their sister Shua.

33 The sons of Japhlet:

Pasak, Bimhal and Ashvath.

These were Japhlet’s sons.

34 The sons of Shomer:

Ahi, Rohgah, Hubbah and Aram.

35 The sons of his brother Helem:

Zophah, Imna, Shelesh and Amal.

36 The sons of Zophah:

Suah, Harnepher, Shual, Beri, Imrah, 

37 Bezer, Hod, Shamma, Shilshah, Ithran and Beera.

38 The sons of Jether:

Jephunneh, Pispah and Ara.

39 The sons of Ulla:

Arah, Hanniel and Rizia.

40 All these were descendants of Asher—heads of families, choice men, brave warriors and outstanding leaders. The number of men ready for battle, as listed in their genealogy, was 26,000.

[600shekels]

2 Chronicles 17: 8-11. "The Teachers."

Verse 7 mentioned an open window into a whirlwind reality. It is an opportunity if we are able to capitalize on everything we know about life on earth. For this to create the latitude and the attitude needed for a new way of life on earth we are going to need something besides a God with a gun and a badge.

8 With them were certain Levites—Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah and Tob-Adonijah—and the priests Elishama and Jehoram. 

Levites "know things". They are experience, successful and accomplished. In all walks of life, especially in government, we need Levites to run things.

Untalented half-wits, persons of ill repute, and a tendency towards misanthropy need not be a part of any kind of organization resembling government. That is just silly.

Shemaiah=The verb שמע (shama') means to hear and may also mean to understand or obey and be one of many in an audience that are also doing the same= the polity.

Nethaniah=

נתן

The shape-shifting verb נתן (natan) means to give in a broad bouquet of senses, from regular giving or bestowing, to setting or putting, to transforming one thing or situation into another.

The transformation of an idea to reality

Zebadiah=talented, gifted

Asahel=to do like God by doing

Shemiramoth=The Acquired Names of God

שם

The noun שם (shem) means name, but the ancients saw one's name as summary of the deeds and traits this person was known for (e.g. He Who Slew Many In The Great War). That means that when Man named the animals (Genesis 2:19), he didn't call them Tom, Dick or Harry but rather consciously reckoned his fellow creatures for their essential natures (which in turn cemented his own).

In case one had no claim to fame, one would be prone to acquire a name that commemorated not one's own deeds but rather some worthy event (e.g. The Great War). Such a person's name would have the function of reminding other people of that memorable event, without in the least suggesting to embody it. Very often people would be named after traits of God (Yah's Grace, El's Wrath), which meant that the bearer was known to proclaim these traits rather than claim to be the embodiment of them.

Since the Creator's invisible attributes, his eternal power and divine nature can be clearly seen, being understood through what has been made (Romans 1:20), knowing the "Name of God" is the same thing as understanding the whole of creation, which in turn means that a true desire for righteousness leads to science rather than to religion.

Jehonathan=

ן

The shape-shifting verb נתן (natan) means to give in a broad bouquet of senses, from regular giving or bestowing, to setting or putting, to transforming one thing or situation into another.

This verb's three nouns מתן (mattan), מתנה (mattana) and מתת (mattat) all mean gift, again broadly ranging from a regular present to an offering to an innate talent (being "gifted").

Adonijah= The Spiral Support Structure

אדן

The verb אדן ('dn) means to provide support for a piece of superstructure: to be a base for something big to stand or rotate upon. The noun אדן ('eden) refers to the foundation, base or pedestal of pillars or panels and such, and this word features lavishly in the description of the tabernacle. The tabernacle, of course, was a prototype of the temple, which in turn became embodied by God's living human congregation, and the bases and foundations of that living temple became personified by the human foundation known as אדון ('adon) or אדן ('adon), roughly translatable with lord, sir or mister.

Tobijah=to stabilize, to be stable

טוב  יטב

The verb טוב (tob) means to be good or pleasant, and ultimately to be sustained or sustainable, first relative to society but ultimately to the universe at large. Adjective and noun טוב (tob) means good; noun טוב (tub), describes a good thing or goodness, and noun טובה (toba) denotes welfare.

Closely related verb יטב (yatab) means to be or do good (to do sustainable things). Noun מיטב (metab) means the best.

A proposed root טבב (tabab) may have meant something like to keep forever, to be perpetual, to be stable.

Tob-Adonijah= The Sustainable Living Temple

אדן

The verb אדן ('dn) means to provide support for a piece of superstructure: to be a base for something big to stand or rotate upon. The noun אדן ('eden) refers to the foundation, base or pedestal of pillars or panels and such, and this word features lavishly in the description of the tabernacle. The tabernacle, of course, was a prototype of the temple, which in turn became embodied by God's living human congregation, and the bases and foundations of that living temple became personified by the human foundation known as אדון ('adon) or אדן ('adon), roughly translatable with lord, sir or mister.

Elishama= A polity but more like a Court.

Jehoram= The Pomegranate Signet

9 They taught throughout Judah, taking with them the Book of the Law of the Lord; they went around to all the towns of Judah and taught the people.

10 The fear of the Lord fell on all the kingdoms of the lands surrounding Judah, so that they did not go to war against Jehoshaphat. 

11 Some Philistines brought Jehoshaphat gifts and silver as tribute, and the Arabs brought him flocks: seven thousand seven hundred rams and seven thousand seven hundred goats.

The creation of a learned polity requires a learned monarch and an even more learned Court. This concept can be easily translated into a learned President who is guided by the very best of seasoned politicians appointed for life by an equally gifted predecessor; but all of these come from one place, the school house and then the university.

We do not value any of these things, these Living Temples, nor do we press for their excellence. If we are to engage our habits for the creation of a never ending nightmare nowhere of a historical approach and turn it into an updraft, we are going to have to stop all harsh criticism of higher institutions of learning. They have to be available to anyone who wants to go, they must be fully funded, they must call upon the best to create successors that will eventually exceed them.

Learned populations are a natural resource, they are the antidote to everything that troubles us. But first we need the Teachers.

[craftylovegentlemen]

Numbers

Chapter 10

1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Make thee two trumpets of silver; of a whole piece shalt thou make them: that thou mayest use them for the calling of the assembly, and for the journeying of the camps. 3 And when they shall blow with them, all the assembly shall assemble themselves to thee at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 4 And if they blow but with one trumpet, then the princes, which are heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves unto thee. 5 When ye blow an alarm, then the camps that lie on the east parts shall go forward. 6 When ye blow an alarm the second time, then the camps that lie on the south side shall take their journey: they shall blow an alarm for their journeys. 7 But when the congregation is to be gathered together, ye shall blow, but ye shall not sound an alarm. 8 And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow with the trumpets; and they shall be to you for an ordinance for ever throughout your generations. 9 And if ye go to war in your land against the enemy that oppresseth you, then ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets; and ye shall be remembered before the LORD your God, and ye shall be saved from your enemies. 10 Also in the day of your gladness, and in your solemn days, and in the beginnings of your months, ye shall blow with the trumpets over your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; that they may be to you for a memorial before your God: I am the LORD your God.

11 And it came to pass on the twentieth day of the second month, in the second year, that the cloud was taken up from off the tabernacle of the testimony. 12 And the children of Israel took their journeys out of the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Paran. 13 And they first took their journey according to the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses. 14 In the first place went the standard of the camp of the children of Judah according to their armies: and over his host was Nahshon the son of Amminadab. 15 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Issachar was Nethaneel the son of Zuar. 16 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon. 17 And the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari set forward, bearing the tabernacle. 18 And the standard of the camp of Reuben set forward according to their armies: and over his host was Elizur the son of Shedeur. 19 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Simeon was Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. 20 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Gad was Eliasaph the son of Deuel.

21 And the Kohathites set forward, bearing the sanctuary: and the other did set up the tabernacle against they came. 22 And the standard of the camp of the children of Ephraim set forward according to their armies: and over his host was Elishama the son of Ammihud. 23 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Manasseh was Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. 24 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Benjamin was Abidan the son of Gideoni. 25 And the standard of the camp of the children of Dan set forward, which was the rereward of all the camps throughout their hosts: and over his host was Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. 26 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Asher was Pagiel the son of Ocran. 27 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Naphtali was Ahira the son of Enan. 28 Thus were the journeyings of the children of Israel according to their armies, when they set forward. 29 And Moses said unto Hobab, the son of Raguel the Midianite, Moses' father in law, We are journeying unto the place of which the LORD said, I will give it you: come thou with us, and we will do thee good: for the LORD hath spoken good concerning Israel. 30 And he said unto him, I will not go; but I will depart to mine own land, and to my kindred.

31 And he said, Leave us not, I pray thee; forasmuch as thou knowest how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and thou mayest be to us instead of eyes. 32 And it shall be, if thou go with us, yea, it shall be, that what goodness the LORD shall do unto us, the same will we do unto thee. 33 And they departed from the mount of the LORD three days' journey: and the ark of the covenant of the LORD went before them in the three days' journey, to search out a resting place for them. 34 And the cloud of the LORD was upon them by day, when they went out of the camp. 35 And it came to pass, when the ark set forward, that Moses said, Rise up, LORD, and let thine enemies be scattered; and let them that hate thee flee before thee. 36 And when it rested, he said, Return, O LORD, unto the many thousands of Israel.

Numbers 10

Diane Beauford