Numbers 2 Cross References - MKJV

¹ And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, ² Every man of the sons of Israel shall pitch by his own banner, with the banner of their father's house. They shall pitch far off, around the tabernacle of the congregation. ³ And those who pitch on the east side toward the rising of the sun shall be those of the banner of the camp of Judah, throughout their armies. And Nahshon the son of Amminadab shall be captain of the sons of Judah. ⁴ And his army, and those that were numbered of them, were seventy-four thousand, six hundred. ⁵ And those that pitch next to him shall be the tribe of Issachar. And Nethaneel the son of Zuar shall be captain of the sons of Issachar. ⁶ And his army, and those that were numbered of them were fifty-four thousand, and four hundred. ⁷ And the tribe of Zebulun; the ruler of the sons of Zebulun shall be Eliab the son of Helon. ⁸ And his army, and those numbered of them were fifty-seven thousand and four hundred. ⁹ All that were numbered of the camp of Judah were a hundred and eighty-six thousand and four hundred, by their armies. They shall set forth first. ¹⁰ On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben, according to their armies; the ruler of the sons of Reuben shall be Elizur the son of Shedeur. ¹¹ And his army, and those numbered of it, were forty-six thousand, five hundred. ¹² And those who pitch beside him shall be the tribe of Simeon. And the captain of the sons of Simeon shall be Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. ¹³ And his army, and those numbered of them, were fifty-nine thousand, three hundred. ¹⁴ Then the tribe of Gad. And the ruler of the sons of Gad shall be Eliasaph the son of Reuel. ¹⁵ And his army, and those numbered of them, were forty-five thousand, six hundred and fifty. ¹⁶ All that were numbered in the camp of Reuben were a hundred fifty-one thousand, four hundred and fifty, throughout their armies. And they shall go forward in the second rank. ¹⁷ And the tabernacle of the congregation shall go forward with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camp. As they camp, so they shall go forward, each man in his place, by their banners. ¹⁸ On the west side shall be the banner of the camp of Ephraim, according to their armies. And the ruler of the sons of Ephraim shall be Elishama the son of Ammihud. ¹⁹ And his army, and those numbered with them, were forty thousand, five hundred. ²⁰ And beside him shall be the tribe of Manasseh. And the ruler of the sons of Manasseh shall be Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. ²¹ And his army, and those numbered of them, were thirty-two thousand, two hundred. ²² And the tribe of Benjamin; the ruler of the sons of Benjamin shall be Abidan the son of Gideoni. ²³ And his army, and those numbered of them were thirty-five thousand, four hundred. ²⁴ All that were numbered of the camp of Ephraim were a hundred eight thousand, one hundred, by their armies. And they shall go forward in the third rank. ²⁵ The banner of the camp of Dan shall be on the north side of their armies. And the ruler of the sons of Dan shall be Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. ²⁶ And his army, and those numbered of them, were sixty-two thousand, seven hundred. ²⁷ And those that camp beside him shall be the tribe of Asher. And the ruler of the sons of Asher shall be Pagiel the son of Ocran. ²⁸ And his army, and those numbered of them, were forty-one thousand, five hundred. ²⁹ Then the tribe of Naphtali. And the ruler of the sons of Naphtali shall be Ahira the son of Enan. ³⁰ And his army, and those numbered of them, were fifty-three thousand, four hundred. ³¹ All those who were numbered in the camp of Dan were a hundred fifty-seven thousand, six hundred. They shall go last with their banners. ³² These are those numbered of the sons of Israel, by their fathers' house. All those numbered of the camps throughout their armies were six hundred three thousand, five hundred and fifty. ³³ But the Levites were not numbered among the sons of Israel, even as Jehovah commanded Moses. ³⁴ And the sons of Israel did according to all that Jehovah commanded Moses. So they pitched by their banners, and so they went forward, everyone according to their families, according to the house of their fathers.

⁵ And now your two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, who are born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you into Egypt, are mine; like Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine.

¹⁴ And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it on Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left on Manasseh's head, crossing his hands. For Manasseh was the first-born. ¹⁵ And he blessed Joseph and said, May God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who fed me all my life to this day, ¹⁶ the Angel who redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads. And let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac, and let them grow like the fishes into a multitude in the midst of the earth. ¹⁷ And Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand on the head of Ephraim, and it was evil in his eyes. And he held up his father's hand to remove it from Ephraim's head to Manasseh's head. ¹⁸ And Joseph said to his father, Not so, my father. For this is the first-born. Put your right hand on his head. ¹⁹ And his father refused and said, I know, my son, I know. He also shall become a people, and he also shall be great, but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he is, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations. ²⁰ And he blessed them that day, saying, In you shall Israel bless, saying, God make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh. And he put Ephraim before Manasseh.

³ Reuben, you are my first-born, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity and the excellency of power. ⁴ Unstable as water, you shall not excel, because you went up to your father's bed; then you defiled it. He went up to my couch.

⁸ Judah, may your brothers praise you. May your hand be in the neck of your enemies. May your father's sons bow before you. ⁹ Judah is a lion's whelp. My son, you have gone up from the prey. He stooped, he crouched like a lion; and like a lioness, who shall rouse him? ¹⁰ The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor a Lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come. And the obedience of the peoples to him.

³⁷ And the sons of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, the men being about six hundred thousand men on foot, apart from little ones.

²⁶ a bekah for every man, half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for everyone that went to be numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred three thousand, five hundred fifty men.

⁴² According to all that Jehovah commanded Moses, so the sons of Israel made all the work.

⁵ And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you: of Reuben, Elizur, the son of Shedeur; ⁶ of Simeon, Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai; ⁷ of Judah, Nahshon the son of Amminadab; ⁸ of Issachar, Nethaneel the son of Zuar; ⁹ of Zebulun, Eliab the son of Helon; ¹⁰ of the sons of Joseph; of Ephraim, Elishama the son of Ammihud; of Manasseh, Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur; ¹¹ of Benjamin, Abidan the son of Gideoni; ¹² of Dan, Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai; ¹³ of Asher, Pagiel the son of Ocran; ¹⁴ of Gad, Eliasaph the son of Reuel; ¹⁵ of Naphtali, Ahira the son of Enan.

²¹ those numbered of them, of the tribe of Reuben were forty-six thousand, five hundred.

²³ those numbered of them, of the tribe of Simeon, were fifty-nine thousand, three hundred.

²⁵ those numbered of the tribe of Gad, were forty-five thousand, six hundred and fifty.

²⁷ those numbered of them, of the tribe of Judah, were seventy-four thousand, six hundred. ²⁸ Of the sons of Issachar, by their generations, according to their families, by their fathers' house, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war: ²⁹ those numbered of them, of the tribe of Issachar, were fifty-four thousand, four hundred.

²⁹ those numbered of them, of the tribe of Issachar, were fifty-four thousand, four hundred. ³⁰ Of the sons of Zebulun, by their generations, according to their families, by their fathers' house, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war: ³¹ those numbered of them, of the tribe of Zebulun, were fifty-seven thousand, four hundred.

³¹ those numbered of them, of the tribe of Zebulun, were fifty-seven thousand, four hundred. ³² Of the sons of Joseph, of the sons of Ephraim, by their generations, according to their families, by their fathers' house, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war: ³³ those numbered of them, of the tribe of Ephraim, were forty thousand, five hundred.

³⁵ those numbered of them, of the tribe of Manasseh, were thirty-two thousand, two hundred.

³⁷ those numbered of them, of the tribe of Benjamin, were thirty-five thousand, four hundred.

³⁹ those numbered of them, of the tribe of Dan, were sixty-two thousand, seven hundred.

⁴¹ those numbered of them, of the tribe of Asher, were forty-one thousand, five hundred. ⁴² Of the sons of Naphtali, by their generations, according to their families, by their fathers' house, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war: ⁴³ those were numbered of them, of the tribe of Naphtali, were fifty-three thousand, four hundred.

⁴⁶ even all those who were numbered were six hundred three thousand, five hundred and fifty. ⁴⁷ But the Levites, according to the tribe of their fathers, were not numbered among them. ⁴⁸ For Jehovah had spoken to Moses saying, ⁴⁹ Only you shall not number the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum of them among the sons of Israel. ⁵⁰ But you shall set the Levites over the tabernacle of testimony, and over all its vessels, and over all its things. They shall carry the tabernacle and all its vessels. And they shall serve it, and shall camp around the tabernacle.

⁵⁰ But you shall set the Levites over the tabernacle of testimony, and over all its vessels, and over all its things. They shall carry the tabernacle and all its vessels. And they shall serve it, and shall camp around the tabernacle. ⁵¹ And when the tabernacle sets forth, the Levites shall take it down. And when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up. And the stranger who comes near shall die. ⁵² And the sons of Israel shall pitch their tents, each man by his own camp, and each man by his own banner, throughout their armies. ⁵³ But the Levites shall pitch around the tabernacle of testimony, so that there may be no wrath upon the congregation of the sons of Israel. And the Levites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of testimony. ⁵⁴ And the sons of Israel did according to all that Jehovah commanded Moses. So they did.

¹ And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, ² Every man of the sons of Israel shall pitch by his own banner, with the banner of their father's house. They shall pitch far off, around the tabernacle of the congregation. ³ And those who pitch on the east side toward the rising of the sun shall be those of the banner of the camp of Judah, throughout their armies. And Nahshon the son of Amminadab shall be captain of the sons of Judah.

⁹ All that were numbered of the camp of Judah were a hundred and eighty-six thousand and four hundred, by their armies. They shall set forth first. ¹⁰ On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben, according to their armies; the ruler of the sons of Reuben shall be Elizur the son of Shedeur.

¹⁶ All that were numbered in the camp of Reuben were a hundred fifty-one thousand, four hundred and fifty, throughout their armies. And they shall go forward in the second rank.

²⁴ All that were numbered of the camp of Ephraim were a hundred eight thousand, one hundred, by their armies. And they shall go forward in the third rank.

³¹ All those who were numbered in the camp of Dan were a hundred fifty-seven thousand, six hundred. They shall go last with their banners.

³⁸ And those who camp before the tabernacle toward the east, before the tabernacle of the congregation eastward, shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the sons of Israel. And the stranger that comes near shall die.

¹² And he that offered his offering the first day was Nahshon the son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah.

¹⁷ and for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five lambs of the first year. This was the offering of Nahshon the son of Amminadab. ¹⁸ On the second day Nethaneel the son of Zuar, ruler of Issachar, offered.

²³ and for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five lambs of the first year. This was the offering of Nethaneel the son of Zuar. ²⁴ On the third day Eliab the son of Helon, ruler of the sons of Zebulun, offered.

²⁹ and for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five lambs of the first year. This was the offering of Eliab the son of Helon. ³⁰ On the fourth day Elizur the son of Shedeur, ruler of the sons of Reuben, offered.

³⁵ and for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five lambs of the first year. This was the offering of Elizur the son of Shedeur. ³⁶ On the fifth day Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai, ruler of the sons of Simeon, offered.

⁴¹ and for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five lambs of the first year. This was the offering of Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. ⁴² On the sixth day Eliasaph the son of Reuel, ruler of the sons of Gad, offered.

⁴⁷ and for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five lambs of the first year. This was the offering Eliasaph the son of Reuel. ⁴⁸ On the seventh day Elishama the son of Ammihud, ruler of the sons of Ephraim, offered:

⁵³ and for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five lambs of the first year. This was the offering of Elishama the son of Ammihud. ⁵⁴ On the eighth day Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur, ruler of the sons of Manasseh, offered:

⁵⁹ and for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five lambs of the first year. This was the offering of Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. ⁶⁰ On the ninth day Abidan the son of Gideoni, ruler of the sons of Benjamin, offered:

⁶⁵ and for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five lambs of the first year. This was the offering of Abidan the son of Gideoni. ⁶⁶ On the tenth day Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai, ruler of the sons of Dan, offered:

⁷¹ and for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five lambs of the first year. This was the offering of Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai. ⁷² On the eleventh day Pagiel the son of Ocran, ruler of the sons of Asher, offered:

⁷⁷ and for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five lambs of the first year. This was the offering of Pagiel the son of Ocran. ⁷⁸ On the twelfth day Ahira the son of Enan, ruler of the sons of Naphtali, offered:

⁸³ and for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five lambs of the first year. This was the offering of Ahira the son of Enan.

¹⁴ And at the front the sons of Judah pulled up the standard of the camp by their armies. And over his army was Nahshon the son of Amminadab.

¹⁴ And at the front the sons of Judah pulled up the standard of the camp by their armies. And over his army was Nahshon the son of Amminadab. ¹⁵ And over the army of the tribe of the sons of Issachar was Nethaneel the son of Zuar.

¹⁵ And over the army of the tribe of the sons of Issachar was Nethaneel the son of Zuar. ¹⁶ And over the army of the tribe of the sons of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon.

¹⁶ And over the army of the tribe of the sons 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 pulled up stakes, carrying the tabernacle. ¹⁸ And the standard of the camp of Reuben pulled up according to their armies. And over his army was Elizur the son of Shedeur. ¹⁹ And over the army of the tribe of the sons of Simeon was Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. ²⁰ And over the army of the tribe of the sons of Gad was Eliasaph the son of Reuel. ²¹ And the Kohathites pulled up stakes carrying the sanctuary. And the tabernacle was set up before they came. ²² And the standard of the camp of the sons of Ephraim pulled up according to their armies. And over his army was Elishama the son of Ammihud. ²³ And over the army of the tribe of the sons of Manasseh was Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. ²⁴ And over the army of the tribe of the sons of Benjamin was Abidan the son of Gideoni. ²⁵ And the standard of the camp of the sons of Dan set forward, the rear guard of all the camps throughout their army. And over his army was Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.

²⁷ And over the army of the tribe of the sons of Naphtali was Ahira the son of Enan. ²⁸ These were the journeyings of the sons of Israel according to their armies when they pulled up stakes.

²¹ And Moses said, The people among whom I am are six hundred thousand footmen. And You have said, I will give them flesh so that they may eat a whole month!

⁹ For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him. Lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be counted among the nations. ¹⁰ Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!

²¹ He has not seen iniquity in Jacob, neither has He seen perverseness in Israel. Jehovah his God is with him, and the shout of a king among them.

² And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel pitched, according to their tribes. And the Spirit of God came upon him.

⁵ How goodly are your tents, O Jacob, your tabernacles, O Israel! ⁶ They are spread forth like the valleys, like gardens by the river's side, like the trees of aloes which Jehovah has planted, like cedar trees beside the waters.

⁷ these are the families of the Reubenites. And their numbered ones were forty-three thousand, seven hundred and thirty.

¹⁴ these are the families of the Simeonites, twenty-two thousand, two hundred.

¹⁸ these are the families of the sons of Gad by their numbered ones, forty thousand and five hundred. ¹⁹ The sons of Judah: Er and Onan. And Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. ²⁰ And the sons of Judah according to their families: of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites; of Pharez, the family of the Pharzites; of Zerah, the family of the Zerahites. ²¹ And the sons of Pharez: of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites; ²² these are the families of Judah by their numbered ones, seventy-six thousand and five hundred.

²² these are the families of Judah by their numbered ones, seventy-six thousand and five hundred. ²³ The sons of Issachar, according to their families: of Tola, the family of the Tolaites; of Pua, the family of the Punites; ²⁴ of Jashub, the family of the Jashubites; of Shimron, the family of the Shimronites; ²⁵ these are the families of Issachar by their numbered ones, sixty-four thousand and three hundred.

²⁵ these are the families of Issachar by their numbered ones, sixty-four thousand and three hundred. ²⁶ The sons of Zebulun according to their families: of Sered, the family of the Sardites; of Elon, the family of the Elonites; of Jahleel, the family of the Jahleelites; ²⁷ these are the families of the Zebulunites by their numbered ones, sixty thousand, five hundred.

³⁴ these are the families of Manasseh, by their numbered ones, fifty-two thousand, seven hundred.

³⁷ these are the families of the sons of Ephraim by their numbered ones, thirty-two thousand, five hundred. These are the sons of Joseph according to their families.

⁴¹ these are the sons of Benjamin according to their families, and their numbered ones, forty-five thousand, six hundred.

⁴³ All the families of the Shuhamites, by their numbered ones, sixty-four thousand, four hundred.

⁴⁷ These are the families of the sons of Asher by their numbered ones, fifty-three thousand, four hundred. ⁴⁸ The sons of Naphtali according to their families: of Jahzeel, the family of the Jahzeelites; of Guni, the family of the Gunites; ⁴⁹ of Jezer, the family of the Jezerites; of Shillem, the family of the Shillemites. ⁵⁰ These are the families of Naphtali according to their families, by their numbered ones, forty-five thousand, four hundred.

⁵⁰ These are the families of Naphtali according to their families, by their numbered ones, forty-five thousand, four hundred. ⁵¹ These were the numbered ones of the sons of Israel, six hundred one thousand, seven hundred and thirty.

⁵⁷ And these are the numbered ones of the Levites according to their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites; of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites; of Merari, the family of the Merarites. ⁵⁸ These are the families of the Levites: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korathites. And Korah fathered Amram. ⁵⁹ And the name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, whom one bore to Levi in Egypt. And she bore to Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister. ⁶⁰ And to Aaron was born Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. ⁶¹ And Nadab and Abihu died when they offered strange fire before Jehovah. ⁶² And their numbered ones, twenty-three thousand, all males from a month old and upward. For they were not numbered among the sons of Israel, because there was no inheritance given them among the sons of Israel.

¹⁷ His glory is like the first-born of his bull, and his horns are like the horns of the wild ox. With them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth. And they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh.

⁴ Yet keep a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure. Do not come near it, so that you may know the way by which you must go. For you have not passed this way before now.

¹ And it happened after the death of Joshua, the children of Israel asked Jehovah, saying, Who shall go up first for us against the Canaanites to fight against them? ² And Jehovah said, Judah shall go up. Behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.

²⁰ and Amminadab fathered Nahshon, and Nahshon fathered Salmon,

¹⁰ And Ram fathered Amminadab. And Amminadab fathered Nahshon, prince of the sons of Judah.

¹ And the sons of Reuben, the first-born of Israel (for he was the first-born; but since he defiled his father's bed, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph the son of Israel, and the genealogy is not to be counted according to the birthright; ² For Judah prevailed among his brothers, and from him came the chief ruler, but the birthright was Joseph's);

²⁶ Laadan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son, ²⁷ Non his son; Jehoshua his son.

²⁷ There is little Benjamin with their ruler, the leaders of Judah and their multitude, the leaders of Zebulun, and the leaders of Naphtali.

¹¹ Vow, and pay to Jehovah your God; let all that are around Him bring presents to the Fearful One.

¹ To the Chief Musician. A Testimony Concerning the Lilies. A Psalm of Asaph. Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, You who lead Joseph like a flock; You dwelling between the cherubs, shine forth. ² Stir up Your strength before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, and come, save us.

² Stir up Your strength before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, and come, save us.

⁶ Then I shall not be ashamed, when I have respect to all Your Commandments.

¹⁰ And in that day there shall be the Root of Jesse standing for a banner of the people; to Him the nations shall seek; and His resting place shall be glorious. ¹¹ And it shall be in that day, the Lord shall again set His hand, the second time, to recover the remnant of His people that remains, from Assyria and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Ethiopia, and from Persia, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the coasts of the sea. ¹² And He shall lift up a banner for the nations, and shall gather the outcasts of Israel and gather together the scattered ones of Judah from the four corners of the earth.

⁶ Cry out and shout, O dweller of Zion; for great is the Holy One of Israel in your midst.

³ All people of the world and dwellers on the earth, you will see as one lifts up a banner on the peaks. And you will hear as the blowing of a trumpet.

¹⁸ I have surely heard Ephraim mourning to himself, saying, You have chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bull not broken in; turn me, and I shall be turned. For You are Jehovah my God. ¹⁹ Surely after I was turned, I repented; and after I was taught, I struck on my thigh. I was ashamed, yea, I even blushed, because I bore the disgrace of my youth. ²⁰ Is Ephraim My dear son? Is he a delightful child? For as often as I spoke against him, I earnestly remember him still. Therefore My heart is troubled for him; I will surely have mercy on him, says Jehovah.

⁷ And He said to me, Son of man, the house of Israel shall no more defile the place of My throne, and the place of the soles of My feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the sons of Israel forever; neither they, nor their kings, by their fornication, nor by the dead bodies of their kings in their high places.

¹⁶ And Jehovah their God shall save them in that day as the flock of His people; for they are as stones of a crown, lifted up as a banner over His land.

⁴ and Ram fathered Amminadab, and Amminadab fathered Nahshon, and Nahshon fathered Salmon.

⁶ And they were both righteous before God, walking blameless in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord.

³² son of of Jesse, son of of Obed, son of of Boaz, son of of Salma, son of of Nahshon, ³³ son of of Amminadab, son of of Ram, son of of Hezron, son of of Pharez, son of of Judah,

³³ For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.

⁴⁰ Let all things be done decently and in order.

²⁷ Only let your conduct be as becomes the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you, or else am absent, I may hear of your affairs, that you stand fast in one spirit, striving together with one mind for the faith of the gospel,

⁵ For though I am absent in the flesh, yet I am with you in the spirit, rejoicing and beholding your order and the steadfastness of your faith in Christ.

¹⁹ and not holding the Head, from whom all the body, having been supplied through the joints and bands, and having been joined together, will grow with the growth of God.

² And immediately I became in spirit. And behold, a throne was set in Heaven, and One sat upon the throne. ³ And He who sat there looked like a jasper stone and a sardius. And a rainbow was around the throne, looking like an emerald. ⁴ And around the throne I saw twenty-four thrones. And on the thrones I saw twenty-four elders sitting, clothed in white clothing. And they had crowns of gold on their heads. ⁵ And out of the throne came lightnings and thunderings and voices. And seven lamps of fire were burning in front of the throne, which are the seven spirits of God.