Pierced Ears

`And a cutting for the soul ye do not put in your flesh; and a writing, a cross-mark, ye do not put on you; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah.

then hath his lord brought him nigh unto God, and hath brought him nigh unto the door, or unto the side-post, and his lord hath bored his ear with an awl, and he hath served him--to the age.

for ye were bought with a price; glorify, then, God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's.

Love not ye the world, nor the things in the world; if any one doth love the world, the love of the Father is not in him,

but--the hidden man of the heart, in the incorruptible thing of the meek and quiet spirit, which is, before God, of great price,

for a root of all the evils is the love of money, which certain longing for did go astray from the faith, and themselves did pierce through with many sorrows;

And they come in--the men with the women--every willing-hearted one--they have brought in nose-ring, and ear-ring, and seal-ring, and necklace, all golden goods, even every one who hath waved a wave-offering of gold to Jehovah.

and we bring near Jehovah's offering, each that which he hath found, vessels of gold--chain, and bracelet, seal-ring, <FI>ear<Fi> -ring, and bead--to make atonement for ourselves before Jehovah.'

By David. Bless, O my soul, Jehovah, And all my inward parts--His Holy Name.

`Sons ye <FI>are<Fi> to Jehovah your God; ye do not cut yourselves, nor make baldness between your eyes for the dead;

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

And the people see that Moses is delaying to come down from the mount, and the people assemble against Aaron, and say unto him, `Rise, make for us gods who go before us, for this Moses--the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt--we have not known what hath happened to him.' — read the full passage →

`And these <FI>are<Fi> the judgments which thou dost set before them: — read the full passage →

And they give unto Jacob all the gods of the stranger that <FI>are<Fi> in their hand, and the rings that <FI>are<Fi> in their ears, and Jacob hideth them under the oak which <FI>is<Fi> by Shechem;

`None is able to serve two lords, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will hold to the one, and despise the other; ye are not able to serve God and Mammon.