And he set up an altar there, and called on the God of Israel.

And God said again to Moses, Thus shall you say to the sons of Israel: The Lord God of our fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you: this is My name forever, and My memorial to all generations.

And now if you will indeed hear My voice, and keep My covenant, you shall be to Me a peculiar people above all nations; for the whole earth is Mine.

And you shall be to Me a royal priesthood and a holy nation. These words shall you speak to the children of Israel.

I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

And the song was thus: O Lord, my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer,

Who [is] strong, but the Lord? And who will be a Creator except our God?

[As for God], His works [are] true, and all His ways [are] judgment: God [is] faithful, and there is no unrighteousness [in Him]; just and holy [is] the Lord.

How should one pursue a thousand, and two put tens of thousands to flight, if God had not sold them, and the Lord had not delivered them up?

For their gods are not as our God, but our enemies [are] void of understanding.

I will say to God, You are my helper; why have You forgotten me? Why do I mourn, while the enemy oppresses [me]?

The Lord shall send out the rod of Your strength out of Zion; rule in the midst of Your enemies!

You shall not pervert the judgment of the poor in his cause.

And you shall not receive gifts; for gifts blind the eyes of the seeing, and corrupt just words.

You shall make for yourself judges and officers in your cities, which the Lord your God gives you in [your] tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment;

You shall justly pursue justice, that you may live, and go in and inherit the land which the Lord your God gives you.

Judge the orphan and poor; do justice to the low and needy.

Rescue the needy, and deliver the poor out of the hand of the sinner.

Open your mouth and judge justly, and plead the cause of the poor and weak.

but He shall judge the cause of the lowly, and shall reprove the lowly of the earth; and He shall smite the earth with the word of His mouth, and with the breath of His lips shall He destroy the ungodly one.

And He shall have His loins girded with righteousness, and His sides clothed with truth.

For behold, a righteous king shall reign, and princes shall govern with judgment.

Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will raise up to David a righteous branch, and a king shall reign and understand, and shall execute judgment and righteousness on the earth.

Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; proclaim it aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem; behold, your King is coming to you, righteous, and [your] Savior; He is meek and riding on a donkey, a young foal of a donkey.

But to the Son He says: "Your throne, O God, is forever and ever; a scepter of righteousness is the scepter of Your Kingdom.

Also you shall select for yourself able men out of all the people, God fearing [men], righteous men, hating pride, and you shall set over the people captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, and captains of fifties, and captains of tens.

And now let the fear of the Lord be upon you, and be wary, and do [your duty]; for there is no unrighteousness with the Lord our God, neither [is it for Him] to respect persons, or to take bribes.

And he charged them, saying, Thus shall you do in the fear of the Lord, in truth and with a perfect heart.

From the day that he charged me to be their ruler in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even to the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes, twelve years, neither I nor my brothers ate the [provisions] extorted from them.