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over the flocks. All these were the officials He will beg during harvest and have
over King David’s property. nothing.
32 Also Jehonathan, David’s uncle, was a 5
counselor, a wise man, and a scribe; and Jehiel Counsel in the heart of man is like
deep water,
the son of Hachmoni was with the king’s sons.
33 Ahithophel was the king’s counselor, and But a man of understanding will draw
Hushai the Archite was the king’s companion. it out.
34 After Ahithophel was Jehoiada the son of
Benaiah, then Abiathar. And the general of the
king’s army was Joab.
20:5 deep water. The wise man has keen dis-
Psalm 78:56–66
cernment reaching to the deepest intentions of
56 Yet they tested and provoked the Most the heart to grasp wise counsel (18:4;Heb.4:12).
High God,
And did not keep His testimonies,
57 But turned back and acted unfaithfully Acts 10:1–23
like their fathers;
There was a certain man in Caesarea
They were turned aside like a deceitful 10 called Cornelius, a centurion of what was
bow. 2
58 For they provoked Him to anger with called the Italian Regiment, a devout man and
their high places, one who feared God with all his household,
who gave alms generously to the people, and
And moved Him to jealousy with their prayed to God always. About the ninth hour
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carved images.
59 When God heard this, He was furious, of the day he saw clearly in a vision an angel of
God coming in and saying to him, “Cornelius!”
And greatly abhorred Israel, 4
And when he observed him, he was afraid,
60 So that He forsook the tabernacle of and said, “What is it, lord?”
Shiloh, So he said to him, “Your prayers and your
The tent He had placed among men,
alms have come up for a memorial before
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God. Now send men to Joppa, and send for Si-
mon whose surname is Peter. He is lodging
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with Simon, a tanner, whose house is by the
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78:60 tabernacle of Shiloh. Shiloh was an sea. He will tell you what you must do.” And
early location of Yahweh worship in the when the angel who spoke to him had depart-
Promised Land.The capture and removal of the ed, Cornelius called two of his household ser-
ark from Shiloh by the Philistines symbolized vants and a devout soldier from among those
God’s judgment. who waited on him continually. So when he
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had explained all these things to them, he sent
them to Joppa.
61 And delivered His strength into captivity, 9 The next day, as they went on their journey
And His glory into the enemy’s hand. and drew near the city, Peter went up on the
62 housetop to pray, about the sixth hour. Then
He also gave His people over to the
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sword, he became very hungry and wanted to eat; but
And was furious with His inheritance. while they made ready, he fell into a trance
63 The fire consumed their young men, 11 and saw heaven opened and an object like a
And their maidens were not given in great sheet bound at the four corners,
marriage. descending to him and let down to the earth.
Their priests fell by the sword,
64 12 In it were all kinds of four-footed animals of
And their widows made no lamentation. the earth, wild beasts, creeping things, and
birds of the air. And a voice came to him,
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Then the Lord awoke as from sleep, “Rise, Peter; kill and eat.”
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Like a mighty man who shouts 14 But Peter said, “Not so, Lord! For I have
because of wine. never eaten anything common or unclean.”
66 And He beat back His enemies; 15 And a voice spoke to him again the second
He put them to a perpetual reproach. time, “What God has cleansed you must not
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call common.” This was done three times.
Proverbs 20:4–5
And the object was taken up into heaven again.
The lazy man will not plow because of Now while Peter wondered within himself
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winter; what this vision which he had seen meant,
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