Disciples of Jesus Christs' Memorial Parsha: Shoftim in Deuteronomy 18

Welcome to the Disciples of Jesus Christ’s Memorial Parsha of Shoftim, as we read in the book of Deuteronomy, one of five book of Moses. Parsha Shoftim is in Deuteronomy 16 through Deuteronomy 21. The Haphtarah may be read from Isaiah 51 through Isaiah 52.

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We continue into Chapter Sixteen from the book of Deuteronomy, and Moses is commanding that the people would choose a judge. The idea of choosing a judge had been brought up in the Parsha Yitro (Jethro, the father of Zipphorah, the wife of Moses). (Exodus 18:13-16). However, Memorial Parsha Moses again commanded that the people choose able judges to lead the people. In this Parsha, Shoftim, Moses commands that the people ¹⁸ Appoint judges and officials for each of your tribes in every town the LORD your God is giving you, and they shall judge the people fairly. ¹⁹ Do not pervert justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous. ²⁰ Follow justice and justice alone, so that you may live and possess the land the LORD your God is giving you. (Deuteronomy 16:18-20).

 
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In Chapter Seventeen, in the book of Deuteronomy, Moses commands that you shall not offer any animal as a sacrifice to the LORD Thy God that has a blemish. (Deuteronomy 17:1 and Leviticus 22:20).

Next Moses commands that there shall be two witnesses to diligently determine if you have gone after the other gods to worship, transgressing the covenant of the LORD Thy God, is evil in his sight. Then you shall use the witness of the third person to put the person to death. And purge the evil from among you. (Deuteronomy 17:2-7; Deuteronomy 11:29; 27:12-13). However in the book of Judges, Abimelech went to his Mothers clans in Shechem. Abimelech had decided that he should sway the people to let him rule over the people. (Judges 9:1). However, another generation rose that knew not the LORD God. Nevertheless, Jotham stood and prophesied on Mount Gerizim that one day the people would desire more than a judge, but a King. Meanwhile the people had forsook the LORD Thy God judges 11.

Much later, Jotham speaks in a parable about the people one day desiring a King, as he spoke to the people that had revolted against his paternal clan. Then he asked the people to look presumptuously at the behavior toward Jerub-Baal. He is saying that there will be fire to consume you (the trees) so strong that a large forest would be consumed, like the trees of Lebanon, and thorn bush’s. (Judges 9:7-20). This is the story of God avenging the blood of the crime against Jerub-Baal on their brother Abimelech and on the citizens of Shechem, because they dealt treacherously with the people. Therefore, God sent an evil spirit between them; and the divisive spirit (Gaal, the son of Ebed) caused some to serve Shechem’s father, Hamor or Abimelech which is the son of Jerub-Baal. (Judges 9:30-41).

The people were repeatedly attacked by the company of Abimelech in city of Shechem, captured and destroyed the city and then salt was poured all over the streets;  which meant a person worth was in the meaning of salt, scattered throughout the city – nothing. (Judges 9:42-45). Next, Abimelech went to a city name Thebez and besieged that city, then captured it, after he had lit a fire in the temple of El-Berith, and about one-thousand men and women died. (Judges 9:46-49).  Abimelech, went into a tower, a stronghold for all the people of the city, stormed it to set on fire, but he was killed Abimelech was a lot like King Saul, the first anointed King over Israel he did not want anyone to think that a woman had killed him (Judges 9:50 and 1 Samuel 16:1). Whereas Saul didn’t want to be a Prisoner of War. (1 Samuel 31:1-6). However, King David, the branch of Jess was told by the Amelakite that he thrust Saul (the Lord’s Anointed) and did not die, and David then tore his clothes and fasted for the people of the LORD Thy God, and the house of Israel.

Since there were no righteous judges’ in the territory of Gideon, and Manasseh and Ehud would eventually clash on this endeavor because Ehud moved on the spirit of God and passed over the territories in the next chapter of the book of Judges (Judges 12). The Spirit of God, works grace, and Apostle Paul said, in Romans 8:9, "⁹You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact^(Q) the Spirit of God dwells in you.^(R) Anyone who does not have^(S) the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him." God had recompensed the wickedness that Abimelech had done to his father’s seventy sons. God also made the Shechem pay for all their wickedness.  The curse of Jotham, son of Jerub-Baal came on them.  Nevertheless, the art of warfare was important as technology in warfare is today, because warfare is a very important component in setting the battle in array. Yet, looking at the sixteenth person die in the apartment complex, I am thinking that my godly life doesn’t make a difference, yet I know that I am not perfect. I live out my life in the Spirit of God through Jesus Christ. No matter how bad things you can live a triumphant life. Most importantly you may still try to gain inner peace, know the word of God; and know the hour – to determine your will of God. Remember Jesus died for the church, bless the House of David and bless the House of Aaron. (Psalm 118:1-4).

In closing, Peter, like myself also a descendant of Aaron healed a crippled beggar at Solomon's colonade, at the Beautiful gate of the temple courts (Acts 3:2-8; and Acts 4:1-12). Then there was Stephen the first Bishop of the church was brought before the Sanhedrin. Stephen started with the gospel in the covenant of Abraham through circumcision. He was careful not to forget that Moses passed an angel in the flames of a burning bush. Moses heard the voice of the LORD, the God of your fathers.  He preached that the people resist the Holy Ghost. (Acts 7:52-53). The Apostle Stephen said, ^51(CV) "You stiff-necked people,^(CW) uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit.^(CX) As your fathers did, so do you. ^52(CY) Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who announced beforehand the coming of^(CZ) the Righteous One,^(DA) whom you have now betrayed and murdered, ⁵³you who received the law^(DB) as delivered by angels and^(DC) did not keep it."


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Deuteronomy 17:14-17 - The King

When you enter the land the LORD your God is giving you shall choose a king from among your own brothers. The King shall not acquire great numbers of horses for himself or make the people return to Egypt to get more of them, for the LORD has told you, "You are not to go back that way again." The King shall not take many wives, or his heart will be led astray. He must not accumulate large amounts of silver and gold.

The instruction given here by Moses command is very important because this was the fall of a nation, too many wives, too many horses, and depending on Egypt for horses, instead of giving Assyria tribute. And so there were many factors that can lead you to stray, from the covenant and God's word. (Exodus 34:16 and 2nd Samuel 3:2-5). As you can see with the extensive DNA research provided, my family also answered to their Clan chiefs, even when a descendant of the Aaron rose to chiefdom. So the commandment of Moses was adhered - throughout the Ulster region until our family was forced to leave Ireland-Scotland. http://dna-project.clan-donald-usa.org/DNAmain3.htm As a matter of fact, leadership is very important in the structure of a community, just as important as a family.

1 Kings 6:1 Solomon Builds the Temple

¹ In the four hundred and eightieth ^[a] year after the Israelites had come out of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, the second month, he began to build the temple of the LORD. Footnotes:

1. 1 Kings 6:1 Hebrew; Septuagint four hundred and fortieth 

1 Kings 7:1-2 Solomon Builds His Palace ¹ It took Solomon thirteen years, however, to complete the construction of his palace. ² He built the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon a hundred cubits long, fifty wide and thirty high, ^[a] with four rows of cedar columns supporting trimmed cedar beams.

1 Kings 11:1,11,31 - Solomon's Wives 

 ¹ King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women besides Pharaoh's daughter—Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians and Hittites.
¹¹Therefore the LORD said to Solomon, "Since this has been your practice and you have not kept my covenant and my statutes that I have commanded you,^(A) I will surely tear the kingdom from you and will give it to your servant.

Cross references:

1. 1 Kings 11:11 : 1 Kings 11:31; 1 Kings 12:15, 16 

³¹And he said to Jeroboam, "Take for yourself ten pieces, for thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, 'Behold,^(A) I am about to tear the kingdom from the hand of Solomon and will give you ten tribes

Cross references:

1. 1 Kings 11:31 : 1 Kings 11:11-13

2 Chronicles 12:13¹³ King Rehoboam established himself firmly in Jerusalem and continued as king. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel in which to put his Name. His mother's name was Naamah; she was an Ammonite.

Nehemiah 13:26²⁶ Was it not because of marriages like these that Solomon king of Israel sinned? Among the many nations there was no king like him. He was loved by his God, and God made him king over all Israel, but even he was led into sin by foreign women. 

1^st Kings 12:1-4: Israel Rebels Against Rehoboam

 ¹ Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all the Israelites had gone there to make him king. ² When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard this (he was still in Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon), he returned from ^[a] Egypt. ³ So they sent for Jeroboam, and he and the whole assembly of Israel went to Rehoboam and said to him: ⁴ "Your father put a heavy yoke on us, but now lightens the harsh labor and the heavy yoke he put on us, and we will serve you."

2 Samuel 20:1 - The Rebellion of Sheba

 ¹Now there happened to be there^(A) a worthless man, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjaminite. And he blew the trumpet and said, ^(B) "We have no portion in David, and we have no inheritance in the son of Jesse;^(C) every man to his tents, O Israel!"

Cross references:

1. 2 Samuel 20:1 : Deut 13:13
2. 2 Samuel 20:1 : 2 Samuel 19:43
3. 2 Samuel 20:1 : 2 Samuel 20:22; 1 Kgs 12:16; 2 Chr 10:16

1 Kings 12:16-20:  The Kingdom Divided

¹⁶And when all Israel saw that the king did not listen to them, the people answered the king, "What portion do we have in David? We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse.^(L) To your tents, O Israel! Look now to your own house, David." So Israel went to their tents. ¹⁷But Rehoboam reigned over^(M) the people of Israel who lived in the cities of Judah. ¹⁸Then King Rehoboam sent^(N) Adoram, who was taskmaster over the forced labor, and all Israel stoned him to death with stones. And King Rehoboam hurried to mount his chariot to flee to Jerusalem. ^19(O) So Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David to this day. ²⁰And when all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they sent and called him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. There was none that followed the house of David but^(P) the tribe of Judah only.

Disciples Reference:


Deuteronomy 16:1-8: Passover, http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=deuteronomy%2016&version=ESV

Deuteronomy 16:9-12: Feast of Weeks, http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=deuteronomy%2016&version=ESV

Deuteronomy 16:13-17: Feast of Booths (Feast of Tabernacles), http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=deuteronomy%2016&version=ESV.

John 8:17; Num 35:30

Recommended References:

l Samuel 16:1

Psalm 78:70

Psalm 89:19,20

Acts 13:22

Isaiah 53:7

2nd Samuel 2:13-16

Judges 10;11-14

Micah 4:11-13

Acts 7:51-53

Luke 22:24-30

In Touch Ministries. Impression or Impact, Part 1, http://www.intouch.org/. August 2nd, 2010. http://www.intouch.org/broadcast/audio-archives.
Exodus 18 – 20, http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=exodus%2018-20&version=NIV.

Isaiah 6 http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=isaiah%206&version=NIV.

DNA Study. MacDonald Line, Clan MacDonald, http://www.clan-donald-usa.org/cdusa/index.php. Reviewed on Thursday, August 19th, 2010.  http://dna-project.clan-donald-usa.org/

Disciples Parsha Tetzaveh - Exodus 27:20 through Exodus 28

Jesus said, Luke 12:47-48 - Verse 47 And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.
 Verse 48 But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.

Isaiah 28:16 - Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.

Haftarah: Ezekiel 43:10-27

Disciples for Jesus Christ at Memorial Parsha Tetzaveh: Exodus 27:20 through Exodus 30:10

Exodus 27:20-21

 ²⁰And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always.

 ²¹In the tabernacle of the congregation without the vail, which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order it from evening to morning before the LORD: it shall be a statute for ever unto their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel. (Exodus 27:20-21, King James Version)

Recommended Reference for Exodus 27:20-21
 Psalm 19:8 - ⁸The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes. (Psalm 19:8, King James Version); and
Psalm 119:105 - ¹⁰⁵Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. (Psalm 119:105, King James Version).

EXODUS 28
Exodus 28:1-5 - The Priestly Garments
 ¹And take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's sons.
 ²And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother for glory and for beauty.
 ³And thou shalt speak unto all that are wise hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron's garments to consecrate him, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office.
 ⁴And these are the garments which they shall make; a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a broidered coat, a mitre, and a girdle: and they shall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and his sons, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office.
 Exodus 28:6-14 - The Ephod, A memorial unto the sons of Israel
⁵And they shall take gold, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen.
⁶And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and of purple, of scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cunning work.
 ⁷It shall have the two shoulderpieces thereof joined at the two edges thereof; and so it shall be joined together.
 ⁸And the curious girdle of the ephod, which is upon it, shall be of the same, according to the work thereof; even of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.
 ⁹And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the children of Israel:
 ¹⁰Six of their names on one stone, and the other six names of the rest on the other stone, according to their birth.
 ¹¹With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, shalt thou engrave the two stones with the names of the children of Israel: thou shalt make them to be set in ouches of gold.
 ¹²And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulders of the ephod for stones of memorial unto the children of Israel: and Aaron shall bear their names before the LORD upon his two shoulders for a memorial.
 ¹³And thou shalt make ouches of gold;
 ¹⁴And two chains of pure gold at the ends; of wreathen work shalt thou make them, and fasten the wreathen chains to the ouches.

Exodus 28:15-30 - The Breast Piece (Breastplate)
 ¹⁵And thou shalt make the breastplate of judgment with cunning work; after the work of the ephod thou shalt make it; of gold, of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine twined linen, shalt thou make it.
 ¹⁶Foursquare it shall be being doubled; a span shall be the length thereof, and a span shall be the breadth thereof.
 ¹⁷And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, even four rows of stones: the first row shall be a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this shall be the first row.
 ¹⁸And the second row shall be an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond.
 ¹⁹And the third row a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst.
 ²⁰And the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be set in gold in their inclosings.
 ²¹And the stones shall be with the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet; every one with his name shall they be according to the twelve tribes.
 ²²And thou shalt make upon the breastplate chains at the ends of wreathen work of pure gold.
 ²³And thou shalt make upon the breastplate two rings of gold, and shalt put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.
 ²⁴And thou shalt put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings which are on the ends of the breastplate.
 ²⁵And the other two ends of the two wreathen chains thou shalt fasten in the two ouches, and put them on the shoulderpieces of the ephod before it.
 ²⁶And thou shalt make two rings of gold, and thou shalt put them upon the two ends of the breastplate in the border thereof, which is in the side of the ephod inward.
 ²⁷And two other rings of gold thou shalt make, and shalt put them on the two sides of the ephod underneath, toward the forepart thereof, over against the other coupling thereof, above the curious girdle of the ephod.
 ²⁸And they shall bind the breastplate by the rings thereof unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it may be above the curious girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate be not loosed from the ephod.
 ²⁹And Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in the breastplate of judgment upon his heart, when he goeth in unto the holy place, for a memorial before the LORD continually.
 ³⁰And thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim; and they shall be upon Aaron's heart, when he goeth in before the LORD: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel upon his heart before the LORD continually. (Exodus 28, King James Version)

Recommended References for Exodus 28:1-5

Psalm 139:11-12 - ¹¹If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.
 ¹²Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee. (Psalm 139:11-12, King James Version).
Daniel 2:19-22 - ¹⁹Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a night vision. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.
 ²⁰Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever: for wisdom and might are his:
 ²¹And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding:
 ²²He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him. (Daniel 2:19-22, King James Version).
Ephesians 1:17 - ¹⁷That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: (Ephesians 1:17, King James Version)

Recommended Reference for Exodus 28:6-14:
Revelations 14:1-3 - ¹And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads.
 ²And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps:
 ³And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth. (Revelation 14:1-3, King James Version)

Recommended Reference for Exodus 28:15-30:
Job 38:7 - ⁷When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy? (Job 38:7, King James Version)
Matthew 16:16-20 - ¹⁶And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.
 ¹⁷And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.
 ¹⁸And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
 ¹⁹And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
 ²⁰Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ. (Matthew 16:16-20, King James Version)
Matthew 20:20-28 - ²⁰Then came to him the mother of Zebedees children with her sons, worshipping him, and desiring a certain thing of him.
 ²¹And he said unto her, What wilt thou? She saith unto him, Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on the left, in thy kingdom.
 ²²But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? They say unto him, We are able.
 ²³And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with: but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father.
 ²⁴And when the ten heard it, they were moved with indignation against the two brethren.
 ²⁵But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them.
 ²⁶But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;
 ²⁷And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant:
 ²⁸Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many. (Matthew 20:20-28, King James Version)
Mark 10:35-43 - ³⁵And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, come unto him, saying, Master, we would that thou shouldest do for us whatsoever we shall desire.
 ³⁶And he said unto them, What would ye that I should do for you?
 ³⁷They said unto him, Grant unto us that we may sit, one on thy right hand, and the other on thy left hand, in thy glory.
 ³⁸But Jesus said unto them, Ye know not what ye ask: can ye drink of the cup that I drink of? and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?
 ³⁹And they said unto him, We can. And Jesus said unto them, Ye shall indeed drink of the cup that I drink of; and with the baptism that I am baptized withal shall ye be baptized:
 ⁴⁰But to sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give; but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared.
 ⁴¹And when the ten heard it, they began to be much displeased with James and John.
 ⁴²But Jesus called them to him, and saith unto them, Ye know that they which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and their great ones exercise authority upon them.
 ⁴³But so shall it not be among you: but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your minister: (Mark 10:35-43, King James Version)
Mark 12:10-11 - ¹⁰And have ye not read this scripture; The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner:
 ¹¹This was the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes? (Mark 12:10-11, King James Version)
Luke 22:25 - ²⁵And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactors. (Luke 22:25, King James Version)

Recommended Reference for Exodus 28:31-42:
1st Samuel 21:8-9 - ⁸And David said unto Ahimelech, And is there not here under thine hand spear or sword? for I have neither brought my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king's business required haste.
 ⁹And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou slewest in the valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod: if thou wilt take that, take it: for there is no other save that here. And David said, There is none like that; give it me. (1 Samuel 21:8-9, King James Version)
1st Samuel 22:16-23 - ¹⁶And the king said, Thou shalt surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and all thy father's house.
 ¹⁷And the king said unto the footmen that stood about him, Turn, and slay the priests of the LORD: because their hand also is with David, and because they knew when he fled, and did not shew it to me. But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fall upon the priests of the LORD.
 ¹⁸And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod.
 ¹⁹And Nob, the city of the priests, smote he with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and sucklings, and oxen, and asses, and sheep, with the edge of the sword.
 ²⁰And one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David.
 ²¹And Abiathar shewed David that Saul had slain the LORD's priests.
 ²²And David said unto Abiathar, I knew it that day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would surely tell Saul: I have occasioned the death of all the persons of thy father's house.
 ²³Abide thou with me, fear not: for he that seeketh my life seeketh thy life: but with me thou shalt be in safeguard. (1 Samuel 22:16-23, King James Version)
1st Samuel 30:7 - ⁷And David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech's son, I pray thee, bring me hither the ephod. And Abiathar brought thither the ephod to David. (1 Samuel 30:7, King James Version)
 ⁷Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people: (1 Kings 9:7, King James Version)

Recommended Reference for Exodus 28:43:
Luke 11:42 - ⁴²But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. (Luke 11:42, King James Version)
Revelation 12:17 - ¹⁷And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ. (Revelation 12:17, King James Version)

The faithful Servant and the Evil Servant: Final disciple teachings of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ
Luke 12:35-48 - Jesus had just finished preaching a parable of the Rich fool, he said in verse 34, "For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." ³⁵Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning;
 ³⁶And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately.
 ³⁷Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.
 ³⁸And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants.
 ³⁹And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through.
 ⁴⁰Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not."
 ⁴¹Then Peter said unto him, "Lord, speakest thou this parable unto us, or even to all?"
 ⁴²And the Lord said, "Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of meat in due season?
 ⁴³Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
 ⁴⁴Of a truth I say unto you, that he will make him ruler over all that he hath.
 ⁴⁵But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;
 ⁴⁶The lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.
 ⁴⁷And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.
 ⁴⁸But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.
Christ (the annointing) Brings Division
 ⁴⁹I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled?
 ⁵⁰But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!
 ⁵¹Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:
 ⁵²For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.
 ⁵³The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in law."
Discern the Time
 ⁵⁴And he said also to the people, "When ye see a cloud rise out of the west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it is.
 ⁵⁵And when ye see the south wind blow, ye say, There will be heat; and it cometh to pass.
 ⁵⁶Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time?
Make Peace with Your Adversary
 ⁵⁷Yea, and why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right?
 ⁵⁸When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, as thou art in the way, give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him; lest he hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison.
 ⁵⁹I tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence, till thou hast paid the very last mite." (Luke 12:35-99, King James Version)