So Moses and Aaron went to Egypt and gathered all the Israelite leaders together.

Then Jethro brought an offering to be burned whole and other sacrifices to be offered to God; and Aaron and all the leaders of Israel went with him to eat the sacred meal as an act of worship.

God did not harm these leading men of Israel; they saw God, and then they ate and drank together.

(SEE 1:6)

Then the chief priests and the elders met together in the palace of Caiaphas, the High Priest,

They did this, then, and sent the money to the church elders by Barnabas and Saul.

From Miletus Paul sent a message to Ephesus, asking the elders of the church to meet him.

I, who am an elder myself, appeal to the church elders among you. I am a witness of Christ's sufferings, and I will share in the glory that will be revealed. I appeal to you

He saw the slavery of the Israelites and was concerned for them.

They believed, and when they heard that the LORD had come to them and had seen how they were being treated cruelly, they bowed down and worshiped.

Moses took the body of Joseph with him, as Joseph had made the Israelites solemnly promise to do. Joseph had said, "When God rescues you, you must carry my body with you from this place."

The nations have heard, and they tremble with fear; the Philistines are seized with terror.

The LORD blessed Sarah, as he had promised,

He said to his brothers, "I am about to die, but God will certainly take care of you and lead you out of this land to the land he solemnly promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob."

Some time later Naomi heard that the LORD had blessed his people by giving them good crops; so she got ready to leave Moab with her daughters-in-law.

what are human beings, that you think of them; mere mortals, that you care for them?

"Let us praise the Lord, the God of Israel! He has come to the help of his people and has set them free.

They will completely destroy you and the people within your walls; not a single stone will they leave in its place, because you did not recognize the time when God came to save you!"

Simon has just explained how God first showed his care for the Gentiles by taking from among them a people to belong to him.

Instead, as it is said somewhere in the Scriptures: "What are human beings, O God, that you should think of them; mere human beings, that you should care for them?

You made them for a little while lower than the angels; you crowned them with glory and honor,

Your conduct among the heathen should be so good that when they accuse you of being evildoers, they will have to recognize your good deeds and so praise God on the Day of his coming.