They were in charge of the bread set out on the table, the special flour for the grain offerings, the thin loaves made without yeast, the baking and the mixing, and all measurements of quantity and size.
NIV
For the showbread also, and for the fine flour for a cereal offering, whether of unleavened wafers or of what is baked on the griddle or soaked [in oil], and for all measuring of amount and size [as the Law of Moses required].
AMP
Both for the shewbread, and for the fine flour for meat offering, and for the unleavened cakes, and for that which is baked in the pan, and for that which is fried, and for all manner of measure and size;
KJV
So God made the vault and separated the water under the vault from the water above it. And it was so.
NIV
And God made the firmament [the expanse] and separated the waters which were under the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse. And it was so.
AMP
And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
KJV
They answered him, "We are Abraham's descendants and have never been slaves of anyone. How can you say that we shall be set free?"
NIV
They answered Him, We are Abraham's offspring (descendants) and have never been in bondage to anybody. What do You mean by saying, You will be set free?
AMP
They answered him, We be Abraham's seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?
KJV
Now there have been many of those priests, since death prevented them from continuing in office
NIV
[Again, the former successive line of priests] was made up of many, because they were each prevented by death from continuing [perpetually in office]AMP
And they truly were many priests, because they were not suffered to continue by reason of death:
KJV
So Israel set out with all that was his, and when he reached Beersheba, he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.
NIV
SO ISRAEL made his journey with all that he had and came to Beersheba [a place hallowed by sacred memories] and offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac. [Gen. 21:33; 26:23-25.]AMP
And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac.
KJV
He even deposed his grandmother Maakah from her position as queen mother, because she had made a repulsive image for the worship of Asherah. Asa cut it down and burned it in the Kidron Valley.
NIV
Also Maacah his mother he removed from being queen mother, because she had an image made for [the goddess] Asherah. Asa destroyed her image, burning it by the brook Kidron.
AMP
And also Maachah his mother, even her he removed from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove; and Asa destroyed her idol, and burnt it by the brook Kidron.
KJV
All the days of the oppressed are wretched, but the cheerful heart has a continual feast.
NIV
All the days of the desponding and afflicted are made evil [by anxious thoughts and forebodings], but he who has a glad heart has a continual feast [regardless of circumstances].
AMP
All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.
KJV
