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N'vuzar'adan the commander of the guard then deported some of the poor people, the remaining population of the city, the deserters who had defected to the king of Bavel and the rest of the common people.

But N'vuzar'adan the commander of the guard left behind some of the poor people of the land to be vineyard-workers and farmers.

The commander of the guard took the cups, censers, sprinkling bowls, pots, menorahs, pans and bowls — everything made of gold and everything made of silver.

The commander of the guard took [prisoner] S'rayah the chief cohen, Tz'fanyah the second-ranking cohen, and three doorkeepers.

N'vuzar'adan the commander of the guard took them and brought them to the king of Bavel in Rivlah.

and in the twenty-third year of N'vukhadretzar, N'vuzar'adan the commander of the guard deported 745 persons from Y'hudah; the total comes to 4,600 persons.

Then Dani'el said to the guard whom the chief officer had put in charge of Dani'el, Hananyah, Misha'el and ‘Azaryah,

So the guard took away their food and the wine they were supposed to drink, and gave them vegetables.

Then, choosing his words carefully, Dani'el consulted Aryokh, captain of the royal guard, who had already gone out to kill the sages of Bavel.

A destroyer has risen in front of your face; guard the ramparts, keep watch on the road, brace yourselves, marshall all your strength.

" Adonai -Tzva'ot says this: ‘If you will walk in my ways, obey my commission, judge my house and guard my courtyards; then I will give you free access among these who are standing here.

"Then I will guard my house against armies, so that none will march through or return. No oppressor will ever again overrun them, for now I am watching with my own eyes.

Be on guard, for there will be people who will hand you over to the local Sanhedrins and flog you in their synagogues.

So when Yeshua said to them, "Watch out! Guard yourselves against the hametz of the P'rushim and Tz'dukim,"

How can you possibly think I was talking to you about bread? Guard yourselves from the hametz of the P'rushim and Tz'dukim!"

Then they understood — they were to guard themselves not from yeast for bread but from the teaching of the P'rushim and Tz'dukim.

Pilate said to them, "You may have your guard. Go and make the grave as secure as you know how."

So they went and made the grave secure by sealing the stone and putting the guard on watch.

So the king immediately sent a soldier from his personal guard with orders to bring Yochanan's head. The soldier went and beheaded Yochanan in the prison,

So when Yeshua said to them, "Watch out! Guard yourselves from the hametz of the P'rushim and the hametz of Herod,"