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¹And Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses, because of his wife, an Ethiopian,

²⁶And as they were leading him away, they apprehended a certain one, Simon of Cyrene, as he was returning from the countryside. And they imposed the cross on him to carry after Jesus.

⁵Do not be concerned that I am dark, for the sun has changed my color. The sons of my mother have fought against me. They have made me the keeper of the vineyards. My own vineyard I have not kept.

¹¹For there is no favoritism with God.

²³If the Ethiopian is able to change his skin, or the leopard is able to change his spots, then you also may be able to do well, though you have learned evil.

¹Now there were, in the Church at Antioch, prophets and teachers, among whom were Barnabas, and Simon, who was called the Black, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manahen, who was the foster brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

²⁶And he said: “Let us make Man to our image and likeness. And let him rule over the fish of the sea, and the flying creatures of the air, and the wild beasts, and the entire earth, and every animal that moves on the earth.”

⁶Bride to Groom: Reveal to me, you whom my soul loves, where you pasture, where you recline at midday, lest I begin to wander after the flocks of your companions.

⁵Have confidence in the Lord with all your heart, and do not depend upon your own prudence.

⁷Sons of Israel, are you not like the sons of the Ethiopians to me, says the Lord? Did I not cause Israel to rise up out of the land of Egypt, and the Philistines out of Cappadocia, and the Syrians out of Cyrene?

³⁴Then, Peter, opening his mouth, said: “I have concluded in truth that God is not a respecter of persons.

³⁰My skin has become blackened over me, and my bones have dried up because of the heat.

²⁸There is neither Jew nor Greek; there is neither servant nor free; there is neither male nor female. For you are all one in Christ Jesus.

¹⁵and his feet resembled shining brass, just as in a burning furnace; and his voice was like the voice of many waters.

³²Ambassadors will come out of Egypt. Ethiopia will offer in advance her hands to God.

²⁵he said, “Cursed be Canaan, a servant of servants will he be to his brothers.”

⁶The one with the black horses was departing into the land of the North, and the white went forth after them, and the speckled went forth towards the land of the South.

¹³raging waves of the sea, foaming from their own confusion; wandering stars, for whom the whirlwind of darkness has been reserved forever!

²The offspring of a harlot, that is, one born of a prostitute, shall not enter into the church of the Lord, until the tenth generation.