I Chronicles Chapter 6

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1 The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

2 And the sons of Kohath: Amram, Jizhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.

3 And the children of Amram: Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. And the sons of Aaron: Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

4 Eleazar begot Phinehas; Phinehas begot Abishua,

5 and Abishua begot Bukki, and Bukki begot Uzzi,

6 and Uzzi begot Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begot Meraioth;

7 Meraioth begot Amariah, and Amariah begot Ahitub,

8 and Ahitub begot Zadok, and Zadok begot Ahimaaz,

9 and Ahimaaz begot Azariah, and Azariah begot Johanan,

10 and Johanan begot Azariah (he is it that exercised the priesthood in the house that Solomon built in Jerusalem);

11 and Azariah begot Amariah, and Amariah begot Ahitub,

12 and Ahitub begot Zadok, and Zadok begot Shallum,

13 and Shallum begot Hilkijah, and Hilkijah begot Azariah,

14 and Azariah begot Seraiah, and Seraiah begot Jehozadak,

15 and Jehozadak went away, when Jehovah carried away Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.

16 The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

17 And these are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei.

18 And the sons of Kohath: Amram, and Jizhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.

19 The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. And these are the families of Levi according to their fathers.

20 Of Gershom: Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,

21 Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeathrai his son.

22 The sons of Kohath: Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son,

23 Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, and Assir his son,

24 Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Saul his son.

25 And the sons of Elkanah: Amasai and Ahimoth.

26 Elkanah, — the sons of Elkanah: Zophai his son, and Nahath his son,

27 Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son.

28 And the sons of Samuel: the firstborn Vashni and Abijah.

29 The sons of Merari: Mahli; Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzza his son,

30 Shimea his son, Haggijah his son, Asaiah his son.

31 And these are they whom David set over the service of song in the house of Jehovah after that the ark was in rest.

32 And they ministered before the tabernacle of the tent of meeting with singing, until Solomon had built the house of Jehovah in Jerusalem; and they attended to their office according to their order.

33 And these are they that attended, and their sons: Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman the singer, the son of Joel, the son of Samuel,

34 the son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah,

35 the son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai,

36 the son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah,

37 the son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah,

38 the son of Jizhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel.

39 And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand: Asaph, the son of Berechiah, the son of Shimea,

40 the son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchijah,

41 the son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah,

42 the son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei,

43 the son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.

44 And their brethren the sons of Merari were on the left hand: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,

45 the son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkijah,

46 the son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shemer,

47 the son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.

48 And their brethren the Levites were given for all the service of the tabernacle of the house ofGod.

49 And Aaron and his sons offered upon the altar of the burnt-offering, and on the altar of incense, for all the work of the most holy place, and to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant ofGod had commanded.

50 And these are the sons of Aaron: Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son,

51 Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son,

52 Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son,

53 Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son.

54 And these are their dwelling-places according to their encampments, within their borders. For the sons of Aaron, of the family of the Kohathites, for theirs was the lot;

55 and they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and its suburbs round about it;

56 but the fields of the city, and the hamlets thereof gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

57 And to the children of Aaron they gave the city of refuge, Hebron; and Libnah and its suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa and its suburbs,

58 and Hilen and its suburbs, Debir and its suburbs,

59 and Ashan and its suburbs, and Beth-shemesh and its suburbs;

60 and, out of the tribe of Benjamin, Geba and its suburbs, and Allemeth and its suburbs, and Anathoth and its suburbs: all their cities, thirteen cities, according to their families.

61 And to the children of Kohath that remained [were given] by lot out of the families of the tribe [of Ephraim and of the tribe of Dan and] of the half tribe, half Manasseh, ten cities.

62 And to the children of Gershom according to their families out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.

63 To the children of Merari [were given] by lot, according to their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.

64 And the children of Israel gave to the Levites the cities and their suburbs.

65 And they gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, these cities which were mentioned by name.

66 And to the families of the children of Kohath who had the cities of their territory out of the tribe of Ephraim,

67 they gave the city of refuge, Shechem and its suburbs in mount Ephraim; and Gezer and its suburbs,

68 and Jokmeam and its suburbs, and Beth-horon and its suburbs,

69 and Ajalon and its suburbs, and Gath-Rimmon and its suburbs;

70 and out of the half tribe of Manasseh: Aner and its suburbs, and Bileam and its suburbs, — for the families of the children of Kohath that remained.

71 To the children of Gershom [were given] out of the family of the half tribe of Manasseh: Golan in Bashan and its suburbs, and Ashtaroth and its suburbs;

72 and out of the tribe of Issachar: Kedesh and its suburbs, Dobrath and its suburbs,

73 and Ramoth and its suburbs, and Anem and its suburbs;

74 and out of the tribe of Asher: Mashal and its suburbs, and Abdon and its suburbs,

75 and Hukok and its suburbs, and Rehob and its suburbs;

76 and out of the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee and its suburbs, and Hammon and its suburbs, and Kirjathaim and its suburbs.

77 To the children of Merari that remained [were given] out of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmono and its suburbs, [and] Tabor and its suburbs;

78 and on the other side of the Jordan by Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan, out of the tribe of Reuben: Bezer in the wilderness and its suburbs, and Jahzah and its suburbs,

79 and Kedemoth and its suburbs, and Mephaath and its suburbs;

80 and out of the tribe of Gad: Ramoth in Gilead and its suburbs, and Mahanaim and its suburbs,

81 and Heshbon and its suburbs, and Jaazer and its suburbs.

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1 Filii Levi: Gerson, Caath, et Merari.

2 Filii Caath: Amram, Isaar, Hebron, et Oziel.

3 Filii Amram: Aaron, Moyses, et Maria: Filii Aaron: Nadab et Abiu, Eleazar, et Ithamar.

4 Eleazar genuit Phinees, et Phinees genuit Abisue,

5 Abisue vero genuit Bocci, et Bocci genuit Ozi.

6 Ozi genuit Zaraiam, et Zaraias genuit Meraioth.

7 Porro Meraioth genuit Amariam, et Amarias genuit Achitob.

8 Achitob genuit Sadoc, et Sadoc genuit Achimaas,

9 Achimaas genuit Azariam, Azarias genuit Iohanan,

10 Iohanan genuit Azariam. ipse est qui sacerdotio functus est in domo, quam ædificavit Salomon in Ierusalem.

11 Genuit autem Azarias Amariam, et Amarias genuit Achitob,

12 Achitob genuit Sadoc, et Sadoc genuit Sellum,

13 Sellum genuit Helciam, et Helcias genuit Azariam,

14 Azarias genuit Saraiam, et Saraias genuit Iosedec.

15 Porro Iosedec egressus est, quando transtulit Dominus Iudam, et Ierusalem per manus Nabuchodonosor.

16 Filii ergo Levi: Gersom, Caath, et Merari.

17 Et hæc nomina filiorum Gersom: Lobni, et Semei.

18 Filii Caath: Amram, et Isaar, et Hebron, et Oziel.

19 Filii Merari: Moholi et Musi. Hæ autem cognationes Levi secundum familias eorum.

20 Gersom, Lobni filius eius, Iahath filius eius, Zamma filius eius,

21 Ioah filius eius, Addo filius eius, Zara filius eius, Iethrai filius eius.

22 Filii Caath, Aminadab filius eius, Core filius eius, Asir filius eius,

23 Elcana filius eius, Abiasaph filius eius, Asir filius eius.

24 Thahath filius eius, Uriel filius eius, Ozias filius eius, Saul filius eius.

25 Filii Elcana, Amasai et Achimoth

26 et Elcana: Filii Elcana: Sophai filius eius, Nahath filius eius,

27 Eliab filius eius, Ieroham filius eius, Elcana filius eius.

28 Filii Samuel primogenitus Vasseni, et Abia.

29 Filii autem Merari, Moholi: Lobni filius eius, Semei filius eius, Oza filius eius,

30 Sammaa filius eius, Haggia filius eius, Asaia filius eius.

31 Isti sunt, quos constituit David super cantores domus Domini, ex quo collocata est arca:

32 et ministrabant coram tabernaculo testimonii, canentes donec ædificaret Salomon domum Domini in Ierusalem: stabant autem iuxta ordinem suum in ministerio.

33 Hi vero sunt, qui assistebant cum filiis suis, de filiis Caath, Hemam cantor filius Ioel, filii Samuel,

34 filii Elcana, filii Ieroham, filii Eliel, filii Thohu,

35 filii Suph, filii Elcana, filii Mahath, filii Amasai,

36 filii Elcana, filii Iohel, filii Azariæ, filii Sophoniæ,

37 filii Thahath, filii Asir, filii Abiasaph, filii Core,

38 filii Isaar, filii Caath, filii Levi, filii Israel.

39 Et frater eius Asaph, qui stabat a dextris eius, Asaph filius Barachiæ, filii Samaa,

40 filii Michael, filii Basaiæ, filii Melchiæ,

41 filii Athanai, filii Zara, filii Adaia,

42 filii Ethan, filii Zamma, filii Semei,

43 filii Ieth, filii Gersom, filii Levi.

44 Filii autem Merari fratres eorum, ad sinistram, Ethan filius Cusi, filii Abdi, filii Maloch,

45 filii Hasabiæ, filii Amasiæ, filii Helciæ,

46 filii Amasai, filii Boni, filii Somer,

47 filii Moholi, filii Musi, filii Merari, filii Levi.

48 Fratres quoque eorum Levitæ, qui ordinati sunt in cunctum ministerium tabernaculi domus Domini.

49 Aaron vero, et filii eius adolebant incensum super altare holocausti, et super altare thymiamatis, in omne opus Sancti sanctorum: et ut precarentur pro Israel iuxta omnia, quæ præceperat Moyses servus Dei.

50 Hi sunt autem filii Aaron: Eleazar filius eius, Phinees filius eius, Abisue filius eius,

51 Bocci filius eius, Ozi filius eius, Zarahia filius eius,

52 Meraioth filius eius, Amarias filius eius, Achitob filius eius,

53 Sadoc filius eius, Achimaas filius eius.

54 Et hæc habitacula eorum per vicos atque confinia, filiorum scilicet Aaron, iuxta cognationes Caathitarum: ipsis enim sorte contigerant.

55 Dederunt igitur eis Hebron in terra Iuda, et suburbana eius per circuitum:

56 agros autem civitatis, et villas, Caleb filio Iephone.

57 Porro filiis Aaron dederunt civitates ad confugiendum Hebron, et Lobna, et suburbana eius,

58 Iether quoque, et Esthemo cum suburbanis suis, sed et Helon, et Dabir cum suburbanis suis,

59 Asan quoque, et Bethsemes, et suburbana earum.

60 De tribu autem Beniamin, Gabee et suburbana eius, et Almath cum suburbanis suis, Anathoth quoque cum suburbanis suis. omnes civitates, tredecim, per cognationes suas.

61 Filiis autem Caath residuis de cognatione sua dederunt ex dimidia tribu Manasse in possessionem urbes decem.

62 Porro filiis Gersom per cognationes suas de tribu Issachar, et de tribu Aser, et de tribu Nephthali, et de tribu Manasse in Basan, urbes tredecim.

63 Filiis autem Merari per cognationes suas de tribu Ruben, et de tribu Gad, et de tribu Zabulon, dederunt sorte civitates duodecim.

64 Dederunt quoque filii Israel Levitis civitates, et suburbana earum:

65 dederuntque per sortem, ex tribu filiorum Iuda, et ex tribu filiorum Simeon, et ex tribu filiorum Beniamin urbes has, quas vocaverunt nominibus suis,

66 et his, qui erant de cognatione filiorum Caath, fueruntque civitates in terminis eorum de tribu Ephraim.

67 Dederunt ergo eis urbes ad confugiendum, Sichem cum suburbanis suis in monte Ephraim, et Gazer cum suburbanis suis,

68 Iecmaam quoque cum suburbanis suis, et Bethoron similiter,

69 necnon et Helon cum suburbanis suis, et Gethremmon in eundem modum.

70 Porro ex dimidia tribu Manasse, Aner et suburbana eius, Balaam et suburbana eius: his videlicet, qui de cognatione filiorum Caath reliqui erant.

71 Filiis autem Gersom de cognatione dimidiæ tribus Manasse Gaulon in Basan, et suburbana eius, et Astaroth cum suburbanis suis.

72 De tribu Issachar, Cedes et suburbanis suis, et Dabereth cum suburbanis suis,

73 Ramoth quoque et suburbana eius, et Anem cum suburbanis suis.

74 De tribu vero Aser: Masal cum suburbanis suis, et Abdon similiter,

75 Husac quoque et suburbana eius, et Rohob cum suburbanis suis.

76 Porro de tribu Nephthali, Cedes in Galilæa et suburbana eius, Hamon cum suburbanis suis, et Cariathaim, et suburbana eius.

77 Filiis autem Merari residuis: de tribu Zabulon, Remmono et suburbana eius, et Thabor cum suburbanis sus:

78 trans Iordanem quoque ex adverso Iericho contra Orientem Iordanis, de tribu Ruben, Bosor in solitudine cum suburbanis suis, et Iassa cum suburbanis suis,

79 Cademoth quoque et suburbana eius, et Mephaat cum suburbanis suis.

80 Necnon et de tribu Gad, Ramoth in Galaad et suburbana eius, et Manaim cum suburbanis suis,

81 sed et Hesebon cum suburbanis suis, et Iezer cum suburbanis suis.

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1 Sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

2 And the sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.

3 And sons of Amram: Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. And sons of Aaron: Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

4 Eleazar begat Phinehas, Phinehas begat Abishua,

5 and Abishua begat Bukki, and Bukki begat Uzzi,

6 and Uzzi begat Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begat Meraioth,

7 Meraioth begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub,

8 and Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Ahimaaz,

9 and Ahimaaz begat Azariah, and Azariah begat Johanan,

10 and Johanan begat Azariah, him who acted as priest in the house that Solomon built in Jerusalem.

11 And Azariah begetteth Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub,

12 and Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Shallum,

13 and Shallum begat Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begat Azariah,

14 and Azariah begat Seraiah, and Seraiah begat Jehozadak;

15 and Jehozadak hath gone in Jehovah's removing Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.

16 Sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

17 And these <FI>are<Fi> names of sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei.

18 And sons of Kohath: Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.

19 Sons of Merari; Mahli and Mushi. And these <FI>are<Fi> families of the Levite according to their fathers;

20 of Gershom: Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,

21 Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeaterai his son.

22 Sons of Kohath: Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son,

23 Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, and Assir his son,

24 Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son.

25 And sons of Elkanah; Amasai and Ahimoth.

26 Elkanah; sons of Elkanah: Zophai his son, and Nahath his son,

27 Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son.

28 And sons of Samuel: the first-born Vashni, and the second Abijah.

29 Sons of Merari: Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son,

30 Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son.

31 And these <FI>are<Fi> they whom David stationed over the parts of the song of the house of Jehovah, from the resting of the ark,

32 and they are ministering before the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, in song, till the building by Solomon of the house of Jehovah in Jerusalem; and they stand according to their ordinance over their service.

33 And these <FI>are<Fi> those standing, and their sons: of the sons of the Kohathite: Heman the singer, son of Joel, son of Shemuel,

34 son of Elkanah, son of Jeroham, son of Eliel, son of Toah,

35 son of Zuph, son of Elkanah, son of Mahath, son of Amasai,

36 son of Elkanah, son of Joel, son of Azariah, son of Zephaniah,

37 son of Tahath, son of Assir, son of Ebiasaph, son of Korah,

38 son of Izhar, son of Kohath, son of Levi, son of Israel.

39 And his brother Asaph, who is standing on his right--Asaph, son of Berachiah, son of Shimea,

40 son of Michael, son of Baaseiah, son of Malchiah,

41 son of Ethni, son of Zerah, son of Adaiah,

42 son of Ethan, son of Zimmah, son of Shimei,

43 son of Jahath, son of Gershom, son of Levi.

44 And sons of Merari, their brethren, <FI>are<Fi> on the left. Ethan son of Kishi, son of Abdi, son of Malluch,

45 son of Hashabiah, son of Amaziah, son of Hilkiah,

46 son of Amzi, son of Bani, son of Shamer,

47 son of Mahli, son of Mushi, son of Merari, son of Levi.

48 And their brethren the Levites are put to all the service of the tabernacle of the house of God.

49 And Aaron and his sons are making perfume on the altar of the burnt-offering, and on the altar of the perfume, for all the work of the holy of holies, and to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses servant of God commanded.

50 And these <FI>are<Fi> sons of Aaron: Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son,

51 Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son,

52 Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son,

53 Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son.

54 And these <FI>are<Fi> their dwellings, throughout their towers, in their borders, of the sons of Aaron, of the family of the Kohathite, for theirs was the lot;

55 and they give to them Hebron in the land of Judah and its suburbs round about it;

56 and the field of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb son of Jephunneh.

57 And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of refuge: Hebron, and Libnah and its suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa and its suburbs,

58 and Hilen and its suburbs, Debir and its suburbs,

59 and Ashan and its suburbs, and Beth-Shemesh and its suburbs.

60 And from the tribe of Benjamin, Geba and its suburbs, and Allemeth and its suburbs, and Anathoth and its suburbs. All their cities <FI>are<Fi> thirteen cities, for their families.

61 And to the sons of Kohath, those left of the family of the tribe, from the half of the tribe, the half of Manasseh, by lot, <FI>are<Fi> ten cities.

62 And to the sons of Gershom, for their families, from the tribe of Issachar, and from the tribe of Asher, and from the tribe of Naphtali, and from the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.

63 To the sons of Merari, for their families, from the tribe of Reuben, and from the tribe of Gad, and from the tribe of Zebulun, by lot, twelve cities.

64 And the sons of Israel give to the Levites the cities and their suburbs.

65 And they give by lot from the tribe of the sons of Judah, and from the tribe of the sons of Simeon, and from the tribe of the sons of Benjamin, these cities which they call by name;

66 and some of the families of the sons of Kohath have cities of their border from the tribe of Ephraim;

67 and they give to them the cities of refuge, Shechem and its suburbs in the hill-country of Ephraim, and Gezer and its suburbs,

68 and Jokmeam and its suburbs, and Beth-Horan and its suburbs,

69 and Aijalon and its suburbs, and Gath-Rimmon and its suburbs;

70 and from the half tribe of Manasseh, Aner and its suburbs, and Bileam and its suburbs, for the family of the sons of Kohath who are left.

71 To the sons of Gershom from the family of the half of the tribe of Manasseh <FI>are<Fi> Golan in Bashan and its suburbs, and Ashtaroth and its suburbs;

72 and from the tribe of Issachar; Kedesh and its suburbs, Daberath and its suburbs,

73 and Ramoth and its suburbs, and Anem and its suburbs;

74 and from the tribe of Asher; Mashal and its suburbs, and Abdon and its suburbs,

75 and Hukok and its suburbs, and Rehob and its suburbs;

76 and from the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee and its suburbs, and Hammon and its suburbs, and Kirjathaim and its suburbs.

77 To the sons of Merari who are left, from the tribe of Zebulun, <FI>are<Fi> Rimmon and its suburbs, Tabor and its suburbs;

78 and from beyond the Jordan by Jericho, at the east of the Jordan, from the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness and its suburbs, and Jahzah and its suburbs,

79 and Kedemoth and its suburbs, and Mephaath and its suburbs;

80 and from the tribe of Gad: Ramoth in Gilead and its suburbs, and Mahanaim and its suburbs,

81 and Heshbon and its suburbs, and Jazer and its suburbs.

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A long, long time ago, there was nothing at all - no earth, no sky, no animals, no people. It was all dark and empty. But God was there! God is so powerful that He can make anything just by speaking. So God said "Let there be light!" and BOOM! There was light everywhere! God saw that the light was beautiful and good. He called the light "day" and the darkness "night." This was the very first day when God started making our wonderful world!

Explain Like I'm 10

Before anything existed - no planets, stars, or life - God decided to create the universe. The earth started out as a dark, empty place covered with water. But God's Spirit was there, ready to bring order and beauty to everything. When God spoke and said "Let there be light," light immediately appeared because God's words have incredible power. God looked at the light and was pleased with what He had made. He organized time by separating light (day) from darkness (night), creating the first 24-hour period. This shows us that God is organized and purposeful in everything He does.

Explain Like I'm 15

Genesis 1:1-5 establishes fundamental theological truths about God and creation. The Hebrew word "bara" (created) indicates creation from nothing (ex nihilo), demonstrating God's absolute sovereignty and power. The phrase "without form and void" (tohu wa-bohu) describes a state of chaos that God transforms into order. The Spirit of God "hovering" or "brooding" over the waters suggests active, caring involvement in creation. The creation of light before the sun (created on day 4) indicates that God Himself is the ultimate source of light and energy. The establishment of day and night creates the framework of time, showing that God operates within orderly patterns while transcending them. This passage refutes both atheistic materialism and pantheism, establishing that God is both transcendent (separate from creation) and immanent (actively involved in it).