The Pharisees arrived and began arguing with Jesus. They tested him by demanding from him a sign from heaven.

"Now as for you, you are to sleep on your left side, symbolically bearing the punishment of the house of Israel while you're counting the days you'll be sleeping on your left side to bear symbolically the punishment for their sin.

Don't trust your friends, don't confide in a companion, watch what you say to your wife.

The Lord swallowed up without pity all of Jacob's habitations. In his wrath he tore down the strongholds of fair Judah. He cast to the ground in dishonor both her kingdom and its rulers.

Due to the sins committed by her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests who shed in her midst, the blood of the righteous,

If you warn the righteous person, so that he doesn't commit sin, then he'll live, since he had been warned. And you will have saved your life."

Indeed, even your brothers and your father's family conspire against you. Even they cry out after you loudly. Don't believe them, even though they speak friendly words to you.

and say, "LORD, you have declared about this place that you would destroy it so that there wouldn't be an inhabitant in it, neither human nor animal, because it will be a wasteland forever.'

You have invited those who terrorize me to come around, as if today were a festival. No one has escaped or survived the time of the LORD's anger. My enemy has finished off those whom I cuddled and raised.

But desert beasts will lie down there, and their houses will be full of howling creatures; there owls will dwell, and goat-demons will dance there.

Their arrows are sharp, all their bows ready for action. Their horses' hooves seem like flint, and their chariot wheels spin like a whirlwind.

"An appalling and horrible thing has happened in the land:

Why do you contend with me? You have rebelled against me," declares the LORD.

it's better that you don't promise than that you do promise and not follow through.

He will die for lack of discipline, and he goes astray because of his great folly.

Your men will die violently, while your forces fall in battle

"When I lie down I ask, "When will I wake up?' But the night continues and I keep tossing and turning until dawn.

Find joy in living with your wife whom you love every day of your pointless life that God gave you on earth, because this is your life assignment and your work to do on earth.

for who can eat or enjoy life apart from him?

You overpower him once and for all, and then he departs; you change his appearance and then send him away.

"He removes mountains without their knowledge, overthrowing them in his anger.

"Will the wild donkey bray from hunger if fresh grass is beside him? Will the ox low from distress if it is near its feed?

The king said, "Let this be done." So an edict was issued in Susa, and Haman's ten sons were hanged on poles.

Then Mordecai left and did everything that Esther had ordered him.

Our opponents heard that we had learned about them, that God had brought their plans to failure, and that each and every one of us had come to work on the wall.

Next to him Zabbai's son Baruch worked valiantly on another section from the angle of the wall as far as the door to the house belonging to Eliashib the high priest.

Furthermore, the balance remaining of the silver and gold may be used for whatever other purpose you and your people desire, as long as such use is consistent with the will of your God.

Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah,

Beth-zur, Soco, Adullam,

Blessed be the LORD your God, who is delighted with you! He set you in place on his throne to be king for the LORD your God. He made you king over them so you could carry out justice and implement righteousness, because your God loves Israel and intends to establish them forever."

and he rebuilt Baalath and its supply centers that belonged to Solomon, along with all the cities that he utilized to garrison his chariots and cavalry forces. Solomon was pleased also to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon, and in every territory that he controlled.

whatever prayer or request is made, no matter whether it's made by a single man or by all of your people Israel, each praying out of his own illness and anguish and stretching out their hands toward this Temple,

along with its pots, shovels, forks, and all of its other implements that Hiram-abi made from polished bronze for King Solomon and the LORD's Temple.

Then he rebuilt Tadmor in the desert, along with supply centers that he had built in Hamath.

All the men of Israel assembled in front of the king during the Festival of Tents that takes place in the seventh month of the year.

So Joash remained hidden with her in the LORD's Temple for six years while Athaliah reigned over the land.

Quite some time later three years later! this message from the LORD came to Elijah: "Go visit Ahab, and I'll send some rain to the surface of the ground."

When the queen of Sheba had seen all of Solomon's wisdom for herself, the palace that he had built,

the twentieth to Eliathah, his sons and his relatives, for a total of twelve;

But his armor bearer did not want to do it because he was very frightened, so Saul took the sword and fell on it. When his armor bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell on his sword and died.

They would invade with their livestock and tents, swooping in as numerous as locusts. It was impossible to count them or their camels and they came into the land to destroy it.

Jerahmeel also had another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam.

Now it happened that during the third year of the reign of Elah's son Hoshea, king of Israel, that Ahaz' son Hezekiah became king.

All the doorways and doorposts had rectangular frames, with the doorways facing each other in three tiers.

Listen, you kings! Turn your ears to me, you rulers! As for me, to the LORD I will sing! I will sing praise to the LORD God of Israel.

The carts were designed with borders between cross-pieces,

Then the LORD took him outside. "Look up at the sky and count the stars if you can!" he said. "Your descendants will be that numerous."

Then the men of Ai looked back behind them and all of a sudden! smoke from the city was rising into the sky. They were unable to run in any direction, because the Israelis who had fled toward the wilderness had turned around to attack their pursuers.

Joab commanded the entire army of Israel, Jehoiada's son Benaiah commanded the special forces and mercenaries,

After he left, Eglon's attendants came to look, but the doors to the cool chamber were locked! So they said, "He must be relieving himself in the inner part of the cool chamber."

The priest is to come into the LORD's presence and present his sin and burnt offerings.

As to the meat contained in his peace offerings, it is to be eaten on the day it is offered. Nothing of it is to remain until morning."

Brothers, we ask you to show your appreciation for those who work among you, set an example for you in the Lord, and instruct you.

After this, they traveled from Mount Hor along the caravan route by way of the Sea of Reeds and went around the land of Edom. But when the people got impatient because it was a long route,

Meanwhile, as Barak continued chasing Sisera, Jael went out to meet him. "Come with me," she told him, "and I'll show you the man you're looking for!" So he went with her, and there was Sisera, lying dead with the tent peg still embedded in his temple!

"This is the offering that Aaron and his sons are to offer to the LORD the day he is anointed: a tenth of an ephah of flour is to be offered throughout the day, half in the morning and half in the evening.

You are not to fear them, because the LORD your God will fight for you.'"

The priest is to take the offering of jealousy from the woman's hand, wave the offering in the LORD's presence, and have her approach the altar.

"When a person has touched a ceremonially unclean thing inadvertently, such as the carcass of an unclean animal, or some unclean creeping thing, he will be unclean and guilty nevertheless.

The king of Jerusalem: 1 The king of Hebron: 1

The LORD would speak to Moses face to face just as a man speaks with his friend. When Moses returned to the camp, Nun's son Joshua, his young servant, would not leave the tent.

The Lord is against you now, and you'll be blind and unable to see the sun for a while!" At that moment a dark mist came over him, and he went around looking for someone to lead him by the hand.

until the LORD grants rest to your fellow Israelis like you. When they take possession of the territory that the LORD your God is about to give them on the other side of the Jordan River, then each of you may return to the territory that I've allotted for you.'

and asked them, "Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?" They answered him, "No, we haven't even heard that there is a Holy Spirit."

You yourselves know that I worked with my own hands to support myself and those who were with me.

But some Jews came from Antioch and Iconium and won over the crowds by persuasion. They stoned Paul and dragged him out of the town, thinking he was dead.

"If a man strikes the eye of his male or female servant and destroys it, he is to release him as a free man in exchange for his eye.

When the meeting of the synagogue broke up, many Jews and devout converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas, who kept talking to them and urging them to continue in the grace of God.

Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, a servant isn't greater than his master, and a messenger isn't greater than the one who sent him.

Later that night, he woke up, quickly took his two wives, his two women servants, and his eleven children, and forded the river at Jabbok.

Now even the first covenant had regulations for worship and an earthly sanctuary.

From: Paul, an apostle of the Messiah Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother. To: God's church in Corinth, and to all the holy people throughout Achaia.

because nation will rise up in arms against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes and famines in various places. These things are only the beginning of the birth pains."

The sound of the wings of the cherubim, reminiscent of the voice of the Sovereign God when he speaks, could be heard as far as the outer court.

Simon Peter asked him, "Lord, where are you going?" Jesus answered him, "I'm going where you cannot follow me now, though you will follow me later on."

Then the scribe told him, "Well said, Teacher! You have told the truth that "God is one, and there is no other besides him.'

While Jesus was still speaking to the crowds, his mother and brothers stood outside, wanting to speak to him.

It approached the ram with the two horns that I had observed while standing beside the canal, and charged at him, out of control with rage.

The LORD spoke to the man who was clothed in white linen, telling him, "Go between the whirling wheels, under the cherubim, and fill your hands with burning coals from among the cherubim. Then scatter them over the city." So he entered as I watched.

Is my inheritance like a speckled bird of prey to me? Are the other birds of prey all around her coming against her? Go, gather all the wild animals and bring them to devour it.

As a result, Jerusalem will become an insult, an object of taunt, an example of chastisement, and a useless waste to all the nations that surround you when I carry out my sentence against you in my anger, my burning rage, and my burning rebukes. I, the LORD, have spoken it.

Celebrate and rejoice, you women of Edom, who live in the land of Uz. But to you the cup also will pass you will become drunk and stripped naked.

The LORD's anointed, the breath of our life, was captured in their pits. About him we had said, "Under his protection we will survive among the nations."

They should be for you alone and not for strangers who are with you.

Your iniquities have turned these things away, and your sins have held back from you what is good.

Tell him, "Be careful, be calm, don't be afraid, and don't lose heart because of these two smoldering stumps of torches, that is, because of the fierce anger of Rezin, from Aram, and Remaliah's son.

But then the snow melts, and they disappear; when warmed, they evaporate from their stream beds.

Because of this, the land will mourn, and the heavens above will be dark. Because I have spoken and decided, I won't turn back from doing it."

and then the Almighty will be your gold and your refined silver.

I'm like a servant who longs for the shade, like a hired laborer who is looking for his wages.

and her gates lament and mourn. Ravaged, she will sit on the ground."

So I commended the dead who had already died as being happier than the living who are still alive.

After that the young woman would go in to the king, and whatever she asked for would be given to her to take with her from the harem to the palace.

Ezra the priest stood up and spoke to them, "You have sinned by marrying foreign wives, thereby increasing the transgressions of Israel.

(Now the Temple Servants were living on the Ophel as far as the Water Gate that faces eastward with its prominent tower.)

I purified them from everything foreign, arranged duties for the priests and the descendants of Levi, each to his task,

Rechab's descendant Malchijah, ruling official of the Beth-haccherem district, repaired the Dung Gate, reconstructing it, installing its doors, its locks, and its security bars.

Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch,

Descendants of exiles from Ramah and Geba: 621

Then she gave the king 120 talents of gold, a vast quantity of spices, and precious stones. There were no spices comparable to those that the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.

Descendants of exiles from Kiriath-arim; that is, Chephirah and Beeroth: 743

Hashabiah and Jeshaiah from the descendants of Merari and 20 of his brothers and their sons;

When the queen of Sheba had seen Solomon's wisdom for herself, the palace that he had built,

How blessed are your staff! And how blessed are your employees, who serve you continually and get to listen to your wisdom!

"I'm willing," he replied. So he accompanied them, and when they came to the Jordan River, they cut down some trees.

Underneath, figurines resembling oxen encircled the circular sea beneath it, ten oxen every cubit, and encircling the sea completely. The oxen were in two rows, cast all at the same time.

Then go in and shut the door behind you, taking only your children, and pour oil into all of the pots. As each one is filled, set it aside."

just the way Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded the Israelis in the Book of the Law of Moses: ""an altar of uncut stones that hasn't been worked with iron tools"" and they offered burnt offerings to the LORD on it, along with peace offerings.

So the king told Hazael, "Take a gift with you and go meet the man of God. Inquire of the LORD through him and ask, "Will I recover from this sickness?'"

They will answer, "Because they abandoned the LORD their God, who brought their ancestors out of the land of Egypt, and they adopted other gods and served them. That's why the Lord has brought all of this disaster on them.'"

So King Ben-hadad did just what King Asa had asked: he sent his commanding officers to attack the cities of Israel, conquering Ijon, Dan, Abel-beth-maacah, all of Chinneroth, and the territory of Naphtali.

then I'll make your royal throne secure forever, just as I agreed to do so for your father David when I said, "You are to not lack a man on the throne of Israel.'

Whenever the king entered the LORD's Temple, the guards would carry them to and from the guard's quarters.

As soon as he stretched out his hand, the troops in ambush quickly got up from their place of hiding and attacked. They entered the city, seized it, and immediately set it on fire.

Then he ordered his sons, "Saddle the donkey for me." So they did.

Meanwhile, Joshua had sent some soldiers from Jericho to Ai, which was near Beth-aven, east of Bethel. He ordered them, "Go up and scout the land." So the soldiers went up and scouted Ai and

Ahasbai the Maacathite's son Eliphelet, Ahithophel the Gilonite's son Eliam,

Mephibosheth bowed low again and asked, "Who am I, your servant, that you would pay attention to a dead dog like me?"

Then the priest is to take the boiled shoulder of the ram, one cake of unleavened bread from the basket, and one wafer of unleavened bread. He is to place them in the hands of the Nazirite, after he himself has shaved his symbol of consecration.

David came to Nob to Ahimelech the priest, and Ahimelech was trembling as he came to meet David. Ahimelech told him, "Why are you alone, and no one with you?"

The one sitting on the throne said, "See, I am making all things new!" He said, "Write this: "These words are trustworthy and true.'"

Then he told his firstborn son Jether, "Get up and kill them!" But he was afraid, since he was still only a youngster.

So Joshua made some flint knives and circumcised the Israelis at Gibeath-haaraloth.

However, the Lord stood by me and gave me strength so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and all the gentiles could hear it. I was rescued out of a lion's mouth.

So the LORD was with Joshua, and as a result, Joshua's reputation spread throughout the land.

You are to offer a cake made from the first of your bread dough as a raised offering to the LORD. Offer it as a raised offering right off your threshing floor.

But the magicians did the same thing with their secret arts, and they brought up frogs on the land of Egypt.

Then he clothed Aaron with the tunic, girded him with the band for priests, clothed him with the robe, placed the ephod on him, girded him with the skillfully woven band of the ephod, and bound it on him.

and forgive us our sins, as we forgive everyone who sins against us. And never bring us into temptation.'"

As soon as the priests who were carrying the Ark of the Covenant of the LORD had come up from the middle of the Jordan River, and the soles of the priests' feet came up to dry ground, the water of the Jordan River returned to normal, covering its banks as it had done so before.

by which you'll agree not to do us any harm, just as we haven't harmed you, since we've done nothing but good for you after we sent you away in peace. As a result, you've been tremendously blessed by the LORD."

This is the law in cases of jealousy when a woman defiles herself while under her husband's authority:

But Abram answered the king of Sodom, "I have made an oath to the LORD God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,

all the males a month old and above numbered 8,600. They were tasked to the care of the sanctuary.

We must go a three-day journey into the desert, and we'll offer sacrifices to the LORD our God just as he has told us."

It opened the shaft of the bottomless pit, and smoke came out of the shaft like the smoke from a large furnace. The sun and the air were darkened with the smoke from the shaft.

Therefore, my dear brothers whom I long for, my joy and my victor's crown, this is how you must stand firm in the Lord, dear friends.

and for many days he appeared to those who had come with him to Jerusalem from Galilee. These are now his witnesses to the people.

Peter made them all go outside. After kneeling down, he prayed, turned to the body, and said, "Tabitha, get up!" She opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter, she sat up.

The angel answered him, "I am Gabriel! I stand in the very presence of God. I have been sent to speak to you and to announce this good news to you.

Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, drew it and struck the high priest's servant, cutting off his right ear. The servant's name was Malchus.

The master praised the dishonest servant manager for being so clever, because worldly people are more clever than enlightened people in dealing with their own.

Then he began to tell them many things in parables. He said, "Listen! A farmer went out to sow.

The jailer reported these words to Paul, and added, "The magistrates have sent word to release you. So come out now and go in peace."

When they had finished doing everything that was written about him, they took him down from the tree and placed him in a tomb.

Jesus told them, "Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven.

Suppose he answers from inside, "Stop bothering me! The door is already locked, and my children are here with us in the bedroom. I can't get up and give you anything!'

Wisdom is vindicated by all her children."

While Peter was down in the courtyard, one of the high priest's servant girls came by.

So the man got up and went home.

"But how terrible it will be for you who are rich, because you have had your comfort!

So Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the sea. A large crowd from Galilee, Judea,

I saw it approach the ram, overflowing with fury at him, and run into him with the full force of its strength. The goat shattered the ram's two horns, and the ram could not oppose it. So the goat threw him to the ground and trampled him. No one could rescue the ram from its control.

"Now, Lord GOD," I replied, "I've never been defiled, ever since I was young until now. I haven't eaten an animal that died on its own or was torn by beasts, and no unclean meat has ever entered my mouth!"

After getting into a boat, Jesus crossed to the other side and came to his own city.

There will be 1,290 days from the time the regular burnt offering is rescinded and the destructive desolation established.

"The Lord GOD of the Heavenly Armies who is touching the earth so that it melts and all of its inhabitants mourn there the land rises like the Nile River, but sinks like the river of Egypt

"So now, Son of Man, you are to prepare your luggage for a trip into exile, and then you are to leave during the daytime so they see you leaving. Leave from your place to another while they're watching. Then perhaps they'll realize that they're a rebellious house.

"Only then will I stop being angry my burning in anger. Then they'll know that I've spoken out in my arduous anger. Only then will my burning anger against them be exhausted.

Then he told me, "Son of Man, fill your stomach and digest this scroll that I'm giving you." So I ate it, and it was like sweet honey in my mouth.

Then the LORD said, "This is how the Israelis will be eating unclean food among the nations, where I'll be sending them."

Cry out from your heart to the Lord, wall of fair Zion! Let your tears run down like a river day and night. Allow yourself no rest, and don't stop crying.

As for all the hills that used to be cultivated with a hoe, you won't go there, because you'll fear iron briars and thorns. Nevertheless, those hills will be reserved as a pasture where cattle will feed and where sheep will graze."

"I've made you an assayer of my people, as well as a fortress. You know how to test their way."

for before the young lad knows how to call out to his father or mother, the wealth of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria will be carried off by the king of Assyria."

Deliver yourself like a gazelle from a hunter's hand, or like a bird from a fowler's hand.

I used my wisdom to test all of this. I said, "I want to be wise," but it was beyond me.

Indeed, all of his days are filled with sorrow, and his struggles bring grief. In fact, his mind remains restless throughout the night. This is pointless, too!

It is better to listen to a wise person's rebuke than to listen to the praise of fools.

Whatever exists has been named already; people know what it means to be human and a person cannot defeat one who is more powerful than he.

so wherever you hear the sound of the trumpet, come over to us, and our God will fight for us!"

20 gold basins weighing 1,000 darics each, and two vessels made of polished brass, as valuable as gold.

Next to him Jeshua's son Ezer, ruling official of Mizpah, repaired another section near the ascent to the armory at the Angle.

"If your children sin against him, he'll make them a prisoner of their sins.

Then they observed the Festival of Unleavened Bread for seven days with joy, because the LORD had made them glad, turning the heart of the king of Assyria toward them and strengthening them for their work on the Temple of God, the God of Israel.

People from Bethel and Ai: 223

People from Michmas: 122

People from Anathoth: 128

Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,

"Go out," he responded, "and stand on the mountain in the presence of the LORD." And there was the LORD, passing by! A tremendous, mighty windstorm was tearing at the mountains and breaking the rocks in pieces in the presence of the LORD, but the LORD was not in the windstorm. After the wind there came an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake.

As Elisha continued to watch, he cried out, "My father! My father! The chariots of Israel and its cavalry!" Then he did not see Elijah anymore.

were descendants of the nations whom the people of Israel had not eliminated. Solomon put them to work as conscripted laborers, which they continue to do to this day.

"Do it a third time," he said. So they did it a third time. The water ran down around the altar and completely filled the trench.

So Hanun arrested David's delegation, shaved off half of their beards, cut off their clothes at the waist line, and sent them away in disgrace.

Onam's descendants were Shammai and Jada. Shammai's descendants were Nadab and Abishur.

Two of you who enter here on this coming Sabbath are to stand watch at the LORD's Temple,

Hur fathered Uri, and Uri fathered Bezalel.

If we tell ourselves, "Let's remain in the city,' we'll die there since there's famine in the city. But if we sit here, we'll die, too. So let's go over to the Arameans! If they spare our lives, we'll live, and if they kill us"we're dying anyway!"

Then, on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, he went up to burn incense on the altar that he had set up in Bethel, thus beginning the festival that he had made up out of his own heart for the Israelis.

"If you return alive," Micaiah responded, "then the LORD has not spoken by me." Then he added, "Listen, all you people!"

Solomon did this for all of his foreign wives, who burned incense and sacrificed to their own gods.

with seven priests carrying in front of the ark seven trumpets made from rams' horns. On the seventh day march around the city seven times while the priests blow their trumpets.

Each cart had four bronze wheels equipped with bronze axles with four support feet. Beneath the basin were cast support structures made like wreaths on each side.

He also overlaid the floor of the Temple with gold in both the inner and outer sanctuaries.

When David had been informed about the incident, he sent word to them, since the men had been deeply humiliated. The king told them, "Stay at Jericho until your beards have grown back, and then return."

"As your soul lives, your majesty, the king," the woman answered, "no one can divert anything left or right from what your majesty the king has spoken! As a matter of fact, it was your servant Joab! He was there, giving me precise orders about everything that your humble servant was to say. Your servant Joab did this, intending to change the outcome of this matter. Nevertheless, your majesty is wise, like the wisdom of the angel of God, to be aware of everything that's going on throughout the earth."

As the 300 trumpets were being sounded, the LORD turned the swords of the Midianite soldiers against one another throughout the entire army, and the army ran away as far as Beth-shittah in the direction of Zererah. They got as far as the outskirts of Abel-meholah, near Tabbath.

"If there should be a poor man among your relatives in one of the cities of the land that the LORD your God is about to give you, don't be hard-hearted or tight-fisted toward your poor relative.

Solomon also constructed windows in the Temple with specially designed frames.

So the king invited Barzillai, "Cross the Jordan River with me, live with me in Jerusalem, and I'll provide for you there."

Then the LORD told Gideon, "I'm going to deliver you with the 300 soldiers who lapped by giving the Midianites into your control. Send everyone else back to their own homes."

At this, King David sent for him and brought him from the home of Ammiel's son Makir in Lo-debar.

As soon as Joab left David, Joab sent messengers after Abner, and they brought him back from the cistern at Sirah, but David was not aware of this.

"They're busy finding and dividing the war booty, aren't they? A girl or two for each valiant warrior, and some dyed materials for Sisera perhaps dyed, embroidered war booty or some detailed embroidery for my neck as the booty of war!

Then the LORD rained sulfur and fire out of the sky from the LORD on Sodom and Gomorrah,

Then Zebah and Zalmunna responded, "Get up and attack us yourself, since a man's valor is only as good as the man himself." So Gideon got up, killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and took away the crescent-shaped necklaces that adorned the necks of their camels.

Soon they arrived in the valley of Eshcol, where they cut a single branch of grapes and carried it on a pole between two men, along with some pomegranates and figs.

This is what you are to do for them in order to purify them: Sprinkle purifying water over them, have them shave their skin, and then have them wash their garments, and they will be purified.

"Now the duty of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest is to maintain the oil for the light, the spiced incense, the daily offerings, and the oil for anointing, to carry out all the duties of the tent and the sanctuary, and to maintain its utensils."

when he had a dream! He saw a raised highway that had been built with its ending point on earth and its beginning point in heaven. God's angels were ascending and descending on it.

But if the woman isn't defiled, then she is to be freed and will be able to bear children.

The Israelis would see the face of Moses and that the skin of his face shone; then Moses would put the veil back over his face until he went in to speak with God.

Then the LORD told Moses and Aaron, "Take handfuls of soot from a kiln, and let Moses throw it into the air in front of Pharaoh.

the blind see, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the destitute hear the good news.

I looked, and there was a pale green horse! Its rider's name was Death, and Hades followed him. They were given authority over one-fourth of the earth to kill people using wars, famines, plagues, and the wild animals of the earth.

Later, the LORD told Moses and Aaron,

Moses said, "Right now I'm going to leave you, and I'll pray to the LORD that the swarms of insects may depart from Pharaoh, from his officials, and from his people tomorrow. But Pharaoh, don't continue lying by not letting the people go to offer sacrifices to the LORD."

After Lot had separated from Abram, the LORD told Abram, "Look off to the north, south, east, and west from where you're living,

So be glad, heavens, and those who live in them! How terrible it is for the earth and the sea, because the Devil has come down to you, filled with rage, knowing that his time is short!"

In those days people will seek death, but never find it. They will long to die, but death will escape them.

So they removed the stone.

This is the same Aaron and Moses to whom the LORD said, "Bring the Israelis out of the land of Egypt by their tribal divisions."

To some people we are a deadly fragrance, while to others we are a living fragrance. Who is qualified for this?

They stayed there a considerable time and continued to speak boldly for the Lord, who kept affirming his word of grace and granting signs and wonders to be done by them.

a light that will reveal salvation to unbelievers and bring glory to your people Israel."

Jesus told him, "Foxes have holes and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to rest."

Greet Andronicus and Junia, my fellow Jews who are in prison with me and are prominent among the apostles. They belonged to the Messiah before I did.

The smoke from the incense and the prayers of the saints went up from the angel's hand to God.

The Messiah had to suffer these things and then enter his glory, didn't he?"

For I am longing to see you so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to make you strong,

We proceeded to the ship and sailed for Assos, where we intended to pick up Paul. He had arranged it this way, since he had planned to travel there on foot.

Some thought that, since Judas had the moneybag, Jesus was telling him to buy what they needed for the festival or to give something to the destitute.

What about those eighteen people who were killed when the tower at Siloam fell on them? Do you think they were worse offenders than all the other people living in Jerusalem?

Joanna, the wife of Herod's household manager Chuza; Susanna; and many others. These women continued to support them out of their personal resources.

Remember, I've told you this beforehand.

Look! The one who crafts mountains, who creates the wind, who reveals what he is thinking to mankind, who darkens the morning light, who tramples down the high places of the land the LORD, the God of the Heavenly Armies is his name.

A certain young man, who was wearing nothing but a linen sheet, was following Jesus. When the men grabbed him,

His son replied, "I don't want to,' but later he changed his mind and went.

They set kings in place, but not by me. They established princes, whom I did not recognize. They crafted idols for themselves from their silver and gold; as a result, they will be destroyed.

Some time later, king Nebuchadnezzar built a golden statue, making it 60 cubits high and six cubits wide. He set it up in the Dura Valley within the province of Babylon.

Then the angel who had been talking with me stepped forward and told me, "Please look up and see what's going out."

"My people, what have I done to you, and how have I offended you? Answer me!

"""Because you've dismayed the heart of the righteous whom I never intended to dismay with lies, and because you've encouraged the wicked so that he wouldn't abandon his evil behavior and by doing so live,

Then the glory of the LORD moved away from the threshold of the Temple and stood over the cherubim.

As to the likeness of their faces, they were like what I had seen on the bank of the Chebar River. They each moved straight ahead.

Like a cage full of birds, so their houses are filled with treachery. This is how they have become prominent and rich,

Come, let's make love until dawn; let's comfort ourselves with love,

Therefore tell them, "This is what the Lord GOD says, "None of my messages will be delayed any longer. Any message that I speak will be fulfilled," declares the Lord GOD.'"

This city won't be your cooking pot and neither will you be the meat in it, because I'm going to judge you as far as the borders of Israel.

Because my people are crushed, I'm crushed. I mourn, and dismay overwhelms me.

This is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, the God of Israel, says:

But in the end she is as bitter as wormwood, and as sharp as a double-edged sword.

But when I speak with you, I'll open your mouth so you can say to them, "This is what the Lord GOD says: "As for those who will listen, "Let them listen,' but as for those who refuse, "Let them refuse,' since they're a rebellious group."'"

You are ruined! What are you doing dressing in scarlet, putting on golden ornaments, and highlighting your eyes with makeup? You are making yourself beautiful in vain. Your lovers reject you they're out to kill you.

Should your springs flow outside, or streams of water in the street?

When the people ask, "Why has the LORD our God done all this to us?' you are to say to them, "Just as you have forsaken me and served foreign gods in your land, so you will serve strangers in a land that is not yours.'"

How long will I see the battle standard and hear the sound of the trumpet?

Don't testify against your neighbor without a cause, and don't lie when you speak.

What the lazy person craves will kill him, because his hands refuse to work.

Ezra read from it, facing the plaza in front of the Water Gate, from early in the morning until mid-day in the presence of the men and women, as well as all who could understand. All the people were attentive to the Book of the Law.

Do not turn to the right or to the left; turn your foot away from evil.

Pay attention to my cry for help, my king and my God, for unto you will I pray.

So we worked hard, half of us holding spears from dawn to dusk.

"If only my grief could be weighed; or my calamity piled together on a balance scale!

My friends mock me, while my eyes overflow with tears to God,

Furthermore, provide from the royal treasury whatever else may be needed for the Temple of your God.

Next to him their brothers, led by Henadad's son Bavvai, ruling official for the other half of the Keilah district, carried on repairs.

She said, "This woman told me, "Give up your son, and we'll eat him today, and we'll eat your son tomorrow.'" So we boiled my son and ate him. The next day, I told her, "Give me your son so we can eat him!' But she has hidden her son!"

Right about then, Trans-Euphrates Governor Tattenai, Shethar-bozenai, and their colleagues approached and challenged them. They asked, "Who authorized you to build this Temple and to reconstruct this wall?"

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"but I didn't believe it at first! But then I came here and I've seen it for myself! It's amazing! I wasn't told half of what's really great about your wisdom. You're far better in person than what the reports have said about you!

Aaron's sons Nadab and Abihu each took his own censer, placed fire in it, covered it with incense, and brought it into the LORD's presence as unauthorized fire that he had never prescribed for them.

"Tell Solomon's son Rehoboam, king of Judah and all of Israel in Judah and Benjamin:

The entire household of Ahab will die, and I will cut off from Ahab every male person in Israel, whether imprisoned or surviving.

The descendants of Ram, firstborn of Jerahmeel were Maaz, Jamin, and Eker.

At this, the youngster's mother replied, "As long as you and the LORD live, I'm not leaving you!" So he got up and followed her.

The sea stood on top of twelve oxen. Three faced north, three faced west, three faced south, and three faced east. The sea was set on top of them, and their hind parts faced the center.

When the man of God noticed her from a distance, he told his attendant Gehazi, "Look! There's the woman from Shunem! Please run out quickly and greet her. Ask her, "Are things going well with you? Are things going well with your husband? Are things going well with your child?'" She answered Gehazi, "Things are going well."

The LORD told Joshua, "Look! I have given Jericho over to your control, along with its kings and valiant soldiers.

Now Barzillai was a very old man at the age of 80 years. A very wealthy man, Barzillai had provided for king David during his sojourn in Mahanaim.

They waited until they were embarrassed, since he never opened the doors to the chamber. Eventually they took a key, opened the doors, and found their master dead on the ground.

Don't view this as a hardship for yourself when you set him free, for he will have served you for six years twice the time of a paid worker. Then the LORD will bless you in all that you do."

So Joab approached the king and asked him, "What have you done? Look, Abner came to you! What's this? You sent him away? He's long gone now!

then he died and was buried in Bethlehem.

Gideon raised 70 sons as his direct descendants, since he had many wives.

"I swear that not one man of this evil generation will see the good land that I promised to give to your ancestors,

"The priest is to administer this oath to the woman: "If indeed another man didn't have sexual relations with you and you didn't become unfaithful to your husband, then may you be free from these waters that bring a curse.

And so, made heirs by his own grace, eternal life we now embrace.

For by a single offering he has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified.

Children, obey your parents in everything, for this is pleasing to the Lord.

So Moses and Aaron and the Israelis did this on behalf of the descendants of Levi. The Israelis did everything that the LORD commanded concerning the descendants of Levi.

but whatever remains uneaten from the meat of the sacrifice by the third day is to be incinerated.

On the second day, Zuar's son Nethanel, leader of the descendants of Issachar, presented

You are not to eat any form of blood in any of your dwellings, whether it's from birds or animals.

He is to compensate for whatever sin he had committed concerning the sacred things of the LORD, add a fifth part to it, and give it to the priest. The priest is to make atonement for him with the ram as a sin offering and he'll be forgiven.

Then the priest is to dip his finger in the blood, sprinkle some of the blood seven times in front of the curtain in the LORD's presence,

This is how love has been perfected among us: we will have confidence on the day of judgment because, during our time in this world, we are just like him.

For everything God created is good, and nothing should be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving,

For the Law appoints as high priests men who are weak, but the promised oath, which came after the Law, results in a Son who is eternally perfect.

then put blood on the horn of the altar near the Tent of Meeting in the LORD's presence. He is to pour the rest of the blood as a burnt offering at the base of the altar that is at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

in which he went and made a proclamation to those imprisoned spirits

And, "In the beginning, Lord, you laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands.

But whoever did not pay attention to the message from the LORD left his servants and his livestock outside in the fields.

"It wouldn't be right to sacrifice in this way," Moses replied, "because if we do, we will sacrifice to the LORD our God what is offensive to the Egyptians. If we offer sacrifices that are offensive to the Egyptians in front of them, they'll stone us, won't they?

For he must rule until God puts all the Messiah's enemies under his feet.

But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus the Messiah!

At the right time he revealed his message through the proclamation that was entrusted to me by the command of God our Savior.

But when they began to oppose him and insult him, he shook out his clothes in protest and told them, "Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent. From now on I will go to the gentiles."

You, too, must watch out for him, for he violently opposed our message.

From: Paul, an apostle of the Messiah Jesus by God's will in keeping with the promise of life that is in the Messiah Jesus.

I know that this will result in my deliverance through your prayers and the help that comes from the Spirit of Jesus the Messiah.

Before this, he had not come on any of them. They had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

and stayed there for three months. When he was about to sail for Syria, a plot was initiated against him by the Jews, so he decided to go back through Macedonia.

When the jailer woke up and saw the prison doors wide open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, since he thought the prisoners had escaped.

After spending some time there, he departed and went from place to place through the region of Galatia and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples.

When the people read it, they were pleased with how the letter encouraged them.

Then they told him, "John's disciples frequently fast and pray, and so do those of the Pharisees. But your disciples keep right on eating and drinking."

But first, the gospel must be proclaimed to all nations.

Now John was dressed in camel's hair with a leather belt around his waist. He ate grasshoppers and wild honey.

First they brought him to Annas, because he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, the high priest that year.

"I also have scheduled food shortages for you in all of your cities, and lack of bread in all of your settlements, but you haven't returned to me," declares the LORD.

Jesus' disciples said, "Well, now you're speaking plainly and not using figurative language.

He told them, "You are from below, I'm from above. You are of this world, but I'm not of this world.

Two others, who were criminals, were also led away to be executed with Jesus.

The cherubim lifted their wings and rose above the earth while I watched. They went out, along with their wheels, and stood at the entrance to the east gate of the LORD's Temple as the glory of Israel's God remained above, covering them.

My skin is covered with worms and clods of dirt; my skin becomes rough and then breaks out afresh.

Look! Your house is left abandoned!

But when the righteous person abandons his righteous deeds and commits evil, detestable practices, as wicked people do, he won't live, will he? None of the righteous acts that he had done will be remembered. He'll die in his treacherous unfaithfulness and sins that he had committed."

The form of a hand reached out and took me by the hair of my head. Then the Spirit lifted me up between the earth and sky, brought me toward Jerusalem, and in visions that came from God took me through the doors of the inner gate that faced north, where an image that provoked God's jealous anger had been erected.

you'll no longer see false visions or again practice divination, because I'm going to deliver my people from your power. Then you'll know that I am the LORD."'"

Later, I spoke to the exiles concerning everything the LORD had spoken that I had witnessed.

All of a sudden he follows her like an ox fit for slaughter or like a fool fit for a trap

A measuring line will go straight out from there to the hill of Gareb, and then it will turn to Goah.

For this is what the LORD says to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, "Break up your unplowed ground, and don't sow among thorns.

Ezra the scribe stood on a wooden rostrum erected for that purpose. Beside him to his right stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maasseiah. Beside him to his left stood Pedaiah, Mishael, Malchijah, Hashum, Hashbaddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam.

I appointed watchmen over you. Listen for the sound of the trumpet. But they said, "We won't listen!'

There exists another misfortune that I have observed on earth, and it is a heavy burden upon human beings:

I observed everyone who lives and walks on earth, along with the youth who will take the king's place.

It would weigh more than the sand on the seashore! Here's why I've talked so rashly:

But all this does not satisfy me every time I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate."

So Haman took the clothes and the horse, dressed Mordecai, and put him on the horse in the main square of the city. He cried out in front of him, "This is what is done for the man whom the king desires to honor."

He delivered into the care of Sheshbazzar (whom he appointed governor) the gold and silver utensils that Nebuchadnezzar had taken from the Jerusalem Temple and brought into the Babylonian temple.

Next I selected twelve of the chief priests Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brothers with them

And you, Ezra, in accordance with the wisdom given to you by your God, are to appoint magistrates and judges to administer justice to all the people beyond the Euphrates River. All of them are to know the laws of your God, and you are to instruct those who do not know them.

and with whom the LORD had made a covenant when he gave these orders to them:

In response, the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves and declared, "The LORD is righteous."

"but I didn't believe it at first! But then I came here and I've seen it for myself! It's amazing! I wasn't told half of what's really great about your wisdom. You're far better in person than what the reports have said about you!

She mentioned to her mistress, "If only my master were to visit the prophet who is in Samaria! He would cure him of his leprosy."

After he had humbled himself, the LORD stopped being angry with him, and did not destroy Rehoboam completely. Furthermore, conditions became good in Judah.

After this, King Rehoboam made shields out of bronze to take their place, committing them to the care and custody of the commanders of those who guarded the entrance to the royal palace.

Gath, Mareshah, Ziph,

Remember how the LORD your God led you all the way these 40 years in the desert, to humble and test you in order to make known what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commands.

During the entire time of his dedication, he is not to eat any product from the grapevine, from the seed to the skin.

May judgment rest on Joab's head and on his father's entire household. May Joab's dynasty never be without one who has a discharge, who is a leper, who walks with a cane, who commits suicide, or who lacks food!"

The victor's crown of righteousness is now waiting for me, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me on the day that he comes, and not only to me but also to all who eagerly wait for his appearing.

The priest issued King David's personal spears and shields that had been stored in the LORD's Temple to the captains of hundreds.

select the best and most qualified of your master's sons, set him in place on his father's throne, and fight for your master's dynasty!"

May the LORD's face enlighten you and bestow favor on you.

That's when the LORD enabled the donkey to speak. She asked Balaam, "What did I do to you that you would beat me in the space of only three footsteps?"

"Come again in three days," Rehoboam told them. So the people left

Then Saul and all the people who were with him assembled and went into battle. Now the swords of all the Philistines were against each other, and there was very great confusion.

They looked around, but there was no one to save them they looked to the LORD, but he paid no attention!

At that time they attacked about 10,000 Moabites, all of whom were strong and valiant men. Not one man escaped.

They took the things from the tent that had been turned over to destruction, brought them to Joshua and all of the Israelis, and laid them out in the presence of the LORD.

So Joshua ordered the priests, "Come up from the Jordan River."

"Gather together twelve men from the people one man from each tribe

"Set apart for the LORD your God every firstborn male among your herd and flock. You must not put the firstborn of your ox to work or shear the firstborn of your flock.

Then the LORD instructed Moses,

Moses then slaughtered it, took some of its blood, and put it on Aaron's right earlobe, right thumb, and right great toe.

Every male of Aaron's sons is to eat it as a portion continually allotted for your generations from the offerings made by fire to the Lord. Anyone who touches them is to be holy."

So make yourself an ark out of cedar, constructing compartments in it, and cover it inside and out with tar.

Later, the LORD told Moses,

"Tell Aaron, "When you set up the lamps, the seven lamps will illuminate the area in front of the lamp stand.'"

Those registered with the tribe of Manasseh numbered 32,200.

Then the LORD sent a plague on the people because they made the calf (the one Aaron made).

in a moment, faster than an eye can blink, at the sound of the last trumpet. Indeed, that trumpet will sound, and then the dead will be raised never to decay, and we will be changed.

washed the internal organs and thighs, and incinerated them on the altar, along with the whole burnt offering.

Then he is to bring the rest of the bull outside the camp and burn it just as he had burned the first bull. This is the sin offering for the congregation."

Nevertheless, death ruled from the time of Adam to Moses, even over those who did not sin in the same way Adam did when he disobeyed. He is a foreshadowing of the one who would come.

Then the LORD told Noah, "Come you and all your household into the ark, because I've seen that you alone are righteous in this generation.

For the doorway of the tent, he made a screen of blue, purple, and scarlet material and fine woven linen, the work of an embroiderer,

We ourselves are Jews by birth, and not gentile sinners,

The king told him, "Well done, good servant! Because you have been trustworthy in a very small thing, take charge of ten cities.'

You are to put the bread of the Presence on the table before me continuously."

For the one who has shown no mercy will be judged without mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

All the Egyptians dug around the Nile River for water to drink because they could not drink from the water in the Nile River.

But the ones on the good soil are the people who hear the word but also hold on to it with good and honest hearts, producing a crop through endurance."

So he began holding discussions in the synagogue with the Jews and other worshipers, as well as every day in the public square with anyone who happened to be there.

You are to speak everything that I've commanded you, and then your brother Aaron will speak to Pharaoh, telling him to let the Israelis go out of his land.

We give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah, praying always for you,

From: Jude, a servant of Jesus the Messiah, and yet a brother of James. To: Those who have been called, who are loved by God the Father and kept safe by Jesus, the Messiah.

They disagreed with one another as they were leaving, so Paul added this statement: "The Holy Spirit was so right when he spoke to your ancestors through the prophet Isaiah!

But someone will ask, "How are the dead raised? What kind of body will they have when they come back?"

But Saul kept trying to destroy the church. Going into one house after another, he began dragging off men and women and throwing them in prison.

But they have been told about you that you teach all the Jews living among the gentiles to forsake the Law of Moses, and that you tell them not to circumcise their children or observe the customs.

he said, "I will hear your case when your accusers arrive." Then he ordered Paul to be kept in custody in Herod's palace.

Moreover, many people who had practiced occult arts gathered their books and burned them in front of everybody. They estimated their value and found them to have been worth 50,000 silver coins.

He said: "I called out to the LORD from the midst of affliction directed at me, and he answered me. From the depths of death I cried out for help; and you heard my cry.

Even if they hide at the top of Mount Carmel, from there I will search and seize them. Even if they hide from my sight in the depths of the sea, from there I will order the serpent to strike them.

"I have told you this to keep you from falling away.

Then a synagogue leader named Jairus arrived. When he saw Jesus, he fell at his feet

When evening came, his disciples went down to the sea,

"If I testify on my own behalf, my testimony is not trustworthy.

He asked them, "Do you think that these Galileans were more sinful than all the other Galileans because they suffered like this?

The best of them is like a thorn, and their most upright like a hedge of thorns. The day announced by your watchmen and by your own calculations approaches. Now it's your time to be confused!

So the LORD relented from this. "This will not happen," said the LORD.

As I continued to watch, I observed four wheels beside the cherubim, one wheel beside each cherub. The wheels resembled beryl stone.

"Though I have taught them and strengthened their arms, nevertheless they plot evil against me.

If you don't listen, I'll cry secretly because of your pride. My eyes will cry bitterly, flowing tears, because the LORD's flock has been taken captive.

"When I was healing Israel, Ephraim's sin was uncovered, along with Samaria's wickedness. While they craft lying schemes, the thief invades, and the gang of thieves plunders outside.

Her feet go down to death; her steps lead to Sheol.

"Son of Man, pay attention! The house of Israel keeps on saying, "The vision that he's talking about concerns the distant future. He's prophesying concerning times that are far in the future!'

and all of the people were evil Ephraim and the inhabitants of Samaria saying proudly with arrogant hearts:

They will roar over it at that time, like the sea waves roar. If one surveys the land, watch out! There's darkness and distress; even the daylight is darkened by its clouds.

Their eyes secretly watch the helpless, lying in wait like a lion in his den. They lie in wait to catch the afflicted. They catch the afflicted when they pull him into their net.

They say to themselves, "We will not be moved throughout all time, and we will not experience adversity."

Their ways always seem prosperous. Your judgments are on high, far away from them. They scoff at all their enemies.

"I'm bringing you out from the middle of it and I'm going to deliver you into the hands of strangers, because I'm going to carry out my sentence against you.

With a roar like a lion, they snarl, and like young lions, they growl; they seize their prey and then carry it off, with no one to rescue.

since you also know how often you have cursed others.