Indeed, you would gamble to buy an orphan; and barter to buy your friend!

Each builder worked with a sword strapped to his side, while a trumpeter remained beside me to sound an alarm.

Our daily requirements were one ox and six choice sheep, along with various kinds of poultry prepared for me. Every ten days there was a delivery of an abundant supply of wine. Despite all this, I refused the governor's allotment, because demands on the people were heavy.

"Once upon a time the trees went out to consecrate a king for themselves. "So they told the olive tree, "Reign over us!'

Now, in the name of the king, you write what seems good to you concerning the Jewish people, and seal it with the king's signet ring, for a document written in the king's name and sealed with the king's signet ring cannot be revoked."

Solomon then assumed his father David's throne, and his kingdom was firmly established.

The king took off his signet ring that he had taken from Haman and gave it to Mordecai. Esther then put Mordecai in charge of Haman's property.

The LORD said, "If I find 50 righteous people within Sodom, I'll forgive the whole place for their sake."

Next to him the priests, men from the plain, carried on repairs.

I will make the household of Ahab like the household of Nebat's son Jeroboam and the household of Ahijah's son Baasha.

So the young man, who was an attendant to the prophet, went to Ramoth-gilead.

When Joshua and the entire fighting force of Israel observed that the men who had been in ambush had seized the city and that the smoke from the city was rising, they turned around and attacked the men of Ai.

Examine the farmland, whether it's fertile or barren, and see if there are fruit-bearing trees in it or not. Be very courageous, and bring back some samples of the fruit of the land."

you are to tell your descendants: "Israel crossed this Jordan River on dry ground

Since everything will be destroyed in this way, think of the kind of holy and godly people you ought to be

Then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will destroy with the breath of his mouth, rendering him powerless by the manifestation of his coming.

Then he left there to go to Penuel and asked the same thing from them, but the men of Penuel responded the same way the men of Succoth did.

Moses told the people, "Don't be afraid! Stand still and watch how the LORD will deliver you today, because you will never again see the Egyptians whom you're looking at today.

When the sin that he had committed is disclosed to him, he is to bring his offering: a male goat without defect.

Now a son of an Israeli woman and an Egyptian man went out among the Israelis. The Israeli woman's son got into a fight with an Israeli man in the camp.

But the person who eats meat from the sacrifice that belongs to the LORD, while still affected by his uncleanness, is to be eliminated from contact with his people.

Pharaoh sent word and called for Moses and Aaron. "I've sinned this time," he told them. "The LORD is righteous, but I and my people are wicked.

So when James, Cephas, and John (who were reputed to be leaders) recognized the grace that had been given me, they gave Barnabas and me the right hand of fellowship, agreeing that we should go to the gentiles and they to the circumcised.

When Jesus heard this, he told him, "You still need to do one thing. Sell everything you have and give the money to the destitute, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come back and follow me."

Then the LORD told Moses,

The center bar in the middle of the boards is to pass through from end to end.

Meanwhile, Joseph had been delivered to Egypt and turned over to Potiphar, one of Pharaoh's court officials and the Commander-in-Chief of the imperial guards. An Egyptian, he bought Joseph from the Ishmaelites, who had brought him down there.

"To the messenger of the church in Smyrna, write: "The first and the last, who was dead and became alive, says this:

But by God's grace I am what I am, and his grace shown to me was not wasted. Instead, I worked harder than all the others not I, of course, but God's grace that was with me.

The sun will become dark, and the moon turn to blood, before the coming of the great and glorious Day of the Lord.

Little children, keep yourselves away from idols.

This man, Jesus the Messiah, is the one who came by water and blood not with water only, but with water and with blood. The Spirit is the one who verifies this, because the Spirit is the truth.

You call me Teacher and Lord, and you are right because that is what I am.

Both Abraham and his son Ishmael were circumcised on that very day.

I persecuted this Way, even executing people, and kept tying up both men and women and putting them in prison,

I served the Lord with all humility, with tears, and with trials that came to me through the plots of the Jews.

who will not receive a hundred times as much here in this world homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, and fields, along with persecution as well as eternal life in the age to come.

But the righteousness that comes from faith says, "Do not say in your heart, "Who will go up to heaven?' (that is, to bring the Messiah down),

What can we say, then? Gentiles, who were not pursuing righteousness, have attained righteousness, a righteousness that comes through faith.

He was associated with the proconsul Sergius Paulus, who was an intelligent man. He sent for Barnabas and Saul because he wanted to hear the word of God.

On hearing this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

But the Lord told him, "Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but on the inside you are full of greed and evil.

They began to accuse him, "We found this man corrupting our nation, forbidding us to pay taxes to Caesar, and saying that he is the Messiah, a king."

Even some soldiers were asking him, "And what should we do?" He told them, "Never extort money from anyone by threats or blackmail, and be satisfied with your pay."

He said, "Be careful that you are not deceived, because many will come in my name and say, "I AM' and, "The time has come.' Don't follow them.

So they nominated two men Joseph called Barsabbas, who also was called Justus, and Matthias.

So they asked him, "How, then, did you gain your eyesight?"

Peter, however, got up and ran to the tomb. He stooped down and saw only the linen cloths. Then he went home, wondering about what had happened.

Jesus told them, "Those who belong to this age marry and are married,

Then Pilate told the high priests and crowds, "I do not find anything chargeable in this man."

The Lord replied, "If you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, "Be uprooted and planted in the sea,' and it would obey you!

Let the Messiah, the king of Israel, come down from the cross now, since seeing is believing!" Even the men who were crucified with him kept insulting him.

I tell you, even though that man doesn't want to get up and give him anything because he is his friend, he will get up and give him whatever he needs because of his persistence.

"How terrible it will be for you when everyone says nice things about you, because that's the way their ancestors used to treat the false prophets!"

tombs were opened, and many saints who had died were brought back to life.

He responded to me, "This is the curse that is going out over the surface of the whole earth, because, according to this side of the scroll, all thieves will be ejected, and according to the other side of the scroll, all liars will be ejected."

From the day your ancestors left the land of Egypt to this present time, I've sent all my servants, the prophets, to you, again and again.

Then Jesus cried out with a loud voice again and died.

Her house leads to Sheol, descending to death's catacombs.

Counsel a wise man, and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man, and he will add to his learning.

"Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says, "The corpses that you've laid out in your midst are the meat, and this city is the cooking pot. But you'll be taken out from the middle of it.

Fugitives will escape to the mountains like doves fleeing through the valleys, all of them moaning because of their own iniquity.

Therefore you are to prophesy against them. Prophesy, Son of Man!"

The joy of our hearts has ceased, and our dancing has turned into dirges.

and said,

"Look at this," says the Teacher. "Linking one thing to another, I reached this conclusion:

May they become like a straw, blown away before the wind; like a chaff that's swept off by a storm.

The truth can be painful, but what has your argument proven?

For all their expectations, they are doomed to disappointment; even though they have come and searched this far.

You gave them kingdoms and nations, apportioning them as frontier boundaries. They took possession of the land of Sihon, the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og, king of Bashan.

or say "Deliver me from my enemy's control,' or "Redeem me from the domination of ruthless people'?"

Haman told his wife Zeresh and all his friends everything that had happened to him. His wise friends and his wife Zeresh told him, "If Mordecai, before whom you have begun to fall, is one of the Jewish people, you won't prevail against him. Instead, you will surely fall before him."

To: Tattenai, Trans-Euphrates Governor, Shethar-bozenai, and your colleagues living beyond the Euphrates River. Stay away from there!

Descendants of exiles from Nebo: 52

guarding the king and surrounding him with weapons in hand. Whoever comes within range is to be killed. Stay with the king wherever he goes, coming or going."

The men of Ai killed about 36 of them, pursuing them outside the city gates as far as Shebarim, killing them as they descended. As a result, the army became terrified and lost their confidence.

"Observe the month of Abib, keeping the Passover to the LORD your God, because the LORD your God brought you out of Egypt during the night in the month of Abib.

You are not to sacrifice to the LORD your God an ox or a sheep that has a defect or any flaw in it, because that is detestable to the LORD your God."

So King Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, along with other priests, and asked them, "Why haven't you fixed the leaks in the Temple? Stop receiving donations from your acquaintances for repairing the leaks in the Temple."

But 23 years into the reign of King Jehoash, the priests still had not repaired the leaks in the Temple.

When he arrived, the army commanders were seated, so he said, "I have a message for you, captain!" Jehu asked, "For which one of us?" "For you, captain!" he answered.

He had two wives; the name of one was Hannah and the name of the other was Peninnah. Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.

They set up their military encampments to fight them, destroyed the harvest of the land as far as Gaza, and left nothing in Israel, whether harvested grain, sheep, oxen, or donkeys.

So the descendants of Benjamin did all of this: they chose and carried away just enough wives from those who danced to meet the number needed, then they left to return to their inheritance, to rebuild their cities, and to live there.

He crumpled to the ground between her feet, where he fell down and collapsed. Between her feet he crumpled, Fallen dead!

Sometime later, she came to Othniel and persuaded him to ask her father for a field. As she dismounted from her donkey, Caleb asked her, "What do you want?"

Do to Ai and its king as you did to Jericho and its king, but take its spoil and its livestock as war booty for yourselves. Set an ambush around the city."

He threw him into the bottomless pit, locked it, and sealed it over him to keep him from deceiving the nations anymore until the thousand years were over. After that, he must be set free for a little while.

After the LORD has expelled them before you, you are not to say to yourselves, "The LORD caused me to enter and possess this land because of my righteousness.'

and to an inheritance kept in heaven for you that can't be destroyed, corrupted, or changed.

"If you go to battle against your enemies, and the LORD your God delivers them into your control, you may take some prisoners captive.

They will hold to an outward form of godliness but deny its power. Stay away from such people.

According to whatever the LORD said, the Israelis would travel. According to whatever the LORD said, they would camp as long as the cloud remained over the Tent of Meeting.

If anyone takes away any words from the book of this prophecy, God will take away his portion of the tree of life and the holy city that are described in this book.

"Tell the Israelis, "You are not to eat the fat of an ox, a lamb, or a goat.

and one male goat for a sin offering.

I tell you, this man, rather than the other one, went down to his home justified, because everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the person who humbles himself will be exalted."

Later, the king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, one of whom was named Shiphrah and the other Puah.

To one has been given a message of wisdom by the Spirit; to another the ability to speak with knowledge according to the same Spirit;

He wanted to demonstrate at the present time that he himself is righteous and that he justifies anyone who has the faithfulness of Jesus.

After Adam had lived 130 years, he fathered a son just like him, that is, according to his own likeness, and named him Seth.

the LORD told Moses,

The frogs will be all over you and your servants."'"

Whatever we request we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him.

Count their number from between 30 to 50 years old, including everyone who can enter the service to perform work at the Tent of Meeting."

Later on, a famine swept through the land. This famine was different from the previous famine that had occurred earlier, during Abraham's lifetime. So Isaac went to Abimelech, king of the Philistines, at Gerar.

After Noah had lived a total of 950 years, he died.

Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father-in-law, heard all that God had done for Moses and for his people Israel, and how the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt.

The spirits gathered the kings to the place that is called Armageddon in Hebrew.

They were not allowed to kill them, but were only allowed to torture them for five months. Their torture was like the pain of a scorpion when it stings someone.

He called a meeting of these men and others who were engaged in similar trades and said, "Men, you well know that we get a good income from this business.

He is a guest of Simon, a leatherworker, whose house is by the sea."

Peter told him, "You must never wash my feet!" Jesus answered him, "Unless I wash you, you cannot be involved with me."

After all, if I were to grieve you, who should make me happy but the person I am making sad?

A young man named Eutychus, who was sitting in a window, began to sink off into a deep sleep as Paul kept speaking longer and longer. Overcome by sleep, he fell down from the third floor and was picked up dead.

Otherwise, what will those people do who are being baptized because of those who have died? If the dead are not raised at all, why are they being baptized because of them?

"Look, you mockers! Be amazed and die! Since I am performing an action in your days, one that you would not believe even if someone told you!'"

"And now, brothers, I know that you acted in ignorance like your leaders.

But the sanctuary he was speaking about was his own body.

You received the Law as ordained by angels, and yet you haven't obeyed it!"

That disciple whom Jesus kept loving told Peter, "It's the Lord!" When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put his clothes back on, because he was practically naked, and jumped into the sea.

Pilate wrote an inscription and put it on the cross. It read, "Jesus from Nazareth, the King of the Jews."

Nathaniel replied to him, "Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!"

Joseph of Arimathea, a highly respected member of the Council, who was waiting for the kingdom of God, went boldly to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.

then I'll give them a united heart, placing a new spirit within them. I'll remove their stubborn heart and give them a heart that's sensitive to me.

"Whenever an unclean spirit goes out of a person, it wanders through waterless places looking for a place to rest, but finds none.

"Get up and go to Nineveh, that great city! Then cry out in protest against it, because their evil has come to my attention."

"Tell us, when will these things happen, and what will be the sign when these things will be put into effect?"

the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Salmon, the son of Nahshon,

As they were leaving, they found a man from Cyrene named Simon, whom they forced to carry Jesus' cross.

As they were leaving, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John. "What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?

Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James, the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;

"This is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies says: "Look! After having saved my people from the land of the east and from the land of the west,

"Bring out your luggage, like you're packing to go into exile, and do this during the daytime while they're watching you. Later that evening, leave while they're watching you like someone heading into exile.

I know Ephraim, and Israel cannot hide from me, since you, Ephraim, have been acting like a prostitute, defiling Israel.

Your mouth will freely speak to the fugitive. You won't be silent any longer. You'll be a sign to them. Then they'll know that I am the LORD."

Our young men must grind grain with a millstone; our youths stumble under the weight of wood.

but rather, truly change your ways and your deeds. If you truly practice justice between each person and his neighbor,

Don't stare into red wine, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly.

"As for his beautiful ornament, he set it up in majesty, but they made detestable images and loathsome idols. Therefore, I'll give them something loathsome

"This is what the Lord GOD says, "This is Jerusalem. I placed her in the center of nations, with many nations surrounding her.

Princes they have hung by their hands; elders they have disrespected.

At the time of the evening sacrifice, I arose from my discouragement. Still in my torn garment and robe, I fell to my knees with my hands outstretched to the LORD my God,

The punishment for your sin is complete, you women of Zion, and God will no longer exile you. He will punish your iniquity, you women of Edom, and he will expose your sins.

"Should I not punish them for this?' asks the LORD. "Should I not avenge myself on a nation like this?'

For this is what the LORD says: "The entire land will be devastated, but I won't completely destroy it.

I looked, and the fruitful land had become a desert. All its towns were broken down because of the LORD, because of his burning anger.

so they can keep you from an adulterous woman, from the immoral woman with her seductive words.

I am weary from my groaning. Every night my couch is drenched with tears, my bed is soaked through.

Indeed, there is an appropriate time and a response for every circumstance, since human misery weighs heavily upon him.

That very night, the angel of the LORD went out to the camp of the Assyrian army and killed 185,000 men. Early the next morning, when the army of Israel arose, all 185,000 soldiers were dead.

Did you intend your words to reprove, even though the speech of a desperate person is just wind?

He spoke kindly to him and elevated his position above the thrones of the kings with him in Babylon.

From Elam's descendants: Athaliah's son Jeshaiah and 70 men with him.

But God watched over the Jewish leaders, who could not be forced to stop working until Darius received a report and responded in reply.

For the LORD your God is the God of all gods, the LORD of all lords, the great God, mighty and awesome, who does not show favoritism or take bribes.

One time there was a famine during David's reign that went on for three straight years. David sought the LORD, who said, "Saul and his household are guilty because he executed the Gibeonites."

So he brought his soldiers down to the water, and the LORD told Gideon, "You are to cull out everyone who laps up water with his tongue like a dog from everyone who kneels to drink."

Now the rest of Josiah's actions, including everything that he did, are recorded in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah, are they not?

So the priests agreed to receive no more cash from the people, but they didn't repair the leaks in the Temple, either.

So the captains of hundreds did just as Jehoiada the priest ordered. Each one of them assembled his men who were to enter on the Sabbath, along with those who were to leave on the Sabbath, and approached Jehoiada the priest.

When the leading men of the city got up early the next morning, the altar to Baal had been torn down, along with the Asherah that had stood beside it, and the second bull had been offered on the altar that had been erected.

Everyone from my grandfather's household deserved nothing but death from your majesty the king, but you provided a place for your servant among those who have been eating from your table. So what right do I have to ask for anything more from the king?"

Then loud was the beat of the horses' hooves from the galloping, galloping war steeds!

His mistress in Shechem bore him a son whom he named Abimelech.

Then I saw a lamb standing in the middle of the throne, the four living creatures, and the elders. He looked like he had been slaughtered. He had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent into all the earth.

Israel took only the livestock and the spoil of that city as their war booty, in accordance with what the LORD had commanded to Joshua.

Then he took the fat from the tail, all the fat on the internal organs, the appendage of the liver, the two kidneys with the fat, and the right thigh.

When the LORD sent you from Kadesh-barnea and told you, "Go possess the land that I gave you,' instead you disobeyed what the LORD your God said. You didn't trust him or listen to his voice.

When he inadvertently touches the uncleanness of a human being, whatever his uncleanness that made him unclean may be, when he himself comes to know about it, he will be guilty.

but starting at 50 years of age, he is to retire from service and is no longer to work.

For you need endurance, so that after you have done God's will you can receive what he has promised.

Because he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.

After this, the descendants of Levi entered into their work of service at the appointed place, in the presence of Aaron and his sons. They did everything that the LORD commanded Moses concerning the descendants of Levi.

He brought the people's offering, presenting a goat for a sin offering on behalf of the people. He slaughtered it and offered it as the first sin offering.

Later, God told Moses, "I am the LORD.

The second beast was allowed to impart life to the image of the first beast so that the image of the beast could talk and order the execution of those who would not worship the image of the beast.

But they deliberately ignore the fact that long ago the heavens existed and the earth was formed by God's word out of water and with water,

By faith they went through the Red Sea as if it were dry land. When the Egyptians tried to do this, they were drowned.

He is to burn all the fat on the altar as is done for the fat for the sacrifice of a peace offering. This is how the priest will make atonement for him concerning his sin. It will be forgiven him."

where Terah died at the age of 205 years.

He went into the synagogue and spoke there boldly for three months, holding discussions and persuading those who heard him about the kingdom of God.

For the secret of this lawlessness is already at work, but only until the person now holding it back gets out of the way.

In speaking of a "new" covenant, he has made the first one obsolete, and what is obsolete and aging will soon disappear.

My children, I am suffering birth pains for you again until the Messiah is formed in you.

All who are under the yoke of slavery should regard their own masters as deserving of the highest respect, so that the name of God and our teaching may not be discredited.

On the Sabbath day, we went out the city gate and walked along the river, where we thought there was a place of prayer. We sat down and began talking to the women who had gathered there.

The voice said, "I'm Jesus, whom you are persecuting. Now get up, go into the city, and you will be told what you are to do."

Then the tribune came up, grabbed Paul, and ordered him to be tied up with two chains. He then asked who Paul was and what he had done.

From: Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy. To: The church of the Thessalonians in union with God the Father and the Lord Jesus, the Messiah. May grace and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus, the Messiah, be yours!

What can we say, then? God is not unrighteous, is he? Of course not!

Then he took a cup, gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, "Drink from it, all of you,

So they watched him closely and sent spies who pretended to be honest men in order to trap him in what he would say. They wanted to hand him over to the jurisdiction of the governor,

I face death every day! That is as certain, brothers, as it is that I am proud of you in the Messiah, Jesus our Lord.

When we had torn ourselves away from those brothers, we sailed straight to Cos, and the next day to Rhodes, and from there to Patara.

It is his name that is, by faith in his name that has healed this man whom you see and know. Yes, the faith that comes through Jesus has given him this perfect health in the presence of all of you.

The bread of God is the one who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world."

Now the Pharisees, who love money, had been listening to all this and began to ridicule Jesus.

Then Jesus, knowing everything that was going to happen, went forward and asked them, "Who are you looking for?"

A large crowd of people followed him, including some women who kept mourning and wailing for him.

When people bring you before synagogue leaders, rulers, or authorities, don't worry about how you will defend yourselves or what you will say,

As soon as day came, the elders of the people, the high priests, and the scribes assembled and brought him before their Council.

When they had found him on the other side of the sea, they asked him, "Rabbi, when did you get here?"

They said, "How blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven, and glory in the highest heaven!"

There is nothing covered up that won't be exposed and nothing secret that won't be made known.

Nothing that goes into a person from the outside can make him unclean. It's what comes out of a person that makes a person unclean.

But I want you to know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins"" Then he told the paralyzed man,

"A good tree doesn't produce rotten fruit, and a rotten tree doesn't produce good fruit,

As you go, make this announcement: "The kingdom from heaven is near!'

The next day, when they had come down from the mountain, a large crowd met Jesus.

Now Herod the tetrarch heard about everything that was happening. He was puzzled because it was said by some that John had been raised from the dead,

When morning came, all the high priests and elders of the people conspired against Jesus to put him to death.

All of them are adulterers they burn like an oven prepared by the baker, who has ceased stoking it until the dough is leavened.

and said, "May the name of God be blessed forever and ever; wisdom and power are his for evermore.

Israel has been devoured; now they will live among the nations like a worthless container.

I did just as I was commanded. I brought out the luggage as if it were luggage for exile. I did this during the day. Then in the evening I dug a hole in the wall with my hand and brought the luggage out in total darkness and carried it out on my shoulder while they were watching.

The rebels are deep into their slaughter; I am punishing them all.

While they continue to watch, dig a hole for yourself in the wall and enter through it.

Then a cherub stretched out his hand to the fire, which was among the cherubim, took some of the fire, and placed it in the hands of the one clothed in white linen, who took it and left.

Egypt, Judah, Edom, the people of Ammon, Moab, all those who live in the desert and shave the corners of their beard; indeed all the other nations that are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel that is uncircumcised of heart."

"Then they disobeyed, rebelled against you, and threw your Law behind their backs. They murdered your prophets who had admonished the people to return to you, committing terrible blasphemies.

You are to lay siege against it, build a rampart around it, set a bulwark against it, encircle it with a berm, set up camps against it, and place battering rams around it.

"Stand at the gate of the LORD's Temple and proclaim this message there. Say, "Listen to this message from the LORD, all you people of Judah who come through these gates to worship the LORD.'"

Tell the mountains of Israel to listen as the Lord GOD speaks. This is what the Lord GOD has to say to the mountains, hills, streams, and the valleys: "Look! I'm about to bring my sword against you. I'm going to destroy your high places.

"Go away! Unclean!" they shouted at them. "Go away! Go away! Don't touch!" When they fled away and wandered, those among the nations decreed, "They cannot live here!"

For from a window in my house I peered through the lattice work,

Don't rebuke a mocker or he will hate you. Rebuke a wise person, and he will love you.

For the wise person thinks carefully when in mourning, but fools focus their thoughts on pleasure.

The LORD's curse is on the house of the wicked, but he blesses the dwelling of the righteous.

Others were saying, "We're having to mortgage our fields, our vineyards, and our homes so we can buy grain during this famine."

Then Esther said, "If it pleases the king, let it also be granted to the Jewish people in Susa to do tomorrow what the edict allowed them to do today, and let Haman's ten sons be hanged on poles."

I fed 150 Jews and officials every day, not counting those who came from the nations around us.

"Listen, our God, because we are being mocked. Let their insults fall back on them, and let them be dragged away as captives into exile.

The king asked her, "What do you want, Queen Esther? What is your request? Even if it's half of the kingdom, it will be given to you."

Azgad's descendants: 2,322

So my God gave me the idea to gather together the nobles, the officials, and the people so they could be registered according to their genealogies.

When all of our enemies including the surrounding nations heard this, they became very discouraged, since they saw that the work had been done by our God.

I told them, "You are consecrated to the LORD, and the vessels are also consecrated. The silver and the gold are a freely given offering to the LORD God of your ancestors.

and who showed gracious love to me before the king, before his advisors, and before all of the king's mighty officials. And I was strengthened because the hand of the LORD my God was upon me. So I gathered together the leaders of Israel to go with me.

The LORD appeared to Solomon one night in a dream and told him, "Ask me for whatever you want and I'll give it to you."

But Rehoboam ignored the counsel that his elder advisors had given him. Instead, he consulted the younger men who had grown up with him and worked for him.

When the army of Judah arrived at the remotest watchtower in the wilderness, they looked around at the invasion force, and to their surprise, there were dead bodies lying all around on the ground not one had escaped!

Now the king's sons, totaling 70 men, were living with the leading men of the city, who were their guardians. When the letter from Jehu arrived, the city leaders arrested the king's sons, slaughtered all 70 of them, put their heads in baskets, and sent them to Jehu at Jezreel.

But they wouldn't listen. Instead, they did what they had been doing before.

So the LORD said, "I will annihilate these human beings whom I've created from the earth, including people, animals, crawling things, and flying creatures, because I'm grieving that I made them."

and Joshua told all of the people, "This is what the LORD God of Israel has to say:

So Joshua and all of the fighting men prepared to go out against Ai. Joshua selected 30,000 valiant warriors and sent them out by night,

Their territory extended from Mahanaim to include all of Bashan, all of the kingdom of King Og of Bashan, all of the 60 towns of Jair there in Bashan,

Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron's sister, took a tambourine in her hand and went out with all the women behind her with tambourines and dancing.

They asked each other, "Who did this thing?" When they looked into it and asked around, they concluded, "Joash's son Gideon did it."

"Remember and don't ever forget how you provoked the LORD your God in the desert. From the day that you came out of the land of Egypt until you came to this place you have been rebelling against the LORD.

Afterwards, Joash's son Jerubbaal went home and retired.

I'm establishing my covenant between me and you, and with your descendants who come after you, generation after generation, as an eternal covenant, to be your God and your descendants' God after you.

But despite this, you didn't trust in the LORD your God,

When a man has sexual relations with her and her menstrual uncleanness touches him, he will be unclean for seven days. Every bed where he sleeps will remain unclean.

Then Moses brought Aaron's sons, took some of the ram's blood, put it on their right earlobes, on their right thumbs, and on their right great toes, and then poured the blood on the altar and all around it.

Moses told him, "When I leave the city I'll spread out my hands to the LORD. The thunder will cease and the hail won't continue, so that you may know that the earth belongs to the LORD.

Then Noah built an altar to the LORD and offered burnt offerings on it from every clean animal and every clean bird.

This is why it says in Scripture: "Look! I am laying a chosen, precious cornerstone in Zion. The one who believes in him will never be ashamed."

So Aaron did so, setting up the lamps to illuminate the area in front of the lamp stand, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

as his offering a silver dish weighing 130 shekels and a silver bowl weighing 70 shekels (calculated according to the shekel of the sanctuary), both filled with choice flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;

Then the presiding leaders of Israel, as heads of the ancestral houses, brought an offering. They were the leaders of the tribes who supervised the census.

Jacob responded, "You don't have to give me anything. Just do this for me: Let me tend your flock again and watch over it. Let me walk among your flocks today and remove every speckled or spotted sheep, along with every black lamb, and let me do the same with the speckled and spotted goats. These will be my wages.

Then the priest is to take blood from the sin offering with his finger, put it on the horn of the altar that is used for burnt offerings, and then pour the rest of the blood at the base of the altar that is used for burnt offerings.

then the hand of the LORD will comewith a very severe plague on your livestock in the fields, on horses, on donkeys, on camels, on cattle, and on sheep.

Rachel noticed that she was not bearing children for Jacob, so because she envied her sister Leah, she told Jacob, "If you don't give me sons, I'm going to die!"

By this time, the earth had become ruined in God's opinion and filled with violence.

The man gave names to all the livestock, to the birds that fly, and to each of earth's animals, but there was not found a strength corresponding to him,

For if I preach the gospel, I have nothing to boast about, for this obligation has been entrusted to me. How terrible it would be for me if I didn't preach the gospel!

Sarah lived for 127 years. That's how long Sarah's life was.

Moses and Aaron did what the LORD commanded them.

Now Adam had named his wife "Eve," because she was to become the mother of everyone who was living.

Greet Prisca and Aquila, who work with me for the Messiah Jesus,

How terrible it will be for you experts in the Law! You have taken away the key to knowledge. You didn't go in yourselves, and you kept out those who were trying to go in."

So keep on watching, because you don't know when the master of the house is coming whether in the evening, at three o'clock in the morning, or at dawn.

Simon Peter and another disciple were following Jesus. Since the other disciple was known to the high priest, he accompanied Jesus into the courtyard of the high priest.

When the lamb opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.

Then they looked up and saw that the stone had been rolled away. (It was a very large stone.)

because both the one who sanctifies and those who are being sanctified all have the same Father. That is why Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers

So the disciples went back to their homes.

Thomas asked him, "Lord, we don't know where you are going, so how can we know the way?"

Then I asked the angel who had been speaking with me, "Sir, what are these?"

But the Lord is faithful and will strengthen you and protect you from the evil one.

Then Esther spoke to the king again and fell at his feet. She wept and pleaded with him for mercy to overturn the evil plan devised by Haman the Agagite and his plot against the Jewish people.

Job replied to the LORD:

Please hear what the LORD says: "Get up and make your case before the mountains, and let the hills listen to your voice.

I don't take pleasure in the death of anyone who dies," declares the LORD. "So repent, so you may live!"

But whoever continually keeps his commandments is the kind of person in whom God's love has truly been perfected. This is how we can be sure that we are in union with God:

"They'll clothe themselves with sackcloth, terror will overcome them, shame will cover their faces, and baldness will spread over their entire heads.

Now if some of the branches have been broken off, and you, a wild olive branch, have been grafted in their place to share the rich root of the olive tree,

When we were safely on shore, we learned that the island was called Malta.

But Saul, also known as Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked him straight in the eye

"A son honors his father and a servant his master. So if I'm a father, where is my honor? And if I'm a master, where is my respect?" says the LORD of the Heavenly Armies to you priests who are despising my name. "But you ask, "How have we despised your name?'

You'll entreat him and he'll listen to you as you fulfill your vows.

Then next to them, Immer's son Zadok did repairs as far as his own house. Next to him, Shecaniah's son Shemaiah, custodian of the East Gate, carried on repairs.

The blood of the world's prophets, saints, and all who had been murdered was found within her."

Israeli soldiers were called out from the territories of Naphtali, Asher, and throughout Manasseh, and they chased after the Midianites.

The victim is crushed, and he sinks down; the helpless fall by their might.

he glanced up and saw three men standing there, not far from him. As soon as he noticed them, Abraham ran from the tent entrance to greet them and bowed low to the ground.

Immediately the angel of the Lord struck him down because he did not give glory to God, and he was eaten by worms and died.

will drink the wine of God's wrath, which has been poured undiluted into the cup of his anger. He will be tortured with fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and the lamb.

"Take the descendants of Levi from the Israelis and purify them.

After this, Elisha gripped his clothes that he was wearing, tore them apart into two pieces, picked up Elijah's ornamented cloak that had fallen from him, and went back to stand on the bank of the Jordan River.

They traveled from Abronah, then rested in Ezion-geber.

Instead, in every way we demonstrate that we are God's servants by tremendous endurance in the midst of difficulties, hardships, and calamities;

The people of Nineveh believed God. They called for a fast and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least important.

March around the city, all the soldiers circling the city once. Do this for six days,

Jesus had been telling them, "A prophet is without honor only in his hometown, among his relatives, and in his own home."

Have I said anything that's unjust? I can discern evil, can't I?"

"The testimony of one person alone is not to suffice to convict anyone of any iniquity, sin, or guilt. But the matter will stand on the testimony of two or three witnesses.

son of Zerahiah, son of Uzzi, son of Bukki,

"However, if a man meets a girl who isn't engaged to be married, and he seizes her, rapes her, and is later found out,

Then Satan attacked Israel by inciting David to enumerate a census of Israel.

David said, "This is where the LORD God's Temple will be, along with the altar of burnt offerings for Israel."

I will also bring them back to live in the midst of Jerusalem. They will be my people and I will truly be their righteous God.'"

However, he continued his habit of retiring to deserted places and praying.

She reached out one hand for the tent peg, and her other for the workman's mallet. Then she struck Sisera, smashing his head, shattering and piercing his temple.

To the weak I became weak in order to win the weak. I have become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might save some of them.

The men who escorted Paul took him all the way to Athens and, after receiving instructions to have Silas and Timothy join him as soon as possible, they left.

From Shecaniah's descendants and from Parosh's descendants: Zechariah, along with 150 men whose genealogies had been certified.

Later, Isaac called Jacob and blessed him, instructing him, "Don't marry a wife from the local Canaanite women.

The God of old is a dwelling place, with everlasting arms underneath. He drove out your enemies before you and said: "Destroy them!'

"In the first year of the reign of Darius son of Ahasuerus, a descendant of the Medes, who was made king over the kingdom of the Chaldeans

Then Judas and Silas, who were also prophets, said a lot to encourage and strengthen the brothers.

They sang the song of God's servant Moses and the song of the lamb: "Your deeds are both spectacular and amazing, Lord God Almighty. Your ways are just and true, King of the nations.

although I could have confidence in the flesh. If anyone thinks he can place confidence in the flesh, I have more reason to think so.

I divided among them 650 silver talents, silver utensils weighing 100 talents, 100 talents of gold,

You may eat every bird that is clean.

while Paul chose Silas and left after the brothers had entrusted him to the grace of the Lord.

Just as I judged your ancestors in the wilderness in the land of Egypt, so I'll judge you," declares the LORD.

Eight days later, Moses called Aaron, his sons, and the elders of Israel.

They will be a graceful wreath for your head and a chain for your neck.

Now, go, and lead the people where I told you, and now my angel will go before you, but on the day when I do punish, I'll punish them for their sin."

For this is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies says: "Cut down trees and set up siege works against Jerusalem. It is the city to be judged, and there is oppression throughout the entire city.

There is a tragedy that infects everything that happens on earth: a common event happens to everyone. In fact, the hearts of human beings are full of evil. Madness remains in their hearts while they live, and afterwards they join the dead.

At that time, there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria. The Assyrians will come into Egypt, and the Egyptians into Assyria, and they will worship with the Assyrians.

"You are to bring your brother Aaron, along with his sons, from among the Israelis so they can serve as priests for me: that is, Aaron and his sons Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

After this, the men set out from there and looked out over Sodom. Abraham went with them to send them off.

May grace and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus, the Messiah, be yours!

David fled from Naioth in Ramah. He came to Jonathan and said, "What have I done? What is my crime, and how have I wronged your father so that he's determined to kill me?

but my spirit could not find any relief, because I couldn't find Titus, my brother. So I said goodbye to them and went on to Macedonia.

But they didn't listen to me, and they didn't pay attention. They stiffened their necks, and they did more evil than their ancestors.

The ten horns that you saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom. They will receive authority to rule as kings with the beast for one hour.

On the first day of the sixth month of the second year of the reign of King Darius, this message from the LORD came by Haggai the prophet to Shealtiel's son Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, and to Jehozadak's son Joshua, the high priest:

Once again, Jesus took the Twelve aside and began to tell them what was going to happen to him. "Pay attention! We're going up to Jerusalem. The Son of Man will be handed over to the high priests and the scribes, and they'll condemn him to death. Then they'll hand him over to the unbelievers,

You've feared the sword, but I'm bringing violent death in your direction," declares the Lord GOD.

Then Haman said, "Even Queen Esther brought no one except me with the king to the banquet that she held. Furthermore, I (along with the king) have also been invited by her tomorrow.

After hearing this, the king of Israel rode back to his palace in Samaria, frustrated and in a foul mood.

Be gracious to me, LORD, because I am fading away. Heal me, because my body is distressed.

Then he got up, rebuked the wind, and told the sea, "Calm down! Be still!" Then the wind stopped blowing, and there was a great calm.

Not only that, but Rebecca became pregnant by our ancestor Isaac.

The fear of the LORD is to hate evil. Pride, arrogance, an evil lifestyle, and perverted speech I despise.

You even took along the tent of Moloch, the star of your god Rephan, and the images you made in order to worship them. So I will take you into exile as far as Babylon.'

When they brought them back, they made them stand before the Council, and the high priest began to question them.

returned to Joshua. "Not all of the people need to go up," they reported. "Only about two or three thousand men should attack Ai. Since they are so few, don't make all of the army work hard up there."

But if we judged ourselves correctly, we would not be judged.

"In all the places where the people remain, where I've banished them, death will be chosen over life by all the remnant that remains of this evil family," declares the LORD of the Heavenly Armies.

Then Jesus told them this parable: "A man had a fig tree that had been planted in his vineyard. He went to look for fruit on it but didn't find any.

The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and Death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them, and all were judged according to their actions.

Therefore, the Israelis need no longer come to the Tent of Meeting, so they won't suffer the consequences of their sin and die.

Do not have anything to do with godless myths and fables of old women. Instead, train yourself to be godly.

While Saul was still speaking to the priest, the commotion in the Philistine camp increased more and more, and Saul told the priest, "Remove your hand."

Later, God's anger blazed forth against Israel, so he incited David to move against them by telling him, "Go take a census of Israel and Judah."

and settled in a town called Nazareth in order to fulfill what was said by the prophets: "He will be called a Nazarene."

But when you hear of wars and rumors of wars, stop being alarmed. These things must take place, but the end hasn't come yet,

The person who conquers will inherit these things. I will be his God, and he will be my son.

then man's dust will go back to the earth, returning to what it was, and the spirit will return to the God who gave it.

The nations were angry, but the time for your wrath has come. It is time for the dead to be judged to reward your servants, the prophets, the saints, and all who fear your name, both unimportant and important, and to destroy those who destroy the earth."

So Balak exhorted Balaam, "Let's go right now! I'll take you to another place. Maybe God will agree to have you curse them for me from there."

Let me go to the leaders and speak to them. For they know the LORD's way, the requirement of their God." "But they, all together, have broken the yoke and torn off the restraints.

The priests carried on repairs from above the Horse Gate as far as their own houses.

"Son of Man, didn't the house of Israel, that rebellious house, ask you, "What are you doing?'

"For just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

But they were too terrified, and so they told one another, "Look! Two previous kings couldn't stand up to Jehu, so how can we?"

The time for your judgment has now come; payday is here and Israel knows it. The prophet is a fool, and the spiritual man is insane. Because of your great sin, the hatred against you is great.

We urge you, brothers, to admonish those who are idle, cheer up those who are discouraged, and help those who are weak. Be patient with everyone.

So I prayed to the LORD and said, "Oh LORD my God, don't destroy your people and your inheritance whom you redeemed by your power. You brought them out from Egypt in a powerful way.

"These are the responsibilities that the descendants of Gershon are to have:

After they had crucified him, they determined who would get his clothes by throwing dice for them.

Jesus answered, "Neither this man nor his parents sinned. This happened so that God's work might be revealed in him.

For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are unclean purifies them physically,

"I heard the man dressed in linen clothes, who was standing above the waters of the river as he lifted his right and left hands to heaven and swore by the one who lives forever that it would be for a time, times, and a half. When the shattering of the power of the holy people has occurred, all these things will conclude."

So about three thousand went up there, but they ran away from the men of Ai.

Then Paul stood up, motioned with his hand, and said:

Zerubbabel fathered Abiud, Abiud fathered Eliakim, Eliakim fathered Azor,

So he told them, "I'm deeply grieved, even to the point of death. Wait here and stay awake."

However, the prince of the kingdom of Persia opposed me for 21 days. Then all of a sudden, Michael, one of the chief angels, came to assist me! I had been detained there near the kings of Persia.

Agrippa told Festus, "This man could have been set free if he hadn't appealed to the emperor."

Then all your children will be taught by the LORD, and great will be your children's prosperity.

Don't go out into the field, and don't travel on the road, because the enemy has a sword, and terror is on every side.

The father of Publius happened to be sick in bed with fever and dysentery. Paul went to him, prayed, and healed him by placing his hands on him.

Be like people who are waiting for their master to return from a wedding. As soon as he arrives and knocks, they will open the door for him.

He told them another parable: "The kingdom from heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed with three measures of flour until all of it was leavened."

Because Moses said, "Honor your father and your mother,' and, "Whoever curses his father or mother must certainly be put to death.'

Paul gathered a bundle of sticks and put it on the fire. A poisonous snake was forced out by the heat and attached itself to Paul's hand.

He was still speaking when a bright cloud suddenly overshadowed them. A voice from the cloud said, "This is my Son, whom I love. I am pleased with him. Keep on listening to him!"