if when the priest examines the skin rash and indeed it appears more extensive than skin deep, and it's accompanied by fine, yellowish hair, then the priest is to declare him unclean. The scales on the head or the beard are an infectious skin disease.

He loves righteousness and justice; the world is filled with the gracious love of the LORD.

But Absalom sent agents throughout all of the tribes of Israel, telling them, "When you hear the sound of the battle trumpet, you're to announce that Absalom is king in Hebron."

Let him pray to God and he will accept him; he will appear before him with joyful shouts!"

Since they were staying there for several days, Festus laid Paul's case before the king. He said, "There is a man here who was left in prison by Felix.

While he was on his way, his servants met him and told him that his child was alive.

"Therefore," he said, "have your authorities come down with me and present their charges against him there, if there is anything wrong with the man."

You can't buy it with gold, and its value cannot be calculated in silver.

But so as not to detain you any further, I beg you to hear us briefly with your customary graciousness.

How blessed are you, Israel! Who can be like you, a people delivered by the LORD, your shield of help and your finely crafted sword. May your enemies cower before you. You will tread down their high places."

They're spread out like valleys, like gardens along river banks, like aloe planted by the LORD, or like cedars beside water.

but I will take the kingdom away from his son's control and give ten tribes to you.

because we're going to destroy it. Their outcry has come to the attention of the LORD, so he sent us here to destroy it!"

Now swear to me by the LORD that you will never eliminate my descendants after me, and that you won't erase my name from my father's family."

He told the people, "Be ready for the third day; don't go near a woman."

Now since Ephron the Hittite had taken a seat there among the Hittites, he responded publicly to Abraham where the Hittites and everyone who was entering the gate of his city could hear him:

it will burst into bloom, and rejoice with gladness and shouts of joy. The glory of Lebanon will be given to it, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon. They will see the glory of the LORD, the splendor of our God.

He crouches, laying low like a lion. Who would awaken him? Those who bless you are blessed, and those who curse you are cursed."

Moreover, my hands laid the earth's foundation, and my right hand spread out the heavens. I call out to them, and they stand up together.

But the descendants of Levi are to encamp on all sides of the Tent of Meeting so that divine wrath won't fall on the congregation of Israel. The descendants of Levi are to take care of the Tent of Meeting."

Then the demons came out of the man and went into the pigs, and the herd rushed down a steep slope into the lake and drowned.

At that time, the LORD of the Heavenly Armies will become a glorious crown, a beautiful diadem for the remnant of his people,

To Moab: This is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, the God of Israel, says: "How terrible for Nebo, for it's laid waste. Kiriathaim is put to shame, it's captured. The fortress is put to shame, it's shattered.

For exaltation comes not from the east, the west, or the wilderness,

I gave you a king in my anger, and I took him away in my fury."

When Joseph's brothers realized that their father loved him more than all of his brothers, they hated him so much that they were unable to speak politely to him.

Listen to instruction and be wise. Don't ignore it.

The LORD makes void the counsel of nations; he frustrates the plans of nations.

We also determined to present the first fruits of our ground grain, our offerings, the fruit of all kinds of trees, wines, and oil to the priests, to the chambers of the Temple of our God, and the tithes of our land to the descendants of Levi, so those descendants of Levi could collect the tithes in all the towns where we worked:

Those who forsake the Law praise the wicked, but whoever keeps it fights them.

who teaches my hands to make war, and my arms to bend a bronze bow.

Eventually, Jacob told Laban, "Bring me my wife, now that my time of service has been completed, so I can go be with her."

"He puts a limit to the skill of every person; to delineate all people from what they do.

But the king of Israel replied, "Tell him, "The one who is starting to strap on his battle armor should never brag like the one who is taking it off.'"

"He has built his house like a moth's cocoon, like a temporary sunshade that a watchman makes.

Then the LORD told me, "Prophesy to these bones. Tell them: "You dry bones, listen to the message from the LORD: "

Will he take delight in the Almighty? Will he call on God at all times?"

They crossed the Jordan River, encamped at Aroer south of the town that is located in the river valley, proceeding through Gad and then on toward Jazer.

For who would find his enemy and then send him away safely? May the LORD repay you for what you have done for me today.

"You are to make tunics for the sons of Aaron, you are to make sashes for them, and you are to make head coverings for them for dignity and beauty.

"Look! Like wild donkeys in the wilderness, they work diligently as they seek wild game in the desert, food for them and their young ones.

This is what the LORD says: "Restrain your voice from crying, and your eyes from tears, for there is a reward for your work," declares the LORD. "They'll return from the enemy's land.

"Watch! They'll come from far away some from the north and from the west, and others from the region of China."

The watchmen who go all around the city found me. I asked, "Have you seen the one I love?"

But I trust in you, LORD. I say, "You are my God."

Those who hurry after another god will have many sorrows; I will not present their drink offerings of blood, nor will my lips speak their names.

"When evening came, the owner of the vineyard told his manager, "Call the workers and give them their wages, beginning with the last and ending with the first.'

Descendants of the Priests: Descendants of Habaiah, Hakkoz, and Barzillai, who married one of the daughters of Barzillai from Gilead and took that name.

As a result, the LORD his God handed Ahaz over to the king of Aram, who defeated him and took a large number of captives away to Damascus. Ahaz was also delivered over to the control of the King of Israel, who defeated him with many heavy casualties.

Will you show partiality to him? Will you plead God's case?

There Joshua inscribed on stones a copy of the Law of Moses that Moses had presented to the Israelis.

God sent me ahead of you to keep you alive on the earth, and to save you all in a magnificent way.

Ben-hadad received Ahab's response while he was celebrating with his kings in the battle pavilions. "Sound "Battle Stations!'" he ordered, and the army began to prepare their attack.

For the sake of Jacob my servant, Israel my chosen, I've called you, and he has established you with a name, although you have not acknowledged me.

Benaiah from Pirathon, Hiddai from the Gaash creeks area,

No one is to cheat his neighbor. Instead, you are to fear your God, because I am the LORD your God.

You'll suck the milk of nations, You'll suck the breasts of kings. Then you will realize that I, the LORD, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.

Meanwhile, Sheba traveled throughout the tribes of Israel in the direction of Abel and Beth-maacah, and all of the descendants of Beri gathered together and followed him inside.

But when they were sick, I wore sackcloth, humbled myself with fasting, and prayed from my heart repeatedly for them.

"Now as for you, publish this mourning psalm about Israel's leaders.

He need not fear a bad report, for his heart is unshaken, since he trusts in the LORD.

I'll get up and go all around the city, throughout the streets, and in the squares. I'll seek the one I love. I sought him, but didn't find him.

Be wise, my son, and make me happy, so I can reply to anyone who insults me.

Wealth brings many friends, but a poor man is deserted by his friend.

I will meditate on your precepts, and I will respect your ways.

Since they're my servants whom I've brought out of the land of Egypt, they are not to be sold as slaves.

"He has made me a byword among people; I'm being spit on in the face.

He had told Judah, "Let's build up these cities, surrounding them with walls, towers, gates, and bars. The land still belongs to us, because we have kept on seeking the LORD our God. We have sought him out, and he has given us rest all around us." So the people built and prospered.

"Because you're the one who closed their hearts to compassion; therefore, you won't let them triumph.

You are righteous in all that is happening to us, because you have acted faithfully while we have practiced evil.

Then he gave these orders: "At the end of seven years, the year designated for release, during the Festival of Tents,

My people have become lost sheep. Their shepherds have led them astray, turning them toward the mountains. They go from mountain to hill. They have forgotten their resting place.

Samuel got up early in the morning to meet Saul, but Samuel was told, "Saul went up to Carmel to set up a monument for himself. Then he turned around and traveled on to Gilgal."

the twenty-second to Giddalti, his sons and his relatives, for a total of twelve;

But Elijah promised him, "As the LORD of the Heavenly Armies lives, in whose presence I stand, I will appear to Ahab today."

The king appointed Jehoiada's son Benaiah in charge of the army to replace Joab and also appointed Zadok the priest to replace Abiathar.

Therefore, to this day the Israelis do not eat the hip tendon that connects to the thigh socket, because he had injured the socket of the thigh where the tendon connected to Jacob's hip.

Indeed, the land is full of adulterers. Indeed, the land mourns because of the curse; the pastures of the wilderness have dried up. The adulterers' lifestyles are evil, and they use their strength for what is not right.

If favor is shown to the wicked, they don't learn righteousness; even in a land of uprightness they act perversely and do not perceive the majesty of the LORD.

which is like a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, or like a champion who rejoices at the beginning of a race.

The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of rulers,

But Elijah told him to go back seven times. On the seventh look, he said, "Look! There's a cloud, a small one, about the size of a man's hand. It's coming up out of the sea!" "Get up and find Ahab!" Elijah said. "Tell him, "Mount your chariot and ride down the mountain so the storm doesn't stop you.'"

"At that time, I'll call for my servant, Hilkiah's son Eliakim,

his food will turn rancid in his stomach it will become a cobra's poison inside him.

he'll perish forever, like his own excrement; those who saw him will ask, "Where is he?'

They told God, "Get away from us!' and "What will the Almighty do to them?'

He won't look at the rivers the torrents of honey and curd.

brought back the people who had lived in it, and put them to conscripted labor with saws, iron picks, and axes. David did this to every Ammonite city, and then David and his entire army returned to Jerusalem.

Along with Zadok, one of Eleazar's descendants, and Ahimelech, one of Ithamar's descendants, David organized their service according to their assigned responsibilities.

Now please pay attention closely! My whole family is attacking your humble servant! They're saying, "Turn over the one who attacked his brother and we'll put him to death in retribution for his brother, whose life he took. That way, we'll kill the heir also!' They're going to extinguish the only light left in my family, leaving my late husband neither an ongoing name nor a survivor on the face of the earth!"

Obed-edom's sons Shemaiah, his firstborn, Jehozabad his second, Joah his third, Sachar his fourth, Nethanel his fifth,

He reigned 41 years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Maacah, the daughter of Abishalom.

Solomon reigned over all of Israel from Jerusalem for a total of 40 years.

But Joab replied, "May the LORD your God increase the population of the people a hundredfold while your majesty the king is still alive to see it happen! But why does your majesty the king want to do this?"

"Please!" the king begged the man of God, "Ask the LORD your God and pray for me that my hand may be restored for me!" So the man of God asked the LORD, and the king's hand was immediately and fully restored, just like it had been before.

A single man makes a thousand flee, because the LORD your God is the one who is fighting for you, just as he promised you.

Here's a sign for you your two sons Hophni and Phineas will both die on the same day!

This is the way to conduct remission: every creditor must cancel the loan that his friend borrowed, and he must not pressure his friend or brother to repay it, because remission to the LORD will be proclaimed.

When Saul heard that David and the men who were with him had been found, he was sitting in Gibeah, under the tamarisk tree on the hill, with his spear in his hand. All his officials were standing around him.

Otherwise, you may make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land and when they prostitute themselves with their gods and offer sacrifices to their gods, someone may invite you and then you may eat some of their sacrifices.

Unleavened bread is to be eaten for seven days, and nothing leavened is to be seen among you, nor is leaven to be seen among you throughout your territory.

Micah's carved image, that he himself had crafted, was in place during the entire time that God's tent was set up at Shiloh.

He asked, "What has he done wrong?" But they kept shouting louder and louder, "Let him be crucified!"

He causes wars to cease all over the earth, he causes the bow to break, the spear to snap, the chariots to ignite and burn.

When Paul arrived, the Jewish leaders who had come down from Jerusalem surrounded him and began bringing a number of serious charges against him that they couldn't prove.

Also included were Issachar's sons Tola, Puvvah, Job, and Shimron;

As their pastures flourished, all their desires were met. As they were satiated, they became arrogant and therefore ignored me.

Then the king ordered Ebed-melech the Ethiopian: "Thirty men are at your disposal. Take them with you and bring up Jeremiah the prophet from the cistern before he dies."

because they've committed adultery, and blood covers their hands. They've also committed adultery with their idols, making their sons born to me to pass through the fire as an offering to them.

to Egypt, which gives help that is worthless and useless. Therefore I call her, "Rahab, who just sits still.'"

Look! There is a river whose streams make the city of God rejoice, even the Holy Place of the Most High.

The trap seizes him by the heel; a snare tightens its hold on him.

As it was, when Joseph arrived where his brothers were, they stripped off the tunic that Jacob had given him that is, the richly-embroidered tunic that he was wearing.

They mounted the Ark of God on a new cart, bringing it from Abinadab's home, with Uzzah and Ahio driving the cart.

But you must surely execute him. You must be the first to put him to death with your own hand, and then the hands of the whole community.

David took these words seriously, and he was very frightened of King Achish of Gath.

I tell you with certainty, he will put him in charge of all his property.

She works with her own hands on her clothes her hands work the sewing spindle.

It will support all kinds of living creatures that will thrive abundantly wherever the river flows. There will be a great many fish, because this water will flow there and turn the salt water fresh. As a result, everything will live wherever the river flows.

But the LORD had planned to circumvent the sound advice of Ahithophel so the LORD could bring Absalom to destruction. So Hushai told Zadok and Abiathar, the priests, what Ahithophel had suggested to Absalom and the elders of Israel. He also reported what he himself had proposed. Hushai said,

Right about then, Absalom and his entourage from the people of Israel entered Jerusalem, accompanied by Ahithophel.

If anyone is hungry, he should eat at home, so that when you gather it may not bring judgment on you. And when I come I will give instructions concerning the other matters.

So come right now and curse this people for me, because there are too many of them for me to handle. Perhaps I'll be able to strike them down and drive them out of the land, since I know that whomever you bless is blessed and whomever you curse is cursed."

Therefore, my brothers, when you gather to eat, wait for each other.

The chief of all the leaders of the descendants of Levi was Aaron the priest's son Eleazar. He was assigned to oversee those who were in charge of the services of the sanctuary.

I will quickly bring my deliverance near; my salvation is on the way. His arm will bring justice to the nations; the coastlands will hope for him, and they will wait for his arm.

I'm assigning you one portion more than your brothers from the land that I confiscated from the control of the Amorites in battle."

I defer my anger for my name's sake, and as my first act I'm restraining it for you, so as not to cut you off.

How blessed is the man whom you instruct, LORD, whom you teach from your Law,

For you have forgotten the God of your salvation and have not remembered the Rock that is your strength. Therefore even though you plant delightful plants, sowing them with imported vine-seedlings,

Then some of the scribes replied, "Teacher, you have given a fine answer."

When a prophet prophesies peace, and what the prophet speaks comes about, he will be known as the prophet whom the LORD has truly sent."

He rode upon a cherub and flew; he soared upon the wings of the wind.

These things you did, and I kept silent, because you assumed that I was like you. But now I am going to rebuke you, and I will set forth my case before your very own eyes."

After Ahab had left, the hand of the LORD came upon Elijah, and he tucked his mantle into his belt and outran Ahab in a race to the city gate of Jezreel.

Whose womb brings forth the ice? Who gives birth to frost out of an empty sky,

So Joshua did as Moses told him and fought against the Amalekites, while Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.

Here is a list of returnees from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer who could not prove their ancestry and lineage from Israel:

If its owner was with it, he is not to make restitution. If it was hired, its fee covers the loss."

"No way!" his army responded. "If we have to retreat from the battle, Absalom's men won't care about us. Even if half of us die, they won't care about us. But you are worth 10,000 of us. The best thing you can do for us is to remain in the city."

Rather, we will keep doing everything that we said we would by offering sacrifices to the Queen of Heaven and by pouring out liquid offerings to her just as we, our ancestors, our kings, and our leaders did in the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem. Then we had plenty of bread, things went well for us, and we didn't experience disaster.

"But there is no peace," says the LORD, "for the wicked."

Joab returned from his pursuit of Abner, and when he had mustered his entire army, nineteen of David's soldiers were missing besides Asahel.

Then the high priest stood up before them and asked Jesus, "Don't you have any answer to what these men are testifying against you?"

From Dan's tribe, Gemalli's son Ammiel;

"When they say to you, "Where can we go?', say to them, "This is what the LORD says: "Those destined for death, to death will go; those destined for the sword, to the sword will go; and those destined for captivity, to captivity will go.

Praise him, all his angels; praise him, all his armies!

Your stature is like a palm tree, and your breasts are like clusters of fruit.

God, who can compare to you, who caused me to experience troubles that were numerous and disastrous? You will return to revive me and lift me up from the depths of the earth.

Therefore the wealth they have acquired and what they have stored up they carry them away over the Arab Wadi.

When David saw the angel who had been attacking the people, he told the LORD, "Look, I'm the one who has sinned! I did the evil. These are only sheep! What did they do? Please, let your hand fall on me and on my household!"

Then I covered you with embroidered clothing, clothed your feet with leather sandals, wrapped you with fine linen, and dressed you in silk.

Whoever loves purity and gracious speech will gain the king as his friend.

His protective scales are his pride, they lie sealed tightly together.

Can you command the lightning, so that it goes forth and calls to you, "Look at us!'

May your gracious love come to me, LORD, your salvation, just as you said.

No, I haven't allowed my mouth to sin by asking for his life with a curse.

Furthermore, Ahaz sacrificed and burned incense on the high places, on top of hills, and under every green tree.

After delivering Ahab's answer, the envoys returned with this message: "This is what Ben-hadad says: "I've sent my envoys to you to tell you that your silver, gold, wives, and children are to be given to me.

You are to set aside six towns of refuge from the towns that you will be giving to the descendants of Levi, where someone who kills a human being may run for shelter. In addition, give them 42 other towns.

He practiced the same sins that his father committed before he was born. Unlike his ancestor David, his heart never became devoted to the LORD his God.

Then keep your tongue from doing evil and your lips from spreading lies.

Saul summoned the people and mustered them in Telaim, 200,000 foot soldiers and 10,000 men from Judah.

Greece, Tubal, and Meshech bartered with you, exchanging slaves and bronze vessels for your wares.

Although they fast, I won't listen to their cry, and although they offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, I won't accept them. Instead, I'll put an end to them with the sword, with famine, and with a plague."

The descendants of Reuben and descendants of Gad, along with the other half-tribe of Manasseh, received their inherited portion that Moses the servant of the LORD had given them to the east beyond the Jordan River.

Not one of the good promises that the LORD had made to the house of Israel failed all of them came about.

"Listen! There's a noise on the mountains like that of a great multitude! Listen! There's an uproar among the kingdoms, like that of nations massing together! The LORD of the Heavenly Armies is mustering an army for battle.

to them I will give in my house and within my walls a monument and a name better than sons and daughters. I will give them an everlasting name that will not be cut off.

along with her two sons. The name of the one was Gershom, because he uwould say, "I was an alien in a foreign land,"

I have found my servant David; I have anointed him with my sacred oil,

The LORD is my inheritance; I have given my promise to keep your word.

Our God has appeared and he has not been silent; a devouring fire blazed before him, and a mighty storm swirled around him.

On the day you cross over the Jordan River to the land that the LORD your God is about to give you, set up large stones and coat them with plaster.

At the right time he sent a servant to the farmers in order to get his share of the produce of the vineyard. But the farmers beat him and sent him back empty-handed.

Descendants of exiles from Jericho: 345

Then Job died at an old age, having lived a full life.

"Don't take a pair of millstones, especially the upper millstone, as collateral for a loan, because this means taking a man's livelihood.

Moreover, tell the Israelis that anyone who curses his God will bear the consequences of his own sin,

God spoke to Israel through night visions, addressing him, "Jacob! Jacob!" "Here I am!" Jacob replied.

He sent young Israeli men to offer up burnt offerings and sacrifice bulls as peace offerings to the LORD.

Later on, as soon as he was in firm control of his kingdom, he executed the servants who had murdered his father the king,

"Now, you know how we lived in the land of Egypt and how we traveled through the territory of other nations.

Moreover, the cloud of the LORD protected them during the day when they left their camp.

which sends envoys by the sea, in papyrus boats over the water! Go, swift messengers, to a tall, smooth-skinned nation, to a people feared far and wide, a nation that metes out punishment and oppresses, whose land the rivers divide.

don't be in a hurry to argue in court. Otherwise, what will you do later on when your neighbor humiliates you?

Your righteousness is an eternal righteousness, and your instruction is true.

Their idols are silver and gold, crafted by human hands.

The voice of the LORD was heard above the waters; the God of glory thundered; the LORD was heard over many waters.

On the first day of the third month of the eleventh year of our captivity, this message came to me from the LORD:

Zedekiah was 21 years old when he began to rule, and he ruled for 11 years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

I was a stranger, and you didn't welcome me. I was naked, and you didn't clothe me. I was sick and in prison, and you didn't visit me.'

My heart cries out over Moab; her fugitives flee as far as Zoar, as far as Eglath-shelishiyah. For at the ascent to Luhith they go up weeping; on the road to Horonaim they raise a cry of destruction.

"Stand up like a man! I'll ask you some questions, and you give me some answers!

I'll retain my righteousness and not compromise it; my conscience won't rebuke me at any time.

I appointed over the storerooms: Shelemiah the priest, Zadok the scribe, and Pedaiah from the descendants of Levi; and next to them Zaccur's son Hanan, the grandson of Mattaniah, because they had been considered faithful. Their duties were to distribute to their associates.

24,000 people died because of the plague.

So Samson went out, caught 300 foxes, grabbed some torches, tied the foxes together in pairs at their tails, and fastened a torch between each pair of tails.

Ten times you've tried to humiliate me! You're not ashamed to wrong me!

Later on, there was another battle at Gath, where there was a very tall man with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot 24 in number who had also been fathered by giants.

Next, Abraham ran to the herd, found a choice and tender calf, and gave it to the young men, who went off in a hurry to prepare it.

"He will be sure to rebuke you, if you show partiality in secret.

Jacob, your tents are so fine, as well as your dwelling places, O Israel!

He followed the example of his father Asa and never departed from it, practicing what the LORD considered to be right.

Then they delivered copies of the king's orders to the king's officers, and governors on this side of the Euphrates River. The orders were in support of the people and God's Temple.

Now, Doeg the Edomite, one of Saul's officials, was there that day, detained in the LORD's presence. He was the chief of Saul's shepherds.

Then the Lord instructed Moses, "Return Aaron's rod before the testimony to be kept for a reminder against the rebels so that you may put an end to their complaints against me and so that they won't die."

Indeed, any person who has a defect is not to approach the Tent of Meeting the blind, the lame, one who is mutilated in the face or who has a very long limb,

Otherwise, how shall it be known that your people and I have received favor from you, unless you go with us and that we, your people and I, are distinguished from all the people on the surface of the earth?"

Then the priest is to offer one for a sin offering and the other for a whole burnt offering. This is how the priest will make atonement in the LORD's presence for her regarding her unclean discharge.

from Issachar's tribe, Joseph's son Igal;

and the injured person then gets up and walks around outside with the help of his staff, the one who struck him is not liable, except that he is to compensate him for his loss of time and take care of his complete recovery.

Both the most and the least important people will die in this land, and they won't be buried. People won't mourn for them. They won't cut themselves, nor will they shave their heads for them.

but Mary Magdalene and the other Mary remained there, sitting in front of the tomb.

Why is it that when I came, no one was there? Why was there no answer when I called? Was my arm too short to redeem you? Do I lack the strength to rescue you? Look! By my mere rebuke I dry up the sea, I turn rivers into a desert. Their fish stink for lack of water and die of thirst.

The cords of Sheol surrounded me; the snares of death confronted me.

It cannot be compared to gold from Ophir, with precious onyx, or with sapphire.

Listen carefully to his thundering voice; to the sound that rumbles from his mouth.

Later on, Manasseh reinforced the outer wall to the City of David on the west side overlooking the Gihon Valley as far as the Fish Gate. He encircled the Ophel, raising it to a great height.

You are to anoint Aaron and his sons, and you are to consecrate them to serve as my priests.

Meanwhile, somebody drew his bow and struck the king of Israel at a weak spot where his armor plates joined, so he instructed his chariot driver, "Turn around and take me out of the battle, because I've been severely wounded."

"When they sin against you because there isn't a single human being who doesn't sin and you become angry with them and deliver them over to their enemy, who takes them away captive to a land that's near or far away,

But a prophet of the LORD was there named Oded. He went out to greet the army as it arrived in Samaria. He warned them, "Look! Because the LORD God of your ancestors was angry at Judah, he delivered them into your control, but you have killed them with a vehemence that has reached all the way to heaven!

He practiced what the LORD considered to be right, just as his father Uzziah had done, even though he did not enter the Temple. Nevertheless, the people continued acting corruptly.

Later, Amaziah returned from slaughtering the Edomites, but he brought back the gods that had belonged to the men of Seir, set them up as his own gods, worshipped them, and sacrificed offerings to them.

The LORD asked Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh and think, "Am I really going to bear a child, since I'm so old?'

I'll bring some food for you, and after that you may continue your journey, since you have come to visit your servant." So they replied, "Okay! Do what you've proposed."

because when I was living at Geshur in Aram, your servant made this solemn promise: "If the LORD ever brings me back to Jerusalem, then I will serve the LORD.'"

Take ten loaves with you, some cakes, and a jar of honey and go visit him. He will tell you what will happen to the boy."

They were accompanied by the descendants of Levi, including Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah, and Tobadonijah. These descendants of Levi were accompanied by the priests Elishama and Jehoram.

from the Jordan River eastward, all the territory of Gilead, the descendants of Gad, the descendants of Reuben, and the descendants of Manasseh, from Aroer by the Valley of the Arnon, including Gilead and Bashan.

but if the sun has risen on him, then it is a capital crime in that case. A thief shall certainly make restitution, but if he has nothing, he is to be sold for his theft.

Abraham named his son who was born to him Isaac the very one whom Sarah bore for him!

Balaam also uttered this prophetic statement about the Kenites: "Your dwelling places are stable, because your nest is carved in solid rock.

and cursed the God of heaven because of their pain-filled sores. But they did not repent of their behavior.

After he said that, an angry quarrel broke out between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and the assembly was divided,

This is what comforts me in my troubles: that what you say revives me.

So, whether it was I or the others, this is what we preach, and this is what you believed.

As a result, you have forgotten the LORD who made you, who stretched out the heavens and laid the earth's foundations, and you live in constant fear every day because of the oppressor's fury, since he's ready to destroy. Now where is the oppressor's fury?

Direct my footsteps by your promise, and do not let any kind of iniquity rule over me.

When the LORD looks down from heaven, he observes every human being.

Like a lion, he has left his den. Indeed, their land has become a waste because of the anger of the oppressor and because of the LORD's fierce anger."

Turn your ear, LORD, and listen! Open your eyes, LORD, and observe! Listen to the message sent by Sennacherib to insult the living God!

The Philistine officials approached her and told her, "Entice him to discover where his great strength is, and how we can overpower him. We intend to tie him up and torture him. We'll each pay you 1,100 silver coins."

You are to offer the other lamb at twilight with the same grain offering and drink offering as in the morning. You are to offer it as a soothing aroma, an offering by fire to the LORD.

Take the garment of anyone who puts up collateral for a stranger; hold it in pledge if he does it for an unfamiliar woman.

I'll bring the sword against you to execute the vengeance of my covenant. When you gather in your cities, I'll send a pestilence. As a result, you'll be delivered into the control of your enemies.

About Dan he said: "Dan is a lion's cub, leaping forth from Bashan."

After this, Jacob's father Isaac told him, "Come closer and kiss me, my son."

From Benjamin's tribe, Raphu's son Palti;

I desire and long for the Temple courts of the LORD. My heart and body sing for joy to the living God.

Greet Ampliatus, my dear friend in the Lord.

Look! You're wiser than Daniel, aren't you? No secret is too mysterious for you!

then hear in heaven and forgive the sin of your servants and of your people Israel. Indeed, teach them the best way to live and send rain on your land that you have given to your people as an inheritance.

A witness to lies will not go unpunished; the teller of falsehoods will perish.

His breath can ignite coal; and flames proceed from his mouth.

His young ones feast on blood; he'll be found wherever there's a carcass."

Zabdiel's son Jashobeam was responsible for the first division of 24,000 soldiers for the first month.

Trembling from fear, even the guards themselves became catatonic.

As soon as he had consolidated his reign, he executed the entire household of Baasha. He did not leave a single male alive, including any of Baasha's relatives or friends.

So David ordered Abishai and all of his staff: "Look! My own son wants to kill me! How much more now is this descendant of Benjamin? Leave him alone and let him go on cursing, because the LORD has ordered him to do this.

"You are to put the Mercy Seat on the Ark of the Testimony in the Most Holy Place.

Her son gave back the 1,100 silver coins to his mother, and she said, "I'm totally giving this silver from my hand to the LORD so my son can make a carved image and a cast image. So I'm returning it to you."

The LORD told Moses in the wilderness of Moab, beside the Jordan River near Jericho,

Then the disciples understood that he had been speaking to them about John the Baptist.

The upper chambers were narrower, since the galleries required more space than did the lower and middle portions of the building.

See, the name of the LORD comes from far away, burning with his anger, and in thick rising smoke; his lips are full of fury, and his tongue is like a devouring fire.

"Look! I have made him a witness to the nations, a leader and commander of the nations.

you whom I encouraged from the ends of the earth and called from its farthest corners, and told you, "You're my servant, I've chosen you and haven't cast you aside.'

Nevertheless, in your great compassion you did not completely destroy them or abandon them, because you are a God of grace and you are merciful.

where I gave them my statutes and revealed my ordinances to them, which if a person observes, he'll live by them.

In the first year of his reign, King Evil-merodach of Babylon, showed favor to King Jehoiachin of Judah by releasing him from prison on the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth month in the thirty-seventh year of the exile of King Jehoiachin of Judah.

And I will make justice the measuring line, and righteousness the plumb line; hail will sweep away your refuge of lies, and floods will overflow your hiding place.

The north wind brings rain, and a backbiting tongue an angry look.

I eagerly race along the way of your commands, for you enable me to do so. He

Let all the world fear the LORD; let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him;

He looks down on everything that is high; he rules over every kind of pride."

I cry for help to you, but you won't answer me; I stand still, but you only look at me.

But the wise ones took flasks of oil with their lamps.

David, accompanied by all of Israel, went up to Baalah (the former name of Kiriath-jearim), which belonged to Judah, to bring from there the Ark of God, the LORD, who sits enthroned on the cherubim, and who is called the Name.

and said, "I urge you, my brothers, don't do such a wicked thing.

Then King David went in, sat down in the presence of the LORD, and said:

Elishama, Beeliada, and Eliphelet.

But Jehoshaphat asked, "Isn't there a prophet of the LORD left here that we could talk to?"

her first husband who married her and divorced her earlier must not remarry her, because she was defiled, since this is detestable to the LORD. Don't defile the land that the LORD your God is about to give you as a possession.

Then Moses and Aaron went into the presence of the community at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and fell on their faces. Then the glory of the LORD appeared to them.

The very next morning, he was frustrated about the dream, so he sent word to summon all the magicians and wise men of Egypt. Pharaoh told them what he had dreamed, but no one could interpret them.

Nathan's son Igal from Zobah, Bani the Gadite,

He was more well-known than the Three, and became their commander, but he never measured up to the Three.

Three days later, while they were still in pain, Jacob's sons Simeon and Levi, two of Dinah's brothers, each grabbed a sword and entered the city unannounced, intending to kill all the males.

David was afraid because Saul had come out to seek his life while David was in the wilderness of Ziph at Horesh.

The prophet Gad told David, "Don't remain in the stronghold. Go and enter the territory of Judah." So David left and went into the forest of Hereth.

He sent messengers to Abimelech in secret and told him, "Look out! Ebed's son Gaal and his family have arrived here in Shechem. Watch out! They're stirring up the city against you.

As evening approached, he had the camels kneel outside the town at the water well, right about the time when women customarily went out to draw water.

His head was brought on a platter and given to the girl, and she took it to her mother.

""Cursed is the one who perverts justice due the foreigner, the orphan, or the widow.' "Then all the people are to respond by saying, "Amen!'

They never found me debating with anyone in the Temple or stirring up a crowd in the synagogues or throughout the city,

It was my hand that made all these things, wasn't it?'"

God is feared in the council of the holy ones, revered by all those around him.

The man's name was Nabal and his wife's name was Abigail. The woman was intelligent and beautiful, while the man was harsh and wicked in his dealings. He was a descendant of Caleb.

"Son of Man, start singing this lamentation about Pharaoh, king of Egypt. Tell him, "You may have called yourself a lion among nations, but you're a monster at sea. You thrash about in your rivers, muddy the water with your feet, and relieve yourself in the rivers.'

Jeremiah summoned Neriah's son Baruch and at Jeremiah's dictation, Baruch wrote on the scroll all the words of the LORD that he had spoken to him.

The murderer rises at dawn to kill the poor and needy; at night, he is like a thief.

"How terrible, how terrible it is for the great city that was clothed in fine linen, purple, and scarlet and was adorned with gold, gems, and pearls,

At this, Hezekiah replied to Isaiah, "What you've spoken from the LORD is good," because he had been thinking, "Why not, as long as there's peace and security in my lifetime"?"

From the city, dying men groan aloud, and the wounded cries out for help, but God charges no one with wrong.

If she's displeasing to her master who selected her for himself, he must let her be redeemed. He does not have the right to sell her to foreign people, because he has dealt unfairly with her.

and blinded the men who were at the entrance of the house, from the least important to the greatest, so they were unable to find the doorway.

All your clothes are scented with myrrh, aloes, and cassia. From ivory palaces stringed instruments have made you glad.

The LORD your God will deliver it into your control, and you must execute every male.

"In addition, they sent messengers for men to come from afar. When they arrived, you bathed yourself for them, painted your eyes, adorned yourself with jewelry,

Now when Ahimelech's son Abiathar had fled to David in Keilah, the ephod had come down with him.

For the LORD, the Most High, is to be feared, a great king over all the earth.

But those who are decent plan noble things, and by noble deeds they stand."

May their dining tables entrap them, and become a snare for their allies.

You won't be fighting in this battle. Take your stand, but stand still, and watch the LORD's salvation on your behalf, Judah and Jerusalem! Never fear and never be discouraged. Go out to face them tomorrow, since the LORD is with you.'"

Then all the men who knew that their wives were offering sacrifices to other gods and all the women who were standing by a large group, including all the people who were living in the land of Egypt in Pathros answered Jeremiah:

He set in place ordinances for the rain; and determined the pathway for thunder that accompanies lightning.

because I'm filled with things to say, and my spirit within me compels me to speak.

"And now may the LORD God arise, to your place of rest, you, and the ark of your power! Let your priests, LORD God, be clothed with salvation, and cause your godly ones to find their joy in what is good.

"Now therefore this is what you are to tell my servant David: "This is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies says: "I took you from the pasture myself from tending sheep to become Commander-in-Chief over my people Israel.

and they served idols, a practice that the LORD had warned them, "You are not to do this."

to be greeted in the marketplaces, and to be called "Rabbi' by people.

Samuel said, "What have you done?"

These are the animals that you may eat: ox, sheep, goat,

Fulfill the week for this daughter, then we'll give you the other one in exchange for serving me another seven years."

Nevertheless, seven months later, Nethaniah's son Ishmael, the grandson of Elishama from the royal family, came with ten men and attacked Gedaliah. As a result, he died along with the Jews and Chaldeans who were with him at Mizpah.

"Did you keep all the women alive?" Moses asked them.

You are to allow the young women who haven't yet had sexual relations with a man to live for yourselves."

You are to offer these burnt offerings by fire, a pleasing aroma to the LORD: one bull, one ram, and seven one year old lambs, all without defects,

"The fruit that you crafted has abandoned you. All your dainties and your splendor are lost, and no one will ever find them again."

But the people would not welcome him, because he was determined to go to Jerusalem.

She is like a seagoing ship that brings her food from far away.

When God caused me to journey from my father's house, I asked her to do me this favor and say, "He's my brother.'"

So Jacob reached his father Isaac at Mamre, in Kiriath-arba (also known as Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had lived.

In the same way, unless you speak an intelligible message with your language, how will anyone know what is being said? You'll be talking into the air!

If he finds it, I tell all of you with certainty that he rejoices over it more than over the 99 that haven't strayed.

This is what the Lord GOD says to you dry bones! "Pay attention! I'm bringing my Spirit into you right now, and you're going to live!

unless it is for the one thing I shouted as I stood among them: "It is for the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial before you today.'"

"Now hear this, you wanton creature, lounging with no cares, and saying to herself: "I am the one, and there will be none besides me; I won't live as a widow, nor will I see the loss of children.'

you are wrapped in light like a garment, stretching out the sky like a curtain.

I'll raise up shepherds over them, and they'll shepherd them. My flock will no longer be afraid or terrified, and none will be missing," declares the LORD.

Ants aren't a strong species, yet they prepare their food in the summer.

There was also a man named Uriah, Shemaiah's son from Kiriath-jearim, who prophesied in the LORD's name. He prophesied about this city and this land in words similar to those of Jeremiah.

"As for you ladies of leisure Get up and listen to my voice! You daughters who feel so complacent hear what I have to say!

For the LORD is angry against all the nations, and furious against all their armies. He has doomed them to destruction, and given them up to be slaughtered.

A roaring lion and a charging bear that's what a wicked tyrant is over poor people.

He declares his words to Jacob, his statutes and decrees to Israel.

"And the priest, the descendant of Aaron, will be with the descendants of Levi when the descendants of Levi receive tithes, and the descendants of Levi will bring the tithe of the tithes into the store rooms of the Temple of our God.

You are to make them into a holy anointing oil, a perfume mixture made by a perfumer. It is to be a holy anointing oil.

"Though he swallows wealth, he will vomit it; God will dislodge it from his stomach.

She nagged him every day with this speech, pestering him until he was annoyed nearly to death.

So Jacob tore his clothes, dressed himself in sackcloth, and then mourned many days for his son.

Deliver me from the mouth of the lion, from the horns of the wild oxen. You have answered me.

He'll complete what he has planned for me; he has many things in mind for me!

though he savors it and delays swallowing it so he can taste it again and again in his mouth,

A declaration from one who hears what God has to say, who saw the vision that the Almighty revealed, who keeps stumbling with open eyes.

so the LORD brought in the army commanders who worked for the king of Assyria, who captured Manasseh with hooks, bound him in bronze chains, and took him off to Babylon.

He is to take the live bird, the cedar wood, the crimson thread, and the hyssop, and dip them together in the blood of the bird that had been slaughtered over the flowing water.

Jehoiada's son Benaiah then approached Joab, attacked him, killed him, and had him buried at Joab's home in the wilderness.

The men of Judah went out as far as Gilgal to greet the king and escort him across the Jordan River while Gera's son Shimei, a descendant of Benjamin from Bahurim, accompanied them to meet King David.

At times you were made a public spectacle by means of insults and persecutions, while at other times you associated with people who were treated this way.

half of Gilead, including Ashtaroth and Edrei. The cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan went to half of the descendants of Manasseh's son Machir, according to their tribes.

in accordance with what the Law says, and in accordance with the verdict that will be handed to you. You must not deviate from the verdict that they declare to you either to the right or to the left.

"Tell the Israelis that when a person makes a special vow based on the appropriate value of people who belong to the LORD,

One of the four living creatures gave to the seven angels seven gold bowls full of the wrath of God, who lives forever and ever.

Truth is missing, and whoever turns away from evil becomes a prey." "Then the LORD looked, and it displeased him that there was no justice.

They conspired to arrest Jesus by treachery and to kill him.

Then Rachel and Leah asked him, "Do we have anything left of inheritance remaining in our father's house?

"They've also done this to me: They defiled my sanctuary and profaned my Sabbaths, all at the same time!

I'll provide abundance for those who are weary, and fill all who are faint."

When any of the prisoners of the earth are crushed underfoot,

He has satisfied the one who thirsts, filling the hungry with what is good.

A king sits on a throne of justice, sifting out all sorts of evil with his glance.

Then all the military leaders, Kareah's son Jonathan, Hoshaiah's son Jezaniah, and all the people from the least to the greatest approached Jeremiah.

A dire vision has been announced to me: the traitor betrays, and the plunderer takes loot. Get up, Elam! Attack, Media! I am putting a stop to all the groaning she has caused.

Under three things the earth trembles, under four it cannot remain steady:

The house of the wicked will be destroyed, but the tent of the upright will flourish.

If a thousand fall at your side or ten thousand at your right hand, it will not overcome you.

I will walk in liberty, for I seek your precepts.

no evil will fall upon you, and no affliction will approach your tent,

Weren't the Ethiopians and the Libyans a vast army with many chariots and cavalry? Yet because you relied on the LORD, he gave them into your control!

Save me from my enemies, my God! Keep me safe from those who rise up against me.

The boundary lines have fallen in pleasant places for me; truly, I have a beautiful heritage.

That's when he opens the ear of mankind, authenticating his messages to them,

He has enclosed the face of the full moon and spread his clouds over it.

Present the case to the Levitical priest or the judge at that time. When you have inquired and they have announced the verdict,

Then the priest is to command that one bird be slaughtered on an earthen vessel over flowing water.

After David had finished sacrificing the burnt offerings and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD

"I'm with you," Jehoshaphat answered the king of Israel. "My army will join yours, and my cavalry will be your cavalry." But Jehoshaphat also asked the king of Israel, "Please ask for a message from the LORD, first."

Meanwhile, Samson had sex until midnight, then at midnight he got up, grabbed the doors, the two door posts, and the bars of the city gate, and uprooted them. He put them on his shoulders and carried them to the top of the mountain opposite Hebron.

but fails to bring it to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting as an offering in the presence of the tent of the LORD, that person will incur bloodguilt. Because he has shed blood, that person is to be eliminated from contact with his people."

Ships under control of Kittim will devastate Asshur and Eber, until they are permanently destroyed."

You are to take the anointing oil and anoint the tent and all that is in it. You are to consecrate it and all its furnishings and it will be holy.

He asked, "Where have you put him?" They told him, "Lord, come and see."

"Be sure to exact vengeance on behalf of the Israelis from the Midianites, after which you'll be taken home to your people."

The spiritual does not come first, but the physical does, and then comes the spiritual.

Although many people gave false testimony against him, their testimony didn't agree.

You are to put the table outside the curtain. You are to put the table on the north side with the lamp stand opposite the table on the south side of the tent.

When Pharaoh saw that the rain, hail, and thunder had stopped, he continued to sin. He, along with his officials,hardened his heart.

False weights and measures the LORD surely detests both of them.

The LORD asked me, "Son of Man, will these bones ever live?" "Lord GOD," I replied, "you know the answer to that!"

Magdiel, and Iram. These were the chiefs who descended from Edom, according to their territories in their own land. This was the dynasty of Esau, who was the ancestor of the Edomites.

But the vessel he was working on with the clay was ruined in the potter's hand. So he remade it into another vessel that seemed appropriate to him.

"Look! You will call a nation that you do not know, and a nation that does not know you will run to you, because of the LORD your God, even the Holy One of Israel, for he has glorified you."

I'll make people scarcer than pure gold, and mankind rarer than gold from Ophir.

His heart is as strong as stone, it is as hard as a lower millstone.

When he rears up, the mighty are terrified; they are bewildered as he thrashes about.

He won't stop looking at righteous people; he seats them on thrones with kings forever, and they are exalted.

Your maxims are just worthless proverbs; your defensive arguments are made of clay."

So they divided the land between them so they could conduct their survey. Ahab went off by himself in one direction and Obadiah went off by himself in the other.

Right about that time, the LORD began to send King Rezin of Aram and Remaliah's son Pekah against Judah.

"You are to observe the Festival of Unleavened Bread. For seven days, at the appointed time in the month Abib, you are to eat unleavened bread as I commanded you, for in the month Abib you came out of Egypt.

He practiced what the LORD considered to be evil, living like Jeroboam did and leading Israel into sin.

I'm going to take you and have you reign over whatever you desire. You will be king over Israel.

Three times during the year all your males are to appear in the presence of the LORD God of Israel,

It was reported to Saul saying, "David is at Naioth in Ramah right now."

Moses' father-in-law Jethro, together with Moses' two sons and his wife, came to Moses in the desert where he was camped at the mountain of God.

The Temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God and his power, and no one could enter the Temple until the seven plagues of the seven angels came to an end.

So Balak did just as Balaam instructed. Balak and Balaam offered a bull and a ram on each altar.

and the north-facing chamber is for the priests who maintain the altar. These are Zadok's descendants, who, as descendants of Levi approach the LORD to minister directly to him."

If I take wings with the dawn and settle down on the western horizon

"And now, Son of Man, describe the Temple to the house of Israel. They will be ashamed because of their sin. They will measure its pattern.

When I called out, you answered me; you strengthened me.

When a righteous man forsakes his own righteousness and commits evil acts, he will die because of those acts,

Instead of your shame you will receive double, and instead of disgrace people will shout with joy over your inheritance; therefore you will inherit a double portion in their land; everlasting joy will be yours."

King Zedekiah sent Shelemiah's son Jehucal and Maaseiah's son Zephaniah the priest to Jeremiah the prophet, asking him, "Please pray to the LORD our God for us."

Therefore every godly person should pray to you at such a time. Surely a flood of great waters will not reach him.

Don't speak when a fool is listening, because he'll despise your wise words.

Righteous ones, be glad in the LORD and rejoice! Shout for joy, all of you who are upright in heart!

LORD, remember in David's favor all of his troubles;

May they be erased from the Book of Life, and their names not be written with the righteous.

"If he remains silent, who will condemn him? If he conceals his face, who can see him? He watches over both nation and individual alike,

Truly, LORD, the kings of Assyria have devastated nations and their territories,

Then the king told Doeg, "You turn and attack the priests." Doeg the Edomite turned and attacked the priests. That day he killed eighty-five men who carry the linen ephod.