"When your people go out to war against their enemies, no matter what way you send them, and they pray to the LORD in the direction of the city that you have chosen and in the direction of the Temple that I have built for your name,

He risked his life and struck down the Philistine, and the LORD brought about a spectacular deliverance for all Israel. You saw that and rejoiced, so why would you do wrong and shed innocent blood by killing David without cause?"

when all of Israel comes to appear in the presence of the LORD your God at the place that he'll choose, read this Law aloud to them.

It was reported to Saul that David had come to Keilah, and Saul said, "The LORD has delivered him into my hand because he has shut himself in by going into a town with double gates and bars."

The LORD dealt with me according to my righteousness, rewarding me according to the degree of my innocence,

Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David: "May the LORD punish any violation of this covenant by the hand of David's enemies."

Manoah asked, "Now, when what you've said occurs, what is to be the young man's way of life and work?"

Moses, Eleazar the priest, the elders, and the entire community at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, stood before them, and said,

Don't go up, since you know that the LORD is no longer with you. You'll be attacked right in front of your own enemies.

When they returned to their relatives at Zorah and Eshtaol, their relatives asked them, "What's your report?"

But if only a few years are left until the year of jubilee, he is to bring an accounting of the years that he is to refund for his redemption.

It's where Abraham and his wife Sarah were buried, where Isaac and his wife Rebekah were buried, and where I buried Leah.

the two of them are to take an oath in the LORD's presence that the accused has not taken his neighbor's property. Its owner is to accept this, and the neighbor is not to make restitution.

Eventually, the land of Egypt began to feel the effects of the famine, so the people cried out to Pharaoh for food. "Go see Joseph," Pharaoh announced to all the Egyptians, "and do whatever he tells you to do."

So Jacob took a stone and raised it as a pillar.

But Laban responded, "It's not the practice of our place to give the younger one in marriage before the firstborn.

"They brought in a ship made with pine planking from Senir, configured with a mast carved from a cedar from Lebanon,

Later, Esau took his wives, his children, everyone in his household, his livestock, all his animals, and all his possessions that he had acquired in the territory of Canaan and moved far away from his brother Jacob,

Then Laban asked Jacob, "What did you do? You deceived me, carried off my daughters like you would war captives,

eighty men from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria came with their beards shaved, their clothes torn, and their bodies slashed. They had grain offerings and incense with them to present at the LORD's Temple.

Leah's servant Zilpah bore a son to Jacob,

However, in my opinion she will be happier if she stays as she is. And in saying this, I think that I, too, have God's Spirit.

But the descendants of Levi, who went far away from me when Israel abandoned me, who left me to follow their idols, are to bear the punishment of their iniquity.

When Zedekiah king of Judah and all the soldiers saw them, they fled and went out of the city at night through the king's garden through the gate between the two walls. Then he went out on the road toward the Arabah.

When they see empty visions about you while they're divining lies for you, to lay you on the necks of the wicked, who are fatally wounded, whose days have come, their time for punishment.

Blow the ram's horn when there is a New Moon, when there is a full moon, on our festival day,

Then he brought Israel out with silver and gold, and no one among his tribes stumbled.

You make a broad place for my steps, so my feet won't slip.

Are your eyes looking to capture him, or to pierce his snout with a bridle?"

"Who among you will listen, and pay attention, and listen for the time to come?"

Then I'll besiege Aruel, and there will be sorrow and mourning; she will become to me like an altar fireplace.

I have hoped for good, but evil came instead; I have hoped for light, but darkness came.

He opens their ears and instructs them, commanding them to repent from evil.

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Among those nations you'll have no rest. There'll be no resting place for the soles of your feet. Instead, the LORD will give you an anxious heart, failing eyesight, and a despairing spirit.

The Israelis carried away 200,000 women, sons, and daughters from among their own relatives. They also took a great deal of plunder, and brought it all to Samaria.

the gold by weight for each table of the rows of bread, the silver for the silver tables,

The battle continued on for the rest of the day while the king of Israel propped himself up in front of the Arameans until the sun set, at which time he died.

commanding Judah to seek the LORD God of their ancestors and to keep the Law and the commandments.

So keep watching, because the LORD has chosen you to build the Temple of his sanctuary. So be strong, and get to work!"

Wielding the scepters of Israel for the descendants of Reuben, there was Zichri's son Eliezer as chief officer; for the descendants of Simeon there was Maacah's son Shephatiah;

The king told the guards, who were standing beside him, "Turn and kill the priests of the LORD because they supported David, and because they knew he was fleeing, but didn't inform me." But the officials of the king did not want to lift their hands to attack the priests of the LORD.

Hosah, one of Merari's sons, had these sons: Shimri their chief (though not the firstborn, his father had appointed him chief),

"Cursed is the one who has sexual relations with his father's wife, because he has disgraced his father.' "Then all the people are to respond by saying, "Amen!'

David's men told him, "Look, we're afraid here in Judah. How much then, if we go to Keilah against the Philistine army?"

But if the man does not want to marry his brother's widow, then she must go to the elders at the city gate and declare, "My husband's brother refuses to perform the duty of a brother-in-law in order to preserve the name of his brother in Israel. He is not willing to perform the duty of a brother-in-law.'

Go to the flock and bring me two healthy young goats. I'll prepare some delicious food for your father, just the way he loves it.

But the herdsmen who lived in Gerar quarreled with Isaac's herdsmen. "The water is ours," they said. As a result, Isaac named the well Esek, for they had fiercely disputed with him about it.

They asked, "What one group of the tribes of Israel didn't come up to meet the LORD at Mizpah?" It turned out that no one had come to the encampment from Jabesh-gilead,

The man had left his city Bethlehem in Judah to live wherever he could. As he traveled along, he eventually arrived at Micah's house in the mountainous region of Ephraim, looking for work.

These families of Naphtali numbered 45,400.

"Leave this community, so I can annihilate them in a moment."

Meanwhile, Jacob had pitched his tent on the mountain, where Laban had caught up with him. Laban and his relatives encamped on that same mountain in the hill country of Gilead, too.

therefore watch out! I'm coming to get you! I'm going to attack your waterways, and then I'm going to make the land of Egypt a total wasteland from the Aswan fortress to the border of Ethiopia!

Think about the wickedness that you practiced when you were young, when the Egyptians fondled your breasts, the breasts of your youth."

"Son of Man, when the house of Israel was living on their own land, they defiled it with their lifestyles and behavior; they were as disqualified to be with me as a menstruating woman is to you.

Everyone who lives by the sea is appalled at your destruction. Their leaders are terrified their faces reflect their fears!

They hatch adders' eggs and weave a spider's web; whoever eats their eggs dies, and any crushed egg hatches out futility.

These are the people Nebuchadnezzar took into exile: in the seventh year, 3,023 Judeans;

The chaotic city lies broken down; every house is closed up so that no one can enter them.

The LORD is gracious and righteous; our God is compassionate;

"Terror and pit and snare are coming in your direction, you inhabitants of the earth!

"You have heard now look at them all! How can you not admit them? From now on, I'll make you hear new things, hidden things that you have not known.

The earth will be utterly depopulated and completely laid waste for the LORD has spoken this message.

Couriers were sent throughout all of Israel and Judah with letters written by the king and his princes, just as the king had commanded:

I weep and fast, and I am mocked for it.

then let my arm fall from its socket; and may my arm be torn off at the shoulder.

if I've raised my hand against an orphan when I thought I would against him in court,

Look, God is my helper; the Lord is with those who are guarding my life.

They were all under their father's supervision regarding music in the Temple of the LORD with cymbals, harps, and lyres for the service of the Temple of God.

Amasa did not notice the sword that Joab was holding in his hand. Joab stabbed him in the abdomen, spilling his intestines to the ground in a single stroke and killing him. After this, Joab and his brother pursued Bichri's son Sheba.

As a result, the cries of the poor have reached him and he has heard the cry of the afflicted.

Who entrusted the earth to him? Who made him responsible for the entire inhabited world?

But God has loosened his cord and afflicted me; so they've cast off all restraints in my presence.

where they brought seven rams, seven lambs, and seven male goats for a sin offering on behalf of the kingdom, the Holy Place, and Judah. He ordered that the priests, as descendants of Aaron, place the offerings on the LORD's altar.

Everything that Hezekiah began in the service of God's Temple was done according to the Law and to the commandments as he sought his God, worked with all of his heart, and became successful.

it will be a nation whose language you don't understand, whose stern appearance neither shows regard nor extends grace to anyone whether old or young.

Samson replied, "If I'm tied up with seven green cords that have never been dried out, then I'll become weak and just like any other human being."

Gad went to David and told him, "This is what the LORD says: "Make a choice for yourself:

He served Baal, worshipped him, and provoked the LORD God of Israel to anger, in accordance with everything his father had done.

Is today the first time I inquired of God for him? Absolutely not! The king shouldn't accuse his servant, or any of my father's family of anything, because your servant didn't know anything at all about this."

"Your silver and gold belong to me. So do the most beautiful of your wives and children.'"

When the Israelis heard about it, they announced, "Look here, the descendants of Reuben, the descendants of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have constructed an altar in Canaan's frontier district of the Jordan River, on the side apportioned to the Israelis."

Include a spade among your equipment so that when you squat to relieve yourself, you can dig a hole and then cover your excrement.

Permit us now to pass through your land. We won't pass through your fields or vineyards, and we won't drink water from your wells. We'll keep to the King's Highway without turning either right or left until we have passed through your territory.'"

From the tribe of Gad were allocated Ramoth in Gilead with its pasture lands, to serve as a city of refuge for the unintentional killer, Mahanaim with its pasture lands,

If a person is from one month to five years old, then your valuation for a male is to be five shekels of silver, and for a female your valuation is to be three shekels of silver.

You are to put the altar in front of the curtain that is over the Ark of the Testimony, in front of the Mercy Seat that is over the Testimony where I'll meet with you.

This is the offering that you are to accept from them: gold, silver, and bronze;

They don't realize; they don't understand, because their eyes are plastered over so they cannot see, and their minds, too, so they cannot understand.

Bring an offering that is to be incinerated in the LORD's presence, consisting of two young bulls, a ram, and seven one year old lambs, all without any defects,

You are to burn the flesh of the bull, its hide, and its refuse with fire outside the camp. It is a sin offering.

They traveled from Oboth, then rested in Iye-abarim at the outskirts of Moab.

Moses instructed the Israelis regarding everything that the LORD had commanded him.

It is to be a square, one cubit long and one cubit wide, and it is to be two cubits high, with its horns of one piece with it.

The LORD stands guard over the stranger; he supports both widows and orphans, but makes the path of the wicked slippery.

If a person eats anything sacred inadvertently, he is to add a fifth part to it and then give the sacred thing to the priest.

If he does not do these three things for her, she may go out without paying anything at all."

Your sailors were conscripted from Sidon and Arvad, and your officers served aboard as pilots.

Abimelech also told Sarah, "Look! I am giving your brother 1,000 pieces of silver to vindicate you in the eyes of all who are with you. As a result, you will be completely vindicated."

When disputes arise, they are to serve as a judge, adjudicating matters according to my ordinances. They are to enforce my laws, my statutes, all of my appointed festivals, and they are to sanctify my Sabbaths.

Because you didn't remember the time when you were young, but instead you provoked me to anger because of all these things, watch out! I'm going to bring your behavior back to haunt you!" declares the Lord GOD. "Didn't you do this wicked thing, in addition to all your other detestable practices?"

"That's how I'll make you stop your prostitution so you won't pay any prostitute's fees anymore. I'll stop being angry with you, and I'll cease being jealous. I'll be calm and not be indignant anymore.

For this is what the LORD told me: "I will remain quiet and watch in my dwelling place like dazzling heat in sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest."

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

Then you will defile your carved idols that are overlaid with silver and your images plated with gold. You'll throw them away like disgusting objects and say to them, "Away with you!"

For to the Lord GOD of the Heavenly Armies belongs the day of tumult, trampling, and confusion in the Valley of Vision, and the pulling down of his Temple on its mountain.

In response, Asa flew into a rage and locked up the seer in stocks in the palace prison because of what Hanani had told him. Asa also tortured some of the people of Israel at that time.

Heaven and the earth belong to you, the world and everything it contains you established them.

She looked around, and there was the king, standing by his pillar at the gate, accompanied by officers and trumpeters who stood beside the king, along with all the people of the land rejoicing and sounding trumpets while singers lead the celebration with their musical instruments. Athaliah tore her robes and yelled "Treason! Treason!"

He dwells on the crags where he makes his home, there on the rocky crag is his stronghold.

He gives them security and financial support, but he watches everything they do.

Provide for them liberally from your flock, threshing floor, and wine vat. As the LORD your God has blessed you, so give to them.

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

I will be a father to him and he will be a son to me. I will never remove my gracious love from him as I did from the one who preceded you.

After this, King Sennacherib of Assyria sent his messengers to Jerusalem while he was in the middle of a vigorous attack on Lachish. They delivered this message to King Hezekiah of Judah and to all the people of Judah who had gathered in Jerusalem:

to King David, which David also dedicated to the LORD, along with silver and gold that he confiscated from all the surrounding nations, including Edom, Moab, the Ammonites, the Philistines, and Amalek.

David ran and stood over the Philistine. He took the Philistine's sword, pulled it from its sheath, killed him, and then he cut off his head with it. When the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, they fled.

So she left Elisha, shut the door behind her and her children, and while they kept on bringing vessels to her, she kept on pouring oil.

Then the priest is to wave them the two lambs with the bread of first fruits as raised offerings in the LORD's presence. They'll be sacred to the LORD on account of the priest.

There wasn't one word of everything Moses had commanded that Joshua did not read in front of the entire assembly of Israel, including the women, their little ones, and the foreigners who lived among them.

When the residents of Jabesh-gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul,

"Blessed will be your grain basket and your kneading bowl.

Every skilled woman spun with her hands, and brought what she had spun: blue, purple, and scarlet material, and fine linen.

"If she has a husband and she makes a vow that is binding on herself, or if she makes a hasty vow with her mouth that she pledges herself to fulfill,

You're to completely destroy every man and every married woman."

including the Negev, the Arabah, the valley of Jericho, and the city of the palm trees as far as Zoar.

"But if the priest examines it and the infection did not spread on the clothing, either in the woven or knitted material or on anything made of leather,

You are to take all the fat that covers the entrails, the lobe of the liver, the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them and send them up in smoke on the altar.

"No, sir. Listen to me! I'll give you the field, and I'll give you the cave that's in it. I give it to you publicly, in the sight of my people. Bury your dead."

Take millstones and grind flour. Remove your veil, strip off your robes, bare your legs, and wade through the rivers.

"For the palace will be abandoned, the noisy city deserted; the citadel and watchtower will become barren wastes forever, the delight of wild donkeys, and a pasture for flocks,

At that time, the Egyptians will be like women they will shudder and be afraid before the uplifted hand of the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, when he brandishes his hand against her.

The lamp stand together with all its furnishings is to be made from a talent of pure gold.

"Therefore, Oholibah, this is what the Lord GOD says: "Look! I'm about to stir up your lovers against you, the ones from whom you've turned away in disgust. I'm going to bring them against you from every direction

Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving, and compose music to our God with the lyre.

The next day, Pashhur released Jeremiah from the stocks, and Jeremiah told him, "The LORD has not named you Pashhur, but rather Magor-missabib.

Bring water for the thirsty, you who live in the land of Tema. Meet the fugitive with bread,

For great is your gracious love to me; you've delivered me from the depths of Sheol.

His hands are covered with lightning that he commands to strike his designated target.

Strap your sword to your side, mighty warrior, along with your honor and majesty.

He ranges the mountains that are his pasture to search for anything green.

So I confronted the officials and asked, "Why is the Temple of God neglected?" Then I gathered them together and put them back in their places.

He re-established the high places that his father Hezekiah had demolished, he built altars to the Baals, erected Asherim, and worshipped and served the armies of heaven.

Meanwhile, King Hezekiah and Amoz's son Isaiah the prophet were praying about this and crying out to heaven.

"I'll teach you about the power of God, that which is with the Almighty I won't conceal.

Nevertheless, the priests of the high places did not approach the LORD's altar in Jerusalem, but instead they ate unleavened bread given to them by their relatives.

the fourth to Izri, his sons and his relatives, for a total of twelve;

because through the LORD's anger these things happened to Jerusalem and Judah until he threw them from his presence.

However, just as all of the good things have come about that the LORD your God promised, so also the LORD will bring upon you all of the threats until he has destroyed you from possessing this good land that he has given you.

the ninth for Jeshua, the tenth for Shecaniah,

I've lived in your house these 20 years serving fourteen years for your two daughters and another six years for your flocks. During all that time you changed my wages ten times.

The prophet picked up the body of the man of God, laid it on the donkey, and brought it back to the city where the old man lived so he could mourn and bury him.

David came to Ziklag, and he sent some of the spoil to the elders of Judah, and to his friends, telling them, "Look, this is a gift for you from the spoil of the enemies of the LORD

A clean person is to take some hyssop, dip it in water, and then sprinkle it on the tent, on every vessel, and on whoever was there (that is, on whoever touched the bones, the killed person, or the dead body, including whoever dug the grave).

I gave Jacob and Esau to Isaac. And I gave Mount Seir to Esau as his possession, but Jacob and his children went down to Egypt.

Then they confined him until it could be declared what should be done to him.

Your strength will be spent in vain, because your land won't yield its produce and the trees of the land won't yield their fruit.

I'll bury them in misfortunes and bring them to an end with my arrows.

You are to consecrate the portion of the ram of ordination that belongs to Aaron and his sons: the breast of the wave offering that was waved and the thigh of the presented offering that was presented.

The LORD gave them peace all around them, just as he had promised their ancestors. Not one of their enemies was able to oppose them the LORD placed all of their enemies under their control.

"Aram was one of your customers because you had so much merchandise. They paid by trading turquoise, purple yarn, embroidered goods, Egyptian linen, coral, and rubies.

It is to be square when folded double, one hand span long and one hand span wide.

Then Rebekah took some garments that belonged to her elder son Esau the best ones available and put them on her younger son Jacob.

Didn't he say to me, "She's my sister'? And she also said, "He's my brother.' I did this with pure intentions and clean hands."

"Gather together and listen, you children of Jacob. Listen to your father Israel."

and what you plant is not the form that it will be, but a bare kernel, whether it is wheat or something else.

Indeed, as often as I speak, I cry out, and shout, "Violence and destruction!" For this message from the LORD has caused me constant reproach and derision.

and drove all his livestock ahead of him, with everything that belonged to him, including the livestock that he had bought and accumulated in Paddan-aram, intending to deliver them to his father Isaac in the land of Canaan.

Men from the low country south of Edom and many of the coastlands were your markets for ivory tusks and ebony that they brought to trade with you.

He's treating us like foreigners. He sold us and spent all of the money that rightfully belonged to us.

My tears have been my food day and night, while people keep asking me all day long, "Where is your God?"

Prepare your baggage for exile, daughter living in Egypt, for Memphis will become a desolate place. It will become a ruin without inhabitant.

"""Therefore, days are coming," declares the LORD, "when this place will no longer be called Topheth, or the Valley of Hinnom, but rather the Valley of Slaughter.

But be glad and rejoice forever in what I am creating, for I am about to create Jerusalem as a joy, and its people as a delight.

If an army encamps against me, my heart will not fear. If a war is launched against me, I will even trust in that situation.

I'll winnow them with a winnowing fork in the gates of the land. I'll make them childless. I'll destroy my people, for they didn't change their ways.

and were on mighty waters. Her revenue was the grain of Shihor, the harvest of the Nile; and she became the marketplace of nations.

As the wicked grow powerful, transgression increases, but the righteous will observe their downfall.

because what I have to say isn't deceptive, and the one who has perfect knowledge is with you."

He launched a military excursion against the king of the Ammonites and defeated him. As a result, that year the Ammonites paid 100 talents of silver in tribute, as well as 10,000 kors of wheat and 10,000 kors of barley. The Ammonites continued to pay this same amount in tribute over the following two years.

We arrived in Jerusalem and remained there three days.

Then Jotham died, as had his fathers, and he was buried in the City of David. His son Ahaz became king in his place.

and Jehoiada the priest issued the spears and shields that King David had placed in storage in God's Temple to the officers in charge of the units of hundreds.

The king replied to him, "Do just what he asked. Kill him and bury him so that you may remove from me and from my father's household the guilt that Joab shed needlessly.

Nobody is to enter the LORD's Temple except for the priests and descendants of Levi who are on duty. They may enter because they are ceremonially holy, but all the rest of the people must observe the LORD's instructions.

"I asked Naboth the Jezreelite, "Sell me your vineyard for cash, or if you want, I'll give you a better one in its place.' But he refused. He told me, "I won't give you my vineyard!'"

"As the LORD lives," Micaiah replied, "I'll say what my God tells me to say."

and from Uzziel's descendants, Amminadab their leader, along with 112 of his relatives.

He also eliminated the male cult prostitutes who still remained from the time of his father Asa.

He said, "Please let me go because our family has a sacrifice in the town, and my brother has ordered me to come. Now, if it's acceptable to you, please let me get away so I can see my brothers.' That's the reason he didn't come to the king's table."

except his close relatives his mother, father, son, daughter, brother, or

So that day Achish gave him Ziklag, and therefore, Ziklag has belonged to the kings of Judah until the present time.

When the priest examines the skin rash on the seventh day and finds that indeed the scab did not spread, there's no yellowish hair on it, and the scales don't appear more extensive than skin deep,

"I've removed the holy offering from my house and given it to the descendants of Levi, to the foreigners, to the orphans, and to the widows just as you have commanded me. I haven't violated or forgotten your commands. I haven't eaten any part of it while mourning, nor removed any part of it while unclean, nor offered any of it to the dead. I've obeyed the voice of the LORD my God and did all that he commanded me.

This gift will belong to Aaron and his sons, and they are to eat it in a sacred place, because it's the most holy thing for him of all the offerings made by fire to the LORD. This is to be an eternal ordinance."

I adorned you with jewels, placing bracelets on your hand and necklaces on your neck.

"The holy garments of Aaron are to be for his sons after him so that they may be anointed in them and ordained in them.

So the entire allocation to the descendants of Merari (that is, the rest of the families of the descendants of Levi) according to their families totaled twelve cities.

Tell Tyre, who lives at the gateway to the Mediterranean Sea, who serves as the international merchant to many coastal districts: "This is what the Lord GOD says: "Tyre, you've been claiming, "I am beauty perfected.'

"Should he have treated our sister like a whore?" they asked in response.

""On the fourteenth day of the first month, you are to observe the Passover as a festival for seven days. Unleavened bread is to be eaten.

The blacksmith prepares a tool and works in the coals, then fashions an idol with hammers, working by the strength of his arm. He even becomes hungry and loses his strength; he drinks no water and grows faint.

My hand will oppose the prophets who see false visions and speak deceptive divinations. They won't be included with the council of my people, nor will they be entered into the registry of Israel's house or enter Israel's land. Then you'll know that I am the Lord GOD,

The Hittites responded to Abraham,

"He will say, "I am no mere prophet. A servant of mankind am I, because a man dedicated to this have I been from my youth.'

you are to tell them, "This is what the LORD says: "Watch me! I'm taking the baton that represents Joseph, which Ephraim is holding in his hand, along with his companions the tribes of Israel, and I'm going to join them with the baton that represents Judah. I'm making them a single baton, that is, a complete baton in my hand."

"Break forth together into singing, you ruins of Jerusalem; for the LORD has comforted his people, and he has redeemed Jerusalem.

Next he brought me to the Temple and measured its door jambs at six cubits wide on each side of the structure.

"Tell my rebellious house, "Don't you know what these things mean? Look! The king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, captured her king and princes, and took them with him to Babylon.

They won't be buried with dead warriors from ancient times, who went straight to Sheol, buried with their war weapons, with their swords placed under their heads and their shields laid on top of their bones, since they spread terror throughout the land of the living.

Again and again, the LORD sent all his servants, the prophets, to you, but you wouldn't listen or even turn your ears in my direction to hear.

I'll make sure that you go straight to the Pit, into the lowest part of the earth, where you'll be with people who lived in ancient times. You'll keep company there with the dead, who have gone into the Pit. As a result, your city won't be inhabited. Meanwhile, I will display my glory in the land of the living.

In fact, people walk around as shadows. Surely, they busy themselves for nothing, heaping up possessions but not knowing who will get them.

The rock badgers aren't a strong species either, yet they build their dens in the rocks.

No one can compare with you among the gods, Lord; No one can accomplish your work.

They presented 5,000 gold talents and 10,000 gold darics for the work of the Temple of God, 10,000 silver talents, 18,000 bronze talents, and 100,000 iron talents.

turning a person from his actions, keeping him from pride,

When he began speaking, he communicated only worthlessness; he added words upon words without knowing anything."

I ordered them to purify the chambers, and then they brought back the vessels from the Temple of God, along with the grain offerings and incense.

Furthermore, he was furious with his three friends because they had not answered Job, but instead had condemned him.

and the priests Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, Hananiah with trumpeters

and appointing judges throughout the land in all of the walled cities of Judah, city by city. He issued this reminder to the judges:

The descendants of Levi carried the Ark of God the way Moses had commanded and in accordance with the command from the LORD that is, with poles on their shoulders.

from the descendants of Elizaphan, Shemaiah their leader, along with 200 of his relatives,

If he escapes into a city, we'll bring ropes to that city and tear it down! We won't leave a single stone left in the valley!"

So David told Abishai, "Now Bichri's son Sheba is about to do more damage than did Absalom. So take my personal guards and go after them. Otherwise, he'll run to one of the fortified cities and escape from us."

You're my relatives! You're my own flesh and blood! So why are you the last to bring back the king?'

""Cursed is the one who misleads a blind person on the road.' "Then all the people are to respond by saying, "Amen!'

"Our father died in the wilderness, but he wasn't with the company of those who gathered against the LORD along with the company of Korah. He died in his own sin, and he had no sons.

The Egyptian replied, "I'm a young Egyptian man, the slave of an Amalekite man. My master abandoned me, because I got sick three days ago. We raided the Negev of the Cherethites, the territory that belongs to Judah, and the Negev of Caleb, and we set Ziklag on fire."

Saul listened to Jonathan, and swore by the life of the LORD that David would not be killed.

As they approached Jebus, the daylight was almost gone, so the servant suggested to his master, "Come on, let's spend the night in this Jebusite city."

In response, 3,000 soldiers from the tribe of Judah went down to the caves of the rock of Etam and asked Samson, "Don't you know that the Philistines have us in their control? What have you done to us?" "I did to them what they did to me," he answered.

who could see that the LORD was with Joseph, because the LORD made everything prosper that Joseph did.

For you'll be piling burning coals of shame on his head and the LORD will reward you.

Edom will be a conquered nation and Seir will be Israel's defeated foe, while Israel performs valiantly.

Because he is a husband among his people, he is not to defile himself, thereby polluting himself.

As they set out on their journey, because the people who lived in the cities around them feared God, they did not pursue Jacob's sons.

The sun will not ravage you by day, nor the moon by night.

The Jewish leaders supported his accusations by asserting that these things were true.

"Ephraim's guilt is on record; his sin is stored away.

Therefore, look, the time is coming," declares the LORD, "when I'll cause a battle cry to be heard in Rabbah of the Ammonites. It will become a desolate mound, and its towns will be burned with fire. Israel will take possession of those who possessed him," says the LORD.

What valiant man can live and not see death? Who can deliver himself from the power of Sheol. Interlude

When the righteous are victorious, there is great glory, but when the wicked arise, men hide themselves.

They will extol the fame of your abundant goodness, and will sing out loud about your righteousness.

Lay your hand on him, and you'll remember the struggle. You'll never do that again!

They will walk from strength to strength; each will appear before God in Zion.

His prayer, how God was moved by him, all of his sin and unfaithfulness, and a record of the sites where he constructed high places, erected Asherim and carved images before he humbled himself are written in the Acts of the Seers.

The lot for the eastern gate fell to Shelemiah. They also cast lots for his son Zechariah, who was a wise counselor, and his lot indicated the northern gate.

Meshelemiah had 18 sons and brothers who were valiant men.

God considered this behavior to be evil, so he attacked Israel.

They attacked at noon, just as Ben-hadad was drinking himself drunk in the battle pavilions, along with the 32 kings who had joined him.

David also confiscated the gold shields that belonged to Hadadezer's officials and took them to Jerusalem.

When he challenged Israel, Shimei's son Jonathan, David's nephew, killed him.

Later on, during the reign of King Hezekiah of Judah, these people, enumerated by name, came and attacked both their homes and the Meunim who had settled there and who remain exterminated to this day. They settled down there, taking their place, because there was pasture there for their flocks.

David and his men went to Keilah and fought the Philistines. He carried off their livestock and defeated them decisively, and so David delivered the inhabitants of Keilah.

They went out and encamped at Kiriath-jearim in the territory of Judah. (That's why they call the place Mahaneh-dan to this day. It lies west of Kiriath-jearim.)

Now Moses had made an allotment in Bashan to one half-tribe of Manasseh, but Joshua made an allotment west of the Jordan River to the other half-tribe of their relatives. So when Joshua sent them on their way back to their tents, he also blessed them by saying

Joshua threw lots in Shiloh in the LORD's presence and divided the land accordingly among the Israelis according to their divisions.

"You are not to expose the nakedness of your father's brother by having sexual relations with his wife. She's your aunt.

all of Naphtali, the territories of Ephraim and Manasseh, and the entire territory of Judah all the way to out over the sea,

Outside, the sword will cause bereavement; within, there will be terror for the young man and virgin alike, also for the nursing infant and the aged man."

This is what the LORD is commanding the daughters of Zelophehad: If they decide it's a good idea in their opinion to get married only within the family of their father's tribe, then let them get married

The LORD will do to them just as he did to Sihon and Og, the kings of the Amorites, and to their land when he destroyed them.

and the LORD told me, "You won't be crossing the Jordan River.' But the LORD your God is crossing over before you. He will destroy these nations in front of you and you will dispossess them. As for Joshua, he will cross over before you, just as the LORD promised.

On the first day that you hold the sacred assembly, you are to do no servile work.

He is not to go out of the sanctuary or defile the sanctuary of his God, because his God's consecrating oil of anointing rests on him. I am the LORD.

He did this east of the Jordan, in the valley opposite Beth Peor, in the land of Sihon, king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, and whom Moses and the Israelis defeated after leaving Egypt.

Laban also gave his servant woman Zilpah to Leah to be her maidservant.

Tell them that whoever among your descendants throughout your generations approaches the sacred things that the Israelis had consecrated to the LORD while still remaining unclean is to be eliminated from my presence. I am the LORD.

The tribes of Reuben, Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh, as defined by their ancestral houses, have received their inheritance.

""Let everyone who is skilled among you come and make everything that the LORD has commanded:

And Israel instructed Joseph, "Your brothers are tending the flock in Shechem. Come here, because I'm going to send you to them." "Here I am!" he responded.

"Sir, listen to me! The land is worth 400 shekels of silver, but what's that between us? You may bury your dead."

All of the males who heard Hamor and his son Shechem, who had gone out to the city gate, were circumcised.

Kenaz, Teman, Mibzar,

The Babylonians came to her love nest and defiled her with their sexual immorality. As a result, she was defiled by them. Even so, she turned away from them in disgust.

Then he chose his servant David, whom he took from the sheepfold.

Three days later, somebody reported to Laban that Jacob had left,

"Ethiopia, Libya, descendants of Lud, all those who have mixed themselves, and Libya along with everyone in the land of Israel who is in league with them will die violently."'"

Esau realized that Canaan women didn't please his father Isaac,

This is what the LORD says: "Look, I'm going to give Pharaoh Hophra, king of Egypt, into the hands of his enemies and into the hands of those seeking his life, just as I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, his enemy who was seeking his life."

The king ordered his son Jerahmeel, Azriel's son Seraiah, and Abdeel's son Shelemiah to get Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet, but the LORD had hidden them.

But now the LORD has spoken again: "Within three years, like the years of a contract worker, Moab's glory will be brought into contempt, in spite of all its great multitude, and its survivors will be very few and of no importance."

the young men, the women, the children, the daughters of the king, and everyone whom Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had left with Ahikam's son Gedaliah, the grandson of Shaphan, along with Jeremiah the prophet and Neriah's son Baruch.

"And yet you didn't call upon me, Jacob; indeed, you are tired of me, Israel!

Ask about this and think about it Can a man give birth to a child? Why then do I see every strong man with his hands on his thighs like a woman giving birth, and all their faces have turned pale?

And yet when she gets ready to run, she laughs at the horse and its rider."

He declared a famine on the land; destroying the entire food supply.

Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who alone does awesome deeds.

"So then, the sun is too bright to gaze at, is it not? The sky is swept clean by the wind that blows, is it not?

Now this is Job's claim: "Even though I'm innocent, God has stopped treating me righteously.

Early the next morning, King Hezekiah got up and assembled the city officials and went up to the LORD's Temple,

The community is to release the inadvertent killer from the blood avenger and return him to the town of refuge where he had fled. He is to live there until the High Priest dies, who will have anointed him with holy oil.

It has been concealed from the sight of every living creature and hidden even from the birds in the skies.

Benaiah, Bedeiah, Cheluhi,

He followed the example of Ahab's dynasty because his mother gave him evil counsel.

The next day, the Philistines came to strip the dead, and they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.

As the king was passing by, he cried out to the king and told him, "Your servant went out into the middle of the battle, and a soldier turned aside, brought a prisoner to me, and told me, "Guard this man. If he turns up missing for any reason at all, you'll pay for it with your life or be fined one talent of silver.'

The Ammonites paid tribute to Uzziah, and his reputation extended as far as the border with Egypt as he became stronger and stronger.

"As for drink offerings, offer half a hin of wine, for an offering made by fire is a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

third for Harim, the fourth for Seorim,

"Look! you've heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the lands they completely destroyed them! Will you be spared?

There were three gates on the east, three gates on the north, three gates on the south, and three gates on the west.

He was attached to Dinah, Jacob's daughter, since he loved the young woman and spoke tenderly to her.

In doing so, Zimri destroyed the entire household of Baasha, in keeping with the message from the LORD that he had spoken against Baasha through Jehu the prophet

Then the priest is to offer them one for a sin offering and the other for a whole burnt offering. That's how the priest will make atonement for him in the LORD's presence regarding his discharge."

since I'm going to drive out nations before you, and enlarge your borders, and no one will covet your land, when you go up to appear in the presence of the LORD your God three times a year.

They shall be on Aaron and his sons when they enter the Tent of Meeting or when they approach the altar to minister in the Holy Place so they don't incur guilt and die. This is to be a perpetual ordinance for him and for his descendants after him."

Therefore let Pharaoh select a wise, discerning person to place in charge over the land of Egypt.

From the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its pasture lands, Geba with its pasture lands,

Despite all of this, the senior security advisor not only didn't remember Joseph, he deliberately forgot him.

The man stared at her in silence, waiting to see whether or not the LORD had made his journey successful.

They laughed and laughed at him, because they knew she was dead.

I will feed my sheep and give them rest,' declares the Lord GOD.

he continues to redeem your life from the Pit, and he continuously surrounds you with gracious love and compassion.

therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: "I'm going to raise my clenched fist in Edom's direction and eliminate every single human being and animal from Edom! I'm going to turn everything into a wasteland, starting with Teman, and Dedan will fall by violence!

Hoshaiah's son Azariah, Kareah's son Johanan, and all the arrogant men told Jeremiah, "You're lying! The LORD our God didn't send you to say, "Don't go to Egypt to settle there.'

Indeed, the destroyer is coming against her, against Babylon. Her warriors are captured, and her bows are broken. For the LORD is a God of recompense, and he will repay in full.

I'll shatter the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place, and I'll make them fall by the sword before their enemies and at the hands of those seeking their lives. I'll give their dead bodies as food to the birds of the sky and to the animals of the land.

Their nobles send their young people for water. They go to the cisterns, but they find no water. They return with their vessels empty. They're disappointed and dismayed, and they cover their heads in shame.

Now my head will be lifted up above my enemies, even those who surround me. I will sacrifice in his tent with shouts of joy; I will sing and make melodies to the LORD.

Kareah's son Jonathan and all leaders of the forces who were in the field came to Gedaliah at Mizpah.

"This is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, the God of Israel, says: "I've broken the yoke of the king of Babylon,

"Therefore, this is what the LORD, who redeemed Abraham, says concerning the house of Jacob: "No longer will Jacob be ashamed; no longer will his face grow pale.

I never acquired wisdom, but I know what the Holy One knows.

He despises city noises; he ignores the shouts of the driver.

"Can you call out to the clouds, so that abundant water drenches you?

I know how he would answer me; I understand what he'll tell me.

All Israel in the time of Zerubbabel and in the time of Nehemiah gave allotments to each of the singers and gate keepers on a daily basis, setting them apart to benefit the descendants of Levi. And the descendants of Levi set them apart to benefit the descendants of Aaron.

I will establish a homeland for my people Israel, planting them in a secure location where they will never be disturbed anymore. Wicked people will not oppress them as happened in the past,

establishing these days of Purim at the prescribed time, just as Mordecai the Jew and Queen Esther had established, and just as the Jewish people had established for themselves and for their descendants. The letter included instructions for their fasting and lamentations.

I was greatly upset, so I threw out all of Tobiah's property from the room.

Then Isaiah replied to Hezekiah, "Listen to this message from the LORD:

"This is what the entire community of the LORD has to say: "What is this treacherous act by which you have acted deceitfully against the God of Israel by turning away from following the LORD today, and by building yourselves an altar today, so you can rebel against the LORD?

they are to designate some towns of refuge so that anyone who kills someone inadvertently may flee there.

The height of one of the pillars was eighteen cubits, and the capital on top of it was three cubits high. A latticework carved in the form of pomegranates encircled the capital, crafted completely out of brass. The second pillar was identical to the first.

May their blood be repaid to Joab and to his descendants forever, and may there be peace shown from the LORD forever to David, to his descendants, to his household, and to his throne."

In addition to all of this, he built high places in the mountains of Judah, led the inhabitants of Jerusalem into cultic sexual immorality, and made Judah go astray.

Nevertheless, the Lord was unwilling to destroy David's dynasty because of the covenant that he had made with David, especially since he had promised to give him and to his sons the reigning presence of an heir forever.

Bring her to your house, but shave her head and trim her nails.

Judah was defeated by Israel, and everybody fled to their own tents.

Investigate and find out all the hiding places there where he hides, and return to me with reliable information. Then I'll go down with you, and if he's in the land, I'll search him out among all the thousands of Judah."

And so he went to a high place, where the LORD met with Balaam, who told him, "I've prepared seven altars and offered bulls and rams on an altar."

from which it proceeded toward the east to Gath-hepher, then to Eth-kazin, then going to Rimmon, where it turned toward Neah.

But they couldn't find any, even though many false witnesses had come forward. At last two men came forward

Therefore, keep my injunctions so that you won't practice these detestable things that have been done before you, and so that you won't be defiled in them. I am the LORD."

You are also to write Aaron's name on the tribe of Levi, since there is to be one rod for every leader of their ancestral tribes.

Outside the Canopy of the Testimony in the Tent of Meeting, Aaron is to arrange it continually in the LORD's presence from evening until morning as an eternal ordinance throughout your generations.

Then put the turban on his head, and place the holy crown on the turban.

Bilhah conceived and bore a son for Jacob.

But he denied it, "I don't know him, woman!" he responded.

You are to tell him, "Look! Your servant Jacob is coming along behind us.'"

So Abimelech called Isaac and confronted him. "She is definitely your wife!" he accused him, "So why did you claim, "She's my sister?'" Isaac responded, "Because I had thought ""otherwise, I'll die on account of her.'"

"Because of your undying hatred, you kept on making the Israelis experience abuse during the time of their calamity, even when they were in their final stages of punishment,

"Son of Man, turn your attention to Sidon and prophesy against her.

Wild donkeys stand on the barren hills. They pant for air like jackals. Their eyesight fails because there is no vegetation."

My righteousness is brought near and it's not far off, and my salvation won't delay. I'll grant salvation in Zion, and to Israel, my glory."

"Go tell Hezekiah, "This is what the LORD God of your ancestor David has to say: "I've heard your prayer and I've seen your tears; so I will add fifteen years to your life.

Can your heart stand up to this? Can your hands remain strong when I deal with you? I, the LORD, have spoken and will fulfill this.

"Will you judge them? Son of Man, will you indeed judge them? Teach them about the detestable things that their ancestors did.

Therefore the curse keeps on consuming, and its inhabitants are declared guilty. Furthermore, the inhabitants of earth are ablaze, and few people are left.

"Indeed, this is what the LORD says: "We have heard a sound of terror and of fear, and there is no peace.

And neither had you heard, nor did you understand, nor did you open your ear long ago. Indeed, I knew that you would act very deceitfully, and they would call you a rebel from birth.

For this is what the LORD says: "Don't go to a house where there is mourning, don't go to lament, nor to express sorrow to them. For I've taken my peace away from this people," declares the LORD, "as well as gracious love and compassion.

Let one who is righteous strike me; It is an act of gracious love. Let him rebuke me, because it is oil for my head; do not let my head refuse it. My prayers continuously will be against their wicked activities.

God looks down from the heavens upon humanity to see if anyone shows discernment as he searches for God.

They cried out to you and escaped; they trusted in you and were not put to shame.

And he said: "You will revel no longer, you virgin daughter of Sidon, now crushed. Get up, cross over to Cyprus but even there you will find no rest.'"

God is king over the nations; God is seated on his holy throne.

Now I know that the LORD has delivered his anointed; he has answered him from his sanctuary with the strength of his right hand of deliverance.

Let your ways be known by all the nations of the earth, along with your deliverance.

Their mouths are opened wide toward me, like roaring and attacking lions.

The brightness before him scattered the thick clouds, with hail stones and flashes of fire.

From there he searches for prey, and his eyes recognize it from a distance.

Will you trust him because of his great strength and entrust your labor to him?

"In growing darkness, I walked without sunlight; I stood in the congregation to cry for help.

Your wickedness affects only yourself; and your righteousness, only human beings.

I set an example of the way to live, as a leader would; I lived like a king among his army; like one who comforts mourners."

and prayed to him. Moved by Manasseh's entreaties, the LORD heard his supplications and brought him back to his kingdom in Jerusalem. That's how Manasseh learned that the LORD is God.

But King Joash of Israel replied to King Amaziah of Judah, "There once was a thorn bush in Lebanon that sent an invitation to the cedar of Lebanon that read "Give your daughter to my son in marriage.' Right about then, a wild animal in Lebanon passed by and trampled the thorn bush.

every valiant soldier got up, traveled all night, and removed Saul's body and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth-shan. Then they went to Jabesh and cremated the bodies there.

This is how King Joash failed to remember the kindness that Zechariah's father Jehoiada had shown him: he killed his son. As he lay dying, Zechariah cried out, "May the LORD watch this and avenge."

Later on, Joash decided to rebuild the LORD's Temple,

All the people tore off the gold rings that were in their ears and brought them to him.

He is the LORD our God. His justice is in all of the land.

And then we arrived at this place, and he gave this land to us, flowing with milk and honey.

"We're not looking for mere silver or gold to be paid by Saul or his household to us," the Gibeonites responded to him. "And it's not for us to execute anyone in Israel." In reply, David asked, "So what are you asking me to do for you?"

because indeed I know your rebellion and stubbornness. Note that even while I'm still alive, you've been rebelling against the LORD how much more so after my death!

That is how the King Hezekiah's servants approached Isaiah.

But all Israel and Judah loved David because he led them in battle.

Moses was not able to enter the Tent of Meeting because the cloud had settled on it, and the glory of the LORD filled the tent.

Korah, you and your entire company are to bring censers

with sails made with embroidered Egyptian linen, festooned with blue banners, and with your sun shades made with purple cloth from Cypress.

God also repaid the men of Shechem for their wickedness, and the curse of Jerubbaal's son Jotham came true for them.

so collect five shekels for each individual, denominated in shekels of the sanctuary, that is, the shekel that weighs 20 gerahs.

After this, the Israelis took captive the Midianite women and children and confiscated as spoils of war all their cattle, livestock, and their goods.

They told them, "We can't do this. We can't give our sister to a man who isn't circumcised, because that would be insulting to us.

All those numbered by division in the camp of Dan total 157,600. They are to be the last to travel under their standards."

"Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says, "In my burning anger, I'll rip it open with a windstorm. In my anger, I'll rinse it off with rain, and put an end to it with a hailstorm in my destructive rage.

"He is not to defile his children among his people, because I am the LORD, who sets him apart."

They will plunder your riches and loot your businesses. They'll tear down your walls and demolish your luxurious homes. They'll grab the stones, wood, and rubble from the destruction and dump it all into the Mediterranean Sea.

Then Jeremiah took another scroll and gave it to Neriah's son Baruch the scribe. He wrote on it, at Jeremiah's dictation, all the words of the book that Jehoiakim king of Judah burned in the fire. He also added to them many similar words.

I'll make them into a horrifying sight to all the kingdoms of the earth; into a cause for contempt, into a byword, into a taunt, and into a curse in all the places to which I drive them.

He causes springs to gush forth into rivers that flow between the mountains.

You said, "I will always continue Queen forever!' You didn't take these things into your thinking, nor did you think about their consequences.

These are the words that the LORD spoke about Israel and Judah:

The LORD said, "Have I not set you free for a good purpose? Have I not intervened for you with your enemies in times of trouble and times of distress?

I weep because of sorrow; fortify me according to your word.

You'll winnow them, and the wind will lift them up, and a tempest will blow them away. Then you'll rejoice in the LORD, and you'll make your boast in the Holy One of Israel."

"Now I'll rise up," the LORD has said, "now I'll exalt myself; now I'll be lifted up.

Then the lookout shouted: "Upon a watchtower I stand, O Lord, continually by day, and I am stationed at my post throughout the night.

May his children become fatherless, and his wife a widow.

Then Israel came to Egypt; indeed, Jacob lived in the land of Ham.

I will declare that your gracious love was established forever; in the heavens itself, you have established your faithfulness.

For you have been my strength, and in the shadow of your wings I will shout for joy.

LORD, I love the dwelling place that is your house, the place where your glory resides.

After this, some men who were chosen by name took charge of the captives, clothed those who were naked with clothes appropriated from the war booty, gave them clothes and sandals, fed them, gave them something to drink, anointed them with oil, provided those who weren't able to walk with donkeys to ride on, and took them back to their relatives at Jericho, the city of palm trees. Then they returned to Samaria.

So the leading men of the city, along with the elders and nobles who lived there, did precisely what Jezebel had directed them to do. They followed the instructions that she had set forth in the memos:

Listen now, and I will speak for myself; I'll interrogate you and then inform me.

They sacrificed to the LORD that day 700 oxen and 7,000 sheep from the spoil that they had brought with them.

"A wretched crowd ambushes me to my right; they trip my feet; they build up their path of calamity for me.

and emptied the baking skillet just for him, but he refused to eat.

Even though you complain that you can't perceive him, your case is already pending for judgment in his presence so keep on placing your hope in him.

Obed-edom's lot indicated the south gate, and his sons were also allotted responsibility for the storehouse.

where the king of Babylon executed them in the land of Hamath. And so Judah was transported into exile from the land.

the seventh to Jesharelah, his sons and his relatives, for a total of twelve;

Meanwhile, 200 men left Jerusalem with Absalom. They had been invited to go along, but were innocent, not knowing anything about what was happening.

Eliel, Obed, and Jaasiel the Mezobaite.

Asa brought into the LORD's Temple the things that his father had dedicated, as well as his own dedicated gifts such as silver, gold, and temple service implements.

The king replied, "Bring anyone who talks to you about this to me, and he certainly won't be bothering you anymore!"

Then Eleazar the priest is to take blood from it with his finger and sprinkle the blood in front of the Tent of Meeting.

But Joab replied, "No way! No way! I'm not here to devour or destroy!

But if her father disallows her on the same day that he hears what she has said, then all her vows and every obligation she had pledged herself to fulfill are not to stand. The LORD will forgive her, because her father has forbidden her."

Saul said, "Cast lots between me and my son Jonathan," and Jonathan was selected.

Today, even though I'm anointed as king, I'm weak. These men, sons of Zeruiah, are too difficult for me. May the LORD repay the one who acts wickedly in accordance with his wickedness!"

Her father said, "Because I honestly thought that you hated her deeply, I gave her in marriage to your best man. Isn't her younger sister better than she? Please then, let her be yours instead."

These families of Ephraim numbered 32,500. These were the descendants of Joseph, listed according to their families.

Also included were all the surrounding villages as far as Baalath-beer, in Ramah of the Negev. This was the inheritance of the tribe of Simeon, according to its families.

when all of a sudden seven healthy, plump cows emerged from the Nile to graze in the grass that grew in the reeds that lined the bank.

Nevertheless, Kain will be incinerated. How long will it take until Asshur takes you hostage?"

If the priest's daughter is a widow, or is divorced and childless, so that she has to return to her father's house as in her younger days, she may eat her father's food, but no resident alien may eat it.

He is not to eat the carcass of an animal that was torn by animals, thereby defiling himself with it. I am the LORD.

I'll bring fruit to the trees in the orchards, the land will yield its produce, they will live securely on their land, and they will learn that I am the LORD, when I break the bar that has been their yoke and deliver them from the control of those who have enslaved them.

When the priest examines him and determines that the scab did, in fact, spread in his skin, then the priest is to pronounce him unclean, since it's an infectious skin disease."

This is the work of the tribes of the descendants of Merari with reference to their service at the Tent of Meeting under the supervision of Aaron the priest's son Ithamar."

No matter how big or how extensive your demands are for a dowry and wedding presents from me, I'll provide whatever you ask. Only give me the young lady to be my wife."

the seven years of famine started, just as Joseph had predicted. It was an international famine, but there was food everywhere throughout the land of Egypt.

I signed the deed and sealed it. I called in witnesses and used scales to weigh out the silver.

Pharaoh's heart was stubborn, and he did not let the Israelis go, just as the LORD had said through Moses.

The cedars in God's garden could not compare to it; Fir trees could not match its boughs. The plane tree never grew branches like it, and no tree in God's garden compares to its beauty.

"Look! You fast only for quarreling, and for fighting, and for hitting with wicked fists. You cannot fast as you do today and have your voice heard on high.

"Son of Man, I've broken the arm of Pharaoh, king of Egypt. Look! It hasn't been set in a splint for healing or wrapped with a bandage so it could be strong enough to hold a sword!

"For our transgressions before you are many, and our sins testify against us; for our transgressions are with us, and as for our iniquities, we acknowledge them:

"This is what the Lord GOD says: "Because Moab and Seir are claiming, "Judah's citizens are just like every other nation,"

The one who vindicates me is near. Who, then, will bring a charge against me? Let's face each other! Who has a case against me? Let him confront me!

"LORD, your hand is lifted up, but they do not see it. And let them see your zeal for your people and be put to shame yes, let the fire reserved for your enemies consume them!

Horses, get up! Chariots, drive furiously! Let the warriors go forward, Ethiopia and Put, who carry shields, and the Lydians who handle and bend the bow.

They make their land into a desolate place, an object of lasting scorn. All who pass by will be appalled and will shake their heads.

Was it not you who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep, who made a road in the depths of the sea so that the redeemed could cross over?"

Let them give glory to the LORD, and declare his praise in the islands.

in the LORD's presence, because he is coming; indeed, he will come to judge the earth. He will judge the world fairly and its people reliably.

Who is like the LORD our God, enthroned on high,

All the nations are as nothing before him they are reckoned by him as nothing and chaos.

Heshbon and Elealeh cry out, their voices are heard as far as Jahaz; therefore the loins of Moab cry aloud; its heart quakes for itself.

"There's nothing like him on earth; he was created without the ability to fear.

Nobles would refrain from speaking, covering their mouths with their hands.

We also cast lots to determine when to bring the first fruits of our land and the annual first fruits of all fruit of every tree to the Temple of the LORD,

Have I lied concerning the justice that I deserve? My wound is incurable, though transgression cannot be attributed to me.'

Some of the heads of the families contributed to the work. The governor contributed 1,000 gold drachmas to the treasury, along with 50 basins, and 530 priestly garments.

A public notice was sent throughout Judah and Jerusalem to bring in the tax that Moses the servant of the LORD had levied on Israel when they were in the wilderness.