So the Pharisees and the scribes asked Jesus, "Why don't your disciples live according to the tradition of the elders? Instead, they eat with unclean hands."

Pay attention to the prayer of your servant and to his request, LORD my God, and listen to the cry and prayer that your servant is praying in your presence.

Another said, "I bought five pairs of oxen, and I'm on my way to try them out. Please excuse me.'

Ishmerai, Izliah, and Jobab.

Yet, don't treat him like an enemy, but warn him like a brother.

Besides, who else should I be serving? Why not the son? The same way I served your father, I'll serve you."

"But the rich man replied, "No, father Abraham! But if someone from the dead went to them, they would repent.'

Foreign languages, then, are meant to be a sign, not for believers, but for unbelievers, while prophecy is meant, not for unbelievers, but for believers.

After the apostles heard this, they went into the Temple at daybreak and began to teach. The high priest and those who were with him arrived, called the Council and all the elders of Israel together, and sent word to the prison to have the men brought in.

as they try to keep us from telling the gentiles how they can be saved. As a result, they are constantly adding to the number of sins they have committed. However, wrath has overtaken them at last!

He told them, "Don't take anything along on your trip no walking stick, traveling bag, bread, money, or even an extra shirt.

So the king gave orders to summon diviners, enchanters, sorcerers, and Chaldeans to reveal to the king what he had dreamed. When they came and stood before him,

So Elijah told the people, "I'm the only one left over as a prophet of the LORD, am I? But Baal's prophets number 450 men?

No blacksmith could be found in all the land of Israel because the Philistines thought, "This will keep the Hebrews from making swords or spears."

Was the LORD displeased with the rivers? Was your anger directed against the watercourses or your wrath against the sea? Indeed, you rode upon your horses, upon your chariots of deliverance.

"From beyond the rivers of Sudan my worshipers including my dispersed people will present offerings to me.

Then Haman told King Ahasuerus, "There is a certain people scattered and divided among the people throughout the provinces of your kingdom. Their laws are different than all the other people, they don't obey the king's laws, and it's not in the king's best interest to leave them alone.

You are not to bring to the LORD an animal that has been emasculated, crushed, torn, or cut apart. You are not to practice this in your land.

Then Aaron's sons are to burn them on the altar, over the burnt offering that has been placed on the wood over the fire, as an offering made by fire, an aroma pleasing to the LORD.

The Gatekeepers: Akkub, Talmon, and their relatives, who kept watch at the gates, numbered 172.

Benaiah did things like this and gained a reputation comparable to the Three Warriors.

They don't eat anything from the marketplace unless they dip it in water. They also observe many other traditions, such as the proper washing of washing cups, jars, brass pots, and dinner tables.)

In the six hundred and first year of Noah's life, during the first month, the flood water began to evaporate from the land. Noah then removed the ark's cover and saw that the surface of the land was drying.

"Israel didn't seize the land of Moab nor the land of the Ammonites. Here's what happened: When Israel came up from Egypt, passed through the desert to the Red Sea, and arrived at Kadesh,

For no one has ever hated his own body, but he nourishes and tenderly cares for it, as the Messiah does the church.

Then Joash's son Gideon returned from the battle along the Heres Ascent.

This point is even more obvious in that another priest who is like Melchizedek has appeared

You are to observe this event as a perpetual ordinance for you and your children forever.

Moses said, "Please, LORD, send somebody else."

Then Peter said, "See, we have left everything we have and followed you."

Those who passed by kept insulting him, shaking their heads, and saying, "Ha! You who were going to destroy the sanctuary and rebuild it in three days

These are the records of Noah's sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth, to whom descendants were born after the flood.

Then he told the disciple, "Here is your mother." And from that hour the disciple took her into his own home.

So if a man who is uncircumcised keeps the requirements of the Law, his uncircumcision will be regarded as circumcision, won't it?

So the people of two or three cities staggered away to another city in order to obtain drinking water, but you have not returned to me," declares the LORD.

You, in your great compassion, did not abandon them in the wilderness. The pillar of cloud did not leave them in daylight, in order to provide light for them on the path they took. Nor did the pillar of fire abandon them at night, in order to provide light for them and lead them on the path they took.

I rebuked the officials of Judah, saying to them, "What's this evil thing that you're doing by profaning the Sabbath day?

And you are being arrogant instead of being filled with grief and seeing to it that the man who did this is removed from among you.

This message from the Lord came to Cushi's son Zephaniah, the grandson of Gedaliah and great-grandson of Hezekiah's son Amariah, during the reign of Amon's son Josiah, king of Judah:

"After he had spoken to me like this, I bowed my face to the ground, unable to speak.

"Bind up the testimony, and seal up the teaching among my disciples.

Job took a broken piece of pottery to scrape himself while sitting among the ashes.

The leaders of the descendants of Levi were: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Kadmiel's son Jeshua, along with their associates who served opposite them to give praise and thanks, division by division, according to the commands given by David the man of God.

"Look," the LORD told Samuel. "I'm about to do something in Israel that will make both ears of anyone who hears it tingle.

You are to put the Urim and Thummim into the breast piece of judgment, and they are to be on Aaron's heart when he goes into the LORD's presence. He is to carry the breast piece of decision that depicts Israel's sons on his heart in the LORD's presence continuously."

For if anyone thinks he is something when he is really nothing, he is only fooling himself.

"I'm coming," Jehoshaphat replied. "I'm like you! My army will act like your army and my cavalry like your cavalry," Then Jehoshaphat added: "What road do we take?" Jehoram answered, "We'll go along the Edom desert road."

because I've been given a command in the form of this message from the LORD: "You are to eat no food, drink no water, and do not return to Judah by traveling the way by which you go there.'"

Saul told Ahijah, "Bring the Ark of God here." For at that time the Ark of God was with the Israelis.

They are to take care of his needs and the needs of the whole congregation at the Tent of Meeting by performing duties at the tent.

and he told them, "This is what the LORD said: "Tomorrow is a Sabbath observance, a holy Sabbath to the LORD. Bake what you want to bake and boil what you want to boil, and put aside whatever remains to be kept for yourselves until morning.'"

Nor did he go into heaven to sacrifice himself again and again, the way the high priest goes into the Holy Place every year with blood that is not his own.

However, any devoted thing that a person consecrates to the LORD from what he owns whether man, animals, or inherited fields is not to be sold or redeemed. Any devoted thing is most sacred. It belongs to the LORD.

However, many in the crowd believed in him. They kept saying, "When the Messiah comes, he won't do more signs than this man has done, will he?"

I have directed you in the way of wisdom, and I have led you along straight paths.

Nothing is hidden except for the purpose of having it revealed, and nothing is secret except for the purpose of having it come to light.

But who can build a temple for him, since neither heaven nor the highest of the heavens can contain him? So who am I, that I should build a temple to him, except to burn incense in his presence?

When he had begun to settle the accounts, a person who owed him 10,000 talents was brought to him.

Won't your creditors revolt unexpectedly? Won't those who make you tremble wake up? As a result, you'll become their prey!

The Temple was adorned with precious stones, including gold from the Orient.

Haman restrained himself, went to his house, and sent for his friends and his wife Zeresh.

because the LORD will pass through to strike down the Egyptians, and when he sees the blood on the lintel and the two doorposts, the LORD will pass over the doorway, and won't allow the destroyer to enter your houses to strike you down.

His servants rose up in rebellion, formed a conspiracy, and assassinated Joash in the palace at the terrace ramparts while he was on his way down to Silla.

I'll pass through the land of Egypt that night and strike every firstborn in the land of Egypt, both people and animals. I'll execute judgments on all the gods of Egypt. I am the LORD.

They receive condemnation because they have set aside their prior commitment to the Messiah.

They helped David against raiders, since they were all warriors and commanders in the army.

Even though my condition put you to the test, you did not despise or reject me. On the contrary, you welcomed me as if I were an angel of God, or as if I were the Messiah Jesus.

The sons of Helah were Zereth, Izhar, and Ethnan.

Then Elkanah went to his house at Ramah, while the boy was ministering to the LORD in the presence of Eli the priest.

Don't fight them, because I won't give you any part of their land, not even the size of a footprint. I have given Mount Seir to Esau as their property.

So Jesus went with him. A huge crowd kept following him and jostling him.

You, your majesty, issued this decree:

Then the LORD told Moses, "Get up early in the morning, present yourself to Pharaoh, and say to him, "This is what the LORD God of the Hebrews says: "Let my people go so they may serve me.

When Terah had lived 70 years, he fathered Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

The man who is uncircumcised physically but who keeps the Law will condemn you who break the Law, even though you have the written Law and circumcision.

like a trap, because it will come on everyone who lives on the face of the earth.

He'll send out his angels and gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of heaven."

He'll love you and increase your numbers. He'll bless the fruit of your womb, the fruit of your land (the grain, new wine, and oil), the offspring of your herds, and the lambs of your flock, in the land that the LORD promised your ancestors he would give you.

"This is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies says: "If you will live according to my ways, and if you will keep what I have entrusted to you, then you will also administer my Temple, and you will also guard my courtyards. And I will give you access to these who serve here.

Hiram sent Solomon ships and servants who were expert mariners, and they sailed with Solomon's servants to Ophir, where they brought back 450 talents of gold for Solomon.

Manasseh devours Ephraim, and Ephraim devours Manasseh; together they are against Judah. "Yet for all this, his anger has not turned away, and his hand is still stretched out, ready to strike."

They have the lyre and harp, the tambourine and flute, as well as wine at their festivals, but they don't respect what the LORD is doing, nor do they consider his actions.

In light of all of this, I committed myself to explain it this way: the righteous and the wise, along with everything they do, are in the hands of God. Furthermore, as to love and hate, no human being knows everything concerning them.

Whoever despises his neighbor sins, but whoever shows kindness to the poor will be happy.

But the father told his servants, "Hurry! Bring out the best robe and put it on him, and put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet.

Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.

After saying this, he spit on the ground and made mud with the saliva. Then he spread the mud on the man's eyes

Jesse took a donkey loaded with bread, a container of wine, and one kid, and sent them to Saul along with his son David.

The cows took a straight path along the road to Beth-shemesh. They stayed on the highway, lowing as they went, and did not turn to the right or the left. The Philistine lords followed them as far as the border of Beth-shemesh.

Bring out with you every living creature including the flying creatures, animals, and everything that crawls on the ground so they may disperse throughout the land, be fruitful, and multiply throughout the earth."

As it is written, "God's name is being blasphemed among the gentiles because of you."

Zebadiah, Arad, and Eder.

Each person must examine his own actions, and then he can boast about his own accomplishments and not about someone else.

Some of the Pharisees asked, "Why are you doing what isn't lawful on Sabbath days?"

Every offering from all the most sacred things of the Israelis that they bring to the priest is to belong to him.

But you know his proven worth how like a son with his father he served with me in the gospel.

""What you did in secret I'm going to do right in front of all Israel and in broad daylight as well!'"

What harmony exists between the Messiah and Beliar, or what do a believer and an unbeliever have in common?

Declare them guilty, God! Let them fall by their own schemes. Drive them away because of their many transgressions, for they have rebelled against you.

Whenever I wanted something I had seen, I never refused that desire. Instead, I enjoyed everything I did, and this became the reward in what I had undertaken.

But now that he has died, what's the point of fasting? Can I bring him back again? I'll be going to be with him, but he won't be returning to me."

When Jesus came to the official's house and saw the flute players and the crowd making a commotion,

Then King Darius issued an order to search the Hall of Records where the Babylonian archives were stored.

When the sun rose, God prepared a harsh east wind. The sun beat down on Jonah's head, he became faint, and he begged to die. "It is better for me to die than to live!" he said.

Jehoshaphat asked, "Isn't there a prophet who belongs to the LORD and through whom we can ask the LORD a question?" One of the king of Israel's attendants replied, "Shaphat's son Elisha lives here. He used to be Elijah's personal attendant."

of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethanel.

So he took the elders of the city and disciplined the men of Succoth with thorns and briers from the desert.

She responded, "I will surely go with you, but the road that you're about to take will not lead to honor for you. The LORD will sell Sisera into the hands of a woman." Then Deborah got up and went with Barak toward Kedesh.

Moreover, you must never take any item from those condemned things, so the LORD may yet relent from his burning anger and extend compassion, have mercy, and cause you to increase in number as he promised by an oath to your ancestors

At this point Jesus, still teaching in the Temple, shouted, "So you know me and know where I've come from? I haven't come on my own accord. But the one who sent me is true, and he's the one you don't know.

Joktan fathered Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,

Therefore, when we could stand it no longer, we decided to remain alone in Athens

The people watched Jesus closely to see whether he would heal him on the Sabbath, intending to accuse him of doing something wrong.

For this is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies says: "In pursuit of glory I was sent to the nations who plundered you, because whoever injures you injures the pupil of my eye.

The LORD said, "It is because they have forsaken my Law that I gave them. They didn't obey me and didn't live according to it.

Rise up, LORD, do not let man prevail! The nations will be judged in your presence.

They will never be hungry or thirsty again. Neither the sun nor its heat will ever beat down on them,

They put their detestable idols in the house that is called by my name and defiled it.

Oh, how Job needs to be given a full court trial, as a rebuke to those who practice evil,

So how am I to answer him, choosing what I am to say to him?

The rest of Israel the priests and the descendants of Levi lived in all the cities of Judah, each on his own property,

Zattu's descendants: 845

but the poles were long enough for their ends to extend to the front of the inner sanctuary, even though they could not be seen from outside. They remain there to this day.

I myself dug for and drank foreign water. With the sole of my foot I dried up all the streams of Egypt!"

not including revenue from traders, merchants, and from all the kings of Arabia and the governors of the land.

At lunchtime, Boaz invited her, "Come on over, have some food, and dip your bread in our oil and vinegar." So she sat down beside the harvesters, and he handed her some roasted grain, which she ate until she was satisfied. She kept what was left over.

Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir,

the elite warriors of Simeon numbered 7,100,

They noticed that some of his disciples were eating with unclean hands, that is, without washing them.

So Moses slaughtered it, took the blood, and applied some of it at the horns of the altar and around it with his fingers, thus purifying the altar. Then he poured the blood at the base of the altar, thereby sanctifying it as a means to make atonement with it.

So the king of Israel, the king of Judah, and the king of Edom made a complete circuit on the road for seven days, but there was no water for the army or for the livestock that accompanied them.

So do it, then! Because the LORD has said this about David: "Through my servant David I will save my people Israel from the control of the Philistines and from all of their enemies.'"

"Lord, they have killed your prophets and demolished your altars. I am the only one left, and they are trying to take my life."

So Joshua told the Israelis, "Come here and listen to what the LORD your God has to say."

When Reu had lived 32 years, he fathered Serug.

Look! About this time tomorrow, I'll send a severe hail storm, such as has not happened in Egypt from the day it was founded until now.

The Lord has become like an enemy he has devoured Israel. He has devoured all of her palaces, destroying her fortresses. He filled cherished Judah with mourning and lament.

so that no one may boast in God's presence.

Then he sent them to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal the sick.

Indeed, the residences of the wicked are like this; and so are the homes of those who don't know God."

but the Temple Servants lived on Ophel. Ziha and Gishpa oversaw the Temple Servants.

All of the descendants of Levi in the holy city numbered 284.

Elam's descendants: 1,254

He was amazed at their unbelief. Then he went around to the villages and continued teaching.

Hodiah, Hashum, Bezai,

The crowds, hearing his message and seeing the signs that he was doing, paid close attention to what was said by Philip.

When Rehoboam returned to Jerusalem, he gathered together 180,000 specially chosen soldiers from the households of Judah and Benjamin to fight against Israel and restore the kingdom to Rehoboam.

At this point, the LORD told Joshua, "Today I'm going to exalt you in the sight of all Israel, so they'll be sure that I'm going to be with you just as I was with Moses.

Then the LORD told Moses and Aaron,

Hurry up and flee there, because I cannot do anything until you get to that town." Therefore the name of the town was called Zoar.

The gatekeepers announced the report to the king's attendants,

Now if we put bits into horses' mouths to make them obey us, we can guide their whole bodies as well.

You have no part or share in what we're saying, because your heart isn't right with God.

You may buy food to eat and water to drink from them, paying with cash."'

the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites,

"Go, stand in the Temple, and keep on telling the people the whole message about this life they can have."

Woe to them because they have run away from me. Ruin to them because they have sinned against me. Even though I redeemed them, they spread lies against me.

But at dawn the next day, God provided a worm that attacked the vine plant so that it withered away.

But the house of Israel won't listen to you, since they weren't willing to listen to me. That's because the entire house of Israel is hard-headed and hard-hearted.

Please listen to this, you leaders of the house of Jacob, you officials of the house of Israel, you who hate administering justice, who pervert the very meaning of equity,

May the LORD repay you for your work, and may a full reward be given you from the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings you have come for refuge."

This isn't a large group of people whose speech is unintelligible to you or whose language is difficult for you to comprehend. Frankly, if I had sent you to that kind of people, they would certainly have listened to you!

After he left there, he encountered Rechab's son Jehonadab. After he greeted him, Jehu asked him, "Is your heart right, as my heart is with yours?" "It is," Jehonadab answered.

He confiscated the crown of their king from his head it weighed one talent in gold and was set with precious stones and it was placed on David's head. He confiscated a great amount of war booty that had been plundered from the city,

Devout men buried Stephen as they mourned loudly for him.

It is not that I am looking for a gift. No, I want to see that you receive the fruit that increases to your benefit.

But everything made of silver and gold, and vessels made of bronze and iron are set apart to the LORD. They are to go into the treasury of the LORD."

and told him, "Go and wash in the pool of Siloam" (which is translated "Sent One"). So he went off, washed, and came back seeing.

Then I despised everything I had worked for on earth, that is, the things that I will leave to the person who will succeed me.

Jesus told him, "You have answered correctly. "Do this, and you will live.'"

"Is this a contest of strength? He is obviously stronger! Is this a matter of justice? Who can sue him?

Otherwise, if he lays a foundation and can't finish the building, everyone who watches will begin to ridicule him

Jael went out to greet Sisera. "Turn aside, sir!" she told him. "Turn aside to me! Don't be afraid." So he turned aside to her and entered her tent, where she concealed him behind a curtain.

They said, "Moses allowed a man to write a certificate of divorce and to divorce her."

Don't be one of those who make promises to guarantee loans for debts.

"You may carry and bring only your consecrated gifts and offerings in fulfillment of promises to the place that the LORD will choose.

and sent them to the Lord to ask, "Are you the Coming One, or should we wait for someone else?"

When the ten heard this, they became furious with the two brothers.

to do justice for the orphan and the oppressed, so that men of the earth may cause terror no more. To the Director: A Davidic Song.

Why didn't I die while I was still in the womb, or die while I was being born?

Then this message from the LORD came to me again:

Hold on to instruction, do not let it go! Guard wisdom, because she is your life!

""so that it may go well for you, and that you may have a long life on the earth."

He asked her, "Who are you?" She answered, "I'm only Ruth, your servant. Spread the edge of your garment over your servant, because you are my related redeemer."

He became very hungry and wanted to eat, and while the food was being prepared, he fell into a trance

and the descendants of Levi numbered 4,600.

So they concluded, "This must be blood! The kings must have had one mighty big fight and each man killed the other! So let's go get the battle spoil, Moab!"

Then I brought up the leaders of Judah to the crest of the wall, and appointed two large thanksgiving choirs, the first of which proceeded on the wall to the right toward the Dung Gate.

And so Solomon completed all of the work, from the day that the foundation stone of the LORD's Temple was laid until the LORD's Temple was completely finished.

Then all the people, including those who were insignificant and those who were important, fled with the captains of the armed forces to Egypt, because they were afraid of the Chaldeans.

When the Ammonites saw the Arameans retreating, they also retreated from Abishai back to the city. Then Joab broke off his attack against the Ammonites and went back to Jerusalem.

Jeroboam was a valiant soldier, and because Solomon observed that the young man was able to get things done, he set him in charge over all of the conscripted labor from the household of Joseph.

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

For what mortal man has heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the fire like we did, and lived?

Be careful! Otherwise, you will forget the covenant of the LORD your God, who established that covenant with you. Don't make carved images of any likeness in violation of everything that you were commanded by the LORD your God.

Afterwards, he asked Zebah and Zalmunna, "What were the men like whom you killed at Tabor?" They answered, "Like you, each one like the son of a king""

A declaration: this message from the LORD in the land of Hadrach, with Damascus its confederate, because the eyes of humanity will look to the LORD, along with those of all the tribes of Israel.

22Meanwhile, prepare a guest room for me, too, for I am hoping through your prayers to be returned to you.

Then someone came and told them, "Look! The men you put in prison are standing in the Temple and teaching the people!"

There is no help within me, is there? My resources have been driven away from me, haven't they?

He frustrates the plans of the crafty; so that what they work for never succeeds.

Two years and two months after arriving at the site of the Temple of God in Jerusalem, Shealtiel's son Zerubbabel, Jozadak's son Jeshua, the relatives of the priests and descendants of Levi, and everyone else who had left the Babylonian captivity for Jerusalem appointed descendants of Levi who were 20 years old and older to oversee the work of the LORD's Temple.

Masters, treat your slaves justly and fairly, because you know that you also have a Master in heaven.

All of King Solomon's drinking vessels were made of gold, and all the vessels in his palace in the Lebanon forest were made of pure gold. None were of silver, because silver was never considered to be valuable during Solomon's lifetime,

So he called to one of the servants and asked what was happening.

I was a wall and my breasts were like towers. Then I became like one who finds peace in his eyes.

When they heard this, they became furious and began to shout, "Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!"

All the people followed after him, playing on wind pipes and so full of joy that the earth shook because of all the noise!

Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were gatekeepers who guarded the store houses of the gates.

So Peter welcomed them as his guests. The next day, he got up and went with them, and some of the brothers from Joppa went along with him.

For David had said "The LORD God of Israel has granted rest to his people, and he has taken Israel as his eternal residence.

Azariah fathered Amariah, Amariah fathered Ahitub,

But he kept telling her, "First let the children be filled. It is not right to take the children's bread and throw it to the puppies."

There a centurion's servant, whom he valued highly, was sick and about to die.

So they threatened Peter and John even more and then let them go. They couldn't find any way to punish them, because all the people were praising God for what had happened,

Led by the Spirit, he went into the Temple. When the parents brought the child Jesus to do for him what was customary under the Law,

Don't carry a wallet, a traveling bag, or sandals, and don't greet anyone on the way.

When Jesus stepped out on the shore, a man from the city met him. This man was controlled by demons and had not worn clothes for a long time. He did not live in a house but in the tombs.

"When I broke the seven loaves for the 4,000, how many large baskets did you fill with the leftover pieces?" They told him, "Seven."

Then they arrested him, led him away, and brought him to the high priest's house. But Peter was following at a distance.

So be on your guard! I've told you everything before it happens."

but the poor man had nothing except for one little ewe lamb that he had bought. He raised it, and it grew up with him and his children. It used to share his food and drink from his own cup. It even slept in his arms. It was like a daughter to him.

A worthless man, a wicked man, goes around with devious speech,

If your gift is serving, devote yourself to serving others. If it is teaching, devote yourself to teaching others.

He began teaching them many things in parables. While he was teaching them he said,

Blessed is the one who perseveres and attains to the 1,335 days.

So the wall was completed on the twenty-fifth day of Elul in 52 days.

Through slothfulness the roof deteriorates, and a house leaks because of idleness.

Descendants of Zattu: 945

He ripped them away from the heritage of David, even as the people appointed Nebat's son Jeroboam to be king. Jeroboam drove Israel away from following the LORD and made them commit great sin.

Then the LORD told Joshua, "Stretch out the battle lance that's in your hand toward Ai, because I will give it into your control." So Joshua stretched out the battle lance that was in his hand toward the city.

An opportunity came during Herod's birthday celebration, when he gave a banquet for his top officials, military officers, and the most important people of Galilee.

The priest is to clothe himself with a linen robe and undergarments. Then he is to take the ashes of the burnt offering on the altar that had been consumed by the fire and set them beside the altar.

Ben-abinadab supervised the Dor heights (Solomon's daughter Taphath was his wife);

Then the LORD was angry with Moses and said, "There's your brother Aaron, a descendant of Levi, isn't there? I know that he certainly is eloquent. Right now he's coming to meet you and he will be pleased to see you.

So Jesus told him, "In that case, the subjects are exempt. However, so that we don't offend them, go to the sea and throw in a hook. Take the first fish that comes up, open its mouth, and you will find a coin. Take it and give it to them for me and you."

The Israelis took the spoils of war from these cities, along with their livestock, but they executed every human being until they had completely destroyed them, leaving no one alive.

As you boast about the Law, do you dishonor God by breaking the Law?

When I broke the five loaves for the 5,000, how many baskets did you fill with leftover pieces?" They told him, "Twelve."

The Israelis did this. Moses and Aaron did just what the LORD had commanded.

Pharaoh's daughter instructed her, "Take this child and nurse him for me, and I'll pay you a salary." So the woman took the child and nursed him.

Shem's sons included Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram.

But even now I know that whatever you ask of God, he will give it to you."

Then finish what your ancestors started!

Those who were listening to Jesus asked, "Then who can be saved?"

Then Jesus sternly warned him and encouraged him to go at once.

At this point, the king flew into a rage and issued an order to destroy all the advisors of Babylon.

Suddenly, there was an earthquake so violent that the foundations of the prison were shaken. All the doors immediately flew open, and everyone's chains were unfastened.

but their plot became known to him. They were even watching the gates day and night to murder him,

Travelers from Tema search intently; caravans from Sheba hope to find them.

I also observed this example of wisdom on earth, and it seemed important to me:

She calls out to those passing by on the road, who are minding their own business,

But things will not go well for the wicked person: he will not lengthen his life like a shadow, since he has no fear before God.

John had been telling Herod, "It's not lawful for you to have your brother's wife."

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered King Nebuchadnezzar, "It's not necessary for us to respond in this matter.

I have observed the burdens placed by God on human beings in order to perfect them.

because the inhabitants of the land did all of these detestable things and by doing so defiled the land before you.

More than that, he has also been selected by the churches to travel with us while we are administering this work of kindness for the glory of the Lord and as evidence of our eagerness to help.

You will break them with an iron rod, you will shatter them like pottery."

From the descendants of Levi:

and ordered him, "Open a window that faces east." So he did so. Elisha ordered him, "Shoot!" So he shot. Then Elisha said, "This is the LORD's arrow of victory the victory arrow against Aram, because you will defeat the Arameans at Aphek until you will have utterly finished them off."

Zerah had five sons in all: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara.

We know where this man comes from. But when the Messiah comes, no one will know where he comes from."

At that time, the beautiful virgins will faint, as will the strong young men from thirst.

Because Joshua and the entire fighting force of Israel pretended to lose the battle by running away in front of them toward the wilderness,

The softly spoken words of the wise are to be heard rather than the shouts of a ruler of fools.

Furthermore, they established the priests in their divisions and the descendants of Levi in their positions for the service of God conducted at Jerusalem, as is proscribed in the Book of Moses.

I have placed in it the ark in which the covenant that the LORD made with the Israelis is stored."

Moses responded, "I'm with 600,000 people on foot and you're saying I am to give them enough meat to eat for a whole month?

When he saw Jesus, he screamed, fell down in front of him, and cried out in a loud voice, "What do you want from me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you not to torture me!"

"That is why I am sending you prophets, wise men, and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will whip in your synagogues and persecute from town to town.

and whose descendants had survived them and continued to live in the land because the Israelis were unable to completely eliminate them, Solomon placed under conscripted labor, a situation that remains in effect to this day.

while Barak chased the chariots and army as far as Harosheth-haggoyim. Sisera's entire army died in the battle not even one soldier remained.

The army of the tribe of Zebulun did not expel the inhabitants of Kitron or the inhabitants of Nahalol, so the Canaanites lived among them, but were subjected to conscripted labor.

Their allocation was from the border of Aroer on the edge of the Arnon valley (including the city that is located in the valley, as well as the entire plain next to Medeba),

He took Peter, James, and John along with him, and he began to feel distressed and troubled.

It won't be you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.

72,000 cattle,

"Woe to the one who amasses profit upon unjust profit in order to establish his household, so he can establish a secure place on the heights and escape from the power of evil.

Those who went ahead and those who followed him were shouting, "Hosanna! How blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!

Then the LORD told Moses,

They were startled and terrified, thinking they were seeing a ghost.

"Every man who hears the sound of the trumpet, the flute, the lyre, the four-stringed lyre, and the harp, playing together along with various other instruments is to fall down and worship the golden statue. Whoever does not fall down and worship is to be thrown into a blazing fire furnace.'

"Certain influential Jewish men whom you appointed to manage the city of Babylon Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego have neither paid attention to you, your majesty, nor served your gods. And they won't worship the golden statue that you set up."

Then God asked Jonah, "Is your anger about the vine plant justified?" And he answered, "Absolutely! I'm so angry I could die!"

You are to remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, but the LORD your God brought you out from there with great power and a show of force. Therefore, the LORD your God has commanded you to observe the Sabbath day.

Yet in all this her treacherous sister Judah didn't return to me with her whole heart, but rather deceptively," declares the LORD.

"On that day," declares the LORD, "the courage of the king and the leaders will fail. The priests will be appalled and the prophets astounded."

"The light of Israel will become a fire, and its Holy One a flame, and it will burn and consume Assyria's thorns and briers in a single day.

Therefore Sheol's appetite has grown; it has opened its mouth beyond limit. Jerusalem's nobility and her multitudes will go there, along with her brawlers and whoever is reveling within her.

Stupidity is the delight of the senseless, but an understanding man walks uprightly.

Until the day breaks and the shadows flee, I'll go to the mountain of myrrh and to the hill of frankincense.

Three days later, this woman also gave birth. We lived alone there. There was nobody else with us in the house. It was just the two of us.

Jeroboam built temples on the high places, and appointed his own priests from the fringe elements of the people who were not descendants of Levi.

In return, King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba everything she wanted and requested in addition to what she had brought for the king. Afterward, she returned to her own land, accompanied by her servants.

But Jehu did not remain careful to walk in the instruction of the LORD God of Israel with all his heart. He never abandoned the sins of Jeroboam that had caused Israel to sin.

because the time is surely coming when people will say, "How blessed are the women who couldn't bear children and the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!'

But on the day when Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed all of them.

"Now then, if you have been acting in good faith and integrity by making a king out of Abimelech, if you have treated Jerubbaal and his household appropriately by acting toward him as he deserved

God spoke to Noah,

"We found the prison securely locked and the guards standing at the doors, but when we opened them, we found no one inside."

When Joab returned with his entire army, Joab was informed, "Ner's son Abner visited the king, and he has dismissed him. He has left in peace."

Then his sister asked Pharaoh's daughter, "Shall I go and call one of the nursing Hebrew women so she can nurse the child for you?"

Some men were bringing a paralyzed man on a stretcher. They were trying to take him into the house and place him in front of Jesus.

How blessed is the coming kingdom of our ancestor David! Hosanna in the highest heaven!"

They will eat, but will not be satisfied. They will engage in prostitution, but they won't increase, because they have stopped listening to the LORD.

and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.

But the saints of the Highest will receive the kingdom forever, inheriting it forever and ever.'

He plowed under his Temple like a garden, spoiling his tent. The LORD abolished in Zion both festivals and Sabbaths. In his fierce wrath he despised both king and priest.

A lying tongue hates its victims, and a flattering mouth causes ruin.

You have given me more joy in my heart than at harvest times, when grain and wine abound.

Why haven't you pardoned my transgression and taken away my iniquity? Now I'm about to lie down in the dust. You will seek me diligently, but I won't be around!"

The army of Judah, equipped with both shields and spears, numbered 6,800 warriors,

Others are like the seeds sown on the stony ground. When they hear the word, at once they joyfully accept it,

Meanwhile, Solomon's son Rehoboam reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was 41 years old when he became king, and he reigned for seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city where the Lord had chosen from all the tribes of Israel to place his Name. His mother was an Ammonite named Naamah.

The king said, "One of them claims, "This living son is mine, and your son is the dead one' and the other claims "No. Your son is the dead one and my son is the living one.'

Then Joram sent out a second horseman, who went out to them and said, "This is what the king said: "Have you come in peace?'" Jehu responded, "What do you have to do with peace? Fall in behind me."

Elijah also spoke to him, "Elisha, remain here on this side, please, because the LORD is sending me to the Jordan River."

There is a danger not only that our business will lose its reputation but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis will be brought into disrepute and that she will be robbed of her majesty that brought all Asia and the world to worship her."

and David addressed them. "Take your lord's servants, have my son Solomon ride on my own mule, and take him down to Gihon.

When the Sabbath came, he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were utterly amazed. "Where did this man get all these things?" they asked. "What is this wisdom that has been given to him? What great miracles are being done by his hands!

For he has been longing for all of you and is troubled because you heard that he was sick.

Therefore, demonstrate to the churches that you love them and show them publicly why we boast about you.

and they all were immersed into Moses in the cloud and in the sea.

When they had come down from the high place into town, Samuel spoke to Saul on the roof.

So she went out to the threshing floor and did precisely what her mother-in-law had advised.

Then the king retired to his palace to spend the night fasting. He enjoyed no entertainment, and he couldn't sleep.

By having been baptized with John's baptism, all the people who listened, including the tax collectors, acknowledged God's justice.

"The glory of this present house will be greater than was the former," declares the LORD of the Heavenly Armies. "And in this place I will grant peace," declares the LORD of the Heavenly Armies."

When Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and the rest of our enemies heard that I had completed the wall and that no break remained in it (even though by that time I hadn't yet installed the doors in the gates),

Therefore, the Lord GOD of the Heavenly Armies will send a wasting disease among Assyria's sturdy warriors, and under its glory a conflagration will be kindled, like a blazing bonfire.

and since we have a great high priest over the household of God,

Then I replied, "Ah, Lord GOD, you have completely deceived this people and Jerusalem when you said, "You will have peace,' while the sword is at their throat!"

Hallohesh, Pilha, Shobek,

These men crossed the Jordan in the first month of the year during flood season and chased out everyone in the valleys, to the east and to the west.

Others are like the seeds sown on good soil. They hear the word, accept it, and produce crops 30, 60, or 100 times what was sown."

They scrupulously adhered to the orders issued by the king to the priests and descendants of Levi in everything, including matters pertaining to operation of the treasuries.

Then Solomon took his place in front of the LORD's altar in the presence of the entire congregation of Israel and spread out his hands.

Then Moses and Aaron left Pharaoh's presence, and Moses cried out to the LORD about the frogs which he had sent on Pharaoh.

"No, your majesty," one of his servants said. "Elisha the prophet, who lives in Israel, tells the king of Israel what you talk about in your bedroom!"

The foreman of the harvesters answered, "She is the Moabite who came back with Naomi from the country of Moab.

The LORD told Samuel, "Listen to them, and appoint a king for them." Then Samuel told the men of Israel, "Each of you go to his own town."

Pharaoh got up during the night, he, all his officials, and all the Egyptians, and there was loud wailing in Egypt, because there was not a house without someone dead in it.

Then the taskmasters of the people and their officials went out and told the people, "This is Pharaoh's response: "I'll no longer give you any straw.

Then the LORD told Moses, "Pharaoh's heart is hard. He has refused to let the people go.

the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites,

The one who calls you is faithful, and he will continue to be faithful.

For all the others look after their own interests, not after those of Jesus the Messiah.

This was the Lord's doing, and it is amazing in our eyes'?"

However, after I've been raised, I'll go to Galilee ahead of you."

"The person who is on the housetop that day must not come down to get his belongings out of his house. The person in the field, too, must not turn back to what's left behind.

"As my life was fading away, I remembered the LORD; and my prayer came to you in your holy Temple.

"Was it to me that you brought offerings and gifts in the desert for 40 years, house of Israel?

The same will happen to you, Bethel, because of your great evil early one morning the king of Israel will be totally silenced."

Whether this rebellious group listens to you or not, at least they'll realize that a prophet had appeared in their midst!

"Whoever is naive, turn in here!" And to anyone lacking sense, she says,

They are to spread over them a scarlet cloth and a leather-dyed skin covering and then insert its poles.

He was 32 years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem for eight years.

At the right time, he sent a servant to the farmers to collect from them a share of the produce from the vineyard.

In fact, a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit immediately heard about him and came and fell down at his feet.

In Susa the capital there was a Jewish man from the tribe of Benjamin, Jair's son Mordecai, who was a descendant of Kish's son Shimei the descendant of Benjamin.

But the army the men of Israel encouraged themselves and arrayed for battle again the next day in the same place where they had gathered the day before.

His fame spread throughout Syria, and people brought to him everyone who was sick those afflicted with various diseases and pains, the demon-possessed, the epileptics, and the paralyzed and he healed them.

and this is why he rose in rebellion against the king: Solomon had built up the terrace ramparts in the city of his father David in order to repair a weakness.

but he is not to enter through the curtain nor approach the altar, since he has a defect. That way, he won't defile my sanctuary, since I am the LORD, who sets you apart."

Therefore that place was called Beer-sheba, because the two of them swore an oath.

So they attacked him, his sons, and his entire army, until there wasn't even a single survivor left. Then they took possession of his land.

But Israel defeated him in battle and took possession of all his lands from Arnon to Jabbok, including the Ammonites, even though the border of the Ammonites was strong.

However, brothers, you are not in the darkness, in order that the Day of the Lord might surprise you like a thief.

That is why we wanted to come to you. Certainly I, Paul, wanted to come time and again, but Satan blocked our way.

23Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in the Messiah Jesus, sends you greetings,

My eyes languish on account of my affliction; all day long I call out to you, LORD, I spread out my hands to you.

So then, encourage one another with these words.

"Now many nations have gathered against you, saying, "Let her be defiled,' and "Let's look down on Zion.'

Then everyone will see that I, the LORD, have kindled it, because it won't be extinguished."'"

After I've uprooted them, I'll again have compassion on them. I'll return each one of them to his inheritance, and each one to his own land.

If the man told him, "They must surely burn up the fat first, and then take for yourself whatever you desire," the servant would say, "No, give it now, and if you don't, I'll take it by force!"

He replied, "May you be blessed by the LORD, my daughter. You've added to the gracious love you've already demonstrated by not pursuing younger men, whether rich or poor.

In reply, the king asked the woman, "Please don't conceal anything about which I'm going to be asking you now." So the woman replied, "Please, your majesty, let the king speak."

But he will tell you, "I don't know where you come from. Get away from me, all you who practice evil!'

King Rehoboam sent Hadoram, who was in charge of conscripted labor, but the Israelis stoned him to death, and King Rehoboam had to jump in his chariot and flee back in a hurry to Jerusalem.

Some time later, Joshua servant of the LORD died at the age of 110 years, and

Looking around and seeing no one else, he killed the Egyptian and hid him in the sand.

"We've seen that the LORD is with you," they responded, "so we're proposing an agreement between us between us and you. Allow us to make a treaty with you

Now, while we are being judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined so we won't be condemned along with the world.

The crowd was trying to kill Paul when a report reached the tribune of the cohort that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.

"The elders of Israel will listen to you, and then you and they are to go to the king of Egypt and say to him, "The LORD God of the Hebrews has met with us. Now, let us take a three-day journey into the desert to sacrifice to the LORD our God.'

if you obey the voice of the LORD your God by observing all his commands that I'm commanding you today. Do what is right in the sight of the LORD your God."

Now may the Lord of peace give you his peace at all times and in every way. May the Lord be with all of you.

I do not have anyone else like him who takes a genuine interest in your welfare.

All the saints, especially those of the emperor's household, greet you.

since no one acts in secret if he wants to be known publicly. If you're going to do these things, you should reveal yourself to the world!"

You have brought shame to yourself by killing many people you are forfeiting your own life.

I will keep a humble and gentle people among you, and they will trust in the name of the LORD.

When Ananias heard these words, he fell down and died. And great fear seized everyone who heard about it.

He answered me, "To the land of Shinar, so they can build a temple to the woman in the basket. Then when its preparations are complete, the basket will be set there in its place."

But I'll never remove my gracious love from him as I did from Saul, whom I removed from your presence.

Watch out! I'm stirring up the Medes against them, who care nothing for silver and take no delight in gold.

"Stolen waters are sweet, and food eaten in secret is delicious."

I'm full of the wrath of the LORD, and I'm tired of holding it back. Pour it out on the children in the street and on the groups of young men gathered together. Indeed, both husband and wife will be caught in it, the old and the very old.

I charge you, young women of Jerusalem, "If you find my beloved, what are you to tell him? Tell him that I'm weak with love."

Then Solomon took his place in front of the LORD's altar in the presence of the entire congregation of Israel, spread out his hands toward heaven,

So I concluded, "Wisdom is better than strength. Nevertheless, the wisdom of the poor is rejected his words are never heard."

As the day drew to a close, this order was circulated throughout the army telling the soldiers, "Everybody go back to his city and to his own land."

So the descendants of the singers gathered themselves together from the region surrounding Jerusalem, from the villages of Netophathi,

Jabez enjoyed more honor than his relatives his mother named him Jabez, she said, "because I bore him in pain."

followed by nine more: Ibhar, Elishama, Eliphelet,

Then Moses said right in front of the LORD, "Look, the Israelis didn't listen to me, so how will Pharaoh? I'm not a persuasive speaker."

They brought Ish-bosheth's head to David at Hebron and told the king, "Look! Here's the head of your enemy Ish-bosheth, Saul's son, who sought your life. Today the LORD has given your majesty the king vengeance on Saul and his descendants."

Moses burned on the altar all the fat on the internal organs, the appendage on the liver, the two kidneys, and the fat.

With all of the people in the territory crying loudly, everybody passed over the Kidron brook, along with the king. Then everyone headed out toward the road that leads to the wilderness.

For if those who were given the Law are the heirs, then faith is useless and the promise is worthless,

The Israeli supervisors whom Pharaoh's taskmasters had appointed over them were beaten and told, "Why didn't you, both yesterday and today, fulfill your quota for making bricks as before?"

Why, even all the hairs on your head have been counted! Stop being afraid. You are worth more than a bunch of sparrows."

"Sir, my servant is lying at home paralyzed and in terrible pain."

But he answered those people, "My mother and my brothers are those who hear a message from God and heed it."

Go get straw for yourselves wherever you can find it, but your work quotas won't be reduced at all.'"

Haran died during his father's lifetime in the land of his birth, that is, in Ur of the Chaldeans.

It told the sixth angel who had the trumpet, "Release the four angels who are held at the great Euphrates River."

But now that faith has come about, we are no longer under a guardian.

The foundations of the thresholds quaked at the sound of those who kept calling out, and the Temple was filled with smoke.

When the commander of the Temple guards and the high priests heard these words, they were utterly at a loss as to what could have happened to them.

the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of heaven will be shaken loose.'

"Call your mother to account, call her for she is not my wife, and I'm not her husband. Let her do away with her seductive looks and remove her adultery from between her breasts.

I will hurl abominable filth upon you, making you look foolish, and making an example of you.

the son of Joanan, the son of Rhesa, the son of Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, the son of Neri,

"For wickedness has burned like a blaze that consumes briers and thorns; it sets thickets of the forest on fire, and skyward they swirl in a column of smoke.

But the LORD took me from tending the flock and the LORD kept saying to me, "Go, prophesy to my people Israel.'

As I did when you came out of the land of Egypt, I will show you awesome things.

Should good be repaid with evil? Yet they have dug a pit to take my life. Remember! I stood before you and spoke good on their behalf in order to turn your wrath away from them.

"For Jerusalem has stumbled, and Judah has fallen, because what they say and do opposes the LORD; they keep defying him.

An appropriate answer brings joy to a person, and a well-timed word is a good thing.

At least I could still take comfort and rejoice in unceasing anguish, for I didn't conceal what the Holy One has to say.

"Because that night refused to shut the doors of my mother's womb; it failed to keep me from seeing this trouble.

along with Mahlon's wife Ruth the Moabite woman. I will marry her to continue the family name as an inheritance, so that the name of the deceased does not disappear from among his relatives, nor from the public record. You are all witnesses today!"

He replied, "It's not right to take the children's bread and throw it to the puppies."

The watchmen making their rounds through the city found me. They beat me, they bruised me. Those guarding the walls took my cloak from me.

"LORD, there is no one like you, and we have heard from no god other than you.