“Do not defile yourselves by any of these practices, for the nations I am driving out before you have defiled themselves by all these things.

“When you enter into battle in your land against an adversary who is attacking you, sound short blasts on the trumpets, and you will be remembered before the Lord your God and be delivered from your enemies.

When He opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!”

they begged us insistently for the privilege of sharing in the ministry to the saints,

“But the man who is ceremonially clean, is not on a journey, and yet fails to observe the Passover is to be cut off from his people, because he did not present the Lord’s offering at its appointed time. That man will bear the consequences of his sin.

When you bring to the Lord the grain offering made in any of these ways, it is to be presented to the priest, and he will take it to the altar.

Be careful to make them according to the pattern you have been shown on the mountain.

but he could not prevail, and there was no place for them in heaven any longer.

Nicodemus (who had previously come to Him at night) also came, bringing a mixture of about 75 pounds of myrrh and aloes.

Even our livestock must go with us; not a hoof will be left behind because we will take some of them to worship Yahweh our God. We will not know what we will use to worship Yahweh until we get there.”

God will extend Japheth;
he will dwell in the tents of Shem;
Canaan will be his slave.

Then Abram journeyed by stages to the Negev.

Then Saul got up from the ground, and though his eyes were open, he could see nothing. So they took him by the hand and led him into Damascus.

And when he had passed through those areas and exhorted them at length, he came to Greece

“This is an amazing thing,” the man told them. “You don’t know where He is from, yet He opened my eyes!

For just as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so also the Son of Man will be to this generation.

Judas, who betrayed Him, also knew the place, because Jesus often met there with His disciples.

Note this: Some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last.”

“The Lord of Hosts says this: The fast of the fourth month, the fast of the fifth, the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth will become times of joy, gladness, and cheerful festivals for the house of Judah. Therefore, love truth and peace.”

I didn’t eat any rich food, no meat or wine entered my mouth, and I didn’t put any oil on my body until the three weeks were over.

I offer thanks and praise to You,
God of my fathers,
because You have given me
wisdom and power.
And now You have let me know
what we asked of You,
for You have let us know
the king’s mystery.

So those who were sent left and found it just as He had told them.

The Lord will be terrifying to them
when He starves all the gods of the earth.
Then all the distant coastlands of the nations
will bow in worship to Him,
each in its own place.

ס SamekAll who pass by
scornfully clap their hands at you.
They mock and shake their heads
at Daughter Jerusalem:
Is this the city that was called
the perfection of beauty,
the joy of the whole earth?

Therefore, may my advice seem good to you my king. Separate yourself from your sins by doing what is right, and from your injustices by showing mercy to the needy. Perhaps there will be an extension of your prosperity.”

One who breaks open the way
will advance before them;
they will break out, pass through the gate,
and leave by it.
Their King will pass through before them,
the Lord as their leader.

He always plots evil with perversity in his heart—
he stirs up trouble.

You Cushites will also be slain by My sword.

Then a warrior king will arise; he will rule a vast realm and do whatever he wants.

Woe to those who drag wickedness
with cords of deceit
and pull sin along with cart ropes,

Pour out Your wrath on the nations
that don’t recognize You
and on the families
that don’t call on Your name,
for they have consumed Jacob;
they have consumed him and finished him off
and made his homeland desolate.

They will wander through the land, dejected and hungry. When they are famished, they will become enraged, and, looking upward, will curse their king and their God.

A city is built up by the blessing of the upright,
but it is torn down by the mouth of the wicked.

For throughout the land
the Lord God of Hosts
is carrying out a destruction that was decreed.

As he came from his mother’s womb, so he will go again, naked as he came; he will take nothing for his efforts that he can carry in his hands.

The righteous will never be shaken,
but the wicked will not remain on the earth.

A psalm of David when he fled from his son Absalom.Lord, how my foes increase!
There are many who attack me.

Man wears out like something rotten,
like a moth-eaten garment.

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David and the whole house of Israel were celebrating before the Lord with all kinds of fir wood instruments, lyres, harps, tambourines, sistrums, and cymbals.

but I warned them, “Why are you camping in front of the wall? If you do it again, I’ll use force against you.” After that they did not come again on the Sabbath.

That day Haman left full of joy and in good spirits. But when Haman saw Mordecai at the King’s Gate, and Mordecai didn’t rise or tremble in fear at his presence, Haman was filled with rage toward Mordecai.

I will establish your royal throne, as I promised your father David: You will never fail to have a man ruling in Israel.

Gehazi, the attendant of Elisha the man of God, thought: My master has let this Aramean Naaman off lightly by not accepting from him what he brought. As the Lord lives, I will run after him and get something from him.

from the nations that the Lord had told the Israelites about, “Do not intermarry with them, and they must not intermarry with you, because they will turn you away from Me to their gods.” Solomon was deeply attached to these women and loved them.

Hear the petitions of Your servant
and Your people Israel,
which they pray toward this place.
May You hear in Your dwelling place in heaven.
May You hear and forgive.

The following were the men who came to David at Ziklag while he was still banned from the presence of Saul son of Kish. They were among the warriors who helped him in battle.

the king said to Nathan the prophet, “Look, I am living in a cedar house while the ark of God sits inside tent curtains.”

The settlers spoke to the king of Assyria, saying, “The nations that you have deported and placed in the cities of Samaria do not know the requirements of the God of the land. Therefore He has sent lions among them that are killing them because the people don’t know the requirements of the God of the land.”

Levi’s sons: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

and when the Lord your God delivers them over to you and you defeat them, you must completely destroy them. Make no treaty with them and show them no mercy.

Jesse fathered Eliab, his firstborn; Abinadab was born second, Shimea third,

He restored Israel’s border from Lebo-hamath as far as the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word the Lord, the God of Israel, had spoken through His servant, the prophet Jonah son of Amittai from Gath-hepher.

You have kept what You promised
to Your servant, my father David.
You spoke directly to him
and You fulfilled Your promise by Your power
as it is today.

Ahaz rested with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David, and his son Hezekiah became king in his place.

However, Jonathan had not heard his father make the troops swear the oath. He reached out with the end of the staff he was carrying and dipped it into the honeycomb. When he ate the honey, he had renewed energy.

But some wicked men said, “How can this guy save us?” They despised him and did not bring him a gift, but Saul said nothing.

“Call her,” Elisha said. So Gehazi called her, and she stood in the doorway.

Then they cried out to the Lord and said, ‘We have sinned, for we abandoned the Lord and worshiped the Baals and the Ashtoreths. Now deliver us from the power of our enemies, and we will serve You.’

If a man sins against another man, God can intercede for him, but if a man sins against the Lord, who can intercede for him?” But they would not listen to their father, since the Lord intended to kill them.

The men answered her, “We will give our lives for yours. If you don’t report our mission, we will show kindness and faithfulness to you when the Lord gives us the land.”

Atonement will be made for you on this day to cleanse you, and you will be clean from all your sins before the Lord.

and the One seated looked like jasper and carnelian stone. A rainbow that looked like an emerald surrounded the throne.

who will not receive many times more at this time, and eternal life in the age to come.”

When the Lord your God brings you into the land you are entering to possess, you are to proclaim the blessing at Mount Gerizim and the curse at Mount Ebal.

When the dew fell on the camp at night, the manna would fall with it.

Then the people cried out to Moses, and he prayed to the Lord, and the fire died down.

and sleeps with another, but it is concealed from her husband, and she is undetected, even though she has defiled herself, since there is no witness against her, and she wasn’t caught in the act;

the gecko, the monitor lizard,
the common lizard, the skink,
and the chameleon.

Everything with the breath of the spirit of life in its nostrils—everything on dry land died.

Israel took all the cities and lived in all these Amorite cities, including Heshbon and all its villages.

This is a symbol for the present time, during which gifts and sacrifices are offered that cannot perfect the worshiper’s conscience.

The Kohathites then set out, transporting the holy objects; the tabernacle was to be set up before their arrival.

But God, who comforts the humble, comforted us by the arrival of Titus,

So Noah, along with his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives, came out.

Moses responded, “You must also let us have sacrifices and burnt offerings to prepare for Yahweh our God.

So we urged Titus that just as he had begun, so he should also complete this grace to you.

The commander came and said to him, “Tell me—are you a Roman citizen?”

“Yes,” he said.

Am I saying this from a human perspective? Doesn’t the law also say the same thing?

But all did not obey the gospel. For Isaiah says, Lord, who has believed our message?

“Your brother will rise again,” Jesus told her.

Surely a son considers his father a fool,
a daughter opposes her mother,
and a daughter-in-law is against her mother-in-law;
a man’s enemies are the men of his own household.

As He was going along, they were spreading their robes on the road.

His disciples answered Him, “Where can anyone get enough bread here in this desolate place to fill these people?”

Now a long way off from them, a large herd of pigs was feeding.

because he did not know what he should say, since they were terrified.

Take silver and gold, make crowns and place them on the head of Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest.

Your Majesty, the Most High God gave sovereignty, greatness, glory, and majesty to your predecessor Nebuchadnezzar.

The Lord has removed your punishment;
He has turned back your enemy.
The King of Israel, Yahweh, is among you;
you need no longer fear harm.

Then I thought: My future is lost,
as well as my hope from the Lord.

Again He said to me, “You will see even more detestable things, which they are committing.”

ל LamedThey cry out to their mothers:
Where is the grain and wine?
as they faint like the wounded
in the streets of the city,
as their lives fade away
in the arms of their mothers.

My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in agony!
Oh, the pain in my heart!
My heart pounds;
I cannot be silent.
For you, my soul,
have heard the sound of the ram’s horn—
the shout of battle.

The prophet who has only a dream should recount the dream, but the one who has My word should speak My word truthfully, for what is straw compared to grain?”—this is the Lord’s declaration.

Why do you crush My people
and grind the faces of the poor?”
This is the declaration
of the Lord God of Hosts.

With his mouth the ungodly destroys his neighbor,
but through knowledge the righteous are rescued.

All are going to the same place; all come from dust, and all return to dust.

From Dan the snorting of horses is heard.
At the sound of the neighing of mighty steeds,
the whole land quakes.
They come to devour the land and everything in it,
the city and all its residents.

The good person obtains favor from the Lord,
but He condemns a man who schemes.

The hope of the righteous is joy,
but the expectation of the wicked comes to nothing.

from those who abandon the right paths
to walk in ways of darkness,

For the choir director: according to Sheminith. A Davidic psalm.Help, Lord, for no faithful one remains;
the loyal have disappeared from the human race.

I will give praise in the great congregation
because of You;
I will fulfill my vows
before those who fear You.

The king was deeply moved and went up to the gate chamber and wept. As he walked, he cried, “My son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! If only I had died instead of you, Absalom, my son, my son!”

You will be safe from slander
and not fear destruction when it comes.

He is carried to the grave,
and someone keeps watch over his tomb.

Mordecai told the messenger to reply to Esther, “Don’t think that you will escape the fate of all the Jews because you are in the king’s palace.

Jeroboam no longer retained his power during Abijah’s reign; ultimately, the Lord struck him and he died.

However, they urged him to the point of embarrassment, so he said, “Send them.” They sent 50 men, who looked for three days but did not find him.

When David returned home to bless his household, Saul’s daughter Michal came out to meet him. “How the king of Israel honored himself today!” she said. “He exposed himself today in the sight of the slave girls of his subjects like a vulgar person would expose himself.”

Judah’s sons: Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, and Shobal.

But Saul replied, “You can’t go fight this Philistine. You’re just a youth, and he’s been a warrior since he was young.”

Nahshon fathered Salma, and Salma fathered Boaz.

Elisha came to Damascus while Ben-hadad king of Aram was sick, and the king was told, “The man of God has come here.”

and the prophet cried out to the man of God who had come from Judah, “This is what the Lord says: ‘Because you rebelled against the command of the Lord and did not keep the command that the Lord your God commanded you—

Nahash the Ammonite replied, “I’ll make one with you on this condition: that I gouge out everyone’s right eye and humiliate all Israel.”

He replied, “Please speak to King Solomon since he won’t turn you down. Let him give me Abishag the Shunammite as a wife.”

Then Absalom said to his servants, “See, Joab has a field right next to mine, and he has barley there. Go and set fire to it!” So Absalom’s servants set the field on fire.

After they had gone, Ahimaaz and Jonathan climbed out of the well and went and informed King David. They told him, “Get up and immediately ford the river, for Ahithophel has given this advice against you.”

Besides, you only arrived yesterday; should I make you wander around with us today while I go wherever I can? Go back and take your brothers with you. May the Lord show you kindness and faithfulness.”

The men of Beth-shemesh asked, “Who is able to stand in the presence of this holy Lord God? Who should the ark go to from here?”

For the land you are entering to possess is not like the land of Egypt, from which you have come, where you sowed your seed and irrigated by hand as in a vegetable garden.

But now our appetite is gone; there’s nothing to look at but this manna!”

Saul realized that the Lord was with David and that his daughter Michal loved him,

This is a permanent statute for them. The person who sprinkles the water for impurity is to wash his clothes, and whoever touches the water for impurity will be unclean until evening.

Ruth stayed close to Boaz’s female servants and gathered grain until the barley and the wheat harvests were finished. And she lived with her mother-in-law.

If anyone disregards Moses’ law, he dies without mercy, based on the testimony of two or three witnesses.

He had 30 sons who rode on 30 donkeys. They had 30 towns in Gilead, which are called Jair’s Villages to this day.

Next the Levites are to lay their hands on the heads of the bulls. Sacrifice one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering to the Lord, to make atonement for the Levites.

Then he must take off his garments, put on other clothes, and bring the ashes outside the camp to a ceremonially clean place.

Then another horse went out, a fiery red one, and its horseman was empowered to take peace from the earth, so that people would slaughter one another. And a large sword was given to him.

Gamaliel son of Pedahzur was over the division of the tribe of Manasseh,

When the priest examines the raw flesh, he must pronounce him unclean. Raw flesh is unclean; it is a skin disease.

but the Lord told him, “Stretch out your hand and grab it by the tail.” So he stretched out his hand and caught it, and it became a staff in his hand.

The priest will remove the memorial portion from the grain offering and burn it on the altar, a fire offering of a pleasing aroma to the Lord.

Isaac began to tremble uncontrollably. “Who was it then,” he said, “who hunted game and brought it to me? I ate it all before you came in, and I blessed him. Indeed, he will be blessed!”

And the prophets’ spirits are under the control of the prophets,

He began to speak boldly in the synagogue. After Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him home and explained the way of God to him more accurately.

The waters surged and increased greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the water.

But his father Isaac said to him, “Who are you?”

He answered, “I am Esau your firstborn son.”

If Cain is to be avenged seven times over,
then for Lamech it will be seventy-seven times!

Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,

“‘No, Lord!’ I said. ‘For nothing common or ritually unclean has ever entered my mouth!’

They improvise songs to the sound of the harp
and invent their own musical instruments like David.

Don’t we have the right to eat and drink?

yet I will triumph in Yahweh;
I will rejoice in the God of my salvation!

When some of those standing there heard this, they said, “Look, He’s calling for Elijah!”

Therefore, He will abandon them until the time
when she who is in labor has given birth;
then the rest of His brothers will return
to the people of Israel.

Solomon fathered Rehoboam,
Rehoboam fathered Abijah,
Abijah fathered Asa,

I looked up and saw a man with a measuring line in his hand.

On that day I will set out to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.

So the administrators and satraps went together to the king and said to him, “May King Darius live forever.

Woe to those who are wise in their own opinion
and clever in their own sight.

For the trampling boot of battle
and the bloodied garments of war
will be burned as fuel for the fire.

The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed,
a refuge in times of trouble.

After some years they will form an alliance, and the daughter of the king of the South will go to the king of the North to seal the agreement. She will not retain power, and his strength will not endure. She will be given up, together with her entourage, her father, and the one who supported her during those times.

But as soon as he is established, his kingdom will be broken up and divided to the four winds of heaven, but not to his descendants; it will not be the same kingdom that he ruled, because his kingdom will be uprooted and will go to others besides them.

The Lord examines the righteous and the wicked.
He hates the lover of violence.

The king said in reply to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, “Are you able to tell me the dream I had and its interpretation?”

The time has come; the day has arrived.
Let the buyer not rejoice
and the seller not mourn,
for wrath is on all her masses.

They will look toward the earth and see only distress, darkness, and the gloom of affliction, and they will be driven into thick darkness.

The wise man has eyes in his head,
but the fool walks in darkness.

Yet I also knew that one fate comes to them both.

Don’t accuse anyone without cause,
when he has done you no harm.

W Hurry to me, my love,
and be like a gazelle
or a young stag
on the mountains of spices.

It is certainly not good to fine an innocent person
or to beat a noble for his honesty.

honey, curds, sheep, and cheese from the herd for David and the people with him to eat. They had reasoned, “The people must be hungry, exhausted, and thirsty in the desert.”

When he fills his stomach,
God will send His burning anger against him,
raining it down on him while he is eating.

Even now my witness is in heaven,
and my advocate is in the heights!

he will dwell in ruined cities,
in abandoned houses destined to become piles of rubble.

These are Solomon’s foundations for building God’s temple: the length was 90 feet, and the width 30 feet.

He set up the pillars at the portico of the sanctuary: he set up the right pillar and named it Jachin; then he set up the left pillar and named it Boaz.

However, in a particular matter may the Lord pardon your servant: When my master, the king of Aram, goes into the temple of Rimmon to worship and I, as his right-hand man, bow in the temple of Rimmon—when I bow in the temple of Rimmon, may the Lord pardon your servant in this matter.”

If Your people Israel are defeated before an enemy,
because they have sinned against You,
and they return to You and praise Your name,
and they pray and plead for mercy
before You in this temple,

“After that you will come to the Hill of God where there are Philistine garrisons. When you arrive at the city, you will meet a group of prophets coming down from the high place prophesying. They will be preceded by harps, tambourines, flutes, and lyres.

Shemida’s sons: Ahian, Shechem, Likhi, and Aniam.

He did what was evil in the Lord’s sight, but not like his father and mother, for he removed the sacred pillar of Baal his father had made.

Joab went to the king and told him. So David summoned Absalom, who came to the king and bowed down with his face to the ground before him. Then the king kissed Absalom.

Formerly in Israel, a man who was going to inquire of God would say, “Come, let’s go to the seer,” for the prophet of today was formerly called the seer.

They said to him, “Look, you are old, and your sons do not follow your example. Therefore, appoint a king to judge us the same as all the other nations have.”

Once again, Abner warned Asahel, “Stop chasing me. Why should I strike you to the ground? How could I ever look your brother Joab in the face?”

Abner said to him, “Turn to your right or left, seize one of the young soldiers, and take whatever you can get from him.” But Asahel would not stop chasing him.

“At this, the slave fell facedown before him and said, ‘Be patient with me, and I will pay you everything!’

One day Eli, whose eyesight was failing, was lying in his room.

Please do not leave this place until I return to You. Let me bring my gift and set it before You.”

And He said, “I will stay until you return.”

The flesh of his foreskin must be circumcised on the eighth day.

Even to the day of his death, Samuel never again visited Saul. Samuel mourned for Saul, and the Lord regretted He had made Saul king over Israel.

You will eat there in the presence of the Lord your God and rejoice with your household in everything you do, because the Lord your God has blessed you.

It contained the gold altar of incense and the ark of the covenant, covered with gold on all sides, in which there was a gold jar containing the manna, Aaron’s staff that budded, and the tablets of the covenant.

After this, Joshua struck them down and executed them. He hung their bodies on five trees and they were there until evening.

No, my sons, the report I hear from the Lord’s people is not good.

Naomi said, “My daughter, wait until you find out how things go, for he won’t rest unless he resolves this today.”

I raise My hand to heaven and declare:
As surely as I live forever,

Now you, brothers, like Isaac, are children of promise.

Then He told him: “A man was giving a large banquet and invited many.

They were also regarded as Rephaim, like the Anakim, though the Moabites called them Emim.

These are the names of Aaron’s sons: Nadab, the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

No person who has been set apart for destruction is to be ransomed; he must be put to death.

They all became encouraged and took food themselves.

“When someone sins in any of these ways:

If he has seen, heard, or known about something he has witnessed, and did not respond to a public call to testify, he is responsible for his sin.

But a voice answered from heaven a second time, ‘What God has made clean, you must not call common.’

Two women will be grinding grain together: One will be taken and the other left.

When his disciples heard about it, they came and removed his corpse and placed it in a tomb.

After receiving the piece of bread, he went out immediately. And it was night.

Having said this, He showed them His hands and feet.

For the Lord God says:

The city that marches out a thousand strong
will have only a hundred left,
and the one that marches out a hundred strong
will have only ten left in the house of Israel.

Desolation, decimation, devastation!
Hearts melt,
knees tremble,
loins shake,
every face grows pale!

When they made every firstborn pass through the fire, I defiled them through their gifts in order to devastate them so they would know that I am Yahweh.

I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at ease in my house and flourishing in my palace.

But if a wicked person turns from the wickedness he has committed and does what is just and right, he will preserve his life.

The Lord also has a dispute with Judah.
He is about to punish Jacob according to his ways;
He will repay him based on his actions.

ו VavHe ground my teeth on gravel
and made me cower in the dust.

However, as a woman may betray her lover,
so you have betrayed Me, house of Israel.
This is the Lord’s declaration.

The word of the Lord came to me:

When the wicked man dies,
his expectation comes to nothing,
and hope placed in wealth vanishes.

He said to me, “Son of man, stand up on your feet and I will speak with you.”

“As for the prophet, priest, or people who say, ‘The burden of the Lord,’ I will punish that man and his household.

On that day people will throw
their silver and gold idols,
which they made to worship,
to the moles and the bats.

I will scatter them among the nations that they and their fathers have not known. I will send a sword after them until I have finished them off.”

and on that day you will say:
“Give thanks to Yahweh; proclaim His name!
Celebrate His works among the peoples.
Declare that His name is exalted.

For the choir director. Davidic.I have taken refuge in the Lord.
How can you say to me,
“Escape to the mountain like a bird!

So all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the Lord with shouts, the sound of the ram’s horn, trumpets, and cymbals, and the playing of harps and lyres.

M You who dwell in the gardens—
companions are listening for your voice—
let me hear you!

He will be like a vine that drops its unripe grapes
and like an olive tree that sheds its blossoms.

All my enemies will be ashamed and shake with terror;
they will turn back and suddenly be disgraced.

The young woman pleased him and gained his favor so that he accelerated the process of the beauty treatments and the special diet that she received. He assigned seven hand-picked female servants to her from the palace and transferred her and her servants to the harem’s best quarters.

Should your babbling put others to silence,
so that you can keep on ridiculing
with no one to humiliate you?

Let it now be known to the king that if that city is rebuilt and its walls are finished, they will not pay tribute, duty, or land tax, and the royal revenue will suffer.

Solomon took a census of all the foreign men in the land of Israel, after the census that his father David had conducted, and the total was 153,600.

The priests brought the ark of the Lord’s covenant to its place, into the inner sanctuary of the temple, to the most holy place beneath the wings of the cherubim.

From the Hebronites: Jerijah was the head of the Hebronites, according to the genealogical records of his ancestors. A search was made in the fortieth year of David’s reign and strong, capable men were found among them at Jazer in Gilead.

The capitals on top of the pillars had gratings of latticework, wreaths made of chainwork—seven for the first capital and seven for the second.

God—His way is perfect;
the word of the Lord is pure.
He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.

This is what the king says: ‘Don’t let Hezekiah deceive you; he can’t deliver you from my hand.

He said to the redeemer, “Naomi, who has returned from the land of Moab, is selling a piece of land that belonged to our brother Elimelech.

The sons of Reuben and Gad and half the tribe of Manasseh had 44,760 warriors who could serve in the army—men who carried shield and sword, drew the bow, and were trained for war.

During his reign, Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt marched up to help the king of Assyria at the Euphrates River. King Josiah went to confront him, and at Megiddo when Neco saw him he killed him.

his son Jehoram,
his son Ahaziah, his son Joash,

And Saul’s daughter Michal had no child to the day of her death.

Each Israelite took his position around the camp, and the entire Midianite army fled, and cried out as they ran.

Baana son of Hushai, in Asher and Bealoth;

On that day Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam sang:

and he became even more afraid of David. As a result, Saul was David’s enemy from then on.

They said, “Does the Lord speak only through Moses? Does He not also speak through us?” And the Lord heard it.

They threw him out of the city and began to stone him. And the witnesses laid their robes at the feet of a young man named Saul.

You are to sound the trumpets over your burnt offerings and your fellowship sacrifices and on your joyous occasions, your appointed festivals, and the beginning of each of your months. They will serve as a reminder for you before your God: I am Yahweh your God.”

Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,

“Command the Israelites to send away anyone from the camp who is afflicted with a skin disease, anyone who has a bodily discharge, or anyone who is defiled because of a corpse.

the king of Tappuahone the king of Hepher one

Don’t be terrified of them, for the Lord your God, a great and awesome God, is among you.

“At that time we took possession of this land. I gave to the Reubenites and Gadites the area extending from Aroer by the Arnon Valley, and half the hill country of Gilead along with its cities.

I testify that, on their own, according to their ability and beyond their ability,

“No grain offering that you present to the Lord is to be made with yeast, for you are not to burn any yeast or honey as a fire offering to the Lord.

saying, “The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and scribes, be killed, and be raised the third day.”

arrogant eyes, a lying tongue,
hands that shed innocent blood,

and the two kidneys with the fat on them at the loins. He will also remove the fatty lobe of the liver with the kidneys,

The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron:

None of this happened without an oath. For others became priests without an oath,

But if there is no interpreter, that person should keep silent in the church and speak to himself and to God.

Now consider how great this man was—even Abraham the patriarch gave a tenth of the plunder to him!

I have become a fool; you forced it on me. I should have been endorsed by you, since I am not in any way inferior to the “super-apostles,” even though I am nothing.

Now get to work. No straw will be given to you, but you must produce the same quantity of bricks.”

Obal, Abimael, Sheba,

The son who gathers during summer is prudent;
the son who sleeps during harvest is disgraceful.

He said this to signify what kind of death He was about to die.

The disciples said to Him, “Where could we get enough bread in this desolate place to fill such a crowd?”

for the Lord will execute His sentence
completely and decisively on the earth.

I was there when He established the heavens,
when He laid out the horizon on the surface of the ocean,

You know the way to where I am going.”

פ PeAll your enemies
open their mouths against you.
They hiss and gnash their teeth,
saying, “We have swallowed her up.
This is the day we have waited for!
We have lived to see it.”

“Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah: I am going to shake the heavens and the earth.

Be angry and do not sin;
on your bed, reflect in your heart and be still.Selah

ט TetThose slain by the sword are better off
than those slain by hunger,
who waste away, pierced with pain
because the fields lack produce.

that tree is you, the king. For you have become great and strong: your greatness has grown and even reaches the sky, and your dominion extends to the ends of the earth.

from those who enjoy doing evil
and celebrate perversion,

Which of all these does not know
that the hand of the Lord has done this?

Should this stream of words go unanswered
and such a talker be acquitted?

I will say to God:
“Do not declare me guilty!
Let me know why You prosecute me.

I would give Him an account of all my steps;
I would approach Him like a prince.

If I have sinned, what have I done to You,
Watcher of mankind?
Why have You made me Your target,
so that I have become a burden to You?

I cannot relax or be still;
I have no rest, for trouble comes.

He said:

Then I instructed the Levites to purify themselves and guard the gates in order to keep the Sabbath day holy.

Remember me for this also, my God, and look on me with compassion in keeping with Your abundant, faithful love.

She got up in the middle of the night and took my son from my side while your servant was asleep. She laid him at her breast, and she put her dead son in my arms.

By contrast, the boy Samuel grew in stature and in favor with the Lord and with men.

She bore sons to him: Jeush, Shemariah, and Zaham.

So David gave orders to the young men, and they killed Rechab and Baanah. They cut off their hands and feet and hung their bodies by the pool in Hebron, but they took Ish-bosheth’s head and buried it in Abner’s tomb in Hebron.

Then Boaz took 10 men of the town’s elders and said, “Sit here.” And they sat down.

Now, Lord God of Israel, please confirm
what You promised to Your servant David.

In earlier times Phinehas son of Eleazar had been their leader, and the Lord was with him.

When the king of Moab saw that the battle was too fierce for him, he took 700 swordsmen with him to try to break through to the king of Edom, but they could not do it.

In the twelfth year of Israel’s King Joram son of Ahab, Ahaziah son of Jehoram became king of Judah.

As the cloud moved away from the tent, Miriam’s skin suddenly became diseased, as white as snow. When Aaron turned toward her, he saw that she was diseased

The king asked the Cushite, “Is the young man Absalom all right?”

The Cushite replied, “May what has become of the young man happen to the enemies of my lord the king and to all who rise up against you with evil intent.”

However, the people were sacrificing on the high places, because until that time a temple for the Lord’s name had not been built.

“Keep an eye on Shimei son of Gera, the Benjaminite from Bahurim who is with you. He uttered malicious curses against me the day I went to Mahanaim. But he came down to meet me at the Jordan River, and I swore to him by the Lord: ‘I will never kill you with the sword.’

Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see the one the Lord has chosen? There is no one like him among the entire population.”

And all the people shouted, “Long live the king!”

Then she let them down by a rope through the window, since she lived in a house that was built into the wall of the city.

and a curse, if you do not obey the commands of the Lord your God and you turn aside from the path I command you today by following other gods you have not known.

Pharaoh removed his signet ring from his hand and put it on Joseph’s hand, clothed him with fine linen garments, and placed a gold chain around his neck.

So Adoni-zedek and his people were greatly alarmed because Gibeon was a large city like one of the royal cities; it was larger than Ai, and all its men were warriors.

If he presents it for thanksgiving, in addition to the thanksgiving sacrifice, he is to present unleavened cakes mixed with olive oil, unleavened wafers coated with oil, and well-kneaded cakes of fine flour mixed with oil.

or the form of any beast on the earth, any winged creature that flies in the sky,

Present the meat and blood of your burnt offerings on the altar of the Lord your God. The blood of your other sacrifices is to be poured out beside the altar of the Lord your God, but you may eat the meat.

But among the ones that chew the cud or have divided hooves you are not to eat these:

the camel, though it chews the cud,
does not have divided hooves—it is unclean for you;

All of you approached me with your tribal leaders and elders when you heard the voice from the darkness and while the mountain was blazing with fire.

but He brought us from there in order to lead us in and give us the land that He swore to our fathers.

As the Lord commanded Moses, Aaron placed it before the testimony to be preserved.

Pharaoh will not listen to you, but I will put My hand on Egypt and bring the divisions of My people the Israelites out of the land of Egypt by great acts of judgment.

And when the seven thunders spoke, I was about to write. Then I heard a voice from heaven, saying, “Seal up what the seven thunders said, and do not write it down!”

and Abidan son of Gideoni was over the division of the tribe of Benjamin.

So no one should boast in human leaders, for everything is yours—

But God raised Him from the dead,

Compassion and forgiveness belong to the Lord our God, though we have rebelled against Him

At this, some of the scribes said among themselves, “He’s blaspheming!”

Suddenly, two men were talking with Him—Moses and Elijah.

Demetrius has a good testimony from everyone, and from the truth itself. And we also testify for him, and you know that our testimony is true.

They led Jesus away to the high priest, and all the chief priests, the elders, and the scribes convened.

When the brothers found out, they took him down to Caesarea and sent him off to Tarsus.

Again Jesus placed His hands on the man’s eyes, and he saw distinctly. He was cured and could see everything clearly.

In all his scheming,
the wicked arrogantly thinks:
“There is no accountability,
since God does not exist.”

Then his disciples came, removed the corpse, buried it, and went and reported to Jesus.

How sad for me!
For I am like one who—
when the summer fruit has been gathered
after the gleaning of the grape harvest—
finds no grape cluster to eat,
no early fig, which I crave.

And He strictly warned them to tell no one about Him.

They will follow the Lord;
He will roar like a lion.
When He roars,
His children will come trembling from the west.

Because of this, won’t the land quake
and all who dwell in it mourn?
All of it will rise like the Nile;
it will surge and then subside
like the Nile in Egypt.

But the court will convene, and his dominion will be taken away, to be completely destroyed forever.

When the satraps, prefects, governors, and the king’s advisers gathered around, they saw that the fire had no effect on the bodies of these men: not a hair of their heads was singed, their robes were unaffected, and there was no smell of fire on them.

In the end it bites like a snake
and stings like a viper.

headdresses, ankle jewelry, sashes, perfume bottles, amulets,

There were also four tables of cut stone for the burnt offering, each 31½ inches long, 31½ inches wide, and 21 inches high. The utensils used to slaughter the burnt offerings and other sacrifices were placed on them.

who abandons the companion of her youth
and forgets the covenant of her God;

On that day the Lord will strip their finery: ankle bracelets, headbands, crescents,

even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, as I live”—the declaration of the Lord God—“they could not deliver their son or daughter. They would deliver only themselves by their righteousness.

In the year that King Ahaz died, this oracle came:

If you have been foolish by exalting yourself
or if you’ve been scheming,
put your hand over your mouth.

Both small and great are there,
and the slave is set free from his master.

He rushes headlong at Him
with his thick, studded shields.

The queen of Sheba heard of Solomon’s fame, so she came to test Solomon with difficult questions at Jerusalem with a very large entourage, with camels bearing spices, gold in abundance, and precious stones. She came to Solomon and spoke with him about everything that was on her mind.

Ater’s descendants: of Hezekiah98

Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah,

This is the reply they gave us:

We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth and are rebuilding the temple that was built many years ago, which a great king of Israel built and finished.

When he finished offering the burnt offering, Jehu said to the guards and officers, “Go in and kill them. Don’t let anyone out.” So they struck them down with the sword. Then the guards and officers threw the bodies out and went into the inner room of the temple of Baal.

Now Absalom commanded his young men, “Watch Amnon until he is in a good mood from the wine. When I order you to strike Amnon, then kill him. Don’t be afraid. Am I not the one who has commanded you? Be strong and courageous!”

Since the bronze altar that Solomon had made could not accommodate the burnt offering, the grain offering, and the fat of the fellowship offerings, Solomon first consecrated the middle of the courtyard that was in front of the Lord’s temple and then offered the burnt offerings and the fat of the fellowship offerings there.

so that Your eyes watch over this temple
day and night,
toward the place where You said
You would put Your name;
and so that You may hear the prayer
Your servant prays toward this place.

but the four chief gatekeepers, who were Levites, were entrusted with the rooms and the treasuries of God’s temple.

So he picked him up and took him to his mother. The child sat on her lap until noon and then died.

The temple that King Solomon built for the Lord was 90 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 45 feet high.

All Israel was registered in the genealogies that are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel. But Judah was exiled to Babylon because of their unfaithfulness.

When a man sins against his neighbor
and is forced to take an oath,
and he comes to take an oath
before Your altar in this temple,

Kenaz’s sons: Othniel and Seraiah.
Othniel’s sons: Hathath and Meonothai.

When Saul heard these words, the Spirit of God suddenly took control of him, and his anger burned furiously.

When all the kings who were Hadadezer’s subjects saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they made peace with Israel and became their subjects. After this, the Arameans were afraid to ever help the Ammonites again.

The princes of Issachar were with Deborah;
Issachar was with Barak.
They set out at his heels in the valley.
There was great searching of heart
among the clans of Reuben.

At that time Joshua imposed this curse:

The man who undertakes
the rebuilding of this city, Jericho,
is cursed before the Lord.
He will lay its foundation
at the cost of his firstborn;
he will set up its gates
at the cost of his youngest.

He said to them, “Why are you doing these things? I have heard about your evil actions from all these people.

Tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, burn up their Asherah poles, cut down the carved images of their gods, and wipe out their names from every place.

He said to them, “This is My blood that establishes the covenant; it is shed for many.

The man’s name was Elimelech, and his wife’s name was Naomi. The names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem in Judah. They entered the land of Moab and settled there.

Then Deborah said to Barak, “Move on, for this is the day the Lord has handed Sisera over to you. Hasn’t the Lord gone before you?” So Barak came down from Mount Tabor with 10,000 men following him.

Joshua got up early the next morning. He had Israel come forward tribe by tribe, and the tribe of Judah was selected.

The priests carrying the ark of the Lord’s covenant stood firmly on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan, while all Israel crossed on dry ground until the entire nation had finished crossing the Jordan.

It was reported to Sisera that Barak son of Abinoam had gone up Mount Tabor.

Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth,

any creature that crawls on the ground, or any fish in the waters under the earth.

After the entire nation had finished crossing the Jordan, the Lord spoke to Joshua:

and so that you may tell your son and grandson how severely I dealt with the Egyptians and performed miraculous signs among them, and you will know that I am Yahweh.”

So God heard their groaning, and He remembered His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

“Make two trumpets of hammered silver to summon the community and have the camps set out.

Finally, he sent his son to them. ‘They will respect my son,’ he said.

The military divisions of the camp of Dan with their banner set out, serving as rear guard for all the camps, and Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai was over Dan’s division.

Then some of the itinerant Jewish exorcists attempted to pronounce the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, “I command you by the Jesus that Paul preaches!”

So that place was named Taberah, because the Lord’s fire had blazed among them.

So Moses said, “This is what Yahweh says: ‘About midnight I will go throughout Egypt,

The soldiers’ plan was to kill the prisoners so that no one could swim away and escape.

Though the king was deeply distressed, because of his oaths and the guests he did not want to refuse her.

The magicians tried to produce gnats using their occult practices, but they could not. The gnats remained on man and beast.

His disciples said to Him, “You see the crowd pressing against You, and You say, ‘Who touched Me?’”

When the crowds saw this, they were awestruck and gave glory to God who had given such authority to men.

This greeting is in my own hand—Paul. Remember my imprisonment. Grace be with you.

“Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach the message that I tell you.”

For this is the statement of the promise: At this time I will come, and Sarah will have a son.

Under the influence of the wine, Belshazzar gave orders to bring in the gold and silver vessels that his predecessor Nebuchadnezzar had taken from the temple in Jerusalem, so that the king and his nobles, wives, and concubines could drink from them.

However, I did give them this command: Obey Me, and then I will be your God, and you will be My people. You must follow every way I command you so that it may go well with you.

But you must return to your God.
Maintain love and justice,
and always put your hope in God.

So I asked the angel who was speaking with me, “Where are they taking the basket?”

This is what the Lord of Hosts says:

Consider, and summon the women who mourn;
send for the skillful women.

Then King Darius wrote to those of every people, nation, and language who live in all the earth: “May your prosperity abound.

listening closely to wisdom
and directing your heart to understanding;

How can you protest, “I am not defiled;
I have not followed the Baals”?
Look at your behavior in the valley;
acknowledge what you have done.
You are a swift young camel
twisting and turning on her way,

Why are we just sitting here?
Gather together; let us enter the fortified cities
and perish there,
for the Lord our God has destroyed us.
He has given us poisoned water to drink,
because we have sinned against the Lord.

So there was a great famine in Samaria, and they continued the siege against it until a donkey’s head sold for 80 silver shekels, and a cup of dove’s dung sold for five silver shekels.

Wisdom resides in the heart of the discerning;
she is known even among fools.

they approached Zerubbabel and the leaders of the families and said to them, “Let us build with you, for we also worship your God and have been sacrificing to Him since the time King Esar-haddon of Assyria brought us here.”

He is the son of a woman from the daughters of Dan. His father is a man of Tyre. He knows how to work with gold, silver, bronze, iron, stone, and wood, with purple, blue, crimson yarn, and fine linen. He knows how to do all kinds of engraving and to execute any design that may be given him. I have sent him to be with your craftsmen and the craftsmen of my lord, your father David.

Let’s go early to the vineyards;
let’s see if the vine has budded,
if the blossom has opened,
if the pomegranates are in bloom.
There I will give you my love.

Will You frighten a wind-driven leaf?
Will You chase after dry straw?

Then the king told Haman, “The money and people are given to you to do with as you see fit.”

Now the leaders of the people stayed in Jerusalem, and the rest of the people cast lots for one out of ten to come and live in Jerusalem, the holy city, while the other nine-tenths remained in their towns.

Since we have taken an oath of loyalty to the king, and it is not right for us to witness his dishonor, we have sent to inform the king

He made a bronze altar 30 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 15 feet high.

He made two cherubim of sculptured work, for the most holy place, and he overlaid them with gold.

his son Elkanah, his son Ebiasaph,
his son Assir,

They lived in Gilead, in Bashan and its towns, and throughout the pasturelands of Sharon.

Now the king of Aram had ordered his 32 chariot commanders, “Do not fight with anyone at all except the king of Israel.”

Eshton fathered Beth-rapha, Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of Irnahash. These were the men of Recah.

Lotan’s sons: Hori and Homam. Timna was Lotan’s sister.

Then the Lord said to Solomon, “Since you have done this and did not keep My covenant and My statutes, which I commanded you, I will tear the kingdom away from you and give it to your servant.

The temple, that is, the sanctuary in front of the most holy place, was 60 feet long.

When Samuel turned to go, Saul grabbed the hem of his robe, and it tore.

they rushed to the plunder, took sheep, cattle, and calves, slaughtered them on the ground, and ate meat with the blood still in it.

Then Joshua tore his clothes and fell before the ark of the Lord with his face to the ground until evening, as did the elders of Israel; they all put dust on their heads.

And with Solomon, the king has sent Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and they have had him ride on the king’s mule.

He had a son named Saul, an impressive young man. There was no one more impressive among the Israelites than he. He stood a head taller than anyone else.

Barzillai the Gileadite had come down from Rogelim and accompanied the king to the Jordan River to see him off at the Jordan.

Samuel proclaimed to the people the rights of kingship. He wrote them on a scroll, which he placed in the presence of the Lord. Then Samuel sent all the people away, each to his home.

She named the boy Ichabod, saying, “The glory has departed from Israel,” referring to the capture of the ark of God and to the deaths of her father-in-law and her husband.

they told him, “Please say Shibboleth.” If he said, “Sibboleth,” because he could not pronounce it correctly, they seized him and killed him at the fords of the Jordan. At that time 42,000 from Ephraim died.

She picked up the grain and went into the town, where her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned. Then she brought out what she had left over from her meal and gave it to her.

The Lord threw them into confusion before Israel. He defeated them in a great slaughter at Gibeon, chased them through the ascent of Beth-horon, and struck them down as far as Azekah and Makkedah.

But the city and everything in it are set apart to the Lord for destruction. Only Rahab the prostitute and everyone with her in the house will live, because she hid the men we sent.

But if she doesn’t have sufficient means for a sheep, she may take two turtledoves or two young pigeons, one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering. Then the priest will make atonement on her behalf, and she will be clean.”

Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife: “May the Lord give you children by this woman in place of the one she has given to the Lord.” Then they would go home.

“When her days of purification are complete, whether for a son or daughter, she is to bring to the priest at the entrance to the tent of meeting a year-old male lamb for a burnt offering, and a young pigeon or a turtledove for a sin offering.

Hezron fathered Ram,
who fathered Amminadab.

the hyrax, though it chews the cud,
does not have hooves—it is unclean for you;

Then Moses said to Aaron and his sons Eleazar and Ithamar, “Do not let your hair hang loose and do not tear your garments, or else you will die, and the Lord will become angry with the whole community. However, your brothers, the whole house of Israel, may mourn over that tragedy when the Lord sent the fire.

He had the clans of Judah come forward, and the Zerahite clan was selected. He had the Zerahite clan come forward by heads of families, and Zabdi was selected.

It must not be used for ordinary anointing on a person’s body, and you must not make anything like it using its formula. It is holy, and it must be holy to you.

The fish in the Nile will die, the river will stink, and the Egyptians will be unable to drink water from it.”

But his wife looked back and became a pillar of salt.

I will even pour out My Spirit
on the male and female slaves in those days.

Then He came and found them sleeping. “Simon, are you sleeping?” He asked Peter. “Couldn’t you stay awake one hour?

Then He went again to Cana of Galilee, where He had turned the water into wine. There was a certain royal official whose son was ill at Capernaum.

The Lord said to Moses, “Get up early in the morning and present yourself to Pharaoh when you see him going out to the water. Tell him: This is what Yahweh says: Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.

The commander replied, “I bought this citizenship for a large amount of money.”

“But I was born a citizen,” Paul said.

When it was decided that we were to sail to Italy, they handed over Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion named Julius, of the Imperial Regiment.

When he arrived in Jerusalem, he tried to associate with the disciples, but they were all afraid of him, since they did not believe he was a disciple.

Do not plot evil in your hearts against your neighbor, and do not love perjury, for I hate all this”—this is the Lord’s declaration.

Indeed, they sow the wind
and reap the whirlwind.
There is no standing grain;
what sprouts fails to yield flour.
Even if they did,
foreigners would swallow it up.

The archer will not stand his ground,
the one who is swift of foot
will not save himself,
and the one riding a horse will not save his life.

It was annulled on that day, and so the afflicted of the flock who were watching me knew that it was the word of the Lord.

The earth will respond to the grain,
the new wine, and the oil,
and they will respond to Jezreel.