Mephibosheth continued to live in Jerusalem, always eating at the king's table, since he was maimed in both feet.

When the Egyptians see you, they will say, "She is his wife.' Then they'll kill me, but allow you to live.

You are witnesses of these things.

Hebron, and for all those places where David and his men had frequented."

At that time Joshua came and annihilated the Anakim from the hill country, that is, from Hebron, Debir, and Anab, as well as from all the hill country of Judah and Israel. Joshua completely destroyed them along with their cities.

We intend to do what is right, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of people.

When you forgive someone, I do, too. Indeed, what I have forgiven if there was anything to forgive I did in the presence of the Messiah for your benefit,

Meanwhile, the seven daughters of a certain Midianite priest would come to draw water in order to fill water troughs for their father's sheep.

Jesus told him, "I will come and heal him."

So at once they left their nets and followed him.

Your ancestors went down to Egypt with 70 people, but the LORD your God has now made you as numerous as the stars in the sky."

So then, I ask you not to become discouraged because of my troubles on your behalf, which work toward your glory.

"Not only that, you took the food I gave you my fine flour, olive oil, and honey with which I fed you, and you offered them to those gods in order to appease them. That's exactly what happened," says the Lord GOD.

Now this commandment is for you priests:

Look, I'm against those who prophesy based on false dreams," declares the LORD, "and relate them and lead my people astray with their lies and their recklessness. I didn't send them; I didn't command them, and they provide no benefit at all to these people," declares the LORD.

Moreover, after they had cast a golden calf for themselves, they said, "This is your god who brought you out of Egypt!" and committed terrible blasphemies.

Meanwhile, Nahash, king of the Ammonites, had been severely oppressing the descendants of Gad and descendants of Reuben, gouging out their right eyes and not allowing Israel to have a deliverer. No one was left among the Israelis across the Jordan whose right eye Nahash, king of the Ammonites, had not gouged out. However, 7,000 men had escaped from the Ammonites and entered Jabesh-gilead.

So after a month, Nahash the Ammonite came up and laid siege to Jabesh-gilead. All the men of Jabesh told Nahash, "Make a covenant with us, and we will serve you."

Watch out! I and the children whom the LORD has given me are a sign and a wonder in Israel from the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, who resides on Mount Zion."

"What right does my beloved have in my house, when she has carried out many evil schemes? Can sacrificial flesh turn disaster away from you, so you can rejoice?"

Then you will understand what is right, just, and upright every good path.

Ruth the Moabite told Naomi, "Please allow me to go out to the fields and glean grain behind anyone who shows me kindness." So Naomi replied, "Go ahead, my daughter."

Two or three prophets should speak, and others should weigh carefully what is said.

That very night, before Herod was going to bring him out, Peter, bound with two chains, was sleeping between two soldiers, and guards in front of the door were watching the prisoners.

He also fathered his sons Abitub and Elpaal by Hushim.

Ahilud's son Baana served Taanach, Megiddo, and all of Beth-shean near Zarethan below Jezreel, including from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah as far as the other side of Jokmeam;

Before the scouts had lain down, she went up to them on the roof

Then the soldiers cut the ropes that held the lifeboat and set it adrift.

But Sihon didn't trust Israel to pass through his territory, so he assembled his entire army, encamped in Jahaz, and fought against Israel.

The Pharisees and their scribes started complaining to Jesus' disciples, "Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?"

And to whom did he swear that they would never enter his rest? It was to those who disobeyed him, was it not?

When the crop came up and bore grain, the weeds appeared, too.

and they informed him, "This is Jephthah's response:

Then the LORD told Moses, "When you set out to return to Egypt, keep in mind all the wonders that I've put in your power, so that you may do them before Pharaoh. But I'll harden his heart so that he won't let the people go.

So Israel lived in Amorite territory.

Greet all your leaders and all the saints. Those who are from Italy greet you.

He remembers his eternal covenant every promise he made for a thousand generations,

The Jewish leaders told him, "It is not legal for us to put anyone to death." This was to fulfill what Jesus had said when he indicated the kind of death he was to die.

you will not be united with them in burial, for you have destroyed your land, you have slain your people. People will never mention the descendants of those who practice evil again!

guarding the paths of the just and protecting the way of his faithful ones.

I will separate you from your carved images and sacred pillars, and you no longer will worship what you've made with your hands.

the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph,

"Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed up like a field, and Jerusalem will become heaps of rubble, and the Temple Mount like a forest high place."

The LORD continued giving Solomon wisdom, just as he had promised, and Hiram and Solomon entered into a peace treaty between themselves.

But the farmers grabbed the servant, beat him, and sent him back empty-handed.

Later, Solomon moved Pharaoh's daughter from the City of David to the palace that he had constructed to house her, because he reasoned, "My wife isn't going to live in the palace where King David of Israel lived, because wherever the ark of the LORD entered is holy."

He is not to exalt himself over his relatives, nor turn aside from the commandment neither to the right nor to the left so that he and his sons may reign long in Israel."

When two blind men who were sitting by the roadside heard that Jesus was passing by, they shouted, "Have mercy on us, Lord, Son of David!"

The descendants born to Keturah, Abraham's mistress, were Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. The descendants of Jokshan were Sheba and Dedan.

So David went to Baal-perazim and defeated them there. He called the place Baal-perazim, because he said, "Like a bursting flood, the LORD has jumped out in front of me to fight my enemies."

the trumpeters and musicians played in union, praising and giving thanks to the LORD. They praised the LORD loudly and sang, "He is good, and his gracious love is eternal," accompanied by the trumpets, cymbals, and other musical instruments.) As they did this, a cloud filled the Temple, that is, the LORD's Temple,

Later, David arrived at Mahanaim. Absalom and all of the Israelis who supported him crossed the Jordan River.

Heshbon and all of its cities that are on the plain, including Dibon, Bamoth-baal, Beth-baal-meon,

Simon answered, "Master, we have worked hard all night and caught nothing. But if you say so, I'll lower the nets."

They covered the surface of the entire land so that it was dark. They ate all the vegetation of the land and the fruit from the trees that the hail left. Nothing green was left on the trees or on the vegetation in all the land of Egypt.

Joshua did just what the LORD had commanded his servant Moses and just what Moses had commanded him, leaving nothing unfinished.

So the man left and began proclaiming in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him. And everyone was utterly amazed.

But we kept for ourselves all of the livestock and plunder from the towns.

"But you forced the Nazirites to drink wine, and commanded the prophets, "You are not to prophesy!'

So I approached one of those who was standing nearby and began to ask the meaning of all of this. He spoke to me and caused me to understand the interpretation of these things.

Then they told the king, "Daniel, who is one of the Judean exiles, pays no attention to you, your majesty, or to the written decree, since he is still praying three times a day."

"My days pass faster than a runner; but they pass quickly without seeing anything good.

You have authority to act for the king and for his Council of Seven to conduct an inquiry concerning Judah and Jerusalem in accordance with the Law of your God, which is in your possession.

The LORD made it known to me, and so I understood. Then you showed me their malicious deeds.

So they erected a tent for Absalom on the palace roof and Absalom went in and had sex with his father's mistresses right in front of all Israel.

Boaz answered her, "It has been clearly disclosed to me all that you have done for your mother-in-law following the death of your husband how you abandoned your father, your mother, and your own land, and came to a people you did not previously know.

Joshua got up early the next morning, and the priests picked up the ark of the LORD.

Ahitub's son Zadok and Abiathar's son Ahimelech were priests, Seraiah was his personal secretary,

Zeruiah's son Joab and some of David's staff went out to meet them at the pool of Gibeon. One side encamped on one side of the pool while the other encamped on the other side of the pool.

For it is declared about him, "You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek."

For they could not endure the command that was given: "If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned to death."

"But as for the rest of you in Thyatira you who do not hold to this teaching and who have not learned what some people call the deep things of Satan I won't burden you with anything else.

and said, "Cornelius, your prayer has been heard. God has remembered your gifts to the poor,

The leaders brought the offerings for the dedication of the altar the same day that it was anointed. After the leaders brought their offering to the altar,

They are to take charge of the utensils at the Tent of Meeting and meet the needs of the Israelis by performing duties on behalf of the tent.

"Let everyone listen to what the Spirit says to the churches.'"

The tribune asked, "Oh, do you speak Greek? You're not the Egyptian who started a revolt some time ago and led 4,000 assassins into the desert, are you?"

He gave instructions, and this is what he spoke to me:

"This is what God promised: His descendants would be strangers in a foreign country, and its people would enslave them and oppress them for 400 years.

At this point, the king ordered Daniel brought in and thrown into the lions' pit. The king spoke to Daniel, "Your God, whom you serve constantly, will deliver you himself."

They answered him, "Some say John the Baptist, others Elijah, and still others one of the prophets."

Are they ashamed because they have done what is repugnant to God? They weren't ashamed at all; they don't even know how to blush! Therefore they'll fall with those who fall. When I punish them, they'll be brought down," says the LORD.

Saul told Samuel, "I did obey the LORD. I went on the mission on which the LORD sent me, I brought Agag king of Amalek, and I completely destroyed the Amalekites.

On the twenty-first day of the seventh month, this message from the LORD came by Haggai the prophet:

For the Fire Pit has long been prepared; truly it is for the king; it will indeed be made ready. And its pyre will be deep and wide, with abundant fire and wood. Like a stream of burning sulfur, the breath of the LORD will set it ablaze.

I'll leave a remnant among you those who will escape the sword when I'll have scattered you throughout the earth.

Everyone in Israel would have to go to the Philistines so each person could sharpen his plow, his mattock, his axe, and his sickle.

So the army shouted and the trumpets were blown again. As soon as the army heard the sound of the trumpets, they shouted loudly and the wall collapsed. The army charged straight ahead into the city and captured it.

He begins his speech with foolishness, and concludes it with evil madness.

David asked the men who were standing by him, "What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and takes away the reproach from Israel? Indeed, who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he should defy the armies of the living God?"

It is good for you to grab hold of this and not let go, because whoever fears God will escape all of these extremes.

I constructed gardens and orchards for myself, and within them I planted all kinds of fruit trees.

Abijah and his army defeated them in a tremendous slaughter that resulted in 500,000 special forces from Israel being slain.

because we heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Reed Sea right in front of you as you were coming out of Egypt, and what you did to the two kings of the Amorites who were on the other side of the Jordan River to Sihon and Og whom you completely destroyed.

Honor widows who have no other family members to care for them.

Koz fathered Anub, Zobebah, and the families of Harum's son Aharhel.

So her women neighbors gave the child a nickname, which is "Naomi has a son!" They named him Obed. He became the father of Jesse, who was the father of David.

From there Abram traveled on to the hill country east of Bethel and set up his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. There he built an altar to the LORD and called on the name of the LORD.

Then he ordered the crowds to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven and blessed them. Then he broke the loaves in pieces and gave them to his disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds.

Samuel summoned the people to the LORD at Mizpah.

When Pharaoh heard about this matter, he tried to kill Moses. So Moses fled from Pharaoh, settled in the land of Midian, and sat down by a well.

There were times when the cloud remained over the tent for a number of days. They camped in accordance with the LORD's instructions and they traveled in accordance with the LORD'S instructions.

And Abraham replied, "I agree!"

Jesus told them, "I tell all of you with certainty, tax collectors and prostitutes will get into God's kingdom ahead of you! John came to you living a righteous life, and you didn't believe him, but the tax collectors and prostitutes did. But even when you saw that, you didn't change your minds at last and believe him."

Thus it was necessary for these earthly copies of the things in heaven to be cleansed by these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves are made clean with better sacrifices than these.

Give my greetings to the brothers in Laodicea, especially to Nympha and the church that is in her house.

If anyone thinks he really knows something, he has not yet learned it as he ought to know it.

You know what instructions we gave you through the Lord Jesus.

they immediately left the boat and their father and followed him.

"But I will punish the nation they serve,' said God, "and afterwards they will leave and worship me in this place.'

But when he heard that Archelaus was ruling over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there, after having been warned in a dream. So he left for the region of Galilee

The sun and moon stand still in their orbits; at the glint of your arrows they speed along, even at the gleam of your flashing spear.

"Disbelieving that a day of evil will come, embracing opportunities to commit violence,

"For this is what the LORD says to the house of Israel: "Seek me and live,

"After I, Daniel, had seen the vision, I tried to understand it. All of a sudden, there was standing in front of me one who appeared to be valiant.

Therefore, this is what the LORD says: "If you repent, I'll take you back and you will stand before me. If you speak what is worthwhile, instead of what is worthless, then you will be my spokesman. People will turn to you, but you aren't to turn to them.

They made their hearts hard like a diamond, to keep from obeying the Law and the messages that the LORD of the Heavenly Armies sent by his Spirit through the former prophets.

"Listen and testify against the house of Jacob," declares the Lord GOD, the God of the Heavenly Armies,

He asked him, "Why such a harsh decree from the king?" Then Arioch informed Daniel,

Then Daniel went home and told his friends Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah about the king's command.

let them bring royal robes that the king has worn and a horse on which the king has ridden, with a royal crown placed on its head.

Be convinced in your heart that as a father disciplines his son, so the LORD your God disciplines you.

I discovered for myself a bitterness that surpasses that of death: the woman whose heart is full of snares and nets, whose hands are chains of bondage. Whoever pleases God will escape from her, but the transgressor will be trapped by her.

King Solomon also built a fleet of ships at Ezion-geber, which is near Eloth on the shore of the Reed Sea in the land of Edom.

Sometime later King Ahasuerus promoted Hammedatha the Agagite's son Haman, elevating him to a position above all the other officials who were with him.

I'll fulfill every promise that I've spoken concerning Eli's family, from beginning to end.

Jehoshaphat answered, "He receives messages from the LORD." So the king of Israel, Jehoshaphat, and the king of Edom went to visit Elisha.

"Amen!" replied Jehoiada's son Benaiah to the king. "May the LORD God of your majesty make this happen!

Samuel told all the people, "Don't be afraid. You have done all this evil. Yet don't turn aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart.

Someone replied, "They're at Naioth in Ramah." Saul went to Naioth in Ramah, and the Spirit of God came on him also. He continued in prophetic ecstasy until he came to Naioth in Ramah.

So get up and sanctify the people. Tell them, "Sanctify yourselves in preparation for tomorrow, because this is what the LORD God of Israel, says: "There are things turned over to destruction among you, Israel. You won't be able to defeat your enemies until you remove what has been turned over to destruction.

"This is the law concerning the sacrifice for peace offerings that are to be brought to the LORD:

His brother was named Jubal; he became the ancestor of all those who play the lyre and the flute.

so I will stretch out my hand and strike Egypt with all my wonders that I will do there. After that he will release you.

God raised the Lord, and by his power he will also raise us.

Suddenly, a violent storm came up on the sea, so that the boat began to be swamped by the waves. Yet Jesus kept sleeping.

When he saw that Peter and John were about to go into the Temple, he asked them to give him something.

By faith our ancestors won approval.

Is God the God of the Jews only? Is he not the God of the gentiles, too? Yes, of the gentiles, too,

Arpachshad fathered Cainan, Cainan fathered Shelah, and Shelah fathered Eber.

Shem, Japheth's older brother, also had descendants. Shem was the father of the descendants of Eber.

Now, if you are ready at this very moment to obey "the sound of the trumpet, the flute, the lyre, the four-stringed lyre, and the harp,' and worship the image that I have made" If you do not so worship, you will immediately have cast yourselves into the middle of the blazing fire, and what god is there who can deliver you from my power?"

The LORD God is my strength he will make my feet like those of a deer, equipping me to tread on my mountain heights. For the choir director: On my stringed instruments.

There I will restore her vineyards to her, and the Valley of Achor will become a doorway to hope. There she will respond as she did in her youth, when she came up from Egypt."

This is the man about whom it is written, "See, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way before you.'

or you may learn his ways and find yourself caught in a trap.

Jesus answered them, "Do you now believe?

Starting about noon, Elijah began to tease them: "Shout louder! "He's a god, so maybe he's busy. "Maybe he's relieving himself. "Maybe he's busy someplace. "Maybe he's taking a nap and somebody needs to wake him up."

Furthermore, house of Judah and house of Israel, even though you used to be a curse among the nations, now I will surely save you, and you will be a blessing. Stop being afraid. Instead, grow stronger.'"

At that time,' declares the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, "you will invite each of your neighbors to join you under the vine and fig tree.'"

"Woe to the one who founds a city upon bloodshed, and constructs a city by lawlessness.

Gray hair is a crown of glory; it is obtained by following a righteous path.

"I will rise up against them," declares the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, "and I will eliminate from Babylon her name and survivors, her offspring and descendants," declares the LORD.

As the ark of the LORD was coming into the City of David, Saul's daughter Michal was peering out a window, watching King David jumping and dancing in the LORD's presence, and she despised him in her heart.

So pay attention! I'm going to make you just as obstinate and unyielding as they are.

So the great court was surrounded by three rows of cut stone, along with a row of cedar beams, just like the inner court of the LORD's Temple and the porch surrounding the Temple.

The sound of a report, it's coming now! There is a great commotion from a land in the north to make the towns of Judah desolate, a refuge for jackals."

Two full years later, Absalom took some men to Baal-hazor near Ephraim to shear his sheep. He also invited all of the king's sons to come.

This is how my heavenly Father will treat each one of you unless you forgive your brother from your hearts."

Come with me from Lebanon, my bride, come with me from Lebanon. May you journey from the top of Amana, from the tops of Senir and Hermon, from the dens of lions, from the mountain lairs of leopards.

But even before they burned the fat, the servant of the priest would come and say to the person offering the sacrifice, "Give me meat to roast for the priest. He won't accept boiled meat from you, but only raw."

Brothers, stop being childish in your thinking. Be like infants with respect to evil, but think like adults.

The Ark of God was captured, and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phineas, died.

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

But be sure of this: if the owner of the house had known when during the night the thief would be coming, he would have stayed awake and not allowed his house to be broken into.

Gad's descendants lived beside them in the land of Bashan as far as Salecah:

Now, when you made the calf that made you sin, I grabbed it, burned it with fire, crushed it, and ground it thoroughly until it was pulverized to powder. Then I threw the powder into the river that was flowing from the mountain."

For in the Law of Moses it is written, "You must not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain." God is not only concerned about oxen, is he?

Don't you control what your god Chemosh gives you? In the same way, we'll take control of whomever the LORD our God has driven out in front of us.

"Blessed be the LORD God of my master Abraham, who hasn't held back his gracious love and faithfulness from my master! The LORD has led me to the house of my master's relatives!"

When the seven days were almost over, the Jews from Asia, seeing Paul in the Temple, stirred up a large crowd. They grabbed Paul,

And so it was, as soon as he saw the nose ring and bracelets on his sister's wrists, and as soon as he heard what his sister Rebekah was saying about what the man had spoken to her, he went out to the man who was still standing by the camels at the spring!

one young bull, one ram, and a one year old male lamb for a burnt offering;

Now pick up that staff with your hand. You'll use it to perform the signs."

May the grace of the Lord Jesus be with you!

So they began to beg Jesus to leave their territory.

Just as Paul was about to be taken into the barracks, he asked the tribune, "May I say something to you?"

The LORD will appear over them his arrow will shoot like lightning. The Lord GOD will blow the trumpet, and go out with the southern windstorm.

"Are you any better than Thebes, which sits by the upper Nile, surrounded by water? The sea was her defense, the waters her wall of protection.

"Gather together! Yes, indeed, gather together, you shameless nation!

I will uproot your cultic gods from you, and I will tear down your cities.

The LORD once called you a green olive tree, with beautiful shape and fruit. With a great roaring sound, he has set fire to it and its branches will be destroyed.

At that time, the remnant of Israel and the survivors of the house of Jacob will no longer rely on the one who struck them down, but will truly rely on the LORD, the Holy One of Israel.

at that time, a fugitive will come to you and will bring you the news.

Discretion will protect you; understanding will watch over you,

Solomon also employed 70,000 heavy-lift workers and 80,000 stonecutters in the hill country.

When David arrived at Mahanaim, Shobi (Nahash's son from the Ammonite town of Rabbah), Makir (Ammiel's son from Lo-debar), and Barzillai (from Rogelim in Gilead) were already there.

It was the same way with us. While we were children, we were slaves to the basic principles of the world.

Ram fathered Amminadab, and Amminadab fathered Nahshon, who was leader of the descendants of Judah.

Some time later, the Philistine officials got together to present a magnificent sacrifice to their god Dagon, and to throw a party, because they were claiming, "Our god has given Samson into our control!"

She asked us, "Please allow me to glean what's left of the grain behind the harvesters.' So she came out and has continued working from dawn until now, except for a short time in a shelter."

Don't leave any of it until morning, and whatever does remain of it until morning you are to burn in the fire.

Hadadezer sent for the Arameans who lived beyond the Euphrates River, and they set out for Helam, with Shobach leading them as commander of Hadadezer's army.

Later, Levi gave a large banquet at his home for Jesus. A large crowd of tax collectors and others were eating with them.

So Absalom asked Ahithophel, "What's your advice? What should we do?"

The wrath of God will burn against you so that he will restrain the heavens and it won't rain. The ground won't yield its produce and you'll be swiftly destroyed from the good land that the LORD is about to give you.

But if I drive out demons by the power of God, then the kingdom of God has come to you.

Late one afternoon about dusk, David got up from his couch and was walking around on the roof of the royal palace. From there he watched a woman taking a bath, and she was very beautiful to look at.

"They are to spread a blue cloth over the table of the Presence and on top of it the dishes, pans, bowls, pitchers for drink offerings, and the bread of presence are to be on it continually.

Israel sent a delegation to the king of Edom and asked him, "Please let us pass through your territory."

because the LORD had hardened their hearts so they would fight Israel in war, be completely destroyed without mercy, and be completely wiped out, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

And so death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.

The towns belonging to the tribe of Benjamin according to their families were Jericho, Beth-hoglah, Emek-keziz,

Be careful not to forget the descendant of Levi while you live in the land.

By way of answer, Daniel addressed the king:

In hard work there is always profit, but too much chattering leads to poverty.

Then he asked them, "Don't you understand yet?"

"The LORD is in his holy Temple. All the earth be quiet in his presence."

While the Pharisees were still gathered, Jesus asked them,

"At any rate, send me an individual who is a skilled craftsman in gold, silver, bronze, and iron, as well as in purple, crimson, and blue materials, who knows how to craft engravings, so he may work with the craftsmen whom I have assembled in Judah and Jerusalem, as provided for by my father David.

When the mystery was revealed to Daniel in a vision later that night, Daniel blessed the God of heaven

"Zerubbabel's hands have laid the foundation of this Temple, and his hands will finish it, so that you will know that the LORD of the Heavenly Armies has sent me to all of you.

They treated my people's wound superficially, telling them, "Peace, peace,' but there is no peace.

I'll give you shepherds after my own heart, and they'll shepherd you with knowledge and good sense."

Therefore, kings, act wisely! Earthly rulers, be warned!

Let all those who take refuge in you rejoice! Let them shout for joy forever, and may you protect them. Let those who love your name exult in you.

Around the throne were 24 other thrones, and on these thrones sat 24 elders wearing white robes and gold victor's crowns on their heads.

He will take his stand against all the cedars of Lebanon, against the proud and self-exalting; and against all the oaks of Bashan;

Some time later, King Ben-hadad from Aram mustered his army, invaded the land, and attacked Samaria

The cart came to the field of Joshua of Beth-shemesh, and stopped there. In that place there was a large stone. They broke up the wood from the cart, and offered up the cows as a burnt offering to the LORD.

Day after day they pour forth speech, night after night they reveal knowledge.

Philistines, be strong and be men, or you will become slaves to the Hebrews just as they have been slaves to you! Be men and fight!"

For the LORD took you and brought you out of the iron-smelting furnace out of Egypt to be the people of his inheritance, as you are today.

Furthermore, it is the hard working farmer who should have the first share of the crops.

But he walked right through the middle of them and went away.

All Israel from Dan to Beer-sheba knew that Samuel was confirmed as the LORD's prophet.

Then they asked him, "Where, Lord, will this take place?" He told them, "Wherever there's a corpse, there the vultures will gather."

I will plant my people in the land for myself. I will show mercy on her who has received no mercy I will say to those who are not my people, "You are my people!' and they will say, "You are my God.'"

People will say to you, "Look! There he is!' or "Look! Here he is!' But don't go and chase after him.

"Horses don't run over bare rock, do they? One doesn't plow rock with oxen, does he? But you have turned justice to gall, and the fruit of righteousness into bitterness.

Nebuchadnezzar asked them, "Is it true, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, that you don't worship my gods and that you don't worship the golden statue that has been set up?

"Daniel, I've now come to give you insight and understanding. Because you're highly regarded, the answer was issued when you began your prayer, and I've come to tell you. Pay attention to my message and you'll understand the vision.

I will execute vengeance, anger, and fury on the nations who do not obey."

When the order went out to kill the advisors, they searched for Daniel and his friends to kill them, too.

"And now, Son of Man, turn toward and oppose the women of your people who prophesy according to their own wrong inclinations and prophesy against them.

Dogs will eat whoever belongs to Ahab and who dies in the city. The birds of the sky will eat whoever dies in the fields.'"

This is what the LORD says: "If the heavens could be measured above, or the foundations of the earth be searched out below, then I also would reject all the descendants of Israel because of everything they have done," declares the LORD.

Descendants of Bani: 642

But afterward, the people of the land executed everyone who had conspired against King Amon, and the people of the land installed his son Josiah to be king in his place.

Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia,

"What more can David say to you, and you surely know your servant, Lord GOD.

Jephthah made this solemn vow to the LORD: "If you truly give the Ammonites into my control,

If his work is burned up, he will suffer loss. However, he himself will be saved, but it will be like going through fire.

Ahab's son Jehoram ascended to the throne of Israel at Samaria during the eighteenth year of the reign of Judah's King Jehoshaphat. He reigned for twelve years,

Meanwhile, Zadok showed up also, along with all of the descendants of Levi with him, carrying the Ark of the Covenant of God. They set down the Ark of God and Abiathar approached while all the people finished abandoning the city.

So David mustered his entire army and marched on Rabbah, attacked it, and captured it.

In the middle of the night, Boaz was startled awake and turned over in surprise to see a woman lying at his feet.

and there are varieties of ministries, but the same Lord.

When the daughter of Herodias came in and danced, she pleased Herod and his guests. So the king told the girl, "Ask me for anything you want, and I'll give it to you."

"But the king of Edom wouldn't listen. So they also sent word to the king of Moab, but he wouldn't consent, either. So Israel stayed at Kadesh. Then they went through the desert, circumventing the territory belonging to Edom and Moab. They encamped on the other side of the Arnon River, but never entered the territory of Moab because the Arnon River is the border of Moab.

Also write them upon the doorposts of your house and gates

So Joshua conquered all of these territories: the hill country, all of the Negev, the entire land of Goshen with its foothills, the plains of Jordan, and the mountains of Israel with its foothills

and begged him urgently, saying, "My little daughter is dying. Come and lay your hands on her so that she may get well and live."

Observe the commands of the LORD your God by walking in his ways and by fearing him,

"What's that in your hand?" the LORD asked him. Moses answered, "A staff."

They said, "You went to uncircumcised men and ate with them!"

and his clothes became dazzling white, whiter than anyone on earth could bleach them.

The LORD commanded me at that time to teach you to observe the statutes and ordinances in the land after you cross over to take possession of it.

When the cloud over the tent remained for a longer time, the Israelis did what the LORD had instructed and didn't travel.

All of them cried and cried as they put their arms around Paul and kissed him affectionately.

I will make a covenant with them at that time, a covenant with the wild animals of the field, with the birds of the air, and with the creatures of the ground. I will banish the battle bow, the sword, and war from the earth. I will cause my people to lie down where it is safe.

"Israel, the overgrown vine, bears fruit like itself; the more fruitful they become, the more altars they build. The better the land, the more ornate the stone idols.

Therefore as I'm alive and living," declares the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, the God of Israel, "Moab will surely become like Sodom, and the Ammonites like Gomorrah, a place overrun by weeds and salty marshes, unpopulated forever. The survivors of my people will confiscate their property, and those who remain of my nation will inherit what was theirs.

He was accompanied by Sopater (the son of Pyrrhus) from Berea, Aristarchus and Secundus from Thessalonica, Gaius from Derbe, Timothy, and Tychicus and Trophimus from Asia.

The Lord rejected his altar, disavowing his sanctuary. He gave up her palace walls to the control of the enemy. They shouted in the LORD's Temple, as though they were attending a day of celebration.

A traveler arrived to visit the rich man. Because he was unwilling to take an animal from one of his own flocks or herds to prepare for the guest who had come to visit him, he took the poor man's lamb and prepared it for the man who had come to visit him."

I'll spread my net over him so that he'll be caught in my snare. I'll bring him to Babylon and carry out my sentence there because of his treachery toward me.

For even if your people of Israel number as many as the sand of the sea, only a remnant of them will return. Overwhelming, righteous destruction is decreed,

You sustained them in the wilderness for 40 years. They lacked nothing. Their clothes did not wear out, and their feet did not swell.

Who knows whether the spirit of human beings ascends, and whether the spirit of animals descends to the earth?

They meet with darkness in broad daylight; at noonday they grope around as if it were night.

May your mouth be like good wine. May it go down smoothly to my beloved, gliding gently over the lips of the sleeping ones.

Solomon received in any given year about 666 talents of gold,

Then the king of Israel ordered, "Take Micaiah and place him in the custody of Amon, the city governor. Hand him over to Joash, the king's son.

Let's stop sinning sexually, as some of them were doing, and on a single day 23,000 fell dead.

Furthermore, they kept reporting Tobiah's good deeds to me, and kept repeating what I told him. Tobiah kept sending letters to intimidate me.

Elisha told him, "Ask her, "Look how you've gone to all this trouble to care for us! What can I do for you? Do you wish to be mentioned to the king or to the head of the army?'" She replied, "I'm at home living among my own people."

After this, the priests vacated the Holy Place. (Meanwhile, all the priests who were participating consecrated themselves, irrespective of their Levitical divisions.

the pelican, the carrion vulture, the cormorant,

The Israelis named it "manna". It was white like coriander seed, and tasted like a wafer made with honey.

He will take a tenth of your flock, and you will become his servants.

On that day the LORD delivered Israel, and the battle moved past Beth-aven.

Indeed, the LORD your God is a consuming fire. He is a jealous God."

Now as they were sailing, Jesus fell asleep. A violent storm swept over the lake, and they were taking on water and were in great danger.

But the LORD responded to Moses, "Is the LORD short on power? You're now going to witness whether what I say will come to pass or not."

Do not ordain anyone hastily. Do not participate in the sins of others. Keep yourself pure.

When you sound an alarm, the ones encamped on the east side are to begin to travel.

For even if there are "gods" in heaven and on earth (as indeed there are many so-called "gods" and "lords"),

from whom the coastal nations spread into their own lands and nations, each with their own language and family groups.

This is a record of the genealogies of Aaron and Moses current as of the day on which the LORD addressed Moses on Mount Sinai.

Then the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, issuing orders to them regarding the Israelis for delivery to Pharaoh, king of Egypt; that is, to bring the Israelis out of the land of Egypt.

But the other criminal rebuked him, "Aren't you afraid of God, since you are suffering the same penalty?

You'll eat, but you won't have enough; and hunger will be common among you. You'll horde things, but you won't save them, and what you preserve I'll give over to the sword.

The wheels whose sound I was hearing were called "the whirling wheels".

But as for the wicked, they do not speak truth at all. Inside them there is only wickedness. Their throat is an open grave, on their tongue is deceitful flattery.

At that time people will call Jerusalem, "The Throne of the LORD," and all the nations will be gathered to it, to the name of the LORD, to Jerusalem. They'll no longer stubbornly follow their own evil desires.

Isaiah also calls out concerning Israel, "Although the descendants of Israel are as numerous as the grains of sand on the seashore, only a few will be saved.

and said, "Don't be afraid, man highly regarded. Be at peace, and be strong.' "As soon as he spoke to me, I gained strength and replied, "Sir, please speak, now that you've strengthened me.'

However, before the youth knows enough to reject what's wrong and choose what's right, the land whose two kings you dread will be devastated."

"As certainly as I'm alive and living," declares the LORD, "even if Jehoiakim's son King Jehoiachin of Judah were a signet ring on my right hand, I would pull you off

delivering you from the way of evil, from men who speak perverse things,

By faith he made his home in the promised land like a stranger, living in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who also inherited the same promise,

so I may declare everything for which you should be praised in the gates of the daughter of Zion, so I will rejoice in your deliverance.

All these things come from inside and make a person unclean."

Mordecai gave Hathach a copy of the written decree ordering the Jews' destruction that had been issued in Susa. Mordecai wanted him to show it to Esther, to explain it to her, and then to instruct her to go in to the king to seek his favor and plead with him for her people.

The wing of the other cherub, five cubits long, touched the opposite wall of the Temple and its other wing, five cubits long, touched the wing of the first cherub.

along with 1,760 of their relatives, who were leaders of their ancestral households, valiant and qualified to serve in the Temple of God.

"I'm a prophet like you," the old man replied, "and an angel spoke to me and delivered this message from the LORD: "Bring him back with you to your house and give him food and water.'" But he was lying,

Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema,

During the lifetime of King Pekah of Israel, King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria attacked. He captured the cities of Ijon, Abel Beth Maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, and Hazor. He also captured Gilead, Galilee, and the entire territory of Naphtali, and carried its people off to Assyria.

"No matter what, I'm running," Ahimaaz replied. So Joab told Ahimaaz, "Run!" And Ahimaaz ran, taking the Jordan Valley road, passing the Ethiopian.

She responded, "May I continue to find favor in your sight, sir, since you've been comforting me and you have spoken graciously to your servant, even though I am not one of your servants."

five bars for the boards on the second side of the tent, and five bars for the boards on the back side of the tent to the west.

The LORD did just as Moses asked, and the frogs died in the houses, in the courtyards, and in the fields.

They traveled from Ezion-geber, then rested in the Wilderness of Zin, which is also known as Kadesh.

The fire is to continue to burn on the altar and is never to be extinguished."

"He will rule them with an iron scepter; shattering them like clay pots.'

Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him and everyone in his home.

Barnabas, however, introduced Saul to the apostles, telling them how on the road Saul had seen the Lord, who had spoken to him, and how courageously he had spoken in the name of Jesus in Damascus.

With God as my witness, as well as the Messiah Jesus and the chosen angels, I solemnly call on you to carry out these instructions without prejudice, doing nothing on the basis of partiality.

Others fell among thorn bushes, and the thorn bushes grew with them and choked them.

But those farmers told one another, "This is the heir. Come on, let's kill him, and the inheritance will be ours!'

Moses said, "Eat it today, since today is a Sabbath to the LORD, and today you won't find it in the field.

"Go, speak to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, that he should let the Israelis go out of his land."

Brothers, pray for us.

When he arrived, he told them, "Keep on praying that you may not be tempted."

"Whatever house you go into, first say, "May there be peace in this house.'

Some of you have become arrogant, as though I were not coming to evaluate you.

But the time will come when the groom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast on that day."

lying on ivory beds, stretching out on your couches, eating lambs from the flock, and fattened calves from the stall,

Jesus continued, "To what may I compare the people living today?

Finally, the woman died, too.

Listen, you mountains, to the LORD's argument! Listen, you strong foundations of the earth, because the LORD has a dispute with his people, and he will set out his case before Israel.

The LORD will go to court to oppose the elders and princes of his people: "You're the ones who have been devouring the vineyard, the plunder of the poor is in your own houses!

"Pay attention! I'm going to brief you about what will happen at the end of the period of wrath, because its end is appointed. The ram that you saw with a pair of horns are the kings of Media and Persia.

"Or why was I not buried like a stillborn child, like babies who never saw the light?

Being slow to get angry compares to great understanding as being quick-tempered compares to stupidity.

All the musicians who were descendants of Levi, including Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their sons and relatives wore linen and played cymbals and stringed instruments as they stood east of the altar. Accompanied by 120 priests who played trumpets,

If you will live life my way, keeping my statutes and my commands, just like your father David did, I'll also increase the length of your life."

When the enemies of Judah and Benjamin learned that the descendants of the Babylonian captivity had built their Temple to the LORD, the God of Israel,

crying for him to arbitrate between this man and God; as a human being does with his fellow neighbor.

Ater's descendants through Hezekiah: 98

But the grape vine asked them, "Should I leave my new wine, which cheers God and man, and go take dominion over trees?'

and said:

They rose early at dawn on the seventh day and marched around the city seven times, just as they had before, except that on that day only they marched around the city seven times.

Now Eli was very old, and he had heard everything that his sons were doing to the Israelis, and how they lay with the women who were serving regularly at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

Now Samuel was ministering in the LORD's presence, as a boy wearing a linen ephod.

to another faith by the same Spirit; to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit;

In spite of their terrible ordeal of suffering, their abundant joy and deep poverty have led them to be abundantly generous.

The people also told him the same thing, saying, "This is what will be done for the man who kills him."

Let's stop putting the Lord to the test, as some of them were doing, and were destroyed by snakes.

As Saul approached Samuel in the middle of the gate, he said, "Please tell me where the seer's house is."

"If your grain offering has been prepared on a griddle, then it is to consist of fine flour mixed with olive oil.

The "lords" of Shechem sent out men to ambush him on the mountain tops, and they robbed everyone who came by them along the roads, and this was reported to Abimelech.

As he was sowing, some seeds fell along the path, and birds came and ate them up.

All of them ate and were filled. Then the disciples picked up what was left of the broken pieces, twelve baskets full.

I fell down in the LORD's presence for 40 days and nights, because the LORD said he was ready to destroy you.

The king of Libnah: 1 The king of Adullam: 1

They traveled from Kadesh, and then the entire community of the Israelis arrived at Mount Hor.

Assign the descendants of Levi to Aaron and his sons from among the Israelis.

The supervisors told them, "May the LORD look on you and judge you! You have made us repulsive to Pharaoh and his servants. You have put a sword in their hands to kill us."

She was pregnant and was crying out from her labor pains, the agony of giving birth.

Many people and powerful nations will come to inquire of the LORD of the Heavenly Armies in Jerusalem, and to pray in the presence of the LORD."'"

Then tell him, "This is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies says: "Here is the man whose name is The Branch. He will branch out from where he is and will rebuild the Temple of the LORD.

You will remain true to Jacob, and merciful to Abraham, as you promised our ancestors long ago.

The survivors of Israel will not practice lawlessness nor tell lies, nor will a deceitful message be found in their mouths, because they will eat and rest, with no one to cause fear."

"How can I give up on you, Ephraim? I will deliver you, will I not, Israel? How can I treat you like Admah? I can't make you like Zeboim, can I? My heart stirs within me; my compassion also fans into flame!

This is why I have so often been hindered from coming to you.

So Jonah got up and went to Nineveh to do what the LORD had ordered.

After the deportation to Babylon, Jechoniah fathered Salathiel, Salathiel fathered Zerubbabel,

Woe to this filthy, polluted, and oppressive city!

Egypt will be desolate, and Edom will be a desert, because of violence against the people of Judah since they shed innocent blood in their land.

I'm making you harder than flint like diamond! So you are not to fear them or be intimidated by how they look at you, since they're a rebellious group."

When the king heard this, he was greatly upset, because he was determined to make every effort to save Daniel before the sun set.

"The LORD will bring to you, to your people, and to your ancestor's house such a time as has never been since Ephraim broke away from Judah the king of Assyria will come.

Won't those who plot evil go astray? But gracious love and truth are for those who plan what is good.

Also, people from Memphis and Tahpanhes have broken your skull.

Look at our bread: it was still warm when we took it from our houses as our food for our journey on the very day we set out to come to you. But now, look how it's dry and moldy.

When the army approached him, Elisha spoke to the LORD, asking him, "LORD, I'm asking you please to afflict this group of people with blindness!" So he afflicted them with blindness, just as Elisha had asked.

Wherever they went, the LORD worked against them to bring misfortune, just as the LORD had warned, and just as the LORD had promised them. As a result, they suffered greatly.

since the Law made nothing perfect, and a better hope is presented, by which we approach God.

He also removed his clothes and was caught up in prophetic ecstasy right in front of Samuel! He fell down naked and remained there all that day and all night. That is why people say, "Is Saul also among the prophets?"

Joshua continued, "This is how you'll know that the living God really is among you: he's going to remove the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Hivites, the Perizzites, the Girgashites, the Amorites, and the Jebusites right in front of you.

being absolutely convinced that God would do what he had promised.

From the descendants of Izhar, Chenaniah and his sons were assigned as officers and judges with responsibilities relating to external duties.

Then Joab sent messengers to David to tell him, "I just attacked Rabbah and captured its municipal water supply,

What Samuel had to say was directed to all Israel, and Israel went out to engage the Philistines in battle. The Israelis were camped at Ebenezer, while the Philistines were camped at Aphek.

Now therefore, since I've treated you so kindly, please swear in the name of the LORD that you'll also be kind to my father's household by giving me this sure sign:

Meanwhile, Heber the Kenite had been separated from the Kenites, the descendants of Moses' father-in-law Hobab. He had pitched his tents far away, near the Elon-bezaanannim.

The cities to the far south of the tribe of the descendants of Judah (toward the border of Edom in the south) included Kabzeel, Eder, Jagur,

who was appointed to be a priest, not on the basis of a genealogical registry, but rather on the power of an indestructible life.

Now when the owner of the vineyard returns, what will he do to those farmers?"

And I say to you, "Let my son go so he may serve me. If you refuse to let him go, then I will kill your firstborn son.'"'"

They are to take a young bull along with its meal offering made of flour mixed with oil. Then you are to take a second young bull as a sin offering.

he said, "Go away! The young lady hasn't died, but is sleeping." But they ridiculed him with laughter.

"Or suppose a king is going to war against another king. He will first sit down and consider whether with 10,000 men he can fight the one coming against him with 20,000 men, won't he?

His delight will be in the fear of the LORD. He won't judge by what his eyes see, nor decide disputes by what his ears hear,

As for Titus, he is my partner and fellow worker on your behalf. Our brothers, emissaries from the churches, are bringing glory to the Messiah.

If a revelation is made to another person who is seated, the first person should be silent.

Every place upon which the soles of your feet tread will be yours as boundaries from the desert to Lebanon and from the River (that is, from the Euphrates) to the Mediterranean Sea.

because Jesus was in the process of ordering the unclean spirit to come out of the man. On many occasions the unclean spirit had seized the man, and though he was kept under guard and bound with chains and shackles, he would break the chains and be driven by the demon into deserted places.

Therefore, I am especially eager to send him so that you may have the joy of seeing him again, and so that I may feel relieved.

Get up and smash them to pieces, daughter of Zion, because I will make your horn like iron and your hooves like bronze! And you will beat many people to pieces, and I will consecrate their dishonest gain to the LORD and their assets to the Lord of the entire earth."

And so Paul left the meeting.

The LORD of the Heavenly Armies has sworn: "Surely as I have planned, that's what she will become; and just as I have determined, so will it remain

At that time, you will say: "I will praise you, LORD, for although you were angry with me, your anger has turned away, and you have comforted me.

who are building up Zion by means of bloodshed, and Jerusalem by means of iniquity.

To eat too much honey isn't good; and neither is it honorable to seek one's own glory.

"Do I have the strength to wait? And why should I be patient?

""You are not to desire your neighbor's wife nor crave your neighbor's house, his fields, his male and female servants, his ox, his donkey, nor anything that pertains to your neighbor.'"

I hereby also decree that whoever shall alter the wording of this edict, let his residence be torn down for timber to build a gallows, hang him on it, and turn his home into an outhouse.

He fashioned two bronze pillars, each one eighteen cubits high, with a circumference of twelve cubits.

"Total darkness has been reserved for his treasures; a fire that has no need to be kindled will devour him and consume whatever remains in his possession.

And he will restore your life for you and will support you in your old age, because your daughter-in-law, who loves you and who has borne him, is better for you than seven sons!"

From the sound of those who divide their work loads at the watering troughs, there they will retell the righteous deeds of the LORD, the righteous victories for his rural people in Israel." Then the people of the LORD went down to the gates.

After this, David died, as had his ancestors, and he was buried in the City of David.

of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai;

After this Elisha said, "Pick up the arrows." So the king picked them up. Then Elisha told the king of Israel, "Strike the ground!" So he struck it three times and then stood still.

but the hill country will also belong to you. Even though it's a forest, you will clear it and possess it to its farthest borders. You'll drive out the Canaanites, even though they have iron chariots and even though they're strong."

Joshua got up early the next morning. Accompanied by all the Israelis, he set out from the Acacia groves and arrived at the Jordan River, where they encamped before crossing it.

Right up to daybreak Paul kept urging all of them to eat something. He said, "Today is the fourteenth day that you have been waiting and going without food, not eating anything.

Creating them male and female, he blessed them and called them humans when he created them.

Spare me your noisy singing I will not listen to your musical instruments.

Then the LORD brought a very strong west wind that took the locusts and drove them into the Reed Sea. Not one locust remained in all the territory of Egypt.

From birds according to their species, from domestic animals according to their species, and from everything that crawls on the ground according to their species two of everything will come to you so they may remain alive.

The whole city was in chaos. The people rushed together, grabbed Paul, dragged him out of the Temple, and at once the doors were sealed shut.

Then Moses sent out explorers to scout Jazer. They captured its towns and drove out the Amorites who were there.

"So at that time, we took control from the two Amorite kings the territory east of the Jordan from Wadi Arnon to Mount Hermon.

As they left Pharaoh's presence, they met Moses and Aaron standing there.

But Peter kept saying emphatically, "Even if I have to die with you, I'll never deny you!" And all the others kept saying the same thing.

This happened three times. Then everything was pulled back up to heaven.

"What do you think about the Messiah? Whose son is he?" They told him, "David's."

The tribune gave him permission, and Paul, standing on the steps, motioned for the people to be silent. When everyone had quieted down, he spoke to them in the Hebrew language:

Some of the Pharisees in the crowd told Jesus, "Teacher, tell your disciples to be quiet."

By this time the boat was in the middle of the sea and was being battered by the waves, because the wind was against them.

"As he approached where I was standing, I became terrified and fell on my face. But he told me, "Son of man, understand that the vision pertains to the time of the end.'

""Come now, Zion! Escape, you who are living with the residents of Babylon.

but don't seek Bethel. Don't go to Gilgal, and don't pass over to Beer-sheba. Because Gilgal will surely go into captivity, and Bethel will come to nothing.

"He will say, "Listen, you leaders of Jacob, you officials of the house of Israel! You should know justice, should you not?

The children gather wood, the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead dough to make cakes for the Queen of Heaven, and they pour out liquid offerings to other gods in order to provoke me.

At that time they will fear climbing heights and dangers along the road while the almond tree will blossom, and the grasshopper is weighed down. Desire will cease, because the person goes to his eternal home, and mourners will gather in the marketplace.

I will not fear multitudes of people, who set themselves against me on every side.

"Even though you prostitute yourself, Israel let not Judah incur guilt don't go to Gilgal, or visit Beth-aven, or swear an oath using the LORD's name.

David flew into a rage at the man and told Nathan, "As the LORD lives, the man who did this deserves to die!

Your wickedness will be punished, and you will be corrected due to your acts of apostasy. Know and see that it's evil and bitter for you to forsake the LORD your God, but the fear of me is not in you," declares the Lord GOD of the Heavenly Armies.

"How terrible it will be for the wicked! Disaster is headed their way, because what they did with their hand will be repaid to them.

But Rab-shakeh spoke to them, "Has my master sent me to talk about this just to your master and to you, and not also to the men who are sitting on the wall, who will soon be eating their own feces and drinking their own urine along with you?"

Elisha replied, "Stop being afraid, because there are more with us than with them!"

Later on, David asked, "Is there anyone left alive from Saul's household to whom I can show gracious love in memory of Jonathan?"

"You are not to spread a false report, nor are you to join forces with the wicked to be a malicious witness.

Mordecai wrote these instructions and sent letters to all the Jewish people in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, both near and far,

Therefore I've sworn concerning Eli's family that the iniquity of his family is not to be atoned for by sacrifice or offering forever."

The Jewish people in Susa assembled again on that day, the fourteenth of Adar, and they killed 300 people in Susa, but they did not lay their hands on the spoils.

That very night they're to eat the meat, roasted over the fire, with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.

Look! The Ark of the Covenant of the Lord of whole the earth is crossing ahead of you into the Jordan River.

After the Arameans realized that they had been defeated by Israel, they regrouped.

The people who did not die were afflicted with tumors of the groin, and the cry of the town went up to heaven.

When Israel had completed executing all of the residents of Ai in the open wilderness where they had chased them, and after all of them to the very last of them had been killed by swords, the entire fighting force of Israel returned to Ai and attacked it with swords.

Indeed, the LORD your God blessed all the works of your hands. He knows about your travels through this vast desert. The LORD your God was with you these past 40 years, so that you didn't lack anything.

If a household is too small for a lamb, then it and its closest neighbor are to obtain one based on the number of individuals dividing the lamb based on what each person can eat.

When the LORD your God enlarges your territory just as he told you and you say "I want to eat meat' since you desire to eat it, you may do so as much as you please.

"Why didn't you eat the sin offering at the sacred place? It's most holy and he has given it to you so that you may bear the punishment for the iniquity of the entire congregation and make atonement for them in the LORD's presence.

Then the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD when I receive honor by means of Pharaoh, his chariots, and his horsemen."

There are varieties of results, but it is the same God who produces all the results in everyone.

So Moses returned to the LORD and asked him, "LORD, why have you caused trouble for this people? Why have you sent me here?

because he loves our people and built our synagogue for us."

He is to speak to the people for you as your spokesman and you are to act in the role of God for him.

Japheth's descendants included Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.

They all ate the same spiritual food

These people who have been instructing you are devoted to you, but not in a good way. They want you to avoid me so that you will be devoted to them.

For someone is saying, "His letters are impressive and forceful, but his bodily presence is weak and his speech contemptible."

But God wasn't pleased with most of those people, and so they were struck down in the wilderness.

Make room for us in your hearts! We have not treated anyone unjustly, harmed anyone, or cheated anyone.

I tell all of you with certainty, I'll never again drink the product of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God."

Your lamb is to be a year old male without blemish. You may take it from the sheep or from the goats.

And all the people would get up early in the morning to listen to him in the Temple.

"If I had died, I would be lying down by now, undisturbed, asleep, and at rest,

the son of Maath, the son of Mattathias, the son of Semein, the son of Josech, the son of Joda,

I'll cast you out of my sight, just as I cast out all your brothers, all the descendants of Ephraim.

This is also a painful tragedy: However a person comes, he also departs; so what does he gain as he labors after the wind?

As soon as Solomon finished his prayer, fire descended from heaven and burned up the burnt offerings and sacrifices, and the glory of the LORD filled the Temple.

the son of a widow from the tribe of Naphtali, whose father was from Tyre. A bronze worker, he was wise, knowledgeable, and was skilled in all sorts of bronze working. He went to King Solomon and did all of his work.

Bless the LORD, all his creation, in all the places of his dominion. Bless the LORD, my soul. Davidic

It is to remain under your care until the fourteenth day of this month, and then the entire assembly of the congregation of Israel is to slaughter it at twilight.

When the first angel blew his trumpet, hail and fire were mixed with blood and thrown on the earth. One-third of the earth was burned up, one-third of the trees was burned up, and all the green grass was burned up.

They did this on the thirteenth day of Adar and rested on the fourteenth day, making it a day of feasting and joy.

Hathach went and told Esther what Mordecai had said.

During Jehoram's lifetime, Edom rebelled from Judah's hegemony and appointed a king to rule over themselves.

Meanwhile, Saul's grandson Mephibosheth also went out to greet the king. He had not taken care of his feet, trimmed his mustache, or washed his clothes from the day the king left until the day he returned safely.

It's true that I'm your related redeemer, but there is another related redeemer even closer than I.

Then Moses told Reuel's son Hobab, Moses' relative by marriage from Midian, "We are traveling to the place about which the LORD said "I will give it to you.' So come with us and we'll be good to you, because the LORD has spoken good things about Israel."

Moreover, may your house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore for Judah, from the offspring that the LORD gives you from this young woman."

Then the king addressed Shimei, "You won't die!" affirming his promise with an oath.

all of the cities of the plain, the entire kingdom of King Sihon of the Amorites, who used to reign in Heshbon and whom Moses attacked, along with the chiefs of Midian, Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, nobles of Sihon who lived in the land.

Then the LORD told Moses, "Tell Aaron, "Stretch out your staff, strike the dust of the ground, and the dust will become gnats throughout the land of Egypt.'"

I know that the king of Egypt won't allow you to go unless compelled to do so by force,

I'm not writing this to make you feel ashamed, but to warn you as my dear children.

but also for us. Our faith will be regarded in the same way, if we believe in the one who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead.

Or is it only Barnabas and I who have to keep on working for a living?

Two of each living creature entered the ark with Noah.

So the soldiers went and broke the legs of the first man and then of the other man who had been crucified with him.

The LORD of the Heavenly Armies will defend them; they will devour and conquer those who sling stones. They will drink and be boisterous like those who are drunk. They will be filled to the brim with blood, like the corners of the altar.

If anyone asks you, "Why are you doing this?,' say, "The Lord needs it,' and he will send it back here at once."

They brought the colt to Jesus, threw their coats on it, and he sat on it.

The Temple was overlaid with gold, including the beams, thresholds, walls, and doors. Cherubim were engraved on the walls.

so Daniel went to ask Nebuchadnezzar for an appointment to see him, and it was granted him so that he could reveal the meaning to the king.

So she kept on crying in front of him for the entire seven days of the wedding party. On the seventh day he told the solution to her because she nagged him, and then she told the solution to the riddle to her relatives.

Perhaps there are 50 righteous ones within the city. Will you actually destroy it and not forgive the place for the sake of the 50 righteous that are found there?

While drinking to excess, they prostitute themselves. They're in love with dishonor.

I built for myself water reservoirs to irrigate forests that produce trees.

A wise king sifts the wicked, crushing them with the threshing wheel.

To the holy, you show your gracious love, to the upright, you show yourself upright;

he would stick it into the boiler or pot, and take everything the fork brought up that is, the priest would take it for himself. This is what they were supposed to do with all the Israelis who came there to Shiloh.

"Therefore, since you determined to build a temple for my name, you acted well, because it was your choice to do so. Nevertheless, you are not to build the Temple, but your son who will be born to you is to build a temple for my name.'

No woman will miscarry or be barren in your land, and I'll make every day of your life complete.

so the king got up in the middle of the night and ordered his servants: "Let me explain what the Arameans have done to us. They know that we're hungry, so they've left their encampment to conceal themselves in the surrounding fields. They're telling themselves, "When they come out of the city, we'll capture them alive and enter the city!'"

The LORD told Moses,

Then Joab got up, went to Geshur, and brought Absalom back to Jerusalem.

But they did not listen to Moses some people left part of it until morning, and it produced maggots and smelled bad, so Moses got angry at them.

They buried him in Timnath-heres, within the boundaries of his inheritance in the mountainous region of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.

When they couldn't find a way to get him in because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and let him down on his stretcher through the tiles into the middle of the room, right in front of Jesus.

from Mount Halak and the ascent toward Seir, including as far as Baal-gad in the Lebanon Valley that lies at the foot of Mount Hermon. Joshua captured all of their kings, struck them down, and put them to death.

"Indeed, all the prophets who have spoken, from Samuel and those who followed him, also announced these days.

Going out the next day, Moses noticed two Hebrew men fighting right in front of him. He told the one who was at fault, "Why did you strike your companion?"

Now in the resurrection, whose wife of the seven will she be, since all of them had married her?"

Babylon, that jewel of kingdoms, the splendor and pride of the Chaldeans, will be like Sodom and Gomorrah, when God overthrew them

So Moses took his wife and sons, put them on donkeys, and headed back to the land of Egypt. Moses took the staff of God in his hand.

Indeed, the stone will cry out from the wall and the rafter will respond from the woodwork."

They will lick the dust like a serpent; they will crawl from their strongholds like snakes. They will fear the LORD our God. They will be terrified because of you.

For they will add length to your days, years to your life, and abundant peace to you.

"Don't rejoice, all of you Philistines, that the rod that struck you is broken, because from the snake's root a viper will spring up, and its offspring will be a darting, poisonous serpent.

"Very well then, hear this message from the LORD: "You are saying, "Don't prophesy against Israel, and don't preach against the house of Isaac."

From now on they will say, "We have no king, because we did not fear the LORD and what would a king do for us?'

So the prophets of Baal cried even louder and slashed themselves with swords and lances until their blood gushed out all over them, as was their custom.

The foolish woman is loud, undisciplined, and without knowledge.

Do not envy a violent man, and do not emulate his lifestyle.

My lips will shout for joy when I sing praise to you, whose life you have redeemed.

He wanders around for food where is it? He knows that a time of darkness is near.

Do not be afraid of sudden disaster, or the devastation that comes to the wicked.

along with a letter to Asaph, the royal Commissioner of Forests, so that he will supply me with timber to craft beams for the gatehouses of the Temple, for the city walls, and for the house in which I will be living."

They perish by the breath of God; they are consumed by the storm that is his anger.

Now a number of the priests, the Levities, and the leading officials of the elders who were very elderly had seen the former Temple with their own eyes. When they observed the foundation of the Temple being laid, they wept with a loud voice, while the rest of them shouted for joy.

The rest of the Jewish people in the king's provinces assembled to defend themselves, and they gained relief from their enemies, killing 75,000 of those who hated them. But they did not lay their hands on the spoils.

If the king approves, let it be decreed that they're to be destroyed, and I'll measure out 10,000 silver talents and bring it to the king's treasury for those who will do the work."

So get cleaned up, put on some perfume, dress up, and go to the threshing floor, but don't let him see you until after he's finished eating and drinking.

along with their relatives, 128 mighty, valiant men, and their overseer Zabdiel son of Haggedolim.

You took your people Israel to be your very own people forever, and you, LORD, have become their God.

The Philistines fought and Israel was defeated; each of them fled to his own tent. It was a very great slaughter, and 30,000 soldiers of Israel died.

When the donkey saw the angel of the LORD, she squeezed herself so close to the wall that Balaam's foot was pressed to the wall. So he beat her again!

Meanwhile, Elisha urged the woman whose son he had restored to life, "You must get up and leave with your household to go live wherever you can, because the LORD has called for a famine, and it's going to come over the land for seven years."

The LORD sent Jehozadak, Judah, and Jerusalem into exile, using Nebuchadnezzar to do it.

They included Joel their chief, Shapham their second in command, Janai, and Shaphat, who lived in Bashan.

"Speak up, you who ride white donkeys, sitting on cloth saddles while you travel on your way!

He is to take a handful of fine flour for a grain offering, some olive oil, and all of the frankincense for the grain offering, and make a sacrifice of smoke on the altar as a memorial portion, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet.

Now a garrison of the Philistines had gone out to the pass of Michmash.

"Then Israel sent a delegation to Sihon, king of the Amorites and king of Heshbon. Israel requested of him, "Please let us pass through your territory to our place."

But if everyone is prophesying, when an unbeliever or an uneducated person comes in he will be convicted and examined by everything that's happening.

Then Jotham escaped by running away. He went to Beer and remained there because of his brother Abimelech.

Then he told her, "Because you have said this, go! The demon has left your daughter."

so he asked the LORD, "Why did you bring all this trouble to your servant? Why haven't I found favor in your eyes? After all, you're putting the burden of this entire people on me!

You are to make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold so the table can be carried with them.

Because Jesus knew that they were arguing, he asked them, "Why are you arguing about this among yourselves?

Immediately Jesus became aware that power had gone out of him. So he turned around in the crowd and asked, "Who touched my clothes?"

and saying, "You who were going to destroy the sanctuary and rebuild it in three days save yourself! If you're the Son of God, come down from the cross!"

Israel served the LORD for the entire lifetimes of Joshua and of the officials who outlived Joshua, that is, the ones who had personally known everything that the LORD had done for Israel.

I order you by the Lord to have this letter read to all the brothers.

(Now it is always good to be devoted to a good cause, even when I am not with you.)

When I examined it closely, I saw four-footed animals of the earth, wild animals, reptiles, and birds of the air.