However, there is an annual festival to the Lord in Shiloh, which is north of Bethel (east of the main road that goes up from Bethel to Shechem) and south of Lebonah."

But when the feast was over, as they were returning home, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. His parents did not know it,

So Herod questioned him at considerable length; Jesus gave him no answer.

Watch out, then, that what is spoken about by the prophets does not happen to you:

If a man redeems part of his tithe, however, he must add one fifth to it.

If her father refuses to give her to him, he must pay money for the bride price of virgins.

Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood; its length was three feet nine inches, its width two feet three inches, and its height two feet three inches.

The Lover to His Beloved: I went down to the orchard of walnut trees, to look for the blossoms of the valley, to see if the vines had budded or if the pomegranates were in bloom.

because he had an only daughter, about twelve years old, and she was dying. As Jesus was on his way, the crowds pressed around him.

But they rebelled and offended his holy Spirit, so he turned into an enemy and fought against them.

The Lord appeared to Isaac and said, "Do not go down to Egypt; settle down in the land that I will point out to you.

Ointment and incense make the heart rejoice, likewise the sweetness of one's friend from sincere counsel.

Jacob sent messengers on ahead to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the region of Edom.

Then the servant took ten of his master's camels and departed with all kinds of gifts from his master at his disposal. He journeyed to the region of Aram Naharaim and the city of Nahor.

After Rachel had given birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, "Send me on my way so that I can go home to my own country.

These who are wise among the people will teach the masses. However, they will fall by the sword and by the flame, and they will be imprisoned and plundered for some time.

When he learned that he was from Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him over to Herod, who also happened to be in Jerusalem at that time.

Then if it bears fruit next year, very well, but if not, you can cut it down.'"

The water has been pure to this very day, just as Elisha prophesied.

So these three men refused to answer Job further, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

You must not sacrifice to him a bull or sheep that has a blemish or any other defect, because that is considered offensive to the Lord your God.

A wicked person shows boldness with his face, but as for the upright, he discerns his ways.

May the one who comes in the name of the Lord be blessed! We will pronounce blessings on you in the Lord's temple.

The priest will then examine it, and if it appears to be deeper than the skin and its hair has turned white, then the priest is to pronounce the person unclean. It is a diseased infection that has broken out in the boil.

His young shoots will grow; his splendor will be like an olive tree, his fragrance like a cedar of Lebanon.

They will lament loudly over you and cry bitterly. They will throw dust on their heads and roll in the ashes;

As they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them, "Do not tell anyone about the vision until the Son of Man is raised from the dead."

Your people willingly follow you when you go into battle. On the holy hills at sunrise the dew of your youth belongs to you.

for I rescued the poor who cried out for help, and the orphan who had no one to assist him;

Jonathan said to his armor bearer, "Come on, let's go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised men. Perhaps the Lord will intervene for us. Nothing can prevent the Lord from delivering, whether by many or by a few."

And leaving them, he went out of the city to Bethany and spent the night there.

And when the ark traveled, Moses would say, "Rise up, O Lord! May your enemies be scattered, and may those who hate you flee before you!"

and all the people answered together, "All that the Lord has commanded we will do!" So Moses brought the words of the people back to the Lord.

A crushed reed he will not break, a dim wick he will not extinguish; he will faithfully make just decrees.

King Jehoash of Israel sent this message back to King Amaziah of Judah, "A thornbush in Lebanon sent this message to a cedar in Lebanon, 'Give your daughter to my son as a wife.' Then a wild animal of Lebanon came by and trampled down the thorn.

He answered them and said, "Who are my mother and my brothers?"

So my heart rejoices and I am happy; My life is safe.

The Lord says, "The people of Israel who survived death at the hands of the enemy will find favor in the wilderness as they journey to find rest for themselves.

Or when they hand the scroll to one who can't read and say, "Read this," he says, "I can't read."

Moses was 120 years old when he died, but his eye was not dull nor had his vitality departed.

By your loyal love you will lead the people whom you have redeemed; you will guide them by your strength to your holy dwelling place.

For the music director, a psalm by the Korahites. Listen to this, all you nations! Pay attention, all you inhabitants of the world!

The king of Israel answered Jehoshaphat, "There is still one man through whom we can seek the Lord's will. But I despise him because he does not prophesy prosperity for me, but disaster. His name is Micaiah son of Imlah. Jehoshaphat said, "The king should not say such things."

"If men fight, and one strikes his neighbor with a stone or with his fist and he does not die, but must remain in bed,

While deployed there, the army received this report: "Zimri has conspired against the king and assassinated him." So all Israel made Omri, the commander of the army, king over Israel that very day in the camp.

So the Moabites said to the elders of Midian, "Now this mass of people will lick up everything around us, as the bull devours the grass of the field. Now Balak son of Zippor was king of the Moabites at this time.

A song of ascents. Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion; it cannot be upended and will endure forever.

When you see your neighbor's ox or sheep going astray, do not ignore it; you must return it without fail to your neighbor.

After we had sailed across the open sea off Cilicia and Pamphylia, we put in at Myra in Lycia.

I tell you the truth, wherever this gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her."

"When that time comes, people will no longer say, 'The parents have eaten sour grapes, but the children's teeth have grown numb.'

But Jesus said, "Do not stop him, because no one who does a miracle in my name will be able soon afterward to say anything bad about me.

Pay careful attention to the condition of your flocks, give careful attention to your herds,

Who has ever heard of such a thing? Who has ever seen this? Can a country be brought forth in one day? Can a nation be born in a single moment? Yet as soon as Zion goes into labor she gives birth to sons!

At that time the Lord will shake the tree, from the Euphrates River to the Stream of Egypt. Then you will be gathered up one by one, O Israelites.

From the blue, purple, and scarlet yarn they made woven garments for serving in the sanctuary; they made holy garments that were for Aaron, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to crave strong drink,

Woe to you! You build the tombs of the prophets whom your ancestors killed.

the oath that he swore to our ancestor Abraham. This oath grants

So Saul instructed his servants, "Find me a woman who is a medium, so that I may go to her and inquire of her." His servants replied to him, "There is a woman who is a medium in Endor."

Jonathan made a covenant with David, for he loved him as much as he did his own life.

"As for these things that you are gazing at, the days will come when not one stone will be left on another. All will be torn down!"

Abi-Albon the Arbathite, Azmaveth the Barhumite,

It eats away parts of his skin; the most terrible death devours his limbs.

My spirit is broken, my days have faded out, the grave awaits me.

and a man's enemies will be the members of his household.

The Lord is on my side, I am not afraid! What can people do to me?

But I trust in your faithfulness. May I rejoice because of your deliverance!

After the city officials had received bail from Jason and the others, they released them.

Flog a scorner, and as a result the simpleton will learn prudence; correct a discerning person, and as a result he will understand knowledge.

He passed his sons through the fire in the Valley of Ben-Hinnom and practiced divination, omen reading, and sorcery. He set up a ritual pit to conjure up underworld spirits and appointed magicians to supervise it. He did a great amount of evil in the sight of the Lord and angered him.

But they could not reply to this.

The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, "This is the ordinance of the Passover. No foreigner may share in eating it.

when it is sown, it grows up, becomes the greatest of all garden plants, and grows large branches so that the wild birds can nest in its shade."

He won't thank the slave because he did what he was told, will he?

Now David was the son of this Ephrathite named Jesse from Bethlehem in Judah. He had eight sons, and in Saul's days he was old and well advanced in years.

Sinners are afraid in Zion; panic grips the godless. They say, 'Who among us can coexist with destructive fire? Who among us can coexist with unquenchable fire?'

(I do not accept human testimony, but I say this so that you may be saved.)

Then all the people of the Gerasenes and the surrounding region asked Jesus to leave them alone, for they were seized with great fear. So he got into the boat and left.

There are times, Jeremiah, when I threaten to uproot, tear down, and destroy a nation or kingdom.

and because of his word many more believed.

Then the Lord said to me, "Even if Moses and Samuel stood before me pleading for these people, I would not feel pity for them! Get them away from me! Tell them to go away!

Go up to a land flowing with milk and honey. But I will not go up among you, for you are a stiff-necked people, and I might destroy you on the way."

After these things happened, the cupbearer to the king of Egypt and the royal baker offended their master, the king of Egypt.

For he is not a human being like I am, that I might answer him, that we might come together in judgment.

since it was because of the work of Christ that he almost died. He risked his life so that he could make up for your inability to serve me.

Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord, O my soul!

For you have brought these men here who are neither temple robbers nor blasphemers of our goddess.

"Yes, God is great -- beyond our knowledge! The number of his years is unsearchable.

My strength drains away like water; all my bones are dislocated; my heart is like wax; it melts away inside me.

Then Judah approached him and said, "My lord, please allow your servant to speak a word with you. Please do not get angry with your servant, for you are just like Pharaoh.

Abram added, "Since you have not given me a descendant, then look, one born in my house will be my heir!"

Remember the ancient days; bear in mind the years of past generations. Ask your father and he will inform you, your elders, and they will tell you.

Though I have many other things to write to you, I do not want to do so with paper and ink, but I hope to come visit you and speak face to face, so that our joy may be complete.

So I will shake the heavens, and the earth will shake loose from its foundation, because of the fury of the Lord who commands armies, in the day he vents his raging anger.

The Lord spoke to Jeremiah.

Sometime later, during the wheat harvest, Samson took a young goat as a gift and went to visit his bride. He said to her father, "I want to have sex with my bride in her bedroom!" But her father would not let him enter.

Even these men stagger because of wine, they stumble around because of beer -- priests and prophets stagger because of beer, they are confused because of wine, they stumble around because of beer; they stagger while seeing prophetic visions, they totter while making legal decisions.

"'On the fourteenth day of the first month is the Lord's Passover.

I robbed other churches by receiving support from them so that I could serve you!

I will break Assyria in my land, I will trample them underfoot on my hills. Their yoke will be removed from my people, the burden will be lifted from their shoulders.

So Pilate spoke to them again, "Then what do you want me to do with the one you call king of the Jews?"

Be certain to keep all the statutes and ordinances that I am presenting to you today.

Jesus replied, "Do not complain about me to one another.

Then after he had spent everything, a severe famine took place in that country, and he began to be in need.

His arms are like rods of gold set with chrysolite. His abdomen is like polished ivory inlaid with sapphires.

If God places no trust in his holy ones, if even the heavens are not pure in his eyes,

Your words are sweeter in my mouth than honey!

But I told you that you have seen me and still do not believe.

She said, "Allow Abishag the Shunammite to be given to your brother Adonijah as a wife."

Those who have been killed by the Lord at that time will be scattered from one end of the earth to the other. They will not be mourned over, gathered up, or buried. Their dead bodies will lie scattered over the ground like manure.

Nations come to your light, kings to your bright light.

A psalm -- a song used at the dedication of the temple; by David. I will praise you, O Lord, for you lifted me up, and did not allow my enemies to gloat over me.

"When a foreigner lives with you and wants to observe the Passover to the Lord, all his males must be circumcised, and then he may approach and observe it, and he will be like one who is born in the land -- but no uncircumcised person may eat of it.

Then Paul went back upstairs, and after he had broken bread and eaten, he talked with them a long time, until dawn. Then he left.

You did not anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with perfumed oil.

Now after you another kingdom will arise, one inferior to yours. Then a third kingdom, one of bronze, will rule in all the earth.

Alammelech, Amad, and Mishal. Their border touched Carmel to the west and Shihor Libnath.

Immediately one of them ran and got a sponge, filled it with sour wine, put it on a stick, and gave it to him to drink.

The one who goes about gossiping reveals secrets; therefore do not associate with someone who is always opening his mouth.

And he sent messengers to Balaam son of Beor at Pethor, which is by the Euphrates River in the land of Amaw, to summon him, saying, "Look, a nation has come out of Egypt. They cover the face of the earth, and they are settling next to me.

So now take seven bulls and seven rams and go to my servant Job and offer a burnt offering for yourselves. And my servant Job will intercede for you, and I will respect him, so that I do not deal with you according to your folly, because you have not spoken about me what is right, as my servant Job has."

Now a large herd of pigs was feeding there on the hillside, and the demonic spirits begged Jesus to let them go into them. He gave them permission.

Then they understood that he had not told them to be on guard against the yeast in bread, but against the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

His servants transported his dead body from Megiddo in a chariot and brought it to Jerusalem, where they buried him in his tomb. The people of the land took Josiah's son Jehoahaz, poured olive oil on his head, and made him king in his father's place.

O that I knew where I might find him, that I could come to his place of residence!

Day after day I was with you, teaching in the temple courts, yet you did not arrest me. But this has happened so that the scriptures would be fulfilled."

In those days Israel had no king. And in those days the Danite tribe was looking for a place to settle, because at that time they did not yet have a place to call their own among the tribes of Israel.

Then the officers returned to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them, "Why didn't you bring him back with you?"

"Get up, go to Zarephath in Sidonian territory, and live there. I have already told a widow who lives there to provide for you."

Listen to me, O Jacob, Israel, whom I summoned! I am the one; I am present at the very beginning and at the very end.

Perhaps the Lord your God will hear all these things the chief adviser has spoken on behalf of his master, the king of Assyria, who sent him to taunt the living God. When the Lord your God hears, perhaps he will punish him for the things he has said. So pray for this remnant that remains.'"

They summoned the king, so Eliakim son of Hilkiah, the palace supervisor, accompanied by Shebna the scribe and Joah son of Asaph, the secretary, went out to meet them.

Moses saw that the people were running wild, for Aaron had let them get completely out of control, causing derision from their enemies.

"I, I am the one who consoles you. Why are you afraid of mortal men, of mere human beings who are as short-lived as grass?

Keep his statutes and commandments that I am setting forth today so that it may go well with you and your descendants and that you may enjoy longevity in the land that the Lord your God is about to give you as a permanent possession.

Thus people were scorched by the terrible heat, yet they blasphemed the name of God, who has ruling authority over these plagues, and they would not repent and give him glory.

Jonathan responded to his father Saul, "Why should he be put to death? What has he done?"

Now in that very moment this pronouncement about Nebuchadnezzar came true. He was driven from human society, he ate grass like oxen, and his body became damp with the dew of the sky, until his hair became long like an eagle's feathers, and his nails like a bird's claws.

For the music director; by David, a psalm, a song. God springs into action! His enemies scatter; his adversaries run from him.

By his power he stills the sea; by his wisdom he cut Rahab the great sea monster to pieces.

Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah? Indeed, did any gods rescue Samaria from my power?

"The wings of the ostrich flap with joy, but are they the pinions and plumage of a stork?

The rest of the events of Solomon's reign, including all his accomplishments and his wise decisions, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of Solomon.

so that by God's will I may come to you with joy and be refreshed in your company.

Elijah replied, "I have not brought disaster on Israel. But you and your father's dynasty have, by abandoning the Lord's commandments and following the Baals.

And looking at those who were sitting around him in a circle, he said, "Here are my mother and my brothers!

Immediately Zechariah's mouth was opened and his tongue released, and he spoke, blessing God.

Then a fire went out from the Lord and devoured the 250 men who offered incense.

And while they were eating he said, "I tell you the truth, one of you will betray me."

The wicked turn aside from birth; liars go astray as soon as they are born.

Moreover, he must not accumulate horses for himself or allow the people to return to Egypt to do so, for the Lord has said you must never again return that way.

This was now the third time Jesus was revealed to the disciples after he was raised from the dead.

(the world was not worthy of them); they wandered in deserts and mountains and caves and openings in the earth.

So Moses said to Joshua, "Choose some of our men and go out, fight against Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on top of the hill with the staff of God in my hand."

Anything she lies on during her menstruation will be unclean, and anything she sits on will be unclean.

You are to set up the tabernacle according to the plan that you were shown on the mountain.

If you, O Lord, were to keep track of sins, O Lord, who could stand before you?

You love justice and hate evil. For this reason God, your God has anointed you with the oil of joy, elevating you above your companions.

The Beloved about Her Lover: All night long on my bed I longed for my lover. I longed for him but he never appeared.

Now if I have found favor in your sight, show me your way, that I may know you, that I may continue to find favor in your sight. And see that this nation is your people."

Then he said to another, 'And how much do you owe?' The second man replied, 'A hundred measures of wheat.' The manager said to him, 'Take your bill, and write eighty.'

The Lord will raise up a distant nation against you, one from the other side of the earth as the eagle flies, a nation whose language you will not understand,

After several years I came to bring to my people gifts for the poor and to present offerings,

For every wild animal in the forest belongs to me, as well as the cattle that graze on a thousand hills.

Then Samuel said to Jesse, "Is that all of the young men?" Jesse replied, "There is still the youngest one, but he's taking care of the flock." Samuel said to Jesse, "Send and get him, for we cannot turn our attention to other things until he comes here."

Then Bildad the Shuhite answered:

A third time he said to them, "Why? What wrong has he done? I have found him guilty of no crime deserving death. I will therefore flog him and release him."

But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus killed.

that the elation of the wicked is brief, the joy of the godless lasts but a moment.

I will make a covenant of peace with them; it will be a perpetual covenant with them. I will establish them, increase their numbers, and place my sanctuary among them forever.

Then the man who was possessed by the evil spirit jumped on them and beat them all into submission. He prevailed against them so that they fled from that house naked and wounded.

He ruled for three years in Jerusalem. His mother was Michaiah, the daughter of Uriel from Gibeah. There was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.

His advisers said to him, "Look, we have heard that the kings of the Israelite dynasty are kind. Allow us to put sackcloth around our waists and ropes on our heads and surrender to the king of Israel. Maybe he will spare our lives."

If a man is found kidnapping a person from among his fellow Israelites, and regards him as mere property and sells him, that kidnapper must die. In this way you will purge evil from among you.

How then can a human being be righteous before God? How can one born of a woman be pure?

But for now I, the Lord, say: "I will send many enemies who will catch these people like fishermen. After that I will send others who will hunt them out like hunters from all the mountains, all the hills, and the crevices in the rocks.

The Lord told Elijah the Tishbite:

His anger has torn me and persecuted me; he has gnashed at me with his teeth; my adversary locks his eyes on me.

"Therefore, listen to me, you men of understanding. Far be it from God to do wickedness, from the Almighty to do evil.

For all the gods of the nations are worthless, but the Lord made the heavens.

You are tired out from listening to so much advice. Let them take their stand -- the ones who see omens in the sky, who gaze at the stars, who make monthly predictions -- let them rescue you from the disaster that is about to overtake you!

"'Sure to be judged is the king who builds his palace using injustice and treats people unfairly while adding its upper rooms. He makes his countrymen work for him for nothing. He does not pay them for their labor.

All those who were in trouble or owed someone money or were discontented gathered around him, and he became their leader. He had about four hundred men with him.

"'Thus you are to set the Israelites apart from their impurity so that they do not die in their impurity by defiling my tabernacle which is in their midst.

Men move boundary stones; they seize the flock and pasture them.

So the people took their dough before the yeast was added, with their kneading troughs bound up in their clothing on their shoulders.

This took place to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet:

The Lord will scatter you among all nations, from one end of the earth to the other. There you will worship other gods that neither you nor your ancestors have known, gods of wood and stone.

The Lord spoke to Moses:

She said, "As certainly as the Lord your God lives, I have no food, except for a handful of flour in a jar and a little olive oil in a jug. Right now I am gathering a couple of sticks for a fire. Then I'm going home to make one final meal for my son and myself. After we have eaten that, we will die of starvation."

His cheeks are like garden beds full of balsam trees yielding perfume. His lips are like lilies dripping with drops of myrrh.

You have forgotten the Rock who fathered you, and put out of mind the God who gave you birth.

When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or naked and clothe you?

But no one says, 'Where is God, my Creator, who gives songs in the night,

The ravens would bring him bread and meat each morning and evening, and he would drink from the stream.

"You are to make an atonement lid of pure gold; its length is to be three feet nine inches, and its width is to be two feet three inches.

You have heard the blasphemy! What is your verdict?" They all condemned him as deserving death.

a woman came to him with an alabaster jar of expensive perfumed oil, and she poured it on his head as he was at the table.

In the twenty-sixth year of King Asa's reign over Judah, Baasha's son Elah became king over Israel; he ruled in Tirzah for two years.

Every valley must be elevated, and every mountain and hill leveled. The rough terrain will become a level plain, the rugged landscape a wide valley.

Also the pig is ritually impure to you; though it has divided hooves, it does not chew the cud. You may not eat their meat or even touch their remains.

Abijah passed away and was buried in the City of David. His son Asa replaced him as king. During his reign the land had rest for ten years.

The one who gives to the poor will not lack, but whoever shuts his eyes to them will receive many curses.

his form was so marred he no longer looked human -- so now he will startle many nations. Kings will be shocked by his exaltation, for they will witness something unannounced to them, and they will understand something they had not heard about.

Get up, let us go. Look! My betrayer is approaching!"

For the Lord has poured out on you a strong urge to sleep deeply. He has shut your eyes (the prophets), and covered your heads (the seers).

It is not in heaven, as though one must say, "Who will go up to heaven to get it for us and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?"

At the time of the wheat harvest Reuben went out and found some mandrake plants in a field and brought them to his mother Leah. Rachel said to Leah, "Give me some of your son's mandrakes."

Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, and when he stumbles do not let your heart rejoice,

But the Lord continually shows loyal love to his faithful followers, and is faithful to their descendants,

Otherwise, as surely as the Lord, the God of Israel, lives -- he who has prevented me from harming you -- if you had not come so quickly to meet me, by morning's light not even one male belonging to Nabal would have remained alive!"

So he is to make atonement for the holy place from the impurities of the Israelites and from their transgressions with regard to all their sins, and thus he is to do for the Meeting Tent which resides with them in the midst of their impurities.

Before destruction the heart of a person is proud, but humility comes before honor.

Then Joseph said to his brothers, "I am about to die. But God will surely come to you and lead you up from this land to the land he swore on oath to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob."

When he heard that Jesus had come back from Judea to Galilee, he went to him and begged him to come down and heal his son, who was about to die.

They went back and told the rest, but they did not believe them.

Hezekiah sent messages throughout Israel and Judah; he even wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh, summoning them to come to the Lord's temple in Jerusalem and observe a Passover celebration for the Lord God of Israel.

and will cut him in two, and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

In a dream, a night vision, when deep sleep falls on people as they sleep in their beds.

So Gad went to David that day and told him, "Go up and build an altar for the Lord on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite."

The city possesses the glory of God; its brilliance is like a precious jewel, like a stone of crystal-clear jasper.

He lifted me out of the watery pit, out of the slimy mud. He placed my feet on a rock and gave me secure footing.

"O afflicted one, driven away, and unconsoled! Look, I am about to set your stones in antimony and I lay your foundation with lapis-lazuli.

Because he could not be persuaded, we said no more except, "The Lord's will be done."

The land allotted to Joseph's descendants extended from the Jordan at Jericho to the waters of Jericho to the east, through the desert and on up from Jericho into the hill country of Bethel.

Because experiencing your loyal love is better than life itself, my lips will praise you.

fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth -- just as he inflicts an injury on another person that same injury must be inflicted on him.

Then Moses sent his father-in-law on his way, and so Jethro went to his own land.

I will sing a song that imparts wisdom; I will make insightful observations about the past.

I will not even consider doing what is dishonest. I hate doing evil; I will have no part of it.

I will destroy you, O Israel! Who is there to help you?

"For this is what the sovereign Lord says: Look here, I am about to deliver you over to those whom you hate, to those with whom you were disgusted.

Your splendor has been brought down to Sheol, as well as the sound of your stringed instruments. You lie on a bed of maggots, with a blanket of worms over you.

Those who linger over wine, those who go looking for mixed wine.

How could you not understand that I was not speaking to you about bread? But beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees!"

But suppose the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet to warn the people. Then the sword comes and takes one of their lives. He is swept away for his iniquity, but I will hold the watchman accountable for that person's death.'

All those who lived in Lydda and Sharon saw him, and they turned to the Lord.

After three months Judah was told, "Your daughter-in-law Tamar has turned to prostitution, and as a result she has become pregnant." Judah said, "Bring her out and let her be burned!"

From there he traveled to Mount Carmel and then back to Samaria.

Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will speak perverse things.

All their watchmen are blind, they are unaware. All of them are like mute dogs, unable to bark. They pant, lie down, and love to snooze.

The second lot belonged to the tribe of Simeon by its clans.

The slave does not remain in the family forever, but the son remains forever.

But while the meat was still between their teeth, before they chewed it, the anger of the Lord burned against the people, and the Lord struck the people with a very great plague.

Whatever someone among the Levites might redeem -- the sale of a house which is his property in a city -- must revert in the jubilee, because the houses of the cities of the Levites are their property in the midst of the Israelites.

I will greatly multiply your descendants," the Lord's angel added, "so that they will be too numerous to count."

"Listen to me in silence, you coastlands! Let the nations find renewed strength! Let them approach and then speak; let us come together for debate!

When Isaac was forty years old, he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan Aram and sister of Laban the Aramean.

Moses went into the cloud when he went up the mountain, and Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.

"Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel; prophesy, and say to them -- to the shepherds: 'This is what the sovereign Lord says: Woe to the shepherds of Israel who have been feeding themselves! Should not shepherds feed the flock?

The Danites worshiped the carved image. Jonathan, descendant of Gershom, son of Moses, and his descendants served as priests for the tribe of Dan until the time of the exile.

As for any person who does any work on this particular day, I will exterminate that person from the midst of his people!

On the third day Abraham caught sight of the place in the distance.

and came and apologized to them. After they brought them out, they asked them repeatedly to leave the city.

Then the word of the Lord came to me:

But if the accusation is true and the young woman was not a virgin,

That place was called the Eshcol Valley, because of the cluster of grapes that the Israelites cut from there.

Then Job continued his speech:

You will be driven from human society, and you will live with the wild animals. You will be fed grass like oxen, and seven periods of time will pass by for you before you understand that the Most High is ruler over human kingdoms and gives them to whomever he wishes."

Do you have an arm as powerful as God's, and can you thunder with a voice like his?

King David rose to his feet and said: "Listen to me, my brothers and my people. I wanted to build a temple where the ark of the Lord's covenant could be placed as a footstool for our God. I have made the preparations for building it.

So then, brothers and sisters, be eager to prophesy, and do not forbid anyone from speaking in tongues.

Do not take interest or profit from him, but you must fear your God and your brother must live with you.

"When someone has a swelling or a scab or a bright spot on the skin of his body that may become a diseased infection, he must be brought to Aaron the priest or one of his sons, the priests.

O my son, O son of my womb, O son of my vows,

At that time the generals of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon marched to Jerusalem and besieged the city.

For you are our father, though Abraham does not know us and Israel does not recognize us. You, Lord, are our father; you have been called our protector from ancient times.

For from the top of the rocks I see them; from the hills I watch them. Indeed, a nation that lives alone, and it will not be reckoned among the nations.

Woe to you! You are like unmarked graves, and people walk over them without realizing it!"

Omri passed away and was buried in Samaria. His son Ahab replaced him as king.

Atroth Shophan, Jazer, Jogbehah,

And all who heard Jesus were astonished at his understanding and his answers.

"Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and the experts in the law. They will condemn him to death,

Indeed, these are but the outer fringes of his ways! How faint is the whisper we hear of him! But who can understand the thunder of his power?"

Then David said to Abigail, "Praised be the Lord, the God of Israel, who has sent you this day to meet me!

But the people were very thirsty there for water, and they murmured against Moses and said, "Why in the world did you bring us up out of Egypt -- to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?"

Jonathan attacked the Philistine outpost that was at Geba and the Philistines heard about it. Then Saul alerted all the land saying, "Let the Hebrews pay attention!"

The clods of the torrent valley are sweet to him; behind him everybody follows in procession, and before him goes a countless throng.

Like snow in summer or rain in harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool.

Go, tell Jeroboam, 'This is what the Lord God of Israel says: "I raised you up from among the people and made you ruler over my people Israel.

Jesus came and took the bread and gave it to them, and did the same with the fish.

So they traveled from the mountain of the Lord three days' journey; and the ark of the covenant of the Lord was traveling before them during the three days' journey, to find a resting place for them.

Samson went down to Timnah. When he approached the vineyards of Timnah, he saw a roaring young lion attacking him.

You carefully observe me when I travel or when I lie down to rest; you are aware of everything I do.

So Israel made a vow to the Lord and said, "If you will indeed deliver this people into our hand, then we will utterly destroy their cities."

But Jesus said to him, "Judas, would you betray the Son of Man with a kiss?"

Shout for joy, O sky! Rejoice, O earth! Let the mountains give a joyful shout! For the Lord consoles his people and shows compassion to the oppressed.

Now the Lord's tabernacle (which Moses had made in the wilderness) and the altar for burnt sacrifices were at that time at the worship center in Gibeon.

You must put pure frankincense on each row, and it will become a memorial portion for the bread, a gift to the Lord.

In the evening the quail came up and covered the camp, and in the morning a layer of dew was all around the camp.

Its legs were of iron; its feet were partly of iron and partly of clay.

Those who will be camping next to them are the tribe of Simeon. The leader of the people of Simeon is Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai.

because a door of great opportunity stands wide open for me, but there are many opponents.

"Fall down! Sit in the dirt, O virgin daughter Babylon! Sit on the ground, not on a throne, O daughter of the Babylonians! Indeed, you will no longer be called delicate and pampered.

They replied, "If this man were not a criminal, we would not have handed him over to you."

"This is the ordinance of the law which the Lord has commanded: 'Instruct the Israelites to bring you a red heifer without blemish, which has no defect and has never carried a yoke.

Look, my earlier predictive oracles have come to pass; now I announce new events. Before they begin to occur, I reveal them to you."

The land of buzzing wings is as good as dead, the one beyond the rivers of Cush,

Saul and the Israelite army assembled and camped in the valley of Elah, where they arranged their battle lines to fight against the Philistines.

There was a large number of burnt sacrifices, as well as fat from the peace offerings and drink offerings that accompanied the burnt sacrifices. So the service of the Lord's temple was reinstituted.

"'If a man sells a residential house in a walled city, its right of redemption must extend until one full year from its sale; its right of redemption must extend to a full calendar year.

I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and he will chase after them. I will gain honor because of Pharaoh and because of all his army, and the Egyptians will know that I am the Lord." So this is what they did.

Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing their babies in those days!

He did this because David had done what he approved and had not disregarded any of his commandments his entire lifetime, except for the incident involving Uriah the Hittite.

You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky, but how can you not know how to interpret the present time?

Their border started at Heleph and the oak of Zaanannim, went to Adami Nekeb, Jabneel and on to Lakkum, and ended at the Jordan River.

Now the Israelites ate manna forty years, until they came to a land that was inhabited; they ate manna until they came to the border of the land of Canaan.

then listen from your heavenly dwelling place, forgive their sin, and act favorably toward each one based on your evaluation of his motives. (Indeed you are the only one who can correctly evaluate the motives of all people.)

Let those delivered by the Lord speak out, those whom he delivered from the power of the enemy,

But the men who had gone up with him said, "We are not able to go up against these people, because they are stronger than we are!"

"If I go to the east, he is not there, and to the west, yet I do not perceive him.

"I am the servant of Abraham," he began.

They will treat you with hatred, take away all you have labored for, and leave you naked and bare. Your nakedness will be exposed, just as when you engaged in prostitution and obscene conduct.

He answered, "I have been absolutely loyal to the Lord, the sovereign God, even though the Israelites have abandoned the agreement they made with you, torn down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I alone am left and now they want to take my life."

And they assembled against Moses and Aaron, saying to them, "You take too much upon yourselves, seeing that the whole community is holy, every one of them, and the Lord is among them. Why then do you exalt yourselves above the community of the Lord?"

Jesus told him, "Go home; your son will live." The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him, and set off for home.

You must not pervert justice due a resident foreigner or an orphan, or take a widow's garment as security for a loan.

Greet Rufus, chosen in the Lord, and his mother who was also a mother to me.

After Saul had secured his royal position over Israel, he fought against all their enemies on all sides -- the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, the kings of Zobah, and the Philistines. In every direction that he turned he was victorious.

You will lose your hold on the land which I gave to you as a permanent possession. I will make you serve your enemies in a land that you know nothing about. For you have made my anger burn like a fire that will never be put out."

A psalm of Asaph. O God, foreigners have invaded your chosen land; they have polluted your holy temple and turned Jerusalem into a heap of ruins.

The Lord sent against him Babylonian, Syrian, Moabite, and Ammonite raiding bands; he sent them to destroy Judah, as he had warned he would do through his servants the prophets.

Yet I, the Lord, say: "A new time will certainly come. People now affirm their oaths with 'I swear as surely as the Lord lives who delivered the people of Israel out of Egypt.'

Come near, you nations, and listen! Pay attention, you people! The earth and everything it contains must listen, the world and everything that lives in it.

After Gideon died, the Israelites again prostituted themselves to the Baals. They made Baal-Berith their god.

When I was with you and was in need, I was not a burden to anyone, for the brothers who came from Macedonia fully supplied my needs. I kept myself from being a burden to you in any way, and will continue to do so.

Then the priest will command that the house be cleared before the priest enters to examine the infection so that everything in the house does not become unclean, and afterward the priest will enter to examine the house.

from the tribe of Issachar: Kishon, Daberath,

You are to tell your son on that day, 'It is because of what the Lord did for me when I came out of Egypt.'

Cursed is the one who makes a carved or metal image -- something abhorrent to the Lord, the work of the craftsman -- and sets it up in a secret place.' Then all the people will say, 'Amen!'

"Speak kindly to Jerusalem, and tell her that her time of warfare is over, that her punishment is completed. For the Lord has made her pay double for all her sins."

When food was served, he said, "I will not eat until I have said what I want to say." "Tell us," Laban said.

The Lord gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, and they gave them whatever they wanted, and so they plundered Egypt.

And again it says: "Rejoice, O Gentiles, with his people."

The godly cry out and the Lord hears; he saves them from all their troubles.

Give her credit for what she has accomplished, and let her works praise her in the city gates.

Others said, "This is the Christ!" But still others said, "No, for the Christ doesn't come from Galilee, does he?

When he saw them he said, "Go and show yourselves to the priests." And as they went along, they were cleansed.

The Maidens about His Beloved: Who is this coming up from the desert, leaning on her beloved? The Beloved to Her Lover: Under the apple tree I aroused you; there your mother conceived you, there she who bore you was in labor of childbirth.

Just then one of the Israelites came and brought to his brothers a Midianite woman in the plain view of Moses and of the whole community of the Israelites, while they were weeping at the entrance of the tent of meeting.

Now King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, as governor over the people whom he allowed to remain in the land of Judah.

He had sexual relations with Hagar, and she became pregnant. Once Hagar realized she was pregnant, she despised Sarai.

But Doeg the Edomite, who had stationed himself with the servants of Saul, replied, "I saw this son of Jesse come to Ahimelech son of Ahitub at Nob.

Their buds and their branches will be one piece, all of it one hammered piece of pure gold.

The older daughter gave birth to a son and named him Moab. He is the ancestor of the Moabites of today.

The person who gathers wealth by unjust means is like the partridge that broods over eggs but does not hatch them. Before his life is half over he will lose his ill-gotten gains. At the end of his life it will be clear he was a fool."

Then the two visitors said to Lot, "Who else do you have here? Do you have any sons-in-law, sons, daughters, or other relatives in the city? Get them out of this place

the Angel who has protected me from all harm -- bless these boys. May my name be named in them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac. May they grow into a multitude on the earth."

Then Isaac brought Rebekah into his mother Sarah's tent. He took her as his wife and loved her. So Isaac was comforted after his mother's death.

Then he said to the council, "Men of Israel, pay close attention to what you are about to do to these men.

Then Bildad the Shuhite answered:

The Lord told Jeremiah, "Go and buy a clay jar from a potter. Take with you some of the leaders of the people and some of the leaders of the priests.

Then Absalom happened to come across David's men. Now as Absalom was riding on his mule, it went under the branches of a large oak tree. His head got caught in the oak and he was suspended in midair, while the mule he had been riding kept going.

When you make a vow to the Lord your God you must not delay in fulfilling it, for otherwise he will surely hold you accountable as a sinner.

It was also called Mizpah because he said, "May the Lord watch between us when we are out of sight of one another.

(Nun) Let us carefully examine our ways, and let us return to the Lord.

You will never come back to this land to which you will long to return!"

You saw that a stone was cut from a mountain, but not by human hands; it smashed the iron, bronze, clay, silver, and gold into pieces. The great God has made known to the king what will occur in the future. The dream is certain, and its interpretation is reliable."

Asa and King Nadab of Israel were continually at war with each other.

But Jesus made no further reply, so that Pilate was amazed.

Have you gone to the springs that fill the sea, or walked about in the recesses of the deep?

for they did not meet you with food and water on the way as you came from Egypt, and furthermore, they hired Balaam son of Beor of Pethor in Aram Naharaim to curse you.

Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took Moses' wife Zipporah after he had sent her back,

He measured the court as a square 175 feet long and 175 feet wide; the altar was in front of the temple.

Therefore send to Joppa and summon Simon, who is called Peter. This man is staying as a guest in the house of Simon the tanner, by the sea.'

The crowd scolded them to get them to be quiet. But they shouted even more loudly, "Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David!"

He draws up drops of water; they distill the rain into its mist,

In the twenty-fifth year of our exile, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after the city was struck down, on this very day, the hand of the Lord was on me, and he brought me there.

The leech has two daughters: "Give! Give!" There are three things that are never satisfied, four that never say, "Enough" --

You must sound loud horn blasts -- in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, on the Day of Atonement -- you must sound the horn in your entire land.

Surely I would wear it proudly on my shoulder, I would bind it on me like a crown;

The next day an evil spirit from God rushed upon Saul and he prophesied within his house. Now David was playing the lyre that day. There was a spear in Saul's hand,

Like cold water to a weary person, so is good news from a distant land.

And when the people saw it, they all complained, "He has gone in to be the guest of a man who is a sinner."

As for your birth, on the day you were born your umbilical cord was not cut, nor were you washed in water; you were certainly not rubbed down with salt, nor wrapped with blankets.

She obtains wool and flax, and she is pleased to work with her hands.

Counsel in a person's heart is like deep water, but an understanding person draws it out.

So Sarah became pregnant and bore Abraham a son in his old age at the appointed time that God had told him.

He struck them down and defeated them. Then he went down and lived for a time in the cave in the cliff of Etam.

They are of greater value than gold, than even a great amount of pure gold; they bring greater delight than honey, than even the sweetest honey from a honeycomb.

Rachel said to her father, "Don't be angry, my lord. I cannot stand up in your presence because I am having my period." So he searched thoroughly, but did not find the idols.

Now I understand that you have gone away because you longed desperately for your father's house. Yet why did you steal my gods?"

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(Now the betrayer had given them a sign, saying, "The one I kiss is the man. Arrest him!")

But now give back the man's wife. Indeed he is a prophet and he will pray for you; thus you will live. But if you don't give her back, know that you will surely die along with all who belong to you."

But Isaac replied, "Your brother came in here deceitfully and took away your blessing."

The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have wronged the poor and needy; they have oppressed the foreigner who lives among them and denied them justice.

He found favor with God and asked that he could find a dwelling place for the house of Jacob.

"'The high priest -- who is greater than his brothers, on whose head the anointing oil is poured, who has been ordained to wear the priestly garments -- must neither dishevel the hair of his head nor tear his garments.

I will say to the north, 'Hand them over!' and to the south, 'Don't hold any back!' Bring my sons from distant lands, and my daughters from the remote regions of the earth,

For this reason they could not believe, because again Isaiah said,

The Lord says, "Do what is just and right. Deliver those who have been robbed from those who oppress them. Do not exploit or mistreat foreigners who live in your land, children who have no fathers, or widows. Do not kill innocent people in this land.

The king replied to Daniel, "Certainly your God is a God of gods and Lord of kings and revealer of mysteries, for you were able to reveal this mystery!"

May I hear about your loyal love in the morning, for I trust in you. Show me the way I should go, because I long for you.

Tell the nations about his splendor! Tell all the nations about his amazing deeds!

Hezekiah welcomed them and showed them his whole storehouse, with its silver, gold, spices, and high quality olive oil, as well as his armory and everything in his treasuries. Hezekiah showed them everything in his palace and in his whole kingdom.

You must not do any work. This is a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all the places where you live.

On a bare hill raise a signal flag, shout to them, wave your hand, so they might enter the gates of the princes!

After many days you will be summoned; in the latter years you will come to a land restored from the ravages of war, with many peoples gathered on the mountains of Israel that had long been in ruins. Its people were brought out from the peoples, and all of them will be living securely.

For this reason, she will experience her plagues in a single day: disease, mourning, and famine, and she will be burned down with fire, because the Lord God who judges her is powerful!"

Now, do not be upset and do not be angry with yourselves because you sold me here, for God sent me ahead of you to preserve life!

not by earth, because it is his footstool, and not by Jerusalem, because it is the city of the great King.

"I raised you up from the dust and made you ruler over my people Israel. Yet you followed in Jeroboam's footsteps and encouraged my people Israel to sin; their sins have made me angry.

Jeroboam told his wife, "Disguise yourself so that people cannot recognize you are Jeroboam's wife. Then go to Shiloh; Ahijah the prophet, who told me I would rule over this nation, lives there.

My dynasty is approved by God, for he has made a perpetual covenant with me, arranged in all its particulars and secured. He always delivers me, and brings all I desire to fruition.

"How long until you make an end of words? You must consider, and then we can talk.

I will take delight in doing good to them. I will faithfully and wholeheartedly plant them firmly in the land.'

To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.

when I said, 'To here you may come and no farther, here your proud waves will be confined'?

You are my hiding place; you protect me from distress. You surround me with shouts of joy from those celebrating deliverance. (Selah)

And immediately the man's ears were opened, his tongue loosened, and he spoke plainly.

Most excellent Felix, we acknowledge this everywhere and in every way with all gratitude.

There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon and another glory of the stars, for star differs from star in glory.

I was beside myself with joy! There please give me your myrrh, O daughter of my princely people.

They live out their years in prosperity and go down to the grave in peace.

You must have honest balances, honest weights, an honest ephah, and an honest hin. I am the Lord your God who brought you out from the land of Egypt.

The one who is slack in his work is a brother to one who destroys.

David was very upset, for the men were thinking of stoning him; each man grieved bitterly over his sons and daughters. But David drew strength from the Lord his God.

Your lips drip sweetness like the honeycomb, my bride, honey and milk are under your tongue. The fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon.

Hear, O Lord, and have mercy on me! O Lord, deliver me!"

Zimri came in and struck him dead. (This happened in the twenty-seventh year of Asa's reign over Judah.) Zimri replaced Elah as king.

Now please forgive my sin! Go back with me so I can worship the Lord."

The Lord rewarded me for my godly deeds; he took notice of my blameless behavior.

The priests: the descendants of Jedaiah (through the family of Jeshua): 973;

Then the man said, "Let me go, for the dawn is breaking." "I will not let you go," Jacob replied, "unless you bless me."

The Philistines stayed right on the heels of Saul and his sons. They struck down Saul's sons Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malki-Shua.

Judah acquired a wife for Er his firstborn; her name was Tamar.

we will not hide from their descendants. We will tell the next generation about the Lord's praiseworthy acts, about his strength and the amazing things he has done.

Certainly you do not want a sacrifice, or else I would offer it; you do not desire a burnt sacrifice.

A man named Ananias, a devout man according to the law, well spoken of by all the Jews who live there,

The people were 16,000, of which the Lord's tribute was 32 people.

They will be my people, and I will be their God.

I will walk among you, and I will be your God and you will be my people.

"You must not pollute the land where you live, for blood defiles the land, and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed there, except by the blood of the person who shed it.

The Lord spoke to Jeremiah at the beginning of the reign of Josiah's son, King Jehoiakim of Judah.

The Maidens to the Beloved: Where has your beloved gone, O most beautiful among women? Where has your beloved turned? Tell us, that we may seek him with you.

For in this instance the saying is true, 'One sows and another reaps.'

When you gaze upon riches, they are gone, for they surely make wings for themselves, and fly off into the sky like an eagle!

(At that time King Rezin of Syria recovered Elat for Syria; he drove the Judahites from there. Syrians arrived in Elat and live there to this very day.)

The Amalekites live in the land of the Negev; the Hittites, Jebusites, and Amorites live in the hill country; and the Canaanites live by the sea and along the banks of the Jordan."

"Obey what I am commanding you this day. I am going to drive out before you the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite.

So Hagar gave birth to Abram's son, whom Abram named Ishmael.

If then your whole body is full of light, with no part in the dark, it will be as full of light as when the light of a lamp shines on you."

and placing them at the apostles' feet. The proceeds were distributed to each, as anyone had need.

But Peter said to him, "Explain this parable to us."

Then Samuel said to Saul, "You have made a foolish choice! You have not obeyed the commandment that the Lord your God gave you. Had you done that, the Lord would have established your kingdom over Israel forever!

On that day there will be no light -- the sources of light in the heavens will congeal.

David said to Gad, "I am very upset! I prefer that we be attacked by the Lord, for his mercy is great; I do not want to be attacked by men!"

Then a voice came from the throne, saying: "Praise our God all you his servants, and all you who fear Him, both the small and the great!"

The Lord wanted to exhibit his justice by magnifying his law and displaying it.

Equity and justice are the foundation of your throne. Loyal love and faithfulness characterize your rule.

The Beloved about Her Lover: I am my lover's and my lover is mine; he grazes among the lilies.

At that time the Lord announced through Isaiah son of Amoz: "Go, remove the sackcloth from your waist and take your sandals off your feet." He did as instructed and walked around in undergarments and barefoot.

Let him not trust in what is worthless, deceiving himself; for worthlessness will be his reward.

In this way both of Lot's daughters became pregnant by their father.

So on that day David arose and fled from Saul. He went to King Achish of Gath.

But I will bring in your little ones, whom you said would become victims of war, and they will enjoy the land that you have despised.

The king gave this order to Joab, Abishai, and Ittai: "For my sake deal gently with the young man Absalom." Now the entire army was listening when the king gave all the leaders this order concerning Absalom.

Balaam said to Balak, "Build me seven altars here, and prepare for me here seven bulls and seven rams."

Priests must not have a bald spot shaved on their head, they must not shave the corner of their beard, and they must not cut slashes in their body.

They caused Isaac and Rebekah great anxiety.

I answered them that it was not the custom of the Romans to hand over anyone before the accused had met his accusers face to face and had been given an opportunity to make a defense against the accusation.

and then the third married her, and in this same way all seven died, leaving no children.

The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for evidence against Jesus so that they could put him to death, but they did not find anything.

Our deliverer is the Lord, the Creator of heaven and earth.

"Yes, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; his flame of fire does not shine.

King Solomon answered his mother, "Why just request Abishag the Shunammite for him? Since he is my older brother, you should also request the kingdom for him, for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab son of Zeruiah!"

"The Israelites will camp according to their divisions, each man in his camp, and each man by his standard.

The people traveled from Kibroth Hattaavah to Hazeroth, and they stayed at Hazeroth.

The pattern is to be a gold bell and a pomegranate, a gold bell and a pomegranate, all around the hem of the robe.

At the end of the 430 years, on the very day, all the regiments of the Lord went out of the land of Egypt.

Now there were seven brothers. The first one married a woman and died without children.

Jacob became angry and argued with Laban. "What did I do wrong?" he demanded of Laban. "What sin of mine prompted you to chase after me in hot pursuit?

After they had assembled with the elders and formed a plan, they gave a large sum of money to the soldiers,

The Lord said, "I have made a covenant with my chosen one; I have made a promise on oath to David, my servant:

Go, my people! Enter your inner rooms! Close your doors behind you! Hide for a little while, until his angry judgment is over!

I will punish the world for its evil, and wicked people for their sin. I will put an end to the pride of the insolent, I will bring down the arrogance of tyrants.

and whenever burnt sacrifices were offered to the Lord on the Sabbath and at new moon festivals and assemblies. A designated number were to serve before the Lord regularly in accordance with regulations.

The chief priests took the silver and said, "It is not lawful to put this into the temple treasury, since it is blood money."

Nations will take them and bring them back to their own place. Then the family of Jacob will make foreigners their servants as they settle in the Lord's land. They will make their captors captives and rule over the ones who oppressed them.

We said, 'If in the future they say such a thing to us or to our descendants, we will reply, "See the model of the Lord's altar that our ancestors made, not for burnt offerings or sacrifices, but as a reminder to us and you."'

"O that I could be as I was in the months now gone, in the days when God watched over me,

Of Levi he said: Your Thummim and Urim belong to your godly one, whose authority you challenged at Massah, and with whom you argued at the waters of Meribah.

"What do you mean by quoting this proverb concerning the land of Israel, "'The fathers eat sour grapes And the children's teeth become numb?'

And Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, two of those who had investigated the land, tore their garments.

For my angel will go before you and bring you to the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Canaanites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, and I will destroy them completely.

Then Joseph hugged his father's face. He wept over him and kissed him.

So they made signs to the baby's father, inquiring what he wanted to name his son.

You have profaned me among my people for handfuls of barley and scraps of bread. You have put to death people who should not die and kept alive those who should not live by your lies to my people, who listen to lies!

But carefully obey the commands and instructions Moses the Lord's servant gave you. Love the Lord your God, follow all his instructions, obey his commands, be loyal to him, and serve him with all your heart and being!"

Wherever human beings, wild animals, and birds of the sky live -- he has given them into your power. He has given you authority over them all. You are the head of gold.

He established a rule in Jacob; he set up a law in Israel. He commanded our ancestors to make his deeds known to their descendants,

So do not let them persuade you to do this, because more than forty of them are lying in ambush for him. They have bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink anything until they have killed him, and now they are ready, waiting for you to agree to their request."

For the music director; written by the Korahites, a psalm. O Lord, you showed favor to your land; you restored the well-being of Jacob.

Jotham was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother was Jerusha the daughter of Zadok.

King Solomon then swore an oath by the Lord, "May God judge me severely, if Adonijah does not pay for this request with his life!

His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah near Mamre, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar, the Hethite.

So then, one who speaks in a tongue should pray that he may interpret.

And again, "Praise the Lord all you Gentiles, and let all the peoples praise him."

The wisdom of the shrewd person is to discern his way, but the folly of fools is deception.

A foolish child is the ruin of his father, and a contentious wife is like a constant dripping.

and will turn him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged severely and crucified. Yet on the third day, he will be raised."

The Lord spoke to Jeremiah when King Zedekiah sent to him Pashhur son of Malkijah and the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah. Zedekiah sent them to Jeremiah to ask,

"'Whoever touches the corpse of any person will be ceremonially unclean seven days.

if you obey the Lord your God and keep his commandments and statutes that are written in this scroll of the law. But you must turn to him with your whole mind and being.

You will become an occasion of horror, a proverb, and an object of ridicule to all the peoples to whom the Lord will drive you.

So the king summoned the Gibeonites and spoke with them. (Now the Gibeonites were not descendants of Israel; they were a remnant of the Amorites. The Israelites had made a promise to them, but Saul tried to kill them because of his zeal for the people of Israel and Judah.)

You must not eat any yeast with it; for seven days you must eat bread made without yeast, symbolic of affliction, for you came out of Egypt hurriedly. You must do this so you will remember for the rest of your life the day you came out of the land of Egypt.

A long time passed after the Lord made Israel secure from all their enemies, and Joshua was very old.

For his eyes are on the ways of an individual, he observes all a person's steps.

"'If a resident foreigner who is with you prospers and your brother becomes impoverished with regard to him so that he sells himself to a resident foreigner who is with you or to a member of a foreigner's family,

Your ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died.

The Lord solemnly warned Israel and Judah through all his prophets and all the seers, "Turn back from your evil ways; obey my commandments and rules that are recorded in the law. I ordered your ancestors to keep this law and sent my servants the prophets to remind you of its demands."

If anyone has an ear, he had better listen!

How precious is your loyal love, O God! The human race finds shelter under your wings.

The pillars of the heavens tremble and are amazed at his rebuke.

The one who works his land will be satisfied with food, but whoever chases daydreams will have his fill of poverty.

It is vain for you to rise early, come home late, and work so hard for your food. Yes, he can provide for those whom he loves even when they sleep.

"Speak to the Israelites, and receive from them a staff from each tribe, one from every tribal leader, twelve staffs; you must write each man's name on his staff.

At that time they will say, "Look, here is our God! We waited for him and he delivered us. Here is the Lord! We waited for him. Let's rejoice and celebrate his deliverance!"

I for my part will do this to you: I will inflict horror on you, consumption and fever, which diminish eyesight and drain away the vitality of life. You will sow your seed in vain because your enemies will eat it.

When I refused to confess my sin, my whole body wasted away, while I groaned in pain all day long.

The governor instructed them not to eat any of the sacred food until there was a priest who could consult the Urim and Thummim.

He said, "Here, my lords, please turn aside to your servant's house. Stay the night and wash your feet. Then you can be on your way early in the morning." "No," they replied, "we'll spend the night in the town square."

It then went up the Valley of Ben Hinnom to the slope of the Jebusites on the south (that is, Jerusalem), going up to the top of the hill opposite the Valley of Ben Hinnom to the west, which is at the end of the Valley of the Rephaites to the north.

for he said, "For a hand was lifted up to the throne of the Lord -- that the Lord will have war with Amalek from generation to generation."

When Judas arrived, he went up to Jesus immediately and said, "Rabbi!" and kissed him.

Just like their relatives, the descendants of Aaron, they also cast lots before King David, Zadok, Ahimelech, the leaders of families, the priests, and the Levites. The families of the oldest son cast lots along with the those of the youngest.

The Danites said to him, "Don't say another word to us, or some very angry men will attack you, and you and your family will die."

He makes the winds his messengers, and the flaming fire his attendant.

The Lord spoke to Aaron, "See, I have given you the responsibility for my raised offerings; I have given all the holy things of the Israelites to you as your priestly portion and to your sons as a perpetual ordinance.

Now in Egypt the Midianites sold Joseph to Potiphar, one of Pharaoh's officials, the captain of the guard.

For a fire has been kindled by my anger, and it burns to lowest Sheol; it consumes the earth and its produce, and ignites the foundations of the mountains.

You must not encroach on your neighbor's property, which will have been defined in the inheritance you will obtain in the land the Lord your God is giving you.

Praise him with the tambourine and with dancing! Praise him with stringed instruments and the flute!

The one who loves pleasure will be a poor person; whoever loves wine and anointing oil will not be rich.

The residents of Jerusalem made his youngest son Ahaziah king in his place, for the raiding party that invaded the city with the Arabs had killed all the older sons. So Ahaziah son of Jehoram became king of Judah.

Solomon tried to kill Jeroboam, but Jeroboam escaped to Egypt and found refuge with King Shishak of Egypt. He stayed in Egypt until Solomon died.

So the people went out to see what had happened, and they came to Jesus. They found the man from whom the demons had gone out, sitting at Jesus' feet, clothed and in his right mind, and they were afraid.

the men of her city must bring the young woman to the door of her father's house and stone her to death, for she has done a disgraceful thing in Israel by behaving like a prostitute while living in her father's house. In this way you will purge evil from among you.