You are to put the atonement lid on top of the ark, and in the ark you are to put the testimony I am giving you.

Indeed, the people of Israel are my dear children. They are the children I take delight in. For even though I must often rebuke them, I still remember them with fondness. So I am deeply moved with pity for them and will surely have compassion on them. I, the Lord, affirm it!

Of Asher he said: Asher is blessed with children, may he be favored by his brothers and may he dip his foot in olive oil.

the priest is to examine the infection, and if it appears to be deeper than the skin and the hair in it is reddish yellow and thin, then the priest is to pronounce the person unclean. It is scall, a disease of the head or the beard.

The Lord promotes equity and justice; the Lord's faithfulness extends throughout the earth.

Then Absalom sent spies through all the tribes of Israel who said, "When you hear the sound of the horn, you may assume that Absalom rules in Hebron."

He entreats God, and God delights in him, he sees God's face with rejoicing, and God restores to him his righteousness.

While they were staying there many days, Festus explained Paul's case to the king to get his opinion, saying, "There is a man left here as a prisoner by Felix.

While he was on his way down, his slaves met him and told him that his son was going to live.

"So," he said, "let your leaders go down there with me, and if this man has done anything wrong, they may bring charges against him."

Fine gold cannot be given in exchange for it, nor can its price be weighed out in silver.

But so that I may not delay you any further, I beg you to hear us briefly with your customary graciousness.

You have joy, Israel! Who is like you? You are a people delivered by the Lord, your protective shield and your exalted sword. May your enemies cringe before you; may you trample on their backs.

They are like valleys stretched forth, like gardens by the river's side, like aloes that the Lord has planted, and like cedar trees beside the waters.

I will take the kingdom from the hand of his son and give ten tribes to you.

because we are about to destroy it. The outcry against this place is so great before the Lord that he has sent us to destroy it."

So now swear to me in the Lord's name that you will not kill my descendants after me or destroy my name from the house of my father."

He said to the people, "Be ready for the third day. Do not go near your wives."

(Now Ephron was sitting among the sons of Heth.) Ephron the Hethite replied to Abraham in the hearing of the sons of Heth -- before all who entered the gate of his city --

Let it richly bloom; let it rejoice and shout with delight! It is given the grandeur of Lebanon, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon. They will see the grandeur of the Lord, the splendor of our God.

They crouch and lie down like a lion, and as a lioness, who can stir him? Blessed is the one who blesses you, and cursed is the one who curses you!'"

Yes, my hand founded the earth; my right hand spread out the sky. I summon them; they stand together.

But the Levites must camp around the tabernacle of the testimony, so that the Lord's anger will not fall on the Israelite community. The Levites are responsible for the care of the tabernacle of the testimony."

So the demons came out of the man and went into the pigs, and the herd of pigs rushed down the steep slope into the lake and drowned.

At that time the Lord who commands armies will become a beautiful crown and a splendid diadem for the remnant of his people.

The Lord God of Israel who rules over all spoke about Moab. "Sure to be judged is Nebo! Indeed, it will be destroyed! Kiriathaim will suffer disgrace. It will be captured! Its fortress will suffer disgrace. It will be torn down!

For victory does not come from the east or west, or from the wilderness.

I granted you a king in my anger, and I will take him away in my wrath!

When Joseph's brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated Joseph and were not able to speak to him kindly.

Listen to my instruction so that you may be wise, and do not neglect it.

The Lord frustrates the decisions of the nations; he nullifies the plans of the peoples.

We will also bring the first of our coarse meal, of our contributions, of the fruit of every tree, of new wine, and of olive oil to the priests at the storerooms of the temple of our God, along with a tenth of the produce of our land to the Levites, for the Levites are the ones who collect the tithes in all the cities where we work.

Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law contend with them.

He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend even the strongest bow.

Finally Jacob said to Laban, "Give me my wife, for my time of service is up. I want to have marital relations with her."

He causes everyone to stop working, so that all people may know his work.

The king of Israel replied, "Tell him the one who puts on his battle gear should not boast like one who is taking it off."

The house he builds is as fragile as a moth's cocoon, like a hut that a watchman has made.

Then he said to me, "Prophesy over these bones, and tell them: 'Dry bones, hear the word of the Lord.

Will he find delight in the Almighty? Will he call out to God at all times?

They crossed the Jordan and camped at Aroer, on the south side of the city, at the wadi of Gad, near Jazer.

Now if a man finds his enemy, does he send him on his way in good shape? May the Lord repay you with good this day for what you have done to me.

"For Aaron's sons you are to make tunics, sashes, and headbands for glory and for beauty.

Like wild donkeys in the desert they go out to their labor, seeking diligently for food; the wasteland provides food for them and for their children.

The Lord says to her, "Stop crying! Do not shed any more tears! For your heartfelt repentance will be rewarded. Your children will return from the land of the enemy. I, the Lord, affirm it!

Look, they come from far away! Look, some come from the north and west, and others from the land of Sinim!

The night watchmen found me -- the ones who guard the city walls. "Have you seen my beloved?"

But I trust in you, O Lord! I declare, "You are my God!"

their troubles multiply, they desire other gods. I will not pour out drink offerings of blood to their gods, nor will I make vows in the name of their gods.

When it was evening the owner of the vineyard said to his manager, 'Call the workers and give the pay starting with the last hired until the first.'

And from among the priests: the descendants of Hobaiah, the descendants of Hakkoz, and the descendants of Barzillai (who had taken a wife from the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by that name).

The Lord his God handed him over to the king of Syria. The Syrians defeated him and deported many captives to Damascus. He was also handed over to the king of Israel, who thoroughly defeated him.

Will you show him partiality? Will you argue the case for God?

There, in the presence of the Israelites, Joshua inscribed on the stones a duplicate of the law written by Moses.

God sent me ahead of you to preserve you on the earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.

When Ben Hadad received this reply, he and the other kings were drinking in their quarters. He ordered his servants, "Get ready to attack!" So they got ready to attack the city.

For the sake of my servant Jacob, Israel, my chosen one, I call you by name and give you a title of respect, even though you do not recognize me.

Benaiah the Pirathonite, Hiddai from the wadis of Gaash,

No one is to oppress his fellow citizen, but you must fear your God, because I am the Lord your God.

You will drink the milk of nations; you will nurse at the breasts of kings. Then you will recognize that I, the Lord, am your deliverer, your protector, the powerful ruler of Jacob.

Sheba traveled through all the tribes of Israel to Abel of Beth Maacah and all the Berite region. When they had assembled, they too joined him.

When they were sick, I wore sackcloth, and refrained from eating food. (If I am lying, may my prayers go unanswered!)

"And you, sing a lament for the princes of Israel,

He does not fear bad news. He is confident; he trusts in the Lord.

"I will arise and look all around throughout the town, and throughout the streets and squares; I will search for my beloved." I searched for him but I did not find him.

Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, so that I may answer anyone who taunts me.

Wealth adds many friends, but a poor person is separated from his friend.

I will meditate on your precepts and focus on your behavior.

Since they are my servants whom I brought out from the land of Egypt, they must not be sold in a slave sale.

He has made me a byword to people, I am the one in whose face they spit.

He said to the people of Judah: "Let's build these cities and fortify them with walls, towers, and barred gates. The land remains ours because we have followed the Lord our God and he has made us secure on all sides." So they built the cities and prospered.

Because you have closed their minds to understanding, therefore you will not exalt them.

You are righteous with regard to all that has happened to us, for you have acted faithfully. It is we who have been in the wrong!

He commanded them: "At the end of seven years, at the appointed time of the cancellation of debts, at the Feast of Temporary Shelters,

"My people have been lost sheep. Their shepherds have allow them to go astray. They have wandered around in the mountains. They have roamed from one mountain and hill to another. They have forgotten their resting place.

Then Samuel got up early to meet Saul the next morning. But Samuel was informed, "Saul has gone to Carmel where he is setting up a monument for himself. Then Samuel left and went down to Gilgal."

the twenty-second to Giddalti and his sons and relatives -- twelve in all,

But Elijah said, "As certainly as the Lord who rules over all lives (whom I serve), I will make an appearance before him today."

The king appointed Benaiah son of Jehoiada to take his place at the head of the army, and the king appointed Zadok the priest to take Abiathar's place.

That is why to this day the Israelites do not eat the sinew which is attached to the socket of the hip, because he struck the socket of Jacob's hip near the attached sinew.

For the land is full of people unfaithful to him. They live wicked lives and they misuse their power. So the land is dried up because it is under his curse. The pastures in the wilderness are withered.

If the wicked are shown mercy, they do not learn about justice. Even in a land where right is rewarded, they act unjustly; they do not see the Lord's majesty revealed.

Like a bridegroom it emerges from its chamber; like a strong man it enjoys running its course.

The Lord has broken the club of the wicked, the scepter of rulers.

The seventh time the servant said, "Look, a small cloud, the size of the palm of a man's hand, is rising up from the sea." Elijah then said, "Go and tell Ahab, 'Hitch up the chariots and go down, so that the rain won't overtake you.'"

"At that time I will summon my servant Eliakim, son of Hilkiah.

his food is turned sour in his stomach; it becomes the venom of serpents within him.

he will perish forever, like his own excrement; those who used to see him will say, 'Where is he?'

They were saying to God, 'Turn away from us,' and 'What can the Almighty do to us?'

He will not look on the streams, the rivers, which are the torrents of honey and butter.

He removed the city's residents and made them do hard labor with saws, iron picks, and axes. This was his policy with all the Ammonite cities. Then David and all the army returned to Jerusalem.

David, Zadok (a descendant of Eleazar), and Ahimelech (a descendant of Ithamar) divided them into groups to carry out their assigned responsibilities.

Now the entire family has risen up against your servant, saying, 'Turn over the one who struck down his brother, so that we can execute him and avenge the death of his brother whom he killed. In so doing we will also destroy the heir.' They want to extinguish my remaining coal, leaving no one on the face of the earth to carry on the name of my husband."

Obed-Edom's sons: The firstborn Shemaiah, the second Jehozabad, the third Joah, the fourth Sakar, the fifth Nethanel,

He ruled for forty-one years in Jerusalem. His grandmother was Maacah daughter of Abishalom.

Solomon ruled over all Israel from Jerusalem for forty years.

Joab replied to the king, "May the Lord your God make the army a hundred times larger right before the eyes of my lord the king! But why does my master the king want to do this?"

The king pled with the prophet, "Seek the favor of the Lord your God and pray for me, so that my hand may be restored." So the prophet sought the Lord's favor and the king's hand was restored to its former condition.

One of you makes a thousand run away, for the Lord your God fights for you as he promised you he would.

This will be a confirming sign for you that will be fulfilled through your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas: in a single day they both will die!

This is the nature of the cancellation: Every creditor must remit what he has loaned to another person; he must not force payment from his fellow Israelite, for it is to be recognized as "the Lord's cancellation of debts."

But Saul found out the whereabouts of David and the men who were with him. Now Saul was sitting at Gibeah under the tamarisk tree at an elevated location with his spear in hand and all his servants stationed around him.

Be careful not to make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, for when they prostitute themselves to their gods and sacrifice to their gods, and someone invites you, you will eat from his sacrifice;

Bread made without yeast must be eaten for seven days; no bread made with yeast shall be seen among you, and you must have no yeast among you within any of your borders.

They worshiped Micah's carved image the whole time God's authorized shrine was in Shiloh.

He asked, "Why? What wrong has he done?" But they shouted more insistently, "Crucify him!"

He brings an end to wars throughout the earth; he shatters the bow and breaks the spear; he burns the shields with fire.

When he arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many serious charges that they were not able to prove.

The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron.

When they were fed, they became satisfied; when they were satisfied, they became proud; as a result, they forgot me!

Then the king gave Ebed Melech the Ethiopian the following order: "Take thirty men with you from here and go pull the prophet Jeremiah out of the cistern before he dies."

For they have committed adultery and blood is on their hands. They have committed adultery with their idols, and their sons, whom they bore to me, they have passed through the fire as food to their idols.

Egypt is totally incapable of helping. For this reason I call her 'Proud one who is silenced.'"

The river's channels bring joy to the city of God, the special, holy dwelling place of the sovereign One.

A trap seizes him by the heel; a snare grips him.

When Joseph reached his brothers, they stripped him of his tunic, the special tunic that he wore.

They transported the ark on a new cart from the house of Abinadab; Uzzah and Ahio were guiding the cart,

Instead, you must kill him without fail! Your own hand must be the first to strike him, and then the hands of the whole community.

David thought about what they said and was very afraid of King Achish of Gath.

I tell you the truth, the master will put him in charge of all his possessions.

Her hands take hold of the distaff, and her hands grasp the spindle.

Every living creature which swarms where the river flows will live; there will be many fish, for these waters flow there. It will become fresh and everything will live where the river flows.

Then Hushai reported to Zadok and Abiathar the priests, "Here is what Ahithophel has advised Absalom and the leaders of Israel to do, and here is what I have advised.

Now when Absalom and all the men of Israel arrived in Jerusalem, Ahithophel was with him.

If anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, so that when you assemble it does not lead to judgment. I will give directions about other matters when I come.

So now, please come and curse this nation for me, for they are too powerful for me. Perhaps I will prevail so that we may conquer them and drive them out of the land. For I know that whoever you bless is blessed, and whoever you curse is cursed."

So then, my brothers and sisters, when you come together to eat, wait for one another.

Now the head of all the Levitical leaders was Eleazar son of Aaron the priest. He was appointed over those who were responsible for the sanctuary.

I am ready to vindicate, I am ready to deliver, I will establish justice among the nations. The coastlands wait patiently for me; they wait in anticipation for the revelation of my power.

As one who is above your brothers, I give to you the mountain slope, which I took from the Amorites with my sword and my bow."

For the sake of my reputation I hold back my anger; for the sake of my prestige I restrain myself from destroying you.

How blessed is the one whom you instruct, O Lord, the one whom you teach from your law,

For you ignore the God who rescues you; you pay no attention to your strong protector. So this is what happens: You cultivate beautiful plants and plant exotic vines.

Then some of the experts in the law answered, "Teacher, you have spoken well!"

So if a prophet prophesied peace and prosperity, it was only known that the Lord truly sent him when what he prophesied came true."

He mounted a winged angel and flew; he glided on the wings of the wind.

When you did these things, I was silent, so you thought I was exactly like you. But now I will condemn you and state my case against you!

Now the Lord energized Elijah with power; he tucked his robe into his belt and ran ahead of Ahab all the way to Jezreel.

From whose womb does the ice emerge, and the frost from the sky, who gives birth to it,

So Joshua fought against Amalek just as Moses had instructed him;and Moses and Aaron and Hur went up to the top of the hill.

These are the ones that came up from Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Kerub, Addon, and Immer (although they were unable to certify their family connection or their ancestry, as to whether they really were from Israel):

If its owner was with it, he will not have to pay; if it was hired, what was paid for the hire covers it.

But the soldiers replied, "You should not do this! For if we should have to make a rapid retreat, they won't be too concerned about us. Even if half of us should die, they won't be too concerned about us. But you are like ten thousand of us! So it is better if you remain in the city for support."

Instead we will do everything we vowed we would do. We will sacrifice and pour out drink offerings to the goddess called the Queen of Heaven just as we and our ancestors, our kings, and our leaders previously did in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. For then we had plenty of food, were well-off, and had no troubles.

There will be no prosperity for the wicked," says the Lord.

Now Joab returned from chasing Abner and assembled all the people. Nineteen of David's soldiers were missing, in addition to Asahel.

Then the high priest stood up before them and asked Jesus, "Have you no answer? What is this that they are testifying against you?"

from the tribe of Dan, Ammiel son of Gemalli;

If they ask you, 'Where should we go?' tell them the Lord says this: "Those who are destined to die of disease will go to death by disease. Those who are destined to die in war will go to death in war. Those who are destined to die of starvation will go to death by starvation. Those who are destined to go into exile will go into exile."

Praise him, all his angels! Praise him, all his heavenly assembly!

The Lover to His Beloved: Your stature is like a palm tree, and your breasts are like clusters of grapes.

Though you have allowed me to experience much trouble and distress, revive me once again! Bring me up once again from the depths of the earth!

For this reason what they have made and stored up, they carry over the Stream of the Poplars.

When he saw the angel who was destroying the people, David said to the Lord, "Look, it is I who have sinned and done this evil thing! As for these sheep -- what have they done? Attack me and my family."

I dressed you in embroidered clothing and put fine leather sandals on your feet. I wrapped you with fine linen and covered you with silk.

The one who loves a pure heart and whose speech is gracious -- the king will be his friend.

Its back has rows of shields, shut up closely together as with a seal;

Can you send out lightning bolts, and they go? Will they say to you, 'Here we are'?

(Vav) May I experience your loyal love, O Lord, and your deliverance, as you promised.

I have not even permitted my mouth to sin by asking for his life through a curse --

He offered sacrifices and burned incense on the high places, on the hills, and under every green tree.

The messengers came again and said, "This is what Ben Hadad says, 'I sent this message to you, "You must give me your silver, gold, wives, and sons."

Now from these towns that you will give to the Levites you must select six towns of refuge to which a person who has killed someone may flee. And you must give them forty-two other towns.

He followed all the sinful practices of his father before him. He was not wholeheartedly devoted to the Lord his God, as his ancestor David had been.

Then make sure you don't speak evil words or use deceptive speech!

So Saul assembled the army and mustered them at Telaim. There were 200,000 foot soldiers and 10,000 men of Judah.

Javan, Tubal, and Meshech were your clients; they exchanged slaves and bronze items for your merchandise.

Even if they fast, I will not hear their cries for help. Even if they offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. Instead, I will kill them through wars, famines, and plagues."

The other half of Manasseh, Reuben, and Gad received their allotted tribal lands beyond the Jordan, just as Moses, the Lord's servant, had assigned them.

Not one of the Lord's faithful promises to the family of Israel was left unfulfilled; every one was realized.

There is a loud noise on the mountains -- it sounds like a large army! There is great commotion among the kingdoms -- nations are being assembled! The Lord who commands armies is mustering forces for battle.

I will set up within my temple and my walls a monument that will be better than sons and daughters. I will set up a permanent monument for them that will remain.

and her two sons, one of whom was named Gershom (for Moses had said, "I have been a foreigner in a foreign land"),

I have discovered David, my servant. With my holy oil I have anointed him as king.

(Khet) The Lord is my source of security. I have determined to follow your instructions.

Our God approaches and is not silent; consuming fire goes ahead of him and all around him a storm rages.

When you cross the Jordan River to the land the Lord your God is giving you, you must erect great stones and cover them with plaster.

When harvest time came, he sent a slave to the tenants so that they would give him his portion of the crop. However, the tenants beat his slave and sent him away empty-handed.

the men of Jericho: 345;

And so Job died, old and full of days.

One must not take either lower or upper millstones as security on a loan, for that is like taking a life itself as security.

Moreover, you are to tell the Israelites, 'If any man curses his God he will bear responsibility for his sin,

God spoke to Israel in a vision during the night and said, "Jacob, Jacob!" He replied, "Here I am!"

He sent young Israelite men, and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed young bulls for peace offerings to the Lord.

When he had secured control of the kingdom, he executed the servants who had assassinated his father.

"(For you know how we lived in the land of Egypt and how we crossed through the nations as we traveled.

And the cloud of the Lord was over them by day, when they traveled from the camp.

that sends messengers by sea, who glide over the water's surface in boats made of papyrus. Go, you swift messengers, to a nation of tall, smooth-skinned people, to a people that are feared far and wide, to a nation strong and victorious, whose land rivers divide.

Do not go out hastily to litigation, or what will you do afterward when your neighbor puts you to shame?

Your justice endures, and your law is reliable.

Their idols are made of silver and gold -- they are man-made.

The Lord's shout is heard over the water; the majestic God thunders, the Lord appears over the surging water.

In the eleventh year, in the third month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me:

Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he ruled in Jerusalem for eleven years. His mother's name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah, from Libnah.

I was a stranger and you did not receive me as a guest, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.'

My heart cries out because of Moab's plight, and for the fugitives stretched out as far as Zoar and Eglath Shelishiyah. For they weep as they make their way up the ascent of Luhith; they loudly lament their demise on the road to Horonaim.

"Get ready for a difficult task like a man. I will question you and you will inform me!

I will maintain my righteousness and never let it go; my conscience will not reproach me for as long as I live.

I gave instructions that Shelemiah the priest, Zadok the scribe, and a certain Levite named Pedaiah be put in charge of the storerooms, and that Hanan son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah, be their assistant, for they were regarded as trustworthy. It was then their responsibility to oversee the distribution to their colleagues.

Those that died in the plague were 24,000.

Samson went and captured three hundred jackals and got some torches. He tied the jackals in pairs by their tails and then tied a torch to each pair.

These ten times you have been reproaching me; you are not ashamed to attack me!

Yet another battle occurred in Gath. On that occasion there was a large man who had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot, twenty-four in all! He too was a descendant of Rapha.

Then Abraham ran to the herd and chose a fine, tender calf, and gave it to a servant, who quickly prepared it.

He would certainly rebuke you if you secretly showed partiality!

How beautiful are your tents, O Jacob, and your dwelling places, O Israel!

He followed in his father Asa's footsteps and was careful to do what the Lord approved.

Then they presented the decrees of the king to the king's satraps and to the governors of Trans-Euphrates, who gave help to the people and to the temple of God.

(One of Saul's servants was there that day, detained before the Lord. His name was Doeg the Edomite, who was in charge of Saul's shepherds.)

The Lord said to Moses, "Bring Aaron's staff back before the testimony to be preserved for a sign to the rebels, so that you may bring their murmurings to an end before me, that they will not die."

Certainly no man who has a physical flaw is to approach: a blind man, or one who is lame, or one with a slit nose, or a limb too long,

For how will it be known then that I have found favor in your sight, I and your people? Is it not by your going with us, so that we will be distinguished, I and your people, from all the people who are on the face of the earth?"

and the priest is to make one a sin offering and the other a burnt offering. So the priest is to make atonement for her before the Lord from her discharge of impurity.

from the tribe of Issachar, Igal son of Joseph;

and then if he gets up and walks about outside on his staff, then the one who struck him is innocent, except he must pay for the injured person's loss of time and see to it that he is fully healed.

Rich and poor alike will die in this land. They will not be buried or mourned. People will not cut their bodies or shave off their hair to show their grief for them.

(Now Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were sitting there, opposite the tomb.)

Why does no one challenge me when I come? Why does no one respond when I call? Is my hand too weak to deliver you? Do I lack the power to rescue you? Look, with a mere shout I can dry up the sea; I can turn streams into a desert, so the fish rot away and die from lack of water.

The ropes of Sheol tightened around me, the snares of death trapped me.

It cannot be measured out for purchase with the gold of Ophir, with precious onyx or sapphires.

Listen carefully to the thunder of his voice, to the rumbling that proceeds from his mouth.

After this Manasseh built up the outer wall of the City of David on the west side of the Gihon in the valley to the entrance of the Fish Gate and all around the terrace; he made it much higher. He placed army officers in all the fortified cities in Judah.

"You are to anoint Aaron and his sons and sanctify them, so that they may minister as my priests.

Now an archer shot an arrow at random and it struck the king of Israel between the plates of his armor. The king ordered his charioteer, "Turn around and take me from the battle line, for I am wounded."

"The time will come when your people will sin against you (for there is no one who is sinless!) and you will be angry at them and deliver them over to their enemies, who will take them as prisoners to their land, whether far away or close by.

Oded, a prophet of the Lord, was there. He went to meet the army as they arrived in Samaria and said to them: "Look, because the Lord God of your ancestors was angry with Judah he handed them over to you. You have killed them so mercilessly that God has taken notice.

He did what the Lord approved, just as his father Uzziah had done. (He did not, however, have the audacity to enter the temple.) Yet the people were still sinning.

When Amaziah returned from defeating the Edomites, he brought back the gods of the people of Seir and made them his personal gods. He bowed down before them and offered them sacrifices.

The Lord said to Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh and say, 'Will I really have a child when I am old?'

And let me get a bit of food so that you may refresh yourselves since you have passed by your servant's home. After that you may be on your way." "All right," they replied, "you may do as you say."

For I made this vow when I was living in Geshur in Aram: 'If the Lord really does allow me to return to Jerusalem, I will serve the Lord.'"

Take ten loaves of bread, some small cakes, and a container of honey and visit him. He will tell you what will happen to the boy."

They were accompanied by the Levites Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah, and Tob-Adonijah, and by the priests Elishama and Jehoram.

He conquered all the land of Gilead, including the territory of Gad, Reuben, and Manasseh, extending all the way from the Aroer in the Arnon Valley through Gilead to Bashan.

If the sun has risen on him, then there is blood guilt for him. A thief must surely make full restitution; if he has nothing, then he will be sold for his theft.

Abraham named his son -- whom Sarah bore to him -- Isaac.

Then he looked on the Kenites and uttered this oracle: "Your dwelling place seems strong, and your nest is set on a rocky cliff.

They blasphemed the God of heaven because of their sufferings and because of their sores, but nevertheless they still refused to repent of their deeds.

When he said this, an argument began between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and the assembly was divided.

This is what comforts me in my trouble, for your promise revives me.

Whether then it was I or they, this is the way we preach and this is the way you believed.

Why do you forget the Lord, who made you, who stretched out the sky and founded the earth? Why do you constantly tremble all day long at the anger of the oppressor, when he makes plans to destroy? Where is the anger of the oppressor?

Direct my steps by your word! Do not let any sin dominate me!

The Lord watches from heaven; he sees all people.

The Lord is like a lion who has left his lair. So their lands will certainly be laid waste by the warfare of the oppressive nation and by the fierce anger of the Lord."

Pay attention, Lord, and hear! Open your eyes, Lord, and observe! Listen to the message Sennacherib sent and how he taunts the living God!

The rulers of the Philistines went up to visit her and said to her, "Trick him! Find out what makes him so strong and how we can subdue him and humiliate him. Each one of us will give you eleven hundred silver pieces."

The second lamb you are to offer around sundown; you are to prepare for it the same meal offering as for the morning and the same drink offering, for a soothing aroma, an offering made by fire to the Lord.

Take a man's garment when he has given security for a stranger, and when he gives surety for strangers, hold him in pledge.

I will bring on you an avenging sword, a covenant vengeance. Although you will gather together into your cities, I will send pestilence among you and you will be given into enemy hands.

Of Dan he said: Dan is a lion's cub; he will leap forth from Bashan.

Then his father Isaac said to him, "Come here and kiss me, my son."

from the tribe of Benjamin, Palti son of Raphu;

I desperately want to be in the courts of the Lord's temple. My heart and my entire being shout for joy to the living God.

Greet Ampliatus, my dear friend in the Lord.

Look, you are wiser than Daniel; no secret is hidden from you.

then listen from heaven and forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel. Certainly you will then teach them the right way to live and send rain on your land that you have given your people to possess.

A false witness will not go unpunished, and the one who spouts out lies will perish.

Its breath sets coals ablaze and a flame shoots from its mouth.

And its young ones devour the blood, and where the dead carcasses are, there it is."

Jashobeam son of Zabdiel was in charge of the first division, which was assigned the first month. His division consisted of 24,000 men.

The guards were shaken and became like dead men because they were so afraid of him.

When he became king and occupied the throne, he killed Baasha's entire family. He did not spare any male belonging to him; he killed his relatives and his friends.

Then David said to Abishai and to all his servants, "My own son, my very own flesh and blood, is trying to take my life. So also now this Benjaminite! Leave him alone so that he can curse, for the Lord has spoken to him.

You are to put the atonement lid on the ark of the testimony in the Most Holy Place.

When he gave back to his mother the eleven hundred pieces of silver, his mother said, "I solemnly dedicate this silver to the Lord. It will be for my son's benefit. We will use it to make a carved image and a metal image."

Then the Lord spoke to Moses in the Moabite plains by the Jordan near Jericho. He said:

Then the disciples understood that he was speaking to them about John the Baptist.

Now the upper chambers were narrower, because the galleries took more space from them than from the lower and middle chambers of the building.

Look, the name of the Lord comes from a distant place in raging anger and awesome splendor. He speaks angrily and his word is like destructive fire.

Look, I made him a witness to nations, a ruler and commander of nations."

you whom I am bringing back from the earth's extremities, and have summoned from the remote regions -- I told you, "You are my servant." I have chosen you and not rejected you.

However, due to your abundant mercy you did not do away with them altogether; you did not abandon them. For you are a merciful and compassionate God.

I gave them my statutes and revealed my regulations to them. The one who carries them out will live by them!

In the thirty-seventh year of the exile of King Jehoiachin of Judah, on the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth month, Evil-Merodach, in the first year of his reign, pardoned King Jehoiachin of Judah and released him from prison.

I will make justice the measuring line, fairness the plumb line; hail will sweep away the unreliable refuge, the floodwaters will overwhelm the hiding place.

The north wind brings forth rain, and a gossiping tongue brings forth an angry look.

I run along the path of your commands, for you enable me to do so.

Let the whole earth fear the Lord! Let all who live in the world stand in awe of him!

It looks on every haughty being; it is king over all that are proud."

I cry out to you, but you do not answer me; I stand up, and you only look at me.

But the wise ones took flasks of olive oil with their lamps.

David and all Israel went up to Baalah (that is, Kiriath Jearim) in Judah to bring up from there the ark of God the Lord, who sits enthroned between the cherubim -- the ark that is called by his name.

He said, "No, my brothers! Don't act so wickedly!

David went in, sat before the Lord, and said: "Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my family, that you should have brought me to this point?

Elishama, Beeliada, and Eliphelet.

But Jehoshaphat asked, "Is there not a prophet of the Lord still here, that we may ask him?"

her first husband who divorced her is not permitted to remarry her after she has become ritually impure, for that is offensive to the Lord. You must not bring guilt on the land which the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance.

So Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly to the entrance to the tent of meeting. They then threw themselves down with their faces to the ground, and the glory of the Lord appeared to them.

In the morning he was troubled, so he called for all the diviner-priests of Egypt and all its wise men. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but no one could interpret them for him.

Igal son of Nathan from Zobah, Bani the Gadite,

From the three he was given honor and he became their officer, even though he was not one of the three.

In three days, when they were still in pain, two of Jacob's sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brothers, each took his sword and went to the unsuspecting city and slaughtered every male.

David realized that Saul had come out to seek his life; at that time David was in Horesh in the desert of Ziph.

Then Gad the prophet said to David, "Don't stay in the stronghold. Go to the land of Judah." So David left and went to the forest of Hereth.

He sent messengers to Abimelech, who was in Arumah, reporting, "Beware! Gaal son of Ebed and his brothers are coming to Shechem and inciting the city to rebel against you.

He made the camels kneel down by the well outside the city. It was evening, the time when the women would go out to draw water.

His head was brought on a platter and given to the girl, and she brought it to her mother.

Cursed is the one who perverts justice for the resident foreigner, the orphan, and the widow.' Then all the people will say, 'Amen!'

They did not find me arguing with anyone or stirring up a crowd in the temple courts or in the synagogues or throughout the city,

Did my hand not make all these things?'

a God who is honored in the great angelic assembly, and more awesome than all who surround him?

The man's name was Nabal, and his wife's name was Abigail. She was both wise and beautiful, but the man was harsh and his deeds were evil. He was a Calebite.

"Son of man, sing a lament for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say to him: "'You were like a lion among the nations, but you are a monster in the seas; you thrash about in your streams, stir up the water with your feet, and muddy your streams.

So Jeremiah summoned Baruch son of Neriah. Then Jeremiah dictated to Baruch everything the Lord had told him to say and Baruch wrote it all down in a scroll.

Before daybreak the murderer rises up; he kills the poor and the needy; in the night he is like a thief.

saying, "Woe, woe, O great city -- dressed in fine linen, purple and scarlet clothing, and adorned with gold, precious stones, and pearls --

Hezekiah said to Isaiah, "The Lord's word which you have announced is appropriate." Then he added, "At least there will be peace and stability during my lifetime."

From the city the dying groan, and the wounded cry out for help, but God charges no one with wrongdoing.

If she does not please her master, who has designated her for himself, then he must let her be redeemed. He has no right to sell her to a foreign nation, because he has dealt deceitfully with her.

Then they struck the men who were at the door of the house, from the youngest to the oldest, with blindness. The men outside wore themselves out trying to find the door.

All your garments are perfumed with myrrh, aloes, and cassia. From the luxurious palaces comes the music of stringed instruments that makes you happy.

The Lord your God will deliver it over to you and you must kill every single male by the sword.

"They even sent for men from far away; when the messenger arrived, those men set out. For them you bathed, painted your eyes, and decorated yourself with jewelry.

Now when Abiathar son of Ahimelech had fled to David at Keilah, he had brought with him an ephod.

For the sovereign Lord is awe-inspiring; he is the great king who rules the whole earth!

An honorable man makes honorable plans; his honorable character gives him security.

May their dining table become a trap before them! May it be a snare for that group of friends!

You will not fight in this battle. Take your positions, stand, and watch the Lord deliver you, O Judah and Jerusalem. Don't be afraid and don't panic! Tomorrow march out toward them; the Lord is with you!'"

Then all the men who were aware that their wives were sacrificing to other gods, as well as all their wives, answered Jeremiah. There was a great crowd of them representing all the people who lived in northern and southern Egypt. They answered,

When he imposed a limit for the rain, and a path for the thunderstorm,

For I am full of words, and the spirit within me constrains me.

Now ascend, O Lord God, to your resting place, you and the ark of your strength! May your priests, O Lord God, experience your deliverance! May your loyal followers rejoice in the prosperity you give!

"So now, say this to my servant David: 'This is what the Lord who commands armies says: "I took you from the pasture and from your work as a shepherd to make you a leader of my people Israel.

They worshiped the disgusting idols in blatant disregard of the Lord's command.

and elaborate greetings in the marketplaces, and to have people call them 'Rabbi.'

But Samuel said, "What have you done?" Saul replied, "When I saw that the army had started to abandon me and that you didn't come at the appointed time and that the Philistines had assembled at Micmash,

These are the animals you may eat: the ox, the sheep, the goat,

Complete my older daughter's bridal week. Then we will give you the younger one too, in exchange for seven more years of work."

But in the seventh month Ishmael son of Nethaniah, son of Elishama, who was a member of the royal family, came with ten of his men and murdered Gedaliah, as well as the Judeans and Babylonians who were with him at Mizpah.

Moses said to them, "Have you allowed all the women to live?

But all the young women who have not had sexual intercourse with a man will be yours.

But you must offer a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, as a pleasing aroma to the Lord, one bull, one ram, seven lambs one year old, all of them without blemish,

(The ripe fruit you greatly desired has gone from you, and all your luxury and splendor have gone from you -- they will never ever be found again!)

but the villagers refused to welcome him, because he was determined to go to Jerusalem.

She is like the merchant ships; she brings her food from afar.

When God made me wander from my father's house, I told her, 'This is what you can do to show your loyalty to me: Every place we go, say about me, "He is my brother."'"

So Jacob came back to his father Isaac in Mamre, to Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had stayed.

It is the same for you. If you do not speak clearly with your tongue, how will anyone know what is being said? For you will be speaking into the air.

And if he finds it, I tell you the truth, he will rejoice more over it than over the ninety-nine that did not go astray.

This is what the sovereign Lord says to these bones: Look, I am about to infuse breath into you and you will live.

other than this one thing I shouted out while I stood before them: 'I am on trial before you today concerning the resurrection of the dead.'"

So now, listen to this, O one who lives so lavishly, who lives securely, who says to herself, 'I am unique! No one can compare to me! I will never have to live as a widow; I will never lose my children.'

He covers himself with light as if it were a garment. He stretches out the skies like a tent curtain,

I will install rulers over them who will care for them. Then they will no longer need to fear or be terrified. None of them will turn up missing. I, the Lord, promise it!

ants are creatures with little strength, but they prepare their food in the summer;

Now there was another man who prophesied as the Lord's representative against this city and this land just as Jeremiah did. His name was Uriah son of Shemaiah from Kiriath Jearim.

You complacent women, get up and listen to me! You carefree daughters, pay attention to what I say!

For the Lord is angry at all the nations and furious with all their armies. He will annihilate them and slaughter them.

Like a roaring lion or a roving bear, so is a wicked ruler over a poor people.

He proclaims his word to Jacob, his statutes and regulations to Israel.

A priest of Aaron's line will be with the Levites when the Levites collect the tithes, and the Levites will bring up a tenth of the tithes to the temple of our God, to the storerooms of the treasury.

You are to make this into a sacred anointing oil, a perfumed compound, the work of a perfumer. It will be sacred anointing oil.

The wealth that he consumed he vomits up, God will make him throw it out of his stomach.

She nagged him every day and pressured him until he was sick to death of it.

Then Jacob tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and mourned for his son many days.

Rescue me from the mouth of the lion, and from the horns of the wild oxen! You have answered me!

For he fulfills his decree against me, and many such things are his plans.

if he retains it for himself and does not let it go, and holds it fast in his mouth,

the oracle of the one who hears the words of God, who sees a vision from the Almighty, although falling flat on the ground with eyes open:

So the Lord brought against them the commanders of the army of the king of Assyria. They seized Manasseh, put hooks in his nose, bound him with bronze chains, and carried him away to Babylon.

Then he is to take the live bird along with the piece of cedar wood, the scrap of crimson fabric, and the twigs of hyssop, and he is to dip them and the live bird in the blood of the bird slaughtered over the fresh water,

So Benaiah son of Jehoiada went up and executed Joab; he was buried at his home in the wilderness.

Shimei son of Gera the Benjaminite from Bahurim came down quickly with the men of Judah to meet King David.

At times you were publicly exposed to abuse and afflictions, and at other times you came to share with others who were treated in that way.

Half of Gilead, Ashtaroth, and Edrei, cities in the kingdom of Og in Bashan, were assigned to the descendants of Makir son of Manasseh, to half the descendants of Makir by their clans.

You must do what you are instructed, and the verdict they pronounce to you, without fail. Do not deviate right or left from what they tell you.

"Speak to the Israelites and tell them, 'When a man makes a special votive offering based on the conversion value of persons to the Lord,

Then one of the four living creatures gave the seven angels seven golden bowls filled with the wrath of God who lives forever and ever,

Honesty has disappeared; the one who tries to avoid evil is robbed. The Lord watches and is displeased, for there is no justice.

They planned to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.

Then Rachel and Leah replied to him, "Do we still have any portion or inheritance in our father's house?

Moreover, they have done this to me: In the very same day they desecrated my sanctuary and profaned my Sabbaths.

I will fully satisfy the needs of those who are weary and fully refresh the souls of those who are faint.

(Lamed) To crush underfoot all the earth's prisoners,

For he has satisfied those who thirst, and those who hunger he has filled with food.

A king sitting on the throne to judge separates out all evil with his eyes.

Then all the army officers, including Johanan son of Kareah and Jezaniah son of Hoshaiah and all the people of every class, went to the prophet Jeremiah.

I have received a distressing message: "The deceiver deceives, the destroyer destroys. Attack, you Elamites! Lay siege, you Medes! I will put an end to all the groaning!"

Under three things the earth trembles, and under four things it cannot bear up:

The household of the wicked will be destroyed, but the tent of the upright will flourish.

Though a thousand may fall beside you, and a multitude on your right side, it will not reach you.

I will be secure, for I seek your precepts.

No harm will overtake you; no illness will come near your home.

Did not the Cushites and Libyans have a huge army with chariots and a very large number of horsemen? But when you relied on the Lord, he handed them over to you!

For the music director; according to the al-tashcheth style; a prayer of David, written when Saul sent men to surround his house and murder him. Deliver me from my enemies, my God! Protect me from those who attack me!

It is as if I have been given fertile fields or received a beautiful tract of land.

Then he gives a revelation to people, and terrifies them with warnings,

He conceals the face of the full moon, shrouding it with his clouds.

You will go to the Levitical priests and the judge in office in those days and seek a solution; they will render a verdict.

The priest will then command that one bird be slaughtered into a clay vessel over fresh water.

When David finished offering burnt sacrifices and peace offerings, he pronounced a blessing over the people in the Lord's name.

Then Jehoshaphat added, "First seek an oracle from the Lord."

Samson spent half the night with the prostitute; then he got up in the middle of the night and left. He grabbed the doors of the city gate, as well as the two posts, and pulled them right off, bar and all. He put them on his shoulders and carried them up to the top of a hill east of Hebron.

but has not brought it to the entrance of the Meeting Tent to present it as an offering to the Lord before the tabernacle of the Lord. He has shed blood, so that man will be cut off from the midst of his people.

Ships will come from the coast of Kittim, and will afflict Asshur, and will afflict Eber, and he will also perish forever."

And take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle and all that is in it, and sanctify it and all its furnishings, and it will be holy.

He asked, "Where have you laid him?" They replied, "Lord, come and see."

"Exact vengeance for the Israelites on the Midianites -- after that you will be gathered to your people."

However, the spiritual did not come first, but the natural, and then the spiritual.

Many gave false testimony against him, but their testimony did not agree.

You are to put the table outside the curtain and the lampstand on the south side of the tabernacle, opposite the table, and you are to place the table on the north side.

When Pharaoh saw that the rain and hail and thunder ceased, he sinned again: both he and his servants hardened their hearts.

Diverse weights and diverse measures -- the Lord abhors both of them.

He said to me, "Son of man, can these bones live?" I said to him, "Sovereign Lord, you know."

chief Magdiel, chief Iram. These were the chiefs of Edom, according to their settlements in the land they possessed. This was Esau, the father of the Edomites.

Now and then there would be something wrong with the pot he was molding from the clay with his hands. So he would rework the clay into another kind of pot as he saw fit.

Look, you will summon nations you did not previously know; nations that did not previously know you will run to you, because of the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, for he bestows honor on you.

I will make human beings more scarce than pure gold, and people more scarce than gold from Ophir.

Its heart is hard as rock, hard as a lower millstone.

When it rises up, the mighty are terrified, at its thrashing about they withdraw.

He does not take his eyes off the righteous; but with kings on the throne he seats the righteous and exalts them forever.

Your maxims are proverbs of ashes; your defenses are defenses of clay.

They divided up the land between them; Ahab went one way and Obadiah went the other.

In those days the Lord prompted King Rezin of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah to attack Judah.

"You must keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread. For seven days you must eat bread made without yeast, as I commanded you; do this at the appointed time of the month Abib, for in the month Abib you came out of Egypt.

He did evil in the sight of the Lord; he followed in Jeroboam's footsteps and encouraged Israel to sin.

I will select you; you will rule over all you desire to have and you will be king over Israel.

At three times in the year all your men must appear before the Lord God, the God of Israel.

It was reported to Saul saying, "David is at Naioth in Ramah."

Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, together with Moses' sons and his wife, came to Moses in the desert where he was camping by the mountain of God.

and the temple was filled with smoke from God's glory and from his power. Thus no one could enter the temple until the seven plagues from the seven angels were completed.

So Balak did just as Balaam had said. Balak and Balaam then offered on each altar a bull and a ram.

and the chamber which faces north is for the priests who keep charge of the altar. These are the descendants of Zadok, from the descendants of Levi, who may approach the Lord to minister to him."

If I were to fly away on the wings of the dawn, and settle down on the other side of the sea,

"As for you, son of man, describe the temple to the house of Israel, so that they will be ashamed of their sins and measure the pattern.

When I cried out for help, you answered me. You made me bold and energized me.

When a righteous man turns from his godliness and commits iniquity, he will die for it.

Instead of shame, you will get a double portion; instead of humiliation, they will rejoice over the land they receive. Yes, they will possess a double portion in their land and experience lasting joy.

King Zedekiah sent Jehucal son of Shelemiah and the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah to the prophet Jeremiah. He told them to say, "Please pray to the Lord our God on our behalf."

For this reason every one of your faithful followers should pray to you while there is a window of opportunity. Certainly when the surging water rises, it will not reach them.

Do not speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.

Rejoice in the Lord and be happy, you who are godly! Shout for joy, all you who are morally upright!

A song of ascents. O Lord, for David's sake remember all his strenuous effort,

May their names be deleted from the scroll of the living! Do not let their names be listed with the godly!

But if God is quiet, who can condemn him? If he hides his face, then who can see him? Yet he is over the individual and the nation alike,

It is true, Lord, that the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands.

Then the king said to Doeg, "You turn and strike down the priests!" So Doeg the Edomite turned and struck down the priests. He killed on that day eighty-five men who wore the linen ephod.

Ahimelech replied to the king, "Who among all your servants is faithful like David? He is the king's son-in-law, the leader of your bodyguard, and honored in your house!

I would lay out my case before him and fill my mouth with arguments.

If a man denounces his friends for personal gain, the eyes of his children will fail.

You must be blameless before the Lord your God.

Five of you will pursue a hundred, and a hundred of you will pursue ten thousand, and your enemies will fall before you by the sword.

I also provided for the wood offering at the appointed times and also for the first fruits. Please remember me for good, O my God.

David assembled all the leaders of Israel, along with the priests and the Levites.

Then he moved away from there and dug another well. They did not quarrel over it, so Isaac named it Rehoboth, saying, "For now the Lord has made room for us, and we will prosper in the land."

May Reuben live and not die, and may his people multiply.

Early in the morning Abimelech summoned all his servants. When he told them about all these things, they were terrified.

I sent terror ahead of you to drive out before you the two Amorite kings. I gave you the victory; it was not by your swords or bows.

"You must not offer the blood of my sacrifice with bread containing yeast; the fat of my festal sacrifice must not remain until morning.

And, 'Whoever swears by the altar is bound by nothing. But if anyone swears by the gift on it he is bound by the oath.'

An Ethiopian, Ebed Melech, a court official in the royal palace, heard that Jeremiah had been put in the cistern. While the king was holding court at the Benjamin Gate,

When I was in Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me about him, asking for a sentence of condemnation against him.

And pointing toward his disciples he said, "Here are my mother and my brothers!

A tempest blows out from its chamber, icy cold from the driving winds.

But Jesus came and touched them. "Get up," he said. "Do not be afraid."

Then I will reply, 'I will bring them back from the land of the north. I will gather them in from the distant parts of the earth. Blind and lame people will come with them, so will pregnant women and women about to give birth. A vast throng of people will come back here.

Yet because of you we are killed all day long; we are treated like sheep at the slaughtering block.

The godless at heart nourish anger, they do not cry out even when he binds them.

So Amnon lay down and pretended to be sick. When the king came in to see him, Amnon said to the king, "Please let my sister Tamar come in so she can make a couple of cakes in my sight. Then I will eat from her hand."

Written by the Korahites; a psalm, a song. The Lord's city is in the holy hills.

They also stood in a designated place every morning and offered thanks and praise to the Lord. They also did this in the evening

Then Amnon said to Tamar, "Bring the cakes into the bedroom; then I will eat from your hand." So Tamar took the cakes that she had prepared and brought them to her brother Amnon in the bedroom.

Look, I am just like you in relation to God; I too have been molded from clay.

You may say, 'God stores up a man's punishment for his children!' Instead let him repay the man himself so that he may know it!

All the leaders of the priests and people became more unfaithful and committed the same horrible sins practiced by the nations. They defiled the Lord's temple which he had consecrated in Jerusalem.

By the ninth day of the fourth month the famine in the city was so severe the residents had no food.

Then all the nations of the earth will recognize that the Lord is the only genuine God.

If a man presents a peace offering sacrifice to the Lord for a special votive offering or for a freewill offering from the herd or the flock, it must be flawless to be acceptable; it must have no flaw.

Uzziah attacked the Philistines and broke down the walls of Gath, Jabneh, and Ashdod. He built cities in the region of Ashdod and throughout Philistine territory.

The priest replied to David, "I don't have any ordinary bread at my disposal. Only holy bread is available, and then only if your soldiers have abstained from sexual relations with women."

Zadok son of Ahitub and Abimelech son of Abiathar were priests; Shavsha was scribe;

He replied, "My lord the king, my servant deceived me! I said, 'Let me get my donkey saddled so that I can ride on it and go with the king,' for I am lame.

and the clans of the scribes who lived in Jabez: the Tirathites, Shimeathites, and Sucathites. These are the Kenites who descended from Hammath, the father of Beth-Rechab.

Moses took half of the blood and put it in bowls, and half of the blood he splashed on the altar.

Caleb drove out from there three Anakites -- Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, descendants of Anak.

the ibex, the gazelle, the deer, the wild goat, the antelope, the wild oryx, and the mountain sheep.

The terror you inspire in others and the arrogance of your heart have deceived you. You may make your home in the clefts of the rocks; you may occupy the highest places in the hills. But even if you made your home where the eagles nest, I would bring you down from there," says the Lord.

At that moment Jesus said to the crowd, "Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest me like you would an outlaw? Day after day I sat teaching in the temple courts, yet you did not arrest me.

"When that time comes," says the Lord, "the people of Israel and Judah will return to the land together. They will come back with tears of repentance as they seek the Lord their God.

You will be free from your oath if you go to my relatives and they will not give her to you. Then you will be free from your oath.'

"'As for the prophet, if he is made a fool by being deceived into speaking a prophetic word -- I, the Lord, have made a fool of that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand against him and destroy him from among my people Israel.

and say: 'This is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I am against you, Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal.

Kesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel."

Look at me! Answer me, O Lord my God! Revive me, or else I will die!

A poor person who oppresses the weak is like a driving rain without food.

"'For the Lord has spoken about Shallum son of Josiah, who succeeded his father as king of Judah but was carried off into exile. He has said, "He will never return to this land.

Doing justice brings joy to the righteous and terror to those who do evil.

"Then I thought, 'I will die in my own home, my days as numerous as the grains of sand.

Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own estimation.

Can you fill its hide with harpoons or its head with fishing spears?

They held a feast before the Lord that day and celebrated. Then they designated Solomon, David's son, as king a second time; before the Lord they anointed him as ruler and Zadok as priest.

For what is his interest in his home after his death, when the number of his months has been broken off?

So the Lord's messenger told Gad to instruct David to go up and build an altar for the Lord on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

The judge may sentence him to forty blows, but no more. If he is struck with more than these, you might view your fellow Israelite with contempt.

The rest of the events of Uzziah's reign, from start to finish, were recorded by the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz.

When the chariot commanders realized he was not the king of Israel, they turned away from him.

When the chariot commanders saw Jehoshaphat, they said, "He must be the king of Israel!" So they turned and attacked him, but Jehoshaphat cried out. The Lord helped him; God lured them away from him.

for the Lord your God goes with you to fight on your behalf against your enemies to give you victory."

When he got home, he told his father and mother, "A Philistine girl in Timnah has caught my eye. Now get her for my wife."

So the Lord announced through his servants the prophets:

So David went up as Gad instructed him to do, according to the Lord's instructions.

The wild animals of the desert honor me, the jackals and ostriches, because I put water in the desert and streams in the wilderness, to quench the thirst of my chosen people,

So I went down to the potter's house and found him working at his wheel.

he will certainly rescue you from the snare of the hunter and from the destructive plague.

For the music director; a psalm of David. O Lord, rescue me from wicked men! Protect me from violent men,

Suppose a Levite comes by his own free will from one of your villages, from any part of Israel where he is living, to the place the Lord chooses

So the Israelites did according to all that the Lord commanded Moses; that is the way they camped under their standards, and that is the way they traveled, each with his clan and family.

For he is not predisposed to afflict or to grieve people.

O Lord, give me the words! Then my mouth will praise you.

So Jacob immediately put his children and his wives on the camels.

Like a club or a sword or a sharp arrow, so is the one who testifies against his neighbor as a false witness.

All the nations, whom you created, will come and worship you, O Lord. They will honor your name.

Evil men plot against the godly and viciously attack them.

Satisfy us in the morning with your loyal love! Then we will shout for joy and be happy all our days!

You uprooted a vine from Egypt; you drove out nations and transplanted it.

The breath of God produces ice, and the breadth of the waters freeze solid.

All who worship idols are ashamed, those who boast about worthless idols. All the gods bow down before him.

Nowhere in all the land could women be found who were as beautiful as Job's daughters, and their father granted them an inheritance alongside their brothers.

He has blocked my way so I cannot pass, and has set darkness over my paths.

When such a person hears the words of this oath he secretly blesses himself and says, "I will have peace though I continue to walk with a stubborn spirit." This will destroy the watered ground with the parched.

Absalom acted this way toward everyone in Israel who came to the king for justice. In this way Absalom won the loyalty of the citizens of Israel.

Now in this, you are not right -- I answer you, for God is greater than a human being.

God abandons me to evil men, and throws me into the hands of wicked men.

Uzziah built and fortified towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate, Valley Gate, and at the Angle.

We will come against him wherever he happens to be found. We will descend on him like the dew falls on the ground. Neither he nor any of the men who are with him will be spared alive -- not one of them!

Some of the descendants of Benjamin settled in Geba, Micmash, Aija, Bethel and its villages,

Then Michal took a household idol and put it on the bed. She put a quilt made of goat's hair over its head and then covered the idol with a garment.

Sheshan had no sons, only daughters. Sheshan had an Egyptian servant named Jarha.

Do I have a shortage of fools, that you have brought me this man to display his insanity in front of me? Should this man enter my house?"

The dogs have big appetites; they are never full. They are shepherds who have no understanding; they all go their own way, each one looking for monetary gain.

Then Moses recited the words of this song from start to finish in the hearing of the whole assembly of Israel.

In that the toes of the feet were partly of iron and partly of clay, the latter stages of this kingdom will be partly strong and partly fragile.

"'In this year of jubilee you must each return to your property.

and the Lord spoke to Moses:

I will do so because these people have rejected me and have defiled this place. They have offered sacrifices in it to other gods which neither they nor their ancestors nor the kings of Judah knew anything about. They have filled it with the blood of innocent children.

The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah (but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan). The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.

Do you want to really live? Would you love to live a long, happy life?

Jacob became furious with Rachel and exclaimed, "Am I in the place of God, who has kept you from having children?"

And at Daniel's request, the king appointed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego over the administration of the province of Babylon. Daniel himself served in the king's court.

Leah said, "How fortunate!" So she named him Gad.

One basket had very good-looking figs in it. They looked like those that had ripened early. The other basket had very bad-looking figs in it, so bad they could not be eaten.

whose heart did not bless me as he warmed himself with the fleece of my sheep,

Look at Zion, the city where we hold religious festivals! You will see Jerusalem, a peaceful settlement, a tent that stays put; its stakes will never be pulled up; none of its ropes will snap in two.

You must not have sexual intercourse with your father's sister; she is your father's flesh.

Examine me, O Lord, and test me! Evaluate my inner thoughts and motives!

In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, he began to seek the God of his ancestor David. In his twelfth year he began ridding Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, Asherah poles, idols, and images.

4,000 are to be gatekeepers; and 4,000 are to praise the Lord with the instruments I supplied for worship."

Your two breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle.

He redeemed my life from going down to the place of corruption, and my life sees the light!'

And you must tell the Israelites, 'If a man dies and has no son, then you must transfer his inheritance to his daughter;

and he begins to beat his fellow slaves and to eat and drink with drunkards,

So Jacob went over to his father Isaac, who felt him and said, "The voice is Jacob's, but the hands are Esau's."

There was a young man from Bethlehem in Judah. He was a Levite who had been temporarily residing among the tribe of Judah.

Then Moses and Aaron fell down with their faces to the ground before the whole assembled community of the Israelites.

For the Lord had caused infertility to strike every woman in the household of Abimelech because he took Sarah, Abraham's wife.

Babylonia had been a gold cup in the Lord's hand. She had made the whole world drunk. The nations had drunk from the wine of her wrath. So they have all gone mad.

Dan will judge his people as one of the tribes of Israel.

Whoever does these things is abhorrent to the Lord and because of these detestable things the Lord your God is about to drive them out from before you.

When Pilate was informed by the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph.

Yet my people have forgotten me and offered sacrifices to worthless idols! This makes them stumble along in the way they live and leave the old reliable path of their fathers. They have left them to walk in bypaths, in roads that are not smooth and level.

Like one who takes off a garment on a cold day, or like vinegar poured on soda, so is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.

So the disciples went and did as Jesus had instructed them.

Your treaty with death will be dissolved; your agreement with Sheol will not last. When the overwhelming judgment sweeps by, you will be overrun by it.

vindicates the oppressed, and gives food to the hungry. The Lord releases the imprisoned.

"As soon as the ear heard these things, it blessed me, and when the eye saw them, it bore witness to me,

The people were delighted with their donations, for they contributed to the Lord with a willing attitude; King David was also very happy.

Be very strong! Carefully obey all that is written in the law scroll of Moses so you won't swerve from it to the right or the left,

In my distress I called to the Lord; I called to my God. From his heavenly temple he heard my voice; he listened to my cry for help.

Can his armies be numbered? On whom does his light not rise?

Then Judah said to his brothers, "What profit is there if we kill our brother and cover up his blood?

At that time King Hezekiah of Judah stripped the metal overlays from the doors of the Lord's temple and from the posts which he had plated and gave them to the king of Assyria.

Then the high priest tore his clothes and said, "Why do we still need witnesses?

Everything was verified by number and by weight, and the total weight was written down at that time.

The rest of the events of Manasseh's reign and all his accomplishments, as well as the sinful acts he committed, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah.

He said, "Hagar, servant of Sarai, where have you come from, and where are you going?" She replied, "I'm running away from my mistress, Sarai."

Then King David sent a message to Zadok and Abiathar the priests saying, "Tell the elders of Judah, 'Why should you delay any further in bringing the king back to his palace, when everything Israel is saying has come to the king's attention.

and declared, "This man said, 'I am able to destroy the temple of God and rebuild it in three days.'"

(Now there were about twelve men in all.)

but he ran off naked, leaving his linen cloth behind.

An evil person suffers much pain, but the Lord's faithfulness overwhelms the one who trusts in him.

"'This is what the sovereign Lord says: On that day thoughts will come into your mind, and you will devise an evil plan.

For the music director; according to the shushan-eduth style; a prayer of David written to instruct others. It was written when he fought against Aram Naharaim and Aram-Zobah. That was when Joab turned back and struck down 12,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt. O God, you have rejected us. You suddenly turned on us in your anger. Please restore us!

The Lord always proves faithful and reliable to those who follow the demands of his covenant.

Return it to its sheath! In the place where you were created, in your native land, I will judge you.

How blessed are the people who experience these things! How blessed are the people whose God is the Lord!

His bones were full of his youthful vigor, but that vigor will lie down with him in the dust.

As Obadiah was traveling along, Elijah met him. When he recognized him, he fell facedown to the ground and said, "Is it really you, my master, Elijah?"

When Araunah looked out and saw the king and his servants approaching him, he went out and bowed to the king with his face to the ground.

Will there be an end to your windy words? Or what provokes you that you answer?

Moses' father-in-law said to him, "What you are doing is not good!

Isaiah said to them, "Tell your master this: 'This is what the Lord says: "Don't be afraid because of the things you have heard -- these insults the king of Assyria's servants have hurled against me.