The godly will rejoice when they see vengeance carried out; they will bathe their feet in the blood of the wicked.

O Lord who rules over all, how blessed are those who trust in you!

Is it your opinion that God should recompense it, because you reject this? But you must choose, and not I, so tell us what you know.

He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him vow allegiance in the name of God. He was stubborn and obstinate, and refused to return to the Lord God of Israel.

Make a just decision on my behalf! Decide what is right!

Azariah, the head priest from the family of Zadok, said to him, "Since the contributions began arriving in the Lord's temple, we have had plenty to eat and have a large quantity left over. For the Lord has blessed his people, and this large amount remains."

the descendants of Asnah, the descendants of Meunim, the descendants of Nephussim,

Yet I have not been silent because of the darkness, because of the thick darkness that covered my face.

In the cities of Manasseh, Ephraim, and Simeon, as far as Naphtali, and in the ruins around them,

He removed the high places and the incense altars from all the cities of Judah. The kingdom had rest under his rule.

Hoshea son of Azaziah led the Ephraimites, Joel son of Pedaiah led the half-tribe of Manasseh,

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

the eighth to Jeshaiah and his sons and relatives -- twelve in all,

Then they reported to Jezebel, "Naboth has been stoned to death."

and the sons of Jehieli, Zetham and his brother Joel. They were in charge of the storehouses in the Lord's temple.

the thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebeab,

Don't let Hezekiah talk you into trusting in the Lord when he says, "The Lord will certainly rescue us; this city will not be handed over to the king of Assyria."

Hepher the Mekerathite, Ahijah the Pelonite,

son of Michael, son of Baaseiah, son of Malkijah,

Do not blame your people Israel whom you redeemed, O Lord, and do not hold them accountable for the bloodshed of an innocent person." Then atonement will be made for the bloodshed.

Such were the exploits of Benaiah son of Jehoida, who gained fame among the three elite warriors.

Micah said to him, "Where do you come from?" He replied, "I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah. I am looking for a new place to live."

Joshua rewarded them and sent them on their way; they returned to their homes.

But if her husband clearly nullifies them when he hears them, then whatever she says by way of vows or obligations will not stand. Her husband has made them void, and the Lord will release her from them.

The rest of Kohath's descendants were allotted ten cities from the clans of the tribe of Ephraim, and from the tribe of Dan and the half-tribe of Manasseh.

Simeon's assigned land was taken from Judah's allotted portion, for Judah's territory was too large for them; so Simeon was assigned land within Judah.

We will cross armed in the Lord's presence into the land of Canaan, and then the possession of our inheritance that we inherit will be ours on this side of the Jordan River."

And one male goat must be offered to the Lord as a purification offering, in addition to the continual burnt offering and its drink offering.

The width of the court on the west side is to be seventy-five feet with hangings, with their ten posts and their ten bases.

This is the law for the burnt offering, the grain offering, the sin offering, the guilt offering, the ordination offering, and the peace offering sacrifice,

for the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the contribution offering I have taken from the Israelites out of their peace offering sacrifices and have given them to Aaron the priest and to his sons from the people of Israel as a perpetual allotted portion.'"

Balaam replied, "Must I not be careful to speak what the Lord has put in my mouth?"

You are to make a surrounding frame for it about three inches broad, and you are to make a surrounding border of gold for its frame.

Then you will know that I am the Lord, when I open your graves and raise you from your graves, my people.

Then Jacob started out from Beer Sheba, and the sons of Israel carried their father Jacob, their little children, and their wives in the wagons that Pharaoh had sent along to transport him.

for I really was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews and I have done nothing wrong here for which they should put me in a dungeon."

He imprisoned them all for three days.

But Hamor made this appeal to them: "My son Shechem is in love with your daughter. Please give her to him as his wife.

The soldiers of Babylonia will stop fighting. They will remain in their fortified cities. They will lose their strength to do battle. They will be as frightened as women. The houses in her cities will be set on fire. The gates of her cities will be broken down.

"'This is what the Lord says: Egypt's supporters will fall; her confident pride will crumble. From Migdol to Syene they will die by the sword within her, declares the sovereign Lord.

then you must say, 'They belong to your servant Jacob. They have been sent as a gift to my lord Esau. In fact Jacob himself is behind us.'"

"A lion coming up from the thick undergrowth along the Jordan scatters the sheep in the pastureland around it. So too I will chase the Babylonians off of their land. Then I will appoint over it whomever I choose. For there is no one like me. There is no one who can call me to account. There is no ruler that can stand up against me.

At the end of seventy years the Lord will revive Tyre. She will start making money again by selling her services to all the earth's kingdoms.

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.'"

For this is what the sovereign Lord says: "In the beginning my people went to live temporarily in Egypt; Assyria oppressed them for no good reason.

Then they will say, 'Under these conditions I can enjoy sweet sleep when I wake up and look around.'"

It is like the dew of Hermon, which flows down upon the hills of Zion. Indeed that is where the Lord has decreed a blessing will be available -- eternal life.

You are the God who does amazing things; you have revealed your strength among the nations.

Do to them as you did to Midian -- as you did to Sisera and Jabin at the Kishon River!

He gives his chosen king magnificent victories; he is faithful to his chosen ruler, to David and his descendants forever."

Faithfulness grows from the ground, and deliverance looks down from the sky.

He rescued me from my strong enemy, from those who hate me, for they were too strong for me.

which I reserve for the time of trouble, for the day of war and battle?

God has ascended his throne amid loud shouts; the Lord has ascended his throne amid the blaring of ram's horns.

You displayed a sensitive spirit and humbled yourself before God when you heard his words concerning this place and its residents. You humbled yourself before me, tore your clothes and wept before me, and I have heard you,' says the Lord.

The entire assembly worshiped, as the singers sang and the trumpeters played. They continued until the burnt sacrifice was completed.

But now you are preoccupied with the judgment due the wicked, judgment and justice take hold of you.

They went over the Fountain Gate and continued directly up the steps of the City of David on the ascent to the wall. They passed the house of David and continued on to the Water Gate toward the east.

This is what you must do. One third of you priests and Levites who are on duty during the Sabbath will guard the doors.

So look, the Lord is about to severely afflict your people, your sons, your wives, and all you own.

Ezri son of Kelub was in charge of the field workers who farmed the land.

The son of Gershom: Shebuel the oldest.

When Hadadezer's subjects saw they were defeated by Israel, they made peace with David and became his subjects. The Arameans were no longer willing to help the Ammonites.

He placed garrisons in Edom, and all the Edomites became David's subjects. The Lord protected David wherever he campaigned.

When David was informed, he gathered all Israel, crossed the Jordan River, and marched against them. David deployed his army against the Arameans for battle and they fought against him.

These were the family leaders of the Levites, as listed in their genealogical records. They lived in Jerusalem.

Cursed is the one who commits bestiality.' Then all the people will say, 'Amen!'

Within the territory of the tribe of Benjamin they were allotted Geba and its pasturelands, Alemeth and its pasturelands, and Anathoth and its pasturelands. Their clans were allotted thirteen cities in all.

son of Elkanah, son of Joel, son of Azariah, son of Zephaniah,

So David's friend Hushai arrived in the city, just as Absalom was entering Jerusalem.

The rest of the events of Jehoahaz's reign, including all his accomplishments and successes, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Israel.

When Saul saw how very successful he was, he was afraid of him.

Only the gold, the silver, the bronze, the iron, the tin, and the lead,

The people said to Joshua, "No! We really will worship the Lord!"

You will pursue your enemies and they will fall before you by the sword.

and his virgin sister who is near to him, who has no husband; he may defile himself for her.

"This is its meaning," Joseph said to him. "The three branches represent three days.

The leaders of the assembly said, "How can we find wives for those who are left? After all, the Benjaminite women have been wiped out.

She did not abandon the prostitution she had practiced in Egypt; for in her youth men had sex with her, fondled her virgin breasts, and ravished her.

Then he asked, "Are you really my son Esau?" "I am," Jacob replied.

The man became wealthy. His influence continued to grow until he became very prominent.

He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate ordered that it be given to him.

He covers the sky with clouds, provides the earth with rain, and causes grass to grow on the hillsides.

It was made with cherubim and decorative palm trees, with a palm tree between each cherub. Each cherub had two faces:

Dedan was your client in saddlecloths for riding.

Then the nations which remain around you will know that I, the Lord, have rebuilt the ruins and replanted what was desolate. I, the Lord, have spoken -- and I will do it!'

"'As surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, surely in the city of the king who crowned him, whose oath he despised and whose covenant he broke -- in the middle of Babylon he will die!

Consider! It is planted, but will it prosper? Will it not wither completely when the east wind blows on it? Will it not wither in the soil where it sprouted?'"

I did this because they rejected my regulations, did not follow my statutes, and desecrated my Sabbaths; for their hearts followed their idols.

Babylon hammered the whole world to pieces. But see how that 'hammer' has been broken and shattered! See what an object of horror Babylon has become among the nations!

If grape pickers came to pick your grapes, would they not leave a few grapes behind? If robbers came at night, would they not pillage only what they needed?

I announced them to you beforehand; before they happened, I predicted them for you, so you could never say, 'My image did these things, my idol, my cast image, decreed them.'

Indeed, all the tables are covered with vomit; no place is untouched.

They made an image of a calf at Horeb, and worshiped a metal idol.

He will descend like rain on the mown grass, like showers that drench the earth.

Then Ishmael took captive all the people who were still left alive in Mizpah. This included the royal princesses and all the rest of the people in Mizpah that Nebuzaradan, the captain of the royal guard, had put under the authority of Gedaliah son of Ahikam. Ishmael son of Nethaniah took all these people captive and set out to cross over to the Ammonites.

They made him angry by the waters of Meribah, and Moses suffered because of them,

I will tell about your justice, and all day long proclaim your salvation, though I cannot fathom its full extent.

Everyone rejects God; they are all morally corrupt. None of them does what is right, not even one!

for he is too proud to recognize and give up his sin.

to satisfy a devastated and desolate land, and to cause it to sprout with vegetation?

By God's power we will conquer; he will trample down our enemies.

I do not need to take a bull from your household or goats from your sheepfolds.

All the temple servants and the descendants of the servants of Solomon: 392.

When David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David; he came out from the threshing floor and bowed to David with his face to the ground.

David did not count the males twenty years old and under, for the Lord had promised to make Israel as numerous as the stars in the sky.

the sons of Hashem the Gizonite, Jonathan son of Shageh the Hararite,

But when they went to bury her, they found nothing left but the skull, feet, and palms of the hands.

The servants of the district governors led the march. When Ben Hadad sent messengers, they reported back to him, "Men are marching out of Samaria."

If the Lord your God enlarges your borders as he promised your ancestors and gives you all the land he pledged to them,

All the leaders and people said to him, "Do not give in or agree to his demands."

the waters of Jarkon, and Rakkon, including the territory in front of Joppa.

Shaaraim, Adithaim, and Gederah (or Gederothaim) -- a total of fourteen cities and their towns.

This was the land assigned to the tribe of Zebulun by its clans, including these cities and their towns.

Joshua captured in one campaign all these kings and their lands, for the Lord God of Israel fought for Israel.

Bless, O Lord, his goods, and be pleased with his efforts; undercut the legs of any who attack him, and of those who hate him, so that they cannot stand.

and if his father has no brothers, then you are to give his inheritance to his relative nearest to him from his family, and he will possess it. This will be for the Israelites a legal requirement, as the Lord commanded Moses.'"

how they met you along the way and cut off all your stragglers in the rear of the march when you were exhausted and tired; they were unafraid of God.

and all the women whose heart stirred them to action and who were skilled spun goats' hair.

from Ozni, the family of the Oznites; from Eri, the family of the Erites;

In all your landed property you must provide for the right of redemption of the land.

This is the law of the land animals, the birds, all the living creatures that move in the water, and all the creatures that swarm on the land,

onyx stones, and other gems to be set in the ephod and in the breastpiece.

My sheep wandered over all the mountains and on every high hill. My sheep were scattered over the entire face of the earth with no one looking or searching for them.

The two and a half tribes have received their inheritance on this side of the Jordan, east of Jericho, toward the sunrise."

Reuben said to them, "Didn't I say to you, 'Don't sin against the boy,' but you wouldn't listen? So now we must pay for shedding his blood!"

So his mother told him, "Any curse against you will fall on me, my son! Just obey me! Go and get them for me!"

All the princes of the sea will vacate their thrones. They will remove their robes and strip off their embroidered clothes; they will clothe themselves with trembling. They will sit on the ground; they will tremble continually and be shocked at what has happened to you.

The sons of Bilhah, Rachel's servant, were Dan and Naphtali.

So the gifts were sent on ahead of him while he spent that night in the camp.

This is what the Lord who rules over all says, "Babylon's thick wall will be completely demolished. Her high gates will be set on fire. The peoples strive for what does not satisfy. The nations grow weary trying to get what will be destroyed."

So I spoke to the people in the morning, and my wife died in the evening. In the morning I acted just as I was commanded.

"'I will restore their fortunes, the fortunes of Sodom and her daughters, and the fortunes of Samaria and her daughters (along with your fortunes among them),

For he did not kill me before I came from the womb, making my pregnant mother's womb my grave forever.

"We will not listen to what you claim the Lord has spoken to us!

Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam and grandson of Shaphan, took an oath so as to give them and their troops some assurance of safety. "Do not be afraid to submit to the Babylonians. Settle down in the land and submit to the king of Babylon. Then things will go well for you.

"You have surely noticed what these people are saying, haven't you? They are saying, 'The Lord has rejected the two families of Israel and Judah that he chose.' So they have little regard that my people will ever again be a nation.

Let your private parts be exposed! Your genitals will be on display! I will get revenge; I will not have pity on anyone,"

and they brought Uriah back from there. They took him to King Jehoiakim, who had him executed and had his body thrown into the burial place of the common people.

Remind me of what happened! Let's debate! You, prove to me that you are right!

"At that time Jacob's splendor will be greatly diminished, and he will become skin and bones.

locusts have no king, but they all go forward by ranks;

You will eat what you worked so hard to grow. You will be blessed and secure.

You did not bring me lambs for your burnt offerings; you did not honor me with your sacrifices. I did not burden you with offerings; I did not make you weary by demanding incense.

Every day I will praise you! I will praise your name continually!

But you, O Lord, rule forever, and your reputation endures.

"I would feed Israel the best wheat, and would satisfy your appetite with honey from the rocky cliffs."

Appear in your majesty and be victorious! Ride forth for the sake of what is right, on behalf of justice! Then your right hand will accomplish mighty acts!

I have not failed to tell about your justice; I spoke about your reliability and deliverance; I have not neglected to tell the great assembly about your loyal love and faithfulness.

O Lord, show us your loyal love! Bestow on us your deliverance!

The waves roar, O Lord, the waves roar, the waves roar and crash.

Men are nothing but a mere breath; human beings are unreliable. When they are weighed in the scales, all of them together are lighter than air.

Messengers came and told David what had happened to the men, so he summoned them, for the men were thoroughly humiliated. The king said, "Stay in Jericho until your beards grow again; then you may come back."

When they return to you with all their heart and being in the land where they are held prisoner, and direct their prayers to you toward the land you gave to their ancestors, your chosen city, and the temple I built for your honor,

He built cities in the hill country of Judah and fortresses and towers in the forests.

Therefore I say, 'Listen to me. I, even I, will explain what I know.'

Now don't let my blood fall to the ground away from the Lord's presence, for the king of Israel has gone out to look for a flea the way one looks for a partridge in the hill country."

Now the troops Amaziah had dismissed and had not allowed to fight in the battle raided the cities of Judah from Samaria to Beth Horon. They killed 3,000 people and carried off a large amount of plunder.

the promise he made to Abraham, the promise he made by oath to Isaac!

Falling at his feet, she said, "My lord, I accept all the guilt! But please let your female servant speak with my lord! Please listen to the words of your servant!

The Gershonites included Ladan and Shimei.

The Tekoan woman said to the king, "My lord the king, let any blame fall on me and on the house of my father. But let the king and his throne be innocent!"

The five men who had gone to spy out the land broke in and stole the carved image, the ephod, the personal idols, and the metal image, while the priest was standing at the entrance to the gate with the six hundred fully armed men.

The one who burns it must wash his clothes in water and bathe himself in water. He will be ceremonially unclean until evening.

They said to him, "We promise! We will only take you prisoner and hand you over to them. We promise not to kill you." They tied him up with two brand new ropes and led him up from the cliff.

You must by all means return to him at sunset the item he gave you as security so that he may sleep in his outer garment and bless you for it; it will be considered a just deed by the Lord your God.

Saul said, "God will punish me severely if Jonathan doesn't die!"

They did not treat the family of Jerub-Baal (that is, Gideon) fairly in return for all the good he had done for Israel.

"'These things you must present to the Lord at your appointed times, in addition to your vows and your freewill offerings, as your burnt offerings, your grain offerings, your drink offerings, and your peace offerings.'"

If he is too poor to pay the conversion value, he must stand the person before the priest and the priest will establish his conversion value; according to what the man who made the vow can afford, the priest will establish his conversion value.

He must tear down the house, its stones, its wood, and all the plaster of the house, and bring all of it outside the city to an unclean place.

When you have seen it, you will be gathered to your ancestors, as Aaron your brother was gathered to his ancestors.

Those numbered from the families of the Merarites, by their families, by their clans,

If, however, the scab is spreading further on the skin after he has shown himself to the priest for his purification, then he must show himself to the priest a second time.

from thirty years old and upward to fifty years old, everyone who entered the company for the work in the tent of meeting;

Destructive forces will come against her horses and her chariots. Destructive forces will come against all the foreign troops within her; they will be as frightened as women! Destructive forces will come against her treasures; they will be taken away as plunder!

He measured the east side with the measuring stick as 875 feet by the measuring stick.

This is what the sovereign Lord says: The enemy has spoken against you, saying "Aha!" and, "The ancient heights have become our property!"'

No one will use any of your stones as a cornerstone. No one will use any of them in the foundation of his house. For you will lie desolate forever," says the Lord.

"Son of man, the ones living in these ruins in the land of Israel are saying, 'Abraham was only one man, yet he possessed the land, but we are many; surely the land has been given to us for a possession.'

But I will restore the flock of Israel to their own pasture. They will graze on Mount Carmel and the land of Bashan. They will eat until they are full on the hills of Ephraim and the land of Gilead.

Ishmael son of Nethaniah and the ten men who were with him stood up, pulled out their swords, and killed Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam and grandson of Shaphan. Thus Ishmael killed the man that the king of Babylon had appointed to govern the country.

In the past I saw to it that they were uprooted and torn down, that they were destroyed and demolished. But now I will see to it that they are built up and firmly planted. I, the Lord, affirm it!"

He satisfies the desire of his loyal followers; he hears their cry for help and delivers them.

Perhaps when the people of Judah hear about all the disaster I intend to bring on them, they will all stop doing the evil things they have been doing. If they do, I will forgive their sins and the wicked things they have done."

They trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches.

I am determined to do so because the people of Israel and Judah have made me angry with all their wickedness -- they, their kings, their officials, their priests, their prophets, and especially the people of Judah and the citizens of Jerusalem have done this wickedness.

"'For the Lord says concerning the palace of the king of Judah, "This place looks like a veritable forest of Gilead to me. It is like the wooded heights of Lebanon in my eyes. But I swear that I will make it like a wilderness whose towns have all been deserted.

Look, my servants will shout for joy as happiness fills their hearts! But you will cry out as sorrow fills your hearts; you will wail because your spirits will be crushed.

As for the singers, as well as the pipers -- all of them sing within your walls.

He will wind you up tightly into a ball and throw you into a wide, open land. There you will die, and there with you will be your impressive chariots, which bring disgrace to the house of your master.

I sink into the deep mire where there is no solid ground; I am in deep water, and the current overpowers me.

O Lord, you understand my heart's desire; my groaning is not hidden from you.

May all those who seek you be happy and rejoice in you! May those who love to experience your deliverance say continually, "May God be praised!"

Do not be afraid when a man becomes rich and his wealth multiplies!

Or speak to the earth and it will teach you, or let the fish of the sea declare to you.

The fourth, assigned the fourth month, was Asahel, brother of Joab; his son Zebadiah succeeded him. His division consisted of 24,000 men.

then let me sow and let another eat, and let my crops be uprooted.

Therefore no fear of me should terrify you, nor should my pressure be heavy on you.

But David struck them down from twilight until the following evening. None of them escaped, with the exception of four hundred young men who got away on camels.

From the descendants of Merari: Asaiah the leader and 220 of his relatives.

Then ten soldiers who were Joab's armor bearers struck Absalom and finished him off.

Nathan told David all these words that were revealed to him.

When David heard in the desert that Nabal was shearing his sheep,

"The daughters of Zelophehad have a valid claim. You must indeed give them possession of an inheritance among their father's relatives, and you must transfer the inheritance of their father to them.

Nibshan, the city of Salt, and En Gedi -- a total of six cities and their towns.

The tribes of Israel sent men throughout the tribe of Benjamin, saying, "How could such a wicked thing take place?

Abimelech went back to Arumah; Zebul drove Gaal and his brothers out of Shechem.

Gather to me all your tribal elders and officials so I can speak to them directly about these things and call the heavens and the earth to witness against them.

This is the law of the diseased infection in the garment of wool or linen, or the warp or woof, or any article of leather, for pronouncing it clean or unclean.

He recognized it and exclaimed, "It is my son's tunic! A wild animal has eaten him! Joseph has surely been torn to pieces!"

From the firstborn males of the Israelites he collected the money, 1,365 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel.

the woven garments, the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments for his sons, to minister as priests,

When Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he pretended to be a stranger to them and spoke to them harshly. He asked, "Where do you come from?" They answered, "From the land of Canaan, to buy grain for food."

No one thinks to himself, nor do they comprehend or understand and say to themselves: 'I burned half of it in the fire -- yes, I baked bread over the coals; I roasted meat and ate it. With the rest of it should I make a disgusting idol? Should I bow down to dry wood?'

You must reside at the entrance of the Meeting Tent day and night for seven days and keep the charge of the Lord so that you will not die, for this is what I have been commanded."

When he told his father and his brothers, his father rebuked him, saying, "What is this dream that you had? Will I, your mother, and your brothers really come and bow down to you?"

Now the materials were more than enough for them to do all the work.

Laban replied, "I'd rather give her to you than to another man. Stay with me."

But it was plucked up in anger; it was thrown down to the ground. The east wind dried up its fruit; its strong branches broke off and withered -- a fire consumed them.

But Judah said to him, "The man solemnly warned us, 'You will not see my face unless your brother is with you.'

The land I gave to Abraham and Isaac I will give to you. To your descendants I will also give this land."

Who forms a god and casts an idol that will prove worthless?

Joy and gladness will disappear from the fruitful land of Moab. I will stop the flow of wine from the winepresses. No one will stomp on the grapes there and shout for joy. The shouts there will be shouts of soldiers, not the shouts of those making wine.

So look, I am about to open up Moab's flank, eliminating the cities, including its frontier cities, the beauty of the land -- Beth Jeshimoth, Baal Meon, and Kiriathaim.

so it would be a lowly kingdom which could not rise on its own but must keep its treaty with him in order to stand.

in Nebuchadnezzar's twenty-third year, Nebuzaradan, the captain of the royal guard, carried into exile 745 Judeans. In all 4,600 people went into exile.

Zedekiah will be carried off to Babylon and will remain there until I have fully dealt with him. I, the Lord, affirm it! Even if you continue to fight against the Babylonians, you cannot win.'"

They went on to Egypt because they refused to obey the Lord, and came to Tahpanhes.

Then the Lord spoke to me again and said,

If I had not found encouragement in your law, I would have died in my sorrow.

His words are as smooth as butter, but he harbors animosity in his heart. His words seem softer than oil, but they are really like sharp swords.

I will always extend my loyal love to him, and my covenant with him is secure.

When its branches get brittle, they break; women come and use them for kindling. For these people lack understanding, therefore the one who made them has no compassion on them; the one who formed them has no mercy on them.

I praise you constantly and speak of your splendor all day long.

Rouse yourself! Why do you sleep, O Lord? Wake up! Do not reject us forever!

Where are your earlier faithful deeds, O Lord, the ones performed in accordance with your reliable oath to David?

O God, when you lead your people into battle, when you march through the desert, (Selah)

my anxiety intensified. As I thought about it, I became impatient. Finally I spoke these words:

Such godly people are rewarded by the Lord, and vindicated by the God who delivers them.

Surely those favored by the Lord will possess the land, but those rejected by him will be wiped out.

Lord, use your power to deliver me from these murderers, from the murderers of this world! They enjoy prosperity; you overwhelm them with the riches they desire. They have many children, and leave their wealth to their offspring.

You burn them up like a fiery furnace when you appear; the Lord angrily devours them; the fire consumes them.

He put an idolatrous image he had made in God's temple, about which God had said to David and to his son Solomon, "This temple in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will be my permanent home.

the descendants of Giddel, the descendants of Gahar, the descendants of Reaiah,

The king contributed some of what he owned for burnt sacrifices, including the morning and evening burnt sacrifices and the burnt sacrifices made on Sabbaths, new moon festivals, and at other appointed times prescribed in the law of the Lord.

he consulted with his advisers and military officers about stopping up the springs outside the city, and they supported him.

So Edom has remained free from Judah's control to this very day. At that same time Libnah also rebelled and freed themselves from Judah's control because Jehoram rejected the Lord God of his ancestors.

Asa passed away in the forty-first year of his reign.

The bronze of the items that King Solomon made for the Lord's temple -- including the two pillars, the big bronze basin called "The Sea," the twelve bronze bulls under "The Sea," and the movable stands -- was too heavy to be weighed.

That day the king consecrated the middle of the courtyard that is in front of the Lord's temple. He offered there burnt sacrifices, grain offerings, and the fat from the peace offerings, because the bronze altar that stood before the Lord was too small to hold all these offerings.

He said to her, "What about his appearance?" She said, "An old man is coming up! He is wrapped in a robe!" Then Saul realized it was Samuel, and he bowed his face toward the ground and kneeled down.

Both night and day they were a protective wall for us the entire time we were with them, while we were tending our flocks.

The sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder, and Jeremoth -- three in all.

The sons of Hebron: Korah, Tappuah, Rekem, and Shema.

She came in, fell at his feet, and bowed down. Then she picked up her son and left.

Amasa was squirming in his own blood in the middle of the path, and this man had noticed that all the soldiers stopped. Having noticed that everyone who came across Amasa stopped, the man pulled him away from the path and into the field and threw a garment over him.

Abishai said to David, "Today God has delivered your enemy into your hands. Now let me drive the spear right through him into the ground with one swift jab! A second jab won't be necessary!"

So the rulers of the Philistines brought her seven fresh bowstrings which had not been dried and they tied him up with them.

The battle there was spread out over the whole area, and the forest consumed more soldiers than the sword devoured that day.

Then Saul built an altar for the Lord; it was the first time he had built an altar for the Lord.

The leaders of the Philistines asked, "What about these Hebrews?" Achish said to the leaders of the Philistines, "Isn't this David, the servant of King Saul of Israel, who has been with me for quite some time? I have found no fault with him from the day of his defection until the present time!"

Abimelech came and attacked the tower. When he approached the entrance of the tower to set it on fire,

But seven years of famine will occur after them, and all the abundance will be forgotten in the land of Egypt. The famine will devastate the land.

If the person is a female, the conversion value is thirty shekels.

Beth Lebaoth, and Sharuhen -- a total of thirteen cities and their towns,

He said to them, "Listen to this dream I had:

The Israelites followed the Lord's instructions to Moses and divided up the land.

Your eyes have seen the great judgments, those signs and mighty wonders.

They traveled from Mithcah and camped in Hashmonah.

She became pregnant and gave birth to a son. Then she said, "God has taken away my shame."

But he left behind in the land of Judah some of the poor people who owned nothing. He gave them fields and vineyards at that time.

A fire has gone out from its branch; it has consumed its shoot and its fruit. No strong branch was left in it, nor a scepter to rule.' This is a lament song, and has become a lament song."

For the Lord God of Israel who rules over all says, 'Fair Babylon will be like a threshing floor which has been trampled flat for harvest. The time for her to be cut down and harvested will come very soon.'

"'This is what the sovereign Lord says: On the day it went down to Sheol I caused observers to lament. I covered it with the deep and held back its rivers; its plentiful water was restrained. I clothed Lebanon in black for it, and all the trees of the field wilted because of it.

So you go there the next time all the people of Judah come in from their towns to fast in the Lord's temple. Read out loud where all of them can hear you what I told you the Lord said, which you wrote in the scroll.

Johanan son of Kareah and all the army officers who were with him led off all the people who had been left alive at Mizpah. They had rescued them from Ishmael son of Nethaniah after he killed Gedaliah son of Ahikam. They led off the men, women, children, soldiers, and court officials whom they had brought away from Gibeon.

Look, ambassadors cry out in the streets; messengers sent to make peace weep bitterly.

For the waters of Nimrim are gone; the grass is dried up, the vegetation has disappeared, and there are no plants.

The poor person and the oppressor have this in common: the Lord gives light to the eyes of them both.

See how he scattered his lightning about him; he has covered the depths of the sea.

Travel to Tarshish! Wail, you residents of the coast!

Hezekiah expressed his appreciation to all the Levites, who demonstrated great skill in serving the Lord. They feasted for the seven days of the festival, and were making peace offerings and giving thanks to the Lord God of their ancestors.

Yes, Lord! I am indeed your servant; I am your lowest slave. You saved me from death.

Who has prescribed his ways for him? Or said to him, 'You have done what is wicked'?

Then the priests slaughtered them. They offered their blood as a sin offering on the altar to make atonement for all Israel, because the king had decreed that the burnt sacrifice and sin offering were for all Israel.

Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai,

The Lord was angry at Judah and Jerusalem and made them an appalling object of horror at which people hiss out their scorn, as you can see with your own eyes.

The rest of the events of Jotham's reign, including all his military campaigns and his accomplishments, are recorded in the scroll of the kings of Israel and Judah.

They went to the land of Gilead to the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, and said to them:

But a prophet visited him and said: "O king, the Israelite troops must not go with you, for the Lord is not with Israel or any of the Ephraimites.

On top of each stand was a round opening three-quarters of a foot deep; there were also supports and frames on top of the stands.

but instead sought the God of his ancestors and obeyed his commands, unlike the Israelites.

Azel had six sons: Azrikam his firstborn, followed by Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan. These were the sons of Azel.

They confronted me in my day of calamity, but the Lord helped me.

We will take ten of every group of a hundred men from all the tribes of Israel (and a hundred of every group of a thousand, and a thousand of every group of ten thousand) to get supplies for the army. When they arrive in Gibeah of Benjamin they will punish them for the atrocity which they committed in Israel."

Goshen, Holon, and Giloh -- a total of eleven cities and their towns.

Then they brought the special tunic to their father and said, "We found this. Determine now whether it is your son's tunic or not."

Zenan, Hadashah, Migdal Gad,

That is why the Lord's anger erupted against this land, bringing on it all the curses written in this scroll.

You must divide the land by lot for an inheritance among your families. To a larger group you must give a larger inheritance, and to a smaller group you must give a smaller inheritance. Everyone's inheritance must be in the place where his lot falls. You must inherit according to your ancestral tribes.

and the priest will establish its conversion value, whether good or bad. According to the assessed conversion value of the priest, thus it will be.

"Tell Eleazar son of Aaron the priest to pick up the censers out of the flame, for they are holy, and then scatter the coals of fire at a distance.

They do not thirst as he leads them through dry regions; he makes water flow out of a rock for them; he splits open a rock and water flows out.'

When the days of mourning had passed, Joseph said to Pharaoh's royal court, "If I have found favor in your sight, please say to Pharaoh,

"Son of man, prophesy and say, 'This is what the sovereign Lord says: "'Wail, "Alas, the day is here!"

They captured him and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah in the territory of Hamath and he passed sentence on him there.

If only you would kill the wicked, O God! Get away from me, you violent men!

You have despised my holy things and desecrated my Sabbaths!

My dwelling place is removed and taken away from me like a shepherd's tent. I rolled up my life like a weaver rolls cloth; from the loom he cuts me off. You turn day into night and end my life.

I am up before dawn crying for help. I find hope in your word.

So Jeremiah went to Gedaliah son of Ahikam at Mizpah and lived there with him. He stayed there to live among the people who had been left in the land of Judah.

Instead the Lord will rule there as our mighty king. Rivers and wide streams will flow through it; no war galley will enter; no large ships will sail through.

Yes, throughout all our days we experience your raging fury; the years of our lives pass quickly, like a sigh.

(the ransom price for a human life is too high, and people go to their final destiny),

O Lord, may you hear my prayer and be favorably disposed to me! O God, because of your great loyal love, answer me with your faithful deliverance!

You crushed the Proud One and killed it; with your strong arm you scattered your enemies.

The Lord who commands armies is on our side! The God of Jacob is our protector! (Selah)

And between the room above the corner and the Sheep Gate the goldsmiths and traders worked.

If the Lord had not helped me, I would have laid down in the silence of death.

They swore their allegiance to the Lord, shouting their approval loudly and sounding trumpets and horns.

Rise up, O Lord, in strength! We will sing and praise your power!

From his own royal flocks and herds, Josiah supplied the people with 30,000 lambs and goats for the Passover sacrifice, as well as 3,000 cattle.

May he make us submissive, so we can follow all his instructions and obey the commandments, rules, and regulations he commanded our ancestors.

These men were very good to us. They did not insult us, nor did we sustain any loss during the entire time we were together in the field.

He must remain in that city until his case is decided by the assembly and the high priest dies. Then the one who committed manslaughter may return home to the city from which he escaped."

the fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer,

David reigned over all Israel; he guaranteed justice for all his people.

The Lord will make the rain of your land powder and dust; it will come down on you from the sky until you are destroyed.

The sons of his brother Helem: Zophah, Imna, Shelesh, and Amal.

The king chanted the following lament for Abner: "Should Abner have died like a fool?

Serving beside them were their fellow Levites, the descendants of Merari, led by Ethan, son of Kishi, son of Abdi, son of Malluch,

Your basket and your mixing bowl will be cursed.

You will be cursed in the city and cursed in the field.

The men journeyed through the land and mapped it and its cities out into seven regions on a scroll. Then they came to Joshua at the camp in Shiloh.

Jonathan called out to the servant, "Hurry! Go faster! Don't delay!" Jonathan's servant retrieved the arrow and came back to his master.

The Israelites regretted what had happened to their brother Benjamin. They said, "Today we cut off an entire tribe from Israel!

And their meat will be yours, just as the breast and the right hip of the raised offering is yours.

Therefore do not defile the land that you will inhabit, in which I live, for I the Lord live among the Israelites."

You will still be eating stored produce from the previous year and will have to clean out what is stored from the previous year to make room for new.

I will go down with you to Egypt and I myself will certainly bring you back from there. Joseph will close your eyes."

For I will honor you greatly, and whatever you tell me I will do. So come, put a curse on this nation for me.'"

The sash was of fine twisted linen and blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, the work of an embroiderer, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

he is a diseased man. He is unclean. The priest must surely pronounce him unclean because of his infection on his head.

The servant in charge brought the men into Joseph's house. He gave them water, and they washed their feet. Then he gave food to their donkeys.

You will eat the flesh of warriors and drink the blood of the princes of the earth -- the rams, lambs, goats, and bulls, all of them fattened animals of Bashan.

He put the servants and their children in front, with Leah and her children behind them, and Rachel and Joseph behind them.

For seven months Israel will bury them, in order to cleanse the land.

I took them to the Lord's temple. I took them into the room where the disciples of the prophet Hanan son of Igdaliah stayed. That room was next to the one where the temple officers stayed and above the room where Maaseiah son of Shallum, one of the doorkeepers of the temple, stayed.

"'You said, "These two nations, these two lands will be mine, and we will possess them," -- although the Lord was there --

"People of Babylonia, you plundered my people. That made you happy and glad. You frolic about like calves in a pasture. Your joyous sounds are like the neighs of a stallion.

So I, the Lord, say: "You have not really obeyed me and granted freedom to your neighbor and fellow countryman. Therefore, I will grant you freedom, the freedom to die in war, or by starvation or disease. I, the Lord, affirm it! I will make all the kingdoms of the earth horrified at what happens to you.

to defraud a person in a lawsuit -- the Lord does not approve of such things!

Your gates will remain open at all times; they will not be shut during the day or at night, so that the wealth of nations may be delivered, with their kings leading the way.

In a year's time you carefree ones will shake with fear, for the grape harvest will fail, and the fruit harvest will not arrive.

All the officials sent Jehudi, who was the son of Nethaniah and the grandson of Cushi, to Baruch. They ordered him to tell Baruch, "Come here and bring with you the scroll you read in the hearing of the people." So Baruch son of Neriah went to them, carrying the scroll in his hand.

You must pay attention to the exhortations of my servants the prophets. I have sent them to you over and over again. But you have not paid any attention to them.

One thousand will scurry at the battle cry of one enemy soldier; at the battle cry of five enemy soldiers you will all run away, until the remaining few are as isolated as a flagpole on a mountaintop or a signal flag on a hill."

The Lord who rules over all says, 'I will bring war, starvation, and disease on them. I will treat them like figs that are so rotten they cannot be eaten.

I will make you serve your enemies in a land that you know nothing about. For my anger is like a fire that will burn against you."

You are near, O Lord, and all your commands are reliable.

No king is delivered by his vast army; a warrior is not saved by his great might.

All the earth worships you and sings praises to you! They sing praises to your name!" (Selah)

I learned long ago that you ordained your rules to last.

Wealthy people do not understand; they are like animals that perish.

For innumerable dangers surround me. My sins overtake me so I am unable to see; they outnumber the hairs of my head so my strength fails me.

The rules you set down are completely reliable. Holiness aptly adorns your house, O Lord, forever.

for the pure gold used for the meat forks, bowls, and jars, for the small gold bowls, including the weight for each bowl, for the small silver bowls, including the weight for each bowl,

the descendants of Pashhur: 1,247;

We have prepared and consecrated all the items that King Ahaz removed during his reign when he acted unfaithfully. They are in front of the altar of the Lord."

If you have any words, reply to me; speak, for I want to justify you.

So David and Abishai approached the army at night and found Saul lying asleep in the entrenchment with his spear stuck in the ground by his head. Abner and the army were lying all around him.

O children of Israel, God's servant, you descendants of Jacob, God's chosen ones!

The sons of Zophah: Suah, Harnepher, Shual, Beri, Imrah,

So all the men of Israel gathered together at the city as allies.

Their settlements also included Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan -- five towns.

Go and make further arrangements. Determine precisely where he is and who has seen him there, for I am told that he is extremely cunning.

six of their names on one stone, and the six remaining names on the second stone, according to the order of their birth.

They said, "Come on, let's attack them, for we saw their land and it is very good. You seem lethargic, but don't hesitate to invade and conquer the land.

Abimelech chased him, and Gaal ran from him. Many Shechemites fell wounded at the entrance of the gate.

Now look, you are standing in your fathers' place, a brood of sinners, to increase still further the fierce wrath of the Lord against the Israelites.

In the evening he brought his daughter Leah to Jacob, and Jacob had marital relations with her.

The priests descended from Aaron received thirteen cities and their grazing areas.

and one round flat cake of bread, one perforated cake of oiled bread, and one wafer from the basket of bread made without yeast that is before the Lord.

from the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad son of Kislon;

From the Israelites' half-share that Moses had separated from the fighting men,

When Joseph reached Shechem, a man found him wandering in the field, so the man asked him, "What are you looking for?"

From the Israelites' half-share you are to take one portion out of fifty of the people, the cattle, the donkeys, and the sheep -- from every kind of animal -- and you are to give them to the Levites, who are responsible for the care of the Lord's tabernacle."

The female servants came forward with their children and bowed down.

"Is he well?" Jacob asked. They replied, "He is well. Now look, here comes his daughter Rachel with the sheep."

For this reason no watered trees will grow so tall; their tops will not reach into the clouds, nor will the well-watered ones grow that high. For all of them have been appointed to die in the lower parts of the earth; they will be among mere mortals, with those who descend to the pit.

"All the leaders of the north are there, along with all the Sidonians; despite their might they have gone down in shameful terror with the dead. They lie uncircumcised with those killed by the sword, and bear their shame with those who descend to the pit.

There at Riblah the king of Babylon had Zedekiah's sons put to death while Zedekiah was forced to watch. The king of Babylon also had all the nobles of Judah put to death.

The Babylonian soldiers that are attacking this city will break into it and set it on fire. They will burn it down along with the houses where people have made me angry by offering sacrifices to the god Baal and by pouring out drink offerings to other gods on their rooftops.

But I will punish you as your deeds deserve,' says the Lord. 'I will set fire to your palace; it will burn up everything around it.'"

So this sin will become your downfall. You will be like a high wall that bulges and cracks and is ready to collapse; it crumbles suddenly, in a flash.

They said to him, "Please grant our request and pray to the Lord your God for all those of us who are still left alive here. For, as you yourself can see, there are only a few of us left out of the many there were before.

A deceiver's methods are evil; he dreams up evil plans to ruin the poor with lies, even when the needy are in the right.

I will make the trees on the mountains and hills wither up; I will dry up all their vegetation. I will turn streams into islands, and dry up pools of water.

He is the one who reduces rulers to nothing; he makes the earth's leaders insignificant.

The Lord severely punished me, but he did not hand me over to death.

when you deliver my life from death. You keep my feet from stumbling, so that I might serve God as I enjoy life.

Assyria will fall by a sword, but not one human-made; a sword not made by humankind will destroy them. They will run away from this sword and their young men will be forced to do hard labor.

I will lift my hands to your commands, which I love, and I will meditate on your statutes.

Then he will judge your people fairly, and your oppressed ones equitably.

O God, you are aware of my foolish sins; my guilt is not hidden from you.

But I am like a deaf man -- I hear nothing; I am like a mute who cannot speak.

I am disdained by them. When they see me, they shake their heads.

Who can really fathom the intensity of your anger? Your raging fury causes people to fear you.

They are absolutely terrified, for God defends the godly.

Should I take my bread and my water and my meat that I have slaughtered for my shearers and give them to these men? I don't even know where they came from!"

the eleventh to Azarel and his sons and relatives -- twelve in all,

The captain of the royal guard took the golden and silver censers and basins.

Ahaz was the father of Jarah, and Jarah was the father of Alemeth, Azmaveth, and Zimri. Zimri was the father of Moza,

So Ahab assembled the 232 servants of the district governors. After that he assembled all the Israelite army, numbering 7,000.

They performed music before the sanctuary of the meeting tent until Solomon built the Lord's temple in Jerusalem. They carried out their tasks according to regulations.

He gives his chosen king magnificent victories; he is faithful to his chosen ruler, to David and to his descendants forever!"

On the fifteenth day after the festival started, he dismissed the people. They asked God to empower the king and then went to their homes, happy and content because of all the good the Lord had done for his servant David and his people Israel.

In this way the inheritance of the Israelites will not be transferred from tribe to tribe. But every one of the Israelites must retain the ancestral heritage.

When he approached her, the woman asked, "Are you Joab?" He replied, "I am." She said to him, "Listen to the words of your servant." He said, "Go ahead. I'm listening."

It went northward, extending to En Shemesh and Geliloth opposite the Pass of Adummim, and descended to the Stone of Bohan son of Reuben.

But if when her husband hears it he overrules her, then he will nullify the vow she has taken, and whatever she uttered impulsively which she has pledged for herself. And the Lord will release her from it.

This is the burnt offering for every Sabbath, besides the continual burnt offering and its drink offering.

Abiathar told David that Saul had killed the priests of the Lord.

Then Jonathan gave his equipment to the servant who was with him. He said to him, "Go, take these things back to the city."

The artisans are to use the gold, blue, purple, scarlet, and fine linen.

If a priest's daughter marries a lay person, she may not eat the holy contribution offerings,

Each frame is to be fifteen feet long, and each frame is to be two feet three inches wide,

thirty female camels with their young, forty cows and ten bulls, and twenty female donkeys and ten male donkeys.

Again he measured 1,750 feet and it was a river I could not cross, for the water had risen; it was deep enough to swim in, a river that could not be crossed.

The land of Egypt is before you; settle your father and your brothers in the best region of the land. They may live in the land of Goshen. If you know of any highly capable men among them, put them in charge of my livestock."

He plucked off its topmost shoot; he brought it to a land of merchants and planted it in a city of traders.

These were the names of Esau's sons: Eliphaz, the son of Esau's wife Adah, and Reuel, the son of Esau's wife Basemath.

Jacob set up a marker over her grave; it is the Marker of Rachel's Grave to this day.

Then he brought me by way of the north gate to the front of the temple. As I watched, I noticed the glory of the Lord filling the Lord's temple, and I threw myself face down.

Therefore, as surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, I will subject you to bloodshed, and bloodshed will pursue you. Since you did not hate bloodshed, bloodshed will pursue you.

I will put an end to the obscene conduct in the land; all the women will learn a lesson from this and not engage in obscene conduct.

Disaster will overtake you; you will not know how to charm it away. Destruction will fall on you; you will not be able to appease it. Calamity will strike you suddenly, before you recognize it.

Their widows will become in my sight more numerous than the grains of sand on the seashores. At noontime I will bring a destroyer against the mothers of their young men. I will cause anguish and terror to fall suddenly upon them.

From whom does he receive directions? Who teaches him the correct way to do things, or imparts knowledge to him, or instructs him in skillful design?

They shed innocent blood -- the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan. The land was polluted by bloodshed.

"And you, son of man, prophesy, and clap your hands together. Let the sword strike twice, even three times! It is a sword for slaughter, a sword for the great slaughter surrounding them.

Then you will know that I am the Lord, when I deal with you for the sake of my reputation and not according to your wicked conduct and corrupt deeds, O house of Israel, declares the sovereign Lord.'"

They help one another; one says to the other, 'Be strong!'

All the descendants of Israel will be vindicated by the Lord and will boast in him.

I am not angry. I wish I could confront some thorns and briers! Then I would march against them for battle; I would set them all on fire,

Answer me quickly, Lord! My strength is fading. Do not reject me, or I will join those descending into the grave.

You are good and you do good. Teach me your statutes!

For my life is filled with troubles and I am ready to enter Sheol.

May sinners disappear from the earth, and the wicked vanish! Praise the Lord, O my soul! Praise the Lord!

Despite all this, they continued to sin, and did not trust him to do amazing things.

In your distress you called out and I rescued you. I answered you from a dark thundercloud. I tested you at the waters of Meribah. (Selah)

May there be an abundance of grain in the earth; on the tops of the mountains may it sway! May its fruit trees flourish like the forests of Lebanon! May its crops be as abundant as the grass of the earth!

God lives within it, it cannot be moved. God rescues it at the break of dawn.

Then observers will say, "Yes indeed, the godly are rewarded! Yes indeed, there is a God who judges in the earth!"

He will vindicate you in broad daylight, and publicly defend your just cause.

Deliver me from evildoers! Rescue me from violent men!

Yes, I confess my wrongdoing, and I am concerned about my sins.

The king of Egypt prevented him from ruling in Jerusalem and imposed on the land a special tax of one hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.

or his uncle or his cousin may redeem him, or anyone of the rest of his blood relatives -- his family -- may redeem him, or if he prospers he may redeem himself.

David gathered together the descendants of Aaron and the Levites:

Shelomoth from the Izharites, Jahath from the sons of Shelomoth.

he sent ten servants, saying to them, "Go up to Carmel to see Nabal and give him greetings in my name.

They said to me, 'Make us gods that will go before us, for as for this fellow Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him.'

The sons of Micah: Pithon, Melech, Tahrea, and Ahaz.

along with one male goat for a purification offering, in addition to the continual burnt offering with its grain offering and its drink offering.

"So I will set apart as holy the tent of meeting and the altar, and I will set apart as holy Aaron and his sons, that they may minister as priests to me.

His offering was one silver platter weighing 130 shekels and one silver sprinkling bowl weighing 70 shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel, each of them full of fine flour mixed with olive oil as a grain offering;

"When a man or a woman has bright spots -- white bright spots -- on the skin of their body,

and those of them numbered by their families were 2,750.

Moses instructed them to take his message throughout the camp, saying, "Let no man or woman do any more work for the offering for the sanctuary." So the people were restrained from bringing any more.

I will multiply your people -- the whole house of Israel, all of it. The cities will be populated and the ruins rebuilt.

He returns what was taken in pledge, pays back what he has stolen, and follows the statutes that give life, committing no iniquity. He will certainly live -- he will not die.

Then Joseph said to his brothers and his father's household, "I will go up and tell Pharaoh, 'My brothers and my father's household who were in the land of Canaan have come to me.

If you take this one from me too and an accident happens to him, then you will bring down my gray hair in tragedy to the grave.'

The ships of Tarshish were the transports for your merchandise. "'So you were filled and weighed down in the heart of the seas.

Leah became pregnant again and gave Jacob a son for the sixth time.

Then all those living in Egypt will know that I am the Lord because they were a reed staff for the house of Israel;

The king of Babylon had Zedekiah's sons put to death while Zedekiah was forced to watch. He also had all the nobles of Judah put to death there at Riblah.

"This will be your reminder that I have spoken the truth: This year you will eat what grows wild, and next year what grows on its own. But the year after that you will plant seed and harvest crops; you will plant vines and consume their produce.

"'See how each of the princes of Israel living within you has used his authority to shed blood.

Like an animal that goes down into a valley to graze, so the Spirit of the Lord granted them rest. In this way you guided your people, gaining for yourself an honored reputation.

Neither he nor any of his attendants showed any alarm when they heard all that had been read. Nor did they tear their clothes to show any grief or sorrow.

All nations must serve him and his son and grandson until the time comes for his own nation to fall. Then many nations and great kings will in turn subjugate Babylon.

who says to the deep sea, 'Be dry! I will dry up your sea currents,'

It is like fine oil poured on the head which flows down the beard -- Aaron's beard, and then flows down his garments.

You see many things, but don't comprehend; their ears are open, but do not hear."

The watchman replies, "Morning is coming, but then night. If you want to ask, ask; come back again."

Highways are empty, there are no travelers. Treaties are broken, witnesses are despised, human life is treated with disrespect.

For he will never be upended; others will always remember one who is just.

They again challenged God, and offended the Holy One of Israel.

You crown the year with your good blessings, and you leave abundance in your wake.

It is fitting to proclaim your loyal love in the morning, and your faithfulness during the night,

The young woman's father must say to the elders, "I gave my daughter to this man and he has rejected her.

I am oppressed and needy! O God, hurry to me! You are my helper and my deliverer! O Lord, do not delay!

Sing praises about the majesty of his reputation! Give him the honor he deserves!

Because you favor Zion, do what is good for her! Fortify the walls of Jerusalem!

We also accept responsibility, as is written in the law, for bringing the firstborn of our sons and our cattle and the firstborn of our herds and of our flocks to the temple of our God, to the priests who are ministering in the temple of our God.

I will continually thank you when you execute judgment; I will rely on you, for your loyal followers know you are good.

Konaniah and his brothers Shemaiah and Nethanel, along with Hashabiah, Jeiel, and Jozabad, the officials of the Levites, supplied the Levites with 5,000 Passover sacrifices and 500 cattle.

Rich people from Tyre will seek your favor by bringing a gift.

Even when they were in their kingdom and benefiting from your incredible goodness that you had lavished on them in the spacious and fertile land you had set before them, they did not serve you, nor did they turn from their evil practices.

During his time of trouble King Ahaz was even more unfaithful to the Lord.

Now today you dare to turn back from following the Lord! You are rebelling today against the Lord; tomorrow he may break out in anger against the entire community of Israel.

They spent three days feasting there with David, for their relatives had given them provisions.

These were the descendants of Rapha who lived in Gath; they were killed by the hand of David and his soldiers.

The wheels were constructed like chariot wheels; their crossbars, rims, spokes, and hubs were made of cast metal.

You have eaten no bread and drunk no wine or beer -- all so that you might know that I am the Lord your God!

They also lived in all the settlements that surrounded these towns as far as Baal. These were their settlements; they kept genealogical records.

He turned aside to her along the road and said, "Come on! I want to have sex with you." (He did not realize it was his daughter-in-law.) She asked, "What will you give me in exchange for having sex with you?"

And the second lamb you must offer in the late afternoon; just as you offered the grain offering and drink offering in the morning, you must offer it as an offering made by fire, as a pleasing aroma to the Lord.

The border will continue to Ziphron, and its direction will be to Hazar Enan. This will be your northern border.

to distinguish between the unclean and the clean, between the living creatures that may be eaten and the living creatures that must not be eaten.'"

So now, don't be afraid. I will provide for you and your little children." Then he consoled them and spoke kindly to them.

They traveled from Hashmonah and camped in Moseroth.

This is just what I told Pharaoh: God has shown Pharaoh what he is about to do.

I will put tendons on you and muscles over you and will cover you with skin; I will put breath in you and you will live. Then you will know that I am the Lord.'"

and the posts of the surrounding courtyard with their sockets, tent pegs, and ropes, along with all their furnishings and everything for their service. You are to assign by names the items that each man is responsible to carry.

The priest is to examine it, and if the swelling of the infection is reddish white in the back or front bald area like the appearance of a disease on the skin of the body,

Yet even on this point their testimony did not agree.

clothed in blue, governors and officials, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding on horses.

He made two cherubim of gold; he made them of hammered metal on the two ends of the atonement lid,

As silver, bronze, iron, lead, and tin are gathered in a furnace so that the fire can melt them, so I will gather you in my anger and in my rage. I will deposit you there and melt you.

I will make you a bare rock; you will be a place where fishing nets are spread. You will never be built again, for I, the Lord, have spoken, declares the sovereign Lord.

These were the sons of Esau's son Reuel: chief Nahath, chief Zerah, chief Shammah, chief Mizzah. These were the chiefs descended from Reuel in the land of Edom; these were the sons of Esau's wife Basemath.

They have sex with their father's wife within you; they violate women during their menstrual period within you.

Cry out and moan, son of man, for it is wielded against my people; against all the princes of Israel. They are delivered up to the sword, along with my people. Therefore, strike your thigh.

We are ashamed because we have been insulted. Our faces show our disgrace. For foreigners have invaded the holy rooms in the Lord's temple.'

I sent my servants the prophets to you people over and over again warning you not to do this disgusting thing I hate.

They will not work in vain, or give birth to children that will experience disaster. For the Lord will bless their children and their descendants.

He is not enamored with the strength of a horse, nor is he impressed by the warrior's strong legs.

She reared one of her cubs; he became a young lion. He learned to tear prey; he devoured people.

He did what displeased the Lord just as Jehoiakim had done.

Look, a time is coming when everything in your palace and the things your ancestors have accumulated to this day will be carried away to Babylon; nothing will be left,' says the Lord.

When he speaks graciously, do not believe him, for there are seven abominations within him.

For they will quickly dry up like grass, and wither away like plants.

The prophet Hananiah then took the yoke off the prophet Jeremiah's neck and broke it.

Mourn over the land of my people, which is overgrown with thorns and briers, and over all the once-happy houses in the city filled with revelry.

The chief adviser said to them, "Tell Hezekiah: 'This is what the great king, the king of Assyria, says: "What is your source of confidence?

The trees of the Lord receive all the rain they need, the cedars of Lebanon which he planted,

The nations will be burned to ashes; like thorn bushes that have been cut down, they will be set on fire.

If only my people would obey me! If only Israel would keep my commands!

O sovereign Lord, at your right hand he strikes down kings in the day he unleashes his anger.

I will give you thanks before the nations, O Master! I will sing praises to you before foreigners!

The Lord's shout bends the large trees and strips the leaves from the forests. Everyone in his temple says, "Majestic!"

that you may take them to their borders and perceive the pathways to their homes?

They come in as through a wide breach; amid the crash they come rolling in.

When you gather the grapes of your vineyard you must not do so a second time; they should go to the resident foreigner, orphan, and widow.

because they have turned away from following him, and have not understood any of his ways,

He appointed the priests to fulfill their duties and encouraged them to carry out their service in the Lord's temple.

How you have advised the one without wisdom, and abundantly revealed your insight!

The descendants of the servants of Solomon: the descendants of Sotai, the descendants of Sophereth, the descendants of Perida,

Samuel said, "Why are you asking me, now that the Lord has turned away from you and has become your enemy?

the third to Zaccur and his sons and relatives -- twelve in all,

Then the first son she bears will continue the name of the dead brother, thus preventing his name from being blotted out of Israel.

The sons of Micah: Pithon, Melech, Tarea, and Ahaz.

These were the areas where Aaron's descendants lived: The following belonged to the Kohathite clan, for they received the first allotment:

Joseph's descendants, Manasseh and Ephraim, were assigned their land.

Jonathan said to David, "Come on. Let's go out to the field." When the two of them had gone out into the field,

He has selected the best part for himself, for the portion of the ruler is set aside there; he came with the leaders of the people, he obeyed the righteous laws of the Lord and his ordinances with Israel.

Then, when the officers have finished speaking, they must appoint unit commanders to lead the troops.

The land must be divided by lot; and they will inherit in accordance with the names of their ancestral tribes.

You must dispossess the inhabitants of the land and live in it, for I have given you the land to possess it.

They traveled from Almon-diblathaim and camped in the mountains of Abarim before Nebo.

and you must set them in two rows, six in a row, on the ceremonially pure table before the Lord.

Now Pharaoh's cup was in my hand, so I took the grapes, squeezed them into his cup, and put the cup in Pharaoh's hand."

They traveled from Rithmah and camped at Rimmon-perez.

with two projections per frame parallel one to another. You are to make all the frames of the tabernacle in this way.

He then said, "Look, I hear that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy grain for us so that we may live and not die."

He also put the altar for the burnt offering by the entrance to the tabernacle, the tent of meeting, and offered on it the burnt offering and the meal offering, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

Then put my cup -- the silver cup -- in the mouth of the youngest one's sack, along with the money for his grain." He did as Joseph instructed.

(Now they did not know that Joseph could understand them, for he was speaking through an interpreter.)

So they sent their sister Rebekah on her way, accompanied by her female attendant, with Abraham's servant and his men.

She became pregnant and had a son. Judah named him Er.

These were the sons of Esau's wife Oholibamah: chief Jeush, chief Jalam, chief Korah. These were the chiefs descended from Esau's wife Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah.

The dry and liquid measures will be the same, the bath will contain a tenth of a homer, and the ephah a tenth of a homer; the homer will be the standard measure.

Then you will live in the land I gave to your fathers; you will be my people, and I will be your God.

Beth Togarmah exchanged horses, chargers, and mules for your products.

Those who empty out gold from a purse and weigh out silver on the scale hire a metalsmith, who makes it into a god. They then bow down and worship it.

you will give a young bull for a sin offering to the Levitical priests who are descended from Zadok, who approach me to minister to me, declares the sovereign Lord.

He has said, 'They will be carried off to Babylon. They will remain there until it is time for me to show consideration for them again. Then I will bring them back and restore them to this place.' I, the Lord, affirm this!"

His God instructs him; he teaches him the principles of agriculture.

Cut sharply on the right! Swing to the left, wherever your edge is appointed to strike.

The answer will come back, "It is because they broke their covenant with the Lord their God and worshiped and served other gods."

The Lord answered Jeremiah.

His battle cry overwhelms like a flooding river that reaches one's neck. He shakes the nations in a sieve that isolates the chaff; he puts a bit into the mouth of the nations and leads them to destruction.

King Hezekiah and all the people of Judah did not put him to death, did they? Did not Hezekiah show reverence for the Lord and seek the Lord's favor? Did not the Lord forgo destroying them as he threatened he would? But we are on the verge of bringing great disaster on ourselves."

Yes, your land lies in ruins; it is desolate and devastated. But now you will be too small to hold your residents, and those who devoured you will be far away.

Whoever is wise, let him take note of these things! Let them consider the Lord's acts of loyal love!

Ascribe to the Lord, O families of the nations, ascribe to the Lord splendor and strength!

Wail, you large ships, for your fortress is destroyed!

The law of their God controls their thinking; their feet do not slip.

May your hand help me, for I choose to obey your precepts.

All the officials and all the people gladly brought their silver and threw it into the chest until it was full.

The ninth, assigned the ninth month, was Abiezer the Anathothite, a Benjaminite. His division consisted of 24,000 men.

Do not long for the cover of night to drag people away from their homes.

He also killed an impressive-looking Egyptian. The Egyptian wielded a spear, while Benaiah attacked him with a club. He grabbed the spear out of the Egyptian's hand and killed him with his own spear.

They cast lots, both young and old, according to their families, to determine which gate they would be responsible for.

The sons of Ulam were warriors who were adept archers. They had many sons and grandsons, a total of 150. All these were the descendants of Benjamin.

Then Jonathan called David and told him all these things. Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he served him as he had done formerly.

So the anger of the Lord was kindled that day, and he swore,

Jattir, Eshtemoa,

And it is not across the sea, as though one must say, "Who will cross over to the other side of the sea and get it for us and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?"

You are to make filigree settings of gold

"'There was another great eagle with broad wings and thick plumage. Now this vine twisted its roots toward him and sent its branches toward him to be watered from the soil where it was planted.

from the tribe of the Issacharites, a leader, Paltiel son of Azzan;

So he returned to him, and he was still standing by his burnt offering, he and all the princes of Moab.

When Jacob came in from the fields that evening, Leah went out to meet him and said, "You must sleep with me because I have paid for your services with my son's mandrakes." So he had marital relations with her that night.

You may live among us, and the land will be open to you. Live in it, travel freely in it, and acquire property in it."

but there is one who hears the sound of the trumpet yet does not heed the warning. Then the sword comes and sweeps him away. He will be responsible for his own death.

"'This is the offering you must offer: a sixth of an ephah from a homer of wheat; a sixth of an ephah from a homer of barley,

Yet I had pity on them and did not destroy them, so I did not make an end of them in the wilderness.

"The Lord God of Israel who rules over all says, 'I will soon bring on this city and all the towns surrounding it all the disaster I threatened to do to it. I will do so because they have stubbornly refused to pay any attention to what I have said!'"

The word of the Lord came to me:

Do not give her archers time to string their bows or to put on their coats of armor. Do not spare any of her young men. Completely destroy her whole army.

They neither know nor understand. They stumble around in the dark, while all the foundations of the earth crumble.

In the shadows of the walls of Heshbon those trying to escape will stand helpless. For a fire will burst forth from Heshbon. Flames will shoot out from the former territory of Sihon. They will burn the foreheads of the people of Moab, the skulls of those war-loving people.

Why do you look the other way, and ignore the way we are oppressed and mistreated?

He turned streams into a desert, springs of water into arid land,

So I went and buried them at Perath as the Lord had ordered me to do.

The Lord who commands armies planned it -- to dishonor the pride that comes from all her beauty, to humiliate all the dignitaries of the earth.

My whole body is sick because of your judgment; I am deprived of health because of my sin.

And I will choose some of them as priests and Levites," says the Lord.

Then I will keep your law continually now and for all time.

Who decreed this from the beginning, so we could know? Who announced it ahead of time, so we could say, 'He's correct'? Indeed, none of them decreed it! Indeed, none of them announced it! Indeed, no one heard you say anything!

They did not destroy the nations, as the Lord had commanded them to do.

He died at a good old age, having enjoyed long life, wealth, and honor. His son Solomon succeeded him.

A club is counted as a piece of straw; it laughs at the rattling of the lance.

You know, for you were born before them; and the number of your days is great!

When the sacrifices were completed, the king and all who were with him bowed down and worshiped.

the descendants of Reaiah, the descendants of Rezin, the descendants of Nekoda,

All the officers and warriors, as well as all of King David's sons, pledged their allegiance to King Solomon.

I will establish his kingdom permanently, if he remains committed to obeying my commands and regulations, as you are doing this day.'

Iddo son of Zechariah led the half-tribe of Manasseh in Gilead, Jaasiel son of Abner led Benjamin,

When Joab saw that the battle would be fought on two fronts, he chose some of Israel's best men and deployed them against the Arameans.

I chase my enemies and destroy them; I do not turn back until I wipe them out.

So Achish trusted David, thinking to himself, "He is really hated among his own people in Israel! From now on he will be my servant."

and defeated the rest of the Amalekite refugees; they live there to this very day.

You eat the fat, you clothe yourselves with the wool, you slaughter the choice animals, but you do not feed the sheep!

the tabernacle with its tent, its covering, its clasps, its frames, its crossbars, its posts, and its bases;

David settled with Achish in Gath, along with his men and their families. David had with him his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelite and Abigail the Carmelite, Nabal's widow.

All you Israelites, make a decision here!"

How blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them! They will not be put to shame when they confront enemies at the city gate.

from Jezer, the family of the Jezerites; from Shillem, the family of the Shillemites.

Then you are to cut the ram into pieces and wash the entrails and its legs and put them on its pieces and on its head

You are to make fifty loops on the one curtain, and you are to make fifty loops on the end curtain which is on the second set, so that the loops are opposite one to another.

When you came to this place King Sihon of Heshbon and King Og of Bashan came out to make war and we defeated them.

He denied it again with an oath, "I do not know the man!"

So Moses took the redemption money from those who were in excess of those redeemed by the Levites.

They sat before him, arranged by order of birth, beginning with the firstborn and ending with the youngest. The men looked at each other in astonishment.

Then tell them, 'The Lord God of Israel who rules over all says, "I will bring my servant King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. I will set his throne over these stones which I have buried. He will pitch his royal tent over them.

Now it happened just as the Lord had said! My cousin Hanamel came to me in the courtyard of the guardhouse. He said to me, 'Buy my field which is at Anathoth in the territory of the tribe of Benjamin. Buy it for yourself since you are entitled as my closest relative to take possession of it for yourself.' When this happened, I recognized that the Lord had indeed spoken to me.

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

(Samek) You shrouded yourself with anger and then pursued us; you killed without mercy.

for your sins and your ancestors' sins," says the Lord. "Because they burned incense on the mountains and offended me on the hills, I will punish them in full measure."

Nor will the Levitical priests ever lack someone to stand before me and continually offer up burnt offerings, sacrifice cereal offerings, and offer the other sacrifices."'"

For the Lord God of Israel who rules over all says, "Houses, fields, and vineyards will again be bought in this land."'

Then Jeremiah made his defense before all the officials and all the people. "The Lord sent me to prophesy everything you have heard me say against this temple and against this city.

Look, I have decreed: I will not keep silent, but will pay them back; I will pay them back exactly what they deserve,

So I went to Perath and dug up the shorts from the place where I had buried them. I found that they were ruined; they were good for nothing.