Another said, 'I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going out to examine them. Please excuse me.'

Ishmerai, Izliah, and Jobab were the sons of Elpaal.

Yet do not regard him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.

Moreover, whom should I serve? Should it not be his son? Just as I served your father, so I will serve you."

Then the rich man said, 'No, father Abraham, but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.'

So then, tongues are a sign not for believers but for unbelievers. Prophecy, however, is not for unbelievers but for believers.

When they heard this, they entered the temple courts at daybreak and began teaching. Now when the high priest and those who were with him arrived, they summoned the Sanhedrin -- that is, the whole high council of the Israelites -- and sent to the jail to have the apostles brought before them.

because they hinder us from speaking to the Gentiles so that they may be saved. Thus they constantly fill up their measure of sins, but wrath has come upon them completely.

He said to them, "Take nothing for your journey -- no staff, no bag, no bread, no money, and do not take an extra tunic.

The king issued an order to summon the magicians, astrologers, sorcerers, and wise men in order to explain his dreams to him. So they came and awaited the king's instructions.

Elijah said to them: "I am the only prophet of the Lord who is left, but there are 450 prophets of Baal.

A blacksmith could not be found in all the land of Israel, for the Philistines had said, "This will prevent the Hebrews from making swords and spears."

Is the Lord mad at the rivers? Are you angry with the rivers? Are you enraged at the sea? Is this why you climb into your horse-drawn chariots, your victorious chariots?

From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia, those who pray to me will bring me tribute.

Then Haman said to King Ahasuerus, "There is a particular people that is dispersed and spread among the inhabitants throughout all the provinces of your kingdom whose laws differ from those of all other peoples. Furthermore, they do not observe the king's laws. It is not appropriate for the king to provide a haven for them.

You must not present to the Lord something with testicles that are bruised, crushed, torn, or cut off; you must not do this in your land.

Then the sons of Aaron must offer it up in smoke on the altar atop the burnt offering that is on the wood in the fire as a gift of a soothing aroma to the Lord.

And the gatekeepers: Akkub, Talmon and their colleagues who were guarding the gates -- 172.

Such were the exploits of Benaiah son of Jehoiada, who gained fame along with the three elite warriors.

And when they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash. They hold fast to many other traditions: the washing of cups, pots, kettles, and dining couches.)

In Noah's six hundred and first year, in the first day of the first month, the waters had dried up from the earth, and Noah removed the covering from the ark and saw that the surface of the ground was dry.

When they left Egypt, Israel traveled through the desert as far as the Red Sea and then came to Kadesh.

For no one has ever hated his own body but he feeds it and takes care of it, just as Christ also does the church,

Gideon son of Joash returned from the battle by the pass of Heres.

And this is even clearer if another priest arises in the likeness of Melchizedek,

You must observe this event as an ordinance for you and for your children forever.

But Moses said, "O my Lord, please send anyone else whom you wish to send!"

And Peter said, "Look, we have left everything we own to follow you!"

Those who passed by defamed him, shaking their heads and saying, "Aha! You who can destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days,

This is the account of Noah's sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Sons were born to them after the flood.

He then said to his disciple, "Look, here is your mother!" From that very time the disciple took her into his own home.

Therefore if the uncircumcised man obeys the righteous requirements of the law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision?

People from two or three cities staggered into one city to get water, but remained thirsty. Still you did not come back to me." The Lord is speaking!

"Due to your great compassion you did not abandon them in the desert. The pillar of cloud did not stop guiding them in the path by day, nor did the pillar of fire stop illuminating for them by night the path on which they should travel.

So I registered a complaint with the nobles of Judah, saying to them, "What is this evil thing that you are doing, profaning the Sabbath day?

And you are proud! Shouldn't you have been deeply sorrowful instead and removed the one who did this from among you?

This is the prophetic message that the Lord gave to Zephaniah son of Cushi, son of Gedaliah, son of Amariah, son of Hezekiah. Zephaniah delivered this message during the reign of King Josiah son of Amon of Judah:

While he was saying this to me, I was flat on the ground and unable to speak.

Tie up the scroll as legal evidence, seal the official record of God's instructions and give it to my followers.

Job took a shard of broken pottery to scrape himself with while he was sitting among the ashes.

And the leaders of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah, Jeshua son of Kadmiel, and their colleagues, who stood opposite them to offer praise and thanks, one contingent corresponding to the other, as specified by David the man of God.

The Lord said to Samuel, "Look! I am about to do something in Israel; when anyone hears about it, both of his ears will tingle.

"You are to put the Urim and the Thummim into the breastpiece of decision; and they are to be over Aaron's heart when he goes in before the Lord. Aaron is to bear the decisions of the Israelites over his heart before the Lord continually.

For if anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.

He then asked, "Which invasion route are we going to take?" Jehoram answered, "By the road through the Desert of Edom."

For the Lord gave me strict orders, 'Do not eat or drink there; do not go back the way you came.'"

So Saul said to Ahijah, "Bring near the ephod," for he was at that time wearing the ephod.

They are responsible for his needs and the needs of the whole community before the tent of meeting, by attending to the service of the tabernacle.

He said to them, "This is what the Lord has said: 'Tomorrow is a time of cessation from work, a holy Sabbath to the Lord. Whatever you want to bake, bake today; whatever you want to boil, boil today; whatever is left put aside for yourselves to be kept until morning.'"

And he did not enter to offer himself again and again, the way the high priest enters the sanctuary year after year with blood that is not his own,

"'Surely anything which a man permanently dedicates to the Lord from all that belongs to him, whether from people, animals, or his landed property, must be neither sold nor redeemed; anything permanently dedicated is most holy to the Lord.

Yet many of the crowd believed in him and said, "Whenever the Christ comes, he won't perform more miraculous signs than this man did, will he?"

I will guide you in the way of wisdom and I will lead you in upright paths.

For nothing is hidden except to be revealed, and nothing concealed except to be brought to light.

Of course, who can really build a temple for him, since the sky and the highest heavens cannot contain him? Who am I that I should build him a temple! It will really be only a place to offer sacrifices before him.

As he began settling his accounts, a man who owed ten thousand talents was brought to him.

Your creditors will suddenly attack; those who terrify you will spring into action, and they will rob you.

He decorated the temple with precious stones; the gold he used came from Parvaim.

But Haman restrained himself and went on to his home. He then sent for his friends to join him, along with his wife Zeresh.

For the Lord will pass through to strike Egypt, and when he sees the blood on the top of the doorframe and the two side posts, then the Lord will pass over the door, and he will not permit the destroyer to enter your houses to strike you.

His servants conspired against him and murdered Joash at Beth-Millo, on the road that goes down to Silla.

I will pass through the land of Egypt in the same night, and I will attack all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both of humans and of animals, and on all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment. I am the Lord.

and so incur judgment for breaking their former pledge.

They helped David fight against raiding bands, for all of them were warriors and leaders in the army.

and though my physical condition put you to the test, you did not despise or reject me. Instead, you welcomed me as though I were an angel of God, as though I were Christ Jesus himself!

The sons of Helah: Zereth, Zohar, Ethnan,

Then Elkanah went back home to Ramah. But the boy was serving the Lord under the supervision of Eli the priest.

Do not be hostile toward them, because I am not giving you any of their land, not even a footprint, for I have given Mount Seir as an inheritance for Esau.

Jesus went with him, and a large crowd followed and pressed around him.

You have issued an edict, O king, that everyone must bow down and pay homage to the golden statue when they hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, trigon, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music.

The Lord said to Moses, "Get up early in the morning, stand before Pharaoh, and tell him, 'Thus says the Lord, the God of the Hebrews: "Release my people so that they may serve me!

When Terah had lived 70 years, he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

And will not the physically uncircumcised man who keeps the law judge you who, despite the written code and circumcision, transgress the law?

For it will overtake all who live on the face of the whole earth.

Then he will send angels and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of heaven.

He will love and bless you, and make you numerous. He will bless you with many children, with the produce of your soil, your grain, your new wine, your oil, the offspring of your oxen, and the young of your flocks in the land which he promised your ancestors to give you.

"The Lord who rules over all says, 'If you live and work according to my requirements, you will be able to preside over my temple and attend to my courtyards, and I will allow you to come and go among these others who are standing by you.

Huram sent him ships and some of his sailors, men who were well acquainted with the sea. They sailed with Solomon's men to Ophir, and took from there 450 talents of gold, which they brought back to King Solomon.

Manasseh fought against Ephraim, and Ephraim against Manasseh; together they fought against Judah. Despite all this, his anger does not subside, and his hand is ready to strike again.

They have stringed instruments, tambourines, flutes, and wine at their parties. So they do not recognize what the Lord is doing, they do not perceive what he is bringing about.

So I reflected on all this, attempting to clear it all up. I concluded that the righteous and the wise, as well as their works, are in the hand of God; whether a person will be loved or hated -- no one knows what lies ahead.

The one who despises his neighbor sins, but whoever is kind to the needy is blessed.

But the father said to his slaves, 'Hurry! Bring the best robe, and put it on him! Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet!

So Samuel led Israel all the days of his life.

Having said this, he spat on the ground and made some mud with the saliva. He smeared the mud on the blind man's eyes

So Jesse took a donkey loaded with bread, a container of wine, and a young goat and sent them to Saul with his son David.

Then the cows went directly on the road to Beth Shemesh. They went along, mooing as they went; they turned neither to the right nor to the left. The leaders of the Philistines were walking along behind them all the way to the border of Beth Shemesh.

Bring out with you all the living creatures that are with you. Bring out every living thing, including the birds, animals, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth. Let them increase and be fruitful and multiply on the earth!"

For just as it is written, "the name of God is being blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you."

Zebadiah, Arad, Eder,

Let each one examine his own work. Then he can take pride in himself and not compare himself with someone else.

But some of the Pharisees said, "Why are you doing what is against the law on the Sabbath?"

Every offering of all the Israelites' holy things that they bring to the priest will be his.

But you know his qualifications, that like a son working with his father, he served with me in advancing the gospel.

Although you have acted in secret, I will do this thing before all Israel, and in broad daylight.'"

And what agreement does Christ have with Beliar? Or what does a believer share in common with an unbeliever?

Condemn them, O God! May their own schemes be their downfall! Drive them away because of their many acts of insurrection, for they have rebelled against you.

I did not restrain myself from getting whatever I wanted; I did not deny myself anything that would bring me pleasure. So all my accomplishments gave me joy; this was my reward for all my effort.

But now he is dead. Why should I fast? Am I able to bring him back? I will go to him, but he cannot return to me!'"

When Jesus entered the ruler's house and saw the flute players and the disorderly crowd,

So Darius the king issued orders, and they searched in the archives of the treasury which were deposited there in Babylon.

When the sun began to shine, God sent a hot east wind. So the sun beat down on Jonah's head, and he grew faint. So he despaired of life, and said, "I would rather die than live!"

Jehoshaphat asked, "Is there no prophet of the Lord here that we might seek the Lord's direction?" One of the servants of the king of Israel answered, "Elisha son of Shapat is here; he used to be Elijah's servant."

of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethanel.

He seized the leaders of the city, along with some desert thorns and briers; he then "threshed" the men of Succoth with them.

She said, "I will indeed go with you. But you will not gain fame on the expedition you are undertaking, for the Lord will turn Sisera over to a woman." Deborah got up and went with Barak to Kedesh.

You must not take for yourself anything that has been placed under judgment. Then the Lord will relent from his intense anger, show you compassion, have mercy on you, and multiply you as he promised your ancestors.

Then Jesus, while teaching in the temple courts, cried out, "You both know me and know where I come from! And I have not come on my own initiative, but the one who sent me is true. You do not know him,

Joktan was the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,

So when we could bear it no longer, we decided to stay on in Athens alone.

They watched Jesus closely to see if he would heal him on the Sabbath, so that they could accuse him.

For the Lord who rules over all says to me that for his own glory he has sent me to the nations that plundered you -- for anyone who touches you touches the pupil of his eye.

The Lord answered, "This has happened because these people have rejected my laws which I gave them. They have not obeyed me or followed those laws.

Rise up, Lord! Don't let men be defiant! May the nations be judged in your presence!

They will never go hungry or be thirsty again, and the sun will not beat down on them, nor any burning heat,

They set up their disgusting idols in the temple which I have claimed for my own and defiled it.

But Job will be tested to the end, because his answers are like those of wicked men.

"How much less, then, can I answer him and choose my words to argue with him!

And the rest of the Israelites, with the priests and the Levites, were in all the cities of Judah, each on his own property.

the descendants of Zattu, 845;

The poles were so long their ends extending out from the ark were visible from in front of the inner sanctuary, but they could not be seen from beyond that point. They have remained there to this very day.

I dug wells and drank water in foreign lands. With the soles of my feet I dried up all the rivers of Egypt.'

besides what he collected from the merchants, traders, Arabian kings, and governors of the land.

Later during the mealtime Boaz said to her, "Come here and have some food! Dip your bread in the vinegar!" So she sat down beside the harvesters. Then he handed her some roasted grain. She ate until she was full and saved the rest.

Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir,

From Simeon there were 7,100 warriors.

And they saw that some of Jesus' disciples ate their bread with unclean hands, that is, unwashed.

and he slaughtered it. Moses then took the blood and put it all around on the horns of the altar with his finger and decontaminated the altar, and he poured out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar and so consecrated it to make atonement on it.

So the kings of Israel, Judah, and Edom set out together. They wandered around on the road for seven days and finally ran out of water for the men and animals they had with them.

Act now! For the Lord has said to David, 'By the hand of my servant David I will save my people Israel from the Philistines and from all their enemies.'"

"Lord, they have killed your prophets, they have demolished your altars; I alone am left and they are seeking my life!"

Joshua told the Israelites, "Come here and listen to the words of the Lord your God!"

When Reu had lived 32 years, he became the father of Serug.

I am going to cause very severe hail to rain down about this time tomorrow, such hail as has never occurred in Egypt from the day it was founded until now.

(He) The Lord, like an enemy, destroyed Israel. He destroyed all her palaces; he ruined her fortified cities. He made everyone in Daughter Judah mourn and lament.

so that no one can boast in his presence.

and he sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal the sick.

Surely such is the residence of an evil man; and this is the place of one who has not known God.'"

The temple attendants were living on Ophel, and Ziha and Gishpa were over them.

The sum total of the Levites in the holy city was 284.

the descendants of Elam, 1,254;

And he was amazed because of their unbelief. Then he went around among the villages and taught.

Hodiah, Hashum, Bezai,

The crowds were paying attention with one mind to what Philip said, as they heard and saw the miraculous signs he was performing.

When Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he summoned 180,000 skilled warriors from Judah and Benjamin to attack Israel and restore the kingdom to Rehoboam.

The Lord told Joshua, "This very day I will begin to honor you before all Israel so they will know that I am with you just as I was with Moses.

The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron:

Run there quickly, for I cannot do anything until you arrive there." (This incident explains why the town was called Zoar.)

The gatekeepers relayed the news to the royal palace.

And if we put bits into the mouths of horses to get them to obey us, then we guide their entire bodies.

You have no share or part in this matter because your heart is not right before God!

You may purchase food to eat and water to drink from them.

Hivites, Arkites, Sinites,

"Go and stand in the temple courts and proclaim to the people all the words of this life."

Woe to them! For they have fled from me! Destruction to them! For they have rebelled against me! I want to deliver them, but they have lied to me.

So God sent a worm at dawn the next day, and it attacked the little plant so that it dried up.

But the house of Israel is unwilling to listen to you, because they are not willing to listen to me, for the whole house of Israel is hard-headed and hard-hearted.

Listen to this, you leaders of the family of Jacob, you rulers of the nation of Israel! You hate justice and pervert all that is right.

May the Lord reward your efforts! May your acts of kindness be repaid fully by the Lord God of Israel, from whom you have sought protection!"

not to many peoples of unintelligible speech and difficult language, whose words you cannot understand -- surely if I had sent you to them, they would listen to you!

When he left there, he met Jehonadab, son of Rekab, who had been looking for him. Jehu greeted him and asked, "Are you as committed to me as I am to you?" Jehonadab answered, "I am!" Jehu replied, "If so, give me your hand." So he offered his hand and Jehu pulled him up into the chariot.

He took the crown of their king from his head -- it was gold, weighed about seventy-five pounds, and held a precious stone -- and it was placed on David's head. He also took from the city a great deal of plunder.

Some devout men buried Stephen and made loud lamentation over him.

I do not say this because I am seeking a gift. Rather, I seek the credit that abounds to your account.

All the silver and gold, as well as bronze and iron items, belong to the Lord. They must go into the Lord's treasury."

and said to him, "Go wash in the pool of Siloam" (which is translated "sent"). So the blind man went away and washed, and came back seeing.

So I loathed all the fruit of my effort, for which I worked so hard on earth, because I must leave it behind in the hands of my successor.

Jesus said to him, "You have answered correctly; do this, and you will live."

If it is a matter of strength, most certainly he is the strong one! And if it is a matter of justice, he will say, 'Who will summon me?'

Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish the tower, all who see it will begin to make fun of him.

Jael came out to welcome Sisera. She said to him, "Stop and rest, my lord. Stop and rest with me. Don't be afraid." So Sisera stopped to rest in her tent, and she put a blanket over him.

They said, "Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of dismissal and to divorce her."

Do not be one who strikes hands in pledge or who puts up security for debts.

Only the holy things and votive offerings that belong to you, you must pick up and take to the place the Lord will choose.

and sent them to Jesus to ask, "Are you the one who is to come, or should we look for another?"

Now when the other ten heard this, they were angry with the two brothers.

You defend the fatherless and oppressed, so that mere mortals may no longer terrorize them.

"Why did I not die at birth, and why did I not expire as I came out of the womb?

Moreover, the word of the Lord came to me as follows:

Hold on to instruction, do not let it go; protect it, because it is your life.

"that it may go well with you and that you will live a long time on the earth."

He said, "Who are you?" She replied, "I am Ruth, your servant. Marry your servant, for you are a guardian of the family interests."

He became hungry and wanted to eat, but while they were preparing the meal, a trance came over him.

From Levi there were 4,600.

The Moabites said, "It's blood! The kings are totally destroyed! They have struck one another down! Now, Moab, seize the plunder!"

I brought the leaders of Judah up on top of the wall, and I appointed two large choirs to give thanks. One was to proceed on the top of the wall southward toward the Dung Gate.

All the work ordered by Solomon was completed, from the day the foundation of the Lord's temple was laid until it was finished; the Lord's temple was completed.

Then all the people, from the youngest to the oldest, as well as the army officers, left for Egypt, because they were afraid of what the Babylonians might do.

When the Ammonites saw the Arameans flee, they fled before his brother Abishai and went into the city. Joab withdrew from fighting the Ammonites and returned to Jerusalem.

Jeroboam was a talented man; when Solomon saw that the young man was an accomplished worker, he made him the leader of the work crew from the tribe of Joseph.

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;

Who is there from the entire human race who has heard the voice of the living God speaking from the middle of the fire as we have, and has lived?

Be on guard so that you do not forget the covenant of the Lord your God that he has made with you, and that you do not make an image of any kind, just as he has forbidden you.

He said to Zebah and Zalmunna, "Describe for me the men you killed at Tabor." They said, "They were like you. Each one looked like a king's son."

An oracle of the word of the Lord concerning the land of Hadrach, with its focus on Damascus: The eyes of all humanity, especially of the tribes of Israel, are toward the Lord,

At the same time also, prepare a place for me to stay, for I hope that through your prayers I will be given back to you.

But someone came and reported to them, "Look! The men you put in prison are standing in the temple courts and teaching the people!"

Is not my power to help myself nothing, and has not every resource been driven from me?

He frustrates the plans of the crafty so that their hands cannot accomplish what they had planned!

In the second year after they had come to the temple of God in Jerusalem, in the second month, Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua the son of Jozadak initiated the work, along with the rest of their associates, the priests and the Levites, and all those who were coming to Jerusalem from the exile. They appointed the Levites who were at least twenty years old to take charge of the work on the Lord's temple.

Masters, treat your slaves with justice and fairness, because you know that you also have a master in heaven.

All of King Solomon's cups were made of gold, and all the household items in the Palace of the Lebanon Forest were made of pure gold. There were no silver items, for silver was not considered very valuable in Solomon's time.

So he called one of the slaves and asked what was happening.

The Beloved: I was a wall, and my breasts were like fortress towers. Then I found favor in his eyes.

When they heard this they became enraged and began to shout, "Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!"

All the people followed him up, playing flutes and celebrating so loudly they made the ground shake.

Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were gatekeepers who were guarding the storerooms at the gates.

So Peter invited them in and entertained them as guests. On the next day he got up and set out with them, and some of the brothers from Joppa accompanied him.

For David said, "The Lord God of Israel has given his people rest and has permanently settled in Jerusalem.

Azariah was the father of Amariah, and Amariah was the father of Ahitub.

He said to her, "Let the children be satisfied first, for it is not right to take the children's bread and to throw it to the dogs."

A centurion there had a slave who was highly regarded, but who was sick and at the point of death.

After threatening them further, they released them, for they could not find how to punish them on account of the people, because they were all praising God for what had happened.

So Simeon, directed by the Spirit, came into the temple courts, and when the parents brought in the child Jesus to do for him what was customary according to the law,

Do not carry a money bag, a traveler's bag, or sandals, and greet no one on the road.

As Jesus stepped ashore, a certain man from the town met him who was possessed by demons. For a long time this man had worn no clothes and had not lived in a house, but among the tombs.

"When I broke the seven loaves for the four thousand, how many baskets full of pieces did you pick up?" They replied, "Seven."

Then they arrested Jesus, led him away, and brought him into the high priest's house. But Peter was following at a distance.

Be careful! I have told you everything ahead of time.

But the poor man had nothing except for a little lamb he had acquired. He raised it, and it grew up alongside him and his children. It used to eat his food, drink from his cup, and sleep in his arms. It was just like a daughter to him.

A worthless and wicked person walks around saying perverse things;

If it is service, he must serve; if it is teaching, he must teach;

He taught them many things in parables, and in his teaching said to them:

Blessed is the one who waits and attains to the 1,335 days.

So the wall was completed on the twenty-fifth day of Elul, in just fifty-two days.

Because of laziness the roof caves in, and because of idle hands the house leaks.

the descendants of Zattu: 945;

He tore Israel away from David's dynasty, and Jeroboam son of Nebat became their king. Jeroboam drove Israel away from the Lord and encouraged them to commit a serious sin.

The Lord told Joshua, "Hold out toward Ai the curved sword in your hand, for I am handing the city over to you." So Joshua held out toward Ai the curved sword in his hand.

But a suitable day came, when Herod gave a banquet on his birthday for his court officials, military commanders, and leaders of Galilee.

Then the priest must put on his linen robe and must put linen leggings over his bare flesh, and he must take up the fatty ashes of the burnt offering that the fire consumed on the altar, and he must place them beside the altar.

Ben-Abinadab was in charge of Naphath Dor. (He was married to Solomon's daughter Taphath.)

Then the Lord became angry with Moses, and he said, "What about your brother Aaron the Levite? I know that he can speak very well. Moreover, he is coming to meet you, and when he sees you he will be glad in his heart.

But so that we don't offend them, go to the lake and throw out a hook. Take the first fish that comes up, and when you open its mouth, you will find a four drachma coin. Take that and give it to them for me and you."

The Israelites plundered all the goods of these cities and the cattle, but they totally destroyed all the people and allowed no one who breathed to live.

You who boast in the law dishonor God by transgressing the law!

When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets full of pieces did you pick up?" They replied, "Twelve."

and the Israelites went away and did exactly as the Lord had commanded Moses and Aaron.

Pharaoh's daughter said to her, "Take this child and nurse him for me, and I will pay your wages." So the woman took the child and nursed him.

The sons of Shem were Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.

But even now I know that whatever you ask from God, God will grant you."

Fill up then the measure of your ancestors!

Those who heard this said, "Then who can be saved?"

Immediately Jesus sent the man away with a very strong warning.

Because of this the king got furiously angry and gave orders to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.

Suddenly a great earthquake occurred, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken. Immediately all the doors flew open, and the bonds of all the prisoners came loose.

but Saul learned of their plot against him. They were also watching the city gates day and night so that they could kill him.

The caravans of Tema looked intently for these streams; the traveling merchants of Sheba hoped for them.

This is what I also observed about wisdom on earth, and it is a great burden to me:

calling out to those who are passing by her in the way, who go straight on their way.

But it will not go well with the wicked, nor will they prolong their days like a shadow, because they do not stand in fear before God.

For John had repeatedly told Herod, "It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife."

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego replied to King Nebuchadnezzar, "We do not need to give you a reply concerning this.

I have observed the burden that God has given to people to keep them occupied.

for the people who were in the land before you have done all these abominations, and the land has become unclean.

In addition, this brother has also been chosen by the churches as our traveling companion as we administer this generous gift to the glory of the Lord himself and to show our readiness to help.

You will break them with an iron scepter; you will smash them like a potter's jar!'"

From the Levites: Shemaiah son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni;

Elisha said, "Open the east window," and he did so. Elisha said, "Shoot!" and he did so. Elisha said, "This arrow symbolizes the victory the Lord will give you over Syria. You will annihilate Syria in Aphek!"

The sons of Zerah: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Kalkol, Dara -- five in all.

But we know where this man comes from. Whenever the Christ comes, no one will know where he comes from."

In that day your beautiful young women and your young men will faint from thirst.

Joshua and all Israel pretended to be defeated by them and they retreated along the way to the desert.

The words of the wise are heard in quiet, more than the shouting of a ruler is heard among fools.

They appointed the priests by their divisions and the Levites by their divisions over the worship of God at Jerusalem, in accord with the book of Moses.

and set up in it a place for the ark containing the covenant the Lord made with the Israelites."

Moses said, "The people around me are 600,000 on foot; but you say, 'I will give them meat, that they may eat for a whole month.'

When he saw Jesus, he cried out, fell down before him, and shouted with a loud voice, "Leave me alone, Jesus, Son of the Most High God! I beg you, do not torment me!"

"For this reason I am sending you prophets and wise men and experts in the law, some of whom you will kill and crucify, and some you will flog in your synagogues and pursue from town to town,

Their descendants remained in the land (the Israelites were unable to wipe them out completely). Solomon conscripted them for his work crews, and they continue in that role to this very day.

Now Barak chased the chariots and the army all the way to Harosheth Haggoyim. Sisera's whole army died by the edge of the sword; not even one survived!

The men of Zebulun did not conquer the people living in Kitron and Nahalol. The Canaanites lived among them and were forced to do hard labor.

Their territory started at Aroer (on the edge of the Arnon Valley) and included the city in the middle of the valley, the whole plain of Medeba,

He took Peter, James, and John with him, and became very troubled and distressed.

For it is not you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.

72,000 cattle,

The one who builds his house by unjust gain is as good as dead. He does this so he can build his nest way up high and escape the clutches of disaster.

Both those who went ahead and those who followed kept shouting, "Hosanna! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!

Then the Lord said to Moses,

But they were startled and terrified, thinking they saw a ghost.

And whoever does not bow down and pay homage must be thrown into the midst of a furnace of blazing fire.

But there are Jewish men whom you appointed over the administration of the province of Babylon -- Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego -- and these men have not shown proper respect to you, O king. They don't serve your gods and they don't pay homage to the golden statue that you have erected."

God said to Jonah, "Are you really so very angry about the little plant?" And he said, "I am as angry as I could possibly be!"

Recall that you were slaves in the land of Egypt and that the Lord your God brought you out of there by strength and power. That is why the Lord your God has commanded you to observe the Sabbath day.

In spite of all this, Israel's sister, unfaithful Judah, has not turned back to me with any sincerity; she has only pretended to do so," says the Lord.

Then you will call your brother, "My People" (Ammi)! You will call your sister, "Pity" (Ruhamah)!

"When this happens," says the Lord, "the king and his officials will lose their courage. The priests will be struck with horror, and the prophets will be speechless in astonishment."

The light of Israel will become a fire, their Holy One will become a flame; it will burn and consume the Assyrian king's briers and his thorns in one day.

So Death will open up its throat, and open wide its mouth; Zion's dignitaries and masses will descend into it, including those who revel and celebrate within her.

Folly is a joy to one who lacks sense, but one who has understanding follows an upright course.

Until the dawn arrives and the shadows flee, I will go up to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.

Then three days after I had my baby, this woman also had a baby. We were alone; there was no one else in the house except the two of us.

He built temples on the high places and appointed as priests people who were not Levites.

King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba everything she requested, more than what she had brought him. Then she left and returned to her homeland with her attendants.

But Jehu did not carefully and wholeheartedly obey the law of the Lord God of Israel. He did not repudiate the sins which Jeroboam had encouraged Israel to commit.

For this is certain: The days are coming when they will say, 'Blessed are the barren, the wombs that never bore children, and the breasts that never nursed!'

but on the day Lot went out from Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.

"Now, if you have shown loyalty and integrity when you made Abimelech king, if you have done right to Jerub-Baal and his family, if you have properly repaid him --

Then God spoke to Noah and said,

"We found the jail locked securely and the guards standing at the doors, but when we opened them, we found no one inside."

When Joab and all the army that was with him arrived, Joab was told: "Abner the son of Ner came to the king; he sent him away, and he left in peace!"

Then his sister said to Pharaoh's daughter, "Shall I go and get a nursing woman for you from the Hebrews, so that she may nurse the child for you?"

Just then some men showed up, carrying a paralyzed man on a stretcher. They were trying to bring him in and place him before Jesus.

Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David! Hosanna in the highest!"

They will eat, but not be satisfied; they will engage in prostitution, but not increase in numbers; because they have abandoned the Lord by pursuing other gods.

and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.

The holy ones of the Most High will receive the kingdom and will take possession of the kingdom forever and ever.'

(Vav) He destroyed his temple as if it were a vineyard; he destroyed his appointed meeting place. The Lord has made those in Zion forget both the festivals and the Sabbaths. In his fierce anger he has spurned both king and priest.

A lying tongue hates those crushed by it, and a flattering mouth works ruin.

You make me happier than those who have abundant grain and wine.

And why do you not pardon my transgression, and take away my iniquity? For now I will lie down in the dust, and you will seek me diligently, but I will be gone."

From Judah came 6,800 trained warriors carrying shields and spears.

These are the ones sown on rocky ground: As soon as they hear the word, they receive it with joy.

Now Rehoboam son of Solomon ruled in Judah. He was forty-one years old when he became king and he ruled for seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the Lord chose from all the tribes of Israel to be his home. His mother was an Ammonite woman named Naamah.

The king said, "One says, 'My son is alive; your son is dead,' while the other says, 'No, your son is dead; my son is alive.'"

So he sent a second horseman out to them and he said, "This is what the king says, 'Is everything all right?'" Jehu replied, "None of your business! Follow me."

Elijah said to him, "Stay here, for the Lord has sent me to the Jordan." But he replied, "As certainly as the Lord lives and as you live, I will not leave you." So they traveled on together.

There is danger not only that this business of ours will come into disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis will be regarded as nothing, and she whom all the province of Asia and the world worship will suffer the loss of her greatness."

and he told them, "Take your master's servants with you, put my son Solomon on my mule, and lead him down to Gihon.

When the Sabbath came, he began to teach in the synagogue. Many who heard him were astonished, saying, "Where did he get these ideas? And what is this wisdom that has been given to him? What are these miracles that are done through his hands?

Indeed, he greatly missed all of you and was distressed because you heard that he had been ill.

Therefore show them openly before the churches the proof of your love and of our pride in you.

and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea,

When they came down from the high place to the town, Samuel spoke with Saul on the roof.

So she went down to the threshing floor and did everything her mother-in-law had instructed her to do.

Then the king departed to his palace. But he spent the night without eating, and no diversions were brought to him. He was unable to sleep.

(Now all the people who heard this, even the tax collectors, acknowledged God's justice, because they had been baptized with John's baptism.

The future splendor of this temple will be greater than that of former times,' the Lord who rules over all declares, 'and in this place I will give peace.'"

When Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and the rest of our enemies heard that I had rebuilt the wall and no breach remained in it (even though up to that time I had not positioned doors in the gates),

For this reason the sovereign master, the Lord who commands armies, will make his healthy ones emaciated. His majestic glory will go up in smoke.

and since we have a great priest over the house of God,

In response to all this I said, "Ah, Lord God, you have surely allowed the people of Judah and Jerusalem to be deceived by those who say, 'You will be safe!' But in fact a sword is already at our throats."

Hallohesh, Pilha, Shobek,

They crossed the Jordan River in the first month, when it was overflowing its banks, and routed those living in all the valleys to the east and west.

But these are the ones sown on good soil: They hear the word and receive it and bear fruit, one thirty times as much, one sixty, and one a hundred."

They did not neglect any detail of the king's orders pertaining to the priests, Levites, and treasuries.

He stood before the altar of the Lord in front of the entire assembly of Israel and spread out his hands.

Then Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh, and Moses cried to the Lord because of the frogs that he had brought on Pharaoh.

One of his advisers said, "No, my master, O king. The prophet Elisha who lives in Israel keeps telling the king of Israel the things you say in your bedroom."

The servant in charge of the harvesters replied, "She's the young Moabite woman who came back with Naomi from the region of Moab.

The Lord said to Samuel, "Do as they say and install a king over them." Then Samuel said to the men of Israel, "Each of you go back to his own city."

Pharaoh got up in the night, along with all his servants and all Egypt, and there was a great cry in Egypt, for there was no house in which there was not someone dead.

So the slave masters of the people and their foremen went to the Israelites and said, "Thus says Pharaoh: 'I am not giving you straw.

The Lord said to Moses, "Pharaoh's heart is hard; he refuses to release the people.

the Jebusites, Amorites, Girgashites,

He who calls you is trustworthy, and he will in fact do this.

Others are busy with their own concerns, not those of Jesus Christ.

This is from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes'?"

But after I am raised, I will go ahead of you into Galilee."

On that day, anyone who is on the roof, with his goods in the house, must not come down to take them away, and likewise the person in the field must not turn back.

When my life was ebbing away, I called out to the Lord, and my prayer came to your holy temple.

You did not bring me sacrifices and grain offerings during the forty years you spent in the wilderness, family of Israel.

So will it happen to you, O Bethel, because of your great wickedness! When that day dawns, the king of Israel will be destroyed.

And as for them, whether they listen or not -- for they are a rebellious house -- they will know that a prophet has been among them.

"Whoever is simple, let him turn in here," she says to those who lack understanding.

They must spread over them a scarlet cloth, and cover the same with a covering of fine leather; and they must insert its poles.

He was thirty-two years old when he became king and he reigned for eight years in Jerusalem.

At harvest time he sent a slave to the tenants to collect from them his portion of the crop.

Instead, a woman whose young daughter had an unclean spirit immediately heard about him and came and fell at his feet.

Now there happened to be a Jewish man in Susa the citadel whose name was Mordecai. He was the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjaminite,

The Israelite army took heart and once more arranged their battle lines, in the same place where they had taken their positions the day before.

So a report about him spread throughout Syria. People brought to him all who suffered with various illnesses and afflictions, those who had seizures, paralytics, and those possessed by demons, and he healed them.

This is what prompted him to rebel against the king: Solomon built a terrace and he closed up a gap in the wall of the city of his father David.

but he must not go into the veil-canopy or step forward to the altar because he has a physical flaw. Thus he must not profane my holy places, for I am the Lord who sanctifies them.'"

That is why he named that place Beer Sheba, because the two of them swore an oath there.

In those days Ahithophel's advice was considered as valuable as a prophetic revelation. Both David and Absalom highly regarded the advice of Ahithophel.

So they defeated Og, his sons, and all his people, until there were no survivors, and they possessed his land.

But the Israelites defeated him in battle and took possession of his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, as far as the Ammonites, for the border of the Ammonites was strongly defended.

But you, brothers and sisters, are not in the darkness for the day to overtake you like a thief would.

For we wanted to come to you (I, Paul, in fact tried again and again) but Satan thwarted us.

Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, greets you.

My eyes grow weak because of oppression. I call out to you, O Lord, all day long; I spread out my hands in prayer to you.

Therefore encourage one another with these words.

Many nations have now assembled against you. They say, "Jerusalem must be desecrated, so we can gloat over Zion!"

And everyone will see that I, the Lord, have burned it; it will not be extinguished.'"

But after I have uprooted the people of those nations, I will relent and have pity on them. I will restore the people of each of those nations to their own lands and to their own country.

If the individual said to him, "First let the fat be burned away, and then take for yourself whatever you wish," he would say, "No! Hand it over right now! If you don't, I will take it forcibly!"

He said, "May you be rewarded by the Lord, my dear! This act of devotion is greater than what you did before. For you have not sought to marry one of the young men, whether rich or poor.

Then the king replied to the woman, "Don't hide any information from me when I question you." The woman said, "Let my lord the king speak!"

But he will reply, 'I don't know where you come from! Go away from me, all you evildoers!'

King Rehoboam sent Hadoram, the supervisor of the work crews, out after them, but the Israelites stoned him to death. King Rehoboam managed to jump into his chariot and escape to Jerusalem.

After all this Joshua son of Nun, the Lord's servant, died at the age of one hundred ten.

He looked this way and that and saw that no one was there, and then he attacked the Egyptian and concealed the body in the sand.

They replied, "We could plainly see that the Lord is with you. So we decided there should be a pact between us -- between us and you. Allow us to make a treaty with you

But when we are judged by the Lord, we are disciplined so that we may not be condemned with the world.

While they were trying to kill him, a report was sent up to the commanding officer of the cohort that all Jerusalem was in confusion.

"The elders will listen to you, and then you and the elders of Israel must go to the king of Egypt and tell him, 'The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. So now, let us go three days' journey into the wilderness, so that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God.'

Thus you must obey the Lord your God, keeping all his commandments that I am giving you today and doing what is right before him.

Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times and in every way. The Lord be with you all.

For there is no one here like him who will readily demonstrate his deep concern for you.

All the saints greet you, especially those who belong to Caesar's household.

For no one who seeks to make a reputation for himself does anything in secret. If you are doing these things, show yourself to the world."

Your schemes will bring shame to your house. Because you destroyed many nations, you will self-destruct.

I will leave in your midst a humble and meek group of people, and they will find safety in the Lord's presence.

When Ananias heard these words he collapsed and died, and great fear gripped all who heard about it.

He replied, "To build a temple for her in the land of Babylonia. When it is finished, she will be placed there in her own residence."

But my loyal love will not be removed from him as I removed it from Saul, whom I removed from before you.

Look, I am stirring up the Medes to attack them; they are not concerned about silver, nor are they interested in gold.

"Stolen waters are sweet, and food obtained in secret is pleasant!"

I am as full of anger as you are, Lord, I am tired of trying to hold it in." The Lord answered, "Vent it, then, on the children who play in the street and on the young men who are gathered together. Husbands and wives are to be included, as well as the old and those who are advanced in years.

The Beloved to the Maidens: O maidens of Jerusalem, I command you -- If you find my beloved, what will you tell him? Tell him that I am lovesick!

Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in front of the entire assembly of Israel and spread out his hands toward the sky.

So I concluded that wisdom is better than might, but a poor man's wisdom is despised; no one ever listens to his advice.

As the sun was setting, a cry went through the camp, "Each one should return to his city and to his homeland."

The singers were also assembled from the district around Jerusalem and from the settlements of the Netophathites

Jabez was more respected than his brothers. His mother had named him Jabez, for she said, "I experienced pain when I gave birth to him."

The other nine were Ibhar, Elishua, Elpelet,

But Moses replied to the Lord, "If the Israelites did not listen to me, then how will Pharaoh listen to me, since I speak with difficulty?"

They brought the head of Ish-bosheth to David in Hebron, saying to the king, "Look! The head of Ish-bosheth son of Saul, your enemy who sought your life! The Lord has granted vengeance to my lord the king this day against Saul and his descendants!"

Then he took all the fat on the entrails, the protruding lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys and their fat, and Moses offered it all up in smoke on the altar,

All the land was weeping loudly as all these people were leaving. As the king was crossing over the Kidron Valley, all the people were leaving on the road that leads to the desert.

For if they become heirs by the law, faith is empty and the promise is nullified.

The Israelite foremen whom Pharaoh's slave masters had set over them were beaten and were asked, "Why did you not complete your requirement for brickmaking as in the past -- both yesterday and today?"

In fact, even the hairs on your head are all numbered. Do not be afraid; you are more valuable than many sparrows.

"Lord, my servant is lying at home paralyzed, in terrible anguish."

But he replied to them, "My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and do it."

You go get straw for yourselves wherever you can find it, because there will be no reduction at all in your workload.'"

Haran died in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldeans, while his father Terah was still alive.

saying to the sixth angel, the one holding the trumpet, "Set free the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates!"

But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian.

The sound of their voices shook the door frames, and the temple was filled with smoke.

Now when the commander of the temple guard and the chief priests heard this report, they were greatly puzzled concerning it, wondering what this could be.

the stars will be falling from heaven, and the powers in the heavens will be shaken.

Plead earnestly with your mother (for she is not my wife, and I am not her husband), so that she might put an end to her adulterous lifestyle, and turn away from her sexually immoral behavior.

I will pelt you with filth; I will treat you with contempt; I will make you a public spectacle.

the son of Joanan, the son of Rhesa, the son of Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, the son of Neri,

For evil burned like a fire, it consumed thorns and briers; it burned up the thickets of the forest, and they went up in smoke.

Then the Lord took me from tending flocks and gave me this commission, 'Go! Prophesy to my people Israel!'

"As in the days when you departed from the land of Egypt, I will show you miraculous deeds."

Should good be paid back with evil? Yet they are virtually digging a pit to kill me. Just remember how I stood before you pleading on their behalf to keep you from venting your anger on them.

Jerusalem certainly stumbles, Judah falls, for their words and their actions offend the Lord; they rebel against his royal authority.

A person has joy in giving an appropriate answer, and a word at the right time -- how good it is!

Then I would yet have my comfort, then I would rejoice, in spite of pitiless pain, for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.

because it did not shut the doors of my mother's womb on me, nor did it hide trouble from my eyes!

I have also acquired Ruth the Moabite, the wife of Mahlon, as my wife to raise up a descendant who will inherit his property so the name of the deceased might not disappear from among his relatives and from his village. You are witnesses today."

"It is not right to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs," he said.

The watchmen found me as they made their rounds in the city. They beat me, they bruised me; they took away my cloak, those watchmen on the walls!

O Lord, there is none like you; there is no God besides you! What we heard is true!

Listen, Israel: Today you are about to cross the Jordan so you can dispossess the nations there, people greater and stronger than you who live in large cities with extremely high fortifications.

But since you abandoned me and worshiped other gods, I will not deliver you again.

Jehoram ordered, "Hitch up my chariot." When his chariot had been hitched up, King Jehoram of Israel and King Ahaziah of Judah went out in their respective chariots to meet Jehu. They met up with him in the plot of land that had once belonged to Naboth of Jezreel.

Adaiah son of Jeroham, son of Pashhur, son of Malkijah; and Maasai son of Adiel, son of Jahzerah, son of Meshullam, son of Meshillemith, son of Immer.

So Joab and his men marched out to do battle with the Arameans, and they fled before him.

So Laban asked, "What should I give you?" "You don't need to give me a thing," Jacob replied, "but if you agree to this one condition, I will continue to care for your flocks and protect them:

encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good thing you do or say.

and see what the land is like, and whether the people who live in it are strong or weak, few or many,

and the borders of Canaan extended from Sidon all the way to Gerar as far as Gaza, and all the way to Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.

in hard work and toil, through many sleepless nights, in hunger and thirst, many times without food, in cold and without enough clothing.

I have been on journeys many times, in dangers from rivers, in dangers from robbers, in dangers from my own countrymen, in dangers from Gentiles, in dangers in the city, in dangers in the wilderness, in dangers at sea, in dangers from false brothers,

Then Paul took the men the next day, and after he had purified himself along with them, he went to the temple and gave notice of the completion of the days of purification, when the sacrifice would be offered for each of them.

Suddenly a woman came out to meet him! She was dressed like a prostitute and with secret intent.

They will bring the grandeur and the wealth of the nations into it,

Do not fear, wild animals! For the pastures of the wilderness are again green with grass. Indeed, the trees bear their fruit; the fig tree and the vine yield to their fullest.

you slaughtered my children and sacrificed them to the idols.

While I was watching in my mind's visions on my bed, a holy sentinel came down from heaven.

What the king is asking is too difficult, and no one exists who can disclose it to the king, except for the gods -- but they don't live among mortals!"

They got up, forced him out of the town, and brought him to the brow of the hill on which their town was built, so that they could throw him down the cliff.

If he is uprooted from his place, then that place will disown him, saying, 'I have never seen you!'

But although we suffered earlier and were mistreated in Philippi, as you know, we had the courage in our God to declare to you the gospel of God in spite of much opposition.

The rings are to be close to the frame to provide places for the poles to carry the table.

You must give to the Lord some of the first of your finely ground flour as a raised offering in your future generations.

of Sallu, Kallai; of Amok, Eber;

The events of Rehoboam's reign, from start to finish, are recorded in the Annals of Shemaiah the prophet and of Iddo the seer that include genealogical records.

The Lord was pleased that Solomon made this request.

But Jacob said, "Swear an oath to me now." So Esau swore an oath to him and sold his birthright to Jacob.

When you try to cultivate the ground it will no longer yield its best for you. You will be a homeless wanderer on the earth."

If I am guilty, woe to me, and if I am innocent, I cannot lift my head; I am full of shame, and satiated with my affliction.

From Rehum the commander, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their colleagues -- the judges, the rulers, the officials, the secretaries, the Erechites, the Babylonians, the people of Susa (that is, the Elamites),

Due to the fact that the good hand of our God was on us, they brought us a skilled man, from the descendants of Mahli the son of Levi son of Israel. This man was Sherebiah, who was accompanied by his sons and brothers, 18 men,

Send me cedars, evergreens, and algum trees from Lebanon, for I know your servants are adept at cutting down trees in Lebanon. My servants will work with your servants

He made ten gold lampstands according to specifications and put them in the temple, five on the right and five on the left.

tell them how the water of the Jordan stopped flowing before the ark of the covenant of the Lord. When it crossed the Jordan, the water of the Jordan stopped flowing. These stones will be a lasting memorial for the Israelites."

He had forty sons and thirty grandsons who rode on seventy donkeys. He led Israel for eight years.

The Israelites are unable to stand before their enemies; they retreat because they have become subject to annihilation. I will no longer be with you, unless you destroy what has contaminated you.

All the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in his father Amaziah's place.

My heart went out to Israel's leaders, to the people who answered the call to war. Praise the Lord!

Would they have enough if the flocks and herds were slaughtered for them? If all the fish of the sea were caught for them, would they have enough?"

And he brought signs and great, devastating wonders on Egypt, on Pharaoh, and on his whole family before our very eyes.

When the fish that were in the Nile died, the Nile began to stink, so that the Egyptians could not drink water from the Nile. There was blood everywhere in the land of Egypt!

Give greetings to all the saints in Christ Jesus. The brothers with me here send greetings.

Soon I will expose her lewd nakedness in front of her lovers, and no one will be able to rescue her from me!

Paul answered, "I am a Jew from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of an important city. Please allow me to speak to the people."

Where then is your sense of happiness now? For I testify about you that if it were possible, you would have pulled out your eyes and given them to me!

However, fear the Lord and serve him faithfully with all your heart. Just look at the great things he has done for you!

The Lord spoke to me. He said:

They came and woke him, saying, "Master, Master, we are about to die!" So he got up and rebuked the wind and the raging waves; they died down, and it was calm.

Tell the innocent it will go well with them, for they will be rewarded for what they have done.

Solomon's Most Excellent Love Song.

For I have obeyed the Lord's commands; I have not rebelled against my God.

Terrifying sounds fill his ears; in a time of peace marauders attack him.

He constructed the walls inside the temple with cedar planks; he paneled the inside with wood from the floor of the temple to the rafters of the ceiling. He covered the temple floor with boards made from the wood of evergreens.

When all the men of Israel saw this man, they retreated from his presence and were very afraid.

the descendants of Elam: 1,254;

Meshezabel, Zadok, Jaddua,

Year after year he used to travel the circuit of Bethel, Gilgal, and Mizpah; he used to judge Israel in all of these places.

So now assemble the rest of the army and besiege the city and capture it. Otherwise I will capture the city and it will be named for me."

She said to the men, "I know the Lord is handing this land over to you. We are absolutely terrified of you, and all who live in the land are cringing before you.

Then he presented the burnt offering ram and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram,

But if while seeking to be justified in Christ we ourselves have also been found to be sinners, is Christ then one who encourages sin? Absolutely not!

The robbers who were crucified with him also spoke abusively to him.

That day God humiliated King Jabin of Canaan before the Israelites.

They asked him, "Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man's brother dies leaving a wife but no children, that man must marry the widow and father children for his brother.

The Israelite foremen went and cried out to Pharaoh, "Why are you treating your servants this way?

The slave masters were pressuring them, saying, "Complete your work for each day, just like when there was straw!"

A man was there who had a withered hand. And they asked Jesus, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?" so that they could accuse him.

But immediately Jesus spoke to them: "Have courage! It is I. Do not be afraid."

but I am doing just what the Father commanded me, so that the world may know that I love the Father. Get up, let us go from here."

Her leaders take bribes when they decide legal cases, her priests proclaim rulings for profit, and her prophets read omens for pay. Yet they claim to trust the Lord and say, "The Lord is among us. Disaster will not overtake us!"

Thus there was found in this man Daniel, whom the king renamed Belteshazzar, an extraordinary spirit, knowledge, and skill to interpret dreams, solve riddles, and decipher knotty problems. Now summon Daniel, and he will disclose the interpretation."

They replied, "The Lord needs it."

Then I said, "The thing that you are doing is wrong! Should you not conduct yourselves in the fear of our God in order to avoid the reproach of the Gentiles who are our enemies?

All his retinue -- his attendants and his troops -- I will scatter to every wind; I will unleash a sword behind them.

He had been hired to scare me so that I would do this and thereby sin. They would thus bring reproach on me and I would be discredited.

His servants approached and said to him, "O master, if the prophet had told you to do some difficult task, you would have been willing to do it. It seems you should be happy that he simply said, "Wash and you will be healed."

Why haven't you obeyed the Lord? Instead you have greedily rushed upon the plunder! You have done what is wrong in the Lord's estimation."

Then Samuel took a small container of olive oil and poured it on Saul's head. Samuel kissed him and said, "The Lord has chosen you to lead his people Israel! You will rule over the Lord's people and you will deliver them from the power of the enemies who surround them. This will be your sign that the Lord has chosen you as leader over his inheritance.

There was once a small city with a few men in it, and a mighty king attacked it, besieging it and building strong siege works against it.

There is no end to all the people nor to the past generations, yet future generations will not rejoice in him. This also is profitless and like chasing the wind.

in Hazar Shual, in Beer Sheba and its villages,

Everyone in the world wanted to visit Solomon to see him display his God-given wisdom.

So Jeroboam's wife got up and went back to Tirzah. As she crossed the threshold of the house, the boy died.

These words of Ish-bosheth really angered Abner and he said, "Am I the head of a dog that belongs to Judah? This very day I am demonstrating loyalty to the house of Saul your father and to his relatives and his friends! I have not betrayed you into the hand of David. Yet you have accused me of sinning with this woman today!

When you gather together in the name of our Lord Jesus, and I am with you in spirit, along with the power of our Lord Jesus,

Absalom had made Amasa general in command of the army in place of Joab. (Now Amasa was the son of an Israelite man named Jether, who had married Abigail the daughter of Nahash and sister of Zeruiah, Joab's mother.)

On the one hand a former command is set aside because it is weak and useless,

He stretched out his hand and touched him saying, "I am willing. Be clean!" Immediately his leprosy was cleansed.

But if I build up again those things I once destroyed, I demonstrate that I am one who breaks God's law.

The men of Ephraim did not conquer the Canaanites living in Gezer. The Canaanites lived among them in Gezer.

The Jordan River borders it on the east. These were the borders of the land assigned to the tribe of Benjamin by its clans.

So they put it aside until the morning, just as Moses had commanded, and it did not stink, nor were there any worms in it.

We did this as a precaution so that no one should blame us in regard to this generous gift we are administering.

They buried him in his allotted territory in Timnath Serah in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.

And if the righteous are barely saved, what will become of the ungodly and sinners?

Another of the disciples said to him, "Lord, let me first go and bury my father."

They ate some of the produce of the land the day after the Passover, including unleavened bread and roasted grain.

and the rest were to follow, some on planks and some on pieces of the ship. And in this way all were brought safely to land.

I rejoice because in everything I am fully confident in you.

When the builders established the Lord's temple, the priests, ceremonially attired and with their clarions, and the Levites (the sons of Asaph) with their cymbals, stood to praise the Lord according to the instructions left by King David of Israel.

"Therefore, I have caused you to be ignored and belittled before all people to the extent to which you are not following after me and are showing partiality in your instruction."

But as the man went out he began to announce it publicly and spread the story widely, so that Jesus was no longer able to enter any town openly but stayed outside in remote places. Still they kept coming to him from everywhere.

Has a nation ever changed its gods (even though they are not really gods at all)? But my people have exchanged me, their glorious God, for a god that cannot help them at all!

On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month of Darius' second year, the Lord spoke again to the prophet Haggai:

"Certainly when I punish Israel for their covenant transgressions, I will destroy Bethel's altars. The horns of the altar will be cut off and fall to the ground.

"If a man divorces his wife and she leaves him and becomes another man's wife, he may not take her back again. Doing that would utterly defile the land. But you, Israel, have given yourself as a prostitute to many gods. So what makes you think you can return to me?" says the Lord.

"I, King Artaxerxes, hereby issue orders to all the treasurers of Trans-Euphrates, that you precisely execute all that Ezra the priestly scribe of the law of the God of heaven may request of you --

Solomon began building the Lord's temple in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the Lord had appeared to his father David. This was the place that David prepared at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

The rivers of Damascus, the Abana and Pharpar, are better than any of the waters of Israel! Could I not wash in them and be healed?" So he turned around and went away angry.

Then the word of the Lord came to me:

I also know that whatever God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it, and nothing taken away from it. God has made it this way, so that men will fear him.

You must not pervert justice or show favor. Do not take a bribe, for bribes blind the eyes of the wise and distort the words of the righteous.

Baal-Hanan the Gederite was in charge of the olive and sycamore trees in the lowlands; Joash was in charge of the storehouses of olive oil.

Now the priests would always treat the people in the following way: Whenever anyone was making a sacrifice, while the meat was boiling, the priest's attendant would come with a three-pronged fork in his hand.

Then I again fell down before the Lord for forty days and nights; I ate and drank nothing because of all the sin you had committed, doing such evil before the Lord as to enrage him.

But any creatures that do not have both fins and scales, whether in the seas or in the streams, from all the swarming things of the water and from all the living creatures that are in the water, are detestable to you.

But they have no root in themselves and do not endure. Then, when trouble or persecution comes because of the word, immediately they fall away.

Then Elisha said to them, "This is not the right road or city. Follow me, and I will lead you to the man you're looking for." He led them to Samaria.

Ben-Hesed was in charge of Arubboth; he controlled Socoh and all the territory of Hepher.

The men of Israel said, "Have you seen this man who is coming up? He does so to defy Israel. But the king will make the man who can strike him down very wealthy! He will give him his daughter in marriage, and he will make his father's house exempt from tax obligations in Israel."

But regarding the Gentiles who have believed, we have written a letter, having decided that they should avoid meat that has been sacrificed to idols and blood and what has been strangled and sexual immorality."

The thigh of the contribution offering and the breast of the wave offering they must bring in addition to the gifts of the fat parts to wave them as a wave offering before the Lord, and it will belong to you and your sons with you for a perpetual statute just as the Lord has commanded."

telling them, "Go to the village ahead of you. When you enter it, you will find a colt tied there that has never been ridden. Untie it and bring it here.

But no one is able to enter a strong man's house and steal his property unless he first ties up the strong man. Then he can thoroughly plunder his house.

And if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons cast them out? For this reason they will be your judges.

And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of the prophet Elisha, yet none of them was cleansed except Naaman the Syrian."

On that very day Noah entered the ark, accompanied by his sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, along with his wife and his sons' three wives.

I brought you up from the land of Egypt; I led you through the wilderness for forty years so you could take the Amorites' land as your own.

For they disciplined us for a little while as seemed good to them, but he does so for our benefit, that we may share his holiness.

Then those men came by collusion to the king and said to him, "Recall, O king, that it is a law of the Medes and Persians that no edict or decree that the king issues can be changed."

Then the Lord said to me, "Under the circumstances, wayward Israel could even be considered less guilty than unfaithful Judah.

Shall we once again break your commandments and intermarry with these abominable peoples? Would you not be so angered by us that you would wipe us out, with no survivor or remnant?

They will come and tell about his saving deeds; they will tell a future generation what he has accomplished.

King 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?

If his sons are honored, he does not know it; if they are brought low, he does not see it.

Perhaps you will tell me, 'We are trusting in the Lord our God.' But Hezekiah is the one who eliminated his high places and altars and then told the people of Judah and Jerusalem, 'You must worship at this altar in Jerusalem.'

in Ziklag, in Meconah and its villages,

You should not turn aside after empty things that can't profit and can't deliver, since they are empty.

They were also in charge of everything dedicated by Samuel the prophet, Saul son of Kish, Abner son of Ner, and Joab son of Zeruiah; Shelomith and his relatives were in charge of everything that had been dedicated.

Ahitub was the father of Zadok, and Zadok was the father of Shallum.

He prepared the inner sanctuary inside the temple so that the ark of the covenant of the Lord could be placed there.

King Amaziah son of Joash of Judah lived for fifteen years after the death of King Jehoash son of Jehoahaz of Israel.

Without being weak in faith, he considered his own body as dead (because he was about one hundred years old) and the deadness of Sarah's womb.

Jehu ordered his officer Bidkar, "Pick him up and throw him into the part of the field that once belonged to Naboth of Jezreel. Remember, you and I were riding together behind his father Ahab, when the Lord pronounced this judgment on him,

After David had entrusted his cargo to the care of the supply officer, he ran to the battlefront. When he arrived, he asked his brothers how they were doing.

So they assembled all the leaders of the Philistines and said, "Get the ark of the God of Israel out of here! Let it go back to its own place so that it won't kill us and our people!" The terror of death was throughout the entire city; God was attacking them very severely there.

The hare is unclean to you because it chews the cud even though its hoof is not divided.

Next he sprinkled some of it on the altar seven times and so anointed the altar, all its vessels, and the wash basin and its stand to consecrate them.

The Lord was furious with Israel and turned them over to King Cushan-Rishathaim of Aram-Naharaim. They were Cushan-Rishathaim's subjects for eight years.

When the disciples saw him walking on the water they were terrified and said, "It's a ghost!" and cried out with fear.

Going on from there he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, in a boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets. Then he called them.

Over the company of the tribe of Issacharites was Nathanel son of Zuar,