Mephibosheth was living in Jerusalem, for he was a regular guest at the king's table. But both his feet were crippled.

When the Egyptians see you they will say, 'This is his wife.' Then they will kill me but will keep you alive.

You are witnesses of these things.

and Hebron; and for those in whatever other places David and his men had traveled.

At that time Joshua attacked and eliminated the Anakites from the hill country -- from Hebron, Debir, Anab, and all the hill country of Judah and Israel. Joshua annihilated them and their cities.

For we are concerned about what is right not only before the Lord but also before men.

If you forgive anyone for anything, I also forgive him -- for indeed what I have forgiven (if I have forgiven anything) I did so for you in the presence of Christ,

Now a priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came and began to draw water and fill the troughs in order to water their father's flock.

Jesus said to him, "I will come and heal him."

They left their nets immediately and followed him.

When your ancestors went down to Egypt, they numbered only seventy, but now the Lord your God has made you as numerous as the stars of the sky.

For this reason I ask you not to lose heart because of what I am suffering for you, which is your glory.

As for my food that I gave you -- the fine flour, olive oil, and honey I fed you -- you placed it before them as a soothing aroma. That is exactly what happened, declares the sovereign Lord.

"Now, you priests, this commandment is for you.

I, the Lord, affirm that I am opposed to those prophets who dream up lies and report them. They are misleading my people with their reckless lies. I did not send them. I did not commission them. They are not helping these people at all. I, the Lord, affirm it!"

even when they made a cast image of a calf for themselves and said, 'This is your God who brought you up from Egypt,' or when they committed atrocious blasphemies.

Nahash the Ammonite marched against Jabesh Gilead. All the men of Jabesh Gilead said to Nahash, "Make a treaty with us and we will serve you."

Look, I and the sons whom the Lord has given me are reminders and object lessons in Israel, sent from the Lord who commands armies, who lives on Mount Zion.

The Lord says to the people of Judah, "What right do you have to be in my temple, my beloved people? Many of you have done wicked things. Can your acts of treachery be so easily canceled by sacred offerings that you take joy in doing evil even while you make them?

Then you will understand righteousness and justice and equity -- every good way.

One day Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi, "Let me go to the fields so I can gather grain behind whoever permits me to do so." Naomi replied, "You may go, my daughter."

Two or three prophets should speak and the others should evaluate what is said.

On that very night before Herod was going to bring him out for trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, while guards in front of the door were keeping watch over the prison.

By Hushim he fathered Abitub and Elpaal.

Baana son of Ahilud was in charge of Taanach and Megiddo, as well as all of Beth Shan next to Zarethan below Jezreel, from Beth Shan to Abel Meholah and on past Jokmeam.

Now before the spies went to sleep, Rahab went up to the roof.

Then the soldiers cut the ropes of the ship's boat and let it drift away.

But Sihon did not trust Israel to pass through his territory. He assembled his whole army, camped in Jahaz, and fought with Israel.

But the Pharisees and their experts in the law complained to his disciples, saying, "Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?"

And to whom did he swear they would never enter into his rest, except those who were disobedient?

When the plants sprouted and bore grain, then the weeds also appeared.

and said to him, "This is what Jephthah says, 'Israel did not steal the land of Moab and the land of the Ammonites.

The Lord said to Moses, "When you go back to Egypt, see that you do before Pharaoh all the wonders I have put under your control. But I will harden his heart and he will not let the people go.

So the Israelites lived in the land of the Amorites.

Greetings to all your leaders and all the saints. Those from Italy send you greetings.

He always remembers his covenantal decree, the promise he made to a thousand generations --

(This happened to fulfill the word Jesus had spoken when he indicated what kind of death he was going to die.)

You will not be buried with them, because you destroyed your land and killed your people. The offspring of the wicked will never be mentioned again.

to guard the paths of the righteous and to protect the way of his pious ones.

I will remove your idols and sacred pillars from your midst; you will no longer worship what your own hands made.

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

Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed up like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of ruins, and the Temple Mount will become a hill overgrown with brush!

So the Lord gave Solomon wisdom, as he had promised him. And Hiram and Solomon were at peace and made a treaty.

But those tenants seized his slave, beat him, and sent him away empty-handed.

Solomon moved Pharaoh's daughter up from the City of David to the palace he had built for her, for he said, "My wife must not live in the palace of King David of Israel, for the places where the ark of the Lord has entered are holy."

Then he will not exalt himself above his fellow citizens or turn from the commandments to the right or left, and he and his descendants will enjoy many years ruling over his kingdom in Israel.

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

The sons to whom Keturah, Abraham's concubine, gave birth: Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, Shuah. The sons of Jokshan: Sheba and Dedan.

So David marched against Baal Perazim and defeated them there. Then he said, "The Lord has burst out against my enemies like water bursts out." So he called the name of that place Baal Perazim.

The trumpeters and musicians played together, praising and giving thanks to the Lord. Accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and other instruments, they loudly praised the Lord, singing: "Certainly he is good; certainly his loyal love endures!" Then a cloud filled the Lord's temple.

Meanwhile David had gone to Mahanaim, while Absalom and all the men of Israel had crossed the Jordan River.

Heshbon and all its surrounding cities on the plain, including Dibon, Bamoth Baal, Beth Baal Meon,

Simon answered, "Master, we worked hard all night and caught nothing! But at your word I will lower the nets."

They covered the surface of all the ground, so that the ground became dark with them, and they ate all the vegetation of the ground and all the fruit of the trees that the hail had left. Nothing green remained on the trees or on anything that grew in the fields throughout the whole land of Egypt.

Moses the Lord's servant passed on the Lord's commands to Joshua, and Joshua did as he was told. He did not ignore any of the commands the Lord had given Moses.

So he went away and began to proclaim in the Decapolis what Jesus had done for him, and all were amazed.

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

"But you made the Nazirites drink wine; you commanded the prophets, 'Do not prophesy!'

I approached one of those standing nearby and asked him about the meaning of all this. So he spoke with me and revealed to me the interpretation of the vision:

Then they said to the king, "Daniel, who is one of the captives from Judah, pays no attention to you, O king, or to the edict that you issued. Three times daily he offers his prayer."

"My days are swifter than a runner, they speed by without seeing happiness.

You are authorized by the king and his seven advisers to inquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of your God which is in your possession,

The Lord gave me knowledge, that I might have understanding. Then he showed me what the people were doing.

So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof, and Absalom had sex with his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel.

Boaz replied to her, "I have been given a full report of all that you have done for your mother-in-law following the death of your husband -- how you left your father and your mother, as well as your homeland, and came to live among people you did not know previously.

Bright and early the next morning Joshua had the priests pick up the ark of the Lord.

Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests; Seraiah was scribe;

Joab son of Zeruiah and the servants of David also went out and confronted them at the pool of Gibeon. One group stationed themselves on one side of the pool, and the other group on the other side of the pool.

For here is the testimony about him: "You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek."

For they could not bear what was commanded: "If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned."

But to the rest of you in Thyatira, all who do not hold to this teaching (who have not learned the so-called "deep secrets of Satan"), to you I say: I do not put any additional burden on you.

and said, 'Cornelius, your prayer has been heard and your acts of charity have been remembered before God.

The leaders offered gifts for the dedication of the altar when it was anointed. And the leaders presented their offering before the altar.

And they are responsible for all the furnishings of the tent of meeting, and for the needs of the Israelites, as they serve in the tabernacle.

The one who has an ear had better hear what the Spirit says to the churches.'

Then you're not that Egyptian who started a rebellion and led the four thousand men of the 'Assassins' into the wilderness some time ago?"

He spoke with me, instructing me as follows: "Daniel, I have now come to impart understanding to you.

But God spoke as follows: 'Your descendants will be foreigners in a foreign country, whose citizens will enslave them and mistreat them for four hundred years.

So the king gave the order, and Daniel was brought and thrown into a den of lions. The king consoled Daniel by saying, "Your God whom you continually serve will rescue you!"

They said, "John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and still others, one of the prophets."

Are they ashamed because they have done such disgusting things? No, they are not at all ashamed! They do not even know how to blush! So they will die just like others have died. They will be brought to ruin when I punish them, says the Lord.

Then Saul said to Samuel, "But I have obeyed the Lord! I went on the campaign the Lord sent me on. I brought back King Agag of the Amalekites after exterminating the Amalekites.

On the twenty-first day of the seventh month, the Lord spoke again through the prophet Haggai:

For the burial place is already prepared; it has been made deep and wide for the king. The firewood is piled high on it. The Lord's breath, like a stream flowing with brimstone, will ignite it.

"'But I will spare some of you. Some will escape the sword when you are scattered in foreign lands.

So all Israel had to go down to the Philistines in order to get their plowshares, cutting instruments, axes, and sickles sharpened.

The rams' horns sounded and when the army heard the signal, they gave a loud battle cry. The wall collapsed and the warriors charged straight ahead into the city and captured it.

At the beginning his words are foolish and at the end his talk is wicked madness,

David asked the men who were standing near him, "What will be done for the man who strikes down this Philistine and frees Israel from this humiliation? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he defies the armies of the living God?"

It is best to take hold of one warning without letting go of the other warning; for the one who fears God will follow both warnings.

I designed royal gardens and parks for myself, and I planted all kinds of fruit trees in them.

Abijah and his army thoroughly defeated them; 500,000 well-trained Israelite men fell dead.

For we heard how the Lord dried up the water of the Red Sea before you when you left Egypt and how you annihilated the two Amorite kings, Sihon and Og, on the other side of the Jordan.

Honor widows who are truly in need.

and Koz, who was the father of Anub, Hazzobebah, and the clans of Aharhel the son of Harum.

The neighbor women named him, saying, "A son has been born to Naomi." They named him Obed. Now he became the father of Jesse -- David's father!

Then he moved from there to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. There he built an altar to the Lord and worshiped the Lord.

Then he instructed the crowds to sit down on the grass. He took the five loaves and two fish, and looking up to heaven he gave thanks and broke the loaves. He gave them to the disciples, who in turn gave them to the crowds.

Then Samuel called the people together before the Lord at Mizpah.

When Pharaoh heard about this event, he sought to kill Moses. So Moses fled from Pharaoh and settled in the land of Midian, and he settled by a certain well.

When the cloud remained over the tabernacle a number of days, they remained camped according to the Lord's commandment, and according to the Lord's commandment they would journey.

Abraham said, "I swear to do this."

For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him. But the tax collectors and prostitutes did believe. Although you saw this, you did not later change your minds and believe him.

So it was necessary for the sketches of the things in heaven to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves required better sacrifices than these.

Give my greetings to the brothers and sisters who are in Laodicea and to Nympha and the church that meets in her house.

If someone thinks he knows something, he does not yet know to the degree that he needs to know.

For you know what commands we gave you through the Lord Jesus.

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

But I will punish the nation they serve as slaves,' said God, 'and after these things they will come out of there and worship me in this place.'

But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. After being warned in a dream, he went to the regions of Galilee.

The sun and moon stand still in their courses; the flash of your arrows drives them away, the bright light of your lightning-quick spear.

You refuse to believe a day of disaster will come, but you establish a reign of violence.

The Lord says this to the family of Israel: "Seek me so you can live!

While I, Daniel, was watching the vision, I sought to understand it. Now one who appeared to be a man was standing before me.

Because of this, the Lord said, "You must repent of such words and thoughts! If you do, I will restore you to the privilege of serving me. If you say what is worthwhile instead of what is worthless, I will again allow you to be my spokesman. They must become as you have been. You must not become like them.

Indeed, they made their heart as hard as diamond, so that they could not obey the Torah and the other words the Lord who rules over all had sent by his Spirit through the former prophets. Therefore, the Lord who rules over all had poured out great wrath.

Listen and warn the family of Jacob! The sovereign Lord, the God who commands armies, is speaking!

He inquired of Arioch the king's deputy, "Why is the decree from the king so urgent?" Then Arioch informed Daniel about the matter.

Then Daniel went to his home and informed his friends Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah of the matter.

let them bring royal attire which the king himself has worn and a horse on which the king himself has ridden -- one bearing the royal insignia!

Be keenly aware that just as a parent disciplines his child, the Lord your God disciplines you.

I discovered this: More bitter than death is the kind of woman who is like a hunter's snare; her heart is like a hunter's net and her hands are like prison chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is captured by her.

King Solomon also built ships in Ezion Geber, which is located near Elat in the land of Edom, on the shore of the Red Sea.

Some time later King Ahasuerus promoted Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, exalting him and setting his position above that of all the officials who were with him.

On that day I will carry out against Eli everything that I spoke about his house -- from start to finish!

Jehoshaphat said, "The Lord speaks through him." So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to visit him.

Benaiah son of Jehoiada responded to the king: "So be it! May the Lord God of my master the king confirm it!

Then Samuel said to the people, "Don't be afraid. You have indeed sinned. However, don't turn aside from the Lord. Serve the Lord with all your heart.

So Saul went to Naioth in Ramah. The Spirit of God came upon him as well, and he walked along prophesying until he came to Naioth in Ramah.

Get up! Ritually consecrate the people and tell them this: 'Ritually consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, because the Lord God of Israel says, "You are contaminated, O Israel! You will not be able to stand before your enemies until you remove what is contaminating you."

"'This is the law of the peace offering sacrifice which he is to present to the Lord.

The name of his brother was Jubal; he was the first of all who play the harp and the flute.

So I will extend my hand and strike Egypt with all my wonders that I will do among them, and after that he will release you.

Now God indeed raised the Lord and he will raise us by his power.

And a great storm developed on the sea so that the waves began to swamp the boat. But he was asleep.

When he saw Peter and John about to go into the temple courts, he asked them for money.

For by it the people of old received God's commendation.

Or is God the God of the Jews only? Is he not the God of the Gentiles too? Yes, of the Gentiles too!

Arphaxad was the father of Shelah, and Shelah was the father of Eber.

And sons were also born to Shem (the older brother of Japheth), the father of all the sons of Eber.

Now if you are ready, when you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, trigon, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music, you must bow down and pay homage to the statue that I had made. If you don't pay homage to it, you will immediately be thrown into the midst of the furnace of blazing fire. Now, who is that god who can rescue you from my power?"

The sovereign Lord is my source of strength. He gives me the agility of a deer; he enables me to negotiate the rugged terrain. (This prayer is for the song leader. It is to be accompanied by stringed instruments.)

From there I will give back her vineyards to her, and turn the "Valley of Trouble" into an "Opportunity for Hope." There she will sing as she did when she was young, when she came up from the land of Egypt.

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

lest you learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.

Jesus replied, "Do you now believe?

At noon Elijah mocked them, "Yell louder! After all, he is a god; he may be deep in thought, or perhaps he stepped out for a moment or has taken a trip. Perhaps he is sleeping and needs to be awakened."

And it will come about that just as you (both Judah and Israel) were a curse to the nations, so I will save you and you will be a blessing. Do not be afraid! Instead, be strong!'

In that day,' says the Lord who rules over all, 'everyone will invite his friend to fellowship under his vine and under his fig tree.'"

The one who builds a city by bloodshed is as good as dead -- he who starts a town by unjust deeds.

Gray hair is like a crown of glory; it is attained in the path of righteousness.

"I will rise up against them," says the Lord who commands armies. "I will blot out all remembrance of Babylon and destroy all her people, including the offspring she produces," says the Lord.

As the ark of the Lord entered the City of David, Saul's daughter Michal looked out the window. When she saw King David leaping and dancing before the Lord, she despised him.

"I have made your face adamant to match their faces, and your forehead hard to match their foreheads.

Around the great courtyard were three rows of chiseled stones and one row of cedar beams, like the inner courtyard of the Lord's temple and the hall of the palace.

Listen! News is coming even now. The rumble of a great army is heard approaching from a land in the north. It is coming to turn the towns of Judah into rubble, places where only jackals live.

Two years later Absalom's sheepshearers were in Baal Hazor, near Ephraim. Absalom invited all the king's sons.

So also my heavenly Father will do to you, if each of you does not forgive your brother from your heart."

Come with me from Lebanon, my bride, come with me from Lebanon. Descend from the crest of Amana, from the top of Senir, the summit of Hermon, from the lions' dens and the mountain haunts of the leopards.

Even before they burned the fat, the priest's attendant would come and say to the person who was making the sacrifice, "Hand over some meat for the priest to roast! He won't take boiled meat from you, but only raw."

Brothers and sisters, do not be children in your thinking. Instead, be infants in evil, but in your thinking be mature.

The ark of God was taken, and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phineas, were killed.

He brought the holy items that his father and he had made into God's temple, including the silver, gold, and other articles.

But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have been alert and would not have let his house be broken into.

The descendants of Gad lived near them in the land of Bashan, as far as Salecah.

As for your sinful thing that you had made, the calf, I took it, melted it down, ground it up until it was as fine as dust, and tossed the dust into the stream that flows down the mountain.

For it is written in the law of Moses, "Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain." God is not concerned here about oxen, is he?

You have the right to take what Chemosh your god gives you, but we will take the land of all whom the Lord our God has driven out before us.

saying "Praised be the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who has not abandoned his faithful love for my master! The Lord has led me to the house of my master's relatives!"

When the seven days were almost over, the Jews from the province of Asia who had seen him in the temple area stirred up the whole crowd and seized him,

When he saw the bracelets on his sister's wrists and the nose ring and heard his sister Rebekah say, "This is what the man said to me," he went out to meet the man. There he was, standing by the camels near the spring.

one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb in its first year, for a burnt offering;

You will also take in your hand this staff, with which you will do the signs."

The grace of the Lord Jesus be with you.

Then they asked Jesus to leave their region.

As Paul was about to be brought into the barracks, he said to the commanding officer, "May I say something to you?" The officer replied, "Do you know Greek?

Then the Lord will appear above them, and his arrow will shoot forth like lightning; the Lord God will blow the trumpet and will sally forth on the southern storm winds.

You are no more secure than Thebes -- she was located on the banks of the Nile; the waters surrounded her, her rampart was the sea, the water was her wall.

Bunch yourselves together like straw, you undesirable nation,

I will uproot your images of Asherah from your midst, and destroy your idols.

I, the Lord, once called you a thriving olive tree, one that produced beautiful fruit. But I will set you on fire, fire that will blaze with a mighty roar. Then all your branches will be good for nothing.

At that time those left in Israel, those who remain of the family of Jacob, will no longer rely on a foreign leader that abuses them. Instead they will truly rely on the Lord, the Holy One of Israel.

On that day a fugitive will come to you to report the news.

Discretion will protect you, understanding will guard you,

Solomon also had 70,000 common laborers and 80,000 stonecutters in the hills,

When David came to Mahanaim, Shobi the son of Nahash from Rabbah of the Ammonites, Makir the son of Ammiel from Lo Debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim

So also we, when we were minors, were enslaved under the basic forces of the world.

Ram was the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab was the father of Nahshon, the tribal chief of Judah.

The rulers of the Philistines gathered to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon their god and to celebrate. They said, "Our god has handed Samson, our enemy, over to us."

She asked, 'May I follow the harvesters and gather grain among the bundles?' Since she arrived she has been working hard from this morning until now -- except for sitting in the resting hut a short time."

You must leave nothing until morning, but you must burn with fire whatever remains of it until morning.

Then Hadadezer sent for Arameans from beyond the Euphrates River, and they came to Helam. Shobach, the general in command of Hadadezer's army, led them.

Then Levi gave a great banquet in his house for Jesus, and there was a large crowd of tax collectors and others sitting at the table with them.

Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, "Give us your advice. What should we do?"

Then the anger of the Lord will erupt against you and he will close up the sky so that it does not rain. The land will not yield its produce, and you will soon be removed from the good land that the Lord is about to give you.

But if I cast out demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has already overtaken you.

One evening David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof of his palace. From the roof he saw a woman bathing. Now this woman was very attractive.

"On the table of the presence they must spread a blue cloth, and put on it the dishes, the pans, the bowls, and the pitchers for pouring, and the Bread of the Presence must be on it continually.

Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, "Please allow us to pass through your land." But the king of Edom rejected the request. Israel sent the same request to the king of Moab, but he was unwilling to cooperate. So Israel stayed at Kadesh.

for the Lord determined to make them obstinate so they would attack Israel. He wanted Israel to annihilate them without mercy, as he had instructed Moses.

As a result, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.

These cities belonged to the tribe of Benjamin by its clans: Jericho, Beth Hoglah, Emek Keziz,

Be careful not to overlook the Levites as long as you live in the land.

Daniel replied to the king, "The mystery that the king is asking about is such that no wise men, astrologers, magicians, or diviners can possibly disclose it to the king.

In all hard work there is profit, but merely talking about it only brings poverty.

Then he said to them, "Do you still not understand?"

But the Lord is in his majestic palace. The whole earth is speechless in his presence!"

While the Pharisees were assembled, Jesus asked them a question:

"Now send me a man who is skilled in working with gold, silver, bronze, and iron, as well as purple, crimson, and violet colored fabrics, and who knows how to engrave. He will work with my skilled craftsmen here in Jerusalem and Judah, whom my father David provided.

Then in a night vision the mystery was revealed to Daniel. So Daniel praised the God of heaven,

"The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundations of this temple, and his hands will complete it." Then you will know that the Lord who rules over all has sent me to you.

They offer only superficial help for the harm my people have suffered. They say, 'Everything will be all right!' But everything is not all right!

I will give you leaders who will be faithful to me. They will lead you with knowledge and insight.

So now, you kings, do what is wise; you rulers of the earth, submit to correction!

But may all who take shelter in you be happy! May they continually shout for joy! Shelter them so that those who are loyal to you may rejoice!

In a circle around the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and seated on those thrones were twenty-four elders. They were dressed in white clothing and had golden crowns on their heads.

for all the cedars of Lebanon, that are so high and mighty, for all the oaks of Bashan;

Later King Ben Hadad of Syria assembled his entire army and attacked and besieged Samaria.

The cart was coming to the field of Joshua, who was from Beth Shemesh. It paused there near a big stone. Then they cut up the wood of the cart and offered the cows as a burnt offering to the Lord.

Day after day it speaks out; night after night it reveals his greatness.

Be strong and act like men, you Philistines, or else you will wind up serving the Hebrews the way they have served you! Act like men and fight!"

You, however, the Lord has selected and brought from Egypt, that iron-smelting furnace, to be his special people as you are today.

The farmer who works hard ought to have the first share of the crops.

But he passed through the crowd and went on his way.

All Israel from Dan to Beer Sheba realized that Samuel was confirmed as a prophet of the Lord.

Then the disciples said to him, "Where, Lord?" He replied to them, "Where the dead body is, there the vultures will gather."

Then I will plant her as my own in the land. I will have pity on 'No Pity' (Lo-Ruhamah). I will say to 'Not My People' (Lo-Ammi), 'You are my people!' And he will say, 'You are my God!'"

Then people will say to you, 'Look, there he is!' or 'Look, here he is!' Do not go out or chase after them.

Can horses run on rocky cliffs? Can one plow the sea with oxen? Yet you have turned justice into a poisonous plant, and the fruit of righteous actions into a bitter plant.

Nebuchadnezzar said to them, "Is it true, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, that you don't serve my gods and that you don't pay homage to the golden statue that I erected?

At the beginning of your requests a message went out, and I have come to convey it to you, for you are of great value in God's sight. Therefore consider the message and understand the vision:

I will angrily seek vengeance on the nations that do not obey me."

So a decree went out, and the wise men were about to be executed. They also sought Daniel and his friends so that they could be executed.

"As for you, son of man, turn toward the daughters of your people who are prophesying from their imagination. Prophesy against them

As for Ahab's family, dogs will eat the ones who die in the city, and the birds of the sky will eat the ones who die in the country."

The Lord says, "I will not reject all the descendants of Israel because of all that they have done. That could only happen if the heavens above could be measured or the foundations of the earth below could all be explored," says the Lord.

the descendants of Bani: 642;

The people of the land executed all those who had conspired against King Amon, and they made his son Josiah king in his place.

Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia,

What more can David say to you? You have given your servant special recognition, O Lord God!

Jephthah made a vow to the Lord, saying, "If you really do hand the Ammonites over to me,

If someone's work is burned up, he will suffer loss. He himself will be saved, but only as through fire.

In the eighteenth year of King Jehoshaphat's reign over Judah, Ahab's son Jehoram became king over Israel in Samaria; he ruled for twelve years.

Zadok and all the Levites who were with him were carrying the ark of the covenant of God. When they positioned the ark of God, Abiathar offered sacrifices until all the people had finished leaving the city.

So David assembled all the army and went to Rabbah and fought against it and captured it.

In the middle of the night he was startled and turned over. Now he saw a woman lying beside him!

And there are different ministries, but the same Lord.

When his daughter Herodias came in and danced, she pleased Herod and his dinner guests. The king said to the girl, "Ask me for whatever you want and I will give it to you."

Then Israel went through the desert and bypassed the land of Edom and the land of Moab. They traveled east of the land of Moab and camped on the other side of the Arnon River; they did not go through Moabite territory (the Arnon was Moab's border).

Inscribe them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates

Joshua conquered the whole land, including the hill country, all the Negev, all the land of Goshen, the lowlands, the Arabah, the hill country of Israel and its lowlands,

He asked him urgently, "My little daughter is near death. Come and lay your hands on her so that she may be healed and live."

So you must keep his commandments, live according to his standards, and revere him.

The Lord said to him, "What is that in your hand?" He said, "A staff."

saying, "You went to uncircumcised men and shared a meal with them."

and his clothes became radiantly white, more so than any launderer in the world could bleach them.

Moreover, at that same time the Lord commanded me to teach you statutes and ordinances for you to keep in the land which you are about to enter and possess.

When the cloud remained over the tabernacle many days, then the Israelites obeyed the instructions of the Lord and did not journey.

They all began to weep loudly, and hugged Paul and kissed him,

"At that time I will make a covenant for them with the wild animals, the birds of the air, and the creatures that crawl on the ground. I will abolish the warrior's bow and sword -- that is, every weapon of warfare -- from the land, and I will allow them to live securely."

Israel was a fertile vine that yielded fruit. As his fruit multiplied, he multiplied altars to Baal. As his land prospered, they adorned the fertility pillars.

Therefore, as surely as I live," says the Lord who commands armies, the God of Israel, "be certain that Moab will become like Sodom and the Ammonites like Gomorrah. They will be overrun by weeds, filled with salt pits, and permanently desolate. Those of my people who are left will plunder their belongings; those who are left in Judah will take possession of their land."

Paul was accompanied by Sopater son of Pyrrhus from Berea, Aristarchus and Secundus from Thessalonica, Gaius from Derbe, and Timothy, as well as Tychicus and Trophimus from the province of Asia.

(Zayin) The Lord rejected his altar and abhorred his temple. He handed over to the enemy her palace walls; the enemy shouted in the Lord's temple as if it were a feast day.

"When a traveler arrived at the rich man's home, he did not want to use one of his own sheep or cattle to feed the traveler who had come to visit him. Instead, he took the poor man's lamb and cooked it for the man who had come to visit him."

I will throw my net over him and he will be caught in my snare; I will bring him to Babylon and judge him there because of the unfaithfulness he committed against me.

For though your people, Israel, are as numerous as the sand on the seashore, only a remnant will come back. Destruction has been decreed; just punishment is about to engulf you.

For forty years you sustained them. Even in the desert they never lacked anything. Their clothes did not wear out and their feet did not swell.

Who really knows if the human spirit ascends upward, and the animal's spirit descends into the earth?

They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope about in the noontime as if it were night.

May your mouth be like the best wine, flowing smoothly for my beloved, gliding gently over our lips as we sleep together.

Solomon received 666 talents of gold per year,

Then the king of Israel said, "Take Micaiah and return him to Amon the city official and Joash the king's son.

And let us not be immoral, as some of them were, and twenty-three thousand died in a single day.

They were telling me about his good deeds and then taking back to him the things I said. Tobiah, on the other hand, sent letters in order to scare me.

Elisha said to Gehazi, "Tell her, 'Look, you have treated us with such great respect. What can I do for you? Can I put in a good word for you with the king or the commander of the army?'" She replied, "I'm quite secure."

The priests left the holy place. All the priests who participated had consecrated themselves, no matter which division they represented.

the jackdaw, the carrion vulture, the cormorant,

The house of Israel called its name "manna." It was like coriander seed and was white, and it tasted like wafers with honey.

He will demand a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will be his servants.

So the Lord delivered Israel that day, and the battle shifted over to Beth Aven.

For the Lord your God is a consuming fire; he is a jealous God.

and as they sailed he fell asleep. Now a violent windstorm came down on the lake, and the boat started filling up with water, and they were in danger.

And the Lord said to Moses, "Is the Lord's hand shortened? Now you will see whether my word to you will come true or not!"

Do not lay hands on anyone hastily and so identify with the sins of others. Keep yourself pure.

When you blow an alarm, then the camps that are located on the east side must begin to travel.

If after all there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as there are many gods and many lords),

From these the coastlands of the nations were separated into their lands, every one according to its language, according to their families, by their nations.

Now these are the records of Aaron and Moses when the Lord spoke with Moses on Mount Sinai.

The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron and gave them a charge for the Israelites and Pharaoh king of Egypt to bring the Israelites out of the land of Egypt.

But the other rebuked him, saying, "Don't you fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation?

You will eat, but not be satisfied. Even if you have the strength to overtake some prey, you will not be able to carry it away; if you do happen to carry away something, I will deliver it over to the sword.

As for their wheels, they were called "the wheelwork" as I listened.

For they do not speak the truth; their stomachs are like the place of destruction, their throats like an open grave, their tongues like a steep slope leading into it.

At that time the city of Jerusalem will be called the Lord's throne. All nations will gather there in Jerusalem to honor the Lord's name. They will no longer follow the stubborn inclinations of their own evil hearts.

And Isaiah cries out on behalf of Israel, "Though the number of the children of Israel are as the sand of the sea, only the remnant will be saved,

He said to me, "Don't be afraid, you who are valued. Peace be to you! Be strong! Be really strong!" When he spoke to me, I was strengthened. I said, "Sir, you may speak now, for you have given me strength."

Here is why this will be so: Before the child knows how to reject evil and choose what is right, the land whose two kings you fear will be desolate.

The Lord says, "As surely as I am the living God, you, Jeconiah, king of Judah, son of Jehoiakim, will not be the earthly representative of my authority. Indeed, I will take that right away from you.

to deliver you from the way of the wicked, from those speaking perversity,

By faith he lived as a foreigner in the promised land as though it were a foreign country, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, who were fellow heirs of the same promise.

Then I will tell about all your praiseworthy acts; in the gates of Daughter Zion I will rejoice because of your deliverance."

All these evils come from within and defile a person."

He also gave him a written copy of the law that had been disseminated in Susa for their destruction so that he could show it to Esther and talk to her about it. He also gave instructions that she should go to the king to implore him and petition him on behalf of her people.

Likewise one of the second cherub's wings was seven and one-half feet long and touched the other wall of the temple; its other wing was also seven and one-half feet long and touched one of the first cherub's wings.

Their relatives, who were leaders of their families, numbered 1,760. They were capable men who were assigned to carry out the various tasks of service in God's temple.

The old prophet then said, "I too am a prophet like you. An angel told me with the Lord's authority, 'Bring him back with you to your house so he can eat and drink.'" But he was lying to him.

Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema,

During Pekah's reign over Israel, King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel Beth Maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, including all the territory of Naphtali. He deported the people to Assyria.

But he said, "Whatever happens, I want to go!" So Joab said to him, "Then go!" So Ahimaaz ran by the way of the Jordan plain, and he passed the Cushite.

She said, "You really are being kind to me, sir, for you have reassured and encouraged me, your servant, even though I am not one of your servants!"

and five bars for the frames on the second side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the frames on the back of the tabernacle on the west.

The Lord did as Moses asked -- the frogs died out of the houses, the villages, and the fields.

They traveled from Ezion-geber and camped in the wilderness of Zin, which is Kadesh.

A continual fire must be kept burning on the altar. It must not be extinguished.

he will rule them with an iron rod and like clay jars he will break them to pieces,

Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him, along with all those who were in his house.

But Barnabas took Saul, brought him to the apostles, and related to them how he had seen the Lord on the road, that the Lord had spoken to him, and how in Damascus he had spoken out boldly in the name of Jesus.

Before God and Christ Jesus and the elect angels, I solemnly charge you to carry out these commands without prejudice or favoritism of any kind.

Other seed fell among the thorns, and they grew up with it and choked it.

But those tenants said to one another, 'This is the heir. Come, let's kill him and the inheritance will be ours!'

Moses said, "Eat it today, for today is a Sabbath to the Lord; today you will not find it in the area.

"Go, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt that he must release the Israelites from his land."

Brothers and sisters, pray for us too.

When he came to the place, he said to them, "Pray that you will not fall into temptation."

Whenever you enter a house, first say, 'May peace be on this house!'

Some have become arrogant, as if I were not coming to you.

But the days are coming when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and at that time they will fast.

They lie around on beds decorated with ivory, and sprawl out on their couches. They eat lambs from the flock, and calves from the middle of the pen.

"To what then should I compare the people of this generation, and what are they like?

Last of all, the woman died.

Hear the Lord's accusation, you mountains, you enduring foundations of the earth! For the Lord has a case against his people; he has a dispute with Israel!

The Lord comes to pronounce judgment on the leaders of his people and their officials. He says, "It is you who have ruined the vineyard! You have stashed in your houses what you have stolen from the poor.

The ram that you saw with the two horns stands for the kings of Media and Persia.

Or why was I not buried like a stillborn infant, like infants who have never seen the light?

The one who is slow to anger has great understanding, but the one who has a quick temper exalts folly.

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

If you follow my instructions by obeying my rules and regulations, just as your father David did, then I will grant you long life."

And in the first year of Darius the Mede, I stood to strengthen him and to provide protection for him.)

When the enemies of Judah and Benjamin learned that the former exiles were building a temple for the Lord God of Israel,

and he contends with God on behalf of man as a man pleads for his friend.

the descendants of Ater (through Hezekiah), 98;

But the grapevine said to them, 'I am not going to stop producing my wine, which makes gods and men so happy, just to sway above the other trees!'

and prayed: "O Lord God of Israel, there is no god like you in heaven or on earth! You maintain covenantal loyalty to your servants who obey you with sincerity.

On the seventh day they were up at the crack of dawn and marched around the city as before -- only this time they marched around it seven times.

Now Eli was very old when he heard about everything that his sons used to do to all the people of Israel and how they used to have sex with the women who were stationed at the entrance to the tent of meeting.

Now Samuel was ministering before the Lord. The boy was dressed in a linen ephod.

to another faith by the same Spirit, and to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit,

that during a severe ordeal of suffering, their abundant joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in the wealth of their generosity.

The soldiers told him what had been promised, saying, "This is what will be done for the man who can strike him down."

And let us not put Christ to the test, as some of them did, and were destroyed by snakes.

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

If your offering is a grain offering made on the griddle, it must be choice wheat flour mixed with olive oil, unleavened.

The leaders of Shechem rebelled against Abimelech by putting bandits in the hills, who robbed everyone who traveled by on the road. But Abimelech found out about it.

And as he sowed, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it.

They all ate and were satisfied, and they picked up the broken pieces left over, twelve baskets full.

I lay flat on the ground before the Lord for forty days and nights, for he had said he would destroy you.

the king of Libnah (one), the king of Adullam (one),

So the entire company of Israelites traveled from Kadesh and came to Mount Hor.

You are to assign the Levites to Aaron and his sons; they will be assigned exclusively to him out of all the Israelites.

and they said to them, "May the Lord look on you and judge, because you have made us stink in the opinion of Pharaoh and his servants, so that you have given them an excuse to kill us!"

She was pregnant and was screaming in labor pains, struggling to give birth.

Many peoples and powerful nations will come to Jerusalem to seek the Lord who rules over all and to ask his favor.

Then say to him, 'The Lord who rules over all says, "Look -- here is the man whose name is Branch, who will sprout up from his place and build the temple of the Lord.

You will be loyal to Jacob and extend your loyal love to Abraham, which you promised on oath to our ancestors in ancient times.

The Israelites who remain will not act deceitfully. They will not lie, and a deceitful tongue will not be found in their mouth. Indeed, they will graze peacefully like sheep and lie down; no one will terrify them."

How can I give you up, O Ephraim? How can I surrender you, O Israel? How can I treat you like Admah? How can I make you like Zeboiim? I have had a change of heart! All my tender compassions are aroused!

This is the reason I was often hindered from coming to you.

So Jonah went immediately to Nineveh, as the Lord had said. (Now Nineveh was an enormous city -- it required three days to walk through it!)

After the deportation to Babylon, Jeconiah became the father of Shealtiel, Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel,

The filthy, stained city is as good as dead; the city filled with oppressors is finished!

Egypt will be desolate and Edom will be a desolate wilderness, because of the violence they did to the people of Judah, in whose land they shed innocent blood.

I have made your forehead harder than flint -- like diamond! Do not fear them or be terrified of the looks they give you, for they are a rebellious house."

When the king heard this, he was very upset and began thinking about how he might rescue Daniel. Until late afternoon he was struggling to find a way to rescue him.

The Lord will bring on you, your people, and your father's family a time unlike any since Ephraim departed from Judah -- the king of Assyria!"

Do not those who devise evil go astray? But those who plan good exhibit faithful covenant love.

Even the soldiers from Memphis and Tahpanhes have cracked your skulls, people of Israel.

This bread of ours was warm when we packed it in our homes the day we started out to meet you, but now it is dry and hard.

As they approached him, Elisha prayed to the Lord, "Strike these people with blindness." The Lord struck them with blindness as Elisha requested.

Whenever they went out to fight, the Lord did them harm, just as he had warned and solemnly vowed he would do. They suffered greatly.

for the law made nothing perfect. On the other hand a better hope is introduced, through which we draw near to God.

He even stripped off his clothes and prophesied before Samuel. He lay there naked all that day and night. (For that reason it is asked, "Is Saul also among the prophets?")

Joshua continued, "This is how you will know the living God is among you and that he will truly drive out before you the Canaanites, Hittites, Hivites, Perizzites, Girgashites, Amorites, and Jebusites.

He was fully convinced that what God promised he was also able to do.

As for the Izharites: Kenaniah and his sons were given responsibilities outside the temple as officers and judges over Israel.

Joab then sent messengers to David, saying, "I have fought against Rabbah and have captured the water supply of the city.

Samuel revealed the word of the Then the Israelites went out to fight the Philistines. They camped at Ebenezer, and the Philistines camped at Aphek.

So now, promise me this with an oath sworn in the Lord's name. Because I have shown allegiance to you, show allegiance to my family. Give me a solemn pledge

Now Heber the Kenite had moved away from the Kenites, the descendants of Hobab, Moses' father-in-law. He lived near the great tree in Zaanannim near Kedesh.

These cities were located at the southern extremity of Judah's tribal land near the border of Edom: Kabzeel, Eder, Jagur,

who has become a priest not by a legal regulation about physical descent but by the power of an indestructible life.

Now when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?"

and I said to you, 'Let my son go that he may serve me,' but since you have refused to let him go, I will surely kill your son, your firstborn!"'"

Then they are to take a young bull with its grain offering of fine flour mixed with olive oil; and you are to take a second young bull for a purification offering.

he said, "Go away, for the girl is not dead but asleep." And they began making fun of him.

Or what king, going out to confront another king in battle, will not sit down first and determine whether he is able with ten thousand to oppose the one coming against him with twenty thousand?

He will take delight in obeying the Lord. He will not judge by mere appearances, or make decisions on the basis of hearsay.

If there is any question about Titus, he is my partner and fellow worker among you; if there is any question about our brothers, they are messengers of the churches, a glory to Christ.

And if someone sitting down receives a revelation, the person who is speaking should conclude.

Every place you set your foot will be yours; your border will extend from the desert to Lebanon and from the River (that is, the Euphrates) as far as the Mediterranean Sea.

For Jesus had started commanding the evil spirit to come out of the man. (For it had seized him many times, so he would be bound with chains and shackles and kept under guard. But he would break the restraints and be driven by the demon into deserted places.)

Therefore I am all the more eager to send him, so that when you see him again you can rejoice and I can be free from anxiety.

"Get up and thresh, Daughter Zion! For I will give you iron horns; I will give you bronze hooves, and you will crush many nations." You will devote to the Lord the spoils you take from them, and dedicate their wealth to the sovereign Ruler of the whole earth.

So Paul left the Areopagus.

The Lord who commands armies makes this solemn vow: "Be sure of this: Just as I have intended, so it will be; just as I have planned, it will happen.

At that time you will say: "I praise you, O Lord, for even though you were angry with me, your anger subsided, and you consoled me.

You build Zion through bloody crimes, Jerusalem through unjust violence.

It is not good to eat too much honey, nor is it honorable for people to seek their own glory.

What is my strength, that I should wait? and what is my end, that I should prolong my life?

You must not desire another man's wife, nor should you crave his house, his field, his male and female servants, his ox, his donkey, or anything else he owns."

"I hereby give orders that if anyone changes this directive a beam is to be pulled out from his house and he is to be raised up and impaled on it, and his house is to be reduced to a rubbish heap for this indiscretion.

He fashioned two bronze pillars; each pillar was 27 feet high and 18 feet in circumference.

Total darkness waits to receive his treasures; a fire which has not been kindled will consume him and devour what is left in his tent.

He will encourage you and provide for you when you are old, for your daughter-in-law, who loves you, has given him birth. She is better to you than seven sons!"

Hear the sound of those who divide the sheep among the watering places; there they tell of the Lord's victorious deeds, the victorious deeds of his warriors in Israel. Then the Lord's people went down to the city gates --

Then David passed away and was buried in the city of David.

of Harim, Adna; of Meremoth, Helkai;

Then Elisha said, "Take the arrows," and he did so. He told the king of Israel, "Strike the ground!" He struck the ground three times and stopped.

The whole hill country will be yours; though it is a forest, you can clear it and it will be entirely yours. You can conquer the Canaanites, though they have chariots with iron-rimmed wheels and are strong."

Bright and early the next morning Joshua and the Israelites left Shittim and came to the Jordan. They camped there before crossing the river.

As day was about to dawn, Paul urged them all to take some food, saying, "Today is the fourteenth day you have been in suspense and have gone without food; you have eaten nothing.

He created them male and female; when they were created, he blessed them and named them "humankind."

Take away from me your noisy songs; I don't want to hear the music of your stringed instruments.

and the Lord turned a very strong west wind, and it picked up the locusts and blew them into the Red Sea. Not one locust remained in all the territory of Egypt.

Of the birds after their kinds, and of the cattle after their kinds, and of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of every kind will come to you so you can keep them alive.

The whole city was stirred up, and the people rushed together. They seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple courts, and immediately the doors were shut.

Moses sent spies to reconnoiter Jaazer, and they captured its villages and dispossessed the Amorites who were there.

So at that time we took the land of the two Amorite kings in the Transjordan from Wadi Arnon to Mount Hermon

When they went out from Pharaoh, they encountered Moses and Aaron standing there to meet them,

But Peter insisted emphatically, "Even if I must die with you, I will never deny you." And all of them said the same thing.

This happened three times, and then everything was pulled up to heaven again.

"What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is he?" They said, "The son of David."

When the commanding officer had given him permission, Paul stood on the steps and gestured to the people with his hand. When they had become silent, he addressed them in Aramaic,

But some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to him, "Teacher, rebuke your disciples."

Meanwhile the boat, already far from land, was taking a beating from the waves because the wind was against it.

So he approached the place where I was standing. As he came, I felt terrified and fell flat on the ground. Then he said to me, "Understand, son of man, that the vision pertains to the time of the end."

"Escape, Zion, you who live among the Babylonians!"

Do not seek Bethel! Do not visit Gilgal! Do not journey down to Beer Sheba! For the people of Gilgal will certainly be carried into exile; and Bethel will become a place where disaster abounds."

I said, "Listen, you leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the nation of Israel! You ought to know what is just,

Children are gathering firewood, fathers are building fires with it, and women are mixing dough to bake cakes to offer to the goddess they call the Queen of Heaven. They are also pouring out drink offerings to other gods. They seem to do all this just to trouble me.

and they are afraid of heights and the dangers in the street; the almond blossoms grow white, and the grasshopper drags itself along, and the caper berry shrivels up -- because man goes to his eternal home, and the mourners go about in the streets --

I am not afraid of the multitude of people who attack me from all directions.

Although you, O Israel, commit adultery, do not let Judah become guilty! Do not journey to Gilgal! Do not go up to Beth Aven! Do not swear, "As surely as the Lord lives!"

Then David became very angry at this man. He said to Nathan, "As surely as the Lord lives, the man who did this deserves to die!

Your own wickedness will bring about your punishment. Your unfaithful acts will bring down discipline on you. Know, then, and realize how utterly harmful it was for you to reject me, the Lord your God, to show no respect for me," says the Lord God who rules over all.

Too bad for the wicked sinners! For they will get exactly what they deserve.

But the chief adviser said to them, "My master did not send me to speak these words only to your master and to you. His message is also for the men who sit on the wall, for they will eat their own excrement and drink their own urine along with you."

He replied, "Don't be afraid, for our side outnumbers them."

Then David asked, "Is anyone still left from the family of Saul, so that I may extend kindness to him for the sake of Jonathan?"

"You must not give a false report. Do not make common cause with the wicked to be a malicious witness.

Mordecai wrote these matters down and sent letters to all the Jews who were throughout all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, both near and far,

Therefore I swore an oath to the house of Eli, 'The sin of the house of Eli can never be forgiven by sacrifice or by grain offering.'"

The Jews who were in Susa then assembled on the fourteenth day of the month of Adar, and they killed three hundred men in Susa. But they did not confiscate their property.

They will eat the meat the same night; they will eat it roasted over the fire with bread made without yeast and with bitter herbs.

Look! The ark of the covenant of the Ruler of the whole earth is ready to enter the Jordan ahead of you.

When the Arameans realized that they had been defeated by Israel, they consolidated their forces.

The people who did not die were struck with sores; the city's cry for help went all the way up to heaven.

When Israel had finished killing all the men of Ai who had chased them toward the desert (they all fell by the sword), all Israel returned to Ai and put the sword to it.

All along the way I, the Lord your God, have blessed your every effort. I have been attentive to your travels through this great wasteland. These forty years I have been with you; you have lacked for nothing.'"

If any household is too small for a lamb, the man and his next-door neighbor are to take a lamb according to the number of people -- you will make your count for the lamb according to how much each one can eat.

When the Lord your God extends your borders as he said he would do and you say, "I want to eat meat just as I please," you may do so as you wish.

"Why did you not eat the sin offering in the sanctuary? For it is most holy and he gave it to you to bear the iniquity of the congregation, to make atonement on their behalf before the Lord.

And the Egyptians will know that I am the Lord when I have gained my honor because of Pharaoh, his chariots, and his horsemen."

And there are different results, but the same God who produces all of them in everyone.

Moses returned to the Lord, and said, "Lord, why have you caused trouble for this people? Why did you ever send me?

because he loves our nation, and even built our synagogue."

He will speak for you to the people, and it will be as if he were your mouth and as if you were his God.

The sons of Japheth were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.

and all ate the same spiritual food,

They court you eagerly, but for no good purpose; they want to exclude you, so that you would seek them eagerly.

because some say, "His letters are weighty and forceful, but his physical presence is weak and his speech is of no account."

But God was not pleased with most of them, for they were cut down in the wilderness.

Make room for us in your hearts; we have wronged no one, we have ruined no one, we have exploited no one.

I tell you the truth, I will no longer drink of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God."

Your lamb must be perfect, a male, one year old; you may take it from the sheep or from the goats.

And all the people came to him early in the morning to listen to him in the temple courts.

For now I would be lying down and would be quiet, I would be asleep and then at peace

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

And I will drive you out of my sight just like I drove out your relatives, the people of Israel.'"

This is another misfortune: Just as he came, so will he go. What did he gain from toiling for the wind?

When Solomon finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the Lord's splendor filled the temple.

He was the son of a widow from the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a craftsman in bronze from Tyre. He had the skill and knowledge to make all kinds of works of bronze. He reported to King Solomon and did all the work he was assigned.

Praise the Lord, all that he has made, in all the regions of his kingdom! Praise the Lord, O my soul!

You must care for it until the fourteenth day of this month, and then the whole community of Israel will kill it around sundown.

The first angel blew his trumpet, and there was hail and fire mixed with blood, and it was thrown at the earth so that a third of the earth was burned up, a third of the trees were burned up, and all the green grass was burned up.

All of this happened on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar. They then rested on the fourteenth day and made it a day for banqueting and happiness.

So Hathach returned and related Mordecai's instructions to Esther.

During his reign Edom freed themselves from Judah's control and set up their own king.

Now Mephibosheth, Saul's grandson, came down to meet the king. From the day the king had left until the day he safely returned, Mephibosheth had not cared for his feet nor trimmed his mustache nor washed his clothes.

Now yes, it is true that I am a guardian, but there is another guardian who is a closer relative than I am.

Moses said to Hobab son of Reuel, the Midianite, Moses' father-in-law, "We are journeying to the place about which the Lord said, 'I will give it to you.' Come with us and we will treat you well, for the Lord has promised good things for Israel."

May your family become like the family of Perez -- whom Tamar bore to Judah -- through the descendants the Lord gives you by this young woman."

The king said to Shimei, "You won't die." The king vowed an oath concerning this.

It encompassed all the cities of the plain and the whole realm of King Sihon of the Amorites who ruled in Heshbon. Moses defeated him and the Midianite leaders Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba (they were subjects of Sihon and lived in his territory).

The Lord said to Moses, "Tell Aaron, 'Extend your staff and strike the dust of the ground, and it will become gnats throughout all the land of Egypt.'"

But I know that the king of Egypt will not let you go, not even under force.

I am not writing these things to shame you, but to correct you as my dear children.

but also for our sake, to whom it will be credited, those who believe in the one who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead.

Or do only Barnabas and I lack the right not to work?

Pairs of all creatures that have the breath of life came into the ark to Noah.

So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the two men who had been crucified with Jesus, first the one and then the other.

The Lord who rules over all will guard them, and they will prevail and overcome with sling stones. Then they will drink, and will become noisy like drunkards, full like the sacrificial basin or like the corners of the altar.

If anyone says to you, 'Why are you doing this?' say, 'The Lord needs it and will send it back here soon.'"

Then they brought the colt to Jesus, threw their cloaks on it, and he sat on it.

He overlaid the temple's rafters, thresholds, walls and doors with gold; he carved decorative cherubim on the walls.

So Daniel went in and requested the king to grant him time, that he might disclose the interpretation to the king.

She cried on his shoulder until the party was almost over. Finally, on the seventh day, he told her because she had nagged him so much. Then she told the young men the solution to the riddle.

What if there are fifty godly people in the city? Will you really wipe it out and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty godly people who are in it?

They consume their alcohol, then engage in cult prostitution; they dearly love their shameful behavior.

I constructed pools of water for myself, to irrigate my grove of flourishing trees.

A wise king separates out the wicked; he turns the threshing wheel over them.

You prove to be loyal to one who is faithful; you prove to be trustworthy to one who is innocent.

He would jab it into the basin, kettle, caldron, or pot, and everything that the fork brought up the priest would take for himself. This is what they used to do to all the Israelites when they came there to Shiloh.

But you will not build the temple; your very own son will build the temple for my honor.'

No woman will miscarry her young or be barren in your land. I will fulfill the number of your days.

The king got up in the night and said to his advisers, "I will tell you what the Syrians have done to us. They know we are starving, so they left the camp and hid in the field, thinking, 'When they come out of the city, we will capture them alive and enter the city.'"

The Lord spoke to Moses:

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

But they did not listen to Moses; some kept part of it until morning, and it was full of worms and began to stink, and Moses was angry with them.

The people buried him in his allotted land in Timnath Heres in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.

But since they found no way to carry him in because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and let him down on the stretcher through the roof tiles right in front of Jesus.

from Mount Halak on up to Seir, as far as Baal Gad in the Lebanon Valley below Mount Hermon. He captured all their kings and executed them.

And all the prophets, from Samuel and those who followed him, have spoken about and announced these days.

When he went out the next day, there were two Hebrew men fighting. So he said to the one who was in the wrong, "Why are you attacking your fellow Hebrew?"

In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife of the seven will she be? For they all had married her."

Babylon, the most admired of kingdoms, the Chaldeans' source of honor and pride, will be destroyed by God just as Sodom and Gomorrah were.

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

For the stones in the walls will cry out, and the wooden rafters will answer back.

They will lick the dust like a snake, like serpents crawling on the ground. They will come trembling from their strongholds to the Lord our God; they will be terrified of you.

for they will provide a long and full life, and they will add well-being to you.

Don't be so happy, all you Philistines, just because the club that beat you has been broken! For a viper will grow out of the serpent's root, and its fruit will be a darting adder.

So now listen to the Lord's message! You say, 'Don't prophesy against Israel! Don't preach against the family of Isaac!'

Very soon they will say, "We have no king since we did not fear the Lord. But what can a king do for us anyway?"

So they yelled louder and, in accordance with their prescribed ritual, mutilated themselves with swords and spears until their bodies were covered with blood.

The woman called Folly is brash, she is naive and does not know anything.

Do not envy a violent man, and do not choose to imitate any of his ways;

My lips will shout for joy! Yes, I will sing your praises! I will praise you when you rescue me!

he wanders about -- food for vultures; he knows that the day of darkness is at hand.

You will not be afraid of sudden disaster, or when destruction overtakes the wicked;

and a letter for Asaph the keeper of the king's nature preserve, so that he will give me timber for beams for the gates of the fortress adjacent to the temple and for the city wall and for the house to which I go." So the king granted me these requests, for the good hand of my God was on me.

By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of his anger they are consumed.

Many of the priests, the Levites, and the leaders -- older people who had seen with their own eyes the former temple while it was still established -- were weeping loudly, and many others raised their voice in a joyous shout.

The rest of the Jews who were throughout the provinces of the king assembled in order to stand up for themselves and to have rest from their enemies. They killed seventy-five thousand of their adversaries, but they did not confiscate their property.

If the king is so inclined, let an edict be issued to destroy them. I will pay ten thousand talents of silver to be conveyed to the king's treasuries for the officials who carry out this business."

So bathe yourself, rub on some perfumed oil, and get dressed up. Then go down to the threshing floor. But don't let the man know you're there until he finishes his meal.

and his colleagues who were exceptional men -- 128. The officer over them was Zabdiel the son of Haggedolim.

You made Israel your very own nation for all time. You, O Lord, became their God.

So the Philistines fought. Israel was defeated; they all ran home. The slaughter was very great; thirty thousand foot soldiers fell in battle.

And when the donkey saw the angel of the Lord, she pressed herself into the wall, and crushed Balaam's foot against the wall. So he beat her again.

Now Elisha advised the woman whose son he had brought back to life, "You and your family should go and live somewhere else for a while, for the Lord has decreed that a famine will overtake the land for seven years."

Jehozadak went into exile when the Lord sent the people of Judah and Jerusalem into exile by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.

They included Joel the leader, Shapham the second in command, Janai, and Shaphat in Bashan.

You who ride on light-colored female donkeys, who sit on saddle blankets, you who walk on the road, pay attention!

and the priest must take up with his hand some of the choice wheat flour of the grain offering and some of its olive oil, and all of the frankincense that is on the grain offering, and he must offer its memorial portion up in smoke on the altar as a soothing aroma to the Lord.

Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet.

A garrison of the Philistines had gone out to the pass at Micmash.

Israel sent messengers to King Sihon, the Amorite king who ruled in Heshbon, and said to him, "Please allow us to pass through your land to our land."

But if all prophesy, and an unbeliever or uninformed person enters, he will be convicted by all, he will be called to account by all.

Then Jotham ran away to Beer and lived there to escape from Abimelech his half-brother.

Then he said to her, "Because you said this, you may go. The demon has left your daughter."

And Moses said to the Lord, "Why have you afflicted your servant? Why have I not found favor in your sight, that you lay the burden of this entire people on me?

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

When Jesus perceived their hostile thoughts, he said to them, "Why are you raising objections within yourselves?

Jesus knew at once that power had gone out from him. He turned around in the crowd and said, "Who touched my clothes?"

and saying, "You who can destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save yourself! If you are God's Son, come down from the cross!"

Israel worshiped the Lord throughout Joshua's lifetime and as long as the elderly men who outlived him remained alive. These men had experienced firsthand everything the Lord had done for Israel.

I call on you solemnly in the Lord to have this letter read to all the brothers and sisters.

However, it is good to be sought eagerly for a good purpose at all times, and not only when I am present with you.

As I stared I looked into it and saw four-footed animals of the earth, wild animals, reptiles, and wild birds.