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having a good conscience; that, while you are spoken against as evildoers, they may be disappointed who curse your good way of life in Christ.
Above the expanse that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone; and on the likeness of the throne was a likeness as the appearance of a man on it above.
For there also must be factions among you, that those who are approved may be revealed among you.
then you shall bring them both out to the gate of that city, and you shall stone them to death with stones; the lady, because she didn't cry, being in the city; and the man, because he has humbled his neighbor's wife: so you shall put away the evil from the midst of you.
For a will is in force where there has been death, for it is never in force while he who made it lives.
Therefore my harp has turned to mourning, and my pipe into the voice of those who weep.
But if any has caused sorrow, he has caused sorrow, not to me, but in part (that I not press too heavily) to you all.
Joshua rose up early in the morning, mustered the people, and went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai.
But at the last Daniel came in before me, whose name was Belteshazzar, according to the name of my god, and in whom is the spirit of the holy gods: and I told the dream before him, [saying],
Moses spoke to Aaron, and to Eleazar and to Ithamar, his sons who were left, "Take the meal offering that remains of the offerings of Yahweh made by fire, and eat it without yeast beside the altar; for it is most holy;
He went in also to Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.
Yahweh administers judgment to the peoples. Judge me, Yahweh, according to my righteousness, and to my integrity that is in me.
Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, "I have heard the message which you have sent to me. I will do all your desire concerning timber of cedar, and concerning timber of fir.
So they made way for her; and she went by the way of the horses' entry to the king's house. She was slain there.
Jesus answered him, "If I have spoken evil, testify of the evil; but if well, why do you beat me?"
He cried to Yahweh, and said, "Yahweh my God, have you also brought evil on the widow with whom I stay, by killing her son?"
Not that we have lordship over your faith, but are fellow workers with you for your joy. For you stand firm in faith.
Let your hand be lifted up above your adversaries, and let all of your enemies be cut off.
They sent therefore and gathered all the lords of the Philistines to them, and said, "What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel?" They answered, "Let the ark of the God of Israel be carried over to Gath." They carried the ark of the God of Israel [there].
The copy of the letter that Tattenai, the governor beyond the River, and Shetharbozenai, and his companions the Apharsachites, who were beyond the River, sent to Darius the king;
If a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be put to death, and you hang him on a tree;
The woman said to Elijah, "Now I know that you are a man of God, and that the word of Yahweh in your mouth is truth."
whereas our presentable parts have no such need. But God composed the body together, giving more abundant honor to the inferior part,
that there should be no division in the body, but that the members should have the same care for one another.
The watchers saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said to him, "Please show us the entrance into the city, and we will deal kindly with you."
that we have built us an altar to turn away from following Yahweh; or if to offer burnt offering or meal offering, or if to offer sacrifices of peace offerings, let Yahweh himself require it.
Then Ziba said to the king, "According to all that my lord the king commands his servant, so your shall servant do." So Mephibosheth ate at the king's table, like one of the king's sons.
They answered them, and said, "He is. Behold, he is before you. Hurry now, for he has come today into the city; for the people have a sacrifice today in the high place.
Serug, Nahor, Terah,
Now we call the proud happy; yes, those who work wickedness are built up; yes, they tempt God, and escape.'
The portion of Jacob is not like these; for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance: Yahweh of Armies is his name.
But put forth your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will renounce you to your face."
nevertheless you shall not build the house; but your son who shall come forth out of your body, he shall build the house for my name.'
Behold, to Yahweh your God belongs heaven and the heaven of heavens, the earth, with all that is therein.
Then Amnon hated her with exceeding great hatred; for the hatred with which he hated her was greater than the love with which he had loved her. Amnon said to her, "Arise, be gone!"
Of the children of Simeon, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, those who were numbered of it, according to the number of the names, one by one, every male from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war;
All the wave offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer to Yahweh, have I given you, and your sons and your daughters with you, as a portion forever: it is a covenant of salt forever before Yahweh to you and to your seed with you."
I have surely built you a house of habitation, a place for you to dwell in forever."
It shall be, if he tells you, "I will not go out from you;" because he loves you and your house, because he is well with you;
The children of Israel went forward according to their journeys out of the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud stayed in the wilderness of Paran.
The armed men went before the priests who blew the trumpets, and the ark went after them. The trumpets sounded as they went.
Pharaoh commanded men concerning him, and they brought him on the way with his wife and all that he had.
Consider the lilies, how they grow. They don't toil, neither do they spin; yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
The watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked; and behold, the multitude melted away, and they went [here] and there.
For it is better, if it is God's will, that you suffer for doing well than for doing evil.
But if your eye is evil, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!
He said to them, "Don't you understand this parable? How will you understand all of the parables?
I have cut off nations. Their battlements are desolate. I have made their streets waste, so that no one passes by. Their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, so that there is no inhabitant.
But if the man has no kinsman to whom restitution may be made for the guilt, the restitution for guilt which is made to Yahweh shall be the priest's; besides the ram of the atonement, by which atonement shall be made for him.
He takes up all of them with the hook. He catches them in his net, and gathers them in his dragnet. Therefore he rejoices and is glad.
Paul said, "I pray to God, that whether with little or with much, not only you, but also all that hear me this day, might become such as I am, except for these bonds."
and you shall know that I am Yahweh: for you have not walked in my statutes, neither have you executed my ordinances, but have done after the ordinances of the nations that are around you.
That day is a day of wrath, a day of distress and anguish, a day of trouble and ruin, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness,
Then the king's scribes were called at that time, in the third month Sivan, on the twenty-third day of the month; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded to the Jews, and to the satraps, and the governors and princes of the provinces which are from India to Ethiopia, one hundred twenty-seven provinces, to every province according to its writing, and to every people in their language, and to the Jews in their writing, and in their language.
So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king asked, saying, "Come to me again the third day."
and repays those who hate him to their face, to destroy them: he will not be slack to him who hates him, he will repay him to his face.
The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but a fool is swallowed by his own lips.
It happened, when the angel of Yahweh spoke these words to all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept.
When they had laid many stripes on them, they threw them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safely,
You are witnesses with God, how holy, righteously, and blamelessly we behaved ourselves toward you who believe.
that Hadad fled, he and certain Edomites of his father's servants with him, to go into Egypt, Hadad being yet a little child.
It is better to be of a lowly spirit with the poor, than to divide the plunder with the proud.
Yet you wouldn't go up, but rebelled against the commandment of Yahweh your God:
You will sow, but won't reap. You will tread the olives, but won't anoint yourself with oil; and crush grapes, but won't drink the wine.
The superscription of his accusation was written over him, "THE KING OF THE JEWS."
The donkey saw the angel of Yahweh standing in the way, with his sword drawn in his hand; and the donkey turned aside out of the way, and went into the field: and Balaam struck the donkey, to turn her into the way.
Jerusalem has grievously sinned; therefore she is become as an unclean thing; all who honored her despise her, because they have seen her nakedness: yes, she sighs, and turns backward.
Though he is fruitful among his brothers, an east wind will come, the breath of Yahweh coming up from the wilderness; and his spring will become dry, and his fountain will be dried up. He will plunder the storehouse of treasure.
and I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh, and the waters will no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.
or to governors, as sent by him for vengeance on evildoers and for praise to those who do well.
He will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your olive groves, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.
I opened to my beloved; but my beloved left; and had gone away. My heart went out when he spoke. I looked for him, but I didn't find him. I called him, but he didn't answer.
They gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses had spoken: and he drove out there the three sons of Anak.
for Yahweh your God in the midst of you is a jealous God; lest the anger of Yahweh your God be kindled against you, and he destroy you from off the face of the earth.
then I will walk contrary to you in wrath; and I also will chastise you seven times for your sins.
in the twilight, in the evening of the day, in the middle of the night and in the darkness.
David therefore begged God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night on the earth.
The name of the first is Pishon: this is the one which flows through the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;
Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might not allow anyone to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.
These are their names: Ben Hur, in the hill country of Ephraim;
and my wrath will grow hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
You came near to me everyone of you, and said, "Let us send men before us, that they may search the land for us, and bring us word again of the way by which we must go up, and the cities to which we shall come."
lest, when you have eaten and are full, and have built goodly houses, and lived therein;
The adversary has spread out his hand on all her pleasant things: for she has seen that the nations are entered into her sanctuary, concerning whom you commanded that they should not enter into your assembly.
But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father in heaven forgive your transgressions."
It shall be for a sign on your hand, and for symbols between your eyes: for by strength of hand Yahweh brought us forth out of Egypt."
Now there were with us seven brothers. The first married and died, and having no seed left his wife to his brother.
Of the children of Judah, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war;
If the household is worthy, let your peace come on it, but if it isn't worthy, let your peace return to you.
I will show wonders in the sky above, and signs on the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and billows of smoke.
nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor slanderers, nor extortioners, will inherit the Kingdom of God.
But now I will not be to the remnant of this people as in the former days," says Yahweh of Armies.
Moreover those who had familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the teraphim, and the idols, and all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put away, that he might confirm the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of Yahweh.
and some save, snatching them out of the fire with fear, hating even the clothing stained by the flesh.
The lion has roared. Who will not fear? The Lord Yahweh has spoken. Who can but prophesy?
For if I do this of my own will, I have a reward. But if not of my own will, I have a stewardship entrusted to me.
By faith, he kept the Passover, and the sprinkling of the blood, that the destroyer of the firstborn should not touch them.
I am dark, but lovely, you daughters of Jerusalem, like Kedar's tents, like Solomon's curtains.
Is this thing done by my lord the king, and you haven't shown to your servants who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?"
Yahweh hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he didn't listen to them, as Yahweh had spoken to Moses.
Whoever digs a pit shall fall into it. Whoever rolls a stone, it will come back on him.
whom I desired to keep with me, that on your behalf he might serve me in my chains for the Good News.
He said to them, "You will indeed drink my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with, but to sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give; but it is for whom it has been prepared by my Father."
"I also have withheld the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest; and I caused it to rain on one city, and caused it not to rain on another city. One place was rained on, and the piece where it didn't rain withered.
You shall betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: you shall build a house, and you shall not dwell therein: you shall plant a vineyard, and shall not use its fruit.
for whom Yahweh loves, he reproves; even as a father reproves the son in whom he delights.
For he who was called in the Lord being a bondservant is the Lord's free man. Likewise he who was called being free is Christ's bondservant.
Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them in the day of Yahweh's wrath, but the whole land will be devoured by the fire of his jealousy; for he will make an end, yes, a terrible end, of all those who dwell in the land.
The house of Joseph sent to spy out Bethel. (Now the name of the city before was Luz.)
Jacob went down into Egypt, and he died, himself and our fathers,
The shield of his mighty men is made red. The valiant men are in scarlet. The chariots flash with steel in the day of his preparation, and the pine spears are brandished.
Behold, I will stir them up out of the place where you have sold them, and will return your repayment on your own head;
Then these men assembled together, and found Daniel making petition and supplication before his God.
"Have pity on me, have pity on me, you my friends; for the hand of God has touched me.
They each took his censer, and put fire in them, and laid incense thereon, and stood at the door of the Tent of Meeting with Moses and Aaron.
He took food and was strengthened. Saul stayed several days with the disciples who were at Damascus.
The captives of this army of the children of Israel, who are among the Canaanites, will possess even to Zarephath; and the captives of Jerusalem, who are in Sepharad, will possess the cities of the Negev.
Jehoiada made a covenant between Yahweh and the king and the people, that they should be Yahweh's people; between the king also and the people.
At once Jesus gave them permission. The unclean spirits came out and entered into the pigs. The herd of about two thousand rushed down the steep bank into the sea, and they were drowned in the sea.
He says in his heart, "God has forgotten. He hides his face. He will never see it."
There is one who is alone, and he has neither son nor brother. There is no end to all of his labor, neither are his eyes satisfied with wealth. "For whom then, do I labor, and deprive my soul of enjoyment?" This also is vanity. Yes, it is a miserable business.
Now, behold, you trust in the staff of this bruised reed, even in Egypt. If a man leans on it, it will go into his hand, and pierce it. So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust on him.
Forasmuch therefore as you trample on the poor, and take taxes from him of wheat: You have built houses of cut stone, but you will not dwell in them. You have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink their wine.
The men turned from there, and went toward Sodom, but Abraham stood yet before Yahweh.
As gangs of robbers wait to ambush a man, so the company of priests murder in the way toward Shechem, committing shameful crimes.
For he has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted, Neither has he hidden his face from him; but when he cried to him, he heard.
That which they have need of, both young bulls, and rams, and lambs, for burnt offerings to the God of heaven; [also] wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the word of the priests who are at Jerusalem, let it be given them day by day without fail;
He came to the disciples, and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, "What, couldn't you watch with me for one hour?
What was sown on the good ground, this is he who hears the word, and understands it, who most certainly bears fruit, and brings forth, some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty."
but if you will not listen to the voice of Yahweh, but rebel against the commandment of Yahweh, then will the hand of Yahweh be against you, as it was against your fathers.
For I tell you that none of those men who were invited will taste of my supper.'"
The king turned his face about, and blessed all the assembly of Israel: and all the assembly of Israel stood.
His parents answered them, "We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind;
and they were brought back to Shechem, and laid in the tomb that Abraham bought for a price in silver from the children of Hamor of Shechem.
Didn't Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keeps the law? Why do you seek to kill me?"
Wisdom is as good as an inheritance. Yes, it is more excellent for those who see the sun.
For first of all, when you come together in the assembly, I hear that divisions exist among you, and I partly believe it.
Their wealth will become a spoil, and their houses a desolation. Yes, they will build houses, but won't inhabit them. They will plant vineyards, but won't drink their wine.
Yahweh said to me, "Arise, get down quickly from here; for your people whom you have brought forth out of Egypt have corrupted themselves; they have quickly turned aside out of the way which I commanded them; they have made them a molten image."
The unclean spirits, whenever they saw him, fell down before him, and cried, "You are the Son of God!"
The king swore, and said, "As Yahweh lives, who has redeemed my soul out of all adversity,
Yahweh said to me, "Throw it to the potter, the handsome price that I was valued at by them!" I took the thirty pieces of silver, and threw them to the potter, in the house of Yahweh.
The lord of that servant, being moved with compassion, released him, and forgave him the debt.
yet for love's sake I rather beg, being such a one as Paul, the aged, but also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.
He who loves disobedience loves strife. One who builds a high gate seeks destruction.
Therefore I also have struck you with a grievous wound. I have made you desolate because of your sins.
When you come into your neighbor's vineyard, then you may eat of grapes your fill at your own pleasure; but you shall not put any in your vessel.
Peter took him aside, and began to rebuke him, saying, "Far be it from you, Lord! This will never be done to you."
"Don't say, 'A conspiracy!' concerning all about which this people say, 'A conspiracy!' neither fear their threats, nor be terrorized.
For you remember, brothers, our labor and travail; for working night and day, that we might not burden any of you, we preached to you the Good News of God.
Out of the spoil won in battles did they dedicate to repair the house of Yahweh.
when calamity overtakes you like a storm, when your disaster comes on like a whirlwind; when distress and anguish come on you.
The dove came back to him at evening, and, behold, in her mouth was an olive leaf plucked off. So Noah knew that the waters were abated from the earth.
Which is easier, to tell the paralytic, 'Your sins are forgiven;' or to say, 'Arise, and take up your bed, and walk?'
One of the same place answered, "Who is their father?" Therefore it became a proverb, "Is Saul also among the prophets?"
Yahweh said to Aaron, "You shall have no inheritance in their land, neither shall you have any portion among them. I am your portion and your inheritance among the children of Israel.
"All nations shall call you blessed, for you will be a delightful land," says Yahweh of Armies.
For what thanksgiving can we render again to God for you, for all the joy with which we rejoice for your sakes before our God;
You can't both drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You can't both partake of the table of the Lord, and of the table of demons.
and those who use the world, as not using it to the fullest. For the mode of this world passes away.
Timothy, my fellow worker, greets you, as do Lucius, Jason, and Sosipater, my relatives.
The elder and the honorable man is the head, and the prophet who teaches lies is the tail.
No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for the patch would tear away from the garment, and a worse hole is made.
In those times there shall many stand up against the king of the south: also the children of the violent among your people shall lift themselves up to establish the vision; but they shall fall.
Thus says Yahweh against all my evil neighbors, who touch the inheritance which I have caused my people Israel to inherit: behold, I will pluck them up from off their land, and will pluck up the house of Judah from among them.
that they do good, that they be rich in good works, that they be ready to distribute, willing to communicate;
The men of Israel went out of Mizpah, and pursued the Philistines, and struck them, until they came under Beth Kar.
You shall present the Levites before the Tent of Meeting. You shall assemble the whole congregation of the children of Israel.
Neither did they say, 'Where is Yahweh who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, who led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought and of the shadow of death, through a land that none passed through, and where no man lived?'
Under the expanse were their wings straight, the one toward the other: each one had two which covered on this side, and every one had two which covered on that side, their bodies.
The gift is not as through one who sinned: for the judgment came by one to condemnation, but the free gift came of many trespasses to justification.
For he had healed many, so that as many as had diseases pressed on him that they might touch him.
The labor of the righteous leads to life. The increase of the wicked leads to sin.
They came with haste, and found both Mary and Joseph, and the baby was lying in the feeding trough.
"'If he can't afford a lamb, then he shall bring his trespass offering for that in which he has sinned, two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, to Yahweh; one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering.
They were willing therefore to receive him into the boat. Immediately the boat was at the land where they were going.
and I will make that which was lame a remnant, and that which was cast far off a strong nation: and Yahweh will reign over them on Mount Zion from then on, even forever."
He won't break a bruised reed. He won't quench a smoking flax, until he leads justice to victory.
whereas angels, though greater in might and power, don't bring a railing judgment against them before the Lord.
and Ahimaaz became the father of Azariah, and Azariah became the father of Johanan,
All her people sigh, they seek bread; they have given their pleasant things for food to refresh the soul: look, Yahweh, and see; for I am become abject.
Then Pharaoh also called for the wise men and the sorcerers. They also, the magicians of Egypt, did the same thing with their enchantments.
The people served Yahweh all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great work of Yahweh that he had worked for Israel.
So will I break down the wall that you have plastered with whitewash, and bring it down to the ground, so that its foundation shall be uncovered; and it shall fall, and you shall be consumed in its midst: and you shall know that I am Yahweh.
Anyone you find your gods with shall not live. Before our relatives, discern what is yours with me, and take it." For Jacob didn't know that Rachel had stolen them.
Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their armies with them, about fifteen thousand men, all who were left of all the army of the children of the east; for there fell one hundred twenty thousand men who drew sword.
But as for me, in the abundance of your loving kindness I will come into your house. I will bow toward your holy temple in reverence of you.
He showed them the entrance into the city; and they struck the city with the edge of the sword; but they let the man go and all his family.
When all Israel saw that the king didn't listen to them, the people answered the king, saying, "What portion have we in David? Neither do we have an inheritance in the son of Jesse. To your tents, Israel! Now see to your own house, David." So Israel departed to their tents.
The woman said to the serpent, "Of the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat,
The stars of the sky fell to the earth, like a fig tree dropping its unripe figs when it is shaken by a great wind.
These are the things which defile the man; but to eat with unwashed hands doesn't defile the man."
So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, "Hold your peace, for the day is holy; neither be grieved."
Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah,
For if a man with a gold ring, in fine clothing, comes into your synagogue, and a poor man in filthy clothing also comes in;
For the king will hear, to deliver his servant out of the hand of the man who would destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God.
When the living creatures give glory, honor, and thanks to him who sits on the throne, to him who lives forever and ever,
Solomon said, "You have shown to your servant David my father great loving kindness, according as he walked before you in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with you. You have kept for him this great loving kindness, that you have given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.
Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, I, even I, have seen it, says Yahweh.
Now may our God and Father himself, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way to you;
Artaxerxes, king of kings, to Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, perfect and so forth.
Those of the South will possess the mountain of Esau, and those of the lowland, the Philistines. They will possess the field of Ephraim, and the field of Samaria. Benjamin will possess Gilead.
Behold, the man clothed in linen, who had the inkhorn by his side, reported the matter, saying, I have done as you have commanded me.
and she looked, and behold, the king stood by the pillar, as the tradition was, and the captains and the trumpets by the king; and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew trumpets. Then Athaliah tore her clothes, and cried, "Treason! Treason!"
These of the sons of Gad were captains of the army: he who was least was equal to one hundred, and the greatest to one thousand.
To the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain Jews; to those who are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain those who are under the law;
Come now therefore, and I will send you to Pharaoh, that you may bring forth my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt."
Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God.
Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and struck Micaiah on the cheek, and said, "Which way did the Spirit of Yahweh go from me to speak to you?"
Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
I have spoken these things to you in figures of speech. But the time is coming when I will no more speak to you in figures of speech, but will tell you plainly about the Father.
That Yahweh may establish his word which he spoke concerning me, saying, 'If your children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail you,' he said, 'a man on the throne of Israel.'
Gather the people. Sanctify the assembly. Assemble the elders. Gather the children, and those who nurse from breasts. Let the bridegroom go forth from his room, and the bride out of her room.
Mephibosheth had a young son, whose name was Mica. All that lived in the house of Ziba were servants to Mephibosheth.
Then I consulted with myself, and contended with the nobles and the rulers, and said to them, "You exact usury, everyone of his brother." I held a great assembly against them.
Elijah said to him, "Elisha, please wait here, for Yahweh has sent me to Jericho." He said, "As Yahweh lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you." So they came to Jericho.
Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, who provided food for the king and his household: each man had to make provision for a month in the year.
In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at evening, you shall eat unleavened bread, until the twenty first day of the month at evening.
The house of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel; and Yahweh was with them.
The thing pleased me well; and I took twelve men of you, one man for every tribe:
They weren't able to trap him in his words before the people. They marveled at his answer, and were silent.
and I said to you, "I am Yahweh your God; you shall not fear the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell." But you have not listened to my voice.'"
Now the prey, over and above the booty which the men of war took, was six hundred seventy-five thousand sheep,
Wisdom is found on the lips of him who has discernment, but a rod is for the back of him who is void of understanding.
Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort:
Lord, according to all your righteousness, let your anger and please let your wrath be turned away from your city Jerusalem, your holy mountain; because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and your people have become a reproach to all who are around us.
Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and Yahweh his God was with him, and magnified him exceedingly.
The woman took and spread the covering over the well's mouth, and spread out bruised grain on it; and nothing was known.
He said, "Take them alive!" They took them alive, and killed them at the pit of the shearing house, even forty-two men. He didn't leave any of them.
The sons of Noah who went forth from the ship were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Ham is the father of Canaan.
Turn to the stronghold, you prisoners of hope! Even today I declare that I will restore double to you.
A mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying, "Thus with violence will Babylon, the great city, be thrown down, and will be found no more at all.
Her filthiness was in her skirts; she didn't remember her latter end; therefore is she come down wonderfully; she has no comforter: see, Yahweh, my affliction; for the enemy has magnified himself.
Therefore the Lord will not rejoice over their young men, neither will he have compassion on their fatherless and widows; for everyone is profane and an evildoer, and every mouth speaks folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
and tell them, Hear the word of Yahweh, you kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, that enter in by these gates:
saying that the Son of Man must be delivered up into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again?"
But when two years were fulfilled, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus, and desiring to gain favor with the Jews, Felix left Paul in bonds.
Then he called to me, and spoke to me, saying, "Behold, those who go toward the north country have quieted my spirit in the north country."
He answered him, "Unbelieving generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him to me."
and Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who lived in Aroer, even to Nebo and Baal Meon:
Then Herod secretly called the wise men, and learned from them exactly what time the star appeared.
For it happened, when David was in Edom, and Joab the captain of the army was gone up to bury the slain, and had struck every male in Edom
I will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls. If I love you more abundantly, am I loved the less?
Multitudes also came together from the cities around Jerusalem, bringing sick people, and those who were tormented by unclean spirits: and they were all healed.
those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Simeon, were fifty-nine thousand three hundred.
and whoever doesn't fall down and worship shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
They answered, "'John the Baptizer,' but others say, 'Elijah,' and others, that one of the old prophets is risen again."
Now will I shortly pour out my wrath on you, and accomplish my anger against you, and will judge you according to your ways; and I will bring on you all your abominations.
I will come down and talk with you there. I will take of the Spirit which is on you, and will put it on them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with you, that you not bear it yourself alone.
and they entered into the boat, and were going over the sea to Capernaum. It was now dark, and Jesus had not come to them.
Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, "Choose one bull for yourselves, and dress it first; for you are many; and call on the name of your god, but put no fire under it."
For thus says Yahweh, Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this time, and will distress them, that they may feel [it].
But into whatever city you enter, and they don't receive you, go out into its streets and say,
Eber lived four hundred thirty years after he became the father of Peleg, and became the father of sons and daughters.
Seeing the man who was healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it.
Their children, whom he raised up in their place, were circumcised by Joshua; for they were uncircumcised, because they had not circumcised them on the way.
For through the voice of Yahweh the Assyrian will be dismayed. He will strike him with his rod.
Either a bull or a lamb that has any deformity or lacking in his parts, that you may offer for a freewill offering; but for a vow it shall not be accepted.
Therefore I was displeased with that generation, and said, 'They always err in their heart, but they didn't know my ways;'
Pharaoh's daughter came down to bathe at the river. Her maidens walked along by the riverside. She saw the basket among the reeds, and sent her handmaid to get it.
For the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the sin of Sodom, That was overthrown as in a moment, and no hands were laid on her.
All who sat in the council, fastening their eyes on him, saw his face like it was the face of an angel.
Their eyes were opened, and they recognized him, and he vanished out of their sight.
I will bring distress on men, that they will walk like blind men, because they have sinned against Yahweh, and their blood will be poured out like dust, and their flesh like dung.
that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
For in your eating each one takes his own supper first. One is hungry, and another is drunken.
Now the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did obeisance to the king, and said, "Let my lord king David live forever!"
Yahweh God prepared a vine, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shade over his head, to deliver him from his discomfort. So Jonah was exceedingly glad because of the vine.
We have sent together with him the brother whose praise in the Good News is known through all the assemblies.
Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people who were present with them, stayed in Geba of Benjamin: but the Philistines encamped in Michmash.
and might reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, having killed the hostility thereby.
Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by? Look, and see if there be any sorrow like my sorrow, which is brought on me, With which Yahweh has afflicted [me] in the day of his fierce anger.
Jesus, seeing that he became very sad, said, "How hard it is for those who have riches to enter into the Kingdom of God!
On the three and twentieth day of the seventh month he sent the people away to their tents, joyful and glad of heart for the goodness that Yahweh had shown to David, and to Solomon, and to Israel his people.
The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand; They are knit together, they are come up on my neck; he has made my strength to fail: The Lord has delivered me into their hands, against whom I am not able to stand.
Jesus answering, said to him, "It has been said, 'You shall not tempt the Lord your God.'"
forsaking the right way, they went astray, having followed the way of Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the wages of wrongdoing;
Surely then you shall lift up your face without spot; Yes, you shall be steadfast, and shall not fear:
There was no day like that before it or after it, that Yahweh listened to the voice of a man; for Yahweh fought for Israel.
He said to the disciples, "The days will come, when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.
Fear took hold of all, and they glorified God, saying, "A great prophet has arisen among us!" and, "God has visited his people!"
Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, first and last, behold, aren't they written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel?
that they all might be judged who didn't believe the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
'Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house, that my name might be there; but I chose David to be over my people Israel.'
For if the service of condemnation has glory, the service of righteousness exceeds much more in glory.
I think that it is good therefore, because of the distress that is on us, that it is good for a man to be as he is.
But when someone stronger attacks him and overcomes him, he takes from him his whole armor in which he trusted, and divides his spoils.
"Their throat is an open tomb. With their tongues they have used deceit." "The poison of vipers is under their lips;"
But be it so, I did not myself burden you. But, being crafty, I caught you with deception.
A fool shows his annoyance the same day, but one who overlooks an insult is prudent.
For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made silver shrines of Artemis, brought no little business to the craftsmen,
They found written in the law, how that Yahweh had commanded by Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in booths in the feast of the seventh month;
And by this we know that we are of the truth, and persuade our hearts before him,
But, as it is written, "They will see, to whom no news of him came. They who haven't heard will understand."
From this man's seed, God has brought salvation to Israel according to his promise,
Are you bound to a wife? Don't seek to be freed. Are you free from a wife? Don't seek a wife.
Therefore, behold, I will hedge up your way with thorns, and I will build a wall against her, that she can't find her way.
Have I now come up without Yahweh against this place to destroy it? Yahweh said to me, 'Go up against this land, and destroy it.'"'"
I said, "Let them set a clean turban on his head." So they set a clean turban on his head, and clothed him; and the angel of Yahweh was standing by.
You shall speak to the children of Israel, saying, 'This shall be a holy anointing oil to me throughout your generations.
having eyes full of adultery, and who can't cease from sin; enticing unsettled souls; having a heart trained in greed; children of cursing;
He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.
Afterward the children of Israel shall return, and seek Yahweh their God, and David their king, and shall come with trembling to Yahweh and to his blessings in the last days.
and his brothers, chiefs of fathers' [houses], two hundred forty-two; and Amashsai the son of Azarel, the son of Ahzai, the son of Meshillemoth, the son of Immer,
It happened on the seventh day, that they said to Samson's wife, "Entice your husband, that he may declare to us the riddle, lest we burn you and your father's house with fire. Have you called us to impoverish us? Is it not [so]?"
He is in the way of life who heeds correction, but he who forsakes reproof leads others astray.
The name of the star is called "Wormwood." One third of the waters became wormwood. Many people died from the waters, because they were made bitter.
"Therefore wait for me," says Yahweh, "until the day that I rise up to the prey, for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour on them my indignation, even all my fierce anger, for all the earth will be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.
so that your merciful deeds may be in secret, then your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.
If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away. Don't let unrighteousness dwell in your tents.
and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the loins, and the cover on the liver, with the kidneys, he shall take away.
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. He who overcomes won't be harmed by the second death.
Let all their wickedness come before you; Do to them, as you have done to me for all my transgressions: For my sighs are many, and my heart is faint.
"Thus has Yahweh of Armies spoken, saying, 'Execute true judgment, and show kindness and compassion every man to his brother.
If it isn't so now, who will prove me a liar, and make my speech worth nothing?"
In the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Jehoshaphat being king of Judah then, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah began to reign.
But to the sons of Kohath he gave none, because the service of the sanctuary belonged to them; they carried it on their shoulders.
For Gaza will be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation. They will drive out Ashdod at noonday, and Ekron will be rooted up.
Where are we going up? our brothers have made our heart to melt, saying, 'The people are greater and taller than we; the cities are great and fortified up to the sky; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakim there.'"
So I saw the wicked buried. Indeed they came also from holiness. They went and were forgotten in the city where they did this. This also is vanity.
and asked them, "Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How then does he now see?"
I didn't sit in the assembly of those who make merry, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of your hand; for you have filled me with indignation.
Jesus answered him, "Because I told you, 'I saw you underneath the fig tree,' do you believe? You will see greater things than these!"
not because we don't have the right, but to make ourselves an example to you, that you should imitate us.
Hazael said, "But what is your servant, who is but a dog, that he should do this great thing?" Elisha answered, "Yahweh has shown me that you will be king over Syria."
Through Silvanus, our faithful brother, as I consider him, I have written to you briefly, exhorting, and testifying that this is the true grace of God in which you stand.
But others said, "He is Elijah." Others said, "He is a prophet, or like one of the prophets."
A great multitude followed him, because they saw his signs which he did on those who were sick.
Won't all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, 'Woe to him who increases that which is not his, and who enriches himself by extortion! How long?'
A long white robe was given to each of them. They were told that they should rest yet for a while, until their fellow servants and their brothers, who would also be killed even as they were, should complete their course.
Abram (the same is Abraham).
In that hour he cured many of diseases and plagues and evil spirits; and to many who were blind he gave sight.
He raises up the poor out of the dust. He lifts up the needy from the dunghill, To make them sit with princes, and inherit the throne of glory. For the pillars of the earth are Yahweh's. He has set the world on them.
It happened, when Zimri saw that the city was taken, that he went into the castle of the king's house, and burnt the king's house over him with fire, and died,
He sent them to Bethlehem, and said, "Go and search diligently for the young child. When you have found him, bring me word, so that I also may come and worship him."
Therefore he sacrifices to his net, and burns incense to his dragnet, because by them his life is luxurious, and his food is good.
and say, 'We played the flute for you, and you didn't dance. We mourned for you, and you didn't lament.'
For if that which passes away was with glory, much more that which remains is in glory.
When therefore you assemble yourselves together, it is not the Lord's supper that you eat.
Mordecai told him of all that had happened to him, and the exact sum of the money that Haman had promised to pay to the king's treasuries for the destruction of the Jews.
and showing loving kindness to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.
for she said within herself, "If I just touch his garment, I will be made well."
who made the world like a wilderness, and overthrew its cities; who didn't release his prisoners to their home?"
Strangers have devoured his strength, and he doesn't realize it. Indeed, gray hairs are here and there on him, and he doesn't realize it.
and I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hands of the children of Judah, and they will sell them to the men of Sheba, to a faraway nation, for Yahweh has spoken it."
Yahweh is righteous; for I have rebelled against his commandment: Please hear all you peoples, and see my sorrow: My virgins and my young men are gone into captivity.
They, having heard the king, went their way; and behold, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, until it came and stood over where the young child was.
The rulers ceased in Israel. They ceased until I, Deborah, arose; Until I arose a mother in Israel.
For those who lead this people lead them astray; and those who are led by them are destroyed.
Indeed a man shall take hold of his brother in the house of his father, saying, "You have clothing, you be our ruler, and let this ruin be under your hand."
For this cause also the multitude went and met him, because they heard that he had done this sign.
In the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of his companions, to Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the writing of the letter was written in the Syrian [character], and set forth in the Syrian [language].
Then they said one to another, "We aren't doing right. This day is a day of good news, and we keep silent. If we wait until the morning light, punishment will overtake us. Now therefore come, let us go and tell the king's household."
But it happened that when Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabians, the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites heard that the repairing of the walls of Jerusalem went forward, [and] that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very angry;
Korah assembled all the congregation against them to the door of the Tent of Meeting: and the glory of Yahweh appeared to all the congregation.
the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which those who heard it begged that not one more word should be spoken to them,
It happened the same night, that Yahweh said to him, "Arise, go down into the camp; for I have delivered it into your hand.
The heart of the king of Syria was very troubled about this. He called his servants, and said to them, "Won't you show me which of us is for the king of Israel?"
Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity, for Yahweh has heard the voice of my weeping.
Behold, one in the likeness of the sons of men touched my lips: then I opened my mouth, and spoke and said to him who stood before me, my lord, by reason of the vision my sorrows are turned on me, and I retain no strength.
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.
Many say, "Who will show us any good?" Yahweh, let the light of your face shine on us.
"The trees said to the vine, 'Come and reign over us.'
Fearing that we would run aground on rocky ground, they let go four anchors from the stern, and wished for daylight.
and said to him, "See you say nothing to anybody, but go show yourself to the priest, and offer for your cleansing the things which Moses commanded, for a testimony to them."
Many of the Jews had joined the women around Martha and Mary, to console them concerning their brother.
who having become callous gave themselves up to lust, to work all uncleanness with greediness.
Now when Joshua had sent the people away, the children of Israel went every man to his inheritance to possess the land.
Afterward the people traveled from Hazeroth, and encamped in the wilderness of Paran.
When they had mocked him, they took the robe off of him, and put his clothes on him, and led him away to crucify him.
They said this testing him, that they might have something to accuse him of. But Jesus stooped down, and wrote on the ground with his finger.
Yahweh appeared to Solomon by night, and said to him, "I have heard your prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for a house of sacrifice.
of Syria, and of Moab, and of the children of Ammon, and of the Philistines, and of Amalek, and of the spoil of Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah.
but you know that because of weakness of the flesh I preached the Good News to you the first time.
Ephraim has bitterly provoked anger. Therefore his blood will be left on him, and his Lord will repay his contempt.
She said to him, "Not so, because this great wrong in sending me away is worse than the other that you did to me!" But he would not listen to her.
Be courageous, and let us be strong for our people, and for the cities of our God; and Yahweh do that which seems good to him."
These also did king David dedicate to Yahweh, with the silver and gold that he dedicated of all the nations which he subdued;
All these were of costly stones, even of cut stone, according to measure, sawed with saws, inside and outside, even from the foundation to the coping, and so on the outside to the great court.
David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him; and he came to the place of the wagons, as the army which was going forth to the fight shouted for the battle.
Even so you also, when you see these things happening, know that the Kingdom of God is near.
He wrote in the name of King Ahasuerus, and sealed it with the king's ring, and sent letters by courier on horseback, riding on royal horses that were bread from swift steeds.
Everyone who is found will be thrust through. Everyone who is captured will fall by the sword.
the twenty-four elders fall down before him who sits on the throne, and worship him who lives forever and ever, and throw their crowns before the throne, saying,
But if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay, or stubble;
Therefore you will have no one who divides the land by lot in the assembly of Yahweh.
and said to him, "Run, speak to this young man, saying, 'Jerusalem will be inhabited as villages without walls, because of the multitude of men and livestock in it.
This is the word that I covenanted with you when you came out of Egypt, and my Spirit lived among you. 'Don't be afraid.'
Behold, I am about to build a house for the name of Yahweh my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him incense of sweet spices, and for the continual show bread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the Sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the set feasts of Yahweh our God. This is [an ordinance] forever to Israel.
Send to all them of the captivity, saying, Thus says Yahweh concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite: Because Shemaiah has prophesied to you, and I didn't send him, and he has caused you to trust in a lie;
This is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised, to build the house of Yahweh, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.
I am no more worthy to be called your son. Make me as one of your hired servants."'
and Jeuz, and Shachia, and Mirmah. These were his sons, heads of fathers' [houses].
and I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, to a land flowing with milk and honey."'
The Lord has set at nothing all my mighty men in the midst of me; He has called a solemn assembly against me to crush my young men: The Lord has trodden as in a winepress the virgin daughter of Judah.
I speak by way of disparagement, as though we had been weak. Yet however any is bold (I speak in foolishness), I am bold also.
For the cherubim spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and its poles above.
The Jews therefore did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind, and had received his sight, until they called the parents of him who had received his sight,
most certainly as I swore to you by Yahweh, the God of Israel, saying, 'Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne in my place;' most certainly so will I do this day."
It happened on the seventh day, that the child died. The servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead; for they said, "Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spoke to him, and he didn't listen to our voice. How will he then harm himself, if we tell him that the child is dead?"
The scribes and the Pharisees, when they saw that he was eating with the sinners and tax collectors, said to his disciples, "Why is it that he eats and drinks with tax collectors and sinners?"
Now may Yahweh show loving kindness and truth to you. I also will reward you for this kindness, because you have done this thing.
Let now our princes be appointed for all the assembly, and let all those who are in our cities who have married foreign women come at appointed times, and with them the elders of every city, and its judges, until the fierce wrath of our God be turned from us, until this matter is resolved."
For we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place, and will change the customs which Moses delivered to us."
You shall do no regular work; and you shall offer an offering made by fire to Yahweh.'"
Then she came and told the man of God. He said, "Go, sell the oil, and pay your debt; and you and your sons live on the rest."
She had a garment of various colors on her; for with such robes were the king's daughters who were virgins dressed. Then his servant brought her out, and bolted the door after her.
Then he departed from Elisha, and came to his master, who said to him, "What did Elisha say to you?" He answered, "He told me that you would surely recover."
The border passed along to the side of Beth Hoglah northward; and the border ended at the north bay of the Salt Sea, at the south end of the Jordan. This was the south border.
From on high has he sent fire into my bones, and it prevails against them; He has spread a net for my feet, he has turned me back: He has made me desolate and faint all the day.
and Yahweh sent you on a journey, and said, 'Go, and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they are consumed.'
As John was fulfilling his course, he said, 'What do you suppose that I am? I am not he. But behold, one comes after me the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to untie.'
Therefore my heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced. Moreover my flesh also will dwell in hope;
So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariots, and stood at the door of the house of Elisha.
for the nineteenth to Mallothi, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
They shall leave none of it until the morning, nor break a bone of it. According to all the statute of the Passover they shall keep it.
For nothing is hidden, that will not be revealed; nor anything secret, that will not be known and come to light.
As for that night, let thick darkness seize on it. Let it not rejoice among the days of the year. Let it not come into the number of the months.
so your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will overflow with new wine.
Barak said to her, "If you will go with me, then I will go; but if you will not go with me, I will not go."
But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves,
as well as those who were troubled by unclean spirits, and they were being healed.
When Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, "Come up this once, for he has told me all his heart." Then the lords of the Philistines came up to her, and brought the money in their hand.
But the report concerning him spread much more, and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by him of their infirmities.
For we hear of some who walk among you in rebellion, who don't work at all, but are busybodies.
But John would have hindered him, saying, "I need to be baptized by you, and you come to me?"
The baptism of John, where was it from? From heaven or from men?" They reasoned with themselves, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will ask us, 'Why then did you not believe him?'
[Now] the queen by reason of the words of the king and his lords came into the banquet house: the queen spoke and said, O king, live forever; don't let your thoughts trouble you, nor let your face be changed.
Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, "Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and your flesh shall come again to you, and you shall be clean."
But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.
For he has despised the oath by breaking the covenant; and behold, he had given his hand, and yet has done all these things; he shall not escape.
These are the names of those who were born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon,
I saw, when, for this very cause that backsliding Israel had committed adultery, I had put her away and given her a bill of divorce, yet treacherous Judah, her sister, didn't fear; but she also went and played the prostitute.
Also, if anyone competes in athletics, he isn't crowned unless he has competed by the rules.
These are their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth; then Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,
Of the children of Issachar, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war;
Whom have you defied and blasphemed? Against whom have you exalted your voice and lifted up your eyes on high? Against the Holy One of Israel.
For how can the servant of this my lord talk with this my lord? for as for me, immediately there remained no strength in me, neither was there breath left in me.
Those who strive with Yahweh shall be broken to pieces. He will thunder against them in the sky. "Yahweh will judge the ends of the earth. He will give strength to his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed."
Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of hundreds who were set over the army, and said to them, "Bring her out between the ranks. Kill him who follows her with the sword." For the priest said, "Don't let her be slain in the house of Yahweh."
He asked his father, "How long has it been since this has come to him?" He said, "From childhood.
"So you will know that I am Yahweh, your God, dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain. Then Jerusalem will be holy, and no strangers will pass through her any more.
Enosh lived after he became the father of Kenan, eight hundred fifteen years, and became the father of sons and daughters.
Yahweh called yet again, "Samuel!" Samuel arose and went to Eli, and said, "Here I am; for you called me." He answered, "I didn't call, my son; lie down again."
Jesus answered them, "I also will ask you one question, which if you tell me, I likewise will tell you by what authority I do these things.
Then he goes, and takes seven other spirits more evil than himself, and they enter in and dwell there. The last state of that man becomes worse than the first."
saying, "I will give you the land of Canaan, The lot of your inheritance,"
You shall gather all its spoil into the midst of its street, and shall burn with fire the city, and all its spoil every whit, to Yahweh your God: and it shall be a heap forever; it shall not be built again.
Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in the breastplate of judgment on his heart, when he goes in to the holy place, for a memorial before Yahweh continually.
Lord, hear; Lord, forgive; Lord, listen and do; don't defer, for your own sake, my God, because your city and your people are called by your name.
The rain came down, the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat on that house; and it didn't fall, for it was founded on the rock.
The man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called its name Luz, which is its name to this day.
Now you are cursed because of the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand.
For he has said, "By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I have understanding: and I have removed the boundaries of the peoples, and have robbed their treasures. Like a valiant man I have brought down their rulers.
Their land also is full of idols. They worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made.
Then the king said to me, "For what do you make request?" So I prayed to the God of heaven.
For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith, and many people were added to the Lord.
to the end that you should walk worthily of God, who calls you into his own Kingdom and glory.
Moses gave to the tribe of the children of Reuben according to their families.
but the fat, and the kidneys, and the cover from the liver of the sin offering, he burned upon the altar; as Yahweh commanded Moses.
to those who are without law, as without law (not being without law toward God, but under law toward Christ), that I might win those who are without law.
Then he said to him, "Come home with me, and eat bread."
Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border, so Israel turned away from him.
for as the lightning, when it flashes out of the one part under the sky, shines to the other part under the sky; so will the Son of Man be in his day.
He said, "Certainly I will be with you. This will be the token to you, that I have sent you: when you have brought forth the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God on this mountain."
I said, "Just fear me. Receive correction, so that her dwelling won't be cut off, according to all that I have appointed concerning her." But they rose early and corrupted all their doings.
Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.
Thus says the Lord Yahweh: For this, moreover, will I be inquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them: I will increase them with men like a flock.
When he had landed at Caesarea, he went up and greeted the assembly, and went down to Antioch.
Now this was [the custom] in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning exchanging, to confirm all things: a man took off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbor; and this was the [way of] attestation in Israel.
These were the sons of Levi after their fathers' houses, even the heads of the fathers' houses of those who were counted individually, in the number of names by their polls, who did the work for the service of the house of Yahweh, from twenty years old and upward.
The covered way for the Sabbath that they had built in the house, and the king's entry outside, turned he to the house of Yahweh, because of the king of Assyria.
For these things I weep; my eye, my eye runs down with water; Because the comforter who should refresh my soul is far from me: My children are desolate, because the enemy has prevailed.
Lead me, Yahweh, in your righteousness because of my enemies. Make your way straight before my face.
The angel of Yahweh appeared to him, and said to him, "Yahweh is with you, you mighty man of valor!"
He made also ten basins, and put five on the right hand, and five on the left, to wash in them; such things as belonged to the burnt offering they washed in them; but the sea was for the priests to wash in.
The merciful man does good to his own soul, but he who is cruel troubles his own flesh.
According to what I have seen, those who plow iniquity, and sow trouble, reap the same.
Besides, they also learn to be idle, going about from house to house. Not only idle, but also gossips and busybodies, saying things which they ought not.
You yourselves also know, you Philippians, that in the beginning of the Good News, when I departed from Macedonia, no assembly shared with me in the matter of giving and receiving but you only.
He wrote in the letter, saying, "Send Uriah to the forefront of the hottest battle, and retreat from him, that he may be struck, and die."
"You came down also on Mount Sinai, and spoke with them from heaven, and gave them right ordinances and true laws, good statutes and commandments,
What fruit then did you have at that time in the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death.
The chiefs of the people: Parosh, Pahathmoab, Elam, Zattu, Bani,
He will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.
For before some people came from James, he ate with the Gentiles. But when they came, he drew back and separated himself, fearing those who were of the circumcision.
He said, "Blessed is Yahweh, the God of Israel, who spoke with his mouth to David your father, and has with his hand fulfilled it, saying,
Tamar his daughter-in-law bore him Perez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.
It happened, when Israel had grown strong, that they put the Canaanites to forced labor, and did not utterly drive them out.
He said to them, "Most certainly I tell you, there is no one who has left house, or wife, or brothers, or parents, or children, for the Kingdom of God's sake,
When they began to sing and to praise, Yahweh set ambushers against the children of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, who had come against Judah; and they were struck.
"Remember, now, whoever perished, being innocent? Or where were the upright cut off?
I said, "What is it?" He said, "This is the ephah basket that is appearing." He said moreover, "This is their appearance in all the land
David earned a reputation when he returned from smiting the Syrians in the Valley of Salt, even eighteen thousand men.
When they were departed for him (for they left him very sick), his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and killed him on his bed, and he died; and they buried him in the city of David, but they didn't bury him in the tombs of the kings.
He arose, and immediately took up the mat, and went out in front of them all; so that they were all amazed, and glorified God, saying, "We never saw anything like this!"
The money for the trespass offerings, and the money for the sin offerings, was not brought into the house of Yahweh: it was the priests'.
Now this is the history of the generations of Perez: Perez became the father of Hezron,
But that you also may know my affairs, how I am doing, Tychicus, the beloved brother and faithful servant in the Lord, will make known to you all things;
Wicked people earn deceitful wages, but one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.
receiving the wages of unrighteousness; people who count it pleasure to revel in the daytime, spots and blemishes, reveling in their deceit while they feast with you;
Now why do you cry out aloud? Is there no king in you? Has your counselor perished, that pains have taken hold of you as of a woman in travail?
So the woman left her water pot, and went away into the city, and said to the people,
The people were complaining in the ears of Yahweh. When Yahweh heard it, his anger was kindled; and Yahweh's fire burnt among them, and consumed some of the outskirts of the camp.
Yahweh has rewarded me according to my righteousness. According to the cleanness of my hands has he recompensed me.
The people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; and they shall have none to bury them -- them, their wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters: for I will pour their wickedness on them.
It happened, when Joab kept watch on the city, that he assigned Uriah to the place where he knew that valiant men were.
as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
The priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle some of the blood seven times before Yahweh, before the veil of the sanctuary.
That which is left of the meal offering shall be Aaron's and his sons'. It is a most holy thing of the offerings of Yahweh made by fire.
But I will establish my covenant with you. You shall come into the ship, you, your sons, your wife, and your sons' wives with you.
Naarah bore him Ahuzzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah.
The woman took the two men and hid them. Then she said, "Yes, the men came to me, but I didn't know where they came from.
I said after she had done all these things, 'She will return to me;' but she didn't return; and her treacherous sister Judah saw it.
The ones by the road are the ones where the word is sown; and when they have heard, immediately Satan comes, and takes away the word which has been sown in them.
When he was thrown out, Pharaoh's daughter took him up, and reared him as her own son.
Then you shall return and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him who serves God and him who doesn't serve him.
Then I cut apart my other staff, even Union, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
and they conspired all of them together to come and fight against Jerusalem, and to cause confusion therein.
"But that servant went out, and found one of his fellow servants, who owed him one hundred denarii, and he grabbed him, and took him by the throat, saying, 'Pay me what you owe!'
the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites, and the Jebusites."
For you are not sent to a people of a strange speech and of a hard language, but to the house of Israel;
He stood, and shook the earth. He looked, and made the nations tremble. The ancient mountains were crumbled. The age-old hills collapsed. His ways are eternal.
But I exhort you, brothers, endure the word of exhortation, for I have written to you in few words.
"You shall not take the name of Yahweh your God in vain: for Yahweh will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.
He took the cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave to them. They all drank of it.
But he hasn't called me, even me your servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and your servant Solomon.
and another company turned the way to Beth Horon; and another company turned the way of the border that looks down on the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness.
"But as the time of the promise came close which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
It will be, that whoever of all the families of the earth doesn't go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, Yahweh of Armies, on them there will be no rain.
Saul said, "You shall tell David, 'The king desires no dowry except one hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king's enemies.'" Now Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.
God said to Noah, "This is the token of the covenant which I have established between me and all flesh that is on the earth."
Listen to this word which I take up for a lamentation over you, O house of Israel.
My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon to the sea. I will make them into rafts to go by sea to the place that you shall appoint me, and will cause them to be broken up there, and you shall receive them. You shall accomplish my desire, in giving food for my household."
Notwithstanding, you may kill and eat flesh within all your gates, after all the desire of your soul, according to the blessing of Yahweh your God which he has given you: the unclean and the clean may eat of it, as of the gazelle, and as of the hart.
Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said to them, "Draw out, and take lambs according to your families, and kill the Passover.
Again, do you think that we are excusing ourselves to you? In the sight of God we speak in Christ. But all things, beloved, are for your edifying.
However boats from Tiberias came near to the place where they ate the bread after the Lord had given thanks.
They came there into the midst of the house, as though they would have fetched wheat; and they struck him in the body: and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped.
Do all have gifts of healings? Do all speak with various languages? Do all interpret?
if like Adam I have covered my transgressions, by hiding my iniquity in my heart,
so that he sets up on high those who are low, those who mourn are exalted to safety.
He declared to you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even the ten commandments; and he wrote them on two tables of stone.
For who is greater, one who sits at the table, or one who serves? Isn't it he who sits at the table? But I am in the midst of you as one who serves.
So Hathach went out to Mordecai, to city square which was before the king's gate.
but now, no longer having any place in these regions, and having these many years a longing to come to you,
But Jesus, turning to them, said, "Daughters of Jerusalem, don't weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.
My hand has found the riches of the peoples like a nest, and like one gathers eggs that are abandoned, have I gathered all the earth. There was no one who moved their wing, or that opened their mouth, or chirped."
Then Hezekiah answered, "Now you have consecrated yourselves to Yahweh; come near and bring sacrifices and thank offerings into the house of Yahweh." The assembly brought in sacrifices and thank offerings; and as many as were of a willing heart [brought] burnt offerings.
not to be quickly shaken in your mind, nor yet be troubled, either by spirit, or by word, or by letter as from us, saying that the day of Christ had come.
For it is evident that our Lord has sprung out of Judah, about which tribe Moses spoke nothing concerning priesthood.
These were the chief officers of king Solomon, even two-hundred fifty, who ruled over the people.
The locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the borders of Egypt. They were very grievous. Before them there were no such locusts as they, neither after them shall be such.
For the nations of the world seek after all of these things, but your Father knows that you need these things.
Joab said to him, "You shall not be the bearer of news this day, but you shall bear news another day. But today you shall bear no news, because the king's son is dead."
He went into their synagogues throughout all Galilee, preaching and casting out demons.
The fourth angel sounded, and one third of the sun was struck, and one third of the moon, and one third of the stars; so that one third of them would be darkened, and the day wouldn't shine for one third of it, and the night in the same way.
Their land is full of silver and gold, neither is there any end of their treasures. Their land also is full of horses, neither is there any end of their chariots.
Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and they did so, as Yahweh had commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh and before his servants, and it became a serpent.
and they began saying to him, "By what authority do you do these things? Or who gave you this authority to do these things?"
Now when they came into the house, as he lay on his bed in his bedroom, they struck him, and killed him, and beheaded him, and took his head, and went by the way of the Arabah all night.
It happened, when the king of Ai saw it, that they hurried and rose up early, and the men of the city went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at the time appointed, before the Arabah; but he didn't know that there was an ambush against him behind the city.
For I tell you that this which is written must still be fulfilled in me: 'He was counted with transgressors.' For that which concerns me has an end."
He made a proclamation and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, "Let neither man nor animal, herd nor flock, taste anything; let them not feed, nor drink water;
Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, because I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in you, and no secret troubles you, tell me the visions of my dream that I have seen, and its interpretation.
For when every commandment had been spoken by Moses to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of the calves and the goats, with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people,
While Peter was pondering the vision, the Spirit said to him, "Behold, three men seek you.
The name of the second river is Gihon: the same river that flows through the whole land of Cush.
But as for the children of Israel who lived in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.
and God chose the lowly things of the world, and the things that are despised, and the things that are not, that he might bring to nothing the things that are:
that you should remember the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and the commandments of us, the apostles of the Lord and Savior:
The king of the children of Ammon answered to the messengers of Jephthah, "Because Israel took away my land, when he came up out of Egypt, from the Arnon even to the Jabbok, and to the Jordan: now therefore restore those [lands] again peaceably."
You shall therefore keep the commandment, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which I command you this day, to do them.
He took about five thousand men, and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the city.
It will happen, if they will not believe even these two signs, neither listen to your voice, that you shall take of the water of the river, and pour it on the dry land. The water which you take out of the river will become blood on the dry land."
He said, "Tomorrow." He said, "Be it according to your word, that you may know that there is none like Yahweh our God.
for you shall forget your misery. You shall remember it as waters that are passed away.
If you don't know, most beautiful among women, follow the tracks of the sheep. Graze your young goats beside the shepherds' tents.
but how he now sees, we don't know; or who opened his eyes, we don't know. He is of age. Ask him. He will speak for himself."
There will be a pavilion for a shade in the daytime from the heat, and for a refuge and for a shelter from storm and from rain.
It happened in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah.
but don't prophesy again any more at Bethel; for it is the king's sanctuary, and it is a royal house!"
Thus says Yahweh of Armies, "They shall thoroughly glean the remnant of Israel like a vine. Turn again your hand as a grape gatherer into the baskets."
All the people went to Gilgal; and there they made Saul king before Yahweh in Gilgal; and there they offered sacrifices of peace offerings before Yahweh; and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.
Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked; but others said, "We want to hear you again concerning this."
Let peoples serve you, and nations bow down to you. Be lord over your brothers. Let your mother's sons bow down to you. Cursed be everyone who curses you. Blessed be everyone who blesses you."
If I cause evil animals to pass through the land, and they ravage it, and it be made desolate, so that no man may pass through because of the animals;
But Jesus said to them, "For your hardness of heart, he wrote you this commandment.
Now in our law, Moses commanded us to stone such. What then do you say about her?"
But if you marry, you have not sinned. If a virgin marries, she has not sinned. Yet such will have oppression in the flesh, and I want to spare you.
Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weak say, 'I am strong.'
Then there touched me again one like the appearance of a man, and he strengthened me.
Zion spreads forth her hands; there is none to comfort her; Yahweh has commanded concerning Jacob, that those who are around him should be his adversaries: Jerusalem is among them as an unclean thing.
For those who have served well gain for themselves a good standing, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.
The rain came down, the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat on that house; and it fell -- and great was its fall."
Inhabitant of Lebanon, who makes your nest in the cedars, how greatly to be pitied you will be when pangs come on you, the pain as of a woman in travail!
On the second day were gathered together the heads of fathers' [houses] of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, to Ezra the scribe, even to give attention to the words of the law.
The priest shall make atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering before Yahweh for his sin which he has committed: and the sin which he has committed shall be forgiven him.
The flowers appear on the earth. The time of the singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land.
a day of the trumpet and alarm, against the fortified cities, and against the high battlements.
It happened, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.
Now this is the history of the generations of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran became the father of Lot.
(as it is written in the law of the Lord, "Every male who opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord"),
It happened, when they brought those kings out to Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said to the chiefs of the men of war who went with him, "Come near, put your feet on the necks of these kings." They came near, and put their feet on their necks.
From the first day of the seventh month began they to offer burnt offerings to Yahweh: but the foundation of the temple of Yahweh was not yet laid.
then your heart be lifted up, and you forget Yahweh your God, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage;
I brought you into a plentiful land, to eat its fruit and its goodness; but when you entered, you defiled my land, and made my heritage an abomination.
But I was willing to do nothing without your consent, that your goodness would not be as of necessity, but of free will.
Who knows? He may turn and relent, and leave a blessing behind him, even a meal offering and a drink offering to Yahweh, your God.
Now therefore, my lord, as Yahweh lives, and as your soul lives, since Yahweh has withheld you from blood guiltiness, and from avenging yourself with your own hand, now therefore let your enemies, and those who seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal.
I will fasten him like a nail in a sure place. He will be for a throne of glory to his father's house.
The wise in heart shall be called prudent. Pleasantness of the lips promotes instruction.
Go and cry to the gods which you have chosen. Let them save you in the time of your distress!"
Listen now to my voice. I will give you counsel, and God be with you. You represent the people before God, and bring the causes to God.
In the fullness of his sufficiency, distress shall overtake him. The hand of everyone who is in misery shall come on him.
You will eat the flesh of your sons, and you will eat the flesh of your daughters.
He commanded him to tell no one, "But go your way, and show yourself to the priest, and offer for your cleansing according to what Moses commanded, for a testimony to them."
saying, "What shall we do to these men? Because indeed a notable miracle has been done through them, as can be plainly seen by all who dwell in Jerusalem, and we can't deny it.
but the seventh day is a Sabbath to Yahweh your God, in which you shall not do any work, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your ox, nor your donkey, nor any of your livestock, nor your stranger who is within your gates; that your male servant and your female servant may rest as well as you.
choosing rather to share ill treatment with God's people, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a time;
"If I shut up the sky so that there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people;
Moses said to Yahweh, "The people can't come up to Mount Sinai, for you warned us, saying, 'Set bounds around the mountain, and sanctify it.'"
All who heard him were amazed, and said, "Isn't this he who in Jerusalem made havoc of those who called on this name? And he had come here intending to bring them bound before the chief priests!"
So the king didn't listen to the people; for it was a thing brought about of Yahweh, that he might establish his word, which Yahweh spoke by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
Greet one another with a kiss of love. Peace be to you all who are in Christ Jesus. Amen.
The waters surrounded me, even to the soul. The deep was around me. The weeds were wrapped around my head.
He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You are therefore badly mistaken."
For we who live are always delivered to death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus may be revealed in our mortal flesh.
So the people went out, and brought them, and made themselves booths, everyone on the roof of his house, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the broad place of the water gate, and in the broad place of the gate of Ephraim.
Behold, he speaks openly, and they say nothing to him. Can it be that the rulers indeed know that this is truly the Christ?
All these were cities fortified with high walls, gates, and bars; besides the unwalled towns a great many.
"Go up on her walls, and destroy; but don't make a full end. Take away her branches; for they are not Yahweh's.
Now I Paul, myself, entreat you by the humility and gentleness of Christ; I who in your presence am lowly among you, but being absent am bold toward you.
In those days saw I in Judah some men treading winepresses on the Sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and loading donkeys [therewith]; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all kinds of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day: and I testified [against them] in the day in which they sold food.
Therefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and brought accusation against the Jews.
yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the plowshares, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to set the goads.
In that day they will take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, saying, 'We are utterly ruined! My people's possession is divided up. Indeed he takes it from me and assigns our fields to traitors!'"
leave your gift there before the altar, and go your way. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.
But the angel of Yahweh did no more appear to Manoah or to his wife. Then Manoah knew that he was the angel of Yahweh.
Many will follow their immoral ways, and as a result, the way of the truth will be maligned.
So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brothers, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brothers, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;
Gideon said to him, "Oh, my lord, if Yahweh is with us, why then has all this happened to us? Where are all his wondrous works which our fathers told us of, saying, 'Didn't Yahweh bring us up from Egypt?' But now Yahweh has cast us off, and delivered us into the hand of Midian."
I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall go in after them: and I will get myself honor over Pharaoh, and over all his armies, over his chariots, and over his horsemen.
If Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand?
He shall bring them to the priest, who shall first offer the one which is for the sin offering, and wring off its head from its neck, but shall not sever it completely.
Now, Yahweh my God, you have made your servant king instead of David my father. I am but a little child. I don't know how to go out or come in.
They answered Nebuchadnezzar the king, O king, live for ever.
As for Ishmael, I have heard you. Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly. He will become the father of twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation.
The law of truth was in his mouth, and unrighteousness was not found in his lips. He walked with me in peace and uprightness, and turned many away from iniquity.
Then he said, "Do you know why I have come to you? Now I will return to fight with the prince of Persia. When I go forth, behold, the prince of Greece shall come.
They have heard that I sigh; there is none to comfort me; All my enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that you have done it: You will bring the day that you have proclaimed, and they shall be like me.
Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous; their minds and hearts are searched by the righteous God.
Then came the word of Yahweh to Jeremiah, saying,
Don't stare at me because I am dark, because the sun has scorched me. My mother's sons were angry with me. They made me keeper of the vineyards. I haven't kept my own vineyard.
Therefore will I give their wives to others, and their fields to those who shall possess them: for everyone from the least even to the greatest is given to covetousness; from the prophet even to the priest every one deals falsely.
But certain men joined with him, and believed, among whom also was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.
"If we have not out of concern done this, and for a reason, saying, 'In time to come your children might speak to our children, saying, "What have you to do with Yahweh, the God of Israel?
If your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off, and throw it away from you. For it is more profitable for you that one of your members should perish, than for your whole body to be cast into Gehenna.
The prophet came near to the king of Israel, and said to him, "Go, strengthen yourself, and mark, and see what you do; for at the return of the year the king of Syria will come up against you."
Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
His left hand is under my head. His right hand embraces me.
Isaac said to them, "Why have you come to me, since you hate me, and have sent me away from you?"
They also, if they don't continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.
So David would not move the ark of Yahweh to be with him in the city of David; but David carried it aside into the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite.
I will cut off the cities of your land, and will tear down all your strongholds.
The tongue of the righteous is like choice silver. The heart of the wicked is of little worth.
that this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask in time to come, saying, 'What do you mean by these stones?'
He put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom put he garrisons, and all the Edomites became servants to David. Yahweh gave victory to David wherever he went.
Thus I saw the horses in the vision, and those who sat on them, having breastplates of fiery red, hyacinth blue, and sulfur yellow; and the heads of lions. Out of their mouths proceed fire, smoke, and sulfur.
Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
In his place shall stand up a contemptible person, to whom they had not given the honor of the kingdom: but he shall come in time of security, and shall obtain the kingdom by flatteries.
Seven days shall the son who is priest in his place put them on, when he comes into the Tent of Meeting to minister in the holy place.
But as for the cities that stood on their mounds, Israel burned none of them, except Hazor only. Joshua burned that.
I will give this people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, and it will happen that when you go, you shall not go empty-handed.
As he says also in Hosea, "I will call them 'my people,' which were not my people; and her 'beloved,' who was not beloved."
Take them, and purify yourself with them, and pay their expenses for them, that they may shave their heads. Then all will know that there is no truth in the things that they have been informed about you, but that you yourself also walk keeping the law.
The name of the third river is Hiddekel: this is the one which flows in front of Assyria. The fourth river is the Euphrates.
Yahweh will cut off, to the man who does this, him who wakes and him who answers, out of the tents of Jacob, and him who offers an offering to Yahweh of Armies.
They are unfaithful to Yahweh; for they have borne illegitimate children. Now the new moon will devour them with their fields.
King Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatever she asked, besides that which Solomon gave her of his royal bounty. So she turned, and went to her own land, she and her servants.
Nevertheless I withdrew my hand, and worked for my name's sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I brought them forth.
Now therefore the sword will never depart from your house, because you have despised me, and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.'
The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a man on the earth who can show the king's matter, because no king, lord, or ruler, has asked such a thing of any magician, or enchanter, or Chaldean.
The voice of my beloved! Behold, he comes, leaping on the mountains, skipping on the hills.
If we should say, 'From men'" -- they feared the people, for all held John to really be a prophet.
But when David saw that his servants were whispering together, David perceived that the child was dead; and David said to his servants, "Is the child dead?" They said, "He is dead."
But if they will not hear, then will I pluck up that nation, plucking up and destroying it, says Yahweh.
Yet I wish that all men were like me. However each man has his own gift from God, one of this kind, and another of that kind.
and the spirit of jealousy comes on him, and he is jealous of his wife, and she is defiled: or if the spirit of jealousy comes on him, and he is jealous of his wife, and she isn't defiled:
"Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon which were done in you, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
There came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the stronghold to David.
"He said to them, 'An enemy has done this.' "The servants asked him, 'Do you want us to go and gather them up?'
But so that this spreads no further among the people, let's threaten them, that from now on they don't speak to anyone in this name."
The number of the bricks, which they made before, you require from them. You shall not diminish anything of it, for they are idle; therefore they cry, saying, 'Let us go and sacrifice to our God.'
Jesus said to him, "Most certainly I tell you, that you today, even this night, before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times."
They called the name of that place Bochim: and they sacrificed there to Yahweh.
It happened after the seven days, that the waters of the flood came on the earth.
Moses has given you circumcision (not that it is of Moses, but of the fathers), and on the Sabbath you circumcise a boy.
But I will tell you that which is inscribed in the writing of truth: and there is none who holds with me against these, but Michael your prince."
For thus says Yahweh of Armies: "As I thought to do evil to you, when your fathers provoked me to wrath," says Yahweh of Armies, "and I didn't repent;
The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
I saw, and I heard an eagle, flying in mid heaven, saying with a loud voice, "Woe! Woe! Woe for those who dwell on the earth, because of the other voices of the trumpets of the three angels, who are yet to sound!"
For in those days there will be oppression, such as there has not been the like from the beginning of the creation which God created until now, and never will be.
In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing. There is prostitution in Ephraim. Israel is defiled.
Then Hazael king of Syria went up, and fought against Gath, and took it; and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem.
Behold, he withholds the waters, and they dry up. Again, he sends them out, and they overturn the earth.
I will draw to you, to the river Kishon, Sisera, the captain of Jabin's army, with his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver him into your hand.'"
A certain man who was lame from his mother's womb was being carried, whom they laid daily at the door of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask gifts for the needy of those who entered into the temple.
Now, because you have done all these works, says Yahweh, and I spoke to you, rising up early and speaking, but you didn't hear; and I called you, but you didn't answer:
For Amos says, 'Jeroboam will die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of his land.'"
Therefore don't pray for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them; for I will not hear them in the time that they cry to me because of their trouble.
Life shall be clearer than the noonday. Though there is darkness, it shall be as the morning.
I had scarcely passed from them, when I found him whom my soul loves. I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother's house, into the room of her who conceived me.
The men of the city went out, and fought with Joab. Some of the people fell, even of the servants of David; and Uriah the Hittite died also.
It happened on the next day, that he took a thick cloth, dipped it in water, and spread it on his face, so that he died. Then Hazael reigned in his place.
who struck Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? Didn't a woman cast an upper millstone on him from the wall, so that he died at Thebez? Why did you go so near the wall?' then you shall say, 'Your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.'"
David reigned over all Israel; and David executed justice and righteousness to all his people.
"Now therefore stand still and see this great thing, which Yahweh will do before your eyes.
Yet you may eat these: of all winged creeping things that go on all fours, which have legs above their feet, with which to hop on the earth.
So they sent the ark of God to Ekron. It happened, as the ark of God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying, "They have brought about the ark of the God of Israel to us, to kill us and our people."
Moses went out, and told the people the words of Yahweh; and he gathered seventy men of the elders of the people, and set them around the Tent.
He therefore answered, "I don't know if he is a sinner. One thing I do know: that though I was blind, now I see."
If you treat me this way, please kill me right now, if I have found favor in your sight; and don't let me see my wretchedness."
The Philistines were afraid, for they said, "God has come into the camp." They said, "Woe to us! For there has not been such a thing before.
Because Ephraim has multiplied altars for sinning, they became for him altars for sinning.
So he caused the ark of Yahweh to go around the city, going about it once. Then they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp.
You came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire to the heart of the sky, with darkness, cloud, and thick darkness.
I beg you, brothers, become as I am, for I also have become as you are. You did me no wrong,
She opened it, and saw the child, and behold, the baby cried. She had compassion on him, and said, "This is one of the Hebrews' children."
Enter into the rock, and hide in the dust, from before the terror of Yahweh, and from the glory of his majesty.
I exhorted Titus, and I sent the brother with him. Did Titus take any advantage of you? Didn't we walk in the same spirit? Didn't we walk in the same steps?
My net also will I spread on him, and he shall be taken in my snare; and I will bring him to Babylon to the land of the Chaldeans; yet shall he not see it, though he shall die there.
But the eyes of the wicked shall fail. They shall have no way to flee. Their hope shall be the giving up of the spirit."
Yahweh said, 'Who shall entice Ahab king of Israel, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth Gilead?' One spoke saying in this way, and another saying in that way.
which some professing have erred concerning the faith. Grace be with you. Amen.
Next to them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles didn't put their necks to the work of their lord.
The rainbow will be in the cloud. I will look at it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth."
They gathered it morning by morning, everyone according to his eating. When the sun grew hot, it melted.
Absalom's servants came to the woman to the house; and they said, "Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?" The woman said to them, "They have gone over the brook of water." When they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.
It shall happen, because you listen to these ordinances, and keep and do them, that Yahweh your God will keep with you the covenant and the loving kindness which he swore to your fathers:
being upset because they taught the people and proclaimed in Jesus the resurrection from the dead.
If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear!"
I have many things to speak and to judge concerning you. However he who sent me is true; and the things which I heard from him, these I say to the world."
He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
If she is a wall, we will build on her a turret of silver. if she is a door, we will enclose her with boards of cedar. Beloved
The king answered, I know of a certainty that you would gain time, because you see the thing is gone from me.
When once the master of the house has risen up, and has shut the door, and you begin to stand outside, and to knock at the door, saying, 'Lord, Lord, open to us!' then he will answer and tell you, 'I don't know you or where you come from.'
One will devour on the right hand, and be hungry; and he will eat on the left hand, and they will not be satisfied. Everyone will eat the flesh of his own arm:
It shall happen, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, As Yahweh lives; even as they taught my people to swear by Baal; then shall they be built up in the midst of my people.
Those who come after shall be astonished at his day, as those who went before were frightened.
I saw as it were glowing metal, as the appearance of fire within it all around, from the appearance of his waist and upward; and from the appearance of his waist and downward I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and there was brightness around him.
The brother of Micah, Isshiah; of the sons of Isshiah, Zechariah.
They said therefore to him, "Who are you?" Jesus said to them, "Just what I have been saying to you from the beginning.
You have said, 'It is vain to serve God;' and 'What profit is it that we have followed his instructions, and that we have walked mournfully before Yahweh of Armies?
You shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and strike the lintel and the two doorposts with the blood that is in the basin; and none of you shall go out of the door of his house until the morning.
but Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias, his brother's wife, and for all the evil things which Herod had done,
As you know, we exhorted, comforted, and implored every one of you, as a father does his own children,
"Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment!"
The wife doesn't have authority over her own body, but the husband. Likewise also the husband doesn't have authority over his own body, but the wife.
First I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double, because they have polluted my land with the carcasses of their detestable things, and have filled my inheritance with their abominations.
As for me, Daniel, my spirit was grieved in the midst of my body, and the visions of my head troubled me.
Therefore my people go into captivity for lack of knowledge. Their honorable men are famished, and their multitudes are parched with thirst.
"'You shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all my ordinances, and do them; that the land, where I am bringing you to dwell, may not vomit you out.
Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi.
He uncovers deep things out of darkness, and brings out to light the shadow of death.
Then I sent to him, saying, "There are no such things done as you say, but you imagine them out of your own heart."
and didn't inquire of Yahweh: therefore he killed him, and turned the kingdom to David the son of Jesse.
King Solomon made two hundred bucklers of beaten gold; six hundred [shekels] of gold went to one buckler.
whenever I journey to Spain, I will come to you. For I hope to see you on my journey, and to be helped on my way there by you, if first I may enjoy your company for a while.
He leads priests away stripped, and overthrows the mighty.
He has shown strength with his arm. He has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.
In the days of Saul, they made war with the Hagrites, who fell by their hand; and they lived in their tents throughout all the [land] east of Gilead.
Yahweh said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand toward the sky, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt."
The priests didn't say, 'Where is Yahweh?' and those who handle the law didn't know me. The rulers also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.
"To him who is ready to faint, kindness should be shown from his friend; even to him who forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
David lived in the stronghold, and called it the city of David. David built around from Millo and inward.
Joshua commanded the people, saying, "You shall not shout, nor let your voice be heard, neither shall any word proceed out of your mouth, until the day I tell you to shout. Then you shall shout."
They made an end with all the men who had married foreign women by the first day of the first month.
Being warned in a dream that they shouldn't return to Herod, they went back to their own country another way.
He brought forth the people who were therein, and put them under saws, and under iron picks, and under axes of iron, and made them pass through the brick kiln: and he did so to all the cities of the children of Ammon. David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.
who led you through the great and terrible wilderness, [in which were] fiery serpents and scorpions, and thirsty ground where there was no water; who brought you forth water out of the rock of flint;
and gave them bread from the sky for their hunger, and brought forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and commanded them that they should go in to possess the land which you had sworn to give them.
"But the mountain falling comes to nothing. The rock is removed out of its place;
"For the seed of peace and the vine will yield its fruit, and the ground will give its increase, and the heavens will give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to inherit all these things.
and Shelah lived four hundred three years after he became the father of Eber, and became the father of sons and daughters.
But when I saw that they didn't walk uprightly according to the truth of the Good News, I said to Peter before them all, "If you, being a Jew, live as the Gentiles do, and not as the Jews do, why do you compel the Gentiles to live as the Jews do?
Of the children of Zebulun, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war;
Those who are perverse in heart are an abomination to Yahweh, but those whose ways are blameless are his delight.
What, don't you have houses to eat and to drink in? Or do you despise God's assembly, and put them to shame who don't have? What shall I tell you? Shall I praise you? In this I don't praise you.
David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in to her, and lay with her. She bore a son, and he called his name Solomon. Yahweh loved him;
You renew your witnesses against me, and increase your indignation on me. Changes and warfare are with me.
But my covenant I establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this set time next year."
It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he should not see death before he had seen the Lord's Christ.
He said, "Oh don't let the Lord be angry, and I will speak just once more. What if ten are found there?" He said, "I will not destroy it for the ten's sake."
He will keep the feet of his holy ones, but the wicked shall be put to silence in darkness; for no man shall prevail by strength.
Command the people, saying, 'You are to pass through the border of your brothers the children of Esau, who dwell in Seir; and they will be afraid of you: take good heed to yourselves therefore;
Most certainly I tell you, you shall by no means get out of there, until you have paid the last penny.
Every man's holy things shall be his: whatever any man gives the priest, it shall be his.'"
Isn't it wheat harvest today? I will call to Yahweh, that he may send thunder and rain; and you shall know and see that your wickedness is great, which you have done in the sight of Yahweh, in asking for a king."
Jesus, perceiving it, said to them, "Why do you reason that it's because you have no bread? Don't you perceive yet, neither understand? Is your heart still hardened?
The watchman cried, and told the king. The king said, "If he is alone, there is news in his mouth." He came closer and closer.
Even of these you may eat: any kind of locust, any kind of katydid, any kind of cricket, and any kind of grasshopper.
Even to this present hour we hunger, thirst, are naked, are beaten, and have no certain dwelling place.
If you are wise, you are wise for yourself. If you mock, you alone will bear it.
Now Samuel didn't yet know Yahweh, neither was the word of Yahweh yet revealed to him.
But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to councils, and in their synagogues they will scourge you.
But Peter said to him, "Although all will be offended, yet I will not."
Immediately he rose up before them, and took up that which he was laying on, and departed to his house, glorifying God.
It will happen, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the rainbow will be seen in the cloud,
the king of Debir, one; the king of Geder, one;
The look of their faces testify against them. They parade their sin like Sodom. They don't hide it. Woe to their soul! For they have brought disaster upon themselves.
night and day praying exceedingly that we may see your face, and may perfect that which is lacking in your faith?
All the people who were in the city were called together to pursue after them. They pursued Joshua, and were drawn away from the city.
I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction. The dwellings of the land of Midian trembled.
Her rich men are full of violence, her inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their speech.
Now the name of Hebron before was Kiriath Arba, after the greatest man among the Anakim. The land had rest from war.
Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David: and Abijah his son reigned in his place.
For what glory is it if, when you sin, you patiently endure beating? But if, when you do well, you patiently endure suffering, this is commendable with God.
But now bring me a minstrel." It happened, when the minstrel played, that the hand of Yahweh came on him.
Miriam was shut up outside of the camp seven days, and the people didn't travel until Miriam was brought in again.
Most certainly, the evil man will not be unpunished, but the seed of the righteous will be delivered.