The Pharisees came out and began to argue with Him, seeking from Him a sign from heaven, to test Him.

“As for you, lie down on your left side and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel on it; you shall bear their iniquity for the number of days that you lie on it.

Do not trust in a neighbor;
Do not have confidence in a friend.
From her who lies in your bosom
Guard your lips.

The Lord has swallowed up; He has not spared
All the habitations of Jacob.
In His wrath He has thrown down
The strongholds of the daughter of Judah;
He has brought them down to the ground;
He has profaned the kingdom and its princes.

Because of the sins of her prophets
And the iniquities of her priests,
Who have shed in her midst
The blood of the righteous;

However, if you have warned the righteous man that the righteous should not sin and he does not sin, he shall surely live because he took warning; and you have delivered yourself.”

“For even your brothers and the household of your father,
Even they have dealt treacherously with you,
Even they have cried aloud after you.
Do not believe them, although they may say nice things to you.”

and say, ‘You, O Lord, have promised concerning this place to cut it off, so that there will be nothing dwelling in it, whether man or beast, but it will be a perpetual desolation.’

You called as in the day of an appointed feast
My terrors on every side;
And there was no one who escaped or survived
In the day of the Lord’s anger.
Those whom I bore and reared,
My enemy annihilated them.

But desert creatures will lie down there,
And their houses will be full of owls;
Ostriches also will live there, and shaggy goats will frolic there.

Its arrows are sharp and all its bows are bent;
The hoofs of its horses seem like flint and its chariot wheels like a whirlwind.

“An appalling and horrible thing
Has happened in the land:

“Why do you contend with Me?
You have all transgressed against Me,” declares the Lord.

It is better that you should not vow than that you should vow and not pay.

He will die for lack of instruction,
And in the greatness of his folly he will go astray.

Your men will fall by the sword
And your mighty ones in battle.

“When I lie down I say,
‘When shall I arise?’
But the night continues,
And I am continually tossing until dawn.

Enjoy life with the woman whom you love all the days of your fleeting life which He has given to you under the sun; for this is your reward in life and in your toil in which you have labored under the sun.

For who can eat and who can have enjoyment without Him?

“You forever overpower him and he departs;
You change his appearance and send him away.

“It is God who removes the mountains, they know not how,
When He overturns them in His anger;

“Does the wild donkey bray over his grass,
Or does the ox low over his fodder?

So the king commanded that it should be done so; and an edict was issued in Susa, and Haman’s ten sons were hanged.

So Mordecai went away and did just as Esther had commanded him.

When our enemies heard that it was known to us, and that God had frustrated their plan, then all of us returned to the wall, each one to his work.

After him Baruch the son of Zabbai zealously repaired another section, from the Angle to the doorway of the house of Eliashib the high priest.

Whatever seems good to you and to your brothers to do with the rest of the silver and gold, you may do according to the will of your God.

Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah,

Beth-zur, Soco, Adullam,

Blessed be the Lord your God who delighted in you, setting you on His throne as king for the Lord your God; because your God loved Israel establishing them forever, therefore He made you king over them, to do justice and righteousness.”

and Baalath and all the storage cities that Solomon had, and all the cities for his chariots and cities for his horsemen, and all that it pleased Solomon to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon, and in all the land under his rule.

whatever prayer or supplication is made by any man or by all Your people Israel, each knowing his own affliction and his own pain, and spreading his hands toward this house,

The pails, the shovels, the forks and all its utensils, Huram-abi made of polished bronze for King Solomon for the house of the Lord.

He built Tadmor in the wilderness and all the storage cities which he had built in Hamath.

All the men of Israel assembled themselves to the king at the feast, that is in the seventh month.

So he was hidden with her in the house of the Lord six years, while Athaliah was reigning over the land.

Now it happened after many days that the word of the Lord came to Elijah in the third year, saying, “Go, show yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain on the face of the earth.”

When the queen of Sheba perceived all the wisdom of Solomon, the house that he had built,

for the twentieth to Eliathah, his sons and his relatives, twelve;

When his armor bearer saw that Saul was dead, he likewise fell on his sword and died.

For they would come up with their livestock and their tents, they would come in like locusts for number, both they and their camels were innumerable; and they came into the land to devastate it.

Jerahmeel had another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam.

Now it came about in the third year of Hoshea, the son of Elah king of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah became king.

All the doorways and doorposts had squared artistic frames, and window was opposite window in three ranks.

“Hear, O kings; give ear, O rulers!
I—to the Lord, I will sing,
I will sing praise to the Lord, the God of Israel.

This was the design of the stands: they had borders, even borders between the frames,

And He took him outside and said, “Now look toward the heavens, and count the stars, if you are able to count them.” And He said to him, “So shall your descendants be.”

When the men of Ai turned back and looked, behold, the smoke of the city ascended to the sky, and they had no place to flee this way or that, for the people who had been fleeing to the wilderness turned against the pursuers.

Now Joab was over the whole army of Israel, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites;

When he had gone out, his servants came and looked, and behold, the doors of the roof chamber were locked; and they said, “He is only relieving himself in the cool room.”

Then the priest shall present them before the Lord and shall offer his sin offering and his burnt offering.

‘Now as for the flesh of the sacrifice of his thanksgiving peace offerings, it shall be eaten on the day of his offering; he shall not leave any of it over until morning.

But we request of you, brethren, that you appreciate those who diligently labor among you, and have charge over you in the Lord and give you instruction,

Then they set out from Mount Hor by the way of the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom; and the people became impatient because of the journey.

And behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him and said to him, “Come, and I will show you the man whom you are seeking.” And he entered with her, and behold Sisera was lying dead with the tent peg in his temple.

“This is the offering which Aaron and his sons are to present to the Lord on the day when he is anointed; the tenth of an ephah of fine flour as a regular grain offering, half of it in the morning and half of it in the evening.

Do not fear them, for the Lord your God is the one fighting for you.’

The priest shall take the grain offering of jealousy from the woman’s hand, and he shall wave the grain offering before the Lord and bring it to the altar;

Or if a person touches any unclean thing, whether a carcass of an unclean beast or the carcass of unclean cattle or a carcass of unclean swarming things, though it is hidden from him and he is unclean, then he will be guilty.

the king of Jerusalem, one; the king of Hebron, one;

Thus the Lord used to speak to Moses face to face, just as a man speaks to his friend. When Moses returned to the camp, his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, would not depart from the tent.

Now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon you, and you will be blind and not see the sun for a time.” And immediately a mist and a darkness fell upon him, and he went about seeking those who would lead him by the hand.

until the Lord gives rest to your fellow countrymen as to you, and they also possess the land which the Lord your God will give them beyond the Jordan. Then you may return every man to his possession which I have given you.’

He said to them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” And they said to him, “No, we have not even heard whether there is a Holy Spirit.”

You yourselves know that these hands ministered to my own needs and to the men who were with me.

But Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and having won over the crowds, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing him to be dead.

“If a man strikes the eye of his male or female slave, and destroys it, he shall let him go free on account of his eye.

Now when the meeting of the synagogue had broken up, many of the Jews and of the God-fearing proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who, speaking to them, were urging them to continue in the grace of God.

Truly, truly, I say to you, a slave is not greater than his master, nor is one who is sent greater than the one who sent him.

Now he arose that same night and took his two wives and his two maids and his eleven children, and crossed the ford of the Jabbok.

Now even the first covenant had regulations of divine worship and the earthly sanctuary.

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,To the church of God which is at Corinth with all the saints who are throughout Achaia:

For nation will rise up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; there will be earthquakes in various places; there will also be famines. These things are merely the beginning of birth pangs.

Moreover, the sound of the wings of the cherubim was heard as far as the outer court, like the voice of God Almighty when He speaks.

Simon Peter *said to Him, “Lord, where are You going?” Jesus answered, “Where I go, you cannot follow Me now; but you will follow later.”

The scribe said to Him, “Right, Teacher; You have truly stated that He is One, and there is no one else besides Him;

While He was still speaking to the crowds, behold, His mother and brothers were standing outside, seeking to speak to Him.

He came up to the ram that had the two horns, which I had seen standing in front of the canal, and rushed at him in his mighty wrath.

And He spoke to the man clothed in linen and said, “Enter between the whirling wheels under the cherubim and fill your hands with coals of fire from between the cherubim and scatter them over the city.” And he entered in my sight.

“Is My inheritance like a speckled bird of prey to Me?
Are the birds of prey against her on every side?
Go, gather all the beasts of the field,
Bring them to devour!

So it will be a reproach, a reviling, a warning and an object of horror to the nations who surround you when I execute judgments against you in anger, wrath and raging rebukes. I, the Lord, have spoken.

Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom,
Who dwells in the land of Uz;
But the cup will come around to you as well,
You will become drunk and make yourself naked.

The breath of our nostrils, the Lord’s anointed,
Was captured in their pits,
Of whom we had said, “Under his shadow
We shall live among the nations.”

Let them be yours alone
And not for strangers with you.

‘Your iniquities have turned these away,
And your sins have withheld good from you.

and say to him, ‘Take care and be calm, have no fear and do not be fainthearted because of these two stubs of smoldering firebrands, on account of the fierce anger of Rezin and Aram and the son of Remaliah.

“When they become waterless, they are silent,
When it is hot, they vanish from their place.

“For this the earth shall mourn
And the heavens above be dark,
Because I have spoken, I have purposed,
And I will not change My mind, nor will I turn from it.”

Then the Almighty will be your gold
And choice silver to you.

“As a slave who pants for the shade,
And as a hired man who eagerly waits for his wages,

And her gates will lament and mourn,
And deserted she will sit on the ground.

So I congratulated the dead who are already dead more than the living who are still living.

the young lady would go in to the king in this way: anything that she desired was given her to take with her from the harem to the king’s palace.

Then Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, “You have been unfaithful and have married foreign wives adding to the guilt of Israel.

The temple servants living in Ophel made repairs as far as the front of the Water Gate toward the east and the projecting tower.

Thus I purified them from everything foreign and appointed duties for the priests and the Levites, each in his task,

Malchijah the son of Rechab, the official of the district of Beth-haccherem repaired the Refuse Gate. He built it and hung its doors with its bolts and its bars.

Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch,

the sons of Ramah and Geba, 621;

Then she gave the king one hundred and twenty talents of gold and a very great amount of spices and precious stones; there had never been spice like that which the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.

the sons of Kiriath-arim, Chephirah and Beeroth, 743;

and Hashabiah and Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, with his brothers and their sons, 20 men;

When the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, the house which he had built,

How blessed are your men, how blessed are these your servants who stand before you continually and hear your wisdom.

So he went with them; and when they came to the Jordan, they cut down trees.

Now figures like oxen were under it and all around it, ten cubits, entirely encircling the sea. The oxen were in two rows, cast in one piece.

And you shall go in and shut the door behind you and your sons, and pour out into all these vessels, and you shall set aside what is full.”

just as Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded the sons of Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of uncut stones on which no man had wielded an iron tool; and they offered burnt offerings on it to the Lord, and sacrificed peace offerings.

The king said to Hazael, “Take a gift in your hand and go to meet the man of God, and inquire of the Lord by him, saying, ‘Will I recover from this sickness?’”

And they will say, ‘Because they forsook the Lord their God, who brought their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and adopted other gods and worshiped them and served them, therefore the Lord has brought all this adversity on them.’”

So Ben-hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of his armies against the cities of Israel, and conquered Ijon, Dan, Abel-beth-maacah and all Chinneroth, besides all the land of Naphtali.

then I will establish the throne of your kingdom over Israel forever, just as I promised to your father David, saying, ‘You shall not lack a man on the throne of Israel.’

Then it happened as often as the king entered the house of the Lord, that the guards would carry them and would bring them back into the guards’ room.

The men in ambush rose quickly from their place, and when he had stretched out his hand, they ran and entered the city and captured it, and they quickly set the city on fire.

Then he spoke to his sons, saying, “Saddle the donkey for me.” And they saddled it.

Now Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is near Beth-aven, east of Bethel, and said to them, “Go up and spy out the land.” So the men went up and spied out Ai.

Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of the Maacathite, Eliam the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite,

Again he prostrated himself and said, “What is your servant, that you should regard a dead dog like me?”

The priest shall take the ram’s shoulder when it has been boiled, and one unleavened cake out of the basket and one unleavened wafer, and shall put them on the hands of the Nazirite after he has shaved his dedicated hair.

Then David came to Nob to Ahimelech the priest; and Ahimelech came trembling to meet David and said to him, “Why are you alone and no one with you?”

And He who sits on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” And He *said, “Write, for these words are faithful and true.”

So he said to Jether his firstborn, “Rise, kill them.” But the youth did not draw his sword, for he was afraid, because he was still a youth.

So Joshua made himself flint knives and circumcised the sons of Israel at Gibeath-haaraloth.

But the Lord stood with me and strengthened me, so that through me the proclamation might be fully accomplished, and that all the Gentiles might hear; and I was rescued out of the lion’s mouth.

So the Lord was with Joshua, and his fame was in all the land.

Of the first of your dough you shall lift up a cake as an offering; as the offering of the threshing floor, so you shall lift it up.

The magicians did the same with their secret arts, making frogs come up on the land of Egypt.

He put the tunic on him and girded him with the sash, and clothed him with the robe and put the ephod on him; and he girded him with the artistic band of the ephod, with which he tied it to him.

‘And forgive us our sins,
For we ourselves also forgive everyone who is indebted to us.
And lead us not into temptation.’”

It came about when the priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord had come up from the middle of the Jordan, and the soles of the priests’ feet were lifted up to the dry ground, that the waters of the Jordan returned to their place, and went over all its banks as before.

that you will do us no harm, just as we have not touched you and have done to you nothing but good and have sent you away in peace. You are now the blessed of the Lord.’”

‘This is the law of jealousy: when a wife, being under the authority of her husband, goes astray and defiles herself,

Abram said to the king of Sodom, “I have sworn to the Lord God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth,

In the numbering of every male from a month old and upward, there were 8,600, performing the duties of the sanctuary.

We must go a three days’ journey into the wilderness and sacrifice to the Lord our God as He commands us.”

He opened the bottomless pit, and smoke went up out of the pit, like the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by the smoke of the pit.

Therefore, my beloved brethren whom I long to see, my joy and crown, in this way stand firm in the Lord, my beloved.

and for many days He appeared to those who came up with Him from Galilee to Jerusalem, the very ones who are now His witnesses to the people.

But Peter sent them all out and knelt down and prayed, and turning to the body, he said, “Tabitha, arise.” And she opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter, she sat up.

The angel answered and said to him, “I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God, and I have been sent to speak to you and to bring you this good news.

Simon Peter then, having a sword, drew it and struck the high priest’s slave, and cut off his right ear; and the slave’s name was Malchus.

And his master praised the unrighteous manager because he had acted shrewdly; for the sons of this age are more shrewd in relation to their own kind than the sons of light.

And He spoke many things to them in parables, saying, “Behold, the sower went out to sow;

And the jailer reported these words to Paul, saying, “The chief magistrates have sent to release you. Therefore come out now and go in peace.”

When they had carried out all that was written concerning Him, they took Him down from the cross and laid Him in a tomb.

Jesus then said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, it is not Moses who has given you the bread out of heaven, but it is My Father who gives you the true bread out of heaven.

and from inside he answers and says, ‘Do not bother me; the door has already been shut and my children and I are in bed; I cannot get up and give you anything.’

Yet wisdom is vindicated by all her children.”

As Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the servant-girls of the high priest *came,

And he got up and went home.

But woe to you who are rich, for you are receiving your comfort in full.

Jesus withdrew to the sea with His disciples; and a great multitude from Galilee followed; and also from Judea,

I saw him come beside the ram, and he was enraged at him; and he struck the ram and shattered his two horns, and the ram had no strength to withstand him. So he hurled him to the ground and trampled on him, and there was none to rescue the ram from his power.

But I said, “Ah, Lord God! Behold, I have never been defiled; for from my youth until now I have never eaten what died of itself or was torn by beasts, nor has any unclean meat ever entered my mouth.”

Getting into a boat, Jesus crossed over the sea and came to His own city.

From the time that the regular sacrifice is abolished and the abomination of desolation is set up, there will be 1,290 days.

The Lord God of hosts,
The One who touches the land so that it melts,
And all those who dwell in it mourn,
And all of it rises up like the Nile
And subsides like the Nile of Egypt;

Therefore, son of man, prepare for yourself baggage for exile and go into exile by day in their sight; even go into exile from your place to another place in their sight. Perhaps they will understand though they are a rebellious house.

‘Thus My anger will be spent and I will satisfy My wrath on them, and I will be appeased; then they will know that I, the Lord, have spoken in My zeal when I have spent My wrath upon them.

He said to me, “Son of man, feed your stomach and fill your body with this scroll which I am giving you.” Then I ate it, and it was sweet as honey in my mouth.

Then the Lord said, “Thus will the sons of Israel eat their bread unclean among the nations where I will banish them.”

Their heart cried out to the Lord,
“O wall of the daughter of Zion,
Let your tears run down like a river day and night;
Give yourself no relief,
Let your eyes have no rest.

As for all the hills which used to be cultivated with the hoe, you will not go there for fear of briars and thorns; but they will become a place for pasturing oxen and for sheep to trample.

“I have made you an assayer and a tester among My people,
That you may know and assay their way.”

for before the boy knows how to cry out ‘My father’ or ‘My mother,’ the wealth of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria will be carried away before the king of Assyria.”

Deliver yourself like a gazelle from the hunter’s hand
And like a bird from the hand of the fowler.

I tested all this with wisdom, and I said, “I will be wise,” but it was far from me.

Because all his days his task is painful and grievous; even at night his mind does not rest. This too is vanity.

It is better to listen to the rebuke of a wise man
Than for one to listen to the song of fools.

Whatever exists has already been named, and it is known what man is; for he cannot dispute with him who is stronger than he is.

At whatever place you hear the sound of the trumpet, rally to us there. Our God will fight for us.”

and 20 gold bowls worth 1,000 darics, and two utensils of fine shiny bronze, precious as gold.

Next to him Ezer the son of Jeshua, the official of Mizpah, repaired another section in front of the ascent of the armory at the Angle.

“If your sons sinned against Him,
Then He delivered them into the power of their transgression.

And they observed the Feast of Unleavened Bread seven days with joy, for the Lord had caused them to rejoice, and had turned the heart of the king of Assyria toward them to encourage them in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.

the men of Bethel and Ai, 223;

the men of Michmas, 122;

the men of Anathoth, 128;

Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,

So He said, “Go forth and stand on the mountain before the Lord.” And behold, the Lord was passing by! And a great and strong wind was rending the mountains and breaking in pieces the rocks before the Lord; but the Lord was not in the wind. And after the wind an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake.

Elisha saw it and cried out, “My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and its horsemen!” And he saw Elijah no more. Then he took hold of his own clothes and tore them in two pieces.

namely, from their descendants who were left after them in the land whom the sons of Israel had not destroyed, them Solomon raised as forced laborers to this day.

The water flowed around the altar and he also filled the trench with water.

So Hanun took David’s servants and shaved off half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle as far as their hips, and sent them away.

The sons of Onam were Shammai and Jada. And the sons of Shammai were Nadab and Abishur.

Two parts of you, even all who go out on the sabbath, shall also keep watch over the house of the Lord for the king.

Hur became the father of Uri, and Uri became the father of Bezalel.

If we say, ‘We will enter the city,’ then the famine is in the city and we will die there; and if we sit here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us go over to the camp of the Arameans. If they spare us, we will live; and if they kill us, we will but die.”

Then he went up to the altar which he had made in Bethel on the fifteenth day in the eighth month, even in the month which he had devised in his own heart; and he instituted a feast for the sons of Israel and went up to the altar to burn incense.

Micaiah said, “If you indeed return safely the Lord has not spoken by me.” And he said, “Listen, all you people.”

Thus also he did for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods.

Also seven priests shall carry seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark; then on the seventh day you shall march around the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets.

Now each stand had four bronze wheels with bronze axles, and its four feet had supports; beneath the basin were cast supports with wreaths at each side.

He overlaid the floor of the house with gold, inner and outer sanctuaries.

When they told it to David, he sent to meet them, for the men were greatly humiliated. And the king said, “Stay at Jericho until your beards grow, and then return.”

in order to change the appearance of things your servant Joab has done this thing. But my lord is wise, like the wisdom of the angel of God, to know all that is in the earth.”

When they blew 300 trumpets, the Lord set the sword of one against another even throughout the whole army; and the army fled as far as Beth-shittah toward Zererah, as far as the edge of Abel-meholah, by Tabbath.

“If there is a poor man with you, one of your brothers, in any of your towns in your land which the Lord your God is giving you, you shall not harden your heart, nor close your hand from your poor brother;

Also for the house he made windows with artistic frames.

The king said to Barzillai, “You cross over with me and I will sustain you in Jerusalem with me.”

The Lord said to Gideon, “I will deliver you with the 300 men who lapped and will give the Midianites into your hands; so let all the other people go, each man to his home.”

Then King David sent and brought him from the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, from Lo-debar.

When Joab came out from David, he sent messengers after Abner, and they brought him back from the well of Sirah; but David did not know it.

‘Are they not finding, are they not dividing the spoil?
A maiden, two maidens for every warrior;
To Sisera a spoil of dyed work,
A spoil of dyed work embroidered,
Dyed work of double embroidery on the neck of the spoiler?’

Then the Lord rained on Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven,

Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, “Rise up yourself, and fall on us; for as the man, so is his strength.” So Gideon arose and killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and took the crescent ornaments which were on their camels’ necks.

Then they came to the valley of Eshcol and from there cut down a branch with a single cluster of grapes; and they carried it on a pole between two men, with some of the pomegranates and the figs.

Thus you shall do to them, for their cleansing: sprinkle purifying water on them, and let them use a razor over their whole body and wash their clothes, and they will be clean.

“The responsibility of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest is the oil for the light and the fragrant incense and the continual grain offering and the anointing oil—the responsibility of all the tabernacle and of all that is in it, with the sanctuary and its furnishings.”

He had a dream, and behold, a ladder was set on the earth with its top reaching to heaven; and behold, the angels of God were ascending and descending on it.

But if the woman has not defiled herself and is clean, she will then be free and conceive children.

the sons of Israel would see the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses’ face shone. So Moses would replace the veil over his face until he went in to speak with Him.

Then the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “Take for yourselves handfuls of soot from a kiln, and let Moses throw it toward the sky in the sight of Pharaoh.

the blind receive sight and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.

I looked, and behold, an ashen horse; and he who sat on it had the name Death; and Hades was following with him. Authority was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword and with famine and with pestilence and by the wild beasts of the earth.

Now the Lord spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

Then Moses said, “Behold, I am going out from you, and I shall make supplication to the Lord that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people tomorrow; only do not let Pharaoh deal deceitfully again in not letting the people go to sacrifice to the Lord.”

The Lord said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him, “Now lift up your eyes and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward;

For this reason, rejoice, O heavens and you who dwell in them. Woe to the earth and the sea, because the devil has come down to you, having great wrath, knowing that he has only a short time.”

And in those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, and death flees from them.

So they removed the stone. Then Jesus raised His eyes, and said, “Father, I thank You that You have heard Me.

It was the same Aaron and Moses to whom the Lord said, “Bring out the sons of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their hosts.”

to the one an aroma from death to death, to the other an aroma from life to life. And who is adequate for these things?

Therefore they spent a long time there speaking boldly with reliance upon the Lord, who was testifying to the word of His grace, granting that signs and wonders be done by their hands.

A Light of revelation to the Gentiles,
And the glory of Your people Israel.”

Jesus *said to him, “The foxes have holes and the birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head.”

Greet Andronicus and Junias, my kinsmen and my fellow prisoners, who are outstanding among the apostles, who also were in Christ before me.

And the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, went up before God out of the angel’s hand.

Was it not necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and to enter into His glory?”

For I long to see you so that I may impart some spiritual gift to you, that you may be established;

But we, going ahead to the ship, set sail for Assos, intending from there to take Paul on board; for so he had arranged it, intending himself to go by land.

For some were supposing, because Judas had the money box, that Jesus was saying to him, “Buy the things we have need of for the feast”; or else, that he should give something to the poor.

Or do you suppose that those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them were worse culprits than all the men who live in Jerusalem?

and Joanna the wife of Chuza, Herod’s steward, and Susanna, and many others who were contributing to their support out of their private means.

Behold, I have told you in advance.

For behold, He who forms mountains and creates the wind
And declares to man what are His thoughts,
He who makes dawn into darkness
And treads on the high places of the earth,
The Lord God of hosts is His name.

A young man was following Him, wearing nothing but a linen sheet over his naked body; and they *seized him.

And he answered, ‘I will not’; but afterward he regretted it and went.

They have set up kings, but not by Me;
They have appointed princes, but I did not know it.
With their silver and gold they have made idols for themselves,
That they might be cut off.

Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, the height of which was sixty cubits and its width six cubits; he set it up on the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon.

Then the angel who was speaking with me went out and said to me, “Lift up now your eyes and see what this is going forth.”

“My people, what have I done to you,
And how have I wearied you? Answer Me.

Because you disheartened the righteous with falsehood when I did not cause him grief, but have encouraged the wicked not to turn from his wicked way and preserve his life,

Then the glory of the Lord departed from the threshold of the temple and stood over the cherubim.

As for the likeness of their faces, they were the same faces whose appearance I had seen by the river Chebar. Each one went straight ahead.

‘Like a cage full of birds,
So their houses are full of deceit;
Therefore they have become great and rich.

“Come, let us drink our fill of love until morning;
Let us delight ourselves with caresses.

Therefore say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “None of My words will be delayed any longer. Whatever word I speak will be performed,”’” declares the Lord God.

This city will not be a pot for you, nor will you be flesh in the midst of it, but I will judge you to the border of Israel.

For the brokenness of the daughter of my people I am broken;
I mourn, dismay has taken hold of me.

Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, “Amend your ways and your deeds, and I will let you dwell in this place.

But in the end she is bitter as wormwood,
Sharp as a two-edged sword.

But when I speak to you, I will open your mouth and you will say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God.’ He who hears, let him hear; and he who refuses, let him refuse; for they are a rebellious house.

And you, O desolate one, what will you do?
Although you dress in scarlet,
Although you decorate yourself with ornaments of gold,
Although you enlarge your eyes with paint,
In vain you make yourself beautiful.
Your lovers despise you;
They seek your life.

Should your springs be dispersed abroad,
Streams of water in the streets?

It shall come about when they say, ‘Why has the Lord our God done all these things to us?’ then you shall say to them, ‘As you have forsaken Me and served foreign gods in your land, so you will serve strangers in a land that is not yours.’

How long must I see the standard
And hear the sound of the trumpet?

Do not be a witness against your neighbor without cause,
And do not deceive with your lips.

The desire of the sluggard puts him to death,
For his hands refuse to work;

He read from it before the square which was in front of the Water Gate from early morning until midday, in the presence of men and women, those who could understand; and all the people were attentive to the book of the law.

Do not turn to the right nor to the left;
Turn your foot from evil.

Heed the sound of my cry for help, my King and my God,
For to You I pray.

So we carried on the work with half of them holding spears from dawn until the stars appeared.

“Oh that my grief were actually weighed
And laid in the balances together with my calamity!

“My friends are my scoffers;
My eye weeps to God.

The rest of the needs for the house of your God, for which you may have occasion to provide, provide for it from the royal treasury.

After him their brothers carried out repairs under Bavvai the son of Henadad, official of the other half of the district of Keilah.

So we boiled my son and ate him; and I said to her on the next day, ‘Give your son, that we may eat him’; but she has hidden her son.”

At that time Tattenai, the governor of the province beyond the River, and Shethar-bozenai and their colleagues came to them and spoke to them thus, “Who issued you a decree to rebuild this temple and to finish this structure?”

the sons of Azmaveth, 42;

Nevertheless I did not believe the reports, until I came and my eyes had seen it. And behold, the half was not told me. You exceed in wisdom and prosperity the report which I heard.

Now Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took their respective firepans, and after putting fire in them, placed incense on it and offered strange fire before the Lord, which He had not commanded them.

“Speak to Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying,

For the whole house of Ahab shall perish, and I will cut off from Ahab every male person both bond and free in Israel.

The sons of Ram, the firstborn of Jerahmeel, were Maaz, Jamin and Eker.

The mother of the lad said, “As the Lord lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” And he arose and followed her.

It stood on twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east; and the sea was set on top of them, and all their rear parts turned inward.

Please run now to meet her and say to her, ‘Is it well with you? Is it well with your husband? Is it well with the child?’” And she answered, “It is well.”

The Lord said to Joshua, “See, I have given Jericho into your hand, with its king and the valiant warriors.

Now Barzillai was very old, being eighty years old; and he had sustained the king while he stayed at Mahanaim, for he was a very great man.

They waited until they became anxious; but behold, he did not open the doors of the roof chamber. Therefore they took the key and opened them, and behold, their master had fallen to the floor dead.

“It shall not seem hard to you when you set him free, for he has given you six years with double the service of a hired man; so the Lord your God will bless you in whatever you do.

Then Joab came to the king and said, “What have you done? Behold, Abner came to you; why then have you sent him away and he is already gone?

Then Ibzan died and was buried in Bethlehem.

Now Gideon had seventy sons who were his direct descendants, for he had many wives.

‘Not one of these men, this evil generation, shall see the good land which I swore to give your fathers,

The priest shall have her take an oath and shall say to the woman, “If no man has lain with you and if you have not gone astray into uncleanness, being under the authority of your husband, be immune to this water of bitterness that brings a curse;

so that being justified by His grace we would be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

For by one offering He has perfected for all time those who are sanctified.

Children, be obedient to your parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing to the Lord.

Thus did Moses and Aaron and all the congregation of the sons of Israel to the Levites; according to all that the Lord had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so the sons of Israel did to them.

but what is left over from the flesh of the sacrifice on the third day shall be burned with fire.

On the second day Nethanel the son of Zuar, leader of Issachar, presented an offering;

You are not to eat any blood, either of bird or animal, in any of your dwellings.

He shall make restitution for that which he has sinned against the holy thing, and shall add to it a fifth part of it and give it to the priest. The priest shall then make atonement for him with the ram of the guilt offering, and it will be forgiven him.

and the priest shall dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle it seven times before the Lord, in front of the veil.

By this, love is perfected with us, so that we may have confidence in the day of judgment; because as He is, so also are we in this world.

For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with gratitude;

For the Law appoints men as high priests who are weak, but the word of the oath, which came after the Law, appoints a Son, made perfect forever.

He shall put some of the blood on the horns of the altar which is before the Lord in the tent of meeting; and all the blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar of burnt offering which is at the doorway of the tent of meeting.

in which also He went and made proclamation to the spirits now in prison,

And,
“You, Lord, in the beginning laid the foundation of the earth,
And the heavens are the works of Your hands;

but he who paid no regard to the word of the Lord left his servants and his livestock in the field.

But Moses said, “It is not right to do so, for we will sacrifice to the Lord our God what is an abomination to the Egyptians. If we sacrifice what is an abomination to the Egyptians before their eyes, will they not then stone us?

For He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet.

but thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

but at the proper time manifested, even His word, in the proclamation with which I was entrusted according to the commandment of God our Savior,

But when they resisted and blasphemed, he shook out his garments and said to them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am clean. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.”

Be on guard against him yourself, for he vigorously opposed our teaching.

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, according to the promise of life in Christ Jesus,

for I know that this will turn out for my deliverance through your prayers and the provision of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,

For He had not yet fallen upon any of them; they had simply been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

And there he spent three months, and when a plot was formed against him by the Jews as he was about to set sail for Syria, he decided to return through Macedonia.

When the jailer awoke and saw the prison doors opened, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped.

And having spent some time there, he left and passed successively through the Galatian region and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples.

When they had read it, they rejoiced because of its encouragement.

And they said to Him, “The disciples of John often fast and offer prayers, the disciples of the Pharisees also do the same, but Yours eat and drink.”

The gospel must first be preached to all the nations.

John was clothed with camel’s hair and wore a leather belt around his waist, and his diet was locusts and wild honey.

and led Him to Annas first; for he was father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was high priest that year.

“But I gave you also cleanness of teeth in all your cities
And lack of bread in all your places,
Yet you have not returned to Me,” declares the Lord.

His disciples *said, “Lo, now You are speaking plainly and are not using a figure of speech.

And He was saying to them, “You are from below, I am from above; you are of this world, I am not of this world.

Two others also, who were criminals, were being led away to be put to death with Him.

When the cherubim departed, they lifted their wings and rose up from the earth in my sight with the wheels beside them; and they stood still at the entrance of the east gate of the Lord’s house, and the glory of the God of Israel hovered over them.

“My flesh is clothed with worms and a crust of dirt,
My skin hardens and runs.

Behold, your house is being left to you desolate!

“But when a righteous man turns away from his righteousness, commits iniquity and does according to all the abominations that a wicked man does, will he live? All his righteous deeds which he has done will not be remembered for his treachery which he has committed and his sin which he has committed; for them he will die.

He stretched out the form of a hand and caught me by a lock of my head; and the Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the north gate of the inner court, where the seat of the idol of jealousy, which provokes to jealousy, was located.

therefore, you women will no longer see false visions or practice divination, and I will deliver My people out of your hand. Thus you will know that I am the Lord.”

Then I told the exiles all the things that the Lord had shown me.

Suddenly he follows her
As an ox goes to the slaughter,
Or as one in fetters to the discipline of a fool,

The measuring line will go out farther straight ahead to the hill Gareb; then it will turn to Goah.

For thus says the Lord to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem,
“Break up your fallow ground,
And do not sow among thorns.

Ezra the scribe stood at a wooden podium which they had made for the purpose. And beside him stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah on his right hand; and Pedaiah, Mishael, Malchijah, Hashum, Hashbaddanah, Zechariah and Meshullam on his left hand.

“And I set watchmen over you, saying,
‘Listen to the sound of the trumpet!’
But they said, ‘We will not listen.’

There is an evil which I have seen under the sun and it is prevalent among men—

I have seen all the living under the sun throng to the side of the second lad who replaces him.

“For then it would be heavier than the sand of the seas;
Therefore my words have been rash.

Yet all of this does not satisfy me every time I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king’s gate.”

So Haman took the robe and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and led him on horseback through the city square, and proclaimed before him, “Thus it shall be done to the man whom the king desires to honor.”

Also the gold and silver utensils of the house of God which Nebuchadnezzar had taken from the temple in Jerusalem, and brought them to the temple of Babylon, these King Cyrus took from the temple of Babylon and they were given to one whose name was Sheshbazzar, whom he had appointed governor.

Then I set apart twelve of the leading priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and with them ten of their brothers;

“You, Ezra, according to the wisdom of your God which is in your hand, appoint magistrates and judges that they may judge all the people who are in the province beyond the River, even all those who know the laws of your God; and you may teach anyone who is ignorant of them.

with whom the Lord made a covenant and commanded them, saying, “You shall not fear other gods, nor bow down yourselves to them nor serve them nor sacrifice to them.

So the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, “The Lord is righteous.”

Nevertheless I did not believe their reports until I came and my eyes had seen it. And behold, the half of the greatness of your wisdom was not told me. You surpass the report that I heard.

She said to her mistress, “I wish that my master were with the prophet who is in Samaria! Then he would cure him of his leprosy.”

And when he humbled himself, the anger of the Lord turned away from him, so as not to destroy him completely; and also conditions were good in Judah.

Then King Rehoboam made shields of bronze in their place and committed them to the care of the commanders of the guard who guarded the door of the king’s house.

Gath, Mareshah, Ziph,

You shall remember all the way which the Lord your God has led you in the wilderness these forty years, that He might humble you, testing you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not.

All the days of his separation he shall not eat anything that is produced by the grape vine, from the seeds even to the skin.

May it fall on the head of Joab and on all his father’s house; and may there not fail from the house of Joab one who has a discharge, or who is a leper, or who takes hold of a distaff, or who falls by the sword, or who lacks bread.”

in the future there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day; and not only to me, but also to all who have loved His appearing.

The priest gave to the captains of hundreds the spears and shields that had been King David’s, which were in the house of the Lord.

select the best and fittest of your master’s sons, and set him on his father’s throne, and fight for your master’s house.”

The Lord make His face shine on you,
And be gracious to you;

And the Lord opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said to Balaam, “What have I done to you, that you have struck me these three times?”

Then he said to them, “Depart for three days, then return to me.” So the people departed.

Then Saul and all the people who were with him rallied and came to the battle; and behold, every man’s sword was against his fellow, and there was very great confusion.

“They looked, but there was none to save;
Even to the Lord, but He did not answer them.

They struck down at that time about ten thousand Moabites, all robust and valiant men; and no one escaped.

They took them from inside the tent and brought them to Joshua and to all the sons of Israel, and they poured them out before the Lord.

So Joshua commanded the priests, saying, “Come up from the Jordan.”

“Take for yourselves twelve men from the people, one man from each tribe,

“You shall consecrate to the Lord your God all the firstborn males that are born of your herd and of your flock; you shall not work with the firstborn of your herd, nor shear the firstborn of your flock.

Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

Moses slaughtered it and took some of its blood and put it on the lobe of Aaron’s right ear, and on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot.

Every male among the sons of Aaron may eat it; it is a permanent ordinance throughout your generations, from the offerings by fire to the Lord. Whoever touches them will become consecrated.’”

Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood; you shall make the ark with rooms, and shall cover it inside and out with pitch.

Now the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

“Speak to Aaron and say to him, ‘When you mount the lamps, the seven lamps will give light in the front of the lampstand.’”

their numbered men of the tribe of Manasseh were 32,200.

Then the Lord smote the people, because of what they did with the calf which Aaron had made.

in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet; for the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.

He also washed the entrails and the legs, and offered them up in smoke with the burnt offering on the altar.

Then he is to bring out the bull to a place outside the camp and burn it as he burned the first bull; it is the sin offering for the assembly.

Nevertheless death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those who had not sinned in the likeness of the offense of Adam, who is a type of Him who was to come.

Then the Lord said to Noah, “Enter the ark, you and all your household, for you alone I have seen to be righteous before Me in this time.

He made a screen for the doorway of the tent, of blue and purple and scarlet material, and fine twisted linen, the work of a weaver;

“We are Jews by nature and not sinners from among the Gentiles;

And he said to him, ‘Well done, good slave, because you have been faithful in a very little thing, you are to be in authority over ten cities.’

You shall set the bread of the Presence on the table before Me at all times.

For judgment will be merciless to one who has shown no mercy; mercy triumphs over judgment.

So all the Egyptians dug around the Nile for water to drink, for they could not drink of the water of the Nile.

But the seed in the good soil, these are the ones who have heard the word in an honest and good heart, and hold it fast, and bear fruit with perseverance.

So he was reasoning in the synagogue with the Jews and the God-fearing Gentiles, and in the market place every day with those who happened to be present.

You shall speak all that I command you, and your brother Aaron shall speak to Pharaoh that he let the sons of Israel go out of his land.

We give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,

Jude, a bond-servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James,To those who are the called, beloved in God the Father, and kept for Jesus Christ:

And when they did not agree with one another, they began leaving after Paul had spoken one parting word, “The Holy Spirit rightly spoke through Isaiah the prophet to your fathers,

But someone will say, “How are the dead raised? And with what kind of body do they come?”

But Saul began ravaging the church, entering house after house, and dragging off men and women, he would put them in prison.

and they have been told about you, that you are teaching all the Jews who are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children nor to walk according to the customs.

he said, “I will give you a hearing after your accusers arrive also,” giving orders for him to be kept in Herod’s Praetorium.

And many of those who practiced magic brought their books together and began burning them in the sight of everyone; and they counted up the price of them and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver.

and he said,
“I called out of my distress to the Lord,
And He answered me.
I cried for help from the depth of Sheol;
You heard my voice.

“Though they hide on the summit of Carmel,
I will search them out and take them from there;
And though they conceal themselves from My sight on the floor of the sea,
From there I will command the serpent and it will bite them.

“These things I have spoken to you so that you may be kept from stumbling.

One of the synagogue officials named Jairus *came up, and on seeing Him, *fell at His feet

Now when evening came, His disciples went down to the sea,

“If I alone testify about Myself, My testimony is not true.

And Jesus said to them, “Do you suppose that these Galileans were greater sinners than all other Galileans because they suffered this fate?

The best of them is like a briar,
The most upright like a thorn hedge.
The day when you post your watchmen,
Your punishment will come.
Then their confusion will occur.

The Lord changed His mind about this.
“It shall not be,” said the Lord.

Then I looked, and behold, four wheels beside the cherubim, one wheel beside each cherub; and the appearance of the wheels was like the gleam of a Tarshish stone.

Although I trained and strengthened their arms,
Yet they devise evil against Me.

But if you will not listen to it,
My soul will sob in secret for such pride;
And my eyes will bitterly weep
And flow down with tears,
Because the flock of the Lord has been taken captive.

When I would heal Israel,
The iniquity of Ephraim is uncovered,
And the evil deeds of Samaria,
For they deal falsely;
The thief enters in,
Bandits raid outside,

Her feet go down to death,
Her steps take hold of Sheol.

“Son of man, behold, the house of Israel is saying, ‘The vision that he sees is for many years from now, and he prophesies of times far off.’

And all the people know it,
That is, Ephraim and the inhabitants of Samaria,
Asserting in pride and in arrogance of heart:

And it will growl over it in that day like the roaring of the sea.
If one looks to the land, behold, there is darkness and distress;
Even the light is darkened by its clouds.

He lurks in a hiding place as a lion in his lair;
He lurks to catch the afflicted;
He catches the afflicted when he draws him into his net.

He says to himself, “I will not be moved;
Throughout all generations I will not be in adversity.”

His ways prosper at all times;
Your judgments are on high, out of his sight;
As for all his adversaries, he snorts at them.

“And I will bring you out of the midst of the city and deliver you into the hands of strangers and execute judgments against you.

Its roaring is like a lioness, and it roars like young lions;
It growls as it seizes the prey
And carries it off with no one to deliver it.

For you also have realized that you likewise have many times cursed others.

‘Can mankind be just before God?
Can a man be pure before his Maker?

In the first year of King Cyrus, Cyrus the king issued a decree: ‘Concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, let the temple, the place where sacrifices are offered, be rebuilt and let its foundations be retained, its height being 60 cubits and its width 60 cubits;

If you are pure and upright,
Surely now He would rouse Himself for you
And restore your righteous estate.

‘For he adds rebellion to his sin;
He claps his hands among us,
And multiplies his words against God.’”

He said to him, “Take these utensils, go and deposit them in the temple in Jerusalem and let the house of God be rebuilt in its place.”

After him Hananiah the son of Shelemiah, and Hanun the sixth son of Zalaph, repaired another section. After him Meshullam the son of Berechiah carried out repairs in front of his own quarters.

Then take the flask of oil and pour it on his head and say, ‘Thus says the Lord, “I have anointed you king over Israel.”’ Then open the door and flee and do not wait.”

As often as the king entered the house of the Lord, the guards came and carried them and then brought them back into the guards’ room.