At the end of this time, the king held a week-long banquet in the garden courtyard of the royal palace for all the people, from the greatest to the least, who were present in the fortress of Susa.

He will make a firm covenant
with many for one week,
but in the middle of the week
he will put a stop to sacrifice and offering.
And the abomination of desolation
will be on a wing of the temple
until the decreed destruction
is poured out on the desolator.”

Complete this week of wedding celebration, and we will also give you this younger one in return for working yet another seven years for me.”

And Jacob did just that. He finished the week of celebration, and Laban gave him his daughter Rachel as his wife.

Lord, how long will the wicked—
how long will the wicked gloat?

“How long, foolish ones, will you love ignorance?
How long will you mockers enjoy mocking
and you fools hate knowledge?

The Lord said to Moses, “How long will these people despise Me? How long will they not trust in Me despite all the signs I have performed among them?

After a long time you will be summoned. In the last years you will enter a land that has been restored from war and regathered from many peoples to the mountains of Israel, which had long been a ruin. They were brought out from the peoples, and all of them now live securely.

Then the man measured the temple; it was 175 feet long. In addition, the temple yard and the building, including its walls, were 175 feet long.

For the chambers on the outer court were 87½ feet long, while those facing the great hall were 175 feet long.

How long, exalted men, will my honor be insulted?
How long will you love what is worthless
and pursue a lie?Selah

When David’s friend Hushai the Archite came to Absalom, Hushai said to Absalom, “Long live the king! Long live the king!”

This holy donation will be set apart for the priests alone. It will be 8⅓ miles long on the northern side, 3⅓ miles wide on the western side, 3⅓ miles wide on the eastern side, and 8⅓ miles long on the southern side. The Lord’s sanctuary will be in the middle of it.

For the choir director. A Davidic psalm.Lord, how long will You forget me?
Forever?
How long will You hide Your face from me?

How long will I store up anxious concerns within me,
agony in my mind every day?
How long will my enemy dominate me?

One wing of the first cherub was 7½ feet long, and the other wing was 7½ feet long. The wingspan was 15 feet from tip to tip.

May he live long!
May gold from Sheba be given to him.
May prayer be offered for him continually,
and may he be blessed all day long.

I looked up, and there was a ram standing beside the canal. He had two horns. The two horns were long, but one was longer than the other, and the longer one came up last.

Whether it was two days, a month, or longer, the Israelites camped and did not set out as long as the cloud stayed over the tabernacle. But when it was lifted, they set out.

BOOK II
(Psalms 42–72)For the choir director. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. As a deer longs for streams of water,
so I long for You, God.

There are no signs for us to see.
There is no longer a prophet.
And none of us knows how long this will last.

“You are to count seven weeks, counting the weeks from the time the sickle is first put to the standing grain.

Know and understand this:
From the issuing of the decree
to restore and rebuild Jerusalem
until Messiah the Prince
will be seven weeks and 62 weeks.
It will be rebuilt with a plaza and a moat,
but in difficult times.

“How long will you judge unjustly
and show partiality to the wicked?Selah

I long and yearn
for the courts of the Lord;
my heart and flesh cry out for the living God.

Be gracious to me, Lord,
for I call to You all day long.

My eyes are worn out from crying.
Lord, I cry out to You all day long;
I spread out my hands to You.

They surround me like water all day long;
they close in on me from every side.

They rejoice in Your name all day long,
and they are exalted by Your righteousness.

I will establish his line forever,
his throne as long as heaven lasts.

How long, Lord? Will You hide Yourself forever?
Will Your anger keep burning like fire?

Lord—how long?
Turn and have compassion on Your servants.

I will satisfy him with a long life
and show him My salvation.

My enemies taunt me all day long;
they ridicule and curse me.

Long ago You established the earth,
and the heavens are the work of Your hands.

Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood, 45 inches long, 27 inches wide, and 27 inches high.

Make a mercy seat of pure gold, 45 inches long and 27 inches wide.

“You are to construct a table of acacia wood, 36 inches long, 18 inches wide, and 27 inches high.

“You are to construct the altar of acacia wood. The altar must be square, 7½ feet long, and 7½ feet wide; it must be 4½ feet high.

“You are to make the courtyard for the tabernacle. Make the hangings on the south of the courtyard out of finely spun linen, 150 feet long on that side.

Then make the hangings on the north side 150 feet long. There are to be 20 posts and 20 bronze bases. The hooks and bands of the posts must be silver.

Make the hangings of the courtyard on the west side 75 feet long, including their 10 posts and 10 bases.

It must be square and folded double, nine inches long and nine inches wide.

It must be square, 18 inches long and 18 inches wide; it must be 36 inches high. Its horns must be of one piece.

Because He has turned His ear to me,
I will call out to Him as long as I live.

How I long for Your precepts!
Give me life through Your righteousness.

Lord, I remember Your judgments from long ago
and find comfort.

כ KafI long for Your salvation;
I put my hope in Your word.

מ MemHow I love Your instruction!
It is my meditation all day long.

God said to Solomon, “Since this was in your heart, and you have not requested riches, wealth, or glory, or for the life of those who hate you, and you have not even requested long life, but you have requested for yourself wisdom and knowledge that you may judge My people over whom I have made you king,

He made a mercy seat of pure gold, 45 inches long and 27 inches wide.

He constructed the table of acacia wood, 36 inches long, 18 inches wide, and 27 inches high.

He made the altar of incense out of acacia wood. It was square, 18 inches long and 18 inches wide; it was 36 inches high. Its horns were of one piece.

Bezalel constructed the altar of burnt offering from acacia wood. It was square, 7½ feet long and 7½ feet wide, and was 4½ feet high.

The screen for the gate of the courtyard was embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen. It was 30 feet long, and like the hangings of the courtyard, 7½ feet high.

They made the breastpiece square and folded double, nine inches long and nine inches wide.

I open my mouth and pant
because I long for Your commands.

Long ago I learned from Your decrees
that You have established them forever.

I long for Your salvation, Lord,
and Your instruction is my delight.

I have lived too long
with those who hate peace.

Plowmen plowed over my back;
they made their furrows long.

who plan evil in their hearts.
They stir up wars all day long.

For the enemy has pursued me,
crushing me to the ground,
making me live in darkness
like those long dead.

Let me experience
Your faithful love in the morning,
for I trust in You.
Reveal to me the way I should go
because I long for You.

I will praise the Lord all my life;
I will sing to my God as long as I live.

He made a bronze altar 30 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 15 feet high.

The poles were so long that their ends were seen from the holy place in front of the inner sanctuary, but they were not seen from outside; they are there to this very day.

For Solomon had made a bronze platform 7½ feet long, 7½ feet wide, and 4½ feet high and put it in the court. He stood on it, knelt down in front of the entire congregation of Israel, and spread out his hands toward heaven.

the little owl, the cormorant,
the long-eared owl,

He will remain unclean as long as he has the infection; he is unclean. He must live alone in a place outside the camp.

Long life is in her right hand;
in her left, riches and honor.

How long will you stay in bed, you slacker?
When will you get up from your sleep?

My husband isn’t home;
he went on a long journey.

“The Lord made me
at the beginning of His creation,
before His works of long ago.

As long as it lies desolate, it will have the rest it did not have during your Sabbaths when you lived there.

He is filled with craving all day long,
but the righteous give and don’t hold back.

They brought out the king’s son, put the crown on him, gave him the testimony, and made him king. Jehoiada and his sons anointed him and cried, “Long live the king!”

“How long must I endure this evil community that keeps complaining about Me? I have heard the Israelites’ complaints that they make against Me.

“You must not cut his hair throughout the time of his vow of consecration. He must be holy until the time is completed during which he consecrates himself to the Lord; he is to let the hair of his head grow long.

At the Lord’s command the Israelites set out, and at the Lord’s command they camped. As long as the cloud stayed over the tabernacle, they camped.

When both are sounded in long blasts, the entire community is to gather before you at the entrance to the tent of meeting.

When calling the assembly together, you are to sound long blasts, not short ones.

A man may father a hundred children and live many years. No matter how long he lives, if he is not satisfied by good things and does not even have a proper burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he.

Whatever exists was given its name long ago, and it is known what man is. But he is not able to contend with the One stronger than he.

In my futile life I have seen everything: there is a righteous man who perishes in spite of his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who lives long in spite of his evil.

“The Lord our God spoke to us at Horeb: ‘You have stayed at this mountain long enough.

For this reason you stayed in Kadesh as long as you did.

‘You’ve been traveling around this hill country long enough; turn north.

(Only Og king of Bashan was left of the remnant of the Rephaim. His bed was made of iron. Isn’t it in Rabbah of the Ammonites? It is 13 feet six inches long and six feet wide by a standard measure.)

You made a reservoir between the walls for the waters of the ancient pool, but you did not look to the One who made it, or consider the One who created it long ago.

Yahweh, You are my God;
I will exalt You. I will praise Your name,
for You have accomplished wonders,
plans formed long ago, with perfect faithfulness.

I long for You in the night;
yes, my spirit within me diligently seeks You,
for when Your judgments are in the land,
the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.

Indeed! Topheth has been ready
for the king for a long time now.
Its funeral pyre is deep and wide,
with plenty of fire and wood.
The breath of the Lord, like a torrent of brimstone,
kindles it.

Have you not heard?
I designed it long ago;
I planned it in days gone by.
I have now brought it to pass,
and you have crushed fortified cities
into piles of rubble.

The king, with the queen seated beside him, asked me, “How long will your journey take, and when will you return?” So I gave him a definite time, and it pleased the king to send me.

and so that you may live long in the land the Lord swore to your fathers to give them and their descendants, a land flowing with milk and honey.

so that as long as the heavens are above the earth, your days and those of your children may be many in the land the Lord swore to give your fathers.

and be careful not to neglect the Levite, as long as you live in your land.

the little owl, the long-eared owl,
the white owl,

“Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you don’t forget the things your eyes have seen and so that they don’t slip from your mind as long as you live. Teach them to your children and your grandchildren.