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When you get close to the Ammonites, don’t show any hostility to them or fight with them, for I will not give you any of the Ammonites’ land as a possession; I have given it as a possession to the descendants of Lot.’” Verse ConceptsAvoid QuarrelsGifts Of GodOther Gifts Of Godharassment

Edom, Moab, and the Ammonites;

The Lord sent Chaldean, Aramean, Moabite, and Ammonite raiders against Jehoiakim. He sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the Lord He had spoken through His servants the prophets. Verse Conceptsenemies, of Israel and JudahProphecy, Fulfilment Of OtWord Of GodGod Spoke By The Prophets

Along with them, they had 36,000 troops for battle according to the genealogical records of their ancestral houses, for they had many wives and children. Verse ConceptsPolygamyThirty Thousand And Up

For this is what the Lord says:

He will swoop down like an eagle
and spread his wings against Moab.
Verse ConceptsWingsEagles

It will pour into Judah,
flood over it, and sweep through,
reaching up to the neck;
and its spreading streams
will fill your entire land, Immanuel!
Verse ConceptsNecksPresent, TheGod With You

So the five Amorite kings—the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon—joined forces, advanced with all their armies, besieged Gibeon, and fought against it. Verse ConceptsEncampmentsFive People

Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and with them was their army of about 15,000 men, who were all those left of the entire army of the Qedemites. Those who had been killed were 120,000 warriors. Verse ConceptsEleven To Nineteen ThousandOne Hundred Thousand And MoreSurvivors Of The Nations

After this, while Sennacherib king of Assyria with all his armed forces besieged Lachish, he sent his servants to Jerusalem against King Hezekiah of Judah and against all those of Judah who were in Jerusalem, saying,

but he did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit—worshiping the gold calves that were in Bethel and Dan. Verse ConceptsGolden Calves

“And now you are saying you can assert yourselves against the Lord’s kingdom, which is in the hand of one of David’s sons. You are a vast number and have with you the golden calves that Jeroboam made for you as gods. Verse ConceptsCalf worshipGolden Calves

The residents of Samaria will have anxiety
over the calf of Beth-aven.
Indeed, its idolatrous priests rejoiced over it;
the people will mourn over it,
over its glory.
It will certainly depart from them.
Verse ConceptsCalvesPriests, Institution In Ot TimesGolden CalvesFear Of Other ThingsMourning In RegretNature Of IdolatryLosing Honour

Your calf-idol is rejected, Samaria.
My anger burns against them.
How long will they be incapable of innocence?
Verse ConceptsPurity, Moral And SpiritualRejecting ThingsBefore People ActGod Opposes Idolatry

“Yet they are the ones who, at Balaam’s advice, incited the Israelites to unfaithfulness against the Lord in the Peor incident, so that the plague came against the Lord’s community. Verse ConceptsBalaams DonkeyadvisersMan's Counsel

who will go out before them and come back in before them, and who will bring them out and bring them in, so that the Lord’s community won’t be like sheep without a shepherd.” Verse ConceptsInadequate ShepherdingPeople Going BeforeGoing Out And Coming In

The whole community of Israel must celebrate it. Verse ConceptsAll People

“Now if the whole community of Israel errs, and the matter escapes the notice of the assembly, so that they violate any of the Lord’s commands and incur guilt by doing what is prohibited, Verse ConceptsCarelessnessIgnorance Of Evil


So then, remember that at one time you were Gentiles in the flesh—called “the uncircumcised” by those called “the circumcised,” which is done in the flesh by human hands. Verse ConceptsCircumcision, physicalBodyLiving For The MaterialNecessity Of Circumcision

Then He gave him the covenant of circumcision. After this, he fathered Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day; Isaac did the same with Jacob, and Jacob with the 12 patriarchs. Verse ConceptsExclusivenessCircumcision, physicalThe Number TwelveSacramentsAbraham, God's Covenant WithLess Than A Year OldTwelve BeingsCircumcisionGifts Of GodGod's Covenant With The PatriarchsOther Gifts Of God


“Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and then all the peoples of the earth will mourn; and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. Verse ConceptsGod, Glory OfFutureClouds And Jesus ChristGod, Power OfSorrowGod's Glory In Jesus ChristSigns In The SkySigns Of Christ's ReturnMourning Due To CatastropheSigns In The UniverseThe Nations Before GodThis GenerationAccompanying The Second ComingCloud of gloryThe Second Comingcloudsmath

In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the sources of the watery depths burst open, the floodgates of the sky were opened, Verse ConceptsBefore The FloodGeologyThe DelugeCalendarsSudden DestructionMonth 2The Act Of OpeningOpening HeavenWindows Of HeavenThe Sea Stirred UpFloods

Whoever flees at the sound of panic
will fall into a pit,
and whoever escapes from the pit
will be caught in a trap.
For the windows are opened from heaven,
and the foundations of the earth are shaken.
Verse ConceptsClimbingEarth's FoundationWindows Of HeavenMoving UpwardsPeople Falling From A HeightGod TrappingFear Will Come

laying the beams of His palace
on the waters above,
making the clouds His chariot,
walking on the wings of the wind,
Verse ConceptsChariotsChariots Of GodWingsBeamsGod WalkingGod RidingHeavenly ChariotsGod In The Windclouds

He waters the mountains from His palace;
the earth is satisfied by the fruit of Your labor.
Verse ConceptsSatisfactionStoring

So God made the expanse and separated the water under the expanse from the water above the expanse. And it was so. Verse ConceptsBefore The FloodThings UnderWaters DividingThings On HighWhat Else God CreatedAtmospheredivisionspacecrusadesThe Vastness Of Nature

The Lord is slow to anger but great in power;
the Lord will never leave the guilty unpunished.
His path is in the whirlwind and storm,
and clouds are the dust beneath His feet.
Verse ConceptsGod, Greatness OfFeetClouds, God's PresenceGod, Patience OfStormsWhirlwindsPower Of God, DescribedThe AlmightyAcquittalGod In The WindCondemnation Of The WickedSpeed Of God's AngerHurricanesGuiltfootstepspatientsdustfootprintsGod Controls Storms

Who has the wisdom to number the clouds?
Or who can tilt the water jars of heaven
Verse ConceptsBottles, Figurative UseUncountableWater ContainersGod Sending RainSpilling Your Seed On The Ground

Now Noah lived 350 years after the flood. Verse Concepts100 Years And MoreFloods

“For this is like the days of Noah to Me:
when I swore that the waters of Noah
would never flood the earth again,
so I have sworn that I will not be angry with you
or rebuke you.
Verse ConceptsFlood, TheCovenant, God's with NoahBefore The FloodThe DelugeGod Swearing BlessingsGod Will No More Be AngryNoah's FloodTimes Of PeopleThe RainbowFloodsRainbowrebukingcredibility

But if he gives a gift from his inheritance to one of his servants, it will belong to that servant until the year of freedom, when it will revert to the prince. His inheritance belongs only to his sons; it is theirs. Verse ConceptsCancellation Of DeptPeople Possessing Other ThingsReversion Of Thingslegacy


to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor,
and the day of our God’s vengeance;
to comfort all who mourn,
Verse ConceptsAfflicted SaintsAfflictions, Consolation DuringA Time Of SalvationGod Executes VengeanceGod Will Comfort

“Observe the Festival of Weeks with the firstfruits of the wheat harvest, and the Festival of Ingathering at the turn of the agricultural year. Verse ConceptsFeastingFeast Of WeeksCelebrationsHarvestPentecostWeeksWheatWorship, Times ForYearsFeast Of Weeks [Pentecost]Time Of Year

You are to celebrate the Festival of Weeks to the Lord your God with a freewill offering that you give in proportion to how the Lord your God has blessed you. Verse ConceptsAbility, To GiveFeast Of WeeksGenerosity, Used TowardsAnimal Sacrifice, Free Will OfferingTithesFeast Of Weeks [Pentecost]Free Willinterracial

“On the day of firstfruits, you are to hold a sacred assembly when you present an offering of new grain to the Lord at your Festival of Weeks; you are not to do any daily work. Verse ConceptsFeastingFeast Of WeeksCelebrationsHolidayHoliness, As Set Apart For GodConvocationsFeast Of Weeks [Pentecost]No Work On Feast DaysRegulations For Cereal OfferingsFirst fruits

Also observe the Festival of Harvest with the firstfruits of your produce from what you sow in the field, and observe the Festival of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you gather your produce from the field. Verse ConceptsFeastingFeast Of WeeksFeast Of TabernaclesCelebrationsHarvestLand, As A Divine ResponsibilityNew Year, ThePentecostSowing And ReapingWorship, Times ForYearsFeast Of Weeks [Pentecost]AgricultureFirst fruitsCelebrationcelebrating


you are to reply, ‘It is the Passover sacrifice to the Lord, for He passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt when He struck the Egyptians and spared our homes.’” So the people bowed down and worshiped. Verse ConceptsBowingProperty, HousesPassing OverReverence, And ObedienceBowing Heads Before GodGod KillingRegulations For PassoverWorshipping GodGod Killed The Peoples

Here is how you must eat it: you must be dressed for travel, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand. You are to eat it in a hurry; it is the Lord’s Passover. Verse ConceptsPassover lambAtonement, Types OfNew Year, TheAdventureSandalsStaffHasteShoesClothing OneselfHasty ActionPreparing To TravelWalking With A Staff

While He was in Jerusalem at the Passover Festival, many trusted in His name when they saw the signs He was doing. Verse ConceptsPassoverConverts To ChristianitySigns Performed By ChristThose Who Believed In ChristMiraclesimpulsiveness

and they observed it in the first month on the fourteenth day at twilight in the Wilderness of Sinai. The Israelites did everything as the Lord had commanded Moses. Verse ConceptsTwilight

The Jewish Passover was near, so Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Verse ConceptsNear The Time Generallymarketing

The Jewish Passover was near, and many went up to Jerusalem from the country to purify themselves before the Passover. Verse ConceptsPassoverPurifying OneselfNear The Time Generally

After two days it was the Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread. The chief priests and the scribes were looking for a treacherous way to arrest and kill Him. Verse ConceptsFeast Of Unleavened BreadChief priestsJudaismScribesTeachers Of The LawCraftinessTwo DaysActing In SecretArresting ChristChrist Would Be KilledOpposition To Christ From Scribes

The Festival of Unleavened Bread, which is called Passover, was drawing near. Verse ConceptsNear The Time Generally

When he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter too, during the days of Unleavened Bread. Verse ConceptsFeast Of Unleavened BreadPublic Opinion

but we sailed away from Philippi after the days of Unleavened Bread. In five days we reached them at Troas, where we spent seven days. Verse ConceptsPaul, Life OfWeeksFour Or Five DaysSeven DaysSea Travel

Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: “Look, My anger—My burning wrath—is about to be poured out on this place, on man and beast, on the tree of the field, and on the produce of the land. My wrath will burn and not be quenched.” Verse ConceptsNot ExtinguishingBoth Men And Animals AffectedHarming Trees

In the course of time Cain presented some of the land’s produce as an offering to the Lord. Verse ConceptsAbel and CainAbraham, Testing And Victoryprocess

Also, the Lord will provide what is good,
and our land will yield its crops.
Verse ConceptsHarvestSeedLand ProducingGiving Good Thingsproviding

On that day the Branch of the Lord will be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land will be the pride and glory of Israel’s survivors. Verse ConceptsDay of the LORDBeautifulBranches, Illustrating MessiahMessianic AgeNames And Titles For ChristBeauty Of GodSurvivors Of IsraelWomen's BeautyExcellence

Three of the 30 leading warriors went down at harvest time and came to David at the cave of Adullam, while a company of Philistines was camping in the Valley of Rephaim. Verse ConceptsCavesHarvestPeople In CavesThirtyCaves As Places Of Refuge

Cut off the sower from Babylon
as well as him who wields the sickle at harvest time.
Because of the oppressor’s sword,
each will turn to his own people,
each will flee to his own land.
Verse ConceptsBabylonSicklesNot SowingNot Reaping What You Sow

They have not said to themselves,
‘Let’s fear the Lord our God,
who gives the rain, both early and late, in its season,
who guarantees to us the fixed weeks of the harvest.’
Verse ConceptsCovenant, God's with Noahdrought, physicalHarvestPentecostWeather, God's Sovereignty OverWeeksGod Sending RainLatenessRight Time For GodNo Fear Of GodSeasons Changing

The field with its cave passed from the Hittites to Abraham as a burial place. Verse ConceptsContractsCaves For BuryingPeople Possessing Other ThingsThe Cave Of MachpelahCaves Used As Graves

Then Abraham got up from beside his dead wife and spoke to the Hittites: Verse ConceptsCorpses Of Other PeoplePeople Getting Up

The Hittites replied to Abraham, Verse ConceptsAbraham, Characteristics Of


because the great day of Their wrath has come! And who is able to stand?” Verse ConceptsSelf JustificationThe Judgement Is CalledAble To StandThe Day Of JudgementHaving A Good Day



Indeed, the evil man is spared from the day of disaster,
rescued from the day of wrath.
Verse ConceptsThe Judgement Is Called

and He has kept, with eternal chains in darkness for the judgment of the great day, the angels who did not keep their own position but deserted their proper dwelling. Verse ConceptsDemons, Punishment OfThe Judgement Is CalledEternal JudgmentEternal JudgementInhabitationEvil AngelsOuter DarknessTying UpAssignmentRebellion of Satan and AngelsHaving A Good DayJudgement Day




For the Lord will comfort Zion;
He will comfort all her waste places,
and He will make her wilderness like Eden,
and her desert like the garden of the Lord.
Joy and gladness will be found in her,
thanksgiving and melodious song.
Verse ConceptsGarden Of Eden, TheHorticultureJoy, Of IsraelLand, Spiritual Aspects OfRuinsThanksgivingAfflictions, Consolation DuringArchaeologyEdenWaste Places RestoredBlessing In The WildernessThose Singing PraiseGod Will ComfortFree Of ChargeGardensPeace And ComfortzionFinding Comfort In God

Take words of repentance with you
and return to the Lord.
Say to Him: “Forgive all our sin
and accept what is good,
so that we may repay You
with praise from our lips.
Verse ConceptsThe Lips Of The RighteousGrace, In OtWorship, Elements OfReturning To GodSpeaking To GodTaking Away EvilBacksliders

Then my head will be high
above my enemies around me;
I will offer sacrifices in His tent with shouts of joy.
I will sing and make music to the Lord.
Verse ConceptsMusicSacrifice, In OtThankfulnessWorship, Elements OfGod Lifting PeopleLifting HeadsI Will Sing Praises

For the choir director. A psalm of the sons of Korah.Clap your hands, all you peoples;
shout to God with a jubilant cry.
Verse ConceptsClappingJoy In WorshipJoy, Of IsraelShoutingVoicesShouting For JoyShouting To The Lord

Sing to the Lord with the lyre,
with the lyre and melodious song.
Verse ConceptsCreativityHarpsinstruments

Praise our God, you peoples;
let the sound of His praise be heard.
Verse ConceptsPraiseBless The Lord!Being Beautifuldeliverance

Three times I was beaten with rods by the Romans.
Once I was stoned by my enemies.
Three times I was shipwrecked.
I have spent a night and a day
in the open sea.
Verse ConceptsPersecution, Forms OfSeafaringStoningShipwrecksOne DayBeating BelieversActing Three TimesIn The Heart Of The Sea

He makes the depths seethe like a cauldron;
he makes the sea like an ointment jar.
Verse ConceptsOintmentThe Sea Stirred UpThe Oceanpot

They saw the Lord’s works,
His wonderful works in the deep.
Verse ConceptsLooking At God's WorksThe OceanWorking For GodWitnessingWorking For The Lord

Here is the sea, vast and wide,
teeming with creatures beyond number—
living things both large and small.
Verse ConceptsAn Innumerable NumberNatureSeaBroadnessMany CreaturesThe OceanThe Sea

Your way went through the sea
and Your path through the great waters,
but Your footprints were unseen.
Verse ConceptsThe Sea DividedThe OceanThe SeaPathsfootstepsfootprints





as you wait for and earnestly desire the coming of the day of God. The heavens will be on fire and be dissolved because of it, and the elements will melt with the heat. Verse ConceptsElementsHeatSecond Coming Of Christ, Names OfDestruction Of The WorldThe Universe DestroyedFire Of JudgementThe Fact Of That DayHurrying Others OnWaiting For The Second ComingEternal PerspectiveDoing Your BestA New DayThe Second Comingpeter





This is the inventory for the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the testimony, that was recorded at Moses’ command. It was the work of the Levites under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.

Appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the testimony, all its furnishings, and everything in it. They are to transport the tabernacle and all its articles, take care of it, and camp around it. Verse ConceptsCareRankTentsCarrying Holy ThingsCamping During The ExodusThe Tabernacle

Moses placed the staffs before the Lord in the tent of the testimony. The next day Moses entered the tent of the testimony and saw that Aaron's staff, representing the house of Levi, had sprouted, formed buds, blossomed, and produced almonds!

So the king called Jehoiada the high priest and said, “Why haven’t you required the Levites to bring from Judah and Jerusalem the tax imposed by the Lord’s servant Moses and the assembly of Israel for the tent of the testimony? Verse ConceptsChief priestsMoses, Significance OfTax Collectors

“Our ancestors had the tabernacle of the testimony in the wilderness, just as He who spoke to Moses commanded him to make it according to the pattern he had seen. Verse ConceptsDivine PlansDesignThe Tabernacle

The news reached Joab. Since he had supported Adonijah but not Absalom, Joab fled to the Lord’s tabernacle and took hold of the horns of the altar. Verse ConceptsHornsConspiracy

But if the land you possess is defiled, cross over to the land the Lord possesses where the Lord’s tabernacle stands, and take possession of it among us. But don’t rebel against the Lord or against us by building for yourselves an altar other than the altar of the Lord our God. Verse ConceptsFellowship, In The GospelRebellion Against God, Nature OfThe Altar Of The LordBuilding AltarsGod Living In The TabernacleUnclean Things

David left Zadok the priest and his fellow priests before the tabernacle of the Lord at the high place in Gibeon

When she had weaned him, she took him with her to Shiloh, as well as a three-year-old bull, half a bushel of flour, and a jar of wine. Though the boy was still young, she took him to the Lord’s house at Shiloh. Verse ConceptsInfantsBottle, UsesWineWineskinChildren, Should Be TreatedLimitations Of YouthQuantities Of WineAnimals At Specific AgesEphah [Ten Omers]The House Of God At Shiloh

They burned up the city and everything in it, but they put the silver and gold and the articles of bronze and iron into the treasury of the Lord’s house. Verse ConceptsGod, As JudgeFireIronTreasureConflagrationsTreasuriesBurning Cities

Whenever she went up to the Lord’s house, her rival taunted her in this way every year. Hannah wept and would not eat. Verse ConceptsFasting, Reasons ForFasting, Nature OfdiseasesSuffering, Nature OfProvokingLost Appetite

Moses also installed the gold altar in the tent of meeting, in front of the veil,

In the tent of meeting outside the veil that is in front of the testimony, Aaron and his sons are to tend the lamp from evening until morning before the Lord. This is to be a permanent statute for the Israelites throughout their generations. Verse ConceptsAaron, Priestly ResponsibilitiesMorningOrdinancesPriests, Function In Ot TimesTentsPutting In OrderActing All Night

Now Moses took a tent and set it up outside the camp, far away from the camp; he called it the tent of meeting. Anyone who wanted to consult the Lord would go to the tent of meeting that was outside the camp. Verse Conceptsenquiring of GodAskingTent Of MeetingTentsWeights And Measures, DistancesOutside The CampFar From Onedistance

Before the lamp of God had gone out, Samuel was lying down in the tabernacle of the Lord, where the ark of God was located. Verse ConceptsLampsArk Of The Covenant, Names ForThe Ark In The TempleLying Down To RestThe Temple At Shiloh

Hannah got up after they ate and drank at Shiloh. Eli the priest was sitting on a chair by the doorpost of the Lord’s tabernacle. Verse ConceptsDoorpostsHigh Priest, In OtPeople Sitting DownThe Temple At Shilohfinishing

He abandoned the tabernacle at Shiloh,
the tent where He resided among men.
Verse ConceptsPriesthood, In OtThe House Of God At Shiloh

He rejected the tent of Joseph
and did not choose the tribe of Ephraim.
Verse ConceptsRejecting PeopleNorthern Kingdom Of Israel

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