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20004

I will break down your strong pride. I will make your sky like iron and your land like bronze,

20006

After all this that Josiah had prepared for the temple, Neco king of Egypt marched up to fight at Carchemish by the Euphrates, and Josiah went out to confront him.

20007

But she was unfaithful to him and left him for her father’s house in Bethlehem in Judah. She was there for a period of four months.

20009

If you build a new house, make a railing around your roof, so that you don’t bring bloodguilt on your house if someone falls from it.

20010

“When the Lord your God annihilates the nations whose land He is giving you, so that you drive them out and live in their cities and houses,

20011

Azariah rested with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. His son Jotham became king in his place.

20012

What can a man give in exchange for his life?

20013

The following day Moses said to the people, “You have committed a grave sin. Now I will go up to the Lord; perhaps I will be able to atone for your sin.”

20014

But since they were not far from land (about 100 yards away), the other disciples came in the boat, dragging the net full of fish.

20016

Anyone who welcomes a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward. And anyone who welcomes a righteous person because he’s righteous will receive a righteous person’s reward.

20017

So he accepted the offer and started looking for a good opportunity to betray Him to them when the crowd was not present.

20018

David then stayed in the wilderness strongholds and in the hill country of the Wilderness of Ziph. Saul searched for him every day, but God did not hand David over to him.

20019

If only I could treat you like my brother,
one who nursed at my mother’s breasts,
I would find you in public and kiss you,
and no one would scorn me.

20020

So the Lord’s anger burned against Israel, and He surrendered them to the power of Hazael king of Aram and his son Ben-hadad during their reigns.

20022

“Command the Israelites to bring you pure oil from crushed olives for the light, in order to keep the lamp burning continually.

20023

Assuming He was in the traveling party, they went a day’s journey. Then they began looking for Him among their relatives and friends.

20024

Then Judas, His betrayer, replied, “Surely not I, Rabbi?”

“You have said it,” He told him.

20025

From half the tribe of Manasseh, they gave to the descendants of Gershon, who were one of the Levite clans:

Golan, the city of refuge for the one who commits manslaughter, with its pasturelands in Bashan, and Beeshterah with its pasturelands—two cities.

20027

How great is Your goodness
that You have stored up for those who fear You
and accomplished in the sight of everyone
for those who take refuge in You.

20028

Hang it on four gold-plated posts of acacia wood that have gold hooks and that stand on four silver bases.

20029

He is ripped from the security of his tent
and marched away to the king of terrors.

20030

Jehoiachin king of Judah, along with his mother, his servants, his commanders, and his officials, surrendered to the king of Babylon.

So the king of Babylon took him captive in the eighth year of his reign.

20031

Through the abundance of your trade,
you were filled with violence, and you sinned.
So I expelled you in disgrace
from the mountain of God,
and banished you, guardian cherub,
from among the fiery stones.

20032

Isn’t God as high as the heavens?
And look at the highest stars—how lofty they are!

20033

Then Jacob said, “God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, the Lord who said to me, ‘Go back to your land and to your family, and I will cause you to prosper,’

20034

And if you have not been faithful with what belongs to someone else, who will give you what is your own?

20035

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

20036

They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion;
they will be radiant with joy
because of the Lord’s goodness,
because of the grain, the new wine, the fresh oil,
and because of the young of the flocks and herds.
Their life will be like an irrigated garden,
and they will no longer grow weak from hunger.

20037

Then Abraham reached out and took the knife to slaughter his son.

20038

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20039

At that time they had a notorious prisoner called Barabbas.

20040

Announce to the nations;
proclaim and raise up a signal flag;
proclaim, and hide nothing.
Say: Babylon is captured;
Bel is put to shame;
Marduk is devastated;
her idols are put to shame;
her false gods, devastated.

20041

For the choir director, for Jeduthun. A Davidic psalm.I said, “I will guard my ways
so that I may not sin with my tongue;
I will guard my mouth with a muzzle
as long as the wicked are in my presence.”

20042

The word of the Lord came to me in the ninth year, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month:

20043

An oracle against Arabia:

In the desert brush
you will camp for the night,
you caravans of Dedanites.

20044

Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct Him?
Let him who argues with God give an answer.

20045

Shallum son of Jabesh conspired against Zechariah. He struck him down publicly, killed him, and became king in his place.

20046

“On the eighth day he must take two unblemished male lambs, an unblemished year-old ewe lamb, a grain offering of three quarts of fine flour mixed with olive oil, and one-third of a quart of olive oil.

20048

A very large crowd spread their robes on the road; others were cutting branches from the trees and spreading them on the road.

20049

The men of Israel had sworn an oath at Mizpah: “None of us will give his daughter to a Benjaminite in marriage.”

20050

When Balaam looked up and saw Israel encamped tribe by tribe, the Spirit of God came on him,

20051

So the allotment was for the rest of Manasseh’s descendants by their clans, for the sons of Abiezer, Helek, Asriel, Shechem, Hepher, and Shemida. These are the male descendants of Manasseh son of Joseph, by their clans.

20052

Lord, the hope of Israel,
all who abandon You
will be put to shame.
All who turn away from Me
will be written in the dirt,
for they have abandoned
the Lord, the fountain of living water.

20053

But new wine should be put into fresh wineskins.

20054

Finally, the woman died too.

20055

I will pour out My indignation on you;
I will blow the fire of My fury on you.
I will hand you over to brutal men,
skilled at destruction.

20057

For the choir director. A Davidic Maskil. When Doeg the Edomite went and reported to Saul, telling him, “David went to Ahimelech’s house.”Why brag about evil, you hero!
God’s faithful love is constant.

20058

“I will make a covenant of peace with them and eliminate dangerous animals in the land, so that they may live securely in the wilderness and sleep in the forest.

20059

Then Moses cried out to the Lord, “What should I do with these people? In a little while they will stone me!”

20060

Grind some of it into a fine powder and put some in front of the testimony in the tent of meeting, where I will meet with you. It must be especially holy to you.

20061

You are a garden spring,
a well of flowing water
streaming from Lebanon.

20062

Happy is the one whose help is the God of Jacob,
whose hope is in the Lord his God,

20063

“But the Levitical priests descended from Zadok, who kept charge of My sanctuary when the Israelites went astray from Me, will approach Me to serve Me. They will stand before Me to offer Me fat and blood.” This is the declaration of the Lord God.

20065

With these words David persuaded his men, and he did not let them rise up against Saul.

Then Saul left the cave and went on his way.

20066

“On the Sabbath day present two unblemished year-old male lambs, four quarts of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering, and its drink offering.

20067

For the choir director: on stringed instruments. Davidic.God, hear my cry;
pay attention to my prayer.

20068

He rode on a cherub and flew,
soaring on the wings of the wind.

20069

Often a spirit seizes him; suddenly he shrieks, and it throws him into convulsions until he foams at the mouth; wounding him, it hardly ever leaves him.

20070

There is none like the God of Jeshurun,
who rides the heavens to your aid,
the clouds in His majesty.

20071

The priest must then make atonement for the entire Israelite community so that they may be forgiven, for the sin was unintentional. They are to bring their offering, one made by fire to the Lord, and their sin offering before the Lord for their unintentional sin.

20072

Then he commanded them: “I am about to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite.

20073

I will attack him while he is weak and weary, throw him into a panic, and all the people with him will scatter. I will strike down only the king

20074

When Moses reported these words to all the Israelites, the people were overcome with grief.

20075

Instead they had some disagreements with him about their own religion and about a certain Jesus, a dead man Paul claimed to be alive.

20076

In those days and at that time
I will cause a Righteous Branch
to sprout up for David,
and He will administer justice
and righteousness in the land.

20077

Look, the Lord has a strong and mighty one
like a devastating hail storm,
like a storm with strong flooding waters.
He will bring it across the land with His hand.

20078

Jehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, but they did not go because the ships were wrecked at Ezion-geber.

20079

He was afraid and said, “What an awesome place this is! This is none other than the house of God. This is the gate of heaven.”

20080

After the camels had finished drinking, the man took a gold ring weighing half a shekel, and for her wrists two bracelets weighing 10 shekels of gold.

20081

Then Sarai said to Abram, “You are responsible for my suffering! I put my slave in your arms, and ever since she saw that she was pregnant, she has treated me with contempt. May the Lord judge between me and you.”

20082

Keep My Sabbaths holy, and they will be a sign between Me and you, so you may know that I am Yahweh your God.

20083

When the peoples hear, they will shudder;
anguish will seize the inhabitants of Philistia.

20084

Will you continue on the ancient path
that wicked men have walked?

20085

“House of Israel, can I not treat you as this potter treats his clay?”—this is the Lord’s declaration. “Just like clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in My hand, house of Israel.

20086

and told them, “Men, I can see that this voyage is headed toward damage and heavy loss, not only of the cargo and the ship but also of our lives.”

20087

from the Shihor east of Egypt to the border of Ekron on the north (considered to be Canaanite territory)—the five Philistine rulers of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron, as well as the Avvites

20088

Since Balaam saw that it pleased the Lord to bless Israel, he did not go to seek omens as on previous occasions, but turned toward the wilderness.

20091

For the one who finds me finds life
and obtains favor from the Lord,

20094

the watchman saw another man running. He called out to the gatekeeper, “Look! Another man is running alone!”

“This one is also bringing good news,” said the king.

20095

Then he started to curse and to swear with an oath, “I don’t know this man you’re talking about!”

20096

When God fixed the weight of the wind
and limited the water by measure,

20097

They let their little ones run around like lambs;
their children skip about,

20098

He took his last breath and died at a ripe old age, old and contented, and he was gathered to his people.

20099

Next, the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant in the presence of the Lord to follow the Lord and to keep His commands, His decrees, and His statutes with all his mind and with all his heart, and to carry out the words of this covenant that were written in this book; all the people agreed to the covenant.

20100

“Do not be afraid, for you will not be put to shame;
don’t be humiliated, for you will not be disgraced.
For you will forget the shame of your youth,
and you will no longer remember
the disgrace of your widowhood.

20101

Then the city was broken into, and all the warriors fled by night by way of the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden, even though the Chaldeans surrounded the city. As the king made his way along the route to the Arabah,

20102

I will bring you from the peoples and gather you from the countries where you were scattered, with a strong hand, an outstretched arm, and outpoured wrath.

20103

Before Zion was in labor, she gave birth;
before she was in pain, she delivered a boy.

20104

Set up road markers for yourself;
establish signposts!
Keep the highway in mind,
the way you have traveled.
Return, Virgin Israel!
Return to these cities of yours.

20105

One who rebukes a person will later find more favor
than one who flatters with his tongue.

20106

Like a flitting sparrow or a fluttering swallow,
an undeserved curse goes nowhere.

20107

They answered Him, “Allow us to sit at Your right and at Your left in Your glory.”

20108

Dominion and dread belong to Him,
the One who establishes harmony in the heavens.

20109

When all the commanders of the armies—they and their men—heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah, they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah. The commanders included Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan son of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah son of the Maacathite—they and their men.

20110

But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as generously as this? For everything comes from You, and we have given You only what comes from Your own hand.

20111

Leave Babylon;
save your lives, each of you!
Don’t perish because of her guilt.
For this is the time of the Lord’s vengeance—
He will pay her what she deserves.

20112

He ordered that the centurion keep Paul under guard, though he could have some freedom, and that he should not prevent any of his friends from serving him.

20113

So they answered Jesus, “We don’t know.”

And Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.”

20115

The king of Israel had said to his servants, “Don’t you know that Ramoth-gilead is ours, but we have failed to take it from the hand of the king of Aram?”

20116

Whoever sacrifices a thank offering honors Me,
and whoever orders his conduct,
I will show him the salvation of God.”

20117

Lord, You will establish peace for us,
for You have also done all our work for us.

20118

Your discernment is blessed, and you are blessed. Today you kept me from participating in bloodshed and avenging myself by my own hand.

20119

But the Lord’s portion is His people,
Jacob, His own inheritance.

20120

“So he said to him, ‘You will be over five towns.’

20121

This man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and household idols, and installed one of his sons to be his priest.

20122

There was no water for the community, so they assembled against Moses and Aaron.

20123

the fifth sardonyx,
the sixth carnelian,
the seventh chrysolite,
the eighth beryl,
the ninth topaz,
the tenth chrysoprase,
the eleventh jacinth,
the twelfth amethyst.

20124

Jehoshaphat king of Judah returned to his home in Jerusalem in peace.

20125

So Jehoiachin changed his prison clothes, and he dined regularly in the presence of the king of Babylon for the rest of his life.

20126

But if the distance is too great for you to carry it, since the place where Yahweh your God chooses to put His name is too far away from you and since the Lord your God has blessed you,

20127

“When a woman has a discharge of her blood for many days, though it is not the time of her menstruation, or if she has a discharge beyond her period, she will be unclean all the days of her unclean discharge, as she is during the days of her menstruation.

20128

The Lord answered Moses, “Go on ahead of the people and take some of the elders of Israel with you. Take the staff you struck the Nile with in your hand and go.

20129

“Phinehas son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, has turned back My wrath from the Israelites because he was zealous among them with My zeal, so that I did not destroy the Israelites in My zeal.

20130

Put the tablets of the testimony that I will give you into the ark.

20131

The Lord spoke to Moses:

20132

If any man inflicts a permanent injury on his neighbor, whatever he has done is to be done to him:

20133

If a man marries his sister, whether his father’s daughter or his mother’s daughter, and they have sexual relations, it is a disgrace. They must be cut off publicly from their people. He has had sexual intercourse with his sister; he will bear his punishment.

20134

Now after these things Abraham was told, “Milcah also has borne sons to your brother Nahor:

20136

No one in this house is greater than I am. He has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. So how could I do such a great evil and sin against God?”

20137

The tent of meeting is to move out with the Levites’ camp, which is in the middle of the camps. They are to move out just as they camp, each in his place, with their banners.

20138

by the God of your father who helps you,
and by the Almighty who blesses you
with blessings of the heavens above,
blessings of the deep that lies below,
and blessings of the breasts and the womb.

20139

If you were in my place I could also talk like you.
I could string words together against you
and shake my head at you.

20140

Then King Solomon gave the order to Benaiah son of Jehoiada, who struck down Adonijah, and he died.

20142

Then their father Israel said to them, “If it must be so, then do this: Put some of the best products of the land in your packs and take them down to the man as a gift—some balsam and some honey, aromatic gum and resin, pistachios and almonds.

20143

Jesus stopped and commanded that he be brought to Him. When he drew near, He asked him,

20144

Do you understand how the clouds float,
those wonderful works of Him who has perfect knowledge?

20145

Then Moses raised his hand and struck the rock twice with his staff, so that a great amount of water gushed out, and the community and their livestock drank.

20146

Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the saints greet you.

20147

until the Spirit from heaven is poured out on us.
Then the desert will become an orchard,
and the orchard will seem like a forest.

20148

“At his return, having received the authority to be king, he summoned those slaves he had given the money to, so he could find out how much they had made in business.

20149

For on My holy mountain, Israel’s high mountain”—the declaration of the Lord God—“there the entire house of Israel, all of them, will serve Me in the land. There I will accept them and will require your contributions and choicest gifts, all your holy offerings.

20150

“Now as for you, son of man, say to the house of Israel: You have said this, ‘Our transgressions and our sins are heavy on us, and we are wasting away because of them! How then can we survive?’

20151

Indeed, it was for my own welfare
that I had such great bitterness;
but Your love has delivered me
from the Pit of destruction,
for You have thrown all my sins behind Your back.

20152

You must follow the Lord your God and fear Him. You must keep His commands and listen to His voice; you must worship Him and remain faithful to Him.

20153

I will act for My own sake, indeed, My own,
for how can I be defiled?
I will not give My glory to another.

20154

Lord, when You showed Your favor,
You made me stand like a strong mountain;
when You hid Your face, I was terrified.

20155

“When you take a census of the Israelites to register them, each of the men must pay a ransom for himself to the Lord as they are registered. Then no plague will come on them as they are registered.

20156

Or the seven loaves for the 4,000 and how many large baskets you collected?

20157

He did what was evil in the Lord’s sight and followed the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit; he did not turn away from them.

20158

Then she said, “I have just one small request of you. Don’t turn me down.”

“Go ahead and ask, mother,” the king replied, “for I won’t turn you down.”

20159

One of the experts in the law answered Him, “Teacher, when You say these things You insult us too.”

20160

And the one who takes an oath by heaven takes an oath by God’s throne and by Him who sits on it.

20161

Ziklag, Madmannah, Sansannah,

20162

and said, ‘Don’t be afraid, Paul. You must stand before Caesar. And, look! God has graciously given you all those who are sailing with you.’

20163

He purchased a section of the field where he had pitched his tent from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for 100 qesitahs.

20164

He is to take from the Israelite community two male goats for a sin offering and one ram for a burnt offering.

20165

“How many loaves do you have?” Jesus asked them.

“Seven,” they said, “and a few small fish.”

20166

And the Lord will make the splendor of His voice heard
and reveal His arm striking in angry wrath
and a flame of consuming fire,
in driving rain, a torrent, and hailstones.

20168

In response the king stood up, tore his clothes, and lay down on the ground, and all his servants stood by with their clothes torn.

20169

Ahaz also took the silver and gold found in the Lord’s temple and in the treasuries of the king’s palace and sent them to the king of Assyria as a gift.

20170

Be attentive to him and listen to his voice. Do not defy him, because he will not forgive your acts of rebellion, for My name is in him.

20171

“Command the Israelites and say to them: Be sure to present to Me at its appointed time My offering and My food as My fire offering, a pleasing aroma to Me.

20172

A second time they said:

Hallelujah!
Her smoke ascends forever and ever!

20173

Take even your flocks and your herds as you asked and leave, and also bless me.”

20174

An oracle against the desert by the sea:

Like storms that pass over the Negev,
it comes from the desert, from the land of terror.

20175

I also found out that because the portions for the Levites had not been given, each of the Levites and the singers performing the service had gone back to his own field.

20176

The younger also gave birth to a son, and she named him Ben-ammi. He is the father of the Ammonites of today.

20177

The terror of God was on all the kingdoms of the lands when they heard that Yahweh had fought against the enemies of Israel.

20178

He replied, “The one who dipped his hand with Me in the bowl—he will betray Me.

20179

Your heart became proud because of your beauty;
For the sake of your splendor
you corrupted your wisdom.
So I threw you down to the earth;
I made you a spectacle before kings.

20180

Josiah was eight years old when he became king and reigned 31 years in Jerusalem.

20181

Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, his wife, and his female slaves so that they could bear children,

20182

I have heard Ephraim moaning,
“You disciplined me, and I have been disciplined
like an untrained calf.
Restore me, and I will return,
for you, Lord, are my God.

20183

the parched ground will become a pool of water,
and the thirsty land springs of water.
In the haunt of jackals, in their lairs,
there will be grass, reeds, and papyrus.

20184

He said to his men, “I swear before the Lord: I would never do such a thing to my lord, the Lord’s anointed. I will never lift my hand against him, since he is the Lord’s anointed.”

20185

Then Saul struck down the Amalekites from Havilah all the way to Shur, which is next to Egypt.

20186

They named the city Dan, after the name of their ancestor Dan, who was born to Israel. The city was formerly named Laish.

20187

Then the young woman will rejoice with dancing,
while young and old men rejoice together.
I will turn their mourning into joy,
give them consolation,
and bring happiness out of grief.

20188

But when he was at the Benjamin Gate, an officer of the guard was there, whose name was Irijah son of Shelemiah, son of Hananiah, and he apprehended Jeremiah the prophet, saying, “You are deserting to the Chaldeans.”

20189

“I told you I am He,” Jesus replied. “So if you’re looking for Me, let these men go.”

20190

So I asked them: What is this high place you are going to? And it is called High Place to this day.

20191

The Lord reigns! Let the peoples tremble.
He is enthroned above the cherubim.
Let the earth quake.

20192

י YodYour hands made me and formed me;
give me understanding
so that I can learn Your commands.

20193

As dry ground and heat snatch away the melted snow,
so Sheol steals those who have sinned.

20194

Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him,
and what will we gain by pleading with Him?”

20195

Do not plant your vineyard with two types of seed; otherwise, the entire harvest, both the crop you plant and the produce of the vineyard, will be defiled.

20196

“Be careful to do as the Lord your God has commanded you; you are not to turn aside to the right or the left.

20197

The Danites went on their way, and Micah turned to go back home, because he saw that they were stronger than he was.

20198

Therefore, if I do not know the meaning of the language, I will be a foreigner to the speaker, and the speaker will be a foreigner to me.

20199

The moon will be put to shame
and the sun disgraced,
because the Lord of Hosts will reign as king
on Mount Zion in Jerusalem,
and He will display His glory
in the presence of His elders.

20201

commanding his accusers to come to you.] By examining him yourself you will be able to discern all these things we are accusing him of.”

20202

as well as Nebo and Baal-meon (whose names were changed), and Sibmah. They gave names to the cities they rebuilt.

20204

and 32,000 people, all the females who had not had sexual relations with a man.

20205

A sensible person sees danger and takes cover;
the inexperienced keep going and are punished.

20206

for the devious are detestable to the Lord,
but He is a friend to the upright.

20208

They will stand far off in fear of her torment, saying:

Woe, woe, the great city,
Babylon, the mighty city!
For in a single hour
your judgment has come.

20209

for he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and made cast images of the Baals.

20210

At that time, Hanani the seer came to King Asa of Judah and said to him, “Because you depended on the king of Aram and have not depended on the Lord your God, the army of the king of Aram has escaped from your hand.

20211

The waters heaped up at the blast of Your nostrils;
the currents stood firm like a dam.
The watery depths congealed in the heart of the sea.

20212

But you even undermine the fear of God
and hinder meditation before Him.

20213

People came and told Jehoshaphat, “A vast number from beyond the Dead Sea and from Edom has come to fight against you; they are already in Hazazon-tamar” (that is, En-gedi).

20214

Then the trees of the forest will shout for joy before the Lord,
for He is coming to judge the earth.

20215

So Joshua conquered the whole region—the hill country, the Negev, the Judean foothills, and the slopes—with all their kings, leaving no survivors. He completely destroyed every living being, as the Lord, the God of Israel, had commanded.

20216

So to the best of my ability I’ve made provision for the house of my God: gold for the gold articles, silver for the silver, bronze for the bronze, iron for the iron, and wood for the wood, as well as onyx, stones for mounting, antimony, stones of various colors, all kinds of precious stones, and a great quantity of marble.

20217

There were 700 choice men who were left-handed among all these people; all could sling a stone at a hair and not miss.

20218

The word of the Lord came to me again:

20220

“If you see the donkey of someone who hates you lying helpless under its load, and you want to refrain from helping it, you must help with it.

20221

Eloquent words are not appropriate on a fool’s lips;
how much worse are lies for a ruler.

20222

When the king heard the word that the man of God had cried out against the altar at Bethel, Jeroboam stretched out his hand from the altar and said, “Arrest him!” But the hand he stretched out against him withered, and he could not pull it back to himself.

20223

And prompted by her mother, she answered, “Give me John the Baptist’s head here on a platter!”

20224

I have become a brother to jackals
and a companion of ostriches.

20225

From the top of the hill the border curved to the spring of the Waters of Nephtoah, went to the cities of Mount Ephron, and then curved to Baalah (that is, Kiriath-jearim).

20226

You profaned your sanctuaries
by the magnitude of your iniquities
in your dishonest trade.
So I made fire come from within you,
and it consumed you.
I reduced you to ashes on the ground
in the sight of everyone watching you.

20227

God was with the boy, and he grew; he settled in the wilderness and became an archer.

20228

So Pilate answered them, “Do you want me to release the King of the Jews for you?”

20229

Shudder, you complacent ones;
tremble, you overconfident ones!
Strip yourselves bare
and put sackcloth around your waists.

20230

After Jacob came from Paddan-aram, he arrived safely at Shechem in the land of Canaan and camped in front of the city.

20231

The Israelites secretly did what was not right against the Lord their God. They built high places in all their towns from watchtower to fortified city.

20232

But among the ones that chew the cud or have divided hooves, you are not to eat these:

the camel, the hare, and the hyrax,
though they chew the cud, they do not have hooves—
they are unclean for you;

20233

King Solomon made a sedan chair for himself
with wood from Lebanon.

20234

On the fourth day the silver, the gold, and the articles were weighed out in the house of our God into the care of Meremoth the priest, son of Uriah. Eleazar son of Phinehas was with him. The Levites Jozabad son of Jeshua and Noadiah son of Binnui were also with them.

20235

“Send men to scout out the land of Canaan I am giving to the Israelites. Send one man who is a leader among them from each of their ancestral tribes.”

20236

“Son of man, take a single stick and write on it: Belonging to Judah and the Israelites associated with him. Then take another stick and write on it: Belonging to Joseph—the stick of Ephraim—and all the house of Israel associated with him.

20238

When Samlah died, Shaul from Rehoboth on the Euphrates River ruled in his place.

20239

Jeremiah replied, “The word of the Lord came to me:

20240

Do you give strength to the horse?
Do you adorn his neck with a mane?

20241

Don’t you know that the Lord God of Israel gave the kingship over Israel to David and his descendants forever by a covenant of salt?

20242

There are to be four cups shaped like almond blossoms on the lampstand shaft along with its calyxes and petals.

20243

Now Jacob lived in the land of Egypt 17 years, and his life span was 147 years.

20244

David marched out with the army and was successful in everything Saul sent him to do. Saul put him in command of the soldiers, which pleased all the people and Saul’s servants as well.

20245

Hoshea son of Nun from the tribe of Ephraim;

20246

When he had spent not more than eight or 10 days among them, he went down to Caesarea. The next day, seated at the judge’s bench, he commanded Paul to be brought in.

20247

If you find honey, eat only what you need;
otherwise, you’ll get sick from it and vomit.

20249

Greet Philologus and Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas, and all the saints who are with them.

20250

Daughter Babylon, doomed to destruction,
happy is the one who pays you back
what you have done to us.

20251

The first came forward and said, ‘Master, your mina has earned 10 more minas.’

20252

The chief priests and the scribes stood by, vehemently accusing Him.

20253

For you took collateral from your brothers without cause,
stripping off their clothes and leaving them naked.

20254

When some of those standing there heard this, they said, “He’s calling for Elijah!”

20255

He said:

Yahweh, the God of our ancestors, are You not the God who is in heaven, and do You not rule over all the kingdoms of the nations? Power and might are in Your hand, and no one can stand against You.

20259

They will rebuild the ancient ruins;
they will restore the former devastations;
they will renew the ruined cities,
the devastations of many generations.

20260

“Later the rest of the virgins also came and said, ‘Master, master, open up for us!’

20261

At that time, David offered sacrifices there when he saw that the Lord answered him at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

20262

Now Laban had two daughters: the older was named Leah, and the younger was named Rachel.

20263

In the twentieth year of Israel’s King Jeroboam, Asa became king of Judah

20264

A mocker seeks wisdom and doesn’t find it,
but knowledge comes easily to the perceptive.

20265

Four things on earth are small,
yet they are extremely wise:

20266

Did the word of God originate from you, or did it come to you only?

20267

Caravans of camels will cover your land
young camels of Midian and Ephah—
all of them will come from Sheba.
They will carry gold and frankincense
and proclaim the praises of the Lord.

20268

Benaiah son of Jehoiada was the son of a brave man from Kabzeel, a man of many exploits. Benaiah killed two sons of Ariel of Moab, and he went down into a pit on a snowy day and killed a lion.

20269

Ascribe to the Lord, families of the peoples,
ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.

20270

They started laughing at Him, but He put them all outside. He took the child’s father, mother, and those who were with Him, and entered the place where the child was.

20271

After these faithful deeds, Sennacherib king of Assyria came and entered Judah. He laid siege to the fortified cities and intended to break into them.

20273

He stationed troops in every fortified city of Judah and set garrisons in the land of Judah and in the cities of Ephraim that his father Asa had captured.

20274

These are in addition to the offerings for the Lord’s Sabbaths, your gifts, all your vow offerings, and all your freewill offerings that you give to the Lord.

20275

“Listen to Me, house of Jacob,
all the remnant of the house of Israel,
who have been sustained from the womb,
carried along since birth.

20276

When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard His parables, they knew He was speaking about them.

20277

In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked all the fortified cities of Judah and captured them.

20278

They are a rebellious people,
deceptive children,
children who do not want to obey the Lord’s instruction.

20279

Then he said to his servant, “Go up and look toward the sea.”

So he went up, looked, and said, “There’s nothing.”

Seven times Elijah said, “Go back.”

20280

Saul told David, “Here is my oldest daughter Merab. I’ll give her to you as a wife, if you will be a warrior for me and fight the Lord’s battles.” But Saul was thinking, “My hand doesn’t need to be against him; let the hand of the Philistines be against him.”

20281

If a man sleeps with his daughter-in-law, both of them must be put to death. They have acted perversely; their blood is on their own hands.

20283

So David gave orders to gather the foreigners that were in the land of Israel, and he appointed stonecutters to cut finished stones for building God’s house.

20284

Then the Israelites inquired of the Lord. In those days, the ark of the covenant of God was there,

20285

How could one man pursue a thousand,
or two put ten thousand to flight,
unless their Rock had sold them,
unless the Lord had given them up?

20286

“The person afflicted with an infectious skin disease is to have his clothes torn and his hair hanging loose, and he must cover his mouth and cry out, ‘Unclean, unclean!’

20287

These men went to the chief priests and elders and said, “We have bound ourselves under a solemn curse that we won’t eat anything until we have killed Paul.

20288

Make tassels on the four corners of the outer garment you wear.

20289

If you do what is good to those who are good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do that.

20290

When the Lord brings you into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which He swore to your fathers that He would give you, a land flowing with milk and honey, you must carry out this ritual in this month.

20291

The Reubenites rebuilt Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim,

20292

He asked them at what time he got better. “Yesterday at seven in the morning the fever left him,” they answered.

20293

There we found believers and were invited to stay with them for seven days.

And so we came to Rome.

20294

So the message of the Lord spread through the whole region.

20295

and told them, “Say this, ‘His disciples came during the night and stole Him while we were sleeping.’

20297

Yet out of the north He comes, shrouded in a golden glow;
awesome majesty surrounds Him.

20298

Doesn’t the ear test words
as the palate tastes food?

20299

I will establish a sign among them, and I will send survivors from them to the nations—to Tarshish, Put, Lud (who are archers), Tubal, Javan, and the islands far away—who have not heard of My fame or seen My glory. And they will proclaim My glory among the nations.

20301

Do you listen in on the council of God,
or have a monopoly on wisdom?

20302

This is the bread that came down from heaven; it is not like the manna your fathers ate—and they died. The one who eats this bread will live forever.”

20303

The rest of the events of Abijam’s reign, along with all his accomplishments, are written in the Historical Record of Judah’s Kings. There was also war between Abijam and Jeroboam.

20305

Then Solomon said, “If he is a man of character, not a single hair of his will fall to the ground, but if evil is found in him, he dies.”

20306

All the Midianites, Amalekites, and Qedemites gathered together, crossed over the Jordan, and camped in the Valley of Jezreel.

20307

creating words of praise.”
The Lord says,
“Peace, peace to the one who is far or near,
and I will heal him.

20308

so he told him: “My father Saul intends to kill you. Be on your guard in the morning and hide in a secret place and stay there.

20309

I have sought You with all my heart;
don’t let me wander from Your commands.

20310

When evildoers came against me to devour my flesh,
my foes and my enemies stumbled and fell.

20311

Then the word of the Lord came to them:
“Law after law, law after law,
line after line, line after line,
a little here, a little there,”
so they go stumbling backward,
to be broken, trapped, and captured.

20312

“The Lord will bring you and your king that you have appointed to a nation neither you nor your fathers have known, and there you will worship other gods, of wood and stone.

20313

When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, a prince of the region, saw her, he took her and raped her.

20316

I heard the angel of the waters say:

You are righteous,
who is and who was, the Holy One,
for You have decided these things.

20317

Then the Lord answered Job from the whirlwind:

20318

Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon. They have gone from there rejoicing. The town has been in an uproar; that’s the noise you heard.

20319

“On the eighth day you are to hold a solemn assembly; you are not to do any daily work.

20320

Get ready to answer Me like a man;
when I question you, you will inform Me.

20321

The man from whom the demons had departed kept begging Him to be with Him. But He sent him away and said,

20322

Then He asked them again, “Who is it you’re looking for?”

“Jesus the Nazarene,” they said.

20323

When the men who tended them saw what had happened, they ran off and reported it in the town and in the countryside.

20324

The wicked are those who rebel against the light.
They do not recognize its ways
or stay on its paths.

20325

He sought God throughout the lifetime of Zechariah, the teacher of the fear of God. During the time that he sought the Lord, God gave him success.

20326

Then the king of Israel and Judah’s King Jehoshaphat went up to Ramoth-gilead.

20327

So they dressed with sackcloth around their waists and ropes around their heads, went to the king of Israel, and said, “Your servant Ben-hadad says, ‘Please spare my life.’”

So he said, “Is he still alive? He is my brother.”

20328

Now Absalom fled and went to Talmai son of Ammihud, king of Geshur. And David mourned for his son every day.

20329

Hazor-hadattah, Kerioth-hezron (that is, Hazor),

20330

The next day the entire Israelite community complained about Moses and Aaron, saying, “You have killed the Lord’s people!”

20331

Do not turn to idols or make cast images of gods for yourselves; I am Yahweh your God.

20332

This is the land that remains:

All the districts of the Philistines and the Geshurites:

20333

When Moses went up the mountain, the cloud covered it.

20334

The flax and the barley were destroyed because the barley was ripe and the flax was budding,

20335

for they all saw Him and were terrified. Immediately He spoke with them and said, “Have courage! It is I. Don’t be afraid.”

20336

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.

20337

Outside the inner gate, within the inner court, there were chambers for the singers: one beside the north gate, facing south, and another beside the south gate, facing north.

20338

Then Jonathan removed the robe he was wearing and gave it to David, along with his military tunic, his sword, his bow, and his belt.

20339

Greet Herodion, my fellow countryman.
Greet those who belong to the household of Narcissus who are in the Lord.

20340

Then the Lord spoke to Joshua,

20341

Yes, You are a God who hides Himself,
God of Israel, Savior.

20342

Your neck is like the tower of David,
constructed in layers.
A thousand bucklers are hung on it—
all of them shields of warriors.

20343

By pouring this fragrant oil on My body, she has prepared Me for burial.

20344

Then Festus, wanting to do a favor for the Jews, replied to Paul, “Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem, there to be tried before me on these charges?”

20345

So if Demetrius and the craftsmen who are with him have a case against anyone, the courts are in session, and there are proconsuls. Let them bring charges against one another.

20346

Then after some years, he went down to visit Ahab in Samaria. Ahab sacrificed many sheep and cattle for him and for the people who were with him. Then he persuaded him to march up to Ramoth-gilead,

20347

God is not partial to princes
and does not favor the rich over the poor,
for they are all the work of His hands.

20348

“Then they too will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or without clothes, or sick, or in prison, and not help You?’

20349

Then all of Adonijah’s guests got up trembling and went their separate ways.

20351

These are the men Moses and Aaron registered, with the assistance of the 12 leaders of Israel; each represented his ancestral house.

20353

For the company of the godless will have no children,
and fire will consume the tents of those who offer bribes.

20354

About Edom, this is what the Lord of Hosts says:

Is there no longer wisdom in Teman?
Has counsel perished from the prudent?
Has their wisdom rotted away?

20355

From Asaph’s sons:
Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asarelah, sons of Asaph, under Asaph’s authority, who prophesied under the authority of the king.

20356

His servant Zimri, commander of half his chariots, conspired against him while Elah was in Tirzah getting drunk in the house of Arza, who was in charge of the household at Tirzah.

20357

Justice is turned back,
and righteousness stands far off.
For truth has stumbled in the public square,
and honesty cannot enter.

20358

But he said, “Lord God, how can I know that I will possess it?”

20359

The Lord answered Moses, “I will do this very thing you have asked, for you have found favor in My sight, and I know you by name.”

20360

For Yahweh your God has chosen him and his sons from all your tribes to stand and minister in His name from now on.

20361

“Go into the city to a certain man,” He said, “and tell him, ‘The Teacher says: My time is near; I am celebrating the Passover at your place with My disciples.’”

20362

Stone him to death for trying to turn you away from the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the place of slavery.

20363

Then the man said to me: “This chamber that faces south is for the priests who keep charge of the temple.

20364

Then the angel of the Lord went out and struck down 185,000 in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning—there were all the dead bodies!

20365

When the whole community saw that Aaron had passed away, the entire house of Israel mourned for him 30 days.

20366

But if these are questions about words, names, and your own law, see to it yourselves. I don’t want to be a judge of such things.”

20367

And now, may the terror of the Lord be on you. Watch what you do, for there is no injustice or partiality or taking bribes with the Lord our God.”

20368

Happy is the man who does this,
anyone who maintains this,
who keeps the Sabbath without desecrating it,
and keeps his hand from doing any evil.

20369

Jonadab said to him, “Lie down on your bed and pretend you’re sick. When your father comes to see you, say to him, ‘Please let my sister Tamar come and give me something to eat. Let her prepare food in my presence so I can watch and eat from her hand.’”

20370

But he urged them so strongly that they followed him and went into his house. He prepared a feast and baked unleavened bread for them, and they ate.

20371

Then they were trying again to seize Him, yet He eluded their grasp.

20372

The Lord will give you meager bread and water during oppression, but your Teacher will not hide Himself any longer. Your eyes will see your Teacher,

20373

Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go throughout the land to every spring of water and to every wadi. Perhaps we’ll find grass so we can keep the horses and mules alive and not have to destroy any cattle.”

20374

Though our guilt testifies against us,
Yahweh, act for Your name’s sake.
Indeed, our rebellions are many;
we have sinned against You.

20375

Come out, young women of Zion,
and gaze at King Solomon,
wearing the crown his mother placed on him
the day of his wedding
the day of his heart’s rejoicing.


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20376

but David could not go before it to inquire of God, because he was terrified of the sword of the Lord’s angel.

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20377

He will lend to you, but you won’t lend to him. He will be the head, and you will be the tail.

20378

Ahab rested with his fathers, and his son Ahaziah became king in his place.

20379

On the tenth day of the fifth month—which was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon—Nebuzaradan, the commander of the guards, entered Jerusalem as the representative of the king of Babylon.

20381

Then they said to him, “We haven’t received any letters about you from Judea. None of the brothers has come and reported or spoken anything evil about you.

20382

Someone told Him, “Look, Your mother and Your brothers are standing outside, wanting to speak to You.”

20383

The word of the Lord came to me:

20384

For the Lord has said to me,
“Go, post a lookout;
let him report what he sees.

20385

M You are as beautiful as Tirzah, my darling,
lovely as Jerusalem,
awe-inspiring as an army with banners.

20387

Afterward, they took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh and fasted seven days.

20388

Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run me through with it, or these uncircumcised men will come and run me through and torture me.” But his armor-bearer would not do it because he was terrified. Then Saul took his sword and fell on it.

20389

You have indeed defeated Edom, and you have become overconfident. Enjoy your glory and stay at home. Why should you stir up such trouble that you fall—you and Judah with you?”

20390

Anyone who belongs to Jeroboam and dies in the city,
the dogs will eat,
and anyone who dies in the field,
the birds of the sky will eat,
for the Lord has said it!’

20391

W I have taken off my clothing.
How can I put it back on?
I have washed my feet.
How can I get them dirty?

20392

He made its posts of silver,
its back of gold,
and its seat of purple.
Its interior is inlaid with love
by the young women of Jerusalem.

20393

Solomon and all Israel with him—a great assembly, from the entrance of Hamath to the Brook of Egypt—observed the festival at that time in the presence of the Lord our God, seven days, and seven more days—14 days.

20394

I will bless her; indeed, I will give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she will produce nations; kings of peoples will come from her.”

20395

But the message is very near you, in your mouth and in your heart, so that you may follow it.

20396

Then Moses came down from the mountain to the people and consecrated them, and they washed their clothes.

20397

After running under the shelter of a little island called Cauda, we were barely able to get control of the skiff.

20398

So Saul, accompanied by 3,000 of the choice men of Israel, went to the Wilderness of Ziph to search for David there.

20399

Come now, let’s make a covenant, you and I. Let it be a witness between the two of us.”

20400

Moreover, keep Your servant from willful sins;
do not let them rule over me.
Then I will be innocent
and cleansed from blatant rebellion.

20401

Instead fear the Lord, who brought you from the land of Egypt with great power and an outstretched arm. You are to bow down to Him, and you are to sacrifice to Him.

20402

For what hope does the godless man have when he is cut off,
when God takes away his life?

20403

Fury is cruel, and anger a flood,
but who can withstand jealousy?

20404

When the king heard the words of the book of the law, he tore his clothes.

20405

He banished the male cult prostitutes from the land and removed all of the idols that his fathers had made.

20406

I have heard many things like these.
You are all miserable comforters.

20407

I am going to send for all the families of the north’—this is the Lord’s declaration—‘and send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and I will bring them against this land, against its residents, and against all these surrounding nations, and I will completely destroy them and make them a desolation, a derision, and ruins forever.

20408

Ahithophel was the king’s counselor. Hushai the Archite was the king’s friend.

20409

when I sharpen My flashing sword,
and My hand takes hold of judgment,
I will take vengeance on My adversaries
and repay those who hate Me.

20410

If the God of my father, the God of Abraham, the Fear of Isaac, had not been with me, certainly now you would have sent me off empty-handed. But God has seen my affliction and my hard work, and He issued His verdict last night.”

20411

So he asked Jehoshaphat, “Will you go with me to fight Ramoth-gilead?”

Jehoshaphat replied to the king of Israel, “I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses.”

20412

He stood and shouted to the Israelite battle formations: “Why do you come out to line up in battle formation?” He asked them, “Am I not a Philistine and are you not servants of Saul? Choose one of your men and have him come down against me.

20413

An oracle about the animals of the Negev:

Through a land of trouble and distress,
of lioness and lion,
of viper and flying serpent,
they carry their wealth on the backs of donkeys
and their treasures on the humps of camels,
to a people who will not help them.

20415

For you are about to cross the Jordan to enter and take possession of the land the Lord your God is giving you. When you possess it and settle in it,

20416

I will come to you after I pass through Macedonia—for I will be traveling through Macedonia—

20417

Pilate, wanting to release Jesus, addressed them again,

20418

For the choir director. A Davidic psalm.Lord, the king finds joy in Your strength.
How greatly he rejoices in Your victory!

20419

The witnesses’ hands are to be the first in putting him to death, and after that, the hands of all the people. You must purge the evil from you.

20421

B Our sister is young;
she has no breasts.
What will we do for our sister
on the day she is spoken for?

20422

Isn’t your wickedness abundant
and aren’t your iniquities endless?

20423

Once again there was a battle with the Philistines, and Elhanan son of Jair killed Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite. The shaft of his spear was like a weaver’s beam.

20424

They went to the fortress of Tyre and all the cities of the Hivites and Canaanites. Afterward, they went to the Negev of Judah at Beer-sheba.

20425

and the Lord appeared to him that night and said, “I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid, for I am with you. I will bless you and multiply your offspring because of My servant Abraham.”

20426

While Moses held up his hand, Israel prevailed, but whenever he put his hand down, Amalek prevailed.

20427

That day’s victory was turned into mourning for all the troops because on that day the troops heard, “The king is grieving over his son.”

20428

After Moses removed Aaron’s garments and put them on his son Eleazar, Aaron died there on top of the mountain. Then Moses and Eleazar came down from the mountain.

20429

Then the chiefs of Edom will be terrified;
trembling will seize the leaders of Moab;
the inhabitants of Canaan will panic;

20430

His military division numbers 59,300.

20431

He did away with the horses that the kings of Judah had dedicated to the sun. They had been at the entrance of the Lord’s temple in the precincts by the chamber of Nathan-melech the court official, and he burned up the chariots of the sun.

20433

The king of Assyria deported the Israelites to Assyria and put them in Halah and by the Habor, Gozan’s river, and in the cities of the Medes,

20434

But He replied to the one who told Him, “Who is My mother and who are My brothers?”

20435

“Who touched Me?” Jesus asked.

When they all denied it, Peter said, “Master, the crowds are hemming You in and pressing against You.”

20436

You must redeem every firstborn of a donkey with a flock animal, but if you do not redeem it, break its neck. However, you must redeem every firstborn among your sons.

20437

The tribe of Gad will be next. The leader of the Gadites is Eliasaph son of Deuel.

20438

If I go up to heaven, You are there;
if I make my bed in Sheol, You are there.

20439

Your servant has indeed found favor in your sight, and you have shown me great kindness by saving my life. But I can’t run to the mountains; the disaster will overtake me, and I will die.

20440

“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.

20441

Now the famine in the land was severe.

20442

Esau took his wives from the Canaanite women: Adah daughter of Elon the Hittite, Oholibamah daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon the Hivite,

20443

As Aaron was speaking to the entire Israelite community, they turned toward the wilderness, and there in a cloud the Lord’s glory appeared.

20444

The lamp that guides the wicked—
haughty eyes and an arrogant heart—is sin.

20445

He wraps up the waters in His clouds,
yet the clouds do not burst beneath their weight.

20446

Young women of Jerusalem, I charge you:
do not stir up or awaken love
until the appropriate time.

20447

a little sleep, a little slumber,
a little folding of the arms to rest,

20450

Does a wise man answer with empty counsel
or fill himself with the hot east wind?

20451

Then the king promoted Daniel and gave him many generous gifts. He made him ruler over the entire province of Babylon and chief governor over all the wise men of Babylon.

20452

When David got up in the morning, a revelation from the Lord had come to the prophet Gad, David’s seer:

20453

The temple was full of men and women; all the leaders of the Philistines were there, and about 3,000 men and women were on the roof watching Samson entertain them.

20454

Do not show favoritism to a poor person in his lawsuit.

20456

Asa did what was good and right in the sight of the Lord his God.

20457

“Receive your sight!” Jesus told him. “Your faith has healed you.”

20459

“Listen to this, house of Jacob—
those who are called by the name Israel
and have descended from Judah,
who swear by the name of Yahweh
and declare the God of Israel,
but not in truth or righteousness.

20460

because they have abandoned Me and burned incense to other gods in order to provoke Me with all the work of their hands. My wrath will be kindled against this place, and it will not be quenched.

20461

Remember Your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Israel—You swore to them by Your very self and declared, ‘I will make your offspring as numerous as the stars of the sky and will give your offspring all this land that I have promised, and they will inherit it forever.’”

20462

Moses and Aaron summoned the assembly in front of the rock, and Moses said to them, “Listen, you rebels! Must we bring water out of this rock for you?”

20463

He gave a sign that day. He said, “This is the sign that the Lord has spoken: ‘The altar will now be ripped apart, and the ashes that are on it will be poured out.’”

20465

He will be like a tree planted by water:
it sends its roots out toward a stream,
it doesn’t fear when heat comes,
and its foliage remains green.
It will not worry in a year of drought
or cease producing fruit.

20466

When he came to Lehi, the Philistines came to meet him shouting. The Spirit of the Lord took control of him, and the ropes that were on his arms became like burnt flax and his bonds fell off his wrists.

20467

Samuel did what the Lord directed and went to Bethlehem. When the elders of the town met him, they trembled and asked, “Do you come in peace?”

20468

You are to give him the firstfruits of your grain, new wine, and oil, and the first sheared wool of your flock.

20469

“Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When any man has a discharge from his body, he is unclean.

20470

The boundary then turned to Ramah as far as the fortified city of Tyre; it turned back to Hosah and ended at the sea, including Mahalab, Achzib,

20471

Abigail hurried, taking 200 loaves of bread, two skins of wine, five butchered sheep, a bushel of roasted grain, 100 clusters of raisins, and 200 cakes of pressed figs, and loaded them on donkeys.

20472

Abram lived in the land of Canaan, but Lot lived in the cities of the valley and set up his tent near Sodom.

20473

The Jews stirred up the crowd and the city officials who heard these things.

20474

I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh,
and they will be drunk with their own blood
as with sweet wine.
Then all flesh will know
that I, Yahweh, am your Savior,
and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”

20475

Refrain from anger and give up your rage;
do not be agitated—it can only bring harm.

20476

God said to him:

Your name is Jacob;
you will no longer be named Jacob,
but your name will be Israel.


So He named him Israel.

20477

So now what have I here”—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
“that My people are taken away for nothing?
Its rulers wail”—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
“and My name is continually blasphemed all day long.

20478

Dibon went up to its temple
to weep at its high places.
Moab wails on Nebo and at Medeba.
Every head is shaved;
every beard is cut off.

20479

These sayings also belong to the wise:

It is not good to show partiality in judgment.

20480

I hear a cry like a woman in labor,
a cry of anguish like one bearing her first child.
The cry of Daughter Zion gasping for breath,
stretching out her hands:
Woe is me, for my life is weary
because of the murderers!

20481

I have chosen the way of truth;
I have set Your ordinances before me.

20482

I was at ease, but He shattered me;
He seized me by the scruff of the neck
and smashed me to pieces.
He set me up as His target;

20483

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!

20484

You are to present a fire offering to the Lord for seven days. On the eighth day you are to hold a sacred assembly and present a fire offering to the Lord. It is a solemn gathering; you are not to do any daily work.

20485

Throughout the time of Jehoiada the priest, Joash did what was right in the Lord’s sight.

20486

Or has a god attempted to go and take a nation as his own out of another nation, by trials, signs, wonders, and war, by a strong hand and an outstretched arm, by great terrors, as the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?

20487

The Lord was with him, and wherever he went he prospered. He rebelled against the king of Assyria and did not serve him.

20488

Prepare expertly blended incense from these; it is to be seasoned with salt, pure and holy.

20489

Jonathan said to him, “No, you won’t die. Listen, my father doesn’t do anything, great or small, without telling me. So why would he hide this matter from me? This can’t be true.”

20490

From the tribe of Naphtali they gave:

Kedesh in Galilee, the city of refuge for the one who commits manslaughter, with its pasturelands, Hammoth-dor with its pasturelands, and Kartan with its pasturelands—three cities.

20491

Place a setting of gemstones on it, four rows of stones:

The first row should be
a row of carnelian, topaz, and emerald;

20492

You are to count 50 days until the day after the seventh Sabbath and then present an offering of new grain to the Lord.

20493

I have observed the oppression of My people in Egypt; I have heard their groaning and have come down to rescue them. And now, come, I will send you to Egypt.

20494

Then I asked her: Whose daughter are you? She responded, ‘The daughter of Bethuel son of Nahor, whom Milcah bore to him.’ So I put the ring on her nose and the bracelets on her wrists.

20495

Then the chief priests and the leaders of the Jews presented their case against Paul to him; and they appealed,

20496

They even made a calf in those days, offered sacrifice to the idol, and were celebrating what their hands had made.

20497

After this I looked, and the heavenly sanctuary—the tabernacle of testimony—was opened.

20498

and you will be established
on a foundation of righteousness.
You will be far from oppression,
you will certainly not be afraid;
you will be far from terror,
it will certainly not come near you.

20499

Iron is taken from the ground,
and copper is smelted from ore.

20500

So those slaves went out on the roads and gathered everyone they found, both evil and good. The wedding banquet was filled with guests.

20501

How beautiful you are and how pleasant,
my love, with such delights!

20502

A Davidic prayer.Listen, Lord, and answer me,
for I am poor and needy.

20503

He said about Benjamin:

The Lord’s beloved rests securely on Him.
He shields him all day long,
and he rests on His shoulders.

20504

The people baked the dough they had brought out of Egypt into unleavened loaves, since it had no yeast; for when they had been driven out of Egypt they could not delay and had not prepared any provisions for themselves.

20505

But during the seventh year you are to let it rest and leave it uncultivated, so that the poor among your people may eat from it and the wild animals may consume what they leave. Do the same with your vineyard and your olive grove.

20506

Samuel went to Ramah, and Saul went up to his home in Gibeah of Saul.

20507

This was the inheritance of the tribe of Issachar’s descendants by their clans, the cities, with their villages.

20509

He said to me, “Prophesy to the breath, prophesy, son of man. Say to it: This is what the Lord God says: Breath, come from the four winds and breathe into these slain so that they may live!”

20510

These were their names:

Shammua son of Zaccur from the tribe of Reuben;

20511

They said to Moses: “Is it because there are no graves in Egypt that you took us to die in the wilderness? What have you done to us by bringing us out of Egypt?

20512

Then He said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Look how they say, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope has perished; we are cut off.’

20513

But he said to me, “Don’t do that! I am a fellow slave with you, your brothers the prophets, and those who keep the words of this book. Worship God.”

20514

These have one purpose, and they give their power and authority to the beast.

20515

Uz his firstborn, his brother Buz, Kemuel the father of Aram,

20516

They brought the donkey and the colt; then they laid their robes on them, and He sat on them.

20517

Guide me in Your truth and teach me,
for You are the God of my salvation;
I wait for You all day long.

20518

On that day”—this is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts—“I will erase the names of the idols from the land, and they will no longer be remembered. I will remove the prophets and the unclean spirit from the land.

20520

Moreover, some women from our group astounded us. They arrived early at the tomb,

20521

God appeared to Jacob again after he returned from Paddan-aram, and He blessed him.

20522

“Go up to Hilkiah the high priest so that he may total up the money brought into the Lord’s temple—the money the doorkeepers have collected from the people.

20523

for the days are certainly coming”—this is the Lord’s declaration—“when I will restore the fortunes of My people Israel and Judah”—the Lord’s declaration. “I will restore them to the land I gave to their ancestors and they will possess it.”

20524

On this mountain
He will destroy the burial shroud,
the shroud over all the peoples,
the sheet covering all the nations;

20525

Open the gates
so a righteous nation can come in—
one that remains faithful.

20526

For He looks to the ends of the earth
and sees everything under the heavens.

20527

It will be accomplished before his time,
and his branch will not flourish.

20528

You sent widows away empty-handed,
and the strength of the fatherless was crushed.

20529

After Jesse presented seven of his sons to him, Samuel told Jesse, “The Lord hasn’t chosen any of these.”

20530

Why does a fool have money in his hand
with no intention of buying wisdom?

20531

How often is the lamp of the wicked put out?
Does disaster come on them?
Does He apportion destruction in His anger?

20533

See, my father! Look at the corner of your robe in my hand, for I cut it off, but I didn’t kill you. Look and recognize that there is no evil or rebellion in me. I haven’t sinned against you even though you are hunting me down to take my life.

20534

“‘Look, the days are coming when I will cut off your strength and the strength of your ancestral family, so that none in your family will reach old age.

20535

Then Pharaoh sent for Joseph, and they quickly brought him from the dungeon. He shaved, changed his clothes, and went to Pharaoh.

20536

“You must not deny justice to a poor person among you in his lawsuit.

20537

“When you enter the land of Canaan that I am giving you as a possession, and I place a mildew contamination in a house in the land you possess,

20539

I called to the Lord in my distress,
and I cried to my God for help.
From His temple He heard my voice,
and my cry to Him reached His ears.

20540

They departed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the month. On the day after the Passover the Israelites went out triumphantly in the sight of all the Egyptians.

20541

So they named that place Kibroth-hattaavah, because there they buried the people who had craved the meat.

20542

since you seek proof of Christ speaking in me. He is not weak toward you, but powerful among you.

20543

The slacker says, “There’s a lion outside!
I’ll be killed in the public square!”

20544

“But he replied, ‘I assure you: I do not know you!’

20545

Because the Jews objected, I was compelled to appeal to Caesar; it was not as though I had any accusation against my nation.

20546

Say among the nations: “The Lord reigns.
The world is firmly established; it cannot be shaken.
He judges the peoples fairly.”

20547

“You will sow much seed in the field but harvest little, because locusts will devour it.

20548

Through the prophet Jehu son of Hanani the word of the Lord also came against Baasha and against his house because of all the evil he had done in the Lord’s sight, provoking Him with the work of his hands and being like the house of Jeroboam, and because Baasha had struck down the house of Jeroboam.

20550

Hurai from the wadis of Gaash,
Abiel the Arbathite,

20551

God brought him out of Egypt;
He is like the horns of a wild ox for them.
He will feed on enemy nations
and gnaw their bones;
he will strike them with his arrows.

20553

Ebron, Rehob, Hammon, and Kanah, as far as Great Sidon.

20554

then exchange it for money, take the money in your hand, and go to the place the Lord your God chooses.

20556

So they heaped many honors on us, and when we sailed, they gave us what we needed.

20557

But if you don’t believe his writings, how will you believe My words?”

20558

so they said to him, “Look, this is the day the Lord told you about: ‘I will hand your enemy over to you so you can do to him whatever you desire.’” Then David got up and secretly cut off the corner of Saul’s robe.

20559

They slaughtered Zedekiah’s sons before his eyes. Finally, the king of Babylon blinded Zedekiah, bound him in bronze chains, and took him to Babylon.

20560

Before he had finished speaking, there was Rebekah—daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah, the wife of Abraham’s brother Nahor—coming with a jug on her shoulder.

20561

They rejected His statutes and His covenant He had made with their ancestors and the decrees He had given them. They pursued worthless idols and became worthless themselves, following the surrounding nations the Lord had commanded them not to imitate.

20562

Now the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah, clothed in royal attire, were each sitting on his own throne. They were on the threshing floor at the entrance to Samaria’s gate, and all the prophets were prophesying in front of them.

20563

Give to him, and don’t have a stingy heart when you give, and because of this the Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in everything you do.

20564

I will be partial to no one,
and I will not give anyone an undeserved title.

20565

He will suck the poison of cobras;
a viper’s fangs will kill him.

20566

His left hand is under my head,
and his right arm embraces me.

20567

So they designated Kedesh in the hill country of Naphtali in Galilee, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.

20568

This is what the Lord says:

The products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush
and the Sabeans, men of stature,
will come over to you
and will be yours;
they will follow you,
they will come over in chains
and bow down to you.
They will confess to you:
God is indeed with you, and there is no other;
there is no other God.

20569

Yahweh does whatever He pleases
in heaven and on earth,
in the seas and all the depths.

20570

Rather, each will die for his own wrongdoing. Anyone who eats sour grapes—his own teeth will be set on edge.

20571

I was given over to You at birth;
You have been my God from my mother’s womb.

20572

Who has counted the dust of Jacob
or numbered the dust clouds of Israel?
Let me die the death of the upright;
let the end of my life be like theirs.

20573

Aware of this, Jesus said, “You of little faith! Why are you discussing among yourselves that you do not have bread?

20574

They will say to the elders of his city, ‘This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious; he doesn’t obey us. He’s a glutton and a drunkard.’

20575

and named the place Bethel, though previously the city was named Luz.

20576

Surely mockers surround me
and my eyes must gaze at their rebellion.

20577

Ben-hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of his armies to the cities of Israel. They attacked Ijon, Dan, Abel-maim, and all the storage cities of Naphtali.

20578

“This is the law when a person dies in a tent: everyone who enters the tent and everyone who is already in the tent will be unclean for seven days,

20579

those men who spread the negative report about the land were struck down by the Lord.

20581

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.

20582

Now, Lord our God, please save us from his hand so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You are the Lord God—You alone.

20583

For you the entire vision will be like the words of a sealed document. If it is given to one who can read and he is asked to read it, he will say, “I can’t read it, because it is sealed.”

20584

Therefore I will praise You, Lord, among the nations;
I will sing about Your name.

20585

They brought the boy home alive and were greatly comforted.

20586

if you see a beautiful woman among the captives, desire her, and want to take her as your wife,

20587

You are to live in booths for seven days. All the native-born of Israel must live in booths,

20588

From the tribe of Asher they gave:

Mishal with its pasturelands, Abdon with its pasturelands,

20589

For her sins are piled up to heaven,
and God has remembered her crimes.

20591

“The Lord asked him, ‘How?’

“He said, ‘I will go and become a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.’

“Then He said, ‘You will certainly entice him and prevail. Go and do that.’

20592

If the thief is not caught, the owner of the house must present himself to the judges to determine whether or not he has taken his neighbor’s property.

20594

In all there were 276 of us on the ship.

20595

they were lying in wait for Him to trap Him in something He said.

20596

The crowd came up and began to ask Pilate to do for them as was his custom.

20597

The one who does
the Lord’s business deceitfully is cursed,
and the one who withholds
his sword from bloodshed is cursed.

20598

“Therefore, this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says about the shepherds who shepherd My people: You have scattered My flock, banished them, and have not attended to them. I will attend to you because of your evil acts”—this is the Lord’s declaration.

20599

At another time I announce that I will build and plant a nation or a kingdom.

20600

and when My glory passes by, I will put you in the crevice of the rock and cover you with My hand until I have passed by.

20601

In the same way the chief priests, with the scribes and elders, mocked Him and said,

20602

look away from him and let him rest
so that he can enjoy his day like a hired hand.

20603

But when I leave you, the Spirit of the Lord may carry you off to some place I don’t know. Then when I go report to Ahab and he doesn’t find you, he will kill me. But I, your servant, have feared the Lord from my youth.

20604

Smoke rose from His nostrils,
and consuming fire came from His mouth;
coals were set ablaze by it.

20605

Then I heard someone from the altar say:

Yes, Lord God, the Almighty,
true and righteous are Your judgments.

20606

Let Him take His rod away from me
so His terror will no longer frighten me.

20607

The two wicked men came in and sat opposite him. Then the wicked men testified against Naboth in the presence of the people, saying, “Naboth has cursed God and the king!” So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death with stones.

20608

In the third year of his reign, Jehoshaphat sent his officials—Ben-hail, Obadiah, Zechariah, Nethanel, and Micaiah—to teach in the cities of Judah.

20609

“Good,” said Laban. “Let it be as you have said.”

20610

Then he must take a firepan full of fiery coals from the altar before the Lord and two handfuls of finely ground fragrant incense, and bring them inside the veil.

20611

For You have been a stronghold for the poor,
a stronghold for the needy person in his distress,
a refuge from the rain, a shade from the heat.
When the breath of the violent
is like rain against a wall,

20612

An oracle against Dumah:

One calls to me from Seir,
“Watchman, what is left of the night?
Watchman, what is left of the night?”

20613

“Please Lord, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and wholeheartedly and have done what pleases You.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

20614

About the Ammonites, this is what the Lord says:

Does Israel have no sons?
Is he without an heir?
Why then has Milcom dispossessed Gad
and his people settled in their cities?

20615

He is the one who will build a house for My name. He will be My son, and I will be his father. I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever.’

20617

Jehoshaphat was afraid, and he resolved to seek the Lord. Then he proclaimed a fast for all Judah,

20618

Then Zerah the Cushite came against them with an army of one million men and 300 chariots. They came as far as Mareshah.

20619

They have built high places to Baal on which to burn their children in the fire as burnt offerings to Baal, something I have never commanded or mentioned; I never entertained the thought.

20620

In addition, we are found to be false witnesses about God, because we have testified about God that He raised up Christ—whom He did not raise up if in fact the dead are not raised.

20621

But I will also make a nation of the slave’s son because he is your offspring.”

20622

And they discussed among themselves, “We didn’t bring any bread.”

20623

You have followed the path of your sister, so I will put her cup in your hand.”

20624

Greet Apelles, who is approved in Christ.
Greet those who belong to the household of Aristobulus.

20625

Now an evil spirit sent from the Lord came on Saul as he was sitting in his palace holding a spear. David was playing the lyre,

20626

When a land is in rebellion, it has many rulers,
but with a discerning and knowledgeable person, it endures.

20627

They will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have heard that You, Lord, are among these people, how You, Lord, are seen face to face, how Your cloud stands over them, and how You go before them in a pillar of cloud by day and in a pillar of fire by night.

20629

Hezekiah had asked Isaiah, “What is the sign that the Lord will heal me and that I will go up to the Lord’s temple on the third day?”

20630

For their vine is from the vine of Sodom
and from the fields of Gomorrah.
Their grapes are poisonous;
their clusters are bitter.

20631

Did the gods of the nations that my predecessors destroyed rescue them—nations such as Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the Edenites in Telassar?

20632

But the man was unwilling to spend the night. He got up, departed, and arrived opposite Jebus (that is, Jerusalem). The man had his two saddled donkeys and his concubine with him.

20633

“Do not return a slave to his master when he has escaped from his master to you.

20634

You are to have the same law for the foreign resident and the native, because I am Yahweh your God.”

20635

And if you greet only your brothers, what are you doing out of the ordinary? Don’t even the Gentiles do the same?

20636

Jarmuth with its pasturelands, and En-gannim with its pasturelands—four cities.

20637

Everyone who touches any furniture she was sitting on is to wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will remain unclean until evening.

20638

Moses summoned all Israel and said to them, “You have seen with your own eyes everything the Lord did in Egypt to Pharaoh, to all his officials, and to his entire land.

20639

You are to instruct all the skilled craftsmen, whom I have filled with a spirit of wisdom, to make Aaron’s garments for consecrating him to serve Me as priest.

20640

These were the stages of the Israelites’ journey when they went out of the land of Egypt by their military divisions under the leadership of Moses and Aaron.

20641

“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.

20642

But look: joy and gladness,
butchering of cattle, slaughtering of sheep,
eating of meat, and drinking of wine—
“Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”

20643

After he slaughters the male lamb for the restitution offering, the priest is to take some of the blood of the restitution offering and put it on the right earlobe of the one to be cleansed, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot.

20644

But he hesitated. Because of the Lord’s compassion for him, the men grabbed his hand, his wife’s hand, and the hands of his two daughters. Then they brought him out and left him outside the city.

20645

Then Abraham got up from beside his dead wife and spoke to the Hittites:

20647

But I will stay in Ephesus until Pentecost,

20648

Then I will take My hand away, and you will see My back, but My face will not be seen.”

20650

My skin blackens and flakes off,
and my bones burn with fever.

20651

Asa had an army of 300,000 from Judah bearing large shields and spears, and 280,000 from Benjamin bearing regular shields and drawing the bow. All these were brave warriors.

20652

The Lord God of Hosts said: “Go to Shebna, that steward who is in charge of the palace, and say to him:

20653

He is not to inspect whether it is good or bad, and he is not to make a substitution for it. But if he does make a substitution, both the animal and its substitute will be holy; they cannot be redeemed.”

20654

For they have abandoned Me; they have bowed the knee to Ashtoreth, the goddess of the Sidonians, to Chemosh, the god of Moab, and to Milcom, the god of the Ammonites. They have not walked in My ways to do what is right in My eyes and to carry out My statutes and My judgments as his father David did.

20655

The father realized this was the very hour at which Jesus had told him, “Your son will live.” Then he himself believed, along with his whole household.

20656

That slave whose master finds him working when he comes will be rewarded.

20657

Everyone was crying and mourning for her. But He said, “Stop crying, for she is not dead but asleep.”

20658

Then He ordered them to tell no one, but the more He would order them, the more they would proclaim it.

20659

In the early evening Isaac went out to walk in the field, and looking up he saw camels coming.

20660

was the baptism of John from heaven or from men?”

20661

But they did not understand this statement; it was concealed from them so that they could not grasp it, and they were afraid to ask Him about it.

20662

This is what the Lord says: ‘I am about to bring disaster on you and will sweep away your descendants:

I will eliminate all of Ahab’s males,
both slave and free, in Israel;

20663

“Go down at once to the potter’s house; there I will reveal My words to you.”

20665

“When the man with the discharge has been cured of it, he is to count seven days for his cleansing, wash his clothes, and bathe his body in fresh water; he will be clean.

20666

Wake yourself, wake yourself up!
Stand up, Jerusalem,
you who have drunk the cup of His fury
from the hand of the Lord;
you who have drunk the goblet to the dregs—
the cup that causes people to stagger.

20668

All of my best friends despise me,
and those I love have turned against me.

20669

פ PeYour decrees are wonderful;
therefore I obey them.

20670

But the men would not listen to him, so the man seized his concubine and took her outside to them. They raped her and abused her all night until morning. At daybreak they let her go.

20671

As the old proverb says, ‘Wickedness comes from wicked people.’ My hand will never be against you.

20672

Don’t you understand yet? Don’t you remember the five loaves for the 5,000 and how many baskets you collected?

20673

Would it go well if He examined you?
Could you deceive Him as you would deceive a man?

20674

Turbulent as water, you will no longer excel,
because you got into your father’s bed
and you defiled it—he got into my bed.

20675

When her time came to give birth, there were indeed twins in her womb.

20676

He will examine it, and if the contamination in the walls of the house consists of green or red indentations that appear to be beneath the surface of the wall,

20677

Jesus, knowing in Himself that His disciples were complaining about this, asked them, “Does this offend you?

20678

Therefore that field has been called “Blood Field” to this day.

20680

Their inheritance included:

Beer-sheba (or Sheba), Moladah,

20682

Again they shouted, “Crucify Him!”

20683

I am the God of Bethel, where you poured oil on the stone marker and made a solemn vow to Me. Get up, leave this land, and return to your native land.’”

20684

Therefore, prophesy and say to them: This is what the Lord God says: I am going to open your graves and bring you up from them, My people, and lead you into the land of Israel.

20685

But there will be a Sabbath of complete rest for the land in the seventh year, a Sabbath to the Lord: you are not to sow your field or prune your vineyard.

20686

I have sewn sackcloth over my skin;
I have buried my strength in the dust.

20687

All Israel, foreigner and citizen alike, with their elders, officers, and judges, stood on either side of the ark of the Lord’s covenant facing the Levitical priests who carried it. As Moses the Lord’s servant had commanded earlier, half of them were in front of Mount Gerizim and half in front of Mount Ebal, to bless the people of Israel.

20688

After that, David got up, went out of the cave, and called to Saul, “My lord the king!” When Saul looked behind him, David bowed to the ground in homage.

20689

Bezalel, Oholiab, and all the skilled people are to work based on everything the Lord has commanded. The Lord has given them wisdom and understanding to know how to do all the work of constructing the sanctuary.”

20690

He did what was right in the Lord’s sight but not wholeheartedly.

20691

But the descendants of Judah could not drive out the Jebusites who lived in Jerusalem. So the Jebusites live in Jerusalem among the descendants of Judah to this day.

20692

Finally, the king and all the people with him arrived exhausted, so they rested there.

20693

For I am Yahweh, who brought you up from the land of Egypt to be your God, so you must be holy because I am holy.

20694

You are not to accept a ransom for the life of a murderer who is guilty of killing someone; he must be put to death.

20695

“I have heard the complaints of the Israelites. Tell them: At twilight you will eat meat, and in the morning you will eat bread until you are full. Then you will know that I am Yahweh your God.”

20696

Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom;
Your rule is for all generations.
The Lord is faithful in all His words
and gracious in all His actions.

20697

Caleb son of Jephunneh from the tribe of Judah;

20698

If a person schemes and willfully acts against his neighbor to murder him, you must take him from My altar to be put to death.

20699

“We are able,” they told Him.

Jesus said to them, “You will drink the cup I drink, and you will be baptized with the baptism I am baptized with.

20701

I will turn against that man and cut him off from his people, because he gave his offspring to Molech, defiling My sanctuary and profaning My holy name.

20702

Speak to him and say: This is what the Lord God says:

Look, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt,
the great monster lying in the middle of his Nile,
who says, ‘My Nile is my own;
I made it for myself.’

20703

This is the word that came to Jeremiah for all the Jews living in the land of Egypt—at Migdol, Tahpanhes, Memphis, and in the land of Pathros:

20704

Happy are the people who know the joyful shout;
Yahweh, they walk in the light of Your presence.

20705

Both the gray-haired and the elderly are with us,
men older than your father.

20706

The men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, the men of Cuth made Nergal, the men of Hamath made Ashima,

20707

that slave’s master will come on a day he does not expect and at an hour he does not know.

20708

Davidic.Oppose my opponents, Lord;
fight those who fight me.

20709

He found a fresh jawbone of a donkey, reached out his hand, took it, and killed 1,000 men with it.

20710

But the centurion paid attention to the captain and the owner of the ship rather than to what Paul said.

20712

Then he proclaimed his poem:

The oracle of Balaam son of Beor,
the oracle of the man whose eyes are opened;

20713

Many came to Him and said, “John never did a sign, but everything John said about this man was true.”

20714

He made my words like a sharp sword;
He hid me in the shadow of His hand.
He made me like a sharpened arrow;
He hid me in His quiver.

20715

But you say, ‘Whoever tells his father or mother, “Whatever benefit you might have received from me is a gift committed to the temple”—

20716

if I have consumed its produce without payment
or shown contempt for its tenants,

20717

When the woman from Tekoa came to the king, she fell with her face to the ground in homage and said, “Help me, my king!”

20718

Who stands up for me against the wicked?
Who takes a stand for me against evildoers?

20719

So he said to them:

Out of the eater came something to eat,
and out of the strong came something sweet.


After three days, they were unable to explain the riddle.

20720

Unleash your raging anger;
look on every proud person and humiliate him.

20721

Gehazi went ahead of them and placed the staff on the boy’s face, but there was no sound or sign of life, so he went back to meet Elisha and told him, “The boy didn’t wake up.”

20722

If you come with us, whatever good the Lord does for us we will do for you.”

20723

Yet I prefer to speak to the Almighty
and argue my case before God.

20724

The Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued the Israelites, who were going out triumphantly.

20725

Then Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, brought a burnt offering and sacrifices to God, and Aaron came with all the elders of Israel to eat a meal with Moses’ father-in-law in God’s presence.

20726

The descendants of Manasseh could not possess these cities, because the Canaanites were determined to stay in this land.

20727

There are heavenly bodies and earthly bodies, but the splendor of the heavenly bodies is different from that of the earthly ones.

20728

Look, the Lord has proclaimed
to the ends of the earth,
“Say to Daughter Zion:
Look, your salvation is coming,
His reward is with Him,
and His gifts accompany Him.”

20729

You, indeed, have made my days short in length,
and my life span as nothing in Your sight.
Yes, every mortal man is only a vapor.Selah

20730

The sons of Eliphaz were
Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz.

20731

This is what the Lord says:

I am about to stir up a destructive wind against Babylon
and against the population of Leb-qamai.

20732

Bring two loaves of bread from your settlements as a presentation offering, each of them made from four quarts of fine flour, baked with yeast, as firstfruits to the Lord.

20733

Open the gates of righteousness for me;
I will enter through them
and give thanks to the Lord.

20734

But as for me, God’s presence is my good.
I have made the Lord God my refuge,
so I can tell about all You do.

20736

ט TetLord, You have treated Your servant well,
just as You promised.

20737

Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and laid it on his son Isaac. In his hand he took the fire and the sacrificial knife, and the two of them walked on together.

20738

I will stretch over Jerusalem the measuring line used on Samaria and the mason’s level used on the house of Ahab, and I will wipe Jerusalem clean as one wipes a bowl—wiping it and turning it upside down.

20739

Joab gave the total troop registration to David. In all Israel there were 1,100,000 swordsmen and in Judah itself 470,000 swordsmen.

20740

Would you really challenge My justice?
Would you declare Me guilty to justify yourself?

20741

He will wave the sheaf before the Lord so that you may be accepted; the priest is to wave it on the day after the Sabbath.

20742

Everything you know, I also know;
I am not inferior to you.

20743

The five men left and came to Laish. They saw that the people who were there were living securely, in the same way as the Sidonians, quiet and unsuspecting. There was nothing lacking in the land and no oppressive ruler. They were far from the Sidonians, having no alliance with anyone.

20744

After all this Jeroboam did not repent of his evil way but again set up priests for the high places from every class of people. He ordained whoever so desired it, and they became priests of the high places.

20745

Hezro the Carmelite,
Paarai the Arbite,

20746

But as for you, your corpses will fall in this wilderness.

20747

The Lord said to Moses, “The time of your death is now approaching. Call Joshua and present yourselves at the tent of meeting so that I may commission him.” When Moses and Joshua went and presented themselves at the tent of meeting,

20748

He took the seven loaves and the fish, and He gave thanks, broke them, and kept on giving them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds.

20749

“I am a foreign resident among you. Give me a burial site among you so that I can bury my dead.”

20750

They were glad and agreed to give him silver.

20751

“I answered, ‘Who are You, Lord?’

“He said to me, ‘I am Jesus the Nazarene, the One you are persecuting!’

20752

But there was no food in that entire region, for the famine was very severe. The land of Egypt and the land of Canaan were exhausted by the famine.

20753

When I snuff you out,
I will cover the heavens
and darken their stars.
I will cover the sun with a cloud,
and the moon will not give its light.

20755

This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord after King Zedekiah made a covenant with all the people who were in Jerusalem to proclaim freedom to them,

20756

When the 70 years are completed, I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation’—this is the Lord’s declaration—‘the land of the Chaldeans, for their guilt, and I will make it a ruin forever.

20757

So Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite replied:

I am young in years,
while you are old;
therefore I was timid and afraid
to tell you what I know.

20758

The flour jar did not become empty, and the oil jug did not run dry, according to the word of the Lord He had spoken through Elijah.

20759

The one who sows injustice will reap disaster,
and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.

20760

When Moses entered the tent, the pillar of cloud would come down and remain at the entrance to the tent, and the Lord would speak with Moses.

20761

For the Lord will rise up as He did at Mount Perazim.
He will rise in wrath, as at the Valley of Gibeon,
to do His work, His strange work,
and to perform His task, His disturbing task.

20762

then You dip me in a pit of mud,
and my own clothes despise me!

20764

Then the high priest tore his robes and said, “He has blasphemed! Why do we still need witnesses? Look, now you’ve heard the blasphemy!

20765

Along with the others slain by them, they killed the Midianite kings—Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian. They also killed Balaam son of Beor with the sword.

20766

“‘You then crossed the Jordan and came to Jericho. The people of Jericho—as well as the Amorites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hittites, Girgashites, Hivites, and Jebusites—fought against you, but I handed them over to you.

20767

From now on, five in one household will be divided: three against two, and two against three.

20768

Then they went and made the tomb secure by sealing the stone and setting the guard.

20769

You are to practice My ordinances and you are to keep My statutes by following them; I am Yahweh your God.

20770

When He left there, the scribes and the Pharisees began to oppose Him fiercely and to cross-examine Him about many things;

20771

In those days Judah will be saved,
and Jerusalem will dwell securely,
and this is what she will be named:
Yahweh Our Righteousness.

20772

God thunders marvelously with His voice;
He does great things that we cannot comprehend.

20773

They set up for themselves sacred pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.

20774

Look, the nations are like a drop in a bucket;
they are considered as a speck of dust in the scales;
He lifts up the islands like fine dust.

20775

A Davidic song of ascents.Lord, my heart is not proud;
my eyes are not haughty.
I do not get involved with things
too great or too difficult for me.

20776

And the others seized his slaves, treated them outrageously and killed them.

20777

The tablets were the work of God, and the writing was God’s writing, engraved on the tablets.

20778

Therefore, the Lord gave Israel a deliverer, and they escaped from the power of the Arameans. Then the people of Israel dwelt in their tents as before,

20779

It will be on Aaron’s forehead so that Aaron may bear the guilt connected with the holy offerings that the Israelites consecrate as all their holy gifts. It is always to be on his forehead, so that they may find acceptance with the Lord.

20780

When the time drew near for him to die, he called his son Joseph and said to him, “If I have found favor in your eyes, put your hand under my thigh and promise me that you will deal with me in kindness and faithfulness. Do not bury me in Egypt.

20781

“Someone did touch Me,” said Jesus. “I know that power has gone out from Me.”

20782

I gave you a land you did not labor for, and cities you did not build, though you live in them; you are eating from vineyards and olive groves you did not plant.’

20783

Yet in spite of this, while they are in the land of their enemies, I will not reject or abhor them so as to destroy them and break My covenant with them, since I am Yahweh their God.

20784

And all Israel heard the news, “Saul has attacked the Philistine garrison, and Israel is now repulsive to the Philistines.” Then the troops were summoned to join Saul at Gilgal.

20785

He put on righteousness like a breastplate,
and a helmet of salvation on His head;
He put on garments of vengeance for clothing,
and He wrapped Himself in zeal as in a cloak.

20786

Your two sons born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you in Egypt are now mine. Ephraim and Manasseh belong to me just as Reuben and Simeon do.

20787

Then Pilate said to them, “Why? What has He done wrong?”

But they shouted, “Crucify Him!” all the more.

20790

Greet Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas, and the brothers who are with them.

20791

“Son of man, these men have set up idols in their hearts and have put sinful stumbling blocks before their faces. Should I be consulted by them at all?

20793

Then Elijah said to all the people, “Come near me.” So all the people approached him. Then he repaired the Lord’s altar that had been torn down:

20794

For I will be with you—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
to save you!
I will bring destruction on all the nations
where I have scattered you;
however, I will not bring destruction on you.
I will discipline you justly,
and I will by no means leave you unpunished.

20795

For he has stretched out his hand against God
and has arrogantly opposed the Almighty.

20796

Then an informer came to David and reported, “The hearts of the men of Israel are with Absalom.”

20797

She also said to her father, “Let me do this one thing: Let me wander two months through the mountains with my friends and mourn my virginity.”

20798

He remained faithful to Yahweh and did not turn from following Him but kept the commands the Lord had commanded Moses.

20799

He will be a snake by the road,
a viper beside the path,
that bites the horses’ heels
so that its rider falls backward.

20800

But the wicked are like the storm-tossed sea,
for it cannot be still,
and its waters churn up mire and muck.

20801

After they had taken the gods Micah had made and the priest that belonged to him, they went to Laish, to a quiet and unsuspecting people. They killed them with their swords and burned down the city.

20802

Now the Valley of Siddim contained many asphalt pits, and as the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, some fell into them, but the rest fled to the mountains.

20803

Some Ziphites came up to Saul at Gibeah and said, “David is hiding among us in the strongholds in Horesh on the hill of Hachilah south of Jeshimon.

20804

There were sharp columns of rock on both sides of the pass that Jonathan intended to cross to reach the Philistine garrison. One was named Bozez and the other Seneh;

20805

At harvest, you are to give a fifth of it to Pharaoh, and four-fifths will be yours as seed for the field and as food for yourselves, your households, and your dependents.”

20806

And Joseph’s sons who were born to him in Egypt: two persons.
All those of Jacob’s household who had come to Egypt: 70 persons.

20807

Not all flesh is the same flesh; there is one flesh for humans, another for animals, another for birds, and another for fish.

20808

Laban and Bethuel answered, “This is from the Lord; we have no choice in the matter.

20809

How long will you turn here and there,
faithless daughter?
For the Lord creates something new in the land
a female will shelter a man.

20810

and the Horites in the mountains of Seir, as far as El-paran by the wilderness.

20811

The desert owl and the screech owl will possess it,
and the great owl and the raven will dwell there.
The Lord will stretch out a measuring line
and a plumb line over her
for her destruction and chaos.

20812

Are You greater than our father Abraham who died? Even the prophets died. Who do You pretend to be?”

20813

This is what the Lord, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel says:

Because of you, I will send to Babylon
and bring all of them as fugitives,
even the Chaldeans in the ships in which they rejoice.

20815

He burned incense in the Valley of Hinnom and burned his children in the fire, imitating the detestable practices of the nations the Lord had dispossessed before the Israelites.

20816

But a son will be born to you; he will be a man of rest. I will give him rest from all his surrounding enemies, for his name will be Solomon, and I will give peace and quiet to Israel during his reign.

20817

The priest will examine the infection on the skin of his body. If the hair in the infection has turned white and the infection appears to be deeper than the skin of his body, it is a skin disease. After the priest examines him, he must pronounce him unclean.

20818

If only you would shut up
and let that be your wisdom!

20819

He captured Agag king of Amalek alive, but he completely destroyed all the rest of the people with the sword.

20820

So all the men of Israel got up from their places and took their battle positions at Baal-tamar, while the Israelites in ambush charged out of their places west of Geba.

20821

Yet the Lord your God would not listen to Balaam, but He turned the curse into a blessing for you because the Lord your God loves you.

20823

Now the men were looking for a sign of hope, so they quickly picked up on this and responded, “Yes, it is your brother Ben-hadad.”

Then he said, “Go and bring him.”

So Ben-hadad came out to him, and Ahab had him come up into the chariot.

20824

Blind people! For which is greater, the gift or the altar that sanctifies the gift?

20826

Do you know the laws of heaven?
Can you impose its authority on earth?

20827

Jacob said to Pharaoh, “My pilgrimage has lasted 130 years. My years have been few and hard, and they have not surpassed the years of my fathers during their pilgrimages.”

20829

Others fell among thorns, and the thorns came up and choked them.

20830

You are not to have sexual intercourse with your brother’s wife; it will shame your brother.

20831

The king tore down the altars that were on the roof—Ahaz’s upper chamber that the kings of Judah had made—and the altars that Manasseh had made in the two courtyards of the Lord’s temple. Then he smashed them there and threw their dust into the Kidron Valley.

20832

Since they could not pay it back, he graciously forgave them both. So, which of them will love him more?”

20833

He tears me down on every side so that I am ruined.
He uproots my hope like a tree.

20834

While the whole community threatened to stone them, the glory of the Lord appeared to all the Israelites at the tent of meeting.

20835

Aaron must burn fragrant incense on it; he must burn it every morning when he tends the lamps.

20836

When Husham died, Hadad son of Bedad, who defeated Midian in the country of Moab, ruled in his place. Hadad’s town was named Avith.

20837

Mizpeh, Chephirah, Mozah,

20838

If what was stolen—whether ox, donkey, or sheep—is actually found alive in his possession, he must repay double.

20839

After leaving them, He went away again and prayed a third time, saying the same thing once more.

20840

For look, darkness covers the earth,
and total darkness the peoples;
but the Lord will shine over you,
and His glory will appear over you.

20841

On that day
a great trumpet will be blown,
and those lost in the land of Assyria will come,
as well as those dispersed in the land of Egypt;
and they will worship the Lord
at Jerusalem on the holy mountain.

20843

Splendor and majesty are before Him;
strength and joy are in His place.

20844

As God lives, who has deprived me of justice,
and the Almighty who has made me bitter,

20845

He sent messengers into the city to Ahab king of Israel and said to him, “This is what Ben-hadad says:

20846

When Your people Israel are defeated before an enemy,
because they have sinned against You,
and they return to You and praise Your name,
and they pray and plead with You
for mercy in this temple,

20847

At the Lord’s command, Aaron the priest climbed Mount Hor and died there on the first day of the fifth month in the fortieth year after the Israelites went out of the land of Egypt.

20848

So the Danites sent out five brave men from all their clans, from Zorah and Eshtaol, to scout out the land and explore it. They told them, “Go and explore the land.”

They came to the hill country of Ephraim as far as the home of Micah and spent the night there.

20849

“If a fabric is contaminated with mildew—in wool or linen fabric,

20851

and there was quarreling between the herdsmen of Abram’s livestock and the herdsmen of Lot’s livestock. At that time the Canaanites and the Perizzites were living in the land.

20852

So he promised with an oath to give her whatever she might ask.

20853

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

20854

who does not lend his money at interest
or take a bribe against the innocent
the one who does these things will never be moved.

20855

Sarah, my master’s wife, bore a son to my master in her old age, and he has given him everything he owns.

20856

Throughout history no one has ever heard of someone opening the eyes of a person born blind.

20857

and raised their voices, saying, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!”

20858

He commanded them, “You are to say to my lord Esau, ‘This is what your servant Jacob says. I have been staying with Laban and have been delayed until now.

20859

since John had been telling him, “It’s not lawful for you to have her!”

20860

Then I will teach the rebellious Your ways,
and sinners will return to You.

20861

The fatherless infant is snatched from the breast;
the nursing child of the poor is seized as collateral.

20862

When he found one priceless pearl, he went and sold everything he had, and bought it.

20863

On that day the Lord will punish
the host of heaven above
and kings of the earth below.

20864

A person may be disciplined on his bed with pain
and constant distress in his bones,

20865

He said about Joseph:

May his land be blessed by the Lord
with the dew of heaven’s bounty
and the watery depths that lie beneath;

20867

He has removed my brothers from me;
my acquaintances have abandoned me.

20868

Instead, will he not tell him, ‘Prepare something for me to eat, get ready, and serve me while I eat and drink; later you can eat and drink’?

20869

Then off it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they enter and settle down there. As a result, that man’s last condition is worse than the first. That’s how it will also be with this evil generation.”

20870

You will see distress in the place of worship, in spite of all that is good in Israel, and no one in your family will ever again reach old age.

20871

They lit a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat down together, and Peter sat among them.

20872

Dan’s military divisions will camp on the north side under their banner. The leader of the Danites is Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai.

20873

Young lions lack food and go hungry,
but those who seek the Lord
will not lack any good thing.

20874

Your adulteries and your lustful neighing,
your heinous prostitution
on the hills, in the fields—
I have seen your detestable acts.
Woe to you, Jerusalem!
You are unclean—
for how long yet?

20876

Afterward, David’s conscience bothered him because he had cut off the corner of Saul’s robe.

20877

The word of the Lord came to me:

20878

Then the earth shook and quaked;
the foundations of the mountains trembled;
they shook because He burned with anger.

20879

He sent out his slaves to summon those invited to the banquet, but they didn’t want to come.

20881

Then God sent an angel to Jerusalem to destroy it, but when the angel was about to destroy the city, the Lord looked, relented concerning the destruction, and said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough, withdraw your hand now!” The angel of the Lord was then standing at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

20882

When Moses had finished writing down on a scroll every single word of this law,

20883

Look, the Lord God of Hosts
will chop off the branches with terrifying power,
and the tall trees will be cut down,
the high trees felled.

20884

Oh, that Israel’s deliverance would come from Zion!
When the Lord restores the fortunes of His people,
Jacob will rejoice; Israel will be glad.

20885

Then David said, “No one but the Levites may carry the ark of God, because the Lord has chosen them to carry the ark of the Lord and to minister before Him forever.”

20886

He must acknowledge the firstborn, the son of the unloved wife, by giving him two shares of his estate, for he is the firstfruits of his virility; he has the rights of the firstborn.

20887

So Joseph took the body, wrapped it in clean, fine linen,

20888

But the foolish ones said to the sensible ones, ‘Give us some of your oil, because our lamps are going out.’

20889

The rest of the events of Jehoshaphat’s reign from beginning to end are written in the Events of Jehu son of Hanani, which is recorded in the Book of Israel’s Kings.

20890

But his father refused and said, “I know, my son, I know! He too will become a tribe, and he too will be great; nevertheless, his younger brother will be greater than he, and his offspring will become a populous nation.”

20891

“Aaron is to enter the most holy place in this way: with a young bull for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering.

20892

Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran as fortified cities, and built sheepfolds.

20893

“Now suppose a man is righteous and does what is just and right:

20894

For the king of Babylon stands at the split in the road, at the fork of the two roads, to practice divination: he shakes the arrows, consults the idols, and observes the liver.

20895

“Heavens, sprinkle from above,
and let the skies shower righteousness.
Let the earth open up
so that salvation will sprout
and righteousness will spring up with it.
I, Yahweh, have created it.

20896

So Joseph went and informed Pharaoh: “My father and my brothers, with their sheep and cattle and all that they own, have come from the land of Canaan and are now in the land of Goshen.”

20898

I will give you the treasures of darkness
and riches from secret places,
so that you may know that I, Yahweh,
the God of Israel call you by your name.

20900

As water disappears from the sea
and a river becomes parched and dry,

20901

“They are to make the ephod of finely spun linen embroidered with gold, and with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn.

20902

Egypt’s spirit will be disturbed within it,
and I will frustrate its plans.
Then they will seek idols, ghosts,
spirits of the dead, and spiritists.

20904

As they celebrated, the women sang:

Saul has killed his thousands,
but David his tens of thousands.

20905

In the middle of the congregation, the Spirit of the Lord came on Jahaziel (son of Zechariah, son of Benaiah, son of Jeiel, son of Mattaniah, a Levite from Asaph’s descendants),

20906

When the disciples heard it, they fell facedown and were terrified.

20907

All the land from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem will be changed into a plain. But Jerusalem will be raised up and will remain on its site from the Benjamin Gate to the place of the First Gate, to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the royal winepresses.

20908

A person who is passing by and meddles in a quarrel that’s not his
is like one who grabs a dog by the ears.

20909

We will impose the following commands on ourselves:

To give an eighth of an ounce of silver yearly for the service of the house of our God:

20910

Rejoice before Yahweh your God in the place where He chooses to have His name dwell—you, your son and daughter, your male and female slave, the Levite within your gates, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow among you.

20911

approached from behind and touched the tassel of His robe. Instantly her bleeding stopped.

20912

If the Lord is pleased with us, He will bring us into this land, a land flowing with milk and honey, and give it to us.

20913

For the choir director: “Do Not Destroy.” A psalm of Asaph. A song.We give thanks to You, God;
we give thanks to You, for Your name is near.
People tell about Your wonderful works.

20914

He warned the Kenites, “Since you showed kindness to all the Israelites when they came out of Egypt, go on and leave! Get away from the Amalekites, or I’ll sweep you away with them.” So the Kenites withdrew from the Amalekites.

20915

I will never affirm that you are right.
I will maintain my integrity until I die.

20916

At that time Horam king of Gezer went to help Lachish, but Joshua struck him down along with his people, leaving no survivors in it.

20917

Now the girl was very beautiful, a young woman who had not known a man intimately. She went down to the spring, filled her jug, and came up.

20918

You know, Lord;
remember me and take note of me.
Avenge me against my persecutors.
In Your patience, don’t take me away.
Know that I suffer disgrace for Your honor.

20919

The heads of the Levite families approached Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the families of the Israelite tribes.

20920

Moses sent 1,000 from each tribe to war. They went with Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest, in whose care were the holy objects and signal trumpets.

20921

It was a night of vigil in honor of the Lord, because He would bring them out of the land of Egypt. This same night is in honor of the Lord, a night vigil for all the Israelites throughout their generations.

20922

The new wine mourns;
the vine withers.
All the carousers now groan.

20923

Coral and quartz are not worth mentioning.
The price of wisdom is beyond pearls.

20924

He said to me, “You are My Servant, Israel;
I will be glorified in him.”

20925

Send lambs to the ruler of the land,
from Sela in the desert
to the mountain of Daughter Zion.

20926

So Absalom’s young men did to Amnon just as Absalom had commanded. Then all the rest of the king’s sons got up, and each fled on his mule.

20927

Who put wisdom in the heart
or gave the mind understanding?

20928

For the choir director. A Davidic psalm. A song.Praise is rightfully Yours,
God, in Zion;
vows to You will be fulfilled.

20929

A little while, and the wicked person will be no more;
though you look for him, he will not be there.

20930

I rose to open for my love.
My hands dripped with myrrh,
my fingers with flowing myrrh
on the handles of the bolt.

20931

Do not despise an Edomite, because he is your brother. Do not despise an Egyptian, because you were a foreign resident in his land.

20932

As for the events of King David’s reign, from beginning to end, note that they are written in the Events of Samuel the Seer, the Events of Nathan the Prophet, and the Events of Gad the Seer,

20934

The glory of the Lord settled on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it for six days. On the seventh day He called to Moses from the cloud.

20935

Jaziz the Hagrite was in charge of the flocks.
All these were officials in charge of King David’s property.

20936

But Obadiah said, “What sin have I committed, that you are handing your servant over to Ahab to put me to death?

20937

Do not neglect the Levite within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance among you.

20938

Balaam proclaimed his poem:

Balak brought me from Aram;
the king of Moab, from the eastern mountains:
“Come, put a curse on Jacob for me;
come, denounce Israel!”

20939

the land of the Gebalites; and all Lebanon east from Baal-gad below Mount Hermon to the entrance of Hamath

20940

Then Israel sang this song:

Spring up, well—sing to it!

20941

Judah will also fight at Jerusalem, and the wealth of all the surrounding nations will be collected: gold, silver, and clothing in great abundance.

20942

“This is what the Lord God says: The gate of the inner court that faces east must be closed during the six days of work, but it will be opened on the Sabbath day and opened on the day of the New Moon.

20943

This, therefore, was the second sign Jesus performed after He came from Judea to Galilee.

20944

A song. A psalm of the sons of Korah. For the choir director: according to Mahalath Leannoth. A Maskil of Heman the Ezrahite.Lord, God of my salvation,
I cry out before You day and night.

20945

And the Lord said, ‘Who will entice Ahab to march up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?’ So one was saying this and another was saying that.

20946

Even the cypresses and the cedars of Lebanon
rejoice over you:
“Since you have been laid low,
no woodcutter has come against us.”

20947

He stiffens his tail like a cedar tree;
the tendons of his thighs are woven firmly together.

20948

He said,
“Build it up, build it up, prepare the way,
remove every obstacle from My people’s way.”

20949

At the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the Lord:

20950

cream from the herd and milk from the flock,
with the fat of lambs,
rams from Bashan, and goats,
with the choicest grains of wheat;
you drank wine from the finest grapes.

20951

“If anyone strikes a person with an iron object and death results, he is a murderer; the murderer must be put to death.

20952

You are not to have sexual intercourse with your sister, either your father’s daughter or your mother’s, whether born at home or born elsewhere. You are not to have sex with her.

20953

So Nathan told David, “Do all that is on your heart, for God is with you.”

20954

So the king of Israel gathered the prophets, about 400 men, and asked them, “Should I go against Ramoth-gilead for war or should I refrain?”

They replied, “March up, and the Lord will hand it over to the king.”

20956

Pay close attention to my words;
let this be the consolation you offer.

20957

Saul and the troops spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, cattle, and choice animals, as well as the young rams and the best of everything else. They were not willing to destroy them, but they did destroy all the worthless and unwanted things.

20958

“When a fire gets out of control, spreads to thornbushes, and consumes stacks of cut grain, standing grain, or a field, the one who started the fire must make full restitution for what was burned.

20959

The rest of the events of Nadab’s reign, along with all his accomplishments, are written in the Historical Record of Israel’s Kings.

20960

The Lord will make you the head and not the tail; you will only move upward and never downward if you listen to the Lord your God’s commands I am giving you today and are careful to follow them.

20961

Ummah, Aphek, and Rehob—22 cities, with their villages.

20962

The elders of Moab and Midian departed with fees for divination in hand. They came to Balaam and reported Balak’s words to him.

20963

In any case of wrongdoing involving an ox, a donkey, a sheep, a garment, or anything else lost, and someone claims, ‘That’s mine,’ the case between the two parties is to come before the judges. The one the judges condemn must repay double to his neighbor.

20964

Since Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples heard that Peter was there and sent two men to him who begged him, “Don’t delay in coming with us.”

20965

He approached Pilate and asked for Jesus’ body.

20966

Woe is me, my mother,
that you gave birth to me,
a man who incites dispute and conflict
in all the land.
I did not lend or borrow,
yet everyone curses me.

20967

Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh, meaning, “God has made me forget all my hardship in my father’s house.”

20968

After this, the rest of those on the island who had diseases also came and were cured.

20969

He also carried off from there all the treasures of the Lord’s temple and the treasures of the king’s palace, and he cut into pieces all the gold articles that Solomon king of Israel had made for the Lord’s sanctuary, just as God had predicted.

20970

a slave born in your house, as well as one purchased with money, must be circumcised. My covenant will be marked in your flesh as an everlasting covenant.

20971

Then you engaged in prostitution with the Assyrian men because you were not satisfied. Even though you did this with them, you were still not satisfied.

20973

The word of the Lord came to me:

20974

When Phinehas son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, saw this, he got up from the assembly, took a spear in his hand,

20975

You behaved more wickedly than all who were before you. In order to provoke Me, you have proceeded to make for yourself other gods and cast images, but you have flung Me behind your back.

20977

You yourself have told me today what good you did for me: when the Lord handed me over to you, you didn’t kill me.

20978

As the Lord your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom where my lord has not sent someone to search for you. When they said, ‘He is not here,’ he made that kingdom or nation swear they had not found you.

20979

When David learned that Saul was plotting evil against him, he said to Abiathar the priest, “Bring the ephod.”

20980

The assembly is to have the same statute for both you and the foreign resident as a permanent statute throughout your generations. You and the foreigner will be alike before the Lord.

20981

When the Lord your God gives you rest from all the enemies around you in the land the Lord your God is giving you to possess as an inheritance, blot out the memory of Amalek under heaven. Do not forget.

20982

He considers no disaster for Jacob;
He sees no trouble for Israel.
The Lord their God is with them,
and there is rejoicing over the King among them.

20983

I will give peace to the land, and you will lie down with nothing to frighten you. I will remove dangerous animals from the land, and no sword will pass through your land.

20984

The Lord our God handed him over to us, and we defeated him, his sons, and his whole army.

20985

The Lord spoke to Moses,

20986

Pay her back the way she also paid,
and double it according to her works.
In the cup in which she mixed,
mix a double portion for her.

20987

You are to say: This is what the Lord God says to Jerusalem: Your origin and your birth were in the land of the Canaanites. Your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite.

20988

If I say to the wicked, ‘Wicked one, you will surely die,’ but you do not speak out to warn him about his way, that wicked person will die for his iniquity, yet I will hold you responsible for his blood.

20989

The one who lives honestly, practices righteousness,
and acknowledges the truth in his heart

20990

So Moses declared the Lord’s appointed times to the Israelites.

20991

Abraham replied, “I thought, ‘There is absolutely no fear of God in this place. They will kill me because of my wife.’

20994

So Isaiah the prophet called out to the Lord, and He brought the shadow back the 10 steps it had descended on Ahaz’s stairway.

20995

For the Lord has a day of vengeance,
a time of paying back Edom
for its hostility against Zion.

20996

Why should the Egyptians say, ‘He brought them out with an evil intent to kill them in the mountains and wipe them off the face of the earth’? Turn from Your great anger and relent concerning this disaster planned for Your people.

20997

My love thrust his hand through the opening,
and my feelings were stirred for him.

20998

The heart knows its own bitterness,
and no outsider shares in its joy.

20999

However, the high places were not taken away; the people had not yet set their hearts on the God of their ancestors.

21000

He rebuilt Eloth and restored it to Judah after Amaziah the king rested with his fathers.

21001

Many people told him to keep quiet, but he was crying out all the more, “Have mercy on me, Son of David!”

21002

They said to him, “This is what Hezekiah says: ‘Today is a day of distress, rebuke, and disgrace, for children have come to the point of birth, but there is no strength to deliver them.

21003

But David said, “Your father certainly knows that you have come to look favorably on me. He has said, ‘Jonathan must not know of this, or else he will be grieved.’” David also swore, “As surely as the Lord lives and as you yourself live, there is but a step between me and death.”