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wherever You send them,
and they pray to Yahweh
in the direction of the city You have chosen
and the temple I have built for Your name,
He took his life in his hands when he struck down the Philistine,
when all Israel assembles
When it was reported to Saul that David had gone to Keilah, he said, “God has handed him over to me, for he has trapped himself by entering a town with barred gates.”
according to my righteousness;
He repaid me
according to the cleanness of my hands.
Then Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David,
Then Manoah asked, “When Your words come true, what will the boy’s responsibilities and mission
They stood before Moses, Eleazar the priest, the leaders, and the entire community at the entrance to the tent of meeting and said,
Don’t go, because the Lord is not among you and you will be defeated by your enemies.
When the men went back to their clans at Zorah and Eshtaol, their people asked them, “What did you find out?”
If only a few years remain until the Year of Jubilee, he will calculate and pay the price of his redemption in proportion to his remaining years.
Abraham and his wife Sarah are buried there,
there must be an oath before the Lord between the two of them to determine whether or not he has taken his neighbor’s property. Its owner must accept the oath, and the other man does not have to make restitution.
Extreme hunger came to all the land of Egypt, and the people cried out to Pharaoh for food. Pharaoh told all Egypt, “Go to Joseph and do whatever he tells you.”
So Jacob picked out a stone and set it up as a marker.
Laban answered, “It is not the custom in this place to give the younger daughter in marriage before the firstborn.
with pine trees from Senir.
They took a cedar from Lebanon
to make a mast for you.
Esau took his wives, sons, daughters, and all the people of his household, as well as his herds, all his livestock, and all the property he had acquired in Canaan; he went to a land away from his brother Jacob.
Then Laban said to Jacob, “What have you done? You have deceived me and taken my daughters away like prisoners of war!
80 men came from Shechem, Shiloh,
Leah’s slave Zilpah bore Jacob a son.
But she is happier if she remains as she is, in my opinion. And I think that I also have the Spirit of God.
Surely the Levites who wandered away from Me when Israel went astray, and who strayed from Me after their idols,
When he saw them, Zedekiah king of Judah and all the soldiers fled. They left the city at night by way of the king’s garden through the gate between the two walls. They left along the route to the Arabah.
and lying divinations about you,
the time has come to put you
to the necks of the profane wicked ones;
the day has come
for your punishment.
during the new moon
and during the full moon.
and no one among His tribes stumbled.
and my ankles do not give way.
Let him listen and obey in the future.
and there will be mourning and crying,
and she will be to Me like an Ariel.
when I looked for light, darkness
You will find no peace among those nations, and there will be no resting place
Then the Israelites took 200,000 captives from their brothers—women, sons, and daughters.
the weight of gold for each table for the rows of the bread of the Presence and the silver for the silver tables;
The battle raged throughout that day, and the king of Israel propped himself up in his chariot facing the Arameans until evening. Then he died at sunset.
He told the people of Judah to seek the Lord God of their ancestors and to carry out the instruction and the commands.
Realize now that the Lord has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary. Be strong, and do it.”
For the Reubenites, Eliezer son of Zichri was the chief official;
for the Simeonites, Shephatiah son of Maacah;
Then the king ordered the guards standing by him, “Turn and kill the priests of the Lord
And all the people will say, ‘Amen!’
But David’s men said to him, “Look, we’re afraid here in Judah; how much more if we go to Keilah against the Philistine forces!”
But if the man doesn’t want to marry his sister-in-law, she must go to the elders at the city gate
Go to the flock and bring me two choice young goats, and I will make them into a delicious meal for your father—the kind he loves.
But the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac’s herdsmen and said, “The water is ours!” So he named the well Quarrel
They asked, “Which city among the tribes of Israel didn’t come to the Lord at Mizpah?” It turned out that no one from Jabesh-gilead had come to the camp and the assembly.
The man left the town of Bethlehem in Judah to settle wherever he could find a place. On his way he came to Micah’s home in the hill country of Ephraim.
“Get away from this community so that I may consume them instantly.”
When Laban overtook Jacob, Jacob had pitched his tent in the hill country, and Laban and his brothers also pitched their tents in the hill country of Gilead.
therefore, I am against you and your Nile. I will turn the land of Egypt into ruins, a desolate waste from Migdol to Syene, as far as the border of Cush.
So you revisited the indecency of your youth, when the Egyptians caressed your nipples to enjoy your youthful breasts.
“Son of man, while the house of Israel lived in their land, they defiled it with their conduct and actions.
are appalled
Their kings shudder with fear;
their faces are contorted.
and weave spider’s webs.
Whoever eats their eggs will die;
crack one open, and a viper is hatched.
our God is compassionate.
Will you not acknowledge it?
From now on I will announce new things to you,
hidden things that you have not known.
and will be totally plundered,
for the Lord has spoken this message.
So the couriers
and my arm be pulled from its socket.
when I saw that I had support in the city gate,
the Lord is the sustainer of my life.
All these men were under their own fathers’ authority for the music in the Lord’s temple, with cymbals, harps, and lyres for the service of God’s temple. Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman were under the king’s authority.
Amasa was not on guard against the sword in Joab’s hand, and Joab stabbed him in the stomach with it and spilled his intestines out on the ground. Joab did not stab him again for Amasa was dead.
and He heard the outcry of the afflicted.
Who put Him in charge of the entire world?
they have cast off restraint in my presence.
They brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven lambs, and seven male goats as a sin offering for the kingdom, for the sanctuary, and for Judah. Then he told the descendants of Aaron, the priests, to offer them on the altar of the Lord.
He was diligent in every deed that he began in the service of God’s temple, in the instruction and the commands, in order to seek his God, and he prospered.
a ruthless nation,
Samson told her, “If they tie me up with seven fresh bowstrings that have not been dried, I will become weak and be like any other man.”
So Gad went to David and said to him, “This is what the Lord says: ‘Take your choice:
He served Baal and worshiped him.
Was today the first time I inquired of God for him?
‘Your silver and your gold are mine! And your best wives and children are mine as well!’”
Then the Israelites heard it said, “Look, the Reubenites, Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh have built an altar on the frontier of the land of Canaan at the region of
You must have a digging tool in your equipment; when you relieve yourself, dig a hole with it and cover up your excrement.
Please let us travel through your land. We won’t travel through any field or vineyard, or drink any well water. We will travel the King’s Highway; we won’t turn to the right or the left until we have traveled through your territory.’”
From the tribe of Gad they gave:
Ramoth in Gilead, the city of refuge for the one who commits manslaughter, with its pasturelands, Mahanaim with its pasturelands,
If the person is from one month to five years old, your assessment for a male is five silver shekels,
“You are to place the altar in front of the veil by the ark of the testimony—in front of the mercy seat that is over the testimony—where I will meet with you.
and cannot understand,
for He has shut their eyes
and their minds so they cannot understand.
Present a fire offering, a burnt offering to the Lord: two young bulls, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old. Your animals are to be unblemished.
But burn up the bull’s flesh, its hide, and its dung outside the camp;
It must be square, 18 inches long and 18 inches wide;
and helps the fatherless and the widow,
but He frustrates the ways of the wicked.
If anyone eats a holy offering in error,
And if he does not do these three things for her, she may leave free of charge, without any exchange of money.
were your rowers.
Your wise men were within you, Tyre;
they were your captains.
And he said to Sarah, “Look, I am giving your brother 1,000 pieces of silver. It is a verification of your honor
“In a dispute, they will officiate as judges and decide the case according to My ordinances.
Because you did not remember the days
So I will satisfy My wrath against you,
For, the Lord said to me:
like shimmering heat in sunshine,
like a rain cloud in harvest heat.
So Hanun took David’s emissaries, shaved them, cut their clothes in half at the hips, and sent them away.
Then you will defile your silver-plated idols and your gold-plated images. You will throw them away like menstrual cloths, and call them filth.
had a day of tumult, trampling, and confusion
in the Valley of Vision—
people shouting
Asa was angry with the seer and put him in prison
The world and everything in it—You founded them.
As she looked, there was the king standing by his pillar
its stronghold is on a rocky crag.
but His eyes
Give generously to him from your flock, your threshing floor, and your winepress. You are to give him whatever the Lord your God has blessed you with.
and from the priests: the descendants of Hobaiah, the descendants of Hakkoz, and the descendants of Barzillai—who had taken a wife from the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by their name.
I will be a father to him, and he will be a son to Me.
After this,
King David also dedicated these to the Lord, along with the silver and gold he had carried off from all the nations—from Edom, Moab, the Ammonites, the Philistines, and the Amalekites.
David ran and stood over him. He grabbed the Philistine’s sword,
So she left.
After she had shut the door behind her and her sons, they kept bringing her containers, and she kept pouring.
The priest will wave the lambs with the bread of firstfruits as a presentation offering before the Lord; the bread and the two lambs will be holy to the Lord for the priest.
There was not a word of all that Moses had commanded that Joshua did not read before the entire assembly of Israel, including the women, the little children, and the foreigners who were with them.
When the residents of Jabesh-gilead
Every skilled
“If a woman marries while her vows or the rash commitment she herself made are binding,
This is what you should do: Completely destroy every male, as well as every female who has slept with a man.”
the Negev, and the region from the Valley of Jericho, the City of Palms, as far as Zoar.
“When the priest examines it, if the contamination has not spread in the fabric, the warp or woof, or any leather article,
Take all the fat
“No, my lord. Listen to me. I give you the field, and I give you the cave that is in it. I give it to you in the presence
remove your veil,
strip off your skirt, bare your thigh,
wade through the streams.
the busy city abandoned.
The hill and the watchtower will become
barren places forever,
the joy of wild donkeys,
and a pasture for flocks,
On that day Egypt will be like women. She will tremble with fear because of the threatening hand of the Lord of Hosts when He raises it against her.
The lampstand
“Therefore Oholibah, this is what the Lord God says: I am going to incite your lovers against you, those you turned away from in disgust. I will bring them against you from every side:
play the lyre to our God,
The next day, when Pashhur released Jeremiah from the stocks, Jeremiah said to him, “The Lord does not call you Pashhur, but Magor-missabib,
The inhabitants of the land of Tema
meet
and You deliver my life from the depths of Sheol.
searching for anything green.
Therefore, I rebuked the officials, saying, “Why has the house of God been neglected?”
He rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had torn down
King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz prayed about this and cried out to heaven,
I will not conceal what the Almighty has planned.
The priests of the high places, however, did not come up to the altar of the Lord in Jerusalem; instead, they ate unleavened bread with their fellow priests.
the fourth to Izri,
Because of the Lord’s anger,
Since every good thing the Lord your God promised you has come about, so He will bring on you every bad thing until He has annihilated you from this good land the Lord your God has given you.
For 20 years I have worked in your household—14 years for your two daughters and six years for your flocks
So the prophet lifted the corpse of the man of God and laid it on the donkey and brought it back. The old prophet came into the city to mourn and bury him.
When David came to Ziklag, he sent some of the plunder to his friends, the elders of Judah, saying, “Here is a gift for you
A person who is clean is to take hyssop, dip it in the water, and sprinkle the tent, all the furnishings, and the people who were there. He is also to sprinkle the one who touched a bone, a grave, a corpse, or a person who had been killed.
and to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau.
They placed him in custody because it had not been decided what should be done to him.
and your strength will be used up for nothing.
Consecrate for Aaron and his sons
The Lord gave them rest on every side according to all He had sworn to their fathers. None of their enemies were able to stand against them, for the Lord handed over all their enemies to them.
Aram
It must be square and folded double, nine inches long and nine inches wide.
Then Rebekah took the best clothes of her older son Esau, which were in the house, and had her younger son Jacob wear them.
Didn’t he himself say to me, ‘She is my sister’? And she herself said, ‘He is my brother.’ I did this with a clear conscience
And as for what you sow—you are not sowing the future body, but only a seed,
I proclaim, “Violence and destruction!”
because the word of the Lord has become for me
constant disgrace and derision.
He took all the livestock and possessions he had acquired in Paddan-aram, and he drove his herds to go to the land of his father Isaac in Canaan.
Men of Dedan
Are we not regarded by him as outsiders? For he has sold us
while all day long people say to me,
“Where is your God?”
inhabitant of Daughter Egypt!
For Memphis will become a desolation,
uninhabited ruins.
“Therefore, take note! The days are coming”—this is the Lord’s declaration—“when this place will no longer be called Topheth and the Valley of Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter.
in what I am creating;
for I will create Jerusalem to be a joy
and its people to be a delight.
my heart is not afraid;
though a war breaks out against me,
still I am confident.
at the gates of the land.
I made them childless; I destroyed My people.
They would not turn from their ways.
Tyre’s revenue was the grain from Shihor—
the harvest of the Nile.
She was the merchant among the nations.
but the righteous will see their downfall.
one who has perfect knowledge is with you.
He waged war against the king of the Ammonites. He overpowered the Ammonites, and that year they gave him 7,500 pounds
Jotham rested with his fathers and was buried in the city of David. His son Ahaz became king in his place.
Jehoiada the priest gave to the commanders of hundreds King David’s spears, shields, and quivers
The king said to him, “Do just as he says. Strike him down and bury him in order to remove from me and from my father’s house the blood that Joab shed without just cause.
No one is to enter the Lord’s temple but the priests and those Levites who serve;
“Because I spoke to Naboth the Jezreelite,” he replied. “I told him: Give me your vineyard for silver, or if you wish, I will give you a vineyard in its place. But he said, ‘I won’t give you my vineyard!’”
But Micaiah said, “As the Lord lives, I will say whatever my God says.”
from the Uzzielites, Amminadab the leader and 112 of his relatives.
He removed from the land the rest of the male cult prostitutes who were left from the days of his father Asa.
He said, ‘Please let me go because our clan is holding a sacrifice in the town, and my brother has told me to be there. So now, if you are pleased with me, let me go so I can see my brothers.’ That’s why he didn’t come to the king’s table.”
except for his immediate family: his mother, father, son, daughter, or brother.
That day Achish gave Ziklag
The priest will reexamine the infection on the seventh day. If the scaly outbreak has not spread and there is no yellow hair in it and it does not appear to be deeper than the skin,
I have not eaten any of it while in mourning, or removed any of it while unclean, or offered any of it for the dead.
It belongs to Aaron and his sons, who are to eat it in a holy place, for it is the holiest portion for him from the fire offerings to the Lord; this is a permanent rule.”
I adorned you with jewelry, putting bracelets on your wrists and a chain around your neck.
“The holy garments that belong to Aaron are to belong to his sons after him, so that they can be anointed and ordained
All 12 cities were allotted to the clans of Merari’s descendants, the remaining Levite clans.
Say to Tyre, who is located at the entrance of the sea, merchant of the peoples
‘I am perfect in beauty.’
“In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, you are to celebrate the Passover, a festival of seven days during which unleavened bread will be eaten.
shapes the idol with hammers,
and works it with his strong arm.
Also he grows hungry and his strength fails;
he doesn’t drink water and is faint.
“My hand will be against the prophets who see false visions and speak lying divinations.
He will say: I am not a prophet; I work the land, for a man purchased
tell them: This is what the Lord God says: I am going to take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel associated with him, and put them together with the stick of Judah. I will make them into a single stick so that they become one in My hand.
you ruins of Jerusalem!
For the Lord has comforted His people;
He has redeemed Jerusalem.
Next he brought me into the great hall and measured the pilasters;
“Now say to that rebellious house:
with the fallen warriors of the uncircumcised,
who went down to Sheol
with their weapons of war,
whose swords were placed under their heads.
The punishment for their sins
rested on their bones,
although the terror of these warriors
was once in the land of the living.
The Lord sent all His servants the prophets to you time and time again,
then I will bring you down to be with those who descend to the Pit,
Indeed, they frantically rush around in vain,
gathering possessions
without knowing who will get them.
yet they make their homes in the cliffs;
and there are no works like Yours.
For the service of God’s house they gave 185 tons
I ordered that the rooms be purified,
He was also angry at Job’s three friends because they had failed to refute him and yet had condemned him.
as well as the priests:
Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah,
and Hananiah, with trumpets;
He appointed judges in all the fortified cities of the land of Judah, city by city.
Then the Levites carried the ark of God the way Moses had commanded according to the word of the Lord: on their shoulders with the poles.
If he retreats to some city, all Israel will bring ropes to that city, and we will drag its stones into the valley until not even a pebble can be found there.”
So David said to Abishai, “Sheba son of Bichri will do more harm to us than Absalom. Take your lord’s soldiers and pursue him, or he will find fortified cities and elude us.”
You are my brothers, my flesh and blood.
And all the people will say, ‘Amen!’
“Our father died in the wilderness, but he was not among Korah’s followers, who gathered together against the Lord.
We raided the south country of the Cherethites,
Saul listened to Jonathan’s advice and swore an oath: “As surely as the Lord lives, David will not be killed.”
When they were near Jebus and the day was almost gone, the servant
Then 3,000 men of Judah went to the cave at the rock of Etam, and they asked Samson, “Don’t you realize that the Philistines rule over us?
“I have done to them what they did to me,” he answered.
When his master saw that the Lord was with him and that the Lord made everything he did successful,
and the Lord will reward you.
Seir
but Israel will be triumphant.
He is not to make himself unclean for those related to him by marriage
When they set out, a terror from God came over the cities around them, and they did not pursue Jacob’s sons.
or the moon by night.
his sin is stored up.
this is the Lord’s declaration—
when I will make the shout of battle
against Rabbah of the Ammonites.
It will become a desolate mound,
and its villages will be burned down.
Israel will dispossess their dispossessors,
says the Lord.
Who can save himself from the power of Sheol?
there is great rejoicing,
but when the wicked come to power,
people hide themselves.
and will joyfully sing of Your righteousness.
each appears before God in Zion.
His prayer and how God granted his request, and all his sin and unfaithfulness and the sites where he built high places and set up Asherah poles and carved images before he humbled himself, they are written in the Records of Hozai.
The lot for the east gate fell to Shelemiah.
They marched out at noon while Ben-hadad and the 32 kings
David took the gold shields carried by Hadadezer’s officers and brought them to Jerusalem.
When he taunted Israel, Jonathan son of David’s brother Shimei killed him.
These
Then David and his men went to Keilah, fought against the Philistines, drove their livestock away, and inflicted heavy losses on them. So David rescued the inhabitants of Keilah.
They went up and camped at Kiriath-jearim
Moses had given territory to half the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, but Joshua had given territory to the other half,
Joshua cast lots for them at Shiloh in the presence of the Lord where he distributed the land to the Israelites according to their divisions.
You are not to shame your father’s brother by coming near his wife to have sexual intercourse; she is your aunt.
all of Naphtali, the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, all the land of Judah as far as the Mediterranean
and inside, there will be terror;
the young man and the young woman will be killed,
the infant and the gray-haired man.
This is what the Lord has commanded concerning Zelophehad’s daughters: They may marry anyone they like provided they marry within a clan of their ancestral tribe.
The Lord will deal with them as He did Sihon and Og, the kings of the Amorites, and their land when He destroyed them.
The Lord your God is the One who will cross ahead of you.
On the first day you are to hold a sacred assembly; you are not to do any daily work.
He must not leave the sanctuary or he will desecrate the sanctuary of his God, for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is on him;
across the Jordan in the valley facing Beth-peor in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites. He lived in Heshbon, and Moses and the Israelites defeated him after they came out of Egypt.
And Laban gave his slave Zilpah to his daughter Leah as her slave.
Say to them: If any man from any of your descendants throughout your generations is in a state of uncleanness yet approaches the holy offerings that the Israelites consecrate to the Lord, that person will be cut off from My presence; I am Yahweh.
For the tribe of the Reubenites and the tribe of the Gadites have received their inheritance according to their ancestral houses, and half the tribe of Manasseh has received its inheritance.
“Let all the skilled craftsmen
Israel said to Joseph, “Your brothers, you know, are pasturing the flocks at Shechem. Get ready. I’m sending you to them.”
“I’m ready,” Joseph replied.
“My lord, listen to me. Land worth 400 shekels of silver
All the able-bodied men
Then the Babylonians came to her,
and took him from the sheepfolds;
and all the various foreign troops,
plus Libya
will fall by the sword along with them.
This is what the Lord says: I am about to hand over Pharaoh Hophra,
Then the king commanded Jerahmeel the king’s son, Seraiah son of Azriel, and Shelemiah son of Abdeel to seize Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet, but the Lord had hidden them.
And now the Lord says, “In three years, as a hired worker counts years,
the men, women, children, king’s daughters, and everyone whom Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, had allowed to remain with Gedaliah son of Ahikam son of Shaphan,
because, Israel, you have become weary of Me.
whether a male can give birth.
Why then do I see every man
with his hands on his stomach like a woman in labor
and every face turned pale?
she laughs at the horse and its rider.
and destroyed the entire food supply.
when it is in the skies,
after a wind has swept through and cleared them away.
King Hezekiah got up early, gathered the city officials, and went to the Lord’s temple.
The assembly is to protect the one who kills someone from the hand of the avenger of blood. Then the assembly will return him to the city of refuge he fled to, and he must live there until the death of the high priest who was anointed with the holy oil.
and concealed from the birds of the sky.
He walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother gave him evil advice.
The next day when the Philistines came to strip the dead, they found Saul and his three sons dead on Mount Gilboa.
As the king was passing by, he cried out to the king and said, “Your servant marched out into the middle of the battle. Suddenly, a man turned aside and brought someone to me and said, ‘Guard this man! If he is ever missing, it will be your life in place of his life,
The Ammonites
Also present two quarts
Look, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the countries: they completely destroyed them. Will you be rescued?
There were three gates on the east, three gates on the north, three gates on the south, and three gates on the west.
He became infatuated with Dinah, daughter of Jacob. He loved the young girl and spoke tenderly to her.
So Zimri destroyed the entire house of Baasha, according to the word of the Lord He had spoken against Baasha through Jehu the prophet.
The priest is to sacrifice them, one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering.
For I will drive out nations
These must be worn by Aaron and his sons whenever they enter the tent of meeting or approach the altar to minister in the sanctuary area, so that they do not incur guilt
“So now, let Pharaoh look for a discerning and wise man and set him over the land of Egypt.
From the tribe of Benjamin they gave:
Gibeon with its pasturelands, Geba with its pasturelands,
Yet the chief cupbearer did not remember Joseph; he forgot him.
while the man silently watched her to see whether or not the Lord had made his journey a success.
They started laughing at Him, because they knew she was dead.
I will tend My flock and let them lie down.”
He crowns you with faithful love and compassion.
therefore this is what the Lord God says: I will stretch out My hand against Edom and cut off both man and animal from it. I will make it a wasteland; they will fall by the sword from Teman to Dedan.
then Azariah
against Babylon.
Her warriors will be captured,
their bows shattered,
for the Lord is a God of retribution;
He will certainly repay.
I will spoil the plans of Judah and Jerusalem in this place. I will make them fall by the sword before their enemies, by the hand of those who want to take their life. I will provide their corpses as food for the birds of the sky and for the wild animals of the land.
They go to the cisterns;
they find no water;
their containers return empty.
They are ashamed and humiliated;
they cover their heads.
above my enemies around me;
I will offer sacrifices in His tent with shouts of joy.
I will sing and make music to the Lord.
Meanwhile, Johanan son of Kareah and all the commanders of the armies in the field came to Gedaliah at Mizpah
“This is what the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.
Therefore, the Lord who redeemed Abraham
and his face will no longer be pale.
so that a flood of water covers you?
and understand what He would say to me.
So in the days of Zerubbabel
I will establish a place for My people Israel and plant them,
in order to confirm these days of Purim at their proper time just as Mordecai the Jew and Queen Esther had established them and just as they had committed themselves and their descendants to the practices of fasting
I was greatly displeased and threw all of Tobiah’s household possessions out of the room.
“This is what the Lord’s entire community says: ‘What is this treachery you have committed today against the God of Israel by turning away from the Lord and building an altar for yourselves, so that you are in rebellion against the Lord today?
designate cities to serve as cities of refuge for you, so that a person who kills someone unintentionally may flee there.
One pillar was 27 feet
Their blood will come back on Joab’s head and on the head of his descendants forever, but for David, his descendants, his dynasty, and his throne, there will be peace from the Lord forever.”
Jehoram also built high places
but because of the covenant the Lord had made with David, He was unwilling to destroy the house of David since the Lord had promised
you are to bring her into your house. She must shave her head, trim her nails,
Look and find out all the places where he hides. Then come back to me with accurate information, and I’ll go with you. If it turns out he really is in the region, I’ll search for him among all the clans
God
From there, it went east toward the sunrise to Gath-hepher and to Eth-kazin; it extended to Rimmon, curving around to Neah.
But they could not find any, even though many false witnesses
You must keep My instruction to not do any of the detestable customs
Write Aaron’s name on Levi’s staff, because there must be one staff for the head of each ancestral house.
Aaron is to tend it continually from evening until morning before the Lord outside the veil
Bilhah conceived and bore Jacob a son.
You are also to say, ‘Look, your servant Jacob is right behind us.’” For he thought, “I want to appease Esau with the gift that is going ahead of me. After that, I can face him, and perhaps he will forgive me.”
Abimelech sent for Isaac and said, “So she is really your wife! How could you say, ‘She is my sister’?”
Isaac answered him, “Because I thought I might die on account of her.”
“Because you maintained an ancient hatred
“Son of man, turn your face toward Sidon
panting for air like jackals.
Their eyes fail
because there are no green plants.
it is not far away,
and My salvation will not delay.
I will put salvation in Zion,
My splendor in Israel.
“Go and tell Hezekiah that this is what the Lord God of your ancestor David says: I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Look, I am going to add 15 years to your life.
Will your courage endure
“Will you pass judgment against them, will you pass judgment, son of man? Explain the detestable practices of their fathers to them.
and its inhabitants have become guilty;
the earth’s inhabitants have been burned,
and only a few survive.
Yes, this is what the Lord says:
of dread—there is no peace.
For a long time your ears have not been open.
For I knew that you were very treacherous,
and were known as a rebel from birth.
“For this is what the Lord says: Don’t enter a house where a mourning feast is taking place.
it is an act of faithful love;
let him rebuke me—
it is oil for my head;
let me
Even now my prayer is against
the evil acts of the wicked.
to see if there is one who is wise,
one who seeks God.
they trusted in You and were not disgraced.
“You will not rejoice anymore,
ravished young woman, daughter of Sidon.
Get up and cross over to Cyprus
even there you will have no rest!”
God is seated on His holy throne.
He will answer him from His holy heaven
with mighty victories from
Your salvation among all nations.
lions, mauling and roaring.
His clouds swept onward with hail and blazing coals.
Would you leave it to do your hard work?
I stood in the assembly and cried out for help.
and your righteousness another human being.
I lived as a king among his troops,
like one who comforts those who mourn.
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He prayed to Him, so He heard his petition and granted his request,
King Jehoash of Israel sent word to King Amaziah of Judah, saying, “The thistle that was in Lebanon sent a message to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son as a wife.’ Then a wild animal that was in Lebanon passed by and trampled the thistle.
all their brave men
King Joash didn’t remember the kindness that Zechariah’s father Jehoiada had extended to him, but killed his son. While he was dying, he said, “May the Lord see and demand
So all the people took off the gold rings that were on their ears and brought them to Aaron.
He led us to this place and gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey.
The Gibeonites said to him, “We are not asking for money from
“Whatever you say, I will do for you,” he said.
For I know how rebellious and stiff-necked you are. If you are rebelling against the Lord now, while I am still alive, how much more will you rebel after I am dead!
So the servants of King Hezekiah went to Isaiah,
Moses was unable to enter the tent of meeting because the cloud rested on it, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.
fine embroidered linen from Egypt,
and served as your banner.
Your awning was of blue and purple fabric
from the coasts of Elishah.
And God also returned all the evil of the men of Shechem on their heads. So the curse of Jotham son of Jerubbaal came on them.
collect five shekels for each person, according to the standard sanctuary shekel—20 gerahs to the shekel.
The Israelites took the Midianite women and their children captive, and they plundered all their cattle, flocks, and property.
“We cannot do this thing,” they said to them. “Giving our sister to an uncircumcised man is a disgrace to us.
The total number who belong to Dan’s encampment is 157,600; they are to move out last, with their banners.”
“So this is what the Lord God says: I will release a windstorm in My wrath. Torrential rain will come in My anger, and hailstones will fall in destructive fury.
so that he does not corrupt his bloodline
They will take your wealth as spoil and plunder your merchandise.
Then Jeremiah took another scroll and gave it to Baruch son of Neriah, the scribe, and he wrote on it at Jeremiah’s dictation
I will make them an object of horror
they flow between the mountains.
You did not take these things to heart
or think about their outcome.
These are the words the Lord spoke to Israel and Judah.
The Lord said:
I will certainly intercede for you
in a time of trouble,
in your time of distress, with the enemy.
strengthen me through Your word.
and a wind will carry them away,
a gale will scatter them.
But you will rejoice in the Lord;
you will boast in the Holy One of Israel.
“Now I will lift Myself up.
Now I will be exalted.
“Lord, I stand on the watchtower all day,
and I stay at my post all night.
and his wife a widow.
Jacob lived as a foreigner in the land of Ham.
“Faithful love is built up forever;
You establish Your faithfulness in the heavens.”
Then the men who were designated by name
The men of his city, the elders and nobles who lived in his city, did as Jezebel had commanded them, as was written in the letters she had sent them.
When I question
At that time they sacrificed to the Lord 700 cattle and 7,000 sheep from all the plunder they had brought.
they trap
and construct their siege ramp
She brought the pan and set it down in front of him, but he refused to eat. Amnon said, “Everyone leave me!” And everyone left him.
that you do not see Him,
that your case
and you are waiting
The king of Babylon put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah went into exile from its land.
the seventh to Jesarelah, his sons, and his brothers—12
Two hundred men from Jerusalem went with Absalom. They had been invited and were going innocently, for they knew nothing about the whole matter.
He brought his father’s consecrated gifts and his own consecrated gifts into the Lord’s temple: silver, gold, and utensils.
“Whoever speaks to you,” the king said, “bring him to me. He will not trouble you again!”
Eleazar the priest is to take some of its blood with his finger and sprinkle it seven times toward the front of the tent of meeting.
But if her father prohibits her on the day he hears about it, none of her vows and none of the obligations she put herself under are binding. The Lord will absolve her because her father has prohibited her.
Then Saul said, “Cast the lot between me and my son Jonathan,” and Jonathan was selected.
As for me, even though I am the anointed king, I have little power today. These men, the sons of Zeruiah, are too fierce for me.
“I was sure you hated her,” her father said, “so I gave her to one of the men who accompanied you. Isn’t her younger sister more beautiful than she is? Why not take her instead?”
These were Joseph’s descendants by their clans.
and all the villages surrounding these cities as far as Baalath-beer (Ramah of the south
This was the inheritance of the tribe of Simeon’s descendants by their clans.
when seven healthy-looking, well-fed cows came up from the Nile and began to graze among the reeds.
But if the priest’s daughter becomes widowed or divorced, has no children, and returns to her father’s house as in her youth, she may share her father’s food. But no outsider may share it.
He must not eat an animal that died naturally or was mauled by wild beasts,
The trees of the field will give their fruit, and the land will yield its produce; My flock will be secure in their land. They will know that I am Yahweh when I break the bars of their yoke and rescue them from the hands of those who enslave them.
The priest will examine him, and if the scab has spread on the skin, then the priest must pronounce him unclean; he has a skin disease.
This is the service of the Merarite clans regarding all their work at the tent of meeting, under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.”
Demand of me a high compensation
and the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had said. There was famine in every country, but throughout the land of Egypt there was food.
I recorded it on a scroll,
So Pharaoh’s heart hardened, and he did not let the Israelites go, as the Lord had said through Moses.
the pine trees couldn’t compare with its branches,
nor could the plane trees match its boughs.
No tree in the garden of God
could compare with it in beauty.
to strike viciously with your fist.
You cannot fast as you do today,
hoping to make your voice heard on high.
“Son of man, I have broken the arm
and our sins testify against us.
For our transgressions are with us,
and we know our iniquities:
This is what the Lord God says: “Because Moab and Seir said,
who will contend with Me?
Let us confront each other.
Who has a case against Me?
Let him come near Me!
but they do not see it.
They will see Your zeal for Your people,
and they will be put to shame.
The fire for Your adversaries will consume them!
Race furiously, you chariots!
Let the warriors go out—
Cush and Put,
who are able to handle shields,
and the Ludim,
who are able to handle and string the bow.
a perpetual object of scorn;
everyone who passes by it will be horrified
and shake his head.
the waters of the great deep,
who made the sea-bed into a road
for the redeemed to pass over?
for He is coming to judge the earth.
He will judge the world with righteousness
and the peoples with His faithfulness.
they are considered by Him
as nothingness and emptiness.
their voices are heard as far away as Jahaz.
Therefore the soldiers of Moab cry out,
and they tremble.
We will bring the firstfruits of our land and of every fruit tree to the Lord’s house year by year.
My wound
though I am without transgression.”
Some of the family leaders gave to the project. The governor gave 1,000 gold coins,
Then a proclamation
The second thanksgiving procession went to the left, and I followed it with half the people along the top of the wall, past the Tower of the Ovens
Heman and Jeduthun had with them trumpets and cymbals to play and musical instruments of God.
His wonders, and the judgments He has pronounced,
The most sensitive and refined woman among you, who would not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground because of her refinement and sensitivity, will begrudge the husband she embraces, her son, and her daughter,
Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was court historian;
“If you prepare a grain offering with a ram, it must be four quarts
The king and all Israel with him were offering sacrifices in the Lord’s presence.
Who can agree to your proposal? The share of the one who goes into battle is to be the same as the share of the one who remains with the supplies. They will share equally.”
However, if it does not make peace with you but wages war against you, lay siege to it.
A portion of the holiest offerings kept from the fire will be yours; every one of their offerings that they give Me, whether the grain offering, sin offering, or restitution offering will be most holy for you and your sons.
Ain with its pasturelands, Juttah with its pasturelands, and Beth-shemesh with its pasturelands—nine cities from these two tribes.
Their boundary included Helkath, Hali, Beten, Achshaph,
Then he said, “Serve me, and let me eat some of my son’s game so that I can bless you.” Jacob brought it to him, and he ate; he brought him wine, and he drank.
This is what they are responsible to carry as the whole of their service at the tent of meeting: the supports of the tabernacle, with its crossbars, posts, and bases,
Didn’t you see a false vision and speak a lying divination when you proclaimed, ‘This is the Lord’s declaration,’ even though I had not spoken?
When the news reached Pharaoh’s palace, “Joseph’s brothers have come,” Pharaoh and his servants were pleased.
Adah bore Eliphaz to Esau, Basemath bore Reuel,
Let him say so and make a case before Me,
since I have established an ancient people.
Let these gods declare
and what will take place.
The word of the Lord came to me:
his ruler will issue from him.
I will invite him to Me, and he will approach Me,
for who would otherwise risk his life to approach Me?
This is the Lord’s declaration.
When Jeremiah had not yet turned to go, Nebuzaradan said to him: “Return
“After I had given the purchase agreement to Baruch, son of Neriah, I prayed to the Lord:
Jeremiah came back from Topheth, where the Lord had sent him to prophesy, stood in the courtyard of the Lord’s temple,
with no one passing through,
I will make you an object of eternal pride,
a joy from age to age.
The surviving remnant of the house of Judah will again take root
But King Jehoiakim sent men to Egypt: Elnathan son of Achbor
Eliakim son of Hilkiah, who was in charge of the palace, Shebna the court secretary,
Then the Chaldeans burned God’s temple.
by what You have done;
I will shout for joy
because of the works of Your hands.
He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness.
the queen, adorned with gold from Ophir,
stands at your right hand.
but I will bring on Dibon
a lion for those who escape from Moab,
and for the survivors in the land.
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so that they can flee before the archers.
but my gnawing pains never rest.
He has not turned away my prayer
or turned His faithful love from me.
in places unknown to those who walk above ground.
Suspended far away from people,
the miners swing back and forth.
they will cross the river of death
and die without knowledge.
the young woman’s father and mother will take the evidence of her virginity and bring it to the city elders at the gate.
and the Lord sent an angel who annihilated every brave warrior, leader, and commander in the camp of the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria returned in disgrace to his land. He went to the temple of his god, and there some of his own children struck him down with the sword.
“There’s a treaty between me and you, between my father and your father. Look, I have sent you silver and gold. Go break your treaty with Israel’s King Baasha so that he will withdraw from me.”
As for the court on the west, there were four at the highway and two at the court.
“Go,” he said. And he sent her away two months. So she left with her friends and mourned her virginity as she wandered through the mountains.
Yet the king’s order prevailed over Joab. So Joab left and traveled throughout Israel and then returned to Jerusalem.
One of the men saw him and informed Joab. He said, “I just saw Absalom hanging in an oak tree!”
“Go in peace,” the king said to him.
He asked the Gibeonites, “What should I do for you? How can I make atonement so that you will bring a blessing on
Has any man planted a vineyard and not begun to enjoy its fruit?
The lot came up for the tribe of Benjamin’s descendants by their clans, and their allotted territory lay between Judah’s descendants and Joseph’s descendants.
Within the Israelite possession there were 48 cities in all with their pasturelands for the Levites.
Then you will die on the mountain that you go up, and you will be gathered to your people, just as your brother Aaron died on Mount Hor and was gathered to his people.
Give it to Eleazar the priest, and he will have it brought outside the camp and slaughtered in his presence.
The priest will examine him again on the seventh day. If the infection has faded and has not spread on the skin, the priest is to pronounce him clean;
His brothers were jealous of him,
The length of each curtain should be 42 feet,
So I prophesied as He commanded me; the breath
There was no city that was inaccessible to
were within you, repairing your leaks.
came to
and when he oppresses the poor and needy, commits robbery, and does not return collateral, and when he raises his eyes to the idols, commits detestable acts,
“Say to the rebellious people,
“You are My flock, the human flock of My pasture, and I am your God.” This is the declaration of the Lord God.
Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: “Because you have forgotten Me
“Son of man, turn your face toward Pharaoh king of Egypt and prophesy against him and against all of Egypt.
But righteous men will judge them the way adulteresses
I will turn against that one and make him a sign and a proverb; I will cut him off from among My people.
Then the word of the Lord came to me:
The word of the Lord came to me:
Take your seat, Jerusalem.
Remove the bonds
captive Daughter Zion.”
on all flesh
and many will be slain by the Lord.
the work of My hands within his nation,
they will honor My name,
they will honor the Holy One of Jacob
and stand in awe of the God of Israel.
He saved them from their distress.
with awe-inspiring works,
God of our salvation,
the hope of all the ends of the earth
and of the distant seas.
the bestower of crowns,
whose traders are princes,
whose merchants are the honored ones of the earth?
do not turn Your servant away in anger.
You have been my helper;
do not leave me or abandon me,
God of my salvation.
and the surface of the watery depths is frozen?
God thunders
He does not restrain the lightning
when His rumbling voice is heard.
that one should
But that is not the case; I am on my own.
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He did what was evil in the Lord’s sight, imitating the detestable practices of the nations that the Lord had dispossessed before the Israelites.
They began the consecration on the first day of the first month, and on the eighth day of the month they came to the portico of the Lord’s temple. They consecrated the Lord’s temple for eight days, and on the sixteenth day of the first month they finished.
Then he stationed all the troops with their weapons in hand surrounding the king—from the right side of the temple to the left side, by the altar and by the temple.
David son of Jesse was king over all Israel.
Jehoiada died when he was old and full of days; he was 130 years old at his death.
and accuses her of shameful conduct, and gives her a bad name, saying, ‘I married this woman and was intimate with her, but I didn’t find any evidence of her virginity,’
But he did not include Levi and Benjamin in the count because the king’s command was detestable to him.
and Eliehoenai the seventh.
ever since the day I ordered judges to be over My people Israel. I will also subdue all your enemies.
“‘Furthermore, I declare to you that the Lord Himself will build a house for you.
“Now, my son, may the Lord be with you,
These
Then the prophet Isaiah came to King Hezekiah and asked him, “Where did these men come from and what did they say to you?”
Hezekiah replied, “They came from a distant country, from Babylon.”
When the battle intensified against Saul,
She fastened the braids with a pin and called to him, “Samson, the Philistines are here!”
You are not to present anything that has a defect, because it will not be accepted on your behalf.
When it was reported to David what Saul’s concubine Rizpah, daughter of Aiah, had done,
But if they say, ‘Come on up,’ then we’ll go up, because the Lord has handed them over to us—that will be our sign.”
and that he has cheated me and changed my wages 10 times. But God has not let him harm me.
So Hushai came to Absalom, and Absalom told him: “Ahithophel offered this proposal. Should we carry out his proposal? If not, what do you say?”
provoked to anger by His sons and daughters.
So Laban invited all the men of the place to a feast.
Anyone who is left in your family will come and bow down to him for a piece of silver or a loaf of bread. He will say: Please appoint me to some priestly office so I can have a piece of bread to eat.’”
Then take the garments and clothe Aaron with the tunic, the robe for the ephod, the ephod itself, and the breastpiece; fasten the ephod on him with its woven waistband.
I am standing here
“Command the Israelites and say to them: When you enter the land of Canaan, it will be allotted to you as an inheritance
The Lord commanded this to be given to them by the Israelites on the day He anointed them.
Joseph then gave orders to fill their containers with grain, return each man’s money to his sack, and give them provisions for their journey. This order was carried out.
The merchants of these things, who became rich from her, will stand far off in fear of her torment, weeping and mourning,
They were scattered for lack of a shepherd;
Later, Leah bore a daughter and named her Dinah.
Therefore, no one should look down
You will allot it as an inheritance for yourselves and for the foreigners living among you,
They were looking for Jesus and asking one another as they stood in the temple complex:
“The house of Israel will no longer be hurt by
were in your army, serving as your warriors.
They hung shields and helmets in you;
they gave you splendor.
However, if it does what is evil in My sight by not listening to My voice, I will relent concerning the good I had said I would do to it.
Wrath has gone out,
a whirling storm.
It will whirl about the heads of the wicked.
“Son of man, turn your face toward
Wrath has gone out,
a churning storm.
It will whirl about the heads of the wicked.
or that some wild animal may trample them.
Before morning—it is gone!
This is the fate of those who plunder us
and the lot of those who ravage us.
he is too weary to bring it to his mouth.
do not let those who hate me without cause
look at me maliciously.
The Lord of Hosts,
He is the King of glory.
not including their 7,337 male and female slaves, as well as their 245 male and female singers.
It is in my heart now to make a covenant with Yahweh, the God of Israel
But they conspired against him and stoned him at the king’s command in the courtyard of the Lord’s temple.
and the Judahites captured 10,000 alive. They took them to the top of a cliff where they threw them off, and all of them were dashed to pieces.
Then the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a strong hand and an outstretched arm, with terrifying power, and with signs and wonders.
“Yet the Lord God of Israel chose me out of all my father’s household
The Lord will make pestilence cling to you until He has exterminated you from the land you are entering to possess.
Issachar the seventh, and Peullethai the eighth,
for God blessed him.
son of Eliel, son of Toah,
If he says, ‘Good,’ then your servant is safe, but if he becomes angry, you will know he has evil intentions.
Micah consecrated the Levite, and the young man became his priest
Take the atonement money
These were the portions that Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the families distributed to the Israelite tribes by lot at Shiloh in the Lord’s presence at the entrance to the tent of meeting.
Then the land will yield its fruit, so that you can eat, be satisfied, and live securely in the land.
Afterward Moses said, “Today you have been dedicated
Obey the Lord your God and follow His commands and statutes I am giving you today.”
So the chief cupbearer told his dream to Joseph: “In my dream there was a vine in front of me.
from Mount Hor draw a line to the entrance of Hamath,
Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I have had a dream, and no one can interpret it. But I have heard it said about you that you can hear a dream and interpret it.”
So he blessed them that day with these words:
“May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh,”
putting Ephraim before Manasseh.
But Jacob said, “No, please! If I have found favor with you, take this gift from my hand. For indeed, I have seen your face, and it is like seeing God’s face, since you have accepted me.
They hurried throughout that vicinity and began to carry the sick
When I bring you from the peoples and gather you from the countries where you have been scattered, I will accept you as a pleasing aroma. And I will demonstrate My holiness through you in the sight of the nations.
so that when I make atonement for all you have done, you will remember and be ashamed,
In the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me:
On the same day they slaughtered their children for their idols, they entered My sanctuary to profane it.
This is what the Lord God says:
to the false gods in Memphis.
There will no longer be
a prince from the land of Egypt.
So I will instill fear in that land.
in order that the house of Israel may no longer stray from following Me and no longer defile themselves
they will dwindle, and Egypt’s canals will be parched.
Reed and rush will die.
“Then you are to shatter the jar in the presence of the people traveling with you,
The first who devoured him was the king of Assyria;
the last one who crushed his bones
was Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.
When Jeremiah had finished speaking to all the people all the words of the Lord their God—all these words the Lord their God had sent him to give them—
The prophet Jeremiah replied to the prophet Hananiah in the presence of the priests and all the people who were standing in the temple of the Lord.
Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent a message to Hezekiah: “The Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘Because you prayed to Me about Sennacherib king of Assyria,
cuts off his own feet and drinks violence.
the son of man, that You think of him?
made by human hands.
so the hearts of kings cannot be investigated.
for the man of peace will have a future.
because the Lord holds his hand.
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give me understanding according to Your word.
and prosperity
until the moon is no more.
Give my son Solomon a whole heart to keep and to carry out all Your commands, Your decrees, and Your statutes,
I listened to your insights
as you sought for words.
among the rocks and in holes in the ground.
He slaughtered on the altars all the priests of the high places
All these warriors, lined up in battle formation, came to Hebron fully determined to make David king over all Israel. All the rest of Israel was also of one mind to make David king.
Zechariah and Mattaniah from the Asaphites;
son of Ebiasaph, son of Korah,
Ishi’s son: Sheshan.
Sheshan’s descendant: Ahlai.
Then the king of Israel called for all the elders of the land and said, “Think it over and you will see that this one is only looking for trouble,
Then Samson told them, “Because you did this, I swear that I won’t rest until I have taken vengeance on you.”
so that they won’t teach you to do all the detestable things they do for their gods, and you sin against the Lord your God.
Anyone who eats some of its carcass must wash his clothes and will be unclean until evening. Anyone who carries its carcass must wash his clothes and will be unclean until evening.
The Benjaminites heard that the Israelites had gone up to Mizpah.
The Israelites asked, “Tell us, how did this outrage occur?”
If it accepts your offer of peace and opens its gates to you, all the people found in it will become forced laborers for you and serve you.
But Edom answered him, “You must not travel through our land, or we will come out and confront you with the sword.”
‘Say this to Joseph: Please forgive your brothers’ transgression and their sin—the suffering they caused you.’ Therefore, please forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of your father.” Joseph wept
The pasturelands of the cities you are to give the Levites will extend from the city wall 500 yards
The 12 stones are to correspond to the names of Israel’s sons. Each stone must be engraved like a seal, with one of the names of the 12 tribes.
Then the chief cupbearer said to Pharaoh, “Today I remember my faults.
Insert the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark in order to carry the ark with them.
Ashkelon will become silent,
a remnant of their valley.
How long will you gash yourself?
He follows My statutes and keeps My ordinances, acting faithfully. Such a person is righteous; he will certainly live.”
So Jacob and all who were with him came to Luz (that is, Bethel
On the south side it will run from Tamar to the waters of Meribath-kadesh,
“This is what the Lord says: In this place, which you say is a ruin,
as if it were a garment;
the waters stood above the mountains.
In the fifth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah, in the ninth month,
Praise Him, highest heavens,
and you waters above the heavens.
“Where is the word of the Lord?
Let it come!”
I moan like a dove.
My eyes grow weak looking upward.
Lord, I am oppressed; support me.
Then Micaiah said, “Therefore, hear the word of the Lord. I saw the Lord sitting on His throne, and the whole heavenly host was standing at His right hand and at His left hand.
for he has put up security for a stranger;
get collateral if it is for foreigners.
You must have a full and honest weight, a full and honest dry measure, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you.
and I have heard these very
But Amaziah would not listen, for this turn of events was from God in order to hand them over to their enemies because they went after the gods of Edom.
The first lot for Asaph fell to Joseph, his sons, and his brothers—12 to Gedaliah the second: him, his brothers, and his sons— 12
He said to them, “You are the heads of the Levite families. You and your relatives must consecrate yourselves
“Then get rid of the foreign gods that are among you and offer your hearts to the Lord, the God of Israel.”
Citizens of Gibeah ganged up on me and surrounded the house at night. They intended to kill me, but they raped my concubine, and she died.
son of Levi, son of Israel.
The Lord drove out before us all the peoples, including the Amorites who lived in the land. We too will worship the Lord, because He is our God.”
but I would not listen to Balaam. Instead, he repeatedly blessed you, and I delivered you from his hand.
Maon, Carmel, Ziph, Juttah,
He said this about Judah:
He fights for his cause
but may You be a help against his foes.
He may not replace it or make a substitution for it, either good for bad, or bad for good.
The assigned duties of Merari’s descendants involved the tabernacle’s supports, crossbars, posts, bases, all its equipment, and all the work related to these,
When Joseph saw that his father had placed his right hand on Ephraim’s head, he thought it was a mistake
When the sun has set, he will become clean, and then he may eat from the holy offerings, for that is his food.
But Jacob’s sons answered Shechem and his father Hamor deceitfully because he had defiled their sister Dinah.
He defeated Midian in the field of Moab;
the name of his city was Avith.
These are the chiefs of Eliphaz
in the land of Edom.
These are the sons of Adah.
Bilhan, Zaavan, and Akan.
Then they will burn down your houses and execute judgments against you in the sight of many women. I will stop you from being a prostitute,
But I acted because of My name,
And the Lord surrounds His people,
both now and forever.
an assembly of great nations from the north country.
They will line up in battle formation against her;
from there she will be captured.
Their arrows will be like those of a skilled
who does not return empty-handed.
behind the door and doorpost.
For away from Me, you stripped,
went up, and made your bed wide,
and you have made a bargain
You have loved their bed;
you have gazed on their genitals.
for this is what the Lord says, ‘I am about to make you a terror to both yourself and those you love.
full of wine blended with spices, and He pours from it.
All the wicked of the earth will drink,
draining it to the dregs.
So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and left. He returned home and lived in Nineveh.
but I continue to pray.
This I know: God is for me.
You will heal him on the bed where he lies.
or my acts of rebellion;
in keeping with Your faithful love, remember me
because of Your goodness, Lord.
The whole Chaldean army with the commander of the guards tore down the walls
or how the thunder roars from God’s pavilion?
Siaha’s descendants, Padon’s descendants,
Then he took with him the commanders of hundreds, the nobles, the governors of the people, and all the people of the land and brought the king down from the Lord’s temple. They entered the king’s palace through the Upper Gate and seated the king on the throne of the kingdom.
but fear the Lord your God, and He will deliver you from the hand of all your enemies.”
Shemaiah and Uzziel from the Jeduthunites.
About 10 days later, the Lord struck Nabal dead.
Zedekiah did what was evil in the Lord’s sight just as Jehoiakim had done.
and from those who hated me,
for they were too strong for me.
For when the people were counted, no one was there from the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead.
Joshua conquered everyone from Kadesh-barnea to Gaza, and all the land of Goshen
the Gershonite clan from Gershon;
the Kohathite clan from Kohath;
the Merarite clan from Merari.
She put the skins of the young goats on his hands and the smooth part of his neck.
so that your generations may know that I made the Israelites live in booths when I brought them out of the land of Egypt; I am Yahweh your God.”
Make loops of blue yarn on the edge of the last curtain
He
Joseph remembered his dreams about them
Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed; he divided the people with him into two camps, along with the flocks, cattle, and camels.
During her difficult labor, the midwife said to her, “Don’t be afraid, for you have another son.”
He sent word to Moses, “I, your father-in-law Jethro, am coming to you with your wife and her two sons.”
and your neck is iron
and your forehead bronze,
and said to Ephron in the presence
with a threshing board,
and a cart wheel is not rolled over the cumin.
But black cumin is beaten out with a stick,
and cumin with a rod.
When Abraham’s servant heard their words, he bowed to the ground before the Lord.
then wakes and is still hungry;
and like a thirsty one who dreams he is drinking,
then wakes and is still thirsty, longing for water.
So it will be for all the many nations
who go to battle against Mount Zion.
The Lord raises up those who are oppressed.
The Lord loves the righteous.
Berothah, and Sibraim (which is between the border of Damascus and the border of Hamath), as far as Hazer-hatticon, which is on the border of Hauran.
“This is what the Lord says: Just like this I will ruin the great pride of both Judah and Jerusalem.
“Take the underwear that you bought and are wearing,
‘The Lord has appointed you priest in place of Jehoiada the priest to be the chief officer
but the righteous one sings and rejoices.
on the threshing floor,
I have declared to you
what I have heard from the Lord of Hosts,
the God of Israel.
indeed, they are the joy of my heart.
for I rely on Your commands.
and circles
nothing is hidden from its heat.
when your lips say what is right.
He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord his God and did not humble himself
they were thrilled at
Ahaz rested with his fathers and was buried in the city, in Jerusalem, but they did not bring him into the tombs of the kings of Israel. His son Hezekiah became king in his place.
he sent his son Hadoram to King David to greet him and to congratulate him because David had fought against Hadadezer and defeated him, for Tou and Hadadezer had fought many wars. Hadoram brought all kinds of gold, silver, and bronze items.
Listen to me and return the captives you took from your brothers,
please let Your eyes be open
and Your ears attentive
to the prayer of this place.
The singers,
David heard about this and sent Joab and the entire army of warriors.
Joshaphat the Mithnite,
The young men of the provincial leaders and the army behind them marched out from the city,
Now the rest of the events of Jehu’s reign, along with all his accomplishments and all his might, are written in the Historical Record of Israel’s Kings.
You have appointed me the head of nations;
a people I had not known serve me.
He also struck down Nob, the city of the priests, with the sword—both men and women, children and infants, oxen, donkeys, and sheep.
As surely as the Lord lives who saves Israel, even if it is because of my son Jonathan, he must die!” Not one of the troops answered him.
The king said to Amasa, “Summon the men of Judah to me within three days and be here yourself.”
Every time the Philistine commanders came out to fight,
You are not to have sexual intercourse with your mother’s sister,
Then the Philistines asked, “Who did this?”
They were told, “It was Samson, the Timnite’s son-in-law, because he has taken Samson’s wife and given her to another man.” So the Philistines went to her and her father and burned them to death.
The whole congregation sent a message of peace
These curses will be a sign and a wonder against you and your descendants forever.
You may take the young for yourself, but be sure to let the mother go free, so that you may prosper and live long.
“Come on,” he said,
“‘Then I sent Moses and Aaron;
If he has no brothers, give his inheritance to his father’s brothers.
Their territory went to Jezreel, and included Chesulloth, Shunem,
The border will turn from Azmon
Moses placed the staffs before the Lord in the tent of the testimony.
There are to be 20 posts and 20 bronze bases. The hooks and bands
spending nights in secret places,
eating the meat of pigs,
and putting polluted broth in their bowls.
The total number of all the Levite males one month old or more that Moses and Aaron
“Return quickly to my father and say to him, ‘This is what your son Joseph says: “God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me without delay.
Moses inspected all the work they had accomplished. They had done just as the Lord commanded. Then Moses blessed them.
earth, which is never satisfied with water;
and fire, which never says, “Enough!”
They will live there securely,
Now Ezekiel will be a sign for you.
Since it was the ninth month, the king was sitting in his winter quarters
and your descendants will dispossess nations
and inhabit the desolate cities.
and the Valley of Achor a place for cattle to lie down,
for My people who have sought Me.
They all gather together; they come to you.
As I live”—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
“you will wear all your children
and put them on as a bride does.
a people who no longer exist.
Assyria destined it for desert creatures.
They set up their siege towers
and stripped its palaces.
They made it a ruin.
like a servant girl’s eyes on her mistress’s hand,
so our eyes are on the Lord our God
until He shows us favor.
but He destroys all the wicked.
and listen to my cry for help;
do not be silent at my tears.
For I am a foreigner residing with You,
a temporary resident like all my fathers.
“Look away from me! Let me weep bitterly!
Do not try to comfort me
about the destruction of my dear
so that you may give a dependable report
to those who sent you?
and show partiality to the wicked?
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for I have not forgotten Your instruction.
and the Almighty does not take note of it—
Then Jehoshaphat bowed with his face to the ground, and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell down before the Lord to worship Him.
The Philistines came together and camped at Shunem. So Saul gathered all Israel, and they camped at Gilboa.
and so that He may establish you today as His people and He may be your God as He promised you and as He swore to your fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have destroyed all your enemies before you. I will make a name for you like that of the greatest in the land.
He’s probably already hiding in one of the caves
Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia,
Immediately, David went to the place where Saul had camped. He saw the place where Saul and Abner son of Ner,
that He will elevate you to praise, fame, and glory above all the nations He has made, and that you will be a holy people
Then Saul gave up the pursuit of the Philistines, and the Philistines returned to their own territory.
On the day you wave the sheaf, you are to offer a year-old male lamb
Groan quietly; do not observe mourning rites for the dead.
The Israelites gave them:
Shechem,
but you may not eat anything that does not have fins and scales—it is unclean for you.
The region of Tappuah belonged to Manasseh, but Tappuah itself on Manasseh’s border
Confer some of your authority on him so that the entire Israelite community will obey him.
So I said to them, ‘Whoever has gold, take it off,’ and they gave it to me. When I threw it into the fire, out came this calf!”
But any slave a man has purchased may eat it, after you have circumcised him.
But Moses asked the Gadites and Reubenites, “Should your brothers go to war while you stay here?
“You, Eleazar the priest, and the family leaders of the community are to take a count of what was captured, man and beast.
Then I had concern for My holy name,
Perhaps they will listen and return—each from his evil way of life—so that I might relent
but will go to my father’s household and to my family to take a wife for my son.’
“In that day I will cause a horn to sprout
without understanding,
that must be controlled with bit and bridle
or else it will not come near you.
Mark out a road that the sword can take to Rabbah of the Ammonites
with your hands on your head
since the Lord has rejected those you trust;
you will not succeed even with their help.
or your shackles will become stronger.
Indeed, I have heard from the Lord God of Hosts
a decree of destruction for the whole land.
her clothing embroidered with gold.
and the grain from the hills is gathered in,
and righteousness will dwell in the orchard.
my speech settled on them like dew.
The exiles who had returned from the captivity
Then Hezekiah ordered that the burnt offering be offered on the altar. When the burnt offerings began, the song of the Lord and the trumpets began, accompanied by the instruments of David king of Israel.
and I would escape from my Judge
The Levites
Jeshua’s descendants: of Kadmiel
Hodevah’s descendants
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The offering, the tenth, and the dedicated things were brought faithfully. Conaniah the Levite was the officer in charge of them, and his brother Shimei was second.
in the land of their captivity where they were taken captive,
and when they pray in the direction of their land
that You gave their ancestors,
and the city You have chosen,
and toward the temple I have built for Your name,
I will abandon the remnant
They also took the pots, the shovels, the wick trimmers, the dishes, and all the bronze articles used in temple service.
But Elisha’s attendant asked, “What? Am I to set 20 loaves before 100 men?”
“Give it to the people to eat,” Elisha said, “for this is what the Lord says: ‘They will eat, and they will have some left over.’”
You love your enemies and hate those who love you! Today you have made it clear that the commanders and soldiers mean nothing to you. In fact, today I know that if Absalom were alive and all of us were dead, it would be fine with you!
Then Elisha said, “Get some meal.” He threw it into the pot and said, “Serve it for the people to eat.” And there was nothing bad in the pot.
On the fourth day, they got up early in the morning and prepared to go, but the girl’s father said to his son-in-law, “Have something to eat to keep up your strength
Then the king returned. When he arrived at the Jordan, Judah came to Gilgal to meet the king and escort him across the Jordan.
If they say, ‘Wait until we reach you,’ then we will stay where we are and not go up to them.
the two people in the dispute must stand in the presence of the Lord before the priests and judges in authority at that time.
I’ll go out and stand beside my father in the field where you are and talk to him about you. When I see what he says, I’ll tell you.”
The men of Israel went out to fight against Benjamin and took their battle positions against Gibeah.
Eltolad, Bethul, Hormah,
So Joshua said to the Israelites, “How long will you delay going out to take possession of the land that the Lord, the God of your fathers, gave you?
The one who purchased him is to calculate the time from the year he sold himself to him until the Year of Jubilee. The price of his sale will be determined by the number of years. It will be set for him like the daily wages of a hired hand.
You are to cook and eat it in the place the Lord your God chooses, and you are to return to your tents in the morning.
Furthermore, you didn’t bring us to a land flowing with milk and honey or give us an inheritance of fields and vineyards. Will you gouge out the eyes of these men? We will not come!”
but if water has been put on the seed and one of their carcasses falls on it, it is unclean for you.
When all the flocks
You are to make the purchase from your neighbor based on the number of years since the last Jubilee. He is to sell to you based on the number of remaining harvest years.
Also make 50 gold clasps and join the curtains together with the clasps, so that the tabernacle may be a single unit.
The poles are to remain in the rings of the ark; they must not be removed from it.
until your brother’s rage turns away from you and he forgets what you have done to him. Then I will send for you and bring you back from there. Why should I lose you both in one day?”
The Egyptian king’s cupbearer and baker, who were confined in the prison, each had a dream. Both had a dream on the same night, and each dream had its own meaning.
Then the city was broken into, and all the warriors fled. They left the city by night by way of the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden, though the Chaldeans surrounded the city. They made their way along the route to the Arabah.
Then Isaac said to Jacob, “Please come closer so I can touch you, my son. Are you really my son Esau or not?”
He finished the address the Lord had commanded him to deliver to all the people. Then the priests, the prophets, and all the people took hold of him, yelling, “You must surely die!
“This is to be the border of the land:
On the north side
and His strong arm:
I will no longer give your grain
to your enemies for food,
and foreigners will not drink your new wine
you have labored for.
Then Jeremiah said to all the people, including all the women, “Hear the word of the Lord, all Judah who are in the land of Egypt.
sit in silence
For you will no longer be called mistress of kingdoms.
Food won’t be provided for the mourner
Shelter us at noonday
with shade that is as dark as night.
Hide the refugees;
do not betray the one who flees.
and heirs to My mountains from Judah;
My chosen
and My servants will dwell there.
but we remember Your name alone.
When Israel came out of Egypt—
the house of Jacob from a people
who spoke a foreign language
my stronghold; I will not be shaken.
let them go down to Sheol alive,
because evil is in their homes and within them.
by day they lock themselves in,
never experiencing the light.
the tenth to Shimei, his sons, and his brothers—12
They cast lots for their duties, young and old alike, teacher as well as pupil.
In all My travels throughout Israel, have I ever spoken a word to even one of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to shepherd My people, asking: Why haven’t you built Me a house of cedar?’
The avenger of blood himself is to kill the murderer; when he finds him, he is to kill him.
Above all, may the Lord give you insight and understanding when He puts you in charge of Israel so that you may keep the law of the Lord your God.
Joab and the people with him approached the Arameans for battle, and they fled before him.
Shobal fathered Kiriath-jearim;
But Moses replied:
and not the sound of a cry of defeat;
I hear the sound of singing!
“No!” Jonathan responded. “If I ever find out my father has evil intentions against you, wouldn’t I tell you about it?”
“If a man loses the hair of his head, he is bald,
he may serve in the name of Yahweh his God like all his fellow Levites who minister there in the presence of the Lord.
It is to be eaten on the day you sacrifice it or on the next day, but what remains on the third day must be burned up.
Then Laban said, “This mound is a witness between you and me today.” Therefore the place was called Galeed
So Moses, Aaron, and the leaders of the community registered the Kohathites by their clans and their ancestral houses,
One man within you commits a detestable act with his neighbor’s wife;
In the fourth month of Zedekiah’s eleventh year, on the ninth day of the month, the city was broken into.
The commander of the guards also took away Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest of the second rank, and the three doorkeepers.
He will smash the sacred pillars of the sun temple
Its smoke will go up forever.
It will be desolate, from generation to generation;
no one will pass through it forever and ever.
and my years with groaning;
my strength has failed
because of my sinfulness,
and my bones waste away.
For by Myself I have sworn”—this is the Lord’s declaration—“Bozrah
because they have committed an outrage
and your lovers
Then you will be ashamed and humiliated
because of all your evil.
they will rest on their beds
everyone who lives uprightly.
and to deal deceptively with His servants.
The remaining Kedarite archers will be few in number.” For the Lord, the God of Israel, has spoken.
God appears in radiance.
and all who take refuge in Him will not be punished.
“Go to David My servant and say, ‘This is what the Lord says: You are not the one to build Me a house to dwell in.
“Who is it that you want me to bring up for you?” the woman asked.
“Bring up Samuel for me,” he answered.
Then he said, “What is this monument I see?”
The men of the city told him, “It is the tomb of the man of God who came from Judah and proclaimed these things that you have done to the altar at Bethel.”
for there is still more to be said on God’s behalf.
The rest of the events
his father and mother must take hold of him and bring him to the elders of his city, to the gate
He got up from the table in fierce anger and did not eat any food that second day of the New Moon, for he was grieved because of his father’s shameful behavior toward David.
He placed the rest of the forces under the command of his brother Abishai, and they lined up in battle formation to engage the Ammonites.
They replied to the king, “As for the man who annihilated us and plotted to destroy us so we would not exist within the whole territory of Israel,
I have now brought the first of the land’s produce that You, Lord, have given me.
You will then place the container before the Lord your God and bow down to Him.
So David asked Jonathan, “Who will tell me if your father answers you harshly?”
Their border on the north side began at the Jordan, ascended to the slope of Jericho on the north, through the hill country westward, and ended at the wilderness of Beth-aven.
their border went up westward to Maralah, reached Dabbesheth, and met the brook east of Jokneam.
because Manasseh’s daughters received an inheritance among his sons. The land of Gilead belonged to the rest of Manasseh’s sons.
But if you refrain from making a vow, it will not be counted against you as sin.
I, Yahweh, have spoken. I swear that I will do this to the entire evil community that has conspired against Me.
the Libnite clan,
the Hebronite clan,
the Mahlite clan,
the Mushite clan,
and the Korahite clan.
Kohath was the ancestor of Amram.
When his master heard the story his wife told him—“These are the things your slave did to me”—he was furious
I am Yahweh your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God; I am Yahweh your God.”
But if a priest purchases someone with his money, that person may eat it, and those born in his house may eat his food.
But if, in fact, the animal was stolen from his custody, he must make restitution to its owner.
“Are you really going to reign over us?” his brothers asked him. “Are you really going to rule us?” So they hated him even more because of his dream and what he had said.
so are those who are made of dust;
like the heavenly man,
so are those who are heavenly.
Then Israel said to Joseph, “Look, I am about to die, but God will be with you and will bring you back to the land of your fathers.
But he who stands firm in his heart (who is under no compulsion, but has control over his own will
“Therefore, this is what the Lord God says to them: See, I Myself will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.
She lusted after the Assyrians:
and you are to proclaim to them: This is what the Lord of Hosts says: I will shatter these people and this city, like one shatters a potter’s jar that can never again be mended. They will bury the dead in Topheth because there is no other place for burials.
After they examined me, they wanted to release me, since I had not committed a capital offense.
Isn’t it enough for you to feed on the good pasture? Must you also trample the rest of the pasture with your feet? Or isn’t it enough that you drink the clear water? Must you also muddy the rest with your feet?
I will hand you over to them, and they will level your mounds and tear down your elevated places. They will strip off your clothes,
Now Isaiah
and its cover too small to wrap up in.
it is not from Me;
whoever attacks you
will fall before you.
all of them trapped in holes
or imprisoned in dungeons.
They have become plunder
with no one to rescue them
and loot, with no one saying, “Give it back!”
You counted the houses of Jerusalem so that you could tear them down to fortify the wall.
with every precious and beautiful treasure.
than the abundance of many wicked people.
heal me, for I have sinned against You.”
May the Lord our God be with us as He was with our ancestors. May He not abandon us or leave us
He said to them, “Hear me, Levites. Consecrate yourselves
and fire has consumed what they left behind.”
for this is what I was commanded by the word of the Lord:
You are to determine the distances
Then David asked, “Will the citizens of Keilah hand me and my men over to Saul?”
“They will,”