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25004

So I was afraid and went off and hid your talent in the ground. Look, you have what is yours.’

25005

When Your people go out to fight against their enemies,
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,

25006

He took his life in his hands when he struck down the Philistine, and the Lord brought about a great victory for all Israel. You saw it and rejoiced, so why would you sin against innocent blood by killing David for no reason?”

25007

when all Israel assembles in the presence of the Lord your God at the place He chooses, you are to read this law aloud before all Israel.

25008

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.”

25009

The Lord rewarded me
according to my righteousness;
He repaid me
according to the cleanness of my hands.

25010

Then Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, “May the Lord hold David’s enemies accountable.”

25011

Then Manoah asked, “When Your words come true, what will the boy’s responsibilities and mission be?”

25012

They stood before Moses, Eleazar the priest, the leaders, and the entire community at the entrance to the tent of meeting and said,

25013

Don’t go, because the Lord is not among you and you will be defeated by your enemies.

25014

When the men went back to their clans at Zorah and Eshtaol, their people asked them, “What did you find out?”

25015

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.

25016

Abraham and his wife Sarah are buried there, Isaac and his wife Rebekah are buried there, and I buried Leah there.

25017

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.

25018

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.”

25019

So Jacob picked out a stone and set it up as a marker.

25020

Laban answered, “It is not the custom in this place to give the younger daughter in marriage before the firstborn.

25021

They constructed all your planking
with pine trees from Senir.
They took a cedar from Lebanon
to make a mast for you.

25022

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.

25023

Then Laban said to Jacob, “What have you done? You have deceived me and taken my daughters away like prisoners of war!

25024

80 men came from Shechem, Shiloh, and Samaria who had shaved their beards, torn their garments, and gashed themselves, and who were carrying grain and incense offerings to bring to the temple of the Lord.

25025

Leah’s slave Zilpah bore Jacob a son.

25026

But she is happier if she remains as she is, in my opinion. And I think that I also have the Spirit of God.

25027

Surely the Levites who wandered away from Me when Israel went astray, and who strayed from Me after their idols, will bear the consequences of their sin.

25028

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.

25029

While they offer false visions
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.

25030

Blow the horn on the day of our feasts
during the new moon
and during the full moon.

25031

Then He brought Israel out with silver and gold,
and no one among His tribes stumbled.

25033

Can anyone capture him while he looks on,
or pierce his nose with snares?


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25034

Who among you will pay attention to this?
Let him listen and obey in the future.

25035

I will oppress Ariel,
and there will be mourning and crying,
and she will be to Me like an Ariel.

25037

He opens their ears to correction
and insists they repent from iniquity.

25038

The singers included:

Asaph’s descendants 128

25039

You will find no peace among those nations, and there will be no resting place for the sole of your foot. There the Lord will give you a trembling heart, failing eyes, and a despondent spirit.

25040

Then the Israelites took 200,000 captives from their brothers—women, sons, and daughters. They also took a great deal of plunder from them and brought it to Samaria.

25041

the weight of gold for each table for the rows of the bread of the Presence and the silver for the silver tables;

25042

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.

25043

He told the people of Judah to seek the Lord God of their ancestors and to carry out the instruction and the commands.

25044

Realize now that the Lord has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary. Be strong, and do it.”

25045

The following were in charge of the tribes of Israel:
For the Reubenites, Eliezer son of Zichri was the chief official;
for the Simeonites, Shephatiah son of Maacah;

25046

Then the king ordered the guards standing by him, “Turn and kill the priests of the Lord because they sided with David. For they knew he was fleeing, but they didn’t tell me.” But the king’s servants would not lift a hand to execute the priests of the Lord.

25047

Hosah, from the Merarites, also had sons: Shimri the first (although he was not the firstborn, his father had appointed him as the first),

25048

‘The one who sleeps with his father’s wife is cursed, for he has violated his father’s marriage bed.’
And all the people will say, ‘Amen!’

25049

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!”

25050

But if the man doesn’t want to marry his sister-in-law, she must go to the elders at the city gate and say, ‘My brother-in-law refuses to preserve his brother’s name in Israel. He isn’t willing to perform the duty of a brother-in-law for me.’

25051

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.

25052

But the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac’s herdsmen and said, “The water is ours!” So he named the well Quarrel because they quarreled with him.

25053

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.

25054

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.

25055

These were the Naphtali clans numbered by their registered men: 45,400.

25056

“Get away from this community so that I may consume them instantly.” But they fell facedown.

25057

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.

25058

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.

25059

So you revisited the indecency of your youth, when the Egyptians caressed your nipples to enjoy your youthful breasts.

25060

“Son of man, while the house of Israel lived in their land, they defiled it with their conduct and actions. Their behavior before Me was like menstrual impurity.

25061

All the inhabitants of the coasts and islands
are appalled at you.
Their kings shudder with fear;
their faces are contorted.

25062

They hatch viper’s eggs
and weave spider’s webs.
Whoever eats their eggs will die;
crack one open, and a viper is hatched.

25063

These are the people Nebuchadnezzar deported: in the seventh year, 3,023 Jews;

25064

The city of chaos is shattered;
every house is closed to entry.

25066

Panic, pit, and trap await you
who dwell on the earth.

25067

You have heard it. Observe it all.
Will you not acknowledge it?
From now on I will announce new things to you,
hidden things that you have not known.

25068

The earth will be stripped completely bare
and will be totally plundered,
for the Lord has spoken this message.

25069

So the couriers went throughout Israel and Judah with letters from the hand of the king and his officials, and according to the king’s command, saying, “Israelites, return to Yahweh, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel so that He may return to those of you who remain, who have escaped from the grasp of the kings of Assyria.

25070

I mourned and fasted,
but it brought me insults.

25071

then let my shoulder blade fall from my back,
and my arm be pulled from its socket.

25072

if I ever cast my vote against a fatherless child
when I saw that I had support in the city gate,

25074

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.

25075

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. Joab and his brother Abishai pursued Sheba son of Bichri.

25076

but caused the poor to cry out to Him,
and He heard the outcry of the afflicted.

25077

Who gave Him authority over the earth?
Who put Him in charge of the entire world?

25078

Because God has loosened my bowstring and oppressed me,
they have cast off restraint in my presence.

25079

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.

25080

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.

25082

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.”

25083

So Gad went to David and said to him, “This is what the Lord says: ‘Take your choice:

25084

He served Baal and worshiped him. He provoked the Lord God of Israel just as his father had done.

25085

Was today the first time I inquired of God for him? Of course not! Please don’t let the king make an accusation against your servant or any of my father’s household, for your servant didn’t have any idea about all this.”

25086

‘Your silver and your gold are mine! And your best wives and children are mine as well!’”

25087

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 the Jordan, on the Israelite side.”

25088

You must have a digging tool in your equipment; when you relieve yourself, dig a hole with it and cover up your excrement.

25089

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.’”

25090

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,

25091

If the person is from one month to five years old, your assessment for a male is five silver shekels, and for a female your assessment is three shekels of silver.

25092

“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.

25093

This is the offering you are to receive from them: gold, silver, and bronze;

25094

Such people do not comprehend
and cannot understand,
for He has shut their eyes so they cannot see,
and their minds so they cannot understand.

25095

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.

25097

They departed from Oboth and camped at Iye-abarim on the border of Moab.

25098

So Moses told the Israelites everything the Lord had commanded him.

25099

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

25101

If anyone eats a holy offering in error, he must add a fifth to its value and give the holy offering to the priest.

25102

And if he does not do these three things for her, she may leave free of charge, without any exchange of money.

25103

The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad
were your rowers.
Your wise men were within you, Tyre;
they were your captains.

25104

And he said to Sarah, “Look, I am giving your brother 1,000 pieces of silver. It is a verification of your honor to all who are with you. You are fully vindicated.”

25105

“In a dispute, they will officiate as judges and decide the case according to My ordinances. They must observe My laws and statutes regarding all My appointed festivals, and keep My Sabbaths holy.

25106

Because you did not remember the days of your youth but enraged Me with all these things, I will also bring your actions down on your own head.” This is the declaration of the Lord God. “Haven’t you committed immoral acts in addition to all your detestable practices?

25107

So I will satisfy My wrath against you, and My jealousy will turn away from you. Then I will be silent and no longer angry.

25108

For, the Lord said to me:

I will quietly look out from My place,
like shimmering heat in sunshine,
like a rain cloud in harvest heat.

25109

So Hanun took David’s emissaries, shaved them, cut their clothes in half at the hips, and sent them away.

25110

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.

25111

For the Lord God of Hosts
had a day of tumult, trampling, and confusion
in the Valley of Vision—
people shouting and crying to the mountains;

25112

Asa was angry with the seer and put him in prison because of his anger over this. And Asa mistreated some of the people at that time.

25113

The heavens are Yours; the earth also is Yours.
The world and everything in it—You founded them.

25114

As she looked, there was the king standing by his pillar at the entrance. The commanders and the trumpeters were by the king, and all the people of the land were rejoicing and blowing trumpets while the singers with musical instruments were leading the praise. Athaliah tore her clothes and screamed, “Treason, treason!”

25115

It lives on a cliff where it spends the night;
its stronghold is on a rocky crag.

25116

He gives them a sense of security, so they can rely on it,
but His eyes watch over their ways.

25117

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.

25118

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.

25119

I will be a father to him, and he will be a son to Me. I will not take away My faithful love from him as I took it from the one who was before you.

25120

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

25121

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.

25122

David ran and stood over him. He grabbed the Philistine’s sword, pulled it from its sheath, and used it to kill him. Then he cut off his head. When the Philistines saw that their hero was dead, they ran.

25123

So she left.

After she had shut the door behind her and her sons, they kept bringing her containers, and she kept pouring.

25124

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.

25125

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.

25126

When the residents of Jabesh-gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul,

25127

Your basket and kneading bowl will be blessed.

25128

Every skilled woman spun yarn with her hands and brought it: blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and fine linen.

25129

“If a woman marries while her vows or the rash commitment she herself made are binding,

25130

This is what you should do: Completely destroy every male, as well as every female who has slept with a man.”

25131

the Negev, and the region from the Valley of Jericho, the City of Palms, as far as Zoar.

25132

“When the priest examines it, if the contamination has not spread in the fabric, the warp or woof, or any leather article,

25133

Take all the fat that covers the entrails, the fatty lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys with the fat on them, and burn them on the altar.

25134

“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 of my people. Bury your dead.”

25135

Take millstones and grind meal;
remove your veil,
strip off your skirt, bare your thigh,
wade through the streams.

25136

For the palace will be forsaken,
the busy city abandoned.
The hill and the watchtower will become
barren places forever,
the joy of wild donkeys,
and a pasture for flocks,

25137

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.

25138

The lampstand with all these utensils is to be made from 75 pounds of pure gold.

25139

“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:

25141

The next day, when Pashhur released Jeremiah from the stocks, Jeremiah said to him, “The Lord does not call you Pashhur, but Magor-missabib,

25142

Bring water for the thirsty.
The inhabitants of the land of Tema
meet the refugees with food.

25143

For Your faithful love for me is great,
and You deliver my life from the depths of Sheol.

25144

He covers His hands with lightning
and commands it to hit its mark.

25145

Mighty warrior, strap your sword at your side.
In your majesty and splendor

25146

It roams the mountains for its pastureland,
searching for anything green.

25147

Therefore, I rebuked the officials, saying, “Why has the house of God been neglected?” I gathered the Levites and singers together and stationed them at their posts.

25148

He rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had torn down and reestablished the altars for the Baals. He made Asherah poles, and he worshiped the whole heavenly host and served them.

25149

King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz prayed about this and cried out to heaven,

25150

I will teach you about God’s power.
I will not conceal what the Almighty has planned.

25151

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.

25152

the fourth to Izri, his sons, and his brothers—12

25153

Because of the Lord’s anger, it came to the point in Jerusalem and Judah that He finally banished them from His presence. Then, Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

25154

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.

25155

the ninth to Jeshua, the tenth to Shecaniah,

25156

For 20 years I have worked in your household—14 years for your two daughters and six years for your flocks—and you have changed my wages 10 times!

25157

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.

25158

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 from the plunder of the Lord’s enemies.”

25159

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.

25160

and to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. I gave the hill country of Seir to Esau as a possession, but Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt.

25161

They placed him in custody because it had not been decided what should be done to him.

25162

and your strength will be used up for nothing. Your land will not yield its produce, and the trees of the land will not bear their fruit.

25163

“I will pile disasters on them;
I will use up My arrows against them.

25164

Consecrate for Aaron and his sons the breast of the presentation offering that is waved and the thigh of the contribution that is lifted up from the ram of ordination.

25165

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.

25166

Aram was your trading partner because of your numerous products. They exchanged turquoise, purple and embroidered cloth, fine linen, coral, and rubies for your merchandise.

25168

Then Rebekah took the best clothes of her older son Esau, which were in the house, and had her younger son Jacob wear them.

25169

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 clean hands.”

25170

Come together and listen, sons of Jacob;
listen to your father Israel:

25171

And as for what you sow—you are not sowing the future body, but only a seed, perhaps of wheat or another grain.

25172

For whenever I speak, I cry out,
I proclaim, “Violence and destruction!”
because the word of the Lord has become for me
constant disgrace and derision.

25173

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.

25174

Men of Dedan were also your merchants; many coasts and islands were your regular markets. They brought back ivory tusks and ebony as your payment.

25175

Are we not regarded by him as outsiders? For he has sold us and has certainly spent our money.

25176

My tears have been my food day and night,
while all day long people say to me,
“Where is your God?”

25177

Get your bags ready for exile,
inhabitant of Daughter Egypt!
For Memphis will become a desolation,
uninhabited ruins.

25178

“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.

25179

Then be glad and rejoice forever
in what I am creating;
for I will create Jerusalem to be a joy
and its people to be a delight.

25180

Though an army deploys against me,
my heart is not afraid;
though a war breaks out against me,
still I am confident.

25181

I scattered them with a winnowing fork
at the gates of the land.
I made them childless; I destroyed My people.
They would not turn from their ways.

25182

on many waters.
Tyre’s revenue was the grain from Shihor—
the harvest of the Nile.
She was the merchant among the nations.

25183

When the wicked increase, rebellion increases,
but the righteous will see their downfall.

25184

For my arguments are without flaw;
one who has perfect knowledge is with you.

25185

He waged war against the king of the Ammonites. He overpowered the Ammonites, and that year they gave him 7,500 pounds of silver, 50,000 bushels of wheat, and 50,000 bushels of barley. They paid him the same in the second and third years.

25186

So we arrived at Jerusalem and rested there for three days.

25187

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

25188

Jehoiada the priest gave to the commanders of hundreds King David’s spears, shields, and quivers that were in God’s temple.

25189

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.

25190

No one is to enter the Lord’s temple but the priests and those Levites who serve; they may enter because they are holy, but all the people are to obey the requirement of the Lord.

25191

“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!’”

25192

But Micaiah said, “As the Lord lives, I will say whatever my God says.”

25193

from the Uzzielites, Amminadab the leader and 112 of his relatives.

25194

He removed from the land the rest of the male cult prostitutes who were left from the days of his father Asa.

25195

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.”

25196

except for his immediate family: his mother, father, son, daughter, or brother.

25197

That day Achish gave Ziklag to him, and it still belongs to the kings of Judah today.

25198

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,

25199

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. I have obeyed the Lord my God; I have done all You commanded me.

25200

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.”

25201

I adorned you with jewelry, putting bracelets on your wrists and a chain around your neck.

25202

“The holy garments that belong to Aaron are to belong to his sons after him, so that they can be anointed and ordained in them.

25203

All 12 cities were allotted to the clans of Merari’s descendants, the remaining Levite clans.

25204

Say to Tyre, who is located at the entrance of the sea, merchant of the peoples to many coasts and islands: This is what the Lord God says:

Tyre, you declared,
‘I am perfect in beauty.’

25205

But they answered, “Should he have treated our sister like a prostitute?”

25206

“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.

25207

The ironworker labors over the coals,
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.

25208

“My hand will be against the prophets who see false visions and speak lying divinations. They will not be present in the fellowship of My people or be recorded in the register of the house of Israel, and they will not enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord Yahweh.

25209

The Hittites replied to Abraham,

25210

He will say: I am not a prophet; I work the land, for a man purchased me as a servant since my youth.

25211

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.

25212

Be joyful, rejoice together,
you ruins of Jerusalem!
For the Lord has comforted His people;
He has redeemed Jerusalem.

25213

Next he brought me into the great hall and measured the pilasters; on each side the width of the pilaster was 10½ feet.

25214

“Now say to that rebellious house: Don’t you know what these things mean? Tell them: The king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, took its king and officials, and brought them back with him to Babylon.

25215

They do not lie down
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.

25216

The Lord sent all His servants the prophets to you time and time again, but you have not obeyed or even paid attention.

25217

then I will bring you down to be with those who descend to the Pit, to the people of antiquity. I will make you dwell in the underworld like the ancient ruins, with those who descend to the Pit, so that you will no longer be inhabited or display your splendor in the land of the living.

25218

“Certainly, man walks about like a mere shadow.
Indeed, they frantically rush around in vain,
gathering possessions
without knowing who will get them.

25219

hyraxes are not a mighty people,
yet they make their homes in the cliffs;

25220

Lord, there is no one like You among the gods,
and there are no works like Yours.

25221

For the service of God’s house they gave 185 tons of gold and 10,000 gold coins, 375 tons of silver, 675 tons of bronze, and 4,000 tons of iron.

25222

in order to turn a person from his actions
and suppress his pride.

25223

Job opens his mouth in vain
and multiplies words without knowledge.

25224

I ordered that the rooms be purified, and I had the articles of the house of God restored there, along with the grain offering and frankincense.

25225

He was also angry at Job’s three friends because they had failed to refute him and yet had condemned him.

25226

as well as the priests:

Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin,
Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah,
and Hananiah, with trumpets;

25227

He appointed judges in all the fortified cities of the land of Judah, city by city.

25228

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.

25229

from the Elizaphanites, Shemaiah the leader and 200 of his relatives;

25230

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.”

25231

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.”

25232

You are my brothers, my flesh and blood. So why should you be the last to restore the king?’

25233

‘The one who leads a blind person astray on the road is cursed.’
And all the people will say, ‘Amen!’

25234

“Our father died in the wilderness, but he was not among Korah’s followers, who gathered together against the Lord. Instead, he died because of his own sin, and he had no sons.

25235

We raided the south country of the Cherethites, the territory of Judah, and the south country of Caleb, and we burned down Ziklag.”

25236

Saul listened to Jonathan’s advice and swore an oath: “As surely as the Lord lives, David will not be killed.”

25237

When they were near Jebus and the day was almost gone, the servant said to his master, “Please, why not let us stop at this Jebusite city and spend the night here?”

25238

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? What have you done to us?”

“I have done to them what they did to me,” he answered.

25239

When his master saw that the Lord was with him and that the Lord made everything he did successful,

25241

Edom will become a possession;
Seir will become a possession of its enemies,
but Israel will be triumphant.

25242

He is not to make himself unclean for those related to him by marriage and so defile himself.

25243

When they set out, a terror from God came over the cities around them, and they did not pursue Jacob’s sons.

25245

The Jews also joined in the attack, alleging that these things were so.

25247

Therefore look, the days are coming—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
when I will make the shout of battle heard
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.

25249

When the righteous triumph,
there is great rejoicing,
but when the wicked come to power,
people hide themselves.

25250

They will give a testimony of Your great goodness
and will joyfully sing of Your righteousness.

25251

Lay a hand on him.
You will remember the battle
and never repeat it!

25252

They go from strength to strength;
each appears before God in Zion.

25253

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.

25254

The lot for the east gate fell to Shelemiah. They also cast lots for his son Zechariah, an insightful counselor, and his lot came out for the north gate.

25255

Meshelemiah also had sons and brothers who were capable men—18.

25256

This command was also evil in God’s sight, so He afflicted Israel.

25257

They marched out at noon while Ben-hadad and the 32 kings who were helping him were getting drunk in the tents.

25258

David took the gold shields carried by Hadadezer’s officers and brought them to Jerusalem.

25259

When he taunted Israel, Jonathan son of David’s brother Shimei killed him.

25260

These who were recorded by name came in the days of King Hezekiah of Judah, attacked the Hamites’ tents and the Meunites who were found there, and set them apart for destruction, as they are today. Then they settled in their place because there was pasture for their flocks.

25261

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.

25262

They went up and camped at Kiriath-jearim in Judah. This is why the place is called the Camp of Dan to this day; it is west of Kiriath-jearim.

25263

Moses had given territory to half the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, but Joshua had given territory to the other half, with their brothers, on the west side of the Jordan. When Joshua sent them to their homes and blessed them,

25264

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.

25265

You are not to shame your father’s brother by coming near his wife to have sexual intercourse; she is your aunt.

25266

all of Naphtali, the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, all the land of Judah as far as the Mediterranean Sea,

25267

Outside, the sword will take their children,
and inside, there will be terror;
the young man and the young woman will be killed,
the infant and the gray-haired man.

25268

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.

25269

The Lord will deal with them as He did Sihon and Og, the kings of the Amorites, and their land when He destroyed them.

25270

The Lord your God is the One who will cross ahead of you. He will destroy these nations before you, and you will drive them out. Joshua is the one who will cross ahead of you, as the Lord has said.

25271

On the first day you are to hold a sacred assembly; you are not to do any daily work.

25272

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; I am Yahweh.

25273

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.

25274

And Laban gave his slave Zilpah to his daughter Leah as her slave.

25275

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.

25276

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.

25277

“Let all the skilled craftsmen among you come and make everything that the Lord has commanded:

25278

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.

25279

“My lord, listen to me. Land worth 400 shekels of silver—what is that between you and me? Bury your dead.”

25280

All the able-bodied men listened to Hamor and his son Shechem, and all the able-bodied men were circumcised.

25281

Kenaz, Teman, Mibzar,

25282

Then the Babylonians came to her, to the bed of love, and defiled her with their lust. But after she was defiled by them, she turned away from them in disgust.

25284

On the third day Laban was told that Jacob had fled.

25285

Cush, Put, and Lud,
and all the various foreign troops,
plus Libya and the men of the covenant land
will fall by the sword along with them.

25286

Esau realized that his father Isaac disapproved of the Canaanite women,

25287

This is what the Lord says: I am about to hand over Pharaoh Hophra, Egypt’s king, to his enemies, to those who want to take his life, just as I handed over Judah’s King Zedekiah to Babylon’s King Nebuchadnezzar, who was his enemy, the one who wanted to take his life.’”

25288

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.

25289

And now the Lord says, “In three years, as a hired worker counts years, Moab’s splendor will become an object of contempt, in spite of a very large population. And those who are left will be few and weak.”

25290

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, along with Jeremiah the prophet and Baruch son of Neriah—

25291

“But Jacob, you have not called on Me,
because, Israel, you have become weary of Me.

25292

Ask and see
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?

25293

When she proudly spreads her wings,
she laughs at the horse and its rider.

25294

He called down famine against the land
and destroyed the entire food supply.

25295

May the Lord God, the God of Israel,
who alone does wonders, be praised.

25296

Now men cannot even look at the sun
when it is in the skies,
after a wind has swept through and cleared them away.

25297

For Job has declared, “I am righteous,
yet God has deprived me of justice.

25298

King Hezekiah got up early, gathered the city officials, and went to the Lord’s temple.

25299

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.

25300

It is hidden from the eyes of every living thing
and concealed from the birds of the sky.

25301

Benaiah, Bedeiah, Cheluhi,

25302

He walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother gave him evil advice.

25303

The next day when the Philistines came to strip the dead, they found Saul and his three sons dead on Mount Gilboa.

25304

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, or you will weigh out 75 pounds of silver.’

25305

The Ammonites gave Uzziah tribute money, and his fame spread as far as the entrance of Egypt, for God made him very powerful.

25306

Also present two quarts of wine as a drink offering. It is a fire offering of pleasing aroma to the Lord.

25307

the third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim,

25308

Look, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the countries: they completely destroyed them. Will you be rescued?

25309

There were three gates on the east, three gates on the north, three gates on the south, and three gates on the west.

25310

He became infatuated with Dinah, daughter of Jacob. He loved the young girl and spoke tenderly to her.

25311

So Zimri destroyed the entire house of Baasha, according to the word of the Lord He had spoken against Baasha through Jehu the prophet.

25312

The priest is to sacrifice them, one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering. In this way the priest will make atonement for him before the Lord because of his discharge.

25313

For I will drive out nations before you and enlarge your territory. No one will covet your land when you go up three times a year to appear before the Lord your God.

25314

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 and die. This is to be a permanent statute for Aaron and for his future descendants.

25315

“So now, let Pharaoh look for a discerning and wise man and set him over the land of Egypt.

25316

From the tribe of Benjamin they gave:

Gibeon with its pasturelands, Geba with its pasturelands,

25317

Yet the chief cupbearer did not remember Joseph; he forgot him.

25318

while the man silently watched her to see whether or not the Lord had made his journey a success.

25319

They started laughing at Him, because they knew she was dead.

25320

I will tend My flock and let them lie down.” This is the declaration of the Lord God.

25322

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.

25323

then Azariah son of Hoshaiah, Johanan son of Kareah, and all the other arrogant men responded to Jeremiah, “You are speaking a lie! The Lord our God has not sent you to say, ‘You must not go to Egypt to live there for a while!’

25324

for a destroyer is coming against her,
against Babylon.
Her warriors will be captured,
their bows shattered,
for the Lord is a God of retribution;
He will certainly repay.

25325

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.

25326

Their nobles send their servants for water.
They go to the cisterns;
they find no water;
their containers return empty.
They are ashamed and humiliated;
they cover their heads.

25327

Then my head will be high
above my enemies around me;
I will offer sacrifices in His tent with shouts of joy.
I will sing and make music to the Lord.

25328

Meanwhile, Johanan son of Kareah and all the commanders of the armies in the field came to Gedaliah at Mizpah

25329

“This is what the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.

25330

Therefore, the Lord who redeemed Abraham says this about the house of Jacob:

Jacob will no longer be ashamed
and his face will no longer be pale.

25331

I have not gained wisdom,
and I have no knowledge of the Holy One.

25332

It scoffs at the noise of the village
and never hears the shouts of a driver.

25333

Can you command the clouds
so that a flood of water covers you?

25334

I would learn how He would answer me;
and understand what He would say to me.

25335

So in the days of Zerubbabel and Nehemiah, all Israel contributed the daily portions for the singers and gatekeepers. They also set aside daily portions for the Levites, and the Levites set aside daily portions for the descendants of Aaron.

25336

I will establish a place for My people Israel and plant them, so that they may live there and not be disturbed again. Evildoers will not continue to oppress them as they formerly have

25337

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 and lamentation.

25338

I was greatly displeased and threw all of Tobiah’s household possessions out of the room.

25339

Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Hear the word of the Lord:

25340

“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?

25341

designate cities to serve as cities of refuge for you, so that a person who kills someone unintentionally may flee there.

25342

One pillar was 27 feet tall and had a bronze capital on top of it. The capital, encircled by a grating and pomegranates of bronze, stood five feet high. The second pillar was the same, with its own grating.

25343

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.”

25344

Jehoram also built high places in the hills of Judah, and he caused the inhabitants of Jerusalem to prostitute themselves, and he led Judah astray.

25345

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 to give a lamp to David and to his sons forever.

25346

you are to bring her into your house. She must shave her head, trim her nails,

25347

Judah was routed before Israel, and everyone fled to his own tent.

25348

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 of Judah.”

25349

God met with him and Balaam said to Him, “I have arranged seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.”

25350

From there, it went east toward the sunrise to Gath-hepher and to Eth-kazin; it extended to Rimmon, curving around to Neah.

25351

But they could not find any, even though many false witnesses came forward. Finally, two who came forward

25352

You must keep My instruction to not do any of the detestable customs that were practiced before you, so that you do not defile yourselves by them; I am Yahweh your God.”

25353

Write Aaron’s name on Levi’s staff, because there must be one staff for the head of each ancestral house.

25354

Aaron is to tend it continually from evening until morning before the Lord outside the veil of the testimony in the tent of meeting. This is a permanent statute throughout your generations.

25355

Put the turban on his head and place the holy diadem on the turban.

25356

Bilhah conceived and bore Jacob a son.

25357

But he denied it: “Woman, I don’t know Him!”

25358

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.”

25359

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.”

25360

“Because you maintained an ancient hatred and handed over the Israelites to the power of the sword in the time of their disaster, the time of final punishment,

25361

“Son of man, turn your face toward Sidon and prophesy against it.

25362

Wild donkeys stand on the barren heights
panting for air like jackals.
Their eyes fail
because there are no green plants.

25364

“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.

25365

Will your courage endure or your hands be strong in the days when I deal with you? I, Yahweh, have spoken, and I will act.

25366

“Will you pass judgment against them, will you pass judgment, son of man? Explain the detestable practices of their fathers to them.

25367

Therefore a curse has consumed the earth,
and its inhabitants have become guilty;
the earth’s inhabitants have been burned,
and only a few survive.

25368

Yes, this is what the Lord says:

We have heard a cry of terror,
of dread—there is no peace.

25369

You have never heard; you have never known;
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.

25370

“For this is what the Lord says: Don’t enter a house where a mourning feast is taking place. Don’t go to lament or sympathize with them, for I have removed My peace from these people”—this is the Lord’s declaration—“as well as My faithful love and compassion.

25371

Let the righteous one strike me—
it is an act of faithful love;
let him rebuke me—
it is oil for my head;
let me not refuse it.
Even now my prayer is against
the evil acts of the wicked.

25372

God looks down from heaven on the human race
to see if there is one who is wise,
one who seeks God.

25373

They cried to You and were set free;
they trusted in You and were not disgraced.

25374

He said,
“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!”

25375

God reigns over the nations;
God is seated on His holy throne.

25376

Now I know that the Lord gives victory to His anointed;
He will answer him from His holy heaven
with mighty victories from His right hand.

25377

so that Your way may be known on earth,
Your salvation among all nations.

25378

They open their mouths against me—
lions, mauling and roaring.

25379

From the radiance of His presence,
His clouds swept onward with hail and blazing coals.

25380

From there it searches for prey;
its eyes penetrate the distance.

25381

Can you depend on it because its strength is great?
Would you leave it to do your hard work?

25382

I walk about blackened, but not by the sun.
I stood in the assembly and cried out for help.

25383

Your wickedness affects a person like yourself,
and your righteousness another human being.

25384

I directed their course and presided as chief.
I lived as a king among his troops,
like one who comforts those who mourn.


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25385

He prayed to Him, so He heard his petition and granted his request, and brought him back to Jerusalem, to his kingdom. So Manasseh came to know that Yahweh is God.

25386

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.

25387

all their brave men set out, journeyed all night, and retrieved the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth-shan. When they arrived at Jabesh, they burned the bodies there.

25388

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 an account.”

25389

Afterward, Joash took it to heart to renovate the Lord’s temple.

25390

So all the people took off the gold rings that were on their ears and brought them to Aaron.

25391

He is the Lord our God;
His judgments govern the whole earth.

25392

He led us to this place and gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey.

25393

The Gibeonites said to him, “We are not asking for money from Saul or his family, and we cannot put anyone to death in Israel.”

“Whatever you say, I will do for you,” he said.

25394

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!

25395

So the servants of King Hezekiah went to Isaiah,

25396

But all Israel and Judah loved David because he was leading their troops.

25397

Moses was unable to enter the tent of meeting because the cloud rested on it, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.

25398

Korah, you and all your followers are to do this: take firepans, and tomorrow

25399

Your sail was made of
fine embroidered linen from Egypt,
and served as your banner.
Your awning was of blue and purple fabric
from the coasts of Elishah.

25400

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.

25401

collect five shekels for each person, according to the standard sanctuary shekel—20 gerahs to the shekel.

25402

The Israelites took the Midianite women and their children captive, and they plundered all their cattle, flocks, and property.

25403

“We cannot do this thing,” they said to them. “Giving our sister to an uncircumcised man is a disgrace to us.

25404

The total number who belong to Dan’s encampment is 157,600; they are to move out last, with their banners.”

25405

“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.

25406

so that he does not corrupt his bloodline among his people, for I am Yahweh who sets him apart.”

25407

They will take your wealth as spoil and plunder your merchandise. They will also demolish your walls and tear down your beautiful homes. Then they will throw your stones, timber, and soil into the water.

25408

Then Jeremiah took another scroll and gave it to Baruch son of Neriah, the scribe, and he wrote on it at Jeremiah’s dictation all the words of the scroll that Jehoiakim, Judah’s king, had burned in the fire. And many other words like them were added.

25409

I will make them an object of horror and disaster to all the kingdoms of the earth, a disgrace, an object of scorn, ridicule, and cursing, wherever I have banished them.

25410

He causes the springs to gush into the valleys;
they flow between the mountains.

25411

You said, ‘I will be the mistress forever.’
You did not take these things to heart
or think about their outcome.

25412

These are the words the Lord spoke to Israel and Judah.

25413

The Lord said:

I will certainly set you free and care for you.
I will certainly intercede for you
in a time of trouble,
in your time of distress, with the enemy.

25415

You will winnow them
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.

25416

“Now I will rise up,” says the Lord.
“Now I will lift Myself up.
Now I will be exalted.

25417

Then the lookout reported,
“Lord, I stand on the watchtower all day,
and I stay at my post all night.

25418

Let his children be fatherless
and his wife a widow.

25419

Then Israel went to Egypt;
Jacob lived as a foreigner in the land of Ham.

25420

For I will declare,
“Faithful love is built up forever;
You establish Your faithfulness in the heavens.”

25421

because You are my helper;
I will rejoice in the shadow of Your wings.

25422

Lord, I love the house where You dwell,
the place where Your glory resides.

25423

Then the men who were designated by name took charge of the captives and provided clothes for their naked ones from the plunder. They clothed them, gave them sandals, food and drink, dressed their wounds, and provided donkeys for all the feeble. The Israelites brought them to Jericho, the City of Palms, among their brothers. Then they returned to Samaria.

25424

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.

25425

You said, “Listen now, and I will speak.
When I question you, you will inform Me.”

25426

At that time they sacrificed to the Lord 700 cattle and 7,000 sheep from all the plunder they had brought.

25427

The rabble rise up at my right;
they trap my feet
and construct their siege ramp against me.

25428

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.

25429

how much less when you complain
that you do not see Him,
that your case is before Him
and you are waiting for Him.

25430

Obed-edom’s was the south gate, and his sons’ lot was for the storehouses;

25431

The king of Babylon put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah went into exile from its land.

25432

the seventh to Jesarelah, his sons, and his brothers—12

25433

Two hundred men from Jerusalem went with Absalom. They had been invited and were going innocently, for they knew nothing about the whole matter.

25434

Eliel, Obed, and Jaasiel the Mezobaite.

25435

He brought his father’s consecrated gifts and his own consecrated gifts into the Lord’s temple: silver, gold, and utensils.

25436

“Whoever speaks to you,” the king said, “bring him to me. He will not trouble you again!”

25437

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.

25438

Joab protested: “Never! I do not want to destroy!

25439

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.

25440

Then Saul said, “Cast the lot between me and my son Jonathan,” and Jonathan was selected.

25441

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. May the Lord repay the evildoer according to his evil!”

25442

“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?”

25443

These were the Ephraimite clans numbered by their registered men: 32,500.
These were Joseph’s descendants by their clans.

25444

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.

25445

when seven healthy-looking, well-fed cows came up from the Nile and began to graze among the reeds.

25446

Kain will be destroyed
when Asshur takes you captive.

25447

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.

25448

He must not eat an animal that died naturally or was mauled by wild beasts, making himself unclean by it; I am Yahweh.

25449

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.

25450

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.

25451

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.”

25453

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.

25454

I recorded it on a scroll, sealed it, called in witnesses, and weighed out the silver in the scales.

25455

So Pharaoh’s heart hardened, and he did not let the Israelites go, as the Lord had said through Moses.

25456

The cedars in God’s garden could not rival it;
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.

25457

You fast with contention and strife
to strike viciously with your fist.
You cannot fast as you do today,
hoping to make your voice heard on high.

25458

“Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt. Look, it has not been bandaged—no medicine has been applied and no splint put on to bandage it so that it can grow strong enough to handle a sword.

25459

For our transgressions have multiplied before You,
and our sins testify against us.
For our transgressions are with us,
and we know our iniquities:

25460

This is what the Lord God says: “Because Moab and Seir said, ‘Look, the house of Judah is like all the other nations,’

25461

The One who vindicates Me is near;
who will contend with Me?
Let us confront each other.
Who has a case against Me?
Let him come near Me!

25462

Lord, Your hand is lifted up to take action,
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!

25463

Rise up, you cavalry!
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.

25464

They have made their land a horror,
a perpetual object of scorn;
everyone who passes by it will be horrified
and shake his head.

25465

Wasn’t it You who dried up the sea,
the waters of the great deep,
who made the sea-bed into a road
for the redeemed to pass over?

25466

Let them give glory to the Lord
and declare His praise in the islands.

25467

before the Lord, for He is coming—
for He is coming to judge the earth.
He will judge the world with righteousness
and the peoples with His faithfulness.

25468

Who is like Yahweh our God—
the One enthroned on high,

25469

All the nations are as nothing before Him;
they are considered by Him
as nothingness and emptiness.

25470

Heshbon and Elealeh cry out;
their voices are heard as far away as Jahaz.
Therefore the soldiers of Moab cry out,
and they tremble.

25471

He has no equal on earth—
a creature devoid of fear!

25472

City officials stopped talking
and covered their mouths with their hands.

25473

We will bring the firstfruits of our land and of every fruit tree to the Lord’s house year by year.

25474

Would I lie about my case?
My wound is incurable,
though I am without transgression.”

25475

Some of the family leaders gave to the project. The governor gave 1,000 gold coins, 50 bowls, and 530 priestly garments to the treasury.

25476

Then a proclamation was issued in Judah and Jerusalem that the tax God’s servant Moses imposed on Israel in the wilderness be brought to the Lord.

25477

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 to the Broad Wall,

25478

Heman and Jeduthun had with them trumpets and cymbals to play and musical instruments of God. Jeduthun’s sons were at the gate.

25479

Remember the wonderful works He has done,
His wonders, and the judgments He has pronounced,

25480

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,

25481

Joab son of Zeruiah was over the army;
Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was court historian;

25482

Lot went out to them at the entrance and shut the door behind him.

25483

“If you prepare a grain offering with a ram, it must be four quarts of fine flour mixed with a third of a gallon of oil.

25484

The king and all Israel with him were offering sacrifices in the Lord’s presence.

25485

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.”

25486

However, if it does not make peace with you but wages war against you, lay siege to it.

25487

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.

25488

Ain with its pasturelands, Juttah with its pasturelands, and Beth-shemesh with its pasturelands—nine cities from these two tribes.

25489

Their boundary included Helkath, Hali, Beten, Achshaph,

25490

Judah’s sons included Er and Onan, but they died in the land of Canaan.

25491

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.

25492

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,

25493

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?

25494

When the news reached Pharaoh’s palace, “Joseph’s brothers have come,” Pharaoh and his servants were pleased.

25495

Adah bore Eliphaz to Esau, Basemath bore Reuel,

25496

Who, like Me, can announce the future?
Let him say so and make a case before Me,
since I have established an ancient people.
Let these gods declare the coming things,
and what will take place.

25497

The word of the Lord came to me:

25498

Jacob’s leader will be one of them;
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.

25499

When Jeremiah had not yet turned to go, Nebuzaradan said to him: “Return to Gedaliah son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon has appointed over the cities of Judah, and stay with him among the people or go wherever you want to go.” So the captain of the guard gave him a ration and a gift and released him.

25500

“After I had given the purchase agreement to Baruch, son of Neriah, I prayed to the Lord:

25501

Jeremiah came back from Topheth, where the Lord had sent him to prophesy, stood in the courtyard of the Lord’s temple, and proclaimed to all the people,

25502

Instead of your being deserted and hated,
with no one passing through,
I will make you an object of eternal pride,
a joy from age to age.

25503

The surviving remnant of the house of Judah will again take root downward and bear fruit upward.

25504

But King Jehoiakim sent men to Egypt: Elnathan son of Achbor and certain other men with him went to Egypt.

25505

Eliakim son of Hilkiah, who was in charge of the palace, Shebna the court secretary, and Joah son of Asaph, the court historian, came out to him.

25506

Then the Chaldeans burned God’s temple. They tore down Jerusalem’s wall, burned down all its palaces, and destroyed all its valuable articles.

25507

For You have made me rejoice, Lord,
by what You have done;
I will shout for joy
because of the works of Your hands.

25508

The Lord is exalted, for He dwells on high;
He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness.

25509

Kings’ daughters are among your honored women;
the queen, adorned with gold from Ophir,
stands at your right hand.

25510

The waters of Dibon are full of blood,
but I will bring on Dibon even more than this—
a lion for those who escape from Moab,
and for the survivors in the land.


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25513

May God be praised!
He has not turned away my prayer
or turned His faithful love from me.

25514

He cuts a shaft far from human habitation,
in places unknown to those who walk above ground.
Suspended far away from people,
the miners swing back and forth.

25515

But if they do not obey,
they will cross the river of death
and die without knowledge.

25516

the young woman’s father and mother will take the evidence of her virginity and bring it to the city elders at the gate.

25517

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.

25518

“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.”

25519

As for the court on the west, there were four at the highway and two at the court.

25520

“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.

25521

Moses’ sons: Gershom and Eliezer.

25522

Yet the king’s order prevailed over Joab. So Joab left and traveled throughout Israel and then returned to Jerusalem.

25523

One of the men saw him and informed Joab. He said, “I just saw Absalom hanging in an oak tree!”

25524

“Go in peace,” the king said to him. So he went to Hebron.

25525

He asked the Gibeonites, “What should I do for you? How can I make atonement so that you will bring a blessing on the Lord’s inheritance?”

25526

Has any man planted a vineyard and not begun to enjoy its fruit? Let him leave and return home. Otherwise he may die in battle and another man enjoy its fruit.

25527

David also married Ahinoam of Jezreel, and the two of them became his wives.

25528

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.

25529

Within the Israelite possession there were 48 cities in all with their pasturelands for the Levites.

25530

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.

25531

Give it to Eleazar the priest, and he will have it brought outside the camp and slaughtered in his presence.

25532

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; it is a scab. The person is to wash his clothes and will become clean.

25533

On that day Moses commanded the people,

25534

His brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the matter in mind.

25535

The length of each curtain should be 42 feet, and the width of each curtain six feet; all the curtains are to have the same measurements.

25536

So I prophesied as He commanded me; the breath entered them, and they came to life and stood on their feet, a vast army.

25537

There was no city that was inaccessible to us, from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the valley, even as far as Gilead. The Lord our God gave everything to us.

25538

“Attack the Midianites and strike them dead.

25539

The elders of Gebal and its wise men
were within you, repairing your leaks.


All the ships of the sea and their sailors
came to you to barter for your goods.

25540

Then Abraham rose and bowed down to the Hittites, the people of the land.

25541

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,

25542

“Say to the rebellious people, the house of Israel: This is what the Lord God says: I have had enough of all your detestable practices, house of Israel.

25543

“You are My flock, the human flock of My pasture, and I am your God.” This is the declaration of the Lord God.

25544

Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: “Because you have forgotten Me and cast Me behind your back, you must bear the consequences of your indecency and promiscuity.”

25545

“Son of man, turn your face toward Pharaoh king of Egypt and prophesy against him and against all of Egypt.

25546

But righteous men will judge them the way adulteresses and those who shed blood are judged, for they are adulteresses and blood is on their hands.

25547

I will turn against that one and make him a sign and a proverb; I will cut him off from among My people. Then you will know that I am Yahweh.

25548

Then the word of the Lord came to me:

25549

The word of the Lord came to me:

25550

Stand up, shake the dust off yourself!
Take your seat, Jerusalem.
Remove the bonds from your neck,
captive Daughter Zion.”

25551

For the Lord will execute judgment
on all flesh with His fiery sword,
and many will be slain by the Lord.

25552

For when he sees his children,
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.

25553

Exalt the Lord, Jerusalem;
praise your God, Zion!

25554

Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble;
He saved them from their distress.

25555

You answer us in righteousness,
with awe-inspiring works,
God of our salvation,
the hope of all the ends of the earth
and of the distant seas.

25556

When I was secure, I said,
“I will never be shaken.”

25557

Who planned this against Tyre,
the bestower of crowns,
whose traders are princes,
whose merchants are the honored ones of the earth?

25558

Do not hide Your face from me;
do not turn Your servant away in anger.
You have been my helper;
do not leave me or abandon me,
God of my salvation.

25559

when water becomes as hard as stone,
and the surface of the watery depths is frozen?

25560

You have made my enemies retreat before me;
I annihilate those who hate me.

25561

Then there comes a roaring sound;
God thunders with His majestic voice.
He does not restrain the lightning
when His rumbling voice is heard.

25562

God does not need to examine a person further,
that one should approach Him in court.

25563

Then I would speak and not fear Him.
But that is not the case; I am on my own.


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25564

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.

25565

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.

25566

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.

25567

David son of Jesse was king over all Israel.

25568

Jehoiada died when he was old and full of days; he was 130 years old at his death.

25569

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,’

25570

But he did not include Levi and Benjamin in the count because the king’s command was detestable to him.

25571

Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth,
and Eliehoenai the seventh.

25572

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.

25573

“Now, my son, may the Lord be with you, and may you succeed in building the house of the Lord your God, as He said about you.

25574

These are the names of the children born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,

25575

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.”

25576

His brother Eshek’s sons: Ulam was his firstborn, Jeush second, and Eliphelet third.

25577

When the battle intensified against Saul, the archers caught up with him and severely wounded him.

25578

She fastened the braids with a pin and called to him, “Samson, the Philistines are here!” He awoke from his sleep and pulled out the pin, with the loom and the web.

25579

You are not to present anything that has a defect, because it will not be accepted on your behalf.

25580

When it was reported to David what Saul’s concubine Rizpah, daughter of Aiah, had done,

25581

So he went another way; he did not go back by the way he had come to Bethel.

25582

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.”

25584

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?”

25585

When the Lord saw this, He despised them,
provoked to anger by His sons and daughters.

25587

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.’”

25588

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.

25589

I am standing here at the spring where the daughters of the men of the town are coming out to draw water.

25590

“Command the Israelites and say to them: When you enter the land of Canaan, it will be allotted to you as an inheritance with these borders:

25591

The Lord commanded this to be given to them by the Israelites on the day He anointed them. It is a permanent portion throughout their generations.

25592

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.

25593

The merchants of these things, who became rich from her, will stand far off in fear of her torment, weeping and mourning,

25594

They were scattered for lack of a shepherd; they became food for all the wild animals when they were scattered.

25595

Later, Leah bore a daughter and named her Dinah.

25596

Therefore, no one should look down on him. Send him on his way in peace so he can come to me, for I am expecting him with the brothers.

25597

You will allot it as an inheritance for yourselves and for the foreigners living among you, who have fathered children among you. You will treat them like native-born Israelites; along with you, they will be allotted an inheritance among the tribes of Israel.

25598

They were looking for Jesus and asking one another as they stood in the temple complex: “What do you think? He won’t come to the festival, will He?”

25599

“The house of Israel will no longer be hurt by prickly briers or painful thorns from all their neighbors who treat them with contempt. Then they will know that I am the Lord Yahweh.

25600

Men of Persia, Lud, and Put
were in your army, serving as your warriors.
They hung shields and helmets in you;
they gave you splendor.

25601

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.

25602

I will make Pathros desolate,
set fire to Zoan,
and execute judgments on Thebes.

25603

Look, a storm from the Lord!
Wrath has gone out,
a whirling storm.
It will whirl about the heads of the wicked.

25604

“Son of man, turn your face toward Jerusalem and preach against the sanctuaries. Prophesy against the land of Israel,

25605

Look, a storm from the Lord!
Wrath has gone out,
a churning storm.
It will whirl about the heads of the wicked.

25606

She forgets that a foot may crush them
or that some wild animal may trample them.

25607

In the evening—sudden terror!
Before morning—it is gone!
This is the fate of those who plunder us
and the lot of those who ravage us.

25608

where then is my hope?
Who can see any hope for me?

25609

The slacker buries his hand in the bowl;
he is too weary to bring it to his mouth.

25610

Do not let my deceitful enemies rejoice over me;
do not let those who hate me without cause
look at me maliciously.

25611

Who is He, this King of glory?
The Lord of Hosts,
He is the King of glory.Selah

25612

not including their 7,337 male and female slaves, as well as their 245 male and female singers.

25613

It is in my heart now to make a covenant with Yahweh, the God of Israel so that His burning anger may turn away from us.

25614

But they conspired against him and stoned him at the king’s command in the courtyard of the Lord’s temple.

25615

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.

25616

Then the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a strong hand and an outstretched arm, with terrifying power, and with signs and wonders.

25617

“Yet the Lord God of Israel chose me out of all my father’s household to be king over Israel forever. For He chose Judah as leader, and from the house of Judah, my father’s household, and from my father’s sons, He was pleased to make me king over all Israel.

25618

The Lord will make pestilence cling to you until He has exterminated you from the land you are entering to possess.

25619

Ammiel the sixth,
Issachar the seventh, and Peullethai the eighth,
for God blessed him.

25620

the seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Happizzez,

25621

son of Elkanah, son of Jeroham,
son of Eliel, son of Toah,

25622

If he says, ‘Good,’ then your servant is safe, but if he becomes angry, you will know he has evil intentions.

25623

Micah consecrated the Levite, and the young man became his priest and lived in Micah’s house.

25624

Take the atonement money from the Israelites and use it for the service of the tent of meeting. It will serve as a reminder for the Israelites before the Lord to atone for your lives.”

25625

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. So they finished dividing up the land.

25626

Then the land will yield its fruit, so that you can eat, be satisfied, and live securely in the land.

25627

Afterward Moses said, “Today you have been dedicated to the Lord, since each man went against his son and his brother. Therefore you have brought a blessing on yourselves today.”

25628

Obey the Lord your God and follow His commands and statutes I am giving you today.”

25629

So the chief cupbearer told his dream to Joseph: “In my dream there was a vine in front of me.

25630

from Mount Hor draw a line to the entrance of Hamath, and the border will reach Zedad.

25631

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.”

25632

So he blessed them that day with these words:

The nation Israel will invoke blessings by you, saying,
“May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh,”
putting Ephraim before Manasseh.

25633

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.

25634

They hurried throughout that vicinity and began to carry the sick on mats to wherever they heard He was.

25635

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.

25636

so that when I make atonement for all you have done, you will remember and be ashamed, and never open your mouth again because of your disgrace.” This is the declaration of the Lord God.

25637

Abimelech said, “Look, my land is before you. Settle wherever you want.”

25638

In the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me:

25639

On the same day they slaughtered their children for their idols, they entered My sanctuary to profane it. Yes, that is what they did inside My house.

25640

This is what the Lord God says:

I will destroy the idols and put an end
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.

25641

in order that the house of Israel may no longer stray from following Me and no longer defile themselves with all their transgressions. Then they will be My people and I will be their God.” This is the declaration of the Lord God.

25642

The channels will stink;
they will dwindle, and Egypt’s canals will be parched.
Reed and rush will die.

25643

“Then you are to shatter the jar in the presence of the people traveling with you,

25644

Israel is a stray lamb, chased by lions.
The first who devoured him was the king of Assyria;
the last one who crushed his bones
was Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.

25645

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—

25646

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.

25647

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,

25648

The one who sends a message by a fool’s hand
cuts off his own feet and drinks violence.

25650

The idols of the nations are of silver and gold,
made by human hands.

25651

As the heaven is high and the earth is deep,
so the hearts of kings cannot be investigated.

25652

Watch the blameless and observe the upright,
for the man of peace will have a future.

25653

Though he falls, he will not be overwhelmed,
because the Lord holds his hand.

25654

ת TavLet my cry reach You, Lord;
give me understanding according to Your word.

25655

May the righteous flourish in his days
and prosperity abound
until the moon is no more.

25656

The thunder declares His presence;
the cattle also, the approaching storm.


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25657

Give my son Solomon a whole heart to keep and to carry out all Your commands, Your decrees, and Your statutes, and to build the temple for which I have made provision.

25658

Look, I waited for your conclusions;
I listened to your insights
as you sought for words.

25659

They bray among the shrubs;
they huddle beneath the thistles.

25660

They are living on the slopes of the wadis,
among the rocks and in holes in the ground.

25661

He slaughtered on the altars all the priests of the high places who were there, and he burned human bones on the altars. Then he returned to Jerusalem.

25662

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.

25663

Shimri and Jeuel from the Elizaphanites;
Zechariah and Mattaniah from the Asaphites;

25664

son of Tahath, son of Assir,
son of Ebiasaph, son of Korah,

25665

Appaim’s son: Ishi.
Ishi’s son: Sheshan.
Sheshan’s descendant: Ahlai.

25666

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, for he demanded my wives, my children, my silver, and my gold, and I didn’t turn him down.”

25667

Then Samson told them, “Because you did this, I swear that I won’t rest until I have taken vengeance on you.”

25668

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.

25669

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.

25670

The Benjaminites heard that the Israelites had gone up to Mizpah.

The Israelites asked, “Tell us, how did this outrage occur?”

25671

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.

25672

But Edom answered him, “You must not travel through our land, or we will come out and confront you with the sword.”

25673

‘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 when their message came to him.

25674

The pasturelands of the cities you are to give the Levites will extend from the city wall 500 yards on every side.

25675

Send 1,000 men to war from each Israelite tribe.”

25676

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.

25677

Then the chief cupbearer said to Pharaoh, “Today I remember my faults.

25678

Insert the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark in order to carry the ark with them.

25679

“Do not make cast images of gods for yourselves.

25680

Baldness is coming to Gaza.
Ashkelon will become silent,
a remnant of their valley.
How long will you gash yourself?

25681

Naphtali’s sons: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem.

25682

He follows My statutes and keeps My ordinances, acting faithfully. Such a person is righteous; he will certainly live.” This is the declaration of the Lord God.

25683

So Jacob and all who were with him came to Luz (that is, Bethel) in the land of Canaan.

25684

On the south side it will run from Tamar to the waters of Meribath-kadesh, and on to the Brook of Egypt as far as the Mediterranean Sea. This will be the southern side.

25685

“Son of man, turn your face toward the Ammonites and prophesy against them.

25686

“This is what the Lord says: In this place, which you say is a ruin, without man or beast—that is, in Judah’s cities and Jerusalem’s streets that are a desolation without man, without inhabitant, and without beast—there will be heard again

25687

You covered it with the deep
as if it were a garment;
the waters stood above the mountains.

25688

In the fifth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah, in the ninth month, all the people of Jerusalem and all those coming in from Judah’s cities into Jerusalem proclaimed a fast before the Lord.

25689

Praise Him, highest heavens,
and you waters above the heavens.

25690

Hear how they keep challenging me,
“Where is the word of the Lord?
Let it come!”

25691

I chirp like a swallow or a crane;
I moan like a dove.
My eyes grow weak looking upward.
Lord, I am oppressed; support me.

25692

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.

25693

Take his garment,
for he has put up security for a stranger;
get collateral if it is for foreigners.

25694

His flesh wastes away to nothing,
and his unseen bones stick out.

25695

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.

25696

Surely you have spoken in my hearing,
and I have heard these very words:

25697

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.

25698

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

25699

He said to them, “You are the heads of the Levite families. You and your relatives must consecrate yourselves so that you may bring the ark of the Lord God of Israel to the place I have prepared for it.

25700

“Then get rid of the foreign gods that are among you and offer your hearts to the Lord, the God of Israel.”

25701

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.

25702

son of Izhar, son of Kohath,
son of Levi, son of Israel.

25703

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.”

25704

but I would not listen to Balaam. Instead, he repeatedly blessed you, and I delivered you from his hand.

25705

Maon, Carmel, Ziph, Juttah,

25706

He said this about Judah:

Lord, hear Judah’s cry and bring him to his people.
He fights for his cause with his own hands,
but may You be a help against his foes.

25707

“Tell the Israelites: When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan,

25708

He may not replace it or make a substitution for it, either good for bad, or bad for good. But if he does substitute one animal for another, both that animal and its substitute will be holy.

25709

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,

25710

His military division numbers 41,500.

25711

When Joseph saw that his father had placed his right hand on Ephraim’s head, he thought it was a mistake and took his father’s hand to move it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s.

25712

When the sun has set, he will become clean, and then he may eat from the holy offerings, for that is his food.

25713

But Jacob’s sons answered Shechem and his father Hamor deceitfully because he had defiled their sister Dinah.

25714

When Husham died, Hadad son of Bedad became king in his place.
He defeated Midian in the field of Moab;
the name of his city was Avith.

25715

Korah, Gatam, and Amalek.
These are the chiefs of Eliphaz
in the land of Edom.
These are the sons of Adah.

25716

These are Ezer’s sons:
Bilhan, Zaavan, and Akan.

25717

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, and you will never again pay fees for lovers.

25718

David calls Him ‘Lord’; how then can the Messiah be his Son?”

25719

But I acted because of My name, so that it would not be profaned in the eyes of the nations they were living among, in whose sight I had made Myself known to Israel by bringing them out of Egypt.

25720

Jerusalem—the mountains surround her.
And the Lord surrounds His people,
both now and forever.

25721

For I will soon stir up and bring against Babylon
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 warrior
who does not return empty-handed.

25722

You have set up your memorial
behind the door and doorpost.
For away from Me, you stripped,
went up, and made your bed wide,
and you have made a bargain for yourself with them.
You have loved their bed;
you have gazed on their genitals.

25723

He shepherded them with a pure heart
and guided them with his skillful hands.

25724

for this is what the Lord says, ‘I am about to make you a terror to both yourself and those you love. They will fall by the sword of their enemies before your very eyes. I will hand Judah over to the king of Babylon, and he will deport them to Babylon and put them to the sword.

25725

For there is a cup in the Lord’s hand,
full of wine blended with spices, and He pours from it.
All the wicked of the earth will drink,
draining it to the dregs.

25726

So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and left. He returned home and lived in Nineveh.

25728

Then my enemies will retreat on the day when I call.
This I know: God is for me.

25730

A fool will no longer be called a noble,
nor a scoundrel said to be important.

25731

Do not remember the sins of my youth
or my acts of rebellion;
in keeping with Your faithful love, remember me
because of Your goodness, Lord.

25732

The whole Chaldean army with the commander of the guards tore down the walls surrounding Jerusalem.

25733

Can anyone understand how the clouds spread out
or how the thunder roars from God’s pavilion?

25734

But when he saw that the three men could not answer Job, he became angry.

25735

Keros’s descendants,
Siaha’s descendants, Padon’s descendants,

25736

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.

25737

but fear the Lord your God, and He will deliver you from the hand of all your enemies.”

25738

Jehiel and Shimei from the Hemanites;
Shemaiah and Uzziel from the Jeduthunites.

25740

Zedekiah did what was evil in the Lord’s sight just as Jehoiakim had done.

25741

He rescued me from my powerful enemy
and from those who hated me,
for they were too strong for me.

25742

He stood between the dead and the living, and the plague was halted.

25743

For when the people were counted, no one was there from the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead.

25744

Ain, Rimmon, Ether, and Ashan—four cities, with their villages;

25745

Joshua conquered everyone from Kadesh-barnea to Gaza, and all the land of Goshen as far as Gibeon.

25746

These were the Levites registered by their clans:
the Gershonite clan from Gershon;
the Kohathite clan from Kohath;
the Merarite clan from Merari.

25747

She put the skins of the young goats on his hands and the smooth part of his neck.

25748

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.”

25749

the second row,
a turquoise, a sapphire, and a diamond;

25750

From there they went and camped at Zered Valley.

25751

Make loops of blue yarn on the edge of the last curtain in the first set, and do the same on the edge of the outermost curtain in the second set.

25752

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

25753

Seven years of great abundance are coming throughout the land of Egypt.

25754

Joseph remembered his dreams about them and said to them, “You are spies. You have come to see the weakness of the land.”

25755

Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed; he divided the people with him into two camps, along with the flocks, cattle, and camels.

25756

During her difficult labor, the midwife said to her, “Don’t be afraid, for you have another son.”

25757

He sent word to Moses, “I, your father-in-law Jethro, am coming to you with your wife and her two sons.”

25759

and said to Ephron in the presence of the people of the land, “Please listen to me. Let me pay the price of the field. Accept it from me, and let me bury my dead there.”

25760

Certainly black cumin is not threshed
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.

25761

When Abraham’s servant heard their words, he bowed to the ground before the Lord.

25762

It will be like a hungry one who dreams he is eating,
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.

25763

There we hung up our lyres
on the poplar trees,

25764

The Lord opens the eyes of the blind.
The Lord raises up those who are oppressed.
The Lord loves the righteous.

25765

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.

25766

“This is what the Lord says: Just like this I will ruin the great pride of both Judah and Jerusalem.

25767

“Take the underwear that you bought and are wearing, and go at once to the Euphrates and hide it in a rocky crevice.”

25768

‘The Lord has appointed you priest in place of Jehoiada the priest to be the chief officer in the temple of the Lord, responsible for every madman who acts like a prophet. You must confine him in the stocks and an iron collar.

25769

An evil man is caught by sin,
but the righteous one sings and rejoices.

25770

My people who have been crushed
on the threshing floor,
I have declared to you
what I have heard from the Lord of Hosts,
the God of Israel.

25771

I have Your decrees as a heritage forever;
indeed, they are the joy of my heart.

25773

It rises from one end of the heavens
and circles to their other end;
nothing is hidden from its heat.

25774

My innermost being will cheer
when your lips say what is right.

25775

I follow close to You;
Your right hand holds on to me.

25776

You lift me up on the wind and make me ride it;
You scatter me in the storm.

25777

He throws me into the mud,
and I have become like dust and ashes.

25778

Delaiah’s descendants, Tobiah’s descendants, Nekoda’s descendants 652

25779

He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord his God and did not humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet at the Lord’s command.

25780

If I smiled at them, they couldn’t believe it;
they were thrilled at the light of my countenance.

25781

Bethel’s and Ai’s men123

25782

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.

25783

Dodai the Ahohite was in charge of the division for the second month, and Mikloth was the leader; 24,000 were in his division.

25784

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.

25785

Listen to me and return the captives you took from your brothers, for the Lord’s burning anger is on you.”

25786

Now, my God,
please let Your eyes be open
and Your ears attentive
to the prayer of this place.

25787

The singers, the heads of the Levite families, stayed in the temple chambers and were exempt from other tasks because they were on duty day and night.

25788

the twenty-first to Jachin, the twenty-second to Gamul,

25789

David heard about this and sent Joab and the entire army of warriors.

25790

Hanan son of Maacah,
Joshaphat the Mithnite,

25791

The young men of the provincial leaders and the army behind them marched out from the city,

25792

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.

25793

You have freed me from the feuds among my people;
You have appointed me the head of nations;
a people I had not known serve me.

25794

He also struck down Nob, the city of the priests, with the sword—both men and women, children and infants, oxen, donkeys, and sheep.

25795

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.

25796

The king said to Amasa, “Summon the men of Judah to me within three days and be here yourself.”

25797

Every time the Philistine commanders came out to fight, David was more successful than all of Saul’s officers. So his name became well known.

25798

You are not to have sexual intercourse with your mother’s sister, for she is your mother’s close relative.

25799

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.

25800

The whole congregation sent a message of peace to the Benjaminites who were at the rock of Rimmon.

25801

These curses will be a sign and a wonder against you and your descendants forever.

25802

You may take the young for yourself, but be sure to let the mother go free, so that you may prosper and live long.

25803

“Come on,” he said, “let’s try to reach one of these places and spend the night in Gibeah or Ramah.”

25804

“‘Then I sent Moses and Aaron; I plagued Egypt by what I did there and afterward I brought you out.

25805

If he has no brothers, give his inheritance to his father’s brothers.

25806

Their territory went to Jezreel, and included Chesulloth, Shunem,

25807

The border will turn from Azmon to the Brook of Egypt, where it will end at the Mediterranean Sea.

25808

Moses placed the staffs before the Lord in the tent of the testimony.

25809

There are to be 20 posts and 20 bronze bases. The hooks and bands of the posts must be silver.

25810

sitting among the graves,
spending nights in secret places,
eating the meat of pigs,
and putting polluted broth in their bowls.

25811

The total number of all the Levite males one month old or more that Moses and Aaron registered by their clans at the Lord’s command was 22,000.

25812

“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.

25813

Then the entire Israelite community left Moses’ presence.

25814

Moses inspected all the work they had accomplished. They had done just as the Lord commanded. Then Moses blessed them.

25815

Sheol; a childless womb;
earth, which is never satisfied with water;
and fire, which never says, “Enough!”

25816

They will live there securely, build houses, and plant vineyards. They will live securely when I execute judgments against all their neighbors who treat them with contempt. Then they will know that I am Yahweh their God.”

25817

Now Ezekiel will be a sign for you. You will do everything that he has done. When this happens, you will know that I am the Lord Yahweh.

25818

Since it was the ninth month, the king was sitting in his winter quarters with a fire burning in front of him.

25819

When Bela died, Jobab son of Zerah from Bozrah became king in his place.

25820

For you will spread out to the right and to the left,
and your descendants will dispossess nations
and inhabit the desolate cities.

25821

Sharon will be a pasture for flocks,
and the Valley of Achor a place for cattle to lie down,
for My people who have sought Me.

25822

Look up, and look around.
They all gather together; they come to you.
As I live”—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
“you will wear all your children as jewelry,
and put them on as a bride does.

25823

Look at the land of the Chaldeans—
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.

25824

Like a servant’s eyes on his master’s hand,
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.

25826

“Hear my prayer, Lord,
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.

25827

Therefore I said,
“Look away from me! Let me weep bitterly!
Do not try to comfort me
about the destruction of my dear people.”

25828

in order to teach you true and reliable words,
so that you may give a dependable report
to those who sent you?

25829

A song of ascents.Since my youth they have often attacked me—
let Israel say—

25830

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

25831

ר ReshConsider my affliction and rescue me,
for I have not forgotten Your instruction.

25832

Indeed, God does not listen to empty cries,
and the Almighty does not take note of it—

25833

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.

25834

The Philistines came together and camped at Shunem. So Saul gathered all Israel, and they camped at Gilboa.

25835

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.

25836

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.

25837

He’s probably already hiding in one of the caves or some other place. If some of our troops fall first, someone is sure to hear and say, ‘There’s been a slaughter among the people who follow Absalom.’

25838

Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia,

25839

Immediately, David went to the place where Saul had camped. He saw the place where Saul and Abner son of Ner, the general of his army, were lying down. Saul was lying inside the inner circle of the camp with the troops camped around him.

25840

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 to the Lord your God as He promised.”

25841

Then Saul gave up the pursuit of the Philistines, and the Philistines returned to their own territory.

25842

On the day you wave the sheaf, you are to offer a year-old male lamb without blemish as a burnt offering to the Lord.

25843

Groan quietly; do not observe mourning rites for the dead. Put on your turban and strap your sandals on your feet; do not cover your mustache or eat the bread of mourners.”

25844

The Israelites gave them:

Shechem, the city of refuge for the one who commits manslaughter, with its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer with its pasturelands,

25845

but you may not eat anything that does not have fins and scales—it is unclean for you.

25846

Anathoth with its pasturelands, and Almon with its pasturelands—four cities.

25847

The region of Tappuah belonged to Manasseh, but Tappuah itself on Manasseh’s border belonged to the descendants of Ephraim.

25848

Confer some of your authority on him so that the entire Israelite community will obey him.

25849

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!”

25850

But any slave a man has purchased may eat it, after you have circumcised him.

25851

But Moses asked the Gadites and Reubenites, “Should your brothers go to war while you stay here?

25852

“You, Eleazar the priest, and the family leaders of the community are to take a count of what was captured, man and beast.

25853

Then I had concern for My holy name, which the house of Israel profaned among the nations where they went.

25854

Perhaps they will listen and return—each from his evil way of life—so that I might relent concerning the disaster that I plan to do to them because of the evil of their deeds.

25855

They will sprout among the grass
like poplars by flowing streams.

25856

but will go to my father’s household and to my family to take a wife for my son.’

25857

“In that day I will cause a horn to sprout for the house of Israel, and I will enable you to speak out among them. Then they will know that I am Yahweh.”

25858

Do not be like a horse or mule,
without understanding,
that must be controlled with bit and bridle
or else it will not come near you.

25859

Mark out a road that the sword can take to Rabbah of the Ammonites and to Judah into fortified Jerusalem.

25860

Moreover, you will be led out from here
with your hands on your head
since the Lord has rejected those you trust;
you will not succeed even with their help.

25861

So now, do not mock,
or your shackles will become stronger.
Indeed, I have heard from the Lord God of Hosts
a decree of destruction for the whole land.

25863

When hay is removed and new growth appears
and the grain from the hills is gathered in,

25864

Then justice will inhabit the wilderness,
and righteousness will dwell in the orchard.

25865

Have you comprehended the extent of the earth?
Tell Me, if you know all this.

25866

Let us judge for ourselves what is right;
let us decide together what is good.

25867

I am churning within and cannot rest;
days of suffering confront me.

25868

After a word from me they did not speak again;
my speech settled on them like dew.

25869

The exiles who had returned from the captivity offered burnt offerings to the God of Israel: 12 bulls for all Israel, 96 rams, and 77 lambs, along with 12 male goats as a sin offering. All this was a burnt offering for the Lord.

25870

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.

25871

Then an upright man could reason with Him,
and I would escape from my Judge forever.

25872

The Levites included:

Jeshua’s descendants: of Kadmiel Hodevah’s descendants 74.

25873

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.

25874

and when they return to You with their whole mind and heart
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,

25875

I will abandon the remnant of My inheritance and hand them over to their enemies. They will become plunder and spoil to all their enemies,

25876

They also took the pots, the shovels, the wick trimmers, the dishes, and all the bronze articles used in temple service.

25877

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.’”

25878

The Edomites came again, attacked Judah, and took captives.

25879

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!

25880

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.

25881

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 and then you can go.”

25882

Then the king returned. When he arrived at the Jordan, Judah came to Gilgal to meet the king and escort him across the Jordan.

25883

If they say, ‘Wait until we reach you,’ then we will stay where we are and not go up to them.

25884

the two people in the dispute must stand in the presence of the Lord before the priests and judges in authority at that time.

25885

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.”

25886

The men of Israel went out to fight against Benjamin and took their battle positions against Gibeah.

25887

Eltolad, Bethul, Hormah,

25888

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?

25889

Gederoth, Beth-dagon, Naamah, and Makkedah—16 cities, with their villages;

25890

“Every vow a widow or divorced woman puts herself under is binding on her.

25891

12½ pounds of cassia (by the sanctuary shekel), and one gallon of olive oil.

25892

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.

25893

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.

25894

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!”

25895

The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them with Korah, when his followers died and the fire consumed 250 men. They serve as a warning sign.

25896

They departed from the Wilderness of Sinai and camped at Kibroth-hattaavah.

25897

but if water has been put on the seed and one of their carcasses falls on it, it is unclean for you.

25898

When all the flocks were gathered there, the shepherds would roll the stone from the opening of the well and water the sheep. The stone was then placed back on the well’s opening.

25899

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.

25900

Also make 50 gold clasps and join the curtains together with the clasps, so that the tabernacle may be a single unit.

25901

The poles are to remain in the rings of the ark; they must not be removed from it.

25902

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?”

25903

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.

25904

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.

25905

Then Isaac said to Jacob, “Please come closer so I can touch you, my son. Are you really my son Esau or not?”

25906

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!

25907

“This is to be the border of the land:

On the north side it will extend from the Mediterranean Sea by way of Hethlon and Lebo-hamath to Zedad,

25908

The Lord has sworn with His right hand
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.

25909

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.

25910

“Daughter Chaldea,
sit in silence and go into darkness.
For you will no longer be called mistress of kingdoms.

25911

Food won’t be provided for the mourner to comfort him because of the dead. A cup of consolation won’t be given him because of the loss of his father or mother.

25912

Give us counsel and make a decision.
Shelter us at noonday
with shade that is as dark as night.
Hide the refugees;
do not betray the one who flees.

25913

I will produce descendants from Jacob,
and heirs to My mountains from Judah;
My chosen ones will possess it,
and My servants will dwell there.

25914

Yahweh our God, lords other than You have ruled over us,
but we remember Your name alone.

25915

For the evil have no future;
the lamp of the wicked will be put out.

25916

When Israel came out of Egypt—
the house of Jacob from a people
who spoke a foreign language

25917

He alone is my rock and my salvation,
my stronghold; I will not be shaken.

25918

Let death take them by surprise;
let them go down to Sheol alive,
because evil is in their homes and within them.

25919

You whose clothes get hot
when the south wind brings calm to the land,

25920

Senaah’s people3,630

25921

In the dark they break into houses;
by day they lock themselves in,
never experiencing the light.

25922

the tenth to Shimei, his sons, and his brothers—12

25923

They cast lots for their duties, young and old alike, teacher as well as pupil.

25924

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?’

25925

The avenger of blood himself is to kill the murderer; when he finds him, he is to kill him.

25926

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.

25927

Joab and the people with him approached the Arameans for battle, and they fled before him.

25928

These were Caleb’s descendants.

The sons of Hur, Ephrathah’s firstborn:
Shobal fathered Kiriath-jearim;

25929

But Moses replied:

It’s not the sound of a victory cry
and not the sound of a cry of defeat;
I hear the sound of singing!

25930

“No!” Jonathan responded. “If I ever find out my father has evil intentions against you, wouldn’t I tell you about it?”

25931

“If a man loses the hair of his head, he is bald, but he is clean.

25932

he may serve in the name of Yahweh his God like all his fellow Levites who minister there in the presence of the Lord.

25933

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.

25934

Then Laban said, “This mound is a witness between you and me today.” Therefore the place was called Galeed

25935

So Moses, Aaron, and the leaders of the community registered the Kohathites by their clans and their ancestral houses,

25936

One man within you commits a detestable act with his neighbor’s wife; another wickedly defiles his daughter-in-law; and yet another violates his sister, his father’s daughter.

25937

In the fourth month of Zedekiah’s eleventh year, on the ninth day of the month, the city was broken into.

25938

But I said to my master, ‘Suppose the woman will not come back with me?’

25939

The commander of the guards also took away Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest of the second rank, and the three doorkeepers.

25940

He will smash the sacred pillars of the sun temple in the land of Egypt and burn down the temples of the Egyptian gods.”

25941

It will never go out—day or night.
Its smoke will go up forever.
It will be desolate, from generation to generation;
no one will pass through it forever and ever.

25942

Indeed, my life is consumed with grief
and my years with groaning;
my strength has failed
because of my sinfulness,
and my bones waste away.

25943

For by Myself I have sworn”—this is the Lord’s declaration—“Bozrah will become a desolation, a disgrace, a ruin, and a curse, and all her cities will become ruins forever.”

25944

because they have committed an outrage in Israel by committing adultery with their neighbors’ wives and have spoken a lie in My name, which I did not command them. I am He who knows, and I am a witness.” This is the Lord’s declaration.

25945

The wind will take charge of all your shepherds,
and your lovers will go into captivity.
Then you will be ashamed and humiliated
because of all your evil.

25946

He will enter into peace—
they will rest on their beds
everyone who lives uprightly.

25947

whose hearts He turned to hate His people
and to deal deceptively with His servants.

25948

The remaining Kedarite archers will be few in number.” For the Lord, the God of Israel, has spoken.

25950

The Lord redeems the life of His servants,
and all who take refuge in Him will not be punished.

25951

“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.

25952

“Who is it that you want me to bring up for you?” the woman asked.

“Bring up Samuel for me,” he answered.

25953

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.”

25954

Be patient with me a little longer, and I will inform you,
for there is still more to be said on God’s behalf.

25955

The rest of the events of Manasseh’s reign, along with his prayer to his God and the words of the seers who spoke to him in the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel, are written in the Records of Israel’s Kings.

25956

his father and mother must take hold of him and bring him to the elders of his city, to the gate of his hometown.

25957

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.

25958

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.

25959

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,

25960

Kenaz, Teman, Mibzar,

25961

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.

25962

So David asked Jonathan, “Who will tell me if your father answers you harshly?”

25963

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.

25964

their border went up westward to Maralah, reached Dabbesheth, and met the brook east of Jokneam.

25965

because Manasseh’s daughters received an inheritance among his sons. The land of Gilead belonged to the rest of Manasseh’s sons.

25966

But if you refrain from making a vow, it will not be counted against you as sin.

25968

I, Yahweh, have spoken. I swear that I will do this to the entire evil community that has conspired against Me. They will come to an end in the wilderness, and there they will die.”

25969

They departed from Elim and camped by the Red Sea.

25970

These were the Levite family groups:
the Libnite clan,
the Hebronite clan,
the Mahlite clan,
the Mushite clan,
and the Korahite clan.


Kohath was the ancestor of Amram.

25971

When his master heard the story his wife told him—“These are the things your slave did to me”—he was furious

25972

I am Yahweh your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God; I am Yahweh your God.”

25973

But if a priest purchases someone with his money, that person may eat it, and those born in his house may eat his food.

25974

But if, in fact, the animal was stolen from his custody, he must make restitution to its owner.

25975

“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.

25976

Like the man made of dust,
so are those who are made of dust;
like the heavenly man,
so are those who are heavenly.

25977

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.

25978

But he who stands firm in his heart (who is under no compulsion, but has control over his own will) and has decided in his heart to keep his own virgin, will do well.

25979

and Basemath daughter of Ishmael and sister of Nebaioth.

25980

“Therefore, this is what the Lord God says to them: See, I Myself will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.

25981

She lusted after the Assyrians: governors and prefects, warriors splendidly dressed, horsemen riding on steeds, all of them desirable young men.

25982

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.

25983

After they examined me, they wanted to release me, since I had not committed a capital offense.

25984

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?

25985

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, take your beautiful jewelry, and leave you stark naked.

25986

Now Isaiah had said, “Let them take a lump of pressed figs and apply it to his infected skin, so that he may recover.”

25987

Indeed, the bed is too short to stretch out on,
and its cover too small to wrap up in.

25988

If anyone attacks you,
it is not from Me;
whoever attacks you
will fall before you.

25989

But this is a people plundered and looted,
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!”

25990

You counted the houses of Jerusalem so that you could tear them down to fortify the wall.

25993

I will remove you from your office; you will be ousted from your position.

25995

May the Lord our God be with us as He was with our ancestors. May He not abandon us or leave us

25996

He keeps company with evildoers
and walks with wicked men.

25997

He said to them, “Hear me, Levites. Consecrate yourselves now and consecrate the temple of Yahweh, the God of your ancestors. Remove everything impure from the holy place.

25998

“Surely our opponents are destroyed,
and fire has consumed what they left behind.”

25999

Eliezer’s sons were Rehabiah, first; Eliezer did not have any other sons, but Rehabiah’s sons were very numerous.

26000

for this is what I was commanded by the word of the Lord: ‘You must not eat bread or drink water or go back the way you came.’”

26001

You are to determine the distances and divide the land the Lord your God is granting you as an inheritance into three regions, so that anyone who commits manslaughter can flee to these cities.

26002

Then David asked, “Will the citizens of Keilah hand me and my men over to Saul?”

“They will,” the Lord responded.

26003

You will be blessed when you come in
and blessed when you go out.