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when you have rejected His?
You must choose, not I!
So declare what you know.
He also rebelled against
Azariah, the chief priest of the household of Zadok,
Meunim’s
by the thick darkness that covers my face.
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He did the same in the cities
He also removed the high places and the incense altars from all the cities of Judah,
for half the tribe of Manasseh, Joel son of Pedaiah;
David answered Gad, “I’m in anguish. Please, let me fall into the Lord’s hands because His mercies are very great,
the eighth to Jeshaiah, his sons, and his brothers—12
The sons of Jehieli, Zetham and his brother Joel, were in charge of the treasuries of the Lord’s temple.
Don’t let Hezekiah persuade you to trust in the Lord by saying: Certainly the Lord will deliver us! This city will not be handed over to the king of Assyria.’
Ahijah the Pelonite,
son of Malchijah,
Lord, forgive Your people Israel You redeemed, and do not hold the shedding of innocent blood against them.’ Then they will be absolved of responsibility for bloodshed.
These were the exploits of Benaiah son of Jehoiada, who had a reputation among the three warriors.
“Where do you come from?” Micah asked him.
He answered him, “I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah, and I’m going to settle wherever I can find a place.”
But if her husband cancels them on the day he hears about it, nothing that came from her lips, whether her vows or her obligation, is binding. Her husband has canceled them, and the Lord will absolve her.
The remaining descendants of Kohath
The inheritance of Simeon’s descendants was within the territory of Judah’s descendants, because the share for Judah’s descendants was too large for them. So Simeon’s descendants received an inheritance within Judah’s portion.
We will cross over in battle formation before the Lord into the land of Canaan, but we will keep our hereditary possession across the Jordan.”
And one male goat is to be offered as a sin offering to the Lord, in addition to the regular burnt offering with its drink offering.
Make the hangings of the courtyard on the west side 75 feet
This is the law for the burnt offering, the grain offering, the sin offering, the restitution offering, the ordination offering,
I have taken from the Israelites the breast of the presentation offering and the thigh of the contribution from their fellowship sacrifices, and have assigned them to Aaron the priest and his sons as a permanent portion
Make a three-inch
You will know that I am Yahweh, My people, when I open your graves and bring you up from them.
Jacob left Beer-sheba. The sons of Israel took their father Jacob in the wagons Pharaoh had sent to carry him,
For I was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews,
Hamor said to Jacob’s sons, “My son Shechem is strongly attracted to your
they sit in their strongholds.
Their might is exhausted;
they have become like women.
Babylon’s homes have been set ablaze,
her gate bars are shattered.
Those who support Egypt will fall,
and its proud strength will collapse.
From Migdol to Syene
they will fall within it by the sword.
This is the declaration of the Lord God.
then tell him, ‘They belong to your servant Jacob. They are a gift sent to my lord Esau. And look, he is behind us.’”
“Look, it will be like a lion coming from the thickets
And at the end of the 70 years,
Perhaps Yahweh your God will hear all the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria sent to mock the living God,
“At first My people went down to Egypt to live there,
then Assyria oppressed them without cause.
falling on the mountains of Zion.
For there the Lord has appointed the blessing—
life forevermore.
You revealed Your strength among the peoples.
as You did with Sisera
and Jabin at the Kishon River.
He shows loyalty to His anointed,
to David and his descendants forever.
and righteousness will look down from heaven.
and from those who hated me,
for they were too strong for me.
for the day of warfare and battle?
because
The whole assembly was worshiping, singing the song, and blowing the trumpets—all of this continued until the burnt offering was completed.
judgment and justice have seized you.
At the Fountain Gate
This is what you are to do: a third of you, priests and Levites who are coming on duty on the Sabbath,
Yahweh is now about to strike your people, your sons, your wives, and all your possessions with a horrible affliction.
When Hadadezer’s subjects saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they made peace with David and became his subjects. After this, the Arameans were never willing to help the Ammonites again.
He put garrisons in Edom, and all the Edomites were subject to David. The Lord made David victorious wherever he went.
When this was reported to David, he gathered all Israel and crossed the Jordan. He came up to the Arameans and lined up in battle formation against them. When David lined up to engage them in battle, they fought against him.
These
And all the people will say, ‘Amen!’
From the tribe of Benjamin they were given Geba and its pasturelands, Alemeth and its pasturelands, and Anathoth and its pasturelands. They had 13 towns in all among their families.
son of Azariah, son of Zephaniah,
So Hushai,
The rest of the events of Jehoahaz’s reign, along with all his accomplishments and his might, are written in the Historical Record of Israel’s Kings.
When Saul observed that David was very successful, he dreaded him.
Only the gold, silver, bronze, iron, tin, and lead—
“No!” the people answered Joshua. “We will worship the Lord.”
He may make himself unclean for his young unmarried sister in his immediate family.
“This is its interpretation,”
The elders of the congregation said, “What should we do about wives for those who are left, since the women of Benjamin have been destroyed?”
She didn’t give up her promiscuity that began in Egypt,
He approached Pilate and asked for Jesus’ body. Then Pilate ordered that it
prepares rain for the earth,
and causes grass to grow on the hills.
carved with cherubim and palm trees.
Then the nations that remain around you will know that I, Yahweh, have rebuilt what was destroyed and have replanted what was desolate. I, Yahweh, have spoken and I will do it.
“As I live”—this is the declaration of the Lord God—“he will die in Babylon, in the land of the king who put him on the throne,
Won’t it completely wither
when the east wind strikes it?
It will wither on the bed where it sprouted.”
because they rejected My ordinances, profaned My Sabbaths, and did not follow My statutes. For their hearts went after their idols.
is cut down and smashed!
What a horror Babylon has become
among the nations!
wouldn’t they leave some gleanings?
Were thieves to come in the night,
they would destroy only what they wanted.
I announced it to you before it occurred,
so you could not claim, ‘My idol caused them;
my carved image and cast idol control them.’
there is no place without a stench.
and worshiped the cast metal image.
like spring showers that water the earth.
Then Ishmael took captive all the remnant of the people of Mizpah including the daughters of the king—all those who remained in Mizpah over whom Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, had appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam. Ishmael son of Nethaniah took them captive and set off to cross over to the Ammonites.
and Moses suffered
and Your salvation all day long,
though I cannot sum them up.
all alike have become corrupt.
There is no one who does good,
not even one.
to discover and hate his sin.
and cause the grass to sprout?
All the temple servants and the descendants of Solomon’s servants 392.
David came to Ornan, and when Ornan looked and saw David, he left the threshing floor and bowed to David with his face to the ground.
David didn’t count the men aged 20 or under, for the Lord had said He would make Israel as numerous as the stars of heaven.
Jonathan son of Shagee the Hararite,
But when they went out to bury her, they did not find anything but her skull, her feet, and the palms of her hands.
The young men of the provincial leaders marched out first. Then Ben-hadad sent out scouts, and they reported to him, saying, “Men are marching out of Samaria.”
If the Lord your God enlarges your territory as He swore to your fathers, and gives you all the land He promised to give them—
Me-jarkon, and Rakkon, with the territory facing Joppa.
This was the inheritance of Zebulun’s descendants by their clans, these cities, with their villages.
Joshua captured all these kings and their land in one campaign,
and accept the work of his hands.
Smash the loins of his adversaries and enemies,
so that they cannot rise again.
If his father has no brothers, give his inheritance to the nearest relative of his clan, and he will take possession of it. This is to be a statutory ordinance for the Israelites as the Lord commanded Moses.”
They met you along the way and attacked all your stragglers from behind when you were tired and weary. They did not fear God.
And all the women whose hearts were moved spun the goat hair by virtue of their skill.
the Erite clan from Eri;
“This is the law concerning animals, birds, all living creatures that move in the water, and all creatures that swarm on the ground,
My flock went astray on all the mountains and every high hill.
The two and a half tribes have received their inheritance
But Reuben replied: “Didn’t I tell you not to harm the boy?
His mother said to him, “Your curse be on me, my son. Just obey me and go get them for me.”
All the princes of the sea will descend from their thrones,
were Dan and Naphtali.
This is what Yahweh of Hosts says:
and her high gates consumed by fire.
The peoples will have labored for nothing;
the nations will exhaust themselves only to feed the fire.
I spoke to the people in the morning, and my wife died in the evening. The next morning I did just as I was commanded.
“I will restore their fortunes,
so that my mother might have been my grave,
her womb eternally pregnant.
“As for the word you spoke to us in the name of Yahweh, we are not going to listen to you!
Gedaliah son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, swore an oath to them and their men, assuring them, “Don’t be afraid to serve the Chaldeans. Live in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it will go well for you.
“Have you not noticed what these people have said? They say, ‘The Lord has rejected the two families He had chosen.’
and your shame will be exposed.
I will take vengeance;
I will spare no one.
They brought Uriah out of Egypt and took him to King Jehoiakim, who executed him with the sword and threw his corpse into the burial place of the common people.
State your case, so that you may be vindicated.
the splendor of Jacob will fade,
and his healthy body
yet all of them march in ranks;
what your hands have worked for.
You will be happy,
and it will go well for you.
or honored Me with your sacrifices.
I have not burdened you with offerings
or wearied you with incense.
I will honor Your name forever and ever.
“I would satisfy you with honey from the rock.”
in the cause of truth, humility, and justice.
May your right hand show your awe-inspiring acts.
I spoke about Your faithfulness and salvation;
I did not conceal Your constant love and truth
from the great assembly.
and give us Your salvation.
The floods have lifted up, Lord,
the floods have lifted up their voice;
the floods lift up their pounding waves.
exalted men, an illusion.
Weighed in the scales, they go up;
together they are less than a vapor.
It was reported to David about his men, so he sent messengers to meet them, since the men were deeply humiliated. The king said, “Stay in Jericho until your beards grow back; then return.”
in the land of their enemies who took them captive,
and when they pray to You in the direction of their land
that You gave their ancestors,
the city You have chosen,
and the temple I have built for Your name,
He also built cities in the hill country of Judah and fortresses and towers in the forests.
So don’t let my blood fall to the ground far from the Lord’s presence, for the king of Israel has come out to search for a flea,
As for the men of the division that Amaziah sent back so they would not go with him into battle, they raided the cities of Judah from Samaria to Beth-horon, struck down 3,000 of their people, and took a great deal of plunder.
swore
She fell at his feet and said, “The guilt is mine, my lord, but please let your servant speak to you directly. Listen to the words of your servant.
Then the woman of Tekoa said to the king, “My lord the king, may any blame be on me
Then the five men who had gone to scout out the land went in and took the carved image overlaid with silver,
The one who burned the cow must also wash his clothes and bathe his body in water, and he will remain unclean until evening.
“No,” they said,
Be sure to return it
Saul declared to him, “May God punish me and do so severely
They did not show kindness
“You must offer these to the Lord at your appointed times in addition to your vow and freewill offerings, whether burnt, grain, drink, or fellowship offerings.”
But if one is too poor to pay the assessment, he must present the person before the priest and the priest will set a value for him. The priest will set a value for him according to what the one making the vow can afford.
It must be torn down with its stones, its beams, and all its plaster, and taken outside the city to an unclean place.
After you have seen it, you will also be gathered to your people, as Aaron your brother was.
The men of the Merarite clans were registered by their clans and their ancestral houses,
But if the scab spreads further on his skin after he has presented himself to the priest for his cleansing,
men from 30 years old to 50 years old, everyone who was qualified for work at the tent of meeting.
and against all the foreigners among them,
and they will be like women.
A sword is against her treasuries,
and they will be plundered.
it was 875 feet
This is what the Lord God says: Because the enemy has said about you, ‘Good!
or a foundation stone from you,
because you will become desolate forever.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
“Son of man, those who live in the
and he will feed on Carmel and Bashan;
he will be satisfied
in the hill country of Ephraim and of Gilead.
but then Ishmael son of Nethaniah and the 10 men who were with him got up and struck down Gedaliah son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, with the sword; he killed the one the king of Babylon had appointed in the land.
Just as I watched over them to uproot and to tear them down, to demolish and to destroy, and to cause disaster, so will I be attentive to build and to plant them,”
He hears their cry for help and saves them.
Perhaps when the house of Judah hears about all the disaster I am planning to bring on them, each one of them will turn from his evil way. Then I will forgive their wrongdoing
and boast of their abundant riches.
because of all the evil the Israelites and Judeans have done to provoke Me to anger—they, their kings,
For this is what the Lord says concerning the house of the king of Judah:
or the summit of Lebanon,
but I will certainly turn you into a wilderness,
uninhabited cities.
but you will cry out from an anguished heart,
and you will lament out of a broken spirit.
“My whole source of joy is
wind you up into a ball, and sling you into a wide land.
I have come into deep waters,
and a flood sweeps over me.
my sighing is not hidden from You.
let those who love Your salvation
continually say, “God is great!”
when the wealth
let the fish of the sea inform you.
the pressure I exert
David slaughtered them from twilight until the evening of the next day.
from the Merarites, Asaiah the leader and 220 of his relatives;
and 10 young men who were Joab’s armor-bearers surrounded Absalom, struck him, and killed him.
“What Zelophehad’s daughters say is correct. You are to give them hereditary property among their father’s brothers and transfer their father’s inheritance to them.
Then the tribes of Israel sent men throughout the tribe of Benjamin, saying, “What is this outrage that has occurred among you?
Abimelech stayed in Arumah, and Zebul drove Gaal and his brothers from Shechem.
Assemble all your tribal elders and officers before me so that I may speak these words directly to them and call heaven and earth as witnesses against them.
“This is the law concerning a mildew contamination in wool or linen fabric, warp or woof, or any leather article, in order to pronounce it clean or unclean.”
His father recognized it. “It is my son’s robe,” he said. “A vicious animal has devoured him. Joseph has been torn to pieces!”
He collected the money from the firstborn Israelites: 1,365 shekels
the specially woven
When Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he treated them like strangers and spoke harshly to them.
“Where do you come from?” he asked.
“From the land of Canaan to buy food,” they replied.
no one has the perception or insight to say,
“I burned half of it in the fire,
I also baked bread on its coals,
I roasted meat and ate.
I will make something detestable
and I will bow down to a block of wood.”
You must remain at the entrance to the tent of meeting day and night for seven days and keep the Lord’s charge
He told his father and brothers, but his father rebuked him. “What kind of dream is this that you have had?” he said. “Are your mother and brothers and I going to come and bow down to the ground before you?”
The materials were sufficient for them to do all the work. There was more than enough.
Laban replied, “Better that I give her to you than to some other man. Stay with me.”
thrown to the ground,
and the east wind dried up its fruit.
Its strong branches were torn off and dried up;
fire consumed them.
But Judah said to him, “The man specifically warned us: ‘You will not see me again unless your brother is with you.’
that I gave to Abraham and Isaac.
And I will give the land
to your future descendants.
and from the land of Moab.
I have stopped the flow of wine from the winepresses;
no one will tread with shouts of joy.
The shouting is not a shout of joy.
therefore I am about to expose Moab’s flank beginning with its
so the kingdom might be humble and not exalt itself
in Nebuchadnezzar’s twenty-third year, Nebuzaradan, the commander of the guards, deported 745 Jews. All together 4,600 people were deported.
He will take Zedekiah to Babylon where he will stay until I attend to him’—this is the Lord’s declaration. ‘You will fight the Chaldeans, but you will not succeed’?”
and they went to the land of Egypt because they did not obey the voice of the Lord. They went as far as Tahpanhes.
I would have died in my affliction.
but war is in his heart.
His words are softer than oil,
but they are drawn swords.
and My covenant with him will endure.
Women will come and make fires with them,
for they are not a people with understanding.
Therefore their Maker
and their Creator will not be gracious to them.
My mouth is full of praise
and honor to You all day long.
that You swore to David in Your faithfulness?
when You marched through the desert,Selah
and righteousness from the God of his salvation.
but those cursed by Him will be destroyed.
from men of the world
whose portion is in this life:
You fill their bellies with what You have in store;
their sons are satisfied,
and they leave their surplus to their children.
like a fiery furnace when you appear;
the Lord will engulf them in His wrath,
and fire will devour them.
Manasseh
Reaiah’s descendants,
The king contributed
so he consulted with his officials and his warriors about stopping up the waters of the springs that were outside the city, and they helped him.
And now Edom is still in rebellion against Judah’s domination today. Libnah also rebelled at that time against his domination because he had abandoned Yahweh, the God of his ancestors.
As for the two pillars, the one reservoir, and the water carts that Solomon had made for the Lord’s temple, the weight of the bronze of all these articles was beyond measure.
On the same day, the king consecrated the middle of the courtyard that was in front of the Lord’s temple because that was where he offered the burnt offering, the grain offering, and the fat of the fellowship offerings
Then Saul asked her, “What does he look like?”
“An old man is coming up,” she replied. “He’s wearing a robe.”
They were a wall around us, both day and night,
She came, fell at his feet, and bowed to the ground; she picked up her son and left.
Now Amasa was writhing in his blood in the middle of the highway, and the man had seen that all the people stopped. So he moved Amasa from the highway to the field and threw a garment over him because he realized that all those who encountered Amasa were stopping.
Then Abishai said to David, “Today God has handed your enemy over to you. Let me thrust the spear through him into the ground just once. I won’t have to strike him twice!”
The Philistine leaders brought her seven fresh bowstrings that had not been dried, and she tied him up with them.
The battle spread over the entire region, and that day the forest claimed more people than the sword.
Then Saul built an altar to the Lord; it was the first time he had built an altar to the Lord.
Then the Philistine commanders asked, “What are these Hebrews doing here?”
Achish answered the Philistine commanders, “That is David, servant of King Saul of Israel. He has been with me a considerable period of time.
When Abimelech came to attack the tower, he approached its entrance to set it on fire.
After them, seven years of famine will take place, and all the abundance in the land of Egypt will be forgotten. The famine will devastate the land.
So the Israelites did as the Lord commanded Moses,
You saw with your own eyes the great trials and those great signs and wonders.
However, Nebuzaradan, the commander of the guards, left in the land of Judah some of the poor people who owned nothing, and he gave them vineyards and fields at that time.
and has devoured its fruit,
so that it no longer has a strong branch,
a scepter for ruling.
This is a lament and should be used as a lament.”
For this is what the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says:
at the time it is trampled.
In just a little while her harvest time will come.
“This is what the Lord God says: I caused grieving on the day the cedar went down to Sheol.
so you must go and read from the scroll—which you wrote at my dictation
Johanan son of Kareah and all the commanders of the armies with him then took from Mizpah all the remnant of the people whom he had recovered from Ishmael son of Nethaniah after Ishmael had killed Gedaliah son of Ahikam—men, soldiers, women, children, and court officials whom he brought back from Gibeon.
the messengers of peace weep bitterly.
the grass is withered, the foliage is gone,
and the vegetation has vanished.
the Lord gives light to the eyes of both.
wail, inhabitants of the coastland!
Then Hezekiah encouraged
I am Your servant, the son of Your female servant.
You have loosened my bonds.
The priests slaughtered the goats and put their blood on the altar for a sin offering, to make atonement for all Israel,
Therefore, the wrath of the Lord was on Judah and Jerusalem, and He made them an object of terror, horror, and mockery,
As for the rest of the events
They went to the Reubenites, Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh, in the land of Gilead, and told them,
However, a man of God
At the top of the cart was a band nine inches
but sought the God of his father and walked by His commands, not according to the practices of Israel.
We will take 10 men out of every 100 from all the tribes of Israel, and 100 out of every 1,000, and 1,000 out of every 10,000 to get provisions for the people when they go to Gibeah in Benjamin to punish them for all the horror they did in Israel.”
They sent the robe of many colors to their father and said, “We found this. Examine it. Is it your son’s robe or not?”
Zenan, Hadashah, Migdal-gad,
Therefore the Lord’s anger burned against this land, and He brought every curse written in this book on it.
You are to receive the land as an inheritance by lot according to your clans. Increase the inheritance for a large clan and decrease it for a small one. Whatever place the lot indicates for someone will be his. You will receive an inheritance according to your ancestral tribes.
The priest will set its value, whether high or low; the price will be set as the priest makes the assessment for you.
“Tell Eleazar son of Aaron the priest to remove the firepans from the burning debris, because they are holy, and scatter the fire far away.
when He led them through the deserts;
He made water flow for them from the rock;
He split the rock, and water gushed out.
When the days of mourning were over, Joseph said to Pharaoh’s household, “If I have found favor with you, please tell
“Son of man, prophesy and say: This is what the Lord God says:
The Chaldeans seized the king and brought him to the king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, and he passed sentence on him.
you bloodthirsty men, stay away from me
like a shepherd’s tent.
I have rolled up my life like a weaver;
He cuts me off from the loom.
You make an end of me from day until night.
I put my hope in Your word.
Jeremiah therefore went to Gedaliah son of Ahikam at Mizpah,
a place of rivers and broad streams
where ships that are rowed will not go,
and majestic vessels will not pass.
we end our years like a sigh.
one should forever stop trying
my prayer to You is for a time of favor.
In Your abundant, faithful love, God,
answer me with Your sure salvation.
You scattered Your enemies with Your powerful arm.
the God of Jacob is our stronghold.
The goldsmiths
They took an oath to the Lord in a loud voice, with shouting, with trumpets, and with rams’ horns.
we will sing and praise Your might.
Then Josiah donated 30,000 sheep, lambs, and young goats, plus 3,000 bulls from his own possessions, for the Passover sacrifices for all the lay people
so that He causes us to be devoted
The men treated us well. When we were in the field, we weren’t harassed
He is to stay in that city until he stands trial before the assembly and until the death of the high priest serving at that time.
So David reigned over all Israel,
The Lord will turn the rain of your land into falling
Ethan son of Kishi, son of Abdi,
son of Malluch,
So the men left, went through the land, and described it by towns in a document of seven sections. They returned to Joshua at the camp in Shiloh.
Then Jonathan called to him, “Hurry up and don’t stop!” Jonathan’s young man picked up the arrow and returned to his master.
But the Israelites had compassion on their brothers, the Benjaminites, and said, “Today a tribe has been cut off from Israel.
But their meat belongs to you. It belongs to you like the breast of the presentation offering and the right thigh.
Do not make the land unclean where you live and where I reside; for I, Yahweh, reside among the Israelites.”
You will eat the old grain of the previous year and will clear out the old to make room for the new.
I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will also bring you back.
for I will greatly honor you and do whatever you ask me. So please come and put a curse on these people for me!’”
and the sash of finely spun linen of embroidered blue, purple, and scarlet yarn. They did just as the Lord had commanded Moses.
the man is afflicted with a skin disease;
The steward brought the men into Joseph’s house, gave them water to wash their feet,
You will eat the flesh of mighty men and drink the blood of the earth’s princes: rams, lambs, male goats, and all the fattened bulls of Bashan.
He put the female slaves and their children first, Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph last.
The house of Israel will spend seven months burying them in order to cleanse the land.
and I brought them into the temple of the Lord to a chamber occupied by the sons of Hanan son of Igdaliah, a man of God,
“Because you said, ‘These two nations and two lands will be mine, and we will possess them’—though the Lord was there
because you sing in triumph—
you who plundered My inheritance—
because you frolic like a young cow treading grain
and neigh like stallions,
“Therefore, this is what the Lord says: You have not obeyed Me by proclaiming freedom, each man for his brother and for his neighbor. I hereby proclaim freedom for you”
they will never be shut day or night
so that the wealth of the nations
may be brought into you,
with their kings being led in procession.
you overconfident ones will shudder,
for the vintage will fail
and the harvest will not come.
Then all the officials sent word to Baruch through Jehudi son of Nethaniah, son of Shelemiah, son of Cushi, saying, “Bring the scroll that you read in the hearing of the people, and come.” So Baruch son of Neriah took the scroll and went to them.
and by listening to the words of My servants the prophets
at the threat of five you will flee,
until you alone remain
like a solitary pole on a mountaintop
or a banner on a hill.
This is what the Lord of Hosts says: “I am about to send against them sword, famine, and plague
in a land you do not know,
for My anger will kindle a fire
that will burn against you.
and all Your commands are true.
a warrior will not be delivered by great strength.
and sing praise to You.
They will sing praise to Your name.”
but without understanding
is like the animals that perish.
my sins have overtaken me; I am unable to see.
They are more than the hairs of my head,
and my courage leaves me.
holiness is the beauty of
for all the days to come.
the pure gold for the forks, sprinkling basins, and pitchers; the weight of each gold dish; the weight of each silver bowl;
We have set up and consecrated all the utensils that King Ahaz rejected during his reign
speak, for I would like to justify you.
That night, David and Abishai came to the troops, and Saul was lying there asleep in the inner circle of the camp with his spear stuck in the ground by his head. Abner and the troops were lying around him.
So all the men of Israel gathered united against the city.
Go and check again. Investigate and watch carefully where he goes
six of their names on the first stone and the remaining six names on the second stone, in the order of their birth.
They answered, “Come on, let’s go up against them, for we have seen the land, and it is very good. Why wait? Don’t hesitate to go and invade and take possession of the land!
but Abimelech pursued him, and Gaal fled before him. Many wounded died
And here you, a brood of sinners, stand in your fathers’ place adding even more to the Lord’s burning anger against Israel.
That evening, Laban took his daughter Leah and gave her to Jacob, and he slept with her.
All 13 cities with their pasturelands were for the priests, the descendants of Aaron.
take one loaf of bread, one cake of bread made with oil, and one wafer from the basket of unleavened bread that is before the Lord;
A man found him there, wandering in the field, and asked him, “What are you looking for?”
From the Israelites’ half, take one out of every 50 from the people, cattle, donkeys, sheep, and goats, all the livestock, and give them to the Levites who perform the duties of
Then the female slaves and their children approached him and bowed down.
“Is he well?” Jacob asked.
“Yes,” they said, “and here is his daughter Rachel, coming with his sheep.”
This happened so that no trees planted beside water would become great in height and set their tops among the clouds,
and all the Sidonians
They went down in shame with the slain,
despite the terror their strength inspired.
They lie down uncircumcised
with those slain by the sword.
They bear their disgrace
with those who descend to the Pit.
At Riblah the king of Babylon slaughtered Zedekiah’s sons before his eyes, and he also slaughtered all Judah’s nobles.
The Chaldeans who are going to fight against this city will come, set this city on fire, and burn it along with the houses where incense has been burned to Baal on their rooftops and where drink offerings have been poured out to other gods to provoke Me to anger.
this is the Lord’s declaration.
I will kindle a fire in its forest
that will consume everything around it.’”
like a spreading breach,
a bulge in a high wall
whose collapse will come in an instant—suddenly!
Jeremiah the prophet and said, “May our petition come before you;
he hatches plots to destroy the needy with lies,
even when the poor says what is right.
and dry up all their vegetation.
I will turn rivers into islands
and dry up marshes.
but did not give me over to death.
even my feet from stumbling,
to walk before God in the light of life.
but not by human sword;
a sword will devour him,
but not one made by man.
He will flee from the sword;
his young men will be put to forced labor.
which I love,
and will meditate on Your statutes.
and Your afflicted ones with justice.
and my guilty acts are not hidden from You.
I am like a speechless person
who does not open his mouth.
when they see me, they shake their heads in scorn.
Your wrath matches the fear that is due You.
for God is with those who are
Am I supposed to take my bread, my water, and my meat that I butchered for my shearers and give them to these men? I don’t know where they are from.”
the eleventh to Azarel,
The commander of the guards took away the firepans and the sprinkling basins—whatever was gold or silver.
Jarah fathered Alemeth, Azmaveth, and Zimri;
Zimri fathered Moza.
So Ahab counted the young men of the provincial leaders, and there were 232. After them he counted all the Israelite troops: 7,000.
They ministered with song in front of the tabernacle, the tent of meeting, until Solomon built the Lord’s temple in Jerusalem, and they performed their task according to the regulations given to them.
He shows loyalty to His anointed,
to David and his descendants forever.
On the fifteenth day
An inheritance belonging to the Israelites must not transfer from tribe to tribe, because each of the Israelites is to retain the inheritance of his ancestral tribe.
When he had come near her, the woman asked, “Are you Joab?”
“I am,” he replied.
“Listen to the words of your servant,” she said to him.
He answered, “I’m listening.”
It curved northward and went to En-shemesh and on to Geliloth, which is opposite the Ascent of Adummim, and continued down to the Stone of Bohan
But if her husband prohibits her when he hears about it, he will cancel her vow that is binding or the rash commitment she herself made, and the Lord will forgive her.
It is the burnt offering for every Sabbath, in addition to the regular burnt offering and its drink offering.
Abiathar told David that Saul had killed the priests of the Lord.
Then Jonathan gave his equipment to the young man who was with him and said, “Go, take it back to the city.”
They should use
If the priest’s daughter is married to a man outside a priest’s family,
The length of each plank is to be 15 feet,
30 milk camels with their young, 40 cows, 10 bulls, 20 female donkeys, and 10 male donkeys.
Again he measured off a third of a mile
the land of Egypt is open before you; settle your father and brothers in the best part of the land.
brought it to the land of merchants,
and set it in a city of traders.
Eliphaz son of Esau’s wife Adah,
and Reuel son of Esau’s wife Basemath.
Jacob set up a marker on her grave; it is the marker at Rachel’s grave to this day.
Then the man brought me by way of the north gate to the front of the temple. I looked, and the glory of the Lord filled His temple.
therefore, as I live”—this is the declaration of the Lord God—“I will destine you for bloodshed, and it will pursue you. Since you did not hate bloodshed, it will pursue you.
So I will put an end to indecency in the land, and all the women will be admonished not to imitate your indecent behavior.
you will not know how to avert it.
And it will fall on you,
but you will be unable to ward it off.
Devastation will happen to you suddenly
and unexpectedly.
than the sand of the seas.
I brought a destroyer at noon
against the mother of young men.
I suddenly released on her
agitation and terrors.
Who gave Him understanding
and taught Him the paths of justice?
Who taught Him knowledge
and showed Him the way of understanding?
the blood of their sons and daughters
whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan;
so the land became polluted with blood.
and clap your hands together.
Let the sword strike two times, even three.
It is a sword for massacre,
a sword for great massacre—
it surrounds
You will know that I am Yahweh,
and says to another, “Take courage!”
will be justified and find glory through the Lord.
but if it produces thorns and briers
I will fight against it, trample it,
and burn it to the ground.
my spirit fails.
Don’t hide Your face from me,
or I will be like those
going down to the Pit.
teach me Your statutes.
and wicked people be no more.
My soul, praise Yahweh!
Hallelujah!
and did not believe His wonderful works.
I answered you from the thundercloud.
I tested you at the waters of Meribah.
may it wave on the tops of the mountains.
May its crops be like Lebanon.
May people flourish in the cities
like the grass of the field.
God will help her when the morning dawns.
“Yes, there is a reward for the righteous!
There is a God who judges on earth!”
your justice like the noonday.
I am anxious because of my sin.
The king of Egypt deposed him in Jerusalem and fined the land 7,500 pounds
His uncle or cousin may redeem him, or any of his close relatives from his clan may redeem him. If he prospers, he may redeem himself.
Then he gathered together the descendants of Aaron and the Levites:
from Shelomoth’s sons: Jahath.
so David sent 10 young men instructing them, “Go up to Carmel, and when you come to Nabal, greet him in my name.
They said to me, ‘Make us a god
Also offer one male goat as a sin offering. These are in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain and drink offerings.
I will consecrate the tent of meeting and the altar; I will also consecrate Aaron and his sons to serve Me as priests.
His offering was one silver dish weighing 3¼ pounds
After Moses gave an order, they sent a proclamation throughout the camp: “Let no man or woman make anything else as an offering for the sanctuary.” So the people stopped.
I will fill you with people, with the whole house of Israel in its entirety.
he returns collateral, makes restitution for what he has stolen, and walks in the statutes of life
Joseph said to his brothers and to his father’s household, “I will go up and inform Pharaoh, telling him: My brothers and my father’s household, who were in the land of Canaan, have come to me.
If you also take this one from me and anything happens to him, you will bring my gray hairs down to Sheol in sorrow.’
Ships of Tarshish
in the heart of the sea.
will know that I am Yahweh,
for they
to the house of Israel.
At Riblah the king of Babylon slaughtered Zedekiah’s sons before his eyes and also slaughtered the Judean commanders.
“‘This will be the sign for you:
the Spirit of the Lord gave them
You led Your people this way
to make a glorious name for Yourself.
As they heard all these words, the king and all of his servants did not become terrified
All nations will serve him, his son, and his grandson until the time for his own land comes, and then many nations and great kings will enslave him.
running down on the beard,
running down Aaron’s beard
onto his robes.
Though his ears are open, he does not listen.”
“Morning has come, and also night.
If you want to ask, ask!
Come back again.”
travel has ceased.
An agreement has been broken,
cities
and human life disregarded.
The righteous man will be remembered forever.
and provoked the Holy One of Israel.
Your ways overflow with plenty.
and Your faithfulness at night,
The young woman’s father will say to the elders, ‘I gave my daughter to this man as a wife, but he hates her.
hurry to me, God.
You are my help and my deliverer;
Lord, do not delay.
build
We will also bring the firstborn of our sons and our livestock, as prescribed by the law, and will bring the firstborn of our herds and flocks to the house of our God,
In the presence of Your faithful people,
I will put my hope in Your name, for it is good.
Conaniah
with Your abundant goodness that You gave them,
and in the spacious and fertile land You set before them,
they would not serve You or turn from their wicked ways.
At the time of his distress, King Ahaz himself became more unfaithful to the Lord.
and now, you would turn away from the Lord? If you rebel against the Lord today, tomorrow He will be angry with the entire community of Israel.
They spent three days there eating and drinking with David, for their relatives had provided for them.
These were the descendants of the giant
The wheels’ design was similar to that of chariot wheels: their axles, rims, spokes, and hubs were all of cast metal.
you did not eat bread or drink wine or beer—so that you might know that I am Yahweh your God.
and all their surrounding villages as far as Baal. These were their settlements, and they kept a genealogical record for themselves.
He went over to her and said, “Come, let me sleep with you,” for he did not know that she was his daughter-in-law.
She said, “What will you give me for sleeping with me?”
Offer the second lamb at twilight, along with the same kind of grain offering and drink offering as in the morning. It is a fire offering, a pleasing aroma to the Lord.
Then the border will go to Ziphron and end at Hazar-enan.
in order to distinguish between the unclean and the clean, between the animals
Therefore don’t be afraid. I will take care of you and your little ones.”
I will put tendons on you, make flesh grow on you, and cover you with skin. I will put breath in you so that you come to life. Then you will know that I am Yahweh.”
the posts of the surrounding courtyard with their bases, tent pegs, and ropes, including all their equipment and all the work related to them. You are to assign by name the items that they are responsible to carry.
The priest is to examine him, and if the swelling of the infection on his bald head or forehead is reddish-white, like the appearance of a skin disease on his body,
dressed in blue, governors and prefects, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding on steeds.
He made two cherubim of gold; he made them of hammered work at the two ends of the mercy seat,
Just as one gathers silver, copper, iron, lead, and tin into the furnace to blow fire
I will turn you into a bare rock, and you will be a place to spread nets. You will never be rebuilt, for I, Yahweh, have spoken.”
Chiefs Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.
These are the chiefs of Reuel
in the land of Edom.
These are the sons of Esau’s wife Basemath.
Men within you have sexual intercourse with their father’s wife and violate women during their menstrual impurity.
for it is against My people.
It is against all the princes of Israel!
They are given over to the sword with My people.
Therefore strike your thigh in grief.
because we have heard insults.
Humiliation covers our faces
because foreigners have entered
the holy places of the Lord’s temple.
So I sent you all My servants the prophets time and time again,
or bear children destined for disaster,
for they will be a people blessed by the Lord
along with their descendants.
He does not value the power
and he became a young lion.
After he learned to tear prey,
he devoured people.
‘The time will certainly come when everything in your palace and all that your fathers have stored up until this day will be carried off to Babylon; nothing will be left,’ says the Lord.
for there are seven abominations in his heart.
and wilt like tender green plants.
The prophet Hananiah then took the yoke bar from the neck of Jeremiah the prophet and broke it.
growing thorns and briers,
indeed, for every joyous house in the joyful city.
The Rabshakeh said to them, “Tell Hezekiah:
The great king, the king of Assyria, says this: What are you relying on?
I will sing praises to You among the nations.
and strips the woodlands bare.
Are you familiar with the paths to its home?
they keep rolling in through the ruins.
When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you must not glean what is left. What remains will be for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow.
and did not understand any of His ways
He appointed the priests to their responsibilities and encouraged them to serve in the Lord’s temple.
The descendants of Solomon’s servants
Perida’s descendants,
Samuel answered, “Since the Lord has turned away from you and has become your enemy, why are you asking me?
the third to Zaccur, his sons, and his brothers—12
The first son she bears will carry on the name of the dead brother, so his name will not be blotted out from Israel.
These were the places assigned to Aaron’s sons from the Kohathite family for their settlements in their territory, because the first lot was for them.
He answered David, “Come on, let’s go out to the field.” So both of them went out to the field.
because a ruler’s portion was assigned there for him.
He came with the leaders of the people;
he carried out the Lord’s justice
and His ordinances for Israel.
When the officers have finished addressing the army, they will appoint military commanders to lead it.
The land must be divided by lot; they will receive an inheritance according to the names of their ancestral tribes.
You are to take possession of the land and settle in it because I have given you the land
Arrange them in two rows, six to a row, on the pure gold table
Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand, and I took the grapes, squeezed them into Pharaoh’s cup, and placed the cup in Pharaoh’s hand.”
Each plank must be connected together with two tenons. Do the same for all the planks of the tabernacle.
Listen,” he went on, “I have heard there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy some for us so that we will live and not die.”
Then he placed the altar of burnt offering at the entrance to the tabernacle, the tent of meeting, and offered the burnt offering and the grain offering on it, just as the Lord had commanded him.
Put my cup, the silver one, at the top of the youngest one’s bag, along with his grain money.” So he did as Joseph told him.
They did not realize that Joseph understood them, since there was an interpreter between them.
So they sent away their sister Rebekah with the one who had nursed and raised her,
She conceived and gave birth to a son, and he named him Er.
Chiefs Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.
These are the chiefs of Esau’s wife Oholibamah
daughter of Anah.
The dry measure
Then you will live in the land that I gave your fathers;
Those from Beth-togarmah
and weigh out silver on scales—
they hire a goldsmith and he makes it into a god.
Then they kneel and bow down to it.
You are to give a bull from the herd
‘They will be brought to Babylon and will remain there until I attend to them again.’
He instructs him.
They will answer, ‘Because they abandoned the covenant
Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah:
that rises to the neck.
He comes to sift the nations in a sieve of destruction
and to put a bridle on the jaws of the peoples
to lead them astray.
Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all the people of Judah put him to death? Did he not fear the Lord and plead for the Lord’s favor,
and your land marked by ruins—
will now be indeed too small for the inhabitants,
and those who swallowed you up will be far away.
and consider
ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.
his steps do not falter.
All the leaders and all the people rejoiced, brought the tax, and put it in the chest until it was full.
He also killed an Egyptian, a huge man. Even though the Egyptian had a spear in his hand, Benaiah went down to him with a club, snatched the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand, and then killed him with his own spear.
They cast lots for each gate according to their ancestral houses, young and old alike.
All these were among Benjamin’s sons.
So Jonathan summoned David and told him all these words. Then Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he served him as he did before.
So the Lord’s anger burned that day, and He swore an oath:
Jattir with its pasturelands, Eshtemoa with its pasturelands,
And it is not across the sea so that you have to ask, ‘Who will cross the sea, get it for us, and proclaim it to us so that we may follow it?’
with great wings and thick plumage.
And this vine bent its roots toward him!
It stretched out its branches to him
from its planting bed,
so that he might water it.
So he returned to Balak, who was standing there by his burnt offering with all the officials of Moab.
When Jacob came in from the field that evening, Leah went out to meet him and said, “You must come with me, for I have hired you with my son’s mandrakes.” So Jacob slept with her that night.
Live with us. The land is before you. Settle here, move about, and acquire property in it.”
Then, if anyone hears the sound of the trumpet but ignores the warning,
“This is the contribution you are to offer: Three quarts
But I spared them from destruction and did not bring them to an end in the wilderness.
“This is what the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I am about to bring on this city—and on all its dependent villages—all the disaster that I spoke against it, for they have become obstinate, not obeying My words.’”
The word of the Lord came to me:
don’t let him put on
Don’t spare her young men;
completely destroy her entire army!
they wander in darkness.
All the foundations of the earth are shaken.
because fire has come out from Heshbon
and a flame from within Sihon.
It will devour Moab’s forehead
and the skull of the noisemakers.
So I went and hid it by the Euphrates, as the Lord commanded me.
to desecrate all its glorious beauty,
to disgrace all the honored ones of the earth.
because of Your indignation;
there is no strength
because of my sin.
forever and ever.
so that we might know,
and from times past,
so that we might say: He is right?
No one announced it,
no one told it,
no one heard your words.
He died at a ripe old age,
When the burnt offerings were completed, the king and all those present with him bowed down and worshiped.
Nekoda’s descendants,
All the leaders and the mighty men, and all of King David’s sons as well, pledged their allegiance to King Solomon.
I will establish his kingdom forever if he perseveres in keeping My commands and My ordinances as he is today.’
for Benjamin, Jaasiel son of Abner;
When Joab saw that there was a battle line in front of him and another behind him, he chose some men out of all the elite troops
I do not turn back until they are wiped out.
So Achish trusted David, thinking, “Since he has made himself detestable to his people Israel, he will be my servant forever.”
They struck down
You eat the fat, wear the wool, and butcher the fattened animals, but you do not tend the flock.
the tabernacle—its tent and covering, its clasps and planks, its crossbars, its posts and bases;
David and his men stayed with Achish in Gath. Each man had his family with him,
Such men will never be put to shame
when they speak with their enemies at the city gate.
the Shillemite clan from Shillem.
Cut the ram into pieces. Wash its entrails and shanks, and place them with its head and its pieces on the altar.
Make 50 loops on the one curtain and make 50 loops on the edge of the curtain in the second set, so that the loops line up together.
When you reached this place, Sihon king of Heshbon and Og king of Bashan came out against us in battle, but we defeated them.
So Moses collected the redemption money from those in excess of the ones redeemed by the Levites.
They were seated before him in order by age, from the firstborn to the youngest. The men looked at each other in astonishment.
and tell them: This is what the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and I will place his throne on these stones that I have embedded, and he will pitch his pavilion over them.
“Then my cousin Hanamel came to the guard’s courtyard as the Lord had said and urged me, ‘Please buy my field in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, for you own the right of inheritance and redemption. Buy it for yourself.’ Then I knew that this was the word of the Lord.
In the eleventh year, in the first month, on the seventh day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me:
ס Samek
You have killed without compassion.
of your
says the Lord.
“Because they burned incense on the mountains
and reproached Me on the hills,
I will reward them fully
for their former deeds.”
The Levitical priests will never fail to have a man always before Me to offer burnt offerings, to burn grain offerings, and to make sacrifices.”
For this is what the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Houses, fields, and vineyards will again be bought in this land.’
Then Jeremiah said to all the officials and the people, “The Lord sent me to prophesy all the words that you have heard against this temple and city.
I will not keep silent,
I will repay them fully
So I went to the Euphrates and dug up the underwear and got it from the place where I had hidden it, but it was ruined—of no use at all.
Now, Lord our God, save us from his power so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You are the Lord
who knows what distress these two can bring?
and the stench of their corpses will rise;
the mountains will flow
He gathers Israel’s exiled people.
and meditate on Your actions.
to meditate on Your promise.
He is a stronghold of salvation for His anointed.
I am the One who steadies its pillars.
now that they stand there and no longer answer?
But the woman said to him, “You surely know what Saul has done,
Nephishesim’s
The gatekeepers
Shallum’s descendants, Ater’s descendants, Talmon’s descendants, Akkub’s descendants,
Hatita’s descendants, Shobai’s descendants
138.
Besai’s descendants,
Then they brought the goats for the sin offering right into the presence of the king and the congregation, who laid their hands on them.
who sinned against You
and all their rebellions
and may You give them compassion
in the eyes of their captors,
so that they may be compassionate to them.
That night God did as Gideon requested: only the fleece was dry, and dew was all over the ground.
Although Ahaz plundered the Lord’s temple and the palace of the king and of the rulers and gave the plunder to the king of Assyria, it did not help him.
So the priests and the Levites consecrated themselves to bring up the ark of the Lord God of Israel.
All Judah was standing before the Lord with their infants, their wives, and their children.
your feet not placed in bronze shackles.
You fell like one who falls victim to criminals.
And all the people wept over him even more.
The Lord has done
Aaron’s sons were given:
Hebron (a city of refuge), Libnah and its pasturelands, Jattir, Eshtemoa and its pasturelands,
Then say this: ‘Long life to you,
The next day the people got up early, built an altar there,
So the men of Judah said, “Why have you attacked us?”
They replied, “We have come to arrest Samson and pay him back for what he did to us.”
The Israelites gave these cities with their pasturelands around them to the Levites by lot, as the Lord had commanded through Moses.
When they had finished distributing the land into its territories, the Israelites gave Joshua son of Nun an inheritance among them.
or feared that these foes might misunderstand
and say: ‘Our own hand has prevailed;
it wasn’t the Lord who did all this.’”
But those who died from the plague numbered 14,700, in addition to those who died because of the Korah incident.
“These are the names of the men who are to distribute the land as an inheritance for you: Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun.
your flowing valley,
you faithless daughter?
You who trust in your treasures
and boast, “Who can attack me?”
They mounted four rows of gemstones
Then make poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with bronze.
On the sixth day Eliasaph son of Deuel,
Bezalel son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made everything that the Lord commanded Moses.
All the tent pegs for the tabernacle and for the surrounding courtyard were bronze.
As for the flap that is left over from the tent curtains, the leftover half curtain is to hang down over the back of the tabernacle.
Send one from among you to get your brother. The rest of you will be imprisoned so that your words can be tested to see if they are true. If they are not, then as surely as Pharaoh lives, you are spies!”
Time and time again
In fact, it is put into the fire as fuel.
great pride, indeed—
his insolence, arrogance, pride,
and haughty heart.
“All the people of the land must take part in this contribution for the prince in Israel.
‘What are you fathering?’
or to his mother,
‘What are you giving birth to?’”
Rather, Baruch son of Neriah is inciting you against us to hand us over to the Chaldeans to put us to death or to deport us to Babylon!”
King Zedekiah later sent for him and received him, and in his house privately asked him, “Is there a word from the Lord?”
“There is,” Jeremiah responded, and he continued, “You will be handed over to the king of Babylon.”
I will make this temple like Shiloh.
people will swarm over it like an infestation of locusts.
“And to the house of the king of Judah say this: ‘Hear the word of the Lord!
On that day you looked to the weapons in the House of the Forest.
and refuge in Egypt’s shadow your disgrace.
from the drawn sword,
from the bow that is strung,
and from the stress of battle.
the Maker of heaven and earth.
I will sing praises to You among the nations.
He told her, “If they tie me up with new ropes that have never been used,
Judah’s King Amaziah
So King Jehoash of Israel advanced. He and King Amaziah of Judah faced off at Beth-shemesh in Judah.
Isaiah asked, “What have they seen in your palace?”
Hezekiah answered, “They have seen everything in my palace. There isn’t anything in my treasuries that I didn’t show them.”
He engraved cherubim, lions, and palm trees
And his family name in Israel will be called ‘The house of the man whose sandal was removed.’
And these tribes will stand on Mount Ebal to deliver the curse: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.
Why should the name of our father be taken away from his clan? Since he had no son, give us property among our father’s brothers.”
It is to be holy to you because it is the Jubilee; you may only eat its produce directly from the field.
Moses told them, “If the Gadites and Reubenites cross the Jordan with you, every man in battle formation before the Lord, and the land is subdued before you, you are to give them the land of Gilead as a possession.
Hanniel son of Ephod, a leader from the tribe of Manasseh,
They brought the prisoners, animals, and spoils of war to Moses, Eleazar the priest, and the Israelite community at the camp on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho.
the Shimronite clan from Shimron.
When you sow in the eighth year, you will be eating from the previous harvest. You will be eating this until the ninth year when its harvest comes in.
Then they mounted the onyx stones surrounded with gold filigree settings, engraved with the names of Israel’s sons as a gem cutter engraves a seal.
And Joseph said to his father, “They are my sons God has given me here.”
So Jacob said, “Bring them to me and I will bless them.”
you have increased your wealth,
but your heart has become proud
because of your wealth.”
He made a mercy seat of pure gold, 45 inches long and 27 inches wide.
He made loops of blue yarn on the edge of the last curtain in the first set and did the same on the edge of the outermost curtain in the second set.
The field with its cave passed from the Hittites to Abraham
daughter of Anah and granddaughter
She bore Jeush, Jalam, and Korah to Edom.
“Then you will remember your evil ways and your deeds that were not good,
“The words of Jonadab, son of Rechab, have been carried out. He commanded his sons not to drink wine, and they have not drunk to this very day because they have obeyed their ancestor’s command. But I have spoken to you time and time again,
On the east side it will run between Hauran and Damascus, along the Jordan between Gilead and the land of Israel; you will measure from the northern border to the eastern sea.
it will make her land desolate.
No one will be living in it—
both man and beast will escape.
come, let’s tell in Zion
what the Lord our God has accomplished.
she who bore you will be put to shame.
Look! She will lag behind all
a dry land, a wilderness,
They are like grass that grows in the morning—
These included:
who brought the news to my father, saying,
“A male child is born to you,”
bringing him great joy.
Fields will be bought in this land about which you are saying,
the whole earth trembles.
They approach and arrive.
But her profits and wages will be dedicated to the Lord. They will not be stored or saved, for her profit will go to those who live in the Lord’s presence, to provide them with ample food and sacred clothing.
I will rejoice in the Lord.
and build up your throne for all generations.’”
and Your path through the great waters,
but Your footprints were unseen.
because we trust in His holy name.
“If disaster comes on us—sword or judgment, pestilence or famine
The two thanksgiving processions stood in the house of God. So did I and half of the officials accompanying me,
His officials also donated willingly for the people, the priests, and the Levites. Hilkiah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, chief officials of God’s temple, gave 2,600 Passover sacrifices and 300 bulls for the priests.
slaves in the land You gave our ancestors
so that they could enjoy its fruit and its goodness.
Here we are—slaves in it!
Didn’t Hezekiah himself remove His high places and His altars
Zabdi the Shiphmite was in charge of the produce of the vineyards for the wine cellars.
Immediately, Saul fell flat on the ground. He was terrified by Samuel’s words and was also weak because he hadn’t had any food all day and all night.
Shebuel, a descendant of Moses’ son Gershom, was the officer in charge of the treasuries.
So he said, “If they have marched out in peace,
That’s why all of you have conspired against me! Nobody tells me
So they detoured there and went to the house of the young Levite at the home of Micah and greeted him.
Your western border will be the coastline of the Mediterranean Sea; this will be your western border.
But they gave the fields and villages of the city to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his possession.
Janim, Beth-tappuah, Aphekah,
So Moses commanded the Israelites at the word of the Lord, “What the tribe of Joseph’s descendants says is right.
If the person is from five to 20 years old, your assessment for a male is 20 shekels
“Take the Levites in place of every firstborn among the Israelites, and the Levites’ cattle in place of their cattle. The Levites belong to Me; I am Yahweh.
But among them there was not one of those who had been registered by Moses and Aaron the priest when they registered the Israelites in the Wilderness of Sinai.
or whoever touches any swarming creature that makes him unclean or any person who makes him unclean—whatever his uncleanness—
as well as the spice
He fastened them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod as memorial stones for the Israelites, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.
They took from Moses’ presence all the contributions that the Israelites had brought for the task of making the sanctuary. Meanwhile, the people continued to bring freewill offerings morning after morning.
and that the land was pleasant,
so he leaned his shoulder to bear a load
and became a forced laborer.
He gave each of the brothers changes of clothes,
After Joseph buried his father, he returned to Egypt with his brothers and all who had gone with him to bury his father.
Let my lord go ahead of his servant. I will continue on slowly, at a pace suited to the livestock and the children, until I come to my lord at Seir.”
“Next to the territory of Judah, from the east side to the west, will be the portion you donate to the Lord, 8⅓ miles
I said, “They are a people whose hearts go astray;
they do not know My ways.”
He is not to marry a widow or a divorced woman, but must marry a virgin from the offspring of the house of Israel,
None of the sins he committed will be held against him. He has done what is just and right; he will certainly live.
They were haughty and did detestable things before Me, so I removed them when I saw this.
“Son of man, turn your face toward Mount Seir
with all her hordes around her grave.
All of them are slain, fallen by the sword—
those who went down to the underworld
who once spread their terror
in the land of the living.
They bear their disgrace
with those who descend to the Pit.
Their adversaries said, “We’re not guilty;
instead, they have sinned against the Lord,
their righteous grazing land,
the hope of their ancestors,
I will send the sword, famine, and plague
Some of the elders of the land stood up
Return to the One the Israelites have greatly rebelled against.
let every living thing
praise His holy name forever and ever.
look on us with favor, and we will be saved.
and lean on the God of Israel;
His name is Yahweh of Hosts.
consuming like a moth what is precious to him;
every man is only a vapor.
You will answer, Lord my God.
which I love.
You who seek God, take heart!
Rescue my life from their ravages,
my only one from the young lions.
Let the wicked be disgraced;
let them be silent
Some of the family leaders gave 20,000 gold coins and 2,200 silver minas
and Hatipha’s descendants.
The Levites stood with the instruments of David,
Many were bringing an offering to the Lord to Jerusalem and valuable gifts to King Hezekiah of Judah, and he was exalted in the eyes of all the nations after that.
While Athaliah ruled over the land, he was hiding with them in God’s temple six years.
So he said, “Let him rest. Don’t let anyone disturb his bones.” So they left his bones undisturbed with the bones of the prophet who came from Samaria.
mighty hand,
and will come
The rest of the Merarites received:
From the tribe of Zebulun they received Rimmono and its pasturelands and Tabor and its pasturelands.
So he led him, and there were the Amalekites, spread out over the entire area, eating, drinking, and celebrating because of the great amount of plunder
And all the people will say, ‘Amen!’
Then Jacob said, “Look, it is still broad daylight. It’s not time for the animals to be gathered. Water the flock, then go out and let them graze.”
wearing belts on their waists and flowing turbans on their heads; all of them looked like officers, a depiction of the Babylonians in Chaldea, the land of their birth.
One of Joab’s young men had stood over Amasa saying, “Whoever favors Joab and whoever is for David, follow Joab!”
Then Joseph went to bury his father, and all Pharaoh’s servants, the elders of his household, and all the elders of the land of Egypt went with him,
Then Joseph took them from his father’s knees and bowed with his face to the ground.
They said, “Joseph is still alive, and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt!” Jacob was stunned,
But some of the poorest people of the land Nebuzaradan, the commander of the guards, left to be vinedressers and farmers.
Rachel’s slave Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son.
She conceived again, gave birth to a son, and named him Onan.
the thresholds, the beveled windows,
He will silence her mighty voice.
Their waves roar like abundant waters;
the tumult of their voice resounds,
and brought out His weapons of wrath,
because it is a task of the Lord God of Hosts
in the land of the Chaldeans.
So King Zedekiah gave orders, and Jeremiah was placed in the guard’s courtyard.
Kerioth,
resident of the daughter of Dibon,
for the destroyer of Moab has come against you;
he has destroyed your fortresses.
Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, Nebushazban the Rab-saris, Nergal-sharezer the Rab-mag, and all the captains of the king of Babylon
So Baruch son of Neriah did everything Jeremiah the prophet had commanded him. At the Lord’s temple he read the Lord’s words from the scroll.
dragged off and thrown
outside the gates of Jerusalem.
For many nations and great kings will enslave them, and I will repay them according to their deeds
and fire causes water to boil—
to make Your name known to Your enemies,
so that nations will tremble at Your presence!
I designed it long ago;
I planned it in days gone by.
I have now brought it to pass,
and you have crushed fortified cities
into piles of rubble.
and they cannot cover themselves with their works.
Their works are sinful works,
and violent acts are in their hands.
Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad?
they lie at the head of every street
like an antelope in a net.
They are full of the Lord’s fury,
the rebuke of your God.
so that you lied and didn’t remember Me
or take it to heart?
Have I not kept silent for such a long time
and you do not fear Me?
she will lay and hatch her eggs
and will gather her brood under her shadow.
Indeed, the birds of prey will gather there,
each with its mate.
and goats, the price of a field;
and all her princes will come to nothing.
children yet to be born—might know.
They were to rise and tell their children
because people do not follow Your instruction.
How happy are those who uphold justice,
who practice righteousness at all times.
will thank You forever;
we will declare Your praise
to generation after generation.
in the land of Egypt, the region of Zoan.
a strong tower
Wake up, harp and lyre!
I will wake up the dawn.
let the mountains shout together for joy
after her, the virgins, her companions, are brought to you.
So the king sent messengers and gathered all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.
The temple servants
Tabbaoth’s descendants,
A very large assembly of people was gathered in Jerusalem to observe the Festival of Unleavened Bread in the second month.
They also closed the doors of the portico, extinguished the lamps, did not burn incense, and did not offer burnt offerings in the holy place of the God of Israel.
No Passover had been observed
So the Lord saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the power of King Sennacherib of Assyria and from the power of all others. He gave them rest
You also have many workers: stonecutters, masons, carpenters, and people skilled in every kind of work
Then he brought in the priests and Levites and gathered them in the eastern public square.
He sacrificed and burned incense on the high places,
the seventeenth to Joshbekashah, his sons, and his brothers—12
There were four wheels under the frames, and the wheel axles were part of the water cart; each wheel was 27 inches
I crush them and trample them like mud in the streets.
His son was Rephaiah, his son Elasah, and his son Azel.
But if you can’t explain it to me, you must give me 30 linen garments and 30 changes of clothes.”
“Tell us your riddle,” they replied.
If the man with the discharge spits on anyone who is clean, he is to wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will remain unclean until evening.
The men of Israel answered the men of Judah: “We have 10 shares in the king,
Whoever sits on furniture that the man with the discharge was sitting on is to wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will remain unclean until evening.
When David returned from killing the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul with the Philistine’s head still in his hand.
The 600 Danite men were standing by the entrance of the gate, armed with their weapons of war.
In the morning, the Israelites set out and camped near Gibeah.
As a result, 10 tracts fell to Manasseh, besides the land of Gilead and Bashan, which are beyond the Jordan,
Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt. Therefore I am commanding you to do this.
everything that can withstand fire—you are to pass through fire, and it will be clean. It must still be purified with the purification water.
You must stand outside while the man you are making the loan to brings the security out to you.
For the Lord had said to them that they would all die in the wilderness. None of them was left except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.
They hammered out thin sheets of gold, and he
Join five of the curtains by themselves, and the other six curtains by themselves. Then fold the sixth curtain double at the front of the tent.
the altar of burnt offering with its bronze grate, its poles, and all its utensils; the basin with its stand;
He asked the men of the place, “Where is the cult prostitute who was beside the road at Enaim?”
“There has been no cult prostitute here,” they answered.
And when they ask you, ‘Why are you groaning?’ then say: Because of the news that is coming.
When Judah and his brothers reached Joseph’s house, he was still there. They fell to the ground before him.
Jacob asked the men at the well, “My brothers! Where are you from?”
“We’re from Haran,” they answered.
though the father has done none of them. Indeed, when the son eats at the mountain shrines and defiles his neighbor’s wife,
at the hands of strangers.
For I have spoken.
This is the declaration of the Lord God.
Zedekiah king of Judah had imprisoned him, saying: “Why are you prophesying, ‘This is what the Lord says: Look, I am about to hand this city over to Babylon’s king, and he will capture it.
‘Who fathered these for me?
I was deprived of my children and unable to conceive,
exiled and wandering—
but who brought them up?
See, I was left by myself—
but these, where did they come from?’”
no one stands up for me;
there is no refuge for me;
no one cares about me.
and did not believe His promise.
this is the King’s declaration;
Yahweh of Hosts is His name.
He will come like Tabor among the mountains
and like Carmel by the sea.
they will be in anguish over the news about Tyre.
Do departed spirits rise up to praise You?
be quiet, and I will teach you wisdom.
otherwise, my Maker would remove me in an instant.
Kore son of Imnah the Levite, the keeper of the East Gate, was over the freewill offerings to God to distribute the contribution to the Lord and the consecrated things.
So he went to the king, and the king asked him, “Micaiah, should we go to Ramoth-gilead for war, or should I
Micaiah said, “March up and succeed, for they will be handed over to you.”
the fourteenth to Mattithiah, his sons, and his brothers—12
“Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan,
Whoever touches the body of the man with a discharge is to wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will remain unclean until evening.
So Shimei saddled his donkey and set out to Achish at Gath to search for his slaves. He went and brought them back from Gath.
Jehud, Bene-berak, Gath-rimmon,
Then they burned all the cities where the Midianites lived, as well as all their encampments,
Ephraim’s territory was to the south and Manasseh’s to the north, with the Sea as its border. They
Then the border will go down to the Jordan and end at the Dead Sea. This will be your land defined by its borders on all sides.”
He will take the cedar wood, the hyssop, the scarlet yarn, and the live bird, dip them in the blood of the slaughtered bird and the fresh water, and sprinkle the house seven times.
then the priest will calculate for him the amount of the
Then
These were the registered men of the Kohathite clans, everyone who could serve at the tent of meeting. Moses and Aaron registered them at the Lord’s command through Moses.
And Jacob did just that. He finished the week of celebration, and Laban gave him his daughter Rachel as his wife.
and two chains of pure gold; you will make them of braided cord work, and attach the cord chains to the settings.
Then Joseph threw his arms around Benjamin and wept, and Benjamin wept on his shoulder.
therefore I am about to give you to the people of the east as a possession. They will set up their encampments and pitch their tents among you. They will eat your fruit and drink your milk.
The Chaldeans next burned down the king’s palace and the people’s houses and tore down the walls of Jerusalem.
In the twelfth year,
its thick rust will not come off.
Into the fire with its rust!
I will take My vengeance
Save your lives, each of you,
from the Lord’s burning anger.
But you have changed your minds
“This is what the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: You have seen all the disaster I brought against Jerusalem and all Judah’s cities; look, they are a ruin today without an inhabitant in them
and the strongholds seized.
In that day the heart of Moab’s warriors
will be like the heart of a woman with contractions.
the Most High God, their Redeemer.
then also My covenant with My servant David
they no longer look for you,
for I have struck you as an enemy would,
with the discipline
because of your enormous guilt
and your innumerable sins.
and no vicious beast will go up on it;
they will not be found there.
But the redeemed will walk on it,
So I will hurl you from this land into a land that you and your fathers are not familiar with.
For a remnant
terror is on every side.
When they conspired against me,
they plotted to take my life.
you will give birth to stubble.
Your breath is fire that will consume you.
There is no longer a prophet.
And none of us knows how long this will last.
Who will show sympathy toward you?
Who will turn aside
to ask about your welfare?
He set military commanders over the people and gathered the people in the square of the city gate. Then he encouraged them,
So Manasseh caused Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to stray so that they did worse evil than the nations the Lord had destroyed before the Israelites.
The man got up to go, but his father-in-law persuaded him, so he stayed and spent the night there again.
David’s two wives,
David took Goliath’s
But if your heart turns away and you do not listen and you are led astray to bow down to other gods and worship them,
But if he consecrates his field after the Jubilee, the priest will calculate the price for him in proportion to the years left until the next Year of Jubilee, so that your assessment will be reduced.
From there they traveled to the hill country of Ephraim and arrived at Micah’s house.
You have not deserted your brothers even once this whole time but have carried out the requirement of the command of the Lord your God.
The territory of their inheritance included Zorah, Eshtaol, Ir-shemesh,
But if as far as he can see, the scaly outbreak remains unchanged and black hair has grown in it, then it has healed; he is clean. The priest is to pronounce the person clean.
They also made a medallion, the holy diadem, out of pure gold and wrote on it an inscription like the engraving on a seal:
HOLY TO THE LORD.
On the tenth day Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai,
Their calyxes and branches were of one piece.
Take them from their hands and burn them on the altar on top of the burnt offering, as a pleasing aroma before the Lord; it is a fire offering to the Lord.
Joseph collected all the money to be found in the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan in exchange for the grain they were purchasing, and he brought the money to Pharaoh’s palace.
But Leah replied to her, “Isn’t it enough that you have taken my husband? Now you also want to take my son’s mandrakes?”
“Well,” Rachel said, “you can sleep with him tonight in exchange for your son’s mandrakes.”
Pharaoh will not help him with his great army and vast horde in battle,
In fact, all the wealth that God has taken away from our father belongs to us and to our children. So do whatever God has said to you.”
It will never again be an object of trust
It is not for your sake that I will act”
When you have finished reading this scroll, tie a stone to it and throw it into the middle of the Euphrates River.
Yet they had sex with her as one does with a prostitute. This is how they had sex with Oholah and Oholibah, those obscene women.
Because of the Lord’s anger, it came to the point in Jerusalem and Judah that He finally banished them from His presence. Nevertheless, Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
like slippery paths in the gloom.
They will be driven away and fall down there,
for I will bring disaster on them,
the year of their punishment.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
Therefore, hear the plans that the Lord has drawn up against Edom and the strategies He has devised against the people of Teman:
And the women said,
And I will take away the remnant of Judah,
and his disgrace will never be removed.