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to make His power known.
Then the king stood at his post
lying instead of speaking truthfully.
the voice of the Lord in splendor.
in the Lord, whose word I praise,
The archers shot King Josiah, and he said to his servants, “Take me away, for I am severely wounded!”
The screen for the gate of the courtyard was embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen. It was 30 feet
The Gershomites received:
Golan in Bashan and its pasturelands, and Ashtaroth and its pasturelands from the families of half the tribe of Manasseh.
Hilen
Anoint the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils; consecrate the altar so that it will be especially holy.
son of Mushi, son of Merari,
son of Levi.
They began to worship other gods, bowing down to gods they had not known—gods that the Lord had not permitted them to worship.
Of the cities that you give from the Israelites’ territory, you should take more from a larger tribe and less from a smaller one. Each tribe is to give some of its cities to the Levites in proportion to the inheritance it receives.”
and put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard
After them, seven heads of grain—withered, thin, and scorched by the east wind—sprouted up.
The officers who were over the thousands of the army, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, approached Moses
His sons and grandsons, his daughters and granddaughters, indeed all his offspring, he brought with him to Egypt.
“When the sticks you have written on are in your hand and in full view of the people,
Since he heard the sound of the trumpet but ignored the warning, his blood is on his own hands.
I will put an end to the noise of your songs,
I will strengthen the arms of Babylon’s king and place My sword
A sword is appointed!
They drag her and all her hordes away.
“Therefore this is what the Lord God says: I am going to bring a sword
and you will die a violent death
in the heart of the sea.
I will disperse you among the nations and scatter you among the countries;
and had a bronze capital on top of it.
“This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: I made a covenant
they will be weeping continually,
and on the descent to Horonaim
will be heard cries of distress over the destruction:
The prophets who preceded you and me from ancient times prophesied war, disaster,
but you will not find them.
Those who war against you
will become absolutely nothing.
You have added to the nation; You are honored.
You have expanded all the borders of the land.
so that you will see the prosperity of Jerusalem
all the days of your life
that don’t acknowledge You,
on the kingdoms that don’t call on Your name,
the peoples fall under you.
let Your compassion come to us quickly,
for we have become weak.
He built altars to the whole heavenly host in both courtyards
attack me for pursuing good.
in gold, silver, bronze, and iron—beyond number. Now begin the work, and may the Lord be with you.”
May my words I have made my petition with before the Lord be near the Lord our God day and night, so that He may uphold His servant’s cause and the cause of His people Israel, as each day requires,
son of Gershom, son of Levi.
and casts down peoples under me.
David and the troops with him wept loudly until they had no strength left to weep.
The time that David stayed in the Philistine territory amounted to a year and four months.
They said, “There must be heirs for the survivors of Benjamin, so that a tribe of Israel will not be wiped out.
If many years are still left, he must pay his redemption price in proportion to them based on his purchase price.
and if the contamination is green or red in the fabric, the leather, the warp, the woof, or any leather article, it is a mildew contamination and is to be shown to the priest.
Our little children, wives, livestock, and all our animals will remain here in the cities of Gilead,
The artistically woven waistband that was on the ephod was of one piece with the ephod, according to the same workmanship of gold, of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and of finely spun linen, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.
and two bulls, five rams, five male breeding goats, and five male lambs a year old, for the fellowship sacrifice. This was the offering of Pagiel son of Ochran.
along with their 40 silver bases, two bases under the first plank and two bases under each plank;
Then bring in the table and lay out its arrangement; also bring in the lampstand and set up its lamps.
Everyone making an offering of silver or bronze brought it as a contribution to the Lord. Everyone who possessed acacia wood useful for any task in the work brought it.
So he asked Pharaoh’s officers who were in custody with him in his master’s house, “Why do you look so sad today?”
Then they said to Pharaoh, “We have come to live in the land for a while because there is no grazing land for your servants’ sheep, since the famine in the land of Canaan has been severe.
But Jacob did not send Joseph’s brother Benjamin with his brothers, for he thought, “Something might happen to him.”
“So if I come to your servant my father and the boy is not with us—his life is wrapped up with the boy’s life—
you splintered,
when they leaned on you,
you shattered and made all their hips unsteady.
You must do the same thing on the seventh day of the month for everyone who sins unintentionally or through ignorance.
Then he brought me into the outer court,
and their kings will shudder with fear because of you
when I brandish My sword in front of them.
On the day of your downfall
each of them will tremble
every moment
on the day of your downfall;
the islands in the sea
are alarmed by your demise.”
with you I will smash the farmer and his ox-team.
With you I will smash governors and officials.
All who resolve to go to Egypt to live there for a while will die by the sword, famine, and plague. They will have no one escape or survive from the disaster I will bring on them.’
I will restore the fortunes
This is the Lord’s declaration.
and relented according to the riches
of His faithful love.
Now the word of the Lord had come to Jeremiah when he was confined in the guard’s courtyard:
Remember the wonderful works He has done,
His wonders, and the judgments He has pronounced,
‘All the women
and overcame you.
Your feet sank into the mire,
and they deserted you.
There is no healing for you.
for Your righteous judgments.
and his enemies lick the dust.
who would not make God his refuge,
but trusted in the abundance of his riches,
taking refuge in his destructive behavior.”
and does not despise
His own who are prisoners.
May gold from Sheba be given to him.
May prayer be offered for him continually,
and may he be blessed all day long.
the herd of bulls with the calves of the peoples.
Trample underfoot those with bars of silver.
Scatter the peoples who take pleasure in war.
He keeps His eye on the nations.
The rebellious should not exalt themselves.
They slaughtered the Passover lamb
and all the ends of the earth will fear Him.
appoint faithful love and truth to guard him.
Look how they repay us by coming to drive us out of Your possession that You gave us as an inheritance.
and the pots, shovels, and sprinkling basins.
She served it to Saul and his servants, and they ate. Afterward, they got up and left that night.
He refused, saying, “I won’t eat,” but when his servants and the woman urged him, he listened to them.
to those in Racal, in the towns of the Jerahmeelites,
Have his sons come forward and clothe them in tunics.
Ekron, with its towns and villages;
The food will be a reserve for the land during the seven years of famine that will take place in the land of Egypt. Then the country will not be wiped out by the famine.”
He gave the redemption money to Aaron and his sons in obedience to the Lord, just as the Lord commanded Moses.
low in height with its branches turned toward him,
yet its roots stayed under it.
So it became a vine,
produced branches, and sent out shoots.
Then he came to the gate that faced east and climbed its steps.
Then the man said to me, “The northern and southern chambers that face the temple yard are the holy chambers where the priests who approach the Lord will eat
Each recess was about 10 feet
It is for the consecrated priests, the sons of Zadok, who kept My charge
Therefore, this is what the Lord God says:
the pot that has rust inside it,
and whose rust will not come off!
Empty it piece by piece;
lots should not be cast for its contents.
but is not threshed endlessly.
Though the wheel of the farmer’s cart rumbles,
his horses do not crush it.
When I lead you into the land of Israel, the land I swore
The commander of the guards took away the bowls, firepans, sprinkling basins, pots, lampstands, pans, and drink offering bowls
“This is what you are to say to him: ‘This is what the Lord says: What I have built I am about to demolish, and what I have planted I am about to uproot
and herald to meet herald,
to announce to the king of Babylon
that his city has been captured
from end to end.
Listen closely to me;
answer me quickly when I call.
Afterward, however, they changed their minds and took back their male and female slaves they had freed and forced them to become slaves again.
“Is God able to provide food in the wilderness?
and all the kings of the mixed peoples who have settled in the desert;
as if they were
therefore, I love Your decrees.
He completely rejected Israel.
for I see violence and strife in the city;
Moab and the Hagrites,
God, You provided for the poor by Your goodness.
their homes from generation to generation,
though they have named estates after themselves.
to cut gemstones for mounting, and to carve wood for work in every craft.
So his servants took him out of the war chariot, carried him in his second chariot, and brought him to Jerusalem. Then he died, and they buried him in the tomb of his fathers. All Judah and Jerusalem mourned
But he did not humble himself before the Lord like his father Manasseh humbled himself;
He did what was evil in the Lord’s sight just as his father Manasseh had done.
Isn’t Hezekiah misleading you to give you over to death by famine and thirst when he says, “Yahweh our God will deliver us from the power of the king of Assyria”?
Then David ordered all the leaders of Israel to help his son Solomon:
to those in Aroer,
the covering of ram skins dyed red and the covering of manatee skins;
Each of these cities had its own surrounding pasturelands; this was true for all the cities.
On the seventh day you are to hold a sacred assembly; you are not to do any daily work.
This was the dedication gift from the leaders of Israel for the altar when it was anointed:
Then they brought the tabernacle to Moses: the tent with all its furnishings, its clasps, its planks, its crossbars, and its posts and bases;
Then they tied the breastpiece from its rings to the rings of the ephod with a cord of blue yarn, so that the breastpiece was above the ephod’s waistband and did not come loose from the ephod. They did just as the Lord had commanded Moses.
the table with its poles, all its utensils, and the bread of the Presence;
Your servant became accountable to my father for the boy, saying, ‘If I do not return him to you, I will always bear the guilt for sinning against you, my father.’
In the top basket were all sorts of baked goods for Pharaoh, but the birds were eating them out of the basket on my head.”
But if you will not send him, we will not go, for the man said to us, ‘You will not see me again unless your brother is with you.’”
“These men are peaceful toward us,” they said. “Let them live in our land and move about in it, for indeed, the region is large enough for them. Let us take their daughters as our wives and give our daughters to them.
At the festival that begins on the fifteenth day of the seventh month,
You must present them before the Lord; the priests will throw salt on them and sacrifice them as a burnt offering to the Lord.
Inside the portico of the gate there were two tables on each side, on which to slaughter the burnt offering, sin offering,
and hurl you on the open field.
I will cause all the birds of the sky
to settle on you
and let the beasts of the entire earth
eat their fill of you.
You are to say: This is what the Lord God says:
Will he not tear out its roots
and strip off its fruit
so that it shrivels?
All its fresh leaves will wither!
Great strength and many people
will not be needed to pull it from its roots.
“Therefore this is what the Lord God says: Since it
He will slaughter your villages on the mainland with the sword. He will set up siege works against you,
Yes, I will gather you together and blow on you with the fire of My fury, and you will be melted within the city.
“Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: Like the wood of the vine among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire as fuel, so I will give up the residents of Jerusalem.
from the land of Babylon
announcing in Zion the vengeance of the Lord our God,
the vengeance for His temple.
Those who escape the sword will return from the land of Egypt to the land of Judah only few in number,
Then the remnant of Judah—those going to live for a while there in the land of Egypt—will have no fugitive or survivor to return to the land of Judah where they are longing
they all returned from all the places where they had been banished
He is their help and shield.
Indeed, if you were to strike down the entire Chaldean army that is fighting with you,
Do not listen to the words of the prophets who are telling you, ‘You must not serve the king of Babylon,’ for they are prophesying a lie to you.
Touch the mountains, and they will smoke.
and may Your godly people shout for joy.
for a little while,
but our enemies have trampled down
Your sanctuary.
people hide,
but when they are destroyed,
the righteous flourish.
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they form an alliance
My faithful love from him
or betray My faithfulness.
and gather us from the nations,
so that we may give thanks to Your holy name
and rejoice in Your praise.
Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at Your name.
When You are angry,
who can stand before You?
and assure me: “I am your deliverance.”
and Ephraim is My helmet;
Judah is My scepter.
So on that day, Saul died together with his three sons, his armor-bearer, and all his men.
God will let me look down on my adversaries.
When his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell on his own sword and died with him.
Select three cities across the Jordan and three cities in the land of Canaan to be cities of refuge.
Then they are to divide it into seven portions. Judah is to remain in its territory in the south and Joseph’s family in their
I tell you today that you will certainly perish and will not live long in the land you are entering to possess across the Jordan.
They married men from the clans of the descendants of Manasseh son of Joseph, and their inheritance remained within the tribe of their father’s clan.
with six quarts
They made pomegranates of finely spun blue, purple, and scarlet yarn
She quickly emptied her jug into the trough and hurried to the well again to draw water. She drew water for all his camels
So Moses commanded the Israelites, “This is the land you are to receive by lot as an inheritance, which the Lord commanded to be given to the nine and a half tribes.
There were 7,500 pounds
A priest may not come near a dead person so that he becomes defiled.
Then Joseph said, “I swear that I will not do this. The man in whose possession the cup was found will be my slave. The rest of you can go in peace to your father.”
For their possessions were too many for them to live together,
“This is a lament that will be chanted;
Don’t listen to Hezekiah, for this is what the king of Assyria says: “Make peace
“You are to divide this land among yourselves according to the tribes of Israel.
You must also bear your disgrace, since you have been an advocate for your sisters. For they appear more righteous than you because of your sins, which you committed more abhorrently than they did. So you also, be ashamed and bear your disgrace, since you have made your sisters appear righteous.
So Ebed-melech took the men under his authority and went to the king’s palace to a place below the storehouse.
my eyes from tears,
my feet from stumbling.
along with their tent curtains and all their equipment.
They will take their camels for themselves.
They will call out to them:
Terror is on every side!
do not let me be ashamed of my hope.
Jeremiah started to leave Jerusalem to go to the land of Benjamin to claim his portion there
But this is what the Lord says concerning the king sitting on David’s throne and concerning all the people living in this city—that is, concerning your brothers who did not go with you into exile.
my enemies will see and be put to shame
because You, Lord, have helped and comforted me.
“Let us oppress them relentlessly.”
They burned down every place throughout the land
where God met with us.
So the Lord heard Hezekiah and healed the people.
Rise up, ancient doors!
Then the King of glory will come in.
Also, the power of God was at work in Judah to unite them
Slaughter the Passover lambs,
As she rode the donkey down a mountain pass hidden from view, she saw David and his men coming toward her and met them.
If he has no daughter, give his inheritance to his brothers.
From the tribe of Reuben across the Jordan at Jericho, to the east of the Jordan, they received Bezer in the desert and its pasturelands, Jahzah and its pasturelands,
When the men of Israel on the other side of the valley and on the other side of the Jordan saw that Israel’s men had run away and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned the cities and fled. So the Philistines came and settled in them.
When Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, “Look, people are coming down from the mountaintops!” But Zebul said to him, “The shadows of the mountains look like men to you.”
He will stay with him like a man hired year by year. A foreign owner is not to rule over him harshly in your sight.
Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar were born to Aaron,
So they sent this message to Joseph, “Before he died your father gave a command:
They made the breastpiece square and folded double, nine inches long and nine inches wide.
The total number of the firstborn males one month old or more listed by name was 22,273.
There I will sustain you, for there will be five more years of famine. Otherwise, you, your household, and everything you have will become destitute.”’
Bring back your youngest brother to me, and I will know that you are not spies but honest men. I will then give your brother back to you, and you can trade in the country.’”
They took their sheep, cattle, donkeys, and whatever was in the city and in the field.
Then Judah said to his father Israel, “Send the boy with me. We will be on our way so that we may live and not die—neither we, nor you, nor our children.
When your people ask you, ‘Won’t you explain to us what you mean by these things?’
He said to me, “This is the place where the priests will boil the restitution offering and the sin offering,
Now the building that faced the temple yard toward the west was 122½ feet
I dispersed them among the nations, and they were scattered among the countries.
than to demote you in plain view of a noble.
Then they will lament
you who were populated from the seas!
She who was powerful on the sea,
she and all of her inhabitants
inflicted their terror.
Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: Because all of you have become dross, I am about to gather you into Jerusalem.
I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them among the countries.
she has turned to run;
panic has gripped her.
Distress and labor pains have seized her
like a woman in labor.
You know my way.
they have hidden a trap for me.
I made them drunk with My wrath
and poured out their blood on the ground.
You are provoking Me to anger by the work of your hands. You are burning incense to other gods in the land of Egypt where you have gone to live for a while. As a result, you will be cut off and become an object of cursing and insult among all the nations of earth.
Perhaps their petition will come before the Lord,
“So now, this is what the Lord, the God of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Why are you doing such great harm to yourselves? You are cutting off man and woman, child and infant
Look, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the countries: they completely destroyed them. Will you be rescued?
more than gold, even the purest gold,
“Where is their God?”
Before our eyes,
let vengeance for the shed blood of Your servants
be known among the nations.
for human help is worthless.
He made warehouses for the harvest of grain, new wine, and oil, and stalls for all kinds of cattle, and pens for flocks.
fulfilling my vows day by day.
I will exalt You among many people.
“Go. Ask Yahweh for me and for those remaining in Israel and Judah, concerning the words of the book that was found. For great is the Lord’s wrath that is poured out on us
Uzza’s descendants, Paseah’s descendants,
David had just said, “I guarded everything that belonged to this man in the wilderness for nothing. He was not missing anything, yet he paid me back evil for good.
Ramoth and its pasturelands, and Anem and its pasturelands.
From the tribe of Issachar they received Kedesh and its pasturelands, Daberath and its pasturelands,
Some
Nebuzaradan, the commander of the guards, took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah.
Jezreel, Jokdeam, Zanoah,
These are the ones the Lord commanded to distribute the inheritance to the Israelites in the land of Canaan.
The warden put all the prisoners who were in the prison under Joseph’s authority,
the gold altar; the anointing oil; the fragrant incense; the screen for the entrance to the tent;
Then divide the captives between the troops who went out to war and the entire community.
On the lampstand shaft there were four cups shaped like almond blossoms with its calyxes and petals.
On the twelfth day Ahira son of Enan,
And the quota from the flock is one animal out of every 200 from the well-watered pastures of Israel. These are for the grain offerings, burnt offerings, and fellowship offerings, to make atonement for the people.”
Then He said to me: “Son of man,
He went inside the next room and measured the pilasters at the entrance;
They are cruel and show no mercy.
Their voice roars like the sea,
and they ride on horses,
lined up like men in battle formation
against you, Daughter Babylon.
in the presence of those who kill
Yet you will be only a man, not a god,
in the hands of those who kill you.
are like stall-fed calves.
They too will turn back;
together they will flee;
they will not take their stand,
for the day of their calamity is coming on them,
the time of their punishment.
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according to the work of their hands.
I am watching over them for disaster and not for good,
Then Johanan son of Kareah suggested to Gedaliah in private at Mizpah, “Let me go kill Ishmael son of Nethaniah. No one will know it. Why should he kill you and scatter all of Judah that has gathered to you so that the remnant of Judah would perish?”
He and his officers and the people of the land did not obey the words of the Lord
You are to proclaim concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah: This is what the Lord says: You have burned the scroll, saying, ‘Why have you written on it:
Zion has become a wilderness,
Jerusalem a desolation.
he will gnash his teeth in despair.
The desire of the wicked man will come to nothing.
For this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says concerning the houses of this city and the palaces of Judah’s kings, the ones torn down for defense against the siege ramps and the sword:
those who have wearied you
and have traded with you from your youth—
each wanders on his own way;
no one can save you.
and the mountain peaks are His.
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 to me from a distant country, from Babylon.”
Your servant will think about Your statutes;
to the Lord your God;
let all who are around Him bring tribute
to the awe-inspiring One.
they gave it to the carpenters and builders and also used it to buy quarried stone and timbers—for joining and making beams—for the buildings that Judah’s kings had destroyed.
the roar of their waves,
and the tumult of the nations.
Lord, tear out the young lions’ fangs.
You have given a heritage
to those who fear Your name.
“I will triumph! I will divide up Shechem.
I will apportion the Valley of Succoth.
He removed the foreign gods and the idol
Harsha’s descendants,
The whole congregation decided to observe
Hakupha’s descendants, Harhur’s descendants,
So he gave it to them, and as the Lord had promised, they ate and had some left over.
Also included were plans for the divisions of the priests and the Levites; all the work of service in the Lord’s house; all the articles of service of the Lord’s house;
the 400 pomegranates for the two gratings (two rows of pomegranates for each grating covering both capitals’ bowls on top of the pillars
Your life will hang in doubt before you. You will be in dread night and day, never certain of survival.
It was reported to Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath and had returned.
Shimei said to the king, “The sentence is fair; your servant will do as my lord the king has spoken.” And Shimei lived in Jerusalem for a long time.
The woman came over to Saul, and she saw that he was terrified and said to him, “Look, your servant has obeyed you. I took my life in my hands
And it has been so from that day forward. David established this policy as a law and an ordinance for Israel and it continues to this very day.
They said to him, “We’ve come to arrest you and hand you over to the Philistines.”
Then Samson told them, “Swear to me that you yourselves won’t kill me.”
“On the fourth day present 10 bulls, two rams, 14 male lambs a year old—all unblemished—
David recovered everything the Amalekites had taken; he also rescued his two wives.
Present a burnt offering for a pleasing aroma to the Lord: two young bulls, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old,
Humtah, Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), and Zior—nine cities, with their villages;
He will afflict you again with all the diseases of Egypt, which you dreaded, and they will cling to you.
If he consecrates his field during the Year of Jubilee,
These are in addition to the monthly and regular burnt offerings with their prescribed grain offerings and drink offerings. They are a pleasing aroma, a fire offering to the Lord.
But if there is a reddish-white infection on the bald head or forehead, it is a skin disease breaking out on his head or forehead.
She got up and left, then removed her veil and put her widow’s clothes back on.
The son of Aaron who presents the blood of the fellowship offering and the fat will have the right thigh as a portion.
He made curtains of goat hair for a tent over the tabernacle; he made 11 of them.
“You are to make five crossbars of acacia wood for the planks on one side of the tabernacle,
You must also prepare a grain offering every morning along with it: three quarts,
But they replied, “We can’t until all the flocks have been gathered and the stone is rolled from the well’s opening. Then we will water the sheep.”
Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Tell your brothers, ‘Do this: Load your animals and go on back to the land of Canaan.
Then he brought me to the inner court through the south gate. When he measured the south gate, it had the same measurements as the others.
Egypt will be the lowliest of kingdoms and will never again exalt itself over the nations. I will make them so small they cannot rule over the nations.
I have put her blood on the bare rock,
so that it would not be covered.
a dry and arid land,
a land where no one lives,
where no human being passes through.
At the sound of Babylon’s conquest the earth will quake; a cry will be heard among the nations.
And they said to Jeremiah, “As for every word the Lord your God sends you to tell us, if we don’t act accordingly, may the Lord be a true and faithful witness against us.
Yes, the sons of Jonadab son of Rechab carried out their ancestor’s command he gave them, but these people have not obeyed Me.
“Take another scroll, and once again write on it the very words that were on the original scroll that Jehoiakim king of Judah burned.
I have also called My warriors,
who exult in My triumph,
to execute My wrath.
I will satisfy its needy with bread.
dry land into springs of water.
I am like a solitary bird on a roof.
He has spoken to me,
and He Himself has done it.
I walk along slowly all my years
because of the bitterness of my soul,
for I am very weak.
Rescue me from those who pursue me,
for they are too strong for me.
I would have betrayed Your people.
as if crushing my bones,
while all day long they say to me,
“Where is your God?”
or the deep swallow me up;
don’t let the Pit close its mouth over me.
and the creatures of the field are Mine.
For You are the God of my refuge.
Why have You rejected me?
Why must I go about in sorrow
because of the enemy’s oppression?
the hairy head of one who goes on in his guilty acts.
with the people of the God of Abraham.
For the leaders
He is greatly exalted.
And if the avenger of blood pursues him, they must not hand the one who committed manslaughter over to him, for he killed his neighbor accidentally and did not hate him beforehand.
do not let me be put to shame,
for I take refuge in You.
You place a crown of pure gold on his head.
They retreated before the men of Israel toward the wilderness,
“On the fifth day present nine bulls, two rams, 14 male lambs a year old—all unblemished—
Ashan and its pasturelands, and Beth-shemesh and its pasturelands.
On that day all the troops and all Israel were convinced that the king had no part in the killing of Abner son of Ner.
blue, purple, and scarlet yarn; fine linen and goat hair;
Then Abimelech and the units that were with him rushed forward and took their stand at the entrance of the city gate. The other two units rushed against all who were in the countryside and struck them down.
We will not return to our homes until each of the Israelites has taken possession of his inheritance.
He made 50 loops on the one curtain and 50 loops on the edge of the curtain in the second set, so that the loops lined up with each other.
The abundance in the land will not be remembered because of the famine that follows it, for the famine will be very severe.
Then Joseph said to the people, “Understand today that I have acquired you and your land for Pharaoh. Here is seed for you. Sow it in the land.
When that year was over, they came the next year and said to him, “We cannot hide from our lord that the money is gone and that all our livestock belongs to our lord. There is nothing left for our lord except our bodies and our land.
We even brought back to you from the land of Canaan the money we found at the top of our bags. How could we steal gold and silver from your master’s house?
For how can I go back to my father without the boy? I could not bear to see the grief that would overwhelm my father.”
Abraham bowed down to the people of the land
But he responded to them, “Do not delay me, since the Lord has made my journey a success. Send me away so that I may go to my master.”
“When the people of the land come before the Lord at the appointed times,
I will cause people, My people Israel, to walk on you; they will possess you,
by the swords of warriors,
all of them ruthless men from the nations.
They will ravage Egypt’s pride,
and all its hordes will be destroyed.
However, I swore
Then the word of the Lord came to me:
for the enemy will come with an army;
with axes they will come against her
like those who cut trees.
So I will execute judgments against Moab, and they will know that I am Yahweh.”
my companion and good friend!
The Lord has spoken concerning you, remnant of Judah: ‘Don’t go to Egypt.’ Know for certain that I have warned you today!
and a deceitful tongue.”
you have not heard of them before today,
so you could not claim, ‘I already knew them!’
and I will declare Your greatness.
I seek refuge in You; do not let me die.
you make friends with him,
and you associate with adulterers.
They roasted the Passover lambs with fire according to regulation.
So Josiah removed everything that was detestable from all the lands belonging to the Israelites,
I must open my lips and respond.
Darkon’s descendants, Giddel’s descendants,
whoever sets his whole heart on seeking God,
or if in hostility he strikes him with his hand and he dies, the one who struck him must be put to death; he is a murderer. The avenger of blood is to kill the murderer when he finds him.
“‘Don’t you know
In addition, they distributed it to males registered by genealogy three
all the days they live on the land
You gave our ancestors.
and make 40 silver bases under the 20 planks, two bases under the first plank for its two tenons, and two bases under the next plank for its two tenons;
So Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the Lord commanded Moses.
Aaron then returned to Moses at the entrance to the tent of meeting, since the plague had been halted.
Set it below, under the altar’s ledge,
There was an opening in the center of the robe like that of body armor
On the vine were three branches. As soon as it budded, its blossoms came out and its clusters ripened into grapes.
men from 30 years old to 50 years old, everyone who was qualified for work at the tent of meeting.
This mound is a witness and the marker is a witness that I will not pass beyond this mound to you, and you will not pass beyond this mound and this marker to do me harm.
Take twice as much money with you. Return the money that was returned to you in the top of your bags. Perhaps it was a mistake.
As they began emptying their sacks, there in each man’s sack was his bag of money! When they and their father saw their bags of money, they were afraid.
But if he gives a gift from his inheritance to one of his servants, it will belong to that servant until the year of freedom,
During the seven days of the festival, he will provide seven bulls and seven rams without blemish as a burnt offering to the Lord on each of the seven days, along with a male goat each day for a sin offering.
The distance from the gutter on the ground to the lower ledge is 3½ feet,
You boasted against Me
Then they will know that I, Yahweh their God, am with them, and that they, the house of Israel, are My people.”
await you, resident of Moab.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
But we have lived in tents and have obeyed and done as our ancestor Jonadab commanded us.
and if you say, ‘No, instead we’ll go to the land of Egypt
they set it in its place, and there it stands;
it does not budge from its place.
They cry out to it but it doesn’t answer;
it saves no one from his trouble.
I will punish him, his descendants, and his officers for their wrongdoing. I will bring on them, on the residents of Jerusalem, and on the men of Judah all the disaster, which I warned them about but they did not listen.”
Then Jeremiah commanded Baruch, “I am restricted;
let us worship at His footstool.
I was helpless, and He saved me.
so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.
The priests, the prophets, and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the temple of the Lord.
I do not forget Your statutes.
a stubborn and rebellious generation,
a generation whose heart was not loyal
and whose spirit was not faithful to God.
Mount Zion, which He loved.
like the earth that He established forever.
He quickly removed the bandage from his eyes. The king of Israel recognized that he was one of the prophets.
The elders of his city will summon him and speak with him. If he persists and says, ‘I don’t want to marry her,’
Heshbon and its pasturelands, and Jazer and its pasturelands.
son of Shemer,
Laban also said to Jacob, “Look at this mound and the marker I have set up between you and me.
She offered her sexual favors to them; all of them were the elite of Assyria. She defiled herself with all those she lusted after and with all their idols.
and told him, “Your servants have taken a census of the fighting men under our command, and not one of us is missing.
He arranged the bread on it before the Lord, just as the Lord had commanded him.
He sent his father the following: 10 donkeys carrying the best products of Egypt and 10 female donkeys carrying grain, food, and provisions for his father on the journey.
We have obeyed the voice of Jonadab, son of our ancestor Rechab, in all he commanded us. So we haven’t drunk wine our whole life—we, our wives, our sons, and our daughters.
“This will be their inheritance: I am their inheritance.
“My lord the king, these men have been evil in all they have done to Jeremiah the prophet. They have dropped him into the cistern where he will die from hunger, because there is no more bread in the city.”
At the sound of their fall the earth will quake; the sound of her cry will be heard at the Red Sea.
the imaginations of their hearts run wild.
this is the declaration of
the Lord God of Hosts—
from all those around you.
You will be banished, each man headlong,
with no one to gather up the fugitives.
lightning lit up the world.
The earth shook and quaked.
everyone who knows his name.
Say: How the mighty scepter
the glorious staff!
The Lord can no longer bear your evil deeds and the detestable acts you have committed, so your land has become a waste, a desolation, and an object of cursing, without inhabitant, as you see today.
they took all their men and went to fight with Ishmael son of Nethaniah and found him by the great pool in Gibeon.
He led them through the depths as through a desert.
I will hand Zedekiah king of Judah and his officials over to their enemies, to those who want to take their lives, to the king of Babylon’s army that is withdrawing.
his hands were freed from carrying the basket.
my throat is parched.
My eyes fail, looking for my God.
The rest of the people gave 20,000 gold coins, 2,000 silver minas, and 67 priestly garments.
for Hezekiah king of Judah contributed 1,000 bulls and 7,000 sheep for the congregation. Also, the officials contributed 1,000 bulls and 10,000 sheep for the congregation,
at the mountain
The Lord will live there forever!
for human help is worthless.
the assembly is to judge between the slayer and the avenger of blood according to these ordinances.
When God restores the fortunes of His people,
Jacob will rejoice; Israel will be glad.
There you are to sacrifice fellowship offerings, eat, and rejoice in the presence of the Lord your God.
the twelfth to Hashabiah, his sons, and his brothers—12
They said to them, “You must not bring the captives here, for you plan to bring guilt on us from the Lord to add to our sins and our guilt. For we have much guilt, and burning anger is on Israel.”
Shechem (a city of refuge) with its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer and its pasturelands,
and the Lord answered him,
“But when the priest comes and examines it, if the contamination has not spread in the house after it was replastered, he is to pronounce the house clean because the contamination has disappeared.
Gedaliah swore an oath to them and their men, assuring them, “Don’t be afraid of the servants of the Chaldeans. Live in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it will go well for you.”
The daughters of Zelophehad did as the Lord commanded Moses.
They had wings spread out. They faced each other and covered the mercy seat with their wings. The faces of the cherubim were looking toward the mercy seat.
Judah replied, “Let her keep the items for herself; otherwise we will become a laughingstock. After all, I did send this young goat, but you couldn’t find her.”
Won’t their livestock, their possessions, and all their animals become ours? Only let us agree with them, and they will live with us.”
Then you will know that I, Yahweh, have heard all the blasphemies you uttered against the mountains of Israel, saying, ‘They are desolate. They have been given to us to devour!’
His horses will be so numerous that their dust will cover you. When he enters your gates as an army entering a breached city, your walls will shake from the noise of cavalry, wagons, and chariots.
when I bring about your destruction
among the nations,
in countries you do not know.
They too descended with it to Sheol, to those slain by the sword. As its allies
when I set fire to Egypt
and all its allies are shattered.
before your wickedness was exposed? It was like the time you were scorned by the daughters of Aram
because He is the One who formed all things.
Israel is the tribe of His inheritance;
Yahweh of Hosts is His name.
So all the people will know that I, Yahweh, have taken My sword from its sheath—it will not be sheathed again.
Wail and cry out!
Declare by the Arnon
that Moab is destroyed.
“Therefore, this is what the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I am about to turn against you to bring disaster,
his congregation will be established in My presence.
I will punish all his oppressors.
Why should you and your people die
Indeed, I will certainly deliver you so that you do not fall by the sword. Because you have trusted in Me, you will keep your life like the spoils of war.”
The word of the Lord came to me:
and pretentious its looks.
His hand allotted their portion with a measuring line.
They will possess it forever;
they will dwell in it from generation to generation.
I will wake up the dawn.
when You show favor to Your people.
Come to me with Your salvation
I am like the slain lying in the grave,
whom You no longer remember,
and who are cut off from Your care.
both yours and your children’s.
I groan because of the anguish of my heart.
like a dead person—like broken pottery.
a source of mockery and ridicule to those around us.
so that those You love may be rescued.
Giddel’s descendants, Gahar’s descendants,
In this way he made the 10 water carts using the same casting, dimensions, and shape for all of them.
to those registered by genealogy—with all their infants, wives, sons, and daughters—of the whole assembly (for they had faithfully consecrated themselves as holy);
David then asked him, “Will you lead me to these raiders?”
He said, “Swear to me by God that you won’t kill me or turn me over to my master, and I will lead you to them.”
Then he continued, “Why is my lord pursuing his servant? What have I done? What evil is in my hand?
David crossed to the other side and stood on top of the mountain at a distance; there was a considerable space between them.
Zebul replied,
The grain offering with them is to be of fine flour mixed with oil; offer six quarts
And they said, “You have saved our lives. We have found favor in our lord’s eyes and will be Pharaoh’s slaves.”
“Tell them further: Once you have presented the best part of the tenth, and it is credited to you Levites as the produce of the threshing floor or the winepress,
They washed whenever they came to the tent of meeting and approached the altar, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.
Do not be concerned about your belongings, for the best of all the land of Egypt is yours.’”
They answered, “The man kept asking about us and our family: ‘Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?’ And we answered him accordingly. How could we know that he would say, ‘Bring your brother here’?”
These are the city’s measurements:
1½ miles
1½ miles
and 1½ miles
The grain offering will be half a bushel
There was a chamber whose door opened into the portico of the gate.
He measured the gate of the outer court facing north, both its length and width.
Since I will cut off
until I come and take you away to a land like your own land—a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards.
Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah:
You brought Your people Israel out of Egypt with signs and wonders, with a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and with great terror.
under Your heavens.
Suppose you say to me, ‘We trust in the Lord our God.’ Isn’t He the One whose high places and altars Hezekiah has removed, saying to Judah and Jerusalem, ‘You are to worship at this altar’?
So Jeremiah the prophet related all these words to Zedekiah king of Judah in Jerusalem
He satisfies you with the finest wheat.
He struck the firstborn of the Egyptians
His love is eternal.
and tested God in the desert.
on the heavens and the earth?
and all the kings of the earth Your glory,
and faithfulness to the house of Israel;
all the ends of the earth
have seen our God’s victory.
and refused to live by His law.
robed with strength.
and of their followers,
who approve of their words.
the Lord shatters the cedars of Lebanon.
challenging the one who tramples me.
God sends His faithful love and truth.
to bring down the afflicted and needy
and to slaughter those whose way is upright.
my enemy does not shout in triumph over me.
But David said, “My brothers, you must not do this with what the Lord has given us. He protected us and handed over to us the raiders who came against us.
but your servants are equipped for war before the Lord and will go across to the battle as my lord orders.”
He made horns for it on its four corners; the horns were of one piece.
The Gadites and Reubenites answered Moses, “Your servants will do just as my lord commands.
the tent pegs for the tabernacle and the tent pegs for the courtyard, along with their ropes;
The 12 gold bowls full of incense each weighed four ounces
The only land he didn’t acquire was the priests’ portion, for it was given to them by Pharaoh. They lived off
You are also commanded, ‘Do this: Take wagons from the land of Egypt for your young children and your wives and bring your father here.
Children born to you after them will be yours and will be recorded under the names of their brothers with regard to their inheritance.
“I’m looking for my brothers,” Joseph said. “Can you tell me where they are pasturing their flocks?”
and also pile up the fuel
Bring it to a boil
and cook the bones in it.”
“The remaining area on both sides of the holy donation and the city property will belong to the prince.
The entire donation will be 8⅓ miles
Then you will remember your ways
This will be his land as a possession in Israel. My princes will no longer oppress My people
and be comforted
Pharaoh and all his army,
slain by the sword.
This is the declaration of the Lord God.
and their massive herds of cattle will become spoil.
I will scatter them to the wind in every direction,
those who shave their temples;
I will bring calamity on them across all their borders.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
“But you, son of man, groan! Groan bitterly with a broken heart
the kings of Media,
her governors and all her officials,
and all the lands they rule.
They are terrified,
they are retreating,
their warriors are crushed,
they flee headlong,
they never look back,
terror is on every side!
This is the Lord’s declaration.
Baruch said to them, “At his dictation.
Have you forgotten the evils of your fathers, the evils of Judah’s kings, the evils of their wives, your own evils, and the evils of your wives that were committed in the land of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?
“Yet hear the Lord’s word, Zedekiah, king of Judah. This is what the Lord says concerning you: You will not die by the sword;
For he has sent word to us in Babylon, claiming, “The exile will be long. Build houses and settle down. Plant gardens and eat their produce.”’”
yes, I have called him;
I have brought him,
and he will succeed in his mission.
they are not able to rescue the burden,
but they themselves go into captivity.
your going out and your coming in,
and your raging against Me.
crushing me to the ground,
making me live in darkness
like those long dead.
they gnashed their teeth at me.
You make east and west shout for joy.
He carved cherubim, palm trees, and flower blossoms on them and overlaid them with gold applied evenly over the carving.
or for your burnt offerings,
which are continually before Me.
to cut gemstones for mounting, and to carve wood for work in every kind of artistic craft.
He tore down the altars, and he smashed the Asherah poles and the carved images to powder. He chopped down all the incense altars throughout the land of Israel and returned to Jerusalem.
the weight of gold for all the articles for every kind of service; the weight of all the silver articles for every kind of service;
If a man has in his hand a stone capable of causing death and strikes another person and he dies, the murderer must be put to death.
If a man has in his hand a wooden object capable of causing death and strikes another person and he dies, the murderer must be put to death.
but also with those who are standing here with us today in the presence of the Lord our God and with those who are not here today.
I hear that you are shearing.
From the tribe of Gad they received Ramoth in Gilead and its pasturelands, Mahanaim and its pasturelands,
Hukok and its pasturelands, and Rehob and its pasturelands.
So David and his men got up early in the morning to return to the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up to Jezreel.
“This is its interpretation,” Joseph replied. “The three baskets are three days.
Then she handed the delicious food and the bread she had made to her son Jacob.
But if they don’t go across with you in battle formation, they must accept land in Canaan with you.”
with their grain and drink offerings
and two bulls, five rams, five male breeding goats, and five male lambs a year old, for the fellowship sacrifice. This was the offering of Elishama son of Ammihud.
These were the registered men of the Merarite clans; Moses and Aaron registered them at the Lord’s command through Moses.
Once the priests have entered, they must not go out from the holy area to the outer court until they have removed the clothes they minister in, for these are holy.
If you are honest, let one of you
They will no longer be prey for the nations, and the wild animals of the land will not consume them. They will live securely, and no one will frighten them.
Now the hand of the Lord had been on me the evening before the fugitive arrived, and He opened my mouth before the man came to me in the morning. So my mouth was opened and I was no longer mute.
“I will no longer allow the insults of the nations to be heard against you, and you will not have to endure the reproach of the peoples anymore;
Then you will do just as I have done: You will not cover your mustache or eat the bread of mourners.
with the flow of your blood,
even to the mountains;
the ravines will be filled with your gore.
that her hope was lost,
she took another of her cubs
and made him a young lion.
This is what the Lord of Hosts says:
the source
Therefore, hear the plans that the Lord has drawn up against Babylon and the strategies He has devised against the land of the Chaldeans: Certainly the flock’s little lambs will be dragged away; certainly the grazing land will be made desolate because of them.
resident of Aroer!
Ask him who is fleeing or her who is escaping:
What happened?
If they are indeed prophets and if the word of the Lord is with them, let them intercede with the Lord of Hosts not to let the articles that remain in the Lord’s temple, in the palace of the king of Judah, and in Jerusalem go to Babylon.’
This is the Lord’s declaration.
As for you, you will not escape from his hand but are certain to be captured and handed over to him. You will meet the king of Babylon eye to eye and speak face to face;
like a horse in the wilderness,
so that they did not stumble.
the nations scatter when You rise in Your majesty.
the Lord will banish them with the evildoers.
You made summer and winter.
You have made me repulsive to them.
I am shut in and cannot go out.
He will crush leaders over the entire world.
in the darkest places, in the depths.
so that I will not be put to shame.
I am like a man without strength,
for their lives are
I meditate; my spirit becomes weak.
I was an unthinking animal toward You.
with the east wind.
all who swear by Him
for the mouths of liars will be shut.
because God is my stronghold—
my faithful God.
like a woman’s miscarried child,
they will not see the sun.
and have covered us with deepest darkness.
and even by my neighbors.
I am dreaded by my acquaintances;
those who see me in the street run from me.
They stood at their prescribed posts,
they have been thrown down and cannot rise.
because they were not able to observe it at the appropriate time. Not enough of the priests had consecrated themselves
Present a burnt offering to the Lord, a pleasing aroma: one young bull, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old. All your animals are to be unblemished.
‘Bring me the game and make a delicious meal for me to eat so that I can bless you in the Lord’s presence before I die.’
So the Adullamite returned to Judah, saying, “I couldn’t find her, and furthermore, the men of the place said, ‘There has been no cult prostitute here.’”
“What is this you have done?” Joseph said to them. “Didn’t you know that a man like me could uncover the truth by divination?”
In this area there will be a square section
Since you have pushed with flank and shoulder and butted all the weak ones with your horns until you scattered them all over,
The prince himself will sit in the gateway to eat a meal before the Lord.
therefore, prophesy and say: This is what the Lord God says: Because they have made you desolate and have trampled you from every side, so that you became a possession for the rest of the nations and an object of people’s gossip and slander,
But Samaria did not commit even half your sins. You have multiplied your detestable practices beyond theirs and made your sisters appear righteous by all the detestable things you have committed.
Cherubim and palm trees were carved from the ground to the top of the entrance and on the wall of the great hall.
with you I will smash the chariot and its rider.
and the craftsmen are humans.
They all will assemble and stand;
they all will be startled and put to shame.
because of their evil ways that provoked Me to anger,
King Zedekiah swore to Jeremiah in private,
Moab’s horn is chopped off;
This is the Lord’s declaration.
“This is what the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Go, say to the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem: Will you not accept discipline
But Gedaliah son of Ahikam responded to Johanan son of Kareah, “Don’t do that! What you’re saying about Ishmael is a lie.”
“They will not hand you over,” Jeremiah replied. “Obey the voice of the Lord in what I am telling you, so it may go well for you and you can live.
and their bodies are well fed.
The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah after Hananiah the prophet had broken the yoke bar from the neck of Jeremiah the prophet:
and there is no health in my body.
they gathered against me.
Assailants I did not know
tore at me and did not stop.
Let Israel say,
“His faithful love endures forever.”
and makes their families multiply like flocks.
be disgraced and humiliated;
let those who plan to harm me
be turned back and ashamed.
and guided them like a flock in the wilderness.
Will Your anger keep burning like fire?
Their grain offering is to be of fine flour mixed with oil, six quarts
“Whose daughter are you?” he asked. “Please tell me, is there room in your father’s house for us to spend the night?”
This is how you will be tested: As surely as Pharaoh lives, you will not leave this place unless your youngest brother comes here.
Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Now that your father and brothers have come to you,
“As for the rest of the tribes:
Foreigners, ruthless men from the nations,
“This is what the Lord God says: Because people are saying to you, ‘You devour men and deprive your nation of children,’
therefore, as I live”—the declaration of the Lord God—“I will treat you according to the anger and jealousy you showed in your hatred of them. I will make Myself known among them
when I will punish Babylon’s carved images.
Her entire land will suffer shame,
and all her slain will lie fallen within her.
They will repay you for your indecency,
In Moab, I will stop”—this is the Lord’s declaration—“the one who offers sacrifices on the high place and burns incense to his gods.
His righteousness endures forever.
I will hand them over to those who want to take their lives
This is the Lord’s declaration.
So now please listen, my lord the king. May my petition come before you.
The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah:
And Hezekiah had asked, “What is the sign that I will go up to the Lord’s temple?”
and of Aaron, the Lord’s holy one.
and I wither away like grass.
we found it in the fields of Jaar.
darkness is my only friend.
Your hand is powerful;
Your right hand is lifted high.
You have overwhelmed me with all Your waves.
rebelling in the desert against the Most High.
Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre.
Look, He thunders with His powerful voice!
Likewise, if anyone in hatred pushes a person or throws an object at him with malicious intent and he dies,
the procession of my God,
my King, in the sanctuary.
And all the people will say, ‘Amen!’
As for the rest of his deeds
The cities you select will be your six cities of refuge.
From the tribe of Asher they received Mashal and its pasturelands, Abdon and its pasturelands,
Have him stand before Eleazar the priest and the whole community, and commission
Yet we will not have an inheritance with them across the Jordan and beyond, because our inheritance will be across the Jordan to the east.”
The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven ripe heads are seven years. The dreams mean the same thing.
All the livestock for the fellowship sacrifice
and two bulls, five rams, five male breeding goats, and five male lambs a year old, for the fellowship sacrifice. This was the offering of Eliasaph son of Deuel.
He and I had dreams on the same night; each dream had its own meaning.
“You must offer an unblemished year-old male lamb as a daily burnt offering to the Lord; you will offer it every morning.
Tell my father about all my glory in Egypt and about all you have seen. And bring my father here quickly.”
“The burnt offering that the prince presents to the Lord
“As the property of the city, you must set aside an area 1⅔ of a mile
And the prince will have the area on each side of the holy donation of land and the city’s property, adjacent to the holy donation and the city’s property, stretching to the west on the west side and to the east on the east side.
reaching to the top of the entrance, and as far as the inner temple and on the outside. On every wall all around, on the inside and outside, was a pattern
She will become a place in the sea to spread nets, for I have spoken.” This is the declaration of the Lord God. “She will become plunder for the nations,
who, despite their strength, have been placed
among those slain by the sword.
They lie down with the uncircumcised,
with those who descend to the Pit.
On all the rooftops of Moab and in her public squares, everyone is mourning because I have shattered Moab like a jar no one wants.”
but a horsefly from the north is coming against her.
let them go down to the slaughter.
Woe to them, because their day has come,
the time of their punishment.
Wasn’t Israel a laughingstock to you?
Because you burned incense and sinned against the Lord and didn’t obey the Lord’s voice
then hear the word of the Lord, remnant of Judah! This is what the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: If you are firmly resolved to go to Egypt
Jeremiah was going about his daily tasks
turning up rocks,
so our
at the mouth of Sheol.
from the clutches of the wicked.
Keep me safe from violent men
who plan to make me stumble.
because I obey Your precepts.
the upright will live in Your presence.
but Your commands are my delight.
“Everyone is a liar.”
He rebuked kings on their behalf:
it provides no escape by its great power.
I was despondent.
They dug a pit ahead of me,
but they fell into it!
the Lord will record,
“This one was born there.”
all their thoughts against me are evil.
You exalt me above my adversaries;
You rescue me from violent men.
and all their tribal leaders like Zebah and Zalmunna,
Then Saul swore to her by the Lord: “As surely as the Lord lives, nothing bad will happen to you because of this.”
The Israelites who were present in Judah also observed the Passover at that time and the Festival of Unleavened Bread for seven days.
“The Lord your God is with you, isn’t He? And hasn’t He given you rest on every side?
The army left the captives and the plunder in the presence of the officers and the congregation.
No inheritance is to transfer from one tribe to another, because each of the Israelite tribes is to retain its inheritance.”
If the person is 60 years or more, your assessment is 15 shekels for a male and 10 shekels for a female.
The rest
He was unparalleled for all the signs and wonders the Lord sent him to do against the land of Egypt—to Pharaoh, to all his officials, and to all his land,
Make the hangings of the courtyard on the east side toward the sunrise 75 feet.
So they brought their livestock to Joseph, and he gave them food in exchange for the horses, the herds of sheep, the herds of cattle, and the donkeys. That year he provided them with food in exchange for all their livestock.
Build cities for your dependents and folds for your flocks, but do what you have promised.”
Then Israel said to Joseph, “At last I can die, now that I have seen your face and know you are still alive!”
Pharaoh had been angry with his servants, and he put me and the chief baker in the custody of the captain of the guard.
The men are shepherds; they also raise livestock. They have brought their sheep and cattle and all that they have.
If he said, ‘The spotted sheep will be your wages,’ then all the sheep were born spotted. If he said, ‘The streaked sheep will be your wages,’ then all the sheep were born streaked.
They answered, “Your servant our father is well. He is still alive.” And they bowed down to honor him.
and to his labor until evening.
and the valleys covered with grain.
They shout in triumph; indeed, they sing.
The inner court had a gate facing the north gate, like the one on the east. He measured the distance from gate to gate; it was 175 feet.
The quota of oil in liquid measures
“‘But you would not obey Me’—this is the Lord’s declaration—‘in order that you might provoke Me to anger by the work of your hands and bring disaster on yourselves.’
and teach me Your statutes.
He sets himself on a path that is not good
and does not reject evil.
the Jordan turned back.
and turn your back on My words.
slandering your mother’s son.
and their offspring will be established before You.”
with the angel of the Lord driving them away.
be disgraced and confounded.
Let those who wish me harm
be driven back and humiliated.
Also purify everything: garments, leather goods, things made of goat hair, and every article of wood.”
You confer majesty and splendor on him.
for He has wonderfully shown His faithful love to me
in a city under siege.
Then they slaughtered the Passover lambs, and while the Levites were skinning the animals,
and accept your burnt offering.
The Gershomites were assigned 13 towns from the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and Manasseh in Bashan according to their families.
The next day when the people went into the countryside, this was reported to Abimelech.
The bases for the posts were bronze; the hooks and bands
a bell and a pomegranate alternating all around the lower hem of the robe
But Moses called out to them, so Aaron and all the leaders of the community returned to him, and Moses spoke to them.
Moses set up the tabernacle: he laid its bases, positioned its planks, inserted its crossbars, and set up its posts.
After them, seven other cows—ugly, very sickly, and thin—came up. I’ve never seen such ugly ones as these in all the land of Egypt.
the altar of incense with its poles; the anointing oil and the fragrant incense; the entryway screen for the entrance to the tabernacle;
The ledge is 24½ feet
This is the land you are to allot as an inheritance to Israel’s tribes,
He will also provide a grain offering of half a bushel
this is the Lord’s declaration—
though it is dense,
for they are more numerous than locusts;
they cannot be counted.
Outside, as one approaches the entrance of the north gate, there were two tables on one side and two more tables on the other side of the gate’s portico.
Don’t let Hezekiah persuade you to trust in the Lord, saying, ‘The Lord will certainly deliver us! This city will not be handed over to the king of Assyria.’”
When all the people with Ishmael saw Johanan son of Kareah and all the commanders of the army with him, they rejoiced,
but I do not forget Your precepts.
and praise Him in the council of the elders.
He touches the mountains,
and they pour out smoke.
as is Your practice toward those who love Your name.
whether green or burning—
He will sweep them away.
The king went up to the Lord’s temple with all the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, as well as the priests and the Levites—all the people from great to small. He read in their hearing all the words of the book of the covenant that had been found in the Lord’s temple.
Mount Bashan is a mountain of many peaks.
they advanced together.
He made cities for himself, and he acquired herds of sheep and cattle in abundance, for God gave him abundant possessions.
their mouths speak arrogantly.
So all the service of the Lord was established that day for observing the Passover and for offering burnt offerings on the altar of the Lord, according to the command of King Josiah.
“This is what King Sennacherib of Assyria says: ‘What are you relying on that you remain in Jerusalem under siege?
On the seventh day wash your clothes, and you will be clean. After that you may enter the camp.”
and to the descendants of Aaron, the priests, in the common fields of their cities,
They assigned by lot the towns named above
Then the priest must take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger and apply it to the horns of the altar of burnt offering. He must pour out the rest of its blood at the base of the altar.
His offering was one silver dish weighing 3¼ pounds
He overlaid it with pure gold inside and out and made a gold molding all around it.
and two bulls, five rams, five male breeding goats, and five male lambs a year old, for the fellowship sacrifice. This was the offering of Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai.
and burned fragrant incense on it, just as the Lord had commanded him.
The captain of the guard assigned Joseph to them, and he became their personal attendant. And they were in custody for some time.
They will eat the grain offering, the sin offering,
Before they go out to the outer court,
I saw that the temple had a raised platform surrounding it; this foundation for the side rooms was 10½ feet high.
The Lord said to me: “Son of man, pay attention;
The king of Babylon put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah went into exile from its land.
The side rooms surrounding the temple widened at each successive story, for the structure surrounding the temple went up by stages. This was the reason for the temple’s broadness as it rose. And so, one would go up from the lowest story to the highest by means of the middle one.
“But your people say, ‘The Lord’s way isn’t fair,’
So I answered them: “The word of the Lord came to me:
she is covered with its turbulent waves.
and they pulled him up with the ropes and lifted him out of the cistern, but he continued to stay in the guard’s courtyard.
Therefore, this is what the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “I am about to punish the king of Babylon
and the warrior cannot escape!
In the north by the bank of the Euphrates River,
they stumble and fall.
But if you do not surrender to the officials of the king of Babylon, then this city will be handed over to the Chaldeans. They will burn it down, and you yourself will not escape from them.’”
The officials of Judah and Jerusalem, the court officials, the priests, and all the people of the land who passed between the pieces of the calf
Then Hezekiah prayed
and the offspring of your body like its grains;
their name would not be cut off
or eliminated from My presence.
they would outnumber the grains of sand;
when I wake up,
and sang His praise.
They removed the burnt offerings so that they might be given to the divisions of the ancestral houses of the lay people
Serve in the holy place by the divisions of the ancestral houses for your brothers, the lay people,
“On the second day present 12 young bulls, two rams, and 14 male lambs a year old—all unblemished—
the table with all its utensils, the lampstand with its utensils, the altar of incense,
Just as I considered your life valuable today, so may the Lord consider my life valuable
Moses and Eleazar the priest received from them all the articles made out of gold.
So there were eight planks with their 16 silver bases, two bases under each one.
Each silver dish weighed 3¼ pounds,
in addition to the posts of the surrounding courtyard with their bases, tent pegs, and ropes.
and two bulls, five rams, five male breeding goats, and five male lambs a year old, for the fellowship sacrifice. This was the offering of Ahira son of Enan.
He also made 50 gold clasps and joined the curtains to each other, so that the tabernacle became a single unit.
The length of each curtain was 42 feet,
Then they tore their clothes,
along with all Joseph’s household, his brothers, and his father’s household. Only their children, their sheep, and their cattle were left in the land of Goshen.
Then I will knock your bow from your left hand and make your arrows drop from your right hand.
This is what the Lord God says:
with an assembly of many peoples,
and they
“Why did you cause me so much trouble?” Israel asked. “Why did you tell the man that you had another brother?”
Whenever they placed their threshold next to My threshold and their doorposts beside My doorposts, with only a wall between Me and them, they were defiling My holy name by the detestable acts they committed.
He will trample all your streets with the hooves of his horses.
They took the pots, shovels, wick trimmers, sprinkling basins, dishes, and all the bronze articles used in the temple service.
The assembly will stone them and cut them down with their swords.
go and do not stand still!
Remember the Lord from far away,
and let Jerusalem come to your mind.
but you did not even know it.
You were found and captured
because you fought against the Lord.
They stir up wars all day long.
for our captors there asked us for songs,
and our tormentors, for rejoicing:
“Sing us one of the songs of Zion.”
and I will destroy the king and officials from there.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
They have not become humble to this day, and they have not feared or followed My instruction or My statutes that I set before you and your ancestors.
then the sword
“That’s a lie,” Jeremiah replied. “I am not deserting to the Chaldeans!” Irijah would not listen to him but apprehended Jeremiah and took him to the officials.
from the east and the west,
from the north and the south.
save them from the power of the wicked.”
whose origin was in ancient times,
whose feet have taken her
to settle far away?
the shoot
The storm clouds thundered;
Your arrows flashed back and forth.
and save the lives of the poor.
and does not allow our feet to slip.
according to the evil of their deeds.
Repay them according to the work of their hands;
give them back what they deserve.
He burned the bones of the priests on their altars.
Increase the inheritance for a large tribe and decrease it for a small one. Each is to be given its inheritance according to those who were registered in it.
They are to be paired at the bottom, and joined together
He is to lay his hand on the head of the sin offering and slaughter it as a sin offering at the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered.
Then the common people
“If the Arameans are too strong for me,” Joab said, “then you’ll be my help. However, if the Ammonites are too strong for you, I’ll help you.
They were paired at the bottom and joined together
From this holy portion,
Now let them remove their prostitution and the corpses
Look! Your eyes and my brother Benjamin’s eyes can see that it is I , Joseph, who am
Cook the meat well
and mix in the spices!
Let the bones be burned!
Then the man measured the temple; it was 175 feet
in the heavens over you,
and will bring darkness on your land.
This is the declaration of the Lord God.
You have relied on your swords, you have committed detestable acts, and each of you has defiled his neighbor’s wife. Should you then receive possession of the land?
than all the trees of the field.
Its branches multiplied,
and its boughs grew long
as it spread them out
because of the plentiful water.
even as the slain of all the earth fell
because of Babylon.
So My fierce wrath poured out and burned in Judah’s cities and Jerusalem’s streets
He will come and strike down the land of Egypt
This is what the Lord says: Don’t deceive yourselves by saying, ‘The Chaldeans will leave us for good,’ for they will not leave.
Zion, your God reigns for all generations.
Hallelujah!
The Chaldeans will then return and fight against this city. They will capture it and burn it down.
for I put my hope in Your word.
who reject Your instruction.
He saved them from their distress.
and gave a fire to light up the night.
and my sword does not bring me victory.
they cry to the Lord, but He does not answer them.
They spoke against the God of Jerusalem like they had spoken against the gods of the peoples of the earth, which were made by human hands.
You are to offer the same food each day for seven days as a fire offering,
They
This was the inheritance of the Danite tribe by its clans, these cities with their villages.
including their 20 posts and 20 bronze bases. The hooks and bands
All the livestock for the burnt offering
and two bulls, five rams, five male breeding goats, and five male lambs a year old, for the fellowship sacrifice. This was the offering of Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai.
with their 40 silver bases, two bases under the first plank and two bases under each of the following ones;
from 30 years old to 50 years old, everyone who was qualified to do the work of serving at the tent of meeting and transporting it.
one living in security.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
They have no doors, not even a gate bar;
they live alone.
So Pharaoh said, “Go and bury your father in keeping with your oath.”
Therefore, this is what the Lord, the God of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I will certainly bring to Judah and to all the residents of Jerusalem all the disaster I have pronounced against them because I have spoken to them, but they have not obeyed, and I have called to them, but they would not answer.”
So they approached Joseph’s steward
How then can you drive back a single officer among the weakest of my master’s officers and trust in Egypt for chariots and horsemen?
they are for war.