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29004

Take insult and contempt away from me,
for I have kept Your decrees.

29005

Yet He saved them because of His name,
to make His power known.

29006

I will enter Your house with burnt offerings;
I will pay You my vows

29007

Then the king stood at his post and made a covenant in the Lord’s presence to follow the Lord and to keep His commands, His decrees, and His statutes with all his heart and with all his soul in order to carry out the words of the covenant written in this book.

29008

You love evil instead of good,
lying instead of speaking truthfully.Selah

29009

the voice of the Lord in power,
the voice of the Lord in splendor.

29010

In God, whose word I praise,
in the Lord, whose word I praise,

29011

The archers shot King Josiah, and he said to his servants, “Take me away, for I am severely wounded!”

29012

The screen for the gate of the courtyard was embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen. It was 30 feet long, and like the hangings of the courtyard, 7½ feet high.

29013

The Gershomites received:

Golan in Bashan and its pasturelands, and Ashtaroth and its pasturelands from the families of half the tribe of Manasseh.

29014

Hilen and its pasturelands, Debir and its pasturelands,

29015

Anoint the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils; consecrate the altar so that it will be especially holy.

29016

son of Mahli,
son of Mushi, son of Merari,
son of Levi.

29017

They began to worship other gods, bowing down to gods they had not known—gods that the Lord had not permitted them to worship.

29018

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.”

29019

and put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard in the prison where Joseph was confined.

29020

After them, seven heads of grain—withered, thin, and scorched by the east wind—sprouted up.

29021

The officers who were over the thousands of the army, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, approached Moses

29022

His sons and grandsons, his daughters and granddaughters, indeed all his offspring, he brought with him to Egypt.

29023

“Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord.

29024

“When the sticks you have written on are in your hand and in full view of the people,

29025

Since he heard the sound of the trumpet but ignored the warning, his blood is on his own hands. If he had taken warning, he would have saved his life.

29026

I will put an end to the noise of your songs, and the sound of your lyres will no longer be heard.

29027

I will strengthen the arms of Babylon’s king and place My sword in his hand. But I will break the arms of Pharaoh, and he will groan before him as a mortally wounded man.

29028

They will fall among those slain by the sword.
A sword is appointed!
They drag her and all her hordes away.

29029

“Therefore this is what the Lord God says: I am going to bring a sword against you and wipe out man and animal from you.

29030

They will bring you down to the Pit,
and you will die a violent death
in the heart of the sea.

29031

I will disperse you among the nations and scatter you among the countries; I will purge your uncleanness.

29032

and had a bronze capital on top of it. One capital, encircled by bronze latticework and pomegranates, stood 7½ feet high. The second pillar was the same, with pomegranates.

29033

We have experienced panic and pitfall,
devastation and destruction.

29034

“This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: I made a covenant with your ancestors when I brought them out of the land of Egypt, out of the place of slavery, saying:

29035

For on the Ascent to Luhith
they will be weeping continually,
and on the descent to Horonaim
will be heard cries of distress over the destruction:

29036

The prophets who preceded you and me from ancient times prophesied war, disaster, and plague against many lands and great kingdoms.

29037

Give thanks to the God of gods.
        His love is eternal.

29038

You have said, “The Lord has raised up prophets for us in Babylon!”

29039

You will look for those who contend with you,
but you will not find them.
Those who war against you
will become absolutely nothing.

29040

Sing to the Lord with the lyre,
with the lyre and melodious song.

29041

You have added to the nation, Lord.
You have added to the nation; You are honored.
You have expanded all the borders of the land.

29042

May the Lord bless you from Zion,
so that you will see the prosperity of Jerusalem
all the days of your life

29043

Pour out Your wrath on the nations
that don’t acknowledge You,
on the kingdoms that don’t call on Your name,

29044

Your arrows pierce the hearts of the king’s enemies;
the peoples fall under you.

29045

Do not hold past sins against us;
let Your compassion come to us quickly,
for we have become weak.

29046

He built altars to the whole heavenly host in both courtyards of the Lord’s temple.

29047

Let Your work be seen by Your servants,
and Your splendor by their children.

29049

in gold, silver, bronze, and iron—beyond number. Now begin the work, and may the Lord be with you.”

29050

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,

29051

Consider my enemies; they are numerous,
and they hate me violently.

29052

son of Jahath,
son of Gershom, son of Levi.

29053

God—He gives me vengeance
and casts down peoples under me.

29054

David and the troops with him wept loudly until they had no strength left to weep.

29055

The time that David stayed in the Philistine territory amounted to a year and four months.

29056

They said, “There must be heirs for the survivors of Benjamin, so that a tribe of Israel will not be wiped out.

29057

If many years are still left, he must pay his redemption price in proportion to them based on his purchase price.

29058

So Gaal went out leading the lords of Shechem and fought against Abimelech,

29059

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.

29060

Pedahel son of Ammihud, a leader from the tribe of Naphtali.”

29061

Our little children, wives, livestock, and all our animals will remain here in the cities of Gilead,

29062

Offer two quarts with each of the seven lambs

29063

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.

29064

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.

29065

along with their 40 silver bases, two bases under the first plank and two bases under each plank;

29066

Then bring in the table and lay out its arrangement; also bring in the lampstand and set up its lamps.

29067

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.

29068

Overlay it with pure gold and make a gold molding all around it.

29069

So he asked Pharaoh’s officers who were in custody with him in his master’s house, “Why do you look so sad today?”

29070

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. So now, please let your servants settle in the land of Goshen.”

29071

When Pharaoh addresses you and asks, ‘What is your occupation?’

29072

But Jacob did not send Joseph’s brother Benjamin with his brothers, for he thought, “Something might happen to him.”

29073

“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—

29074

When Israel grasped you by the hand,
you splintered, tearing all their shoulders;
when they leaned on you,
you shattered and made all their hips unsteady.

29075

You must do the same thing on the seventh day of the month for everyone who sins unintentionally or through ignorance. In this way you will make atonement for the temple.

29076

Then he brought me into the outer court, and there were chambers and a paved surface laid out all around the court. Thirty chambers faced the pavement,

29077

I will cause many nations to be appalled at you,
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 for his life.

29078

Now the coastlands tremble
on the day of your downfall;
the islands in the sea
are alarmed by your demise.”

29079

With you I will smash the shepherd and his flock;
with you I will smash the farmer and his ox-team.
With you I will smash governors and officials.

29080

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.’

29081

In the last days,
I will restore the fortunes of Elam.
This is the Lord’s declaration.

29082

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

29083

remembered His covenant with them,
and relented according to the riches
of His faithful love.

29084

Now the word of the Lord had come to Jeremiah when he was confined in the guard’s courtyard:

29085

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

29086

‘All the women who remain in the palace of Judah’s king will be brought out to the officials of the king of Babylon and will say:

Your trusted friends misled you
and overcame you.
Your feet sank into the mire,
and they deserted you.

29087

No one takes up the case for your sores.
There is no healing for you.

29089

May desert tribes kneel before him
and his enemies lick the dust.

29091

People ate the bread of angels.
He sent them an abundant supply of food.

29092

For the Lord listens to the needy
and does not despise
His own who are prisoners.

29093

before Ephraim,
Benjamin, and Manasseh.
Rally Your power and come to save us.

29094

May he live long!
May gold from Sheba be given to him.
May prayer be offered for him continually,
and may he be blessed all day long.

29095

Let their eyes grow too dim to see,
and let their loins continually shake.

29096

Rebuke the beast in the reeds,
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.

29098

They slaughtered the Passover lamb on the fourteenth day of the second month. The priests and Levites were ashamed, and they consecrated themselves and brought burnt offerings to the Lord’s temple.

29101

May he sit enthroned before God forever;
appoint faithful love and truth to guard him.

29102

and he stood and blessed the whole congregation of Israel with a loud voice:

29103

Look how they repay us by coming to drive us out of Your possession that You gave us as an inheritance.

29104

for the Levites, Hashabiah son of Kemuel; for Aaron, Zadok;

29105

and the pots, shovels, and sprinkling basins. All the utensils that Hiram made for King Solomon at the Lord’s temple were made of burnished bronze.

29106

She served it to Saul and his servants, and they ate. Afterward, they got up and left that night.

29107

He refused, saying, “I won’t eat,” but when his servants and the woman urged him, he listened to them. He got up off the ground and sat on the bed.

29108

ram skins dyed red and manatee skins; acacia wood;

29109

to those in Racal, in the towns of the Jerahmeelites, and in the towns of the Kenites;

29110

Have his sons come forward and clothe them in tunics.

29111

Ekron, with its towns and villages;

29112

for the second side of the tabernacle, the north side, he made 20 planks,

29113

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.”

29114

He gave the redemption money to Aaron and his sons in obedience to the Lord, just as the Lord commanded Moses.

29115

and onyx with gemstones to mount on the ephod and breastpiece.

29116

So 10 of Joseph’s brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.

29117

It sprouted and became a spreading vine,
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.

29118

Then he came to the gate that faced east and climbed its steps. He measured the threshold of the gate; it was 10 feet deep—the first threshold was 10 feet deep.

29119

So Jacob’s sons did for him what he had commanded them.

29120

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 the most holy offerings. There they will deposit the most holy offerings—the grain offerings, sin offerings, and restitution offerings—for the place is holy.

29121

Each recess was about 10 feet long and 10 feet deep, and there was a space of 8¾ feet between the recesses. The inner threshold of the gate on the temple side next to the gate’s portico was about 10 feet.

29122

It is for the consecrated priests, the sons of Zadok, who kept My charge and did not go astray as the Levites did when the Israelites went astray.

29123

Therefore, this is what the Lord God says:

Woe to the city of bloodshed,
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.

29124

Bread grain is crushed,
but is not threshed endlessly.
Though the wheel of the farmer’s cart rumbles,
his horses do not crush it.

29125

When I lead you into the land of Israel, the land I swore to give your fathers, you will know that I am Yahweh.

29126

The commander of the guards took away the bowls, firepans, sprinkling basins, pots, lampstands, pans, and drink offering bowls—whatever was gold or silver.

29127

They dropped me alive into a pit
and threw stones at me.

29128

“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—the whole land!

29129

Messenger races to meet messenger,
and herald to meet herald,
to announce to the king of Babylon
that his city has been captured
from end to end.

29130

Do not hide Your face from me in my day of trouble.
Listen closely to me;
answer me quickly when I call.

29131

Afterward, however, they changed their minds and took back their male and female slaves they had freed and forced them to become slaves again.

29132

They spoke against God, saying,
“Is God able to provide food in the wilderness?

29133

all the kings of Arabia,
and all the kings of the mixed peoples who have settled in the desert;

29134

You remove all the wicked on earth
as if they were dross;
therefore, I love Your decrees.

29137

Lord God, my strong Savior,
You shield my head on the day of battle.

29138

God, how long will the enemy mock?
Will the foe insult Your name forever?

29139

the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites,
Moab and the Hagrites,

29141

Glorious things are said about you,
city of God.Selah

29142

Their graves are their eternal homes,
their homes from generation to generation,
though they have named estates after themselves.

29143

God—He gives me vengeance
and subdues peoples under me.

29144

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

29145

to cut gemstones for mounting, and to carve wood for work in every craft.

29146

Immer’s descendants1,052

29147

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 for Josiah.

29148

But he did not humble himself before the Lord like his father Manasseh humbled himself; instead, Amon increased his guilt.

29149

He did what was evil in the Lord’s sight just as his father Manasseh had done. Amon sacrificed to all the carved images that his father Manasseh had made, and he served them.

29150

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”?

29151

Then David ordered all the leaders of Israel to help his son Solomon:

29152

Bezer, Hod, Shamma, Shilshah, Ithran, and Beera.

29153

Obed fathered Jehu, and Jehu fathered Azariah.

29154

Anoint the basin and its stand and consecrate it.

29155

to those in Aroer, in Siphmoth, and in Eshtemoa;

29156

the covering of ram skins dyed red and the covering of manatee skins; the veil for the screen;

29157

Each of these cities had its own surrounding pasturelands; this was true for all the cities.

29158

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

29159

This was the dedication gift from the leaders of Israel for the altar when it was anointed: 12 silver dishes, 12 silver basins, and 12 gold bowls.

29160

Then they brought the tabernacle to Moses: the tent with all its furnishings, its clasps, its planks, its crossbars, and its posts and bases;

29161

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.

29162

the table with its poles, all its utensils, and the bread of the Presence;

29163

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.’

29164

Then Joseph said to them, “I have spoken: ‘You are spies!’

29165

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.”

29166

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.’”

29167

“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.

29168

At the festival that begins on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, he will provide the same things for seven days—the same sin offerings, burnt offerings, grain offerings, and oil.

29169

You must present them before the Lord; the priests will throw salt on them and sacrifice them as a burnt offering to the Lord.

29170

Inside the portico of the gate there were two tables on each side, on which to slaughter the burnt offering, sin offering, and restitution offering.

29171

I will abandon you on the land
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.

29172

You are to say: This is what the Lord God says:

Will it flourish?
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.

29173

“Therefore this is what the Lord God says: Since it became great in height and set its top among the clouds, and it grew proud on account of its height,

29174

He will slaughter your villages on the mainland with the sword. He will set up siege works against you, and will build a ramp and raise a wall of shields against you.

29175

Yes, I will gather you together and blow on you with the fire of My fury, and you will be melted within the city.

29176

“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.

29177

“There is a voice of fugitives and those who escape
from the land of Babylon
announcing in Zion the vengeance of the Lord our God,
the vengeance for His temple.

29178

Those who escape the sword will return from the land of Egypt to the land of Judah only few in number, and the whole remnant of Judah, the ones going to the land of Egypt to live there for a while, will know whose word stands, Mine or theirs!

29179

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 to return to live, for they will not return except for a few fugitives.”

29180

A voice cries out from Horonaim,
“devastation and great disaster!”

29181

they all returned from all the places where they had been banished and came to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah at Mizpah, and harvested a great amount of wine and summer fruit.

29183

Indeed, if you were to strike down the entire Chaldean army that is fighting with you, and there remained among them only the badly wounded men, each in his tent, they would get up and burn this city down.”

29184

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.

29185

Lord, part Your heavens and come down.
Touch the mountains, and they will smoke.

29186

May Your priests be clothed with righteousness,
and may Your godly people shout for joy.

29187

Your holy people had a possession
for a little while,
but our enemies have trampled down
Your sanctuary.

29188

When the wicked come to power,
people hide,
but when they are destroyed,
the righteous flourish.


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29189

For they have conspired with one mind;
they form an alliance against You

29190

But I will not withdraw
My faithful love from him
or betray My faithfulness.

29191

Save us, Yahweh our God,
and gather us from the nations,
so that we may give thanks to Your holy name
and rejoice in Your praise.

29192

Lord—how long?
Turn and have compassion on Your servants.

29193

North and south—You created them.
Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at Your name.

29194

And You—You are to be feared.
When You are angry,
who can stand before You?

29195

Draw the spear and javelin against my pursuers,
and assure me: “I am your deliverance.”

29196

Gilead is Mine, Manasseh is Mine,
and Ephraim is My helmet;
Judah is My scepter.

29197

So on that day, Saul died together with his three sons, his armor-bearer, and all his men.

29198

My faithful God will come to meet me;
God will let me look down on my adversaries.

29199

When his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell on his own sword and died with him.

29200

He will live a good life,
and his descendants will inherit the land.

29201

Select three cities across the Jordan and three cities in the land of Canaan to be cities of refuge.

29202

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 territory in the north.

29203

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.

29204

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.

29205

oil for the light; spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense;

29206

with six quarts of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering for each bull, four quarts of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering for the ram,

29207

They made pomegranates of finely spun blue, purple, and scarlet yarn on the lower hem of the robe.

29208

She quickly emptied her jug into the trough and hurried to the well again to draw water. She drew water for all his camels

29209

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.

29210

There were 7,500 pounds of silver used to cast the bases of the sanctuary and the bases of the veil—100 bases from 7,500 pounds, 75 pounds for each base.

29211

A priest may not come near a dead person so that he becomes defiled. However, he may defile himself for a father, a mother, a son, a daughter, a brother, or an unmarried sister.

29212

Your realm was in the heart of the sea;
your builders perfected your beauty.

29213

Your servant my father said to us, ‘You know that my wife bore me two sons.

29214

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.”

29215

For their possessions were too many for them to live together, and because of their herds, the land where they stayed could not support them.

29216

“This is a lament that will be chanted; the women of the nations will chant it. They will chant it over Egypt and all its hordes.” This is the declaration of the Lord God.

29217

Don’t listen to Hezekiah, for this is what the king of Assyria says: “Make peace with me and surrender to me. Then every one of you may eat from his own vine and his own fig tree and drink water from his own cistern

29218

“You are to divide this land among yourselves according to the tribes of Israel.

29219

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.

29220

So Ebed-melech took the men under his authority and went to the king’s palace to a place below the storehouse. From there he took old rags and worn-out clothes and lowered them by ropes to Jeremiah in the cistern.

29221

They will roar together like young lions;
they will growl like lion cubs.

29223

They will take their tents and their flocks
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!

29224

He spreads snow like wool;
He scatters frost like ashes;

29225

Sustain me as You promised, and I will live;
do not let me be ashamed of my hope.

29226

Jeremiah started to leave Jerusalem to go to the land of Benjamin to claim his portion there among the people.

29227

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.

29229

They said in their hearts,
“Let us oppress them relentlessly.”
They burned down every place throughout the land
where God met with us.

29230

So the Lord heard Hezekiah and healed the people.

29231

Lift up your heads, you gates!
Rise up, ancient doors!
Then the King of glory will come in.

29232

Also, the power of God was at work in Judah to unite them to carry out the command of the king and his officials by the word of the Lord.

29233

The tenth, for the tenth month, was Maharai the Netophathite, a Zerahite; 24,000 were in his division.

29234

Slaughter the Passover lambs, consecrate yourselves, and make preparations for your brothers to carry out the word of the Lord through Moses.”

29235

As she rode the donkey down a mountain pass hidden from view, she saw David and his men coming toward her and met them.

29236

If he has no daughter, give his inheritance to his brothers.

29237

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,

29238

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.

29239

Shallum fathered Jekamiah, and Jekamiah fathered Elishama.

29240

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.”

29241

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.

29242

Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar were born to Aaron,

29243

So they sent this message to Joseph, “Before he died your father gave a command:

29244

They made the breastpiece square and folded double, nine inches long and nine inches wide.

29245

The total number of the firstborn males one month old or more listed by name was 22,273.

29246

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.”’

29247

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.’”

29248

They took their sheep, cattle, donkeys, and whatever was in the city and in the field.

29249

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.

29250

there will be three gates facing north, the gates of the city being named for the tribes of Israel: one, the gate of Reuben; one, the gate of Judah; and one, the gate of Levi.

29251

When your people ask you, ‘Won’t you explain to us what you mean by these things?’

29252

He said to me, “This is the place where the priests will boil the restitution offering and the sin offering, and where they will bake the grain offering, so that they do not bring them into the outer court and transmit holiness to the people.”

29253

Now the building that faced the temple yard toward the west was 122½ feet wide. The wall of the building was 8¾ feet thick on all sides, and the building’s length was 157½ feet.

29254

I dispersed them among the nations, and they were scattered among the countries. I judged them according to their conduct and actions.

29255

for it is better for him to say to you, “Come up here!”
than to demote you in plain view of a noble.

29256

Then they will lament for you and say of you:

How you have perished, city of renown,
you who were populated from the seas!
She who was powerful on the sea,
she and all of her inhabitants
inflicted their terror.

29257

Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: Because all of you have become dross, I am about to gather you into Jerusalem.

29258

I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them among the countries.

29259

Damascus has become weak;
she has turned to run;
panic has gripped her.
Distress and labor pains have seized her
like a woman in labor.

29260

Although my spirit is weak within me,
You know my way.


Along this path I travel
they have hidden a trap for me.

29261

I crushed nations in My anger;
I made them drunk with My wrath
and poured out their blood on the ground.

29262

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.

29263

Perhaps their petition will come before the Lord, and each one will turn from his evil way, for the anger and fury that the Lord has pronounced against this people are great.”

29264

You bring darkness, and it becomes night,
when all the forest animals stir.

29265

“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 from Judah, leaving yourselves without a remnant.

29266

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

29268

Why should the nations ask,
“Where is their God?”
Before our eyes,
let vengeance for the shed blood of Your servants
be known among the nations.

29269

May Your faithful love comfort me
as You promised Your servant.

29271

He made warehouses for the harvest of grain, new wine, and oil, and stalls for all kinds of cattle, and pens for flocks.

29273

But those who seek to destroy my life
will go into the depths of the earth.

29274

Though many are against me,
He will redeem me from my battle unharmed.

29276

“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 because our fathers have not kept the word of the Lord in order to do everything written in this book.”

29277

The singers included:

Asaph’s descendants 148.

29278

Gazzam’s descendants,
Uzza’s descendants, Paseah’s descendants,

29279

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.

29280

Ramoth and its pasturelands, and Anem and its pasturelands.

29281

From the tribe of Issachar they received Kedesh and its pasturelands, Daberath and its pasturelands,

29282

Some of the families of the Kohathites were given towns from the tribe of Ephraim for their territory:

29283

Nebuzaradan, the commander of the guards, took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah.

29284

When the Israelites saw that Abimelech was dead, they all went home.

29285

Jezreel, Jokdeam, Zanoah,

29286

These are the ones the Lord commanded to distribute the inheritance to the Israelites in the land of Canaan.

29287

They departed from Terah and camped at Mithkah.

29288

The warden put all the prisoners who were in the prison under Joseph’s authority, and he was responsible for everything that was done there.

29289

the gold altar; the anointing oil; the fragrant incense; the screen for the entrance to the tent;

29290

Then divide the captives between the troops who went out to war and the entire community.

29291

On the lampstand shaft there were four cups shaped like almond blossoms with its calyxes and petals.

29292

On the twelfth day Ahira son of Enan, leader of the Naphtalites, presented an offering.

29293

The leaders brought onyx and gemstones to mount on the ephod and breastpiece,

29294

“I have enough, my brother,” Esau replied. “Keep what you have.”

29295

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.” This is the declaration of the Lord God.

29296

Then He said to me: “Son of man, this is what the Lord God says: These are the statutes for the altar on the day it is constructed, so that burnt offerings may be sacrificed on it and blood may be sprinkled on it:

29297

He went inside the next room and measured the pilasters at the entrance; they were 3½ feet wide. The entrance was 10½ feet wide, and the width of the entrance’s side walls on each side was 12¼ feet.

29298

They grasp bow and javelin.
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.

29299

Will you still say, ‘I am a god,’
in the presence of those who kill you?
Yet you will be only a man, not a god,
in the hands of those who kill you.

29300

Even her mercenaries among her
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.

29301

ת TavYou will pay them back what they deserve, Lord,
according to the work of their hands.

29302

I am watching over them for disaster and not for good, and every man of Judah who is in the land of Egypt will meet his end by sword or famine until they are finished off.

29303

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?”

29304

So Jeremiah went into a cell in the dungeon and stayed there many days.

29305

He and his officers and the people of the land did not obey the words of the Lord that He spoke through Jeremiah the prophet.

29306

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: The king of Babylon will certainly come and destroy this land and cause it to be without man or beast?’

29307

Your holy cities have become a wilderness;
Zion has become a wilderness,
Jerusalem a desolation.

29308

Israel, trust in the Lord!
He is their help and shield.

29309

The wicked man will see it and be angry;
he will gnash his teeth in despair.
The desire of the wicked man will come to nothing.

29310

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:

29311

This is what they are to you—
those who have wearied you
and have traded with you from your youth—
each wanders on his own way;
no one can save you.

29312

The depths of the earth are in His hand,
and the mountain peaks are His.

29313

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.”

29314

Though princes sit together speaking against me,
Your servant will think about Your statutes;

29315

Make and keep your vows
to the Lord your God;
let all who are around Him bring tribute
to the awe-inspiring One.

29316

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.

29318

God, knock the teeth out of their mouths;
Lord, tear out the young lions’ fangs.

29319

I am obligated by vows to You, God;
I will make my thank offerings to You.

29320

God, You have heard my vows;
You have given a heritage
to those who fear Your name.

29321

He asked You for life, and You gave it to him—
length of days forever and ever.

29322

God has spoken in His sanctuary:
“I will triumph! I will divide up Shechem.
I will apportion the Valley of Succoth.

29323

He removed the foreign gods and the idol from the Lord’s temple, along with all the altars that he had built on the mountain of the Lord’s temple and in Jerusalem, and he threw them outside the city.

29324

Bazlith’s descendants, Mehida’s descendants,
Harsha’s descendants,

29325

The whole congregation decided to observe seven more days, so they observed seven days with joy,

29326

Bakbuk’s descendants,
Hakupha’s descendants, Harhur’s descendants,

29327

So he gave it to them, and as the Lord had promised, they ate and had some left over.

29328

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;

29329

the 400 pomegranates for the two gratings (two rows of pomegranates for each grating covering both capitals’ bowls on top of the pillars);

29330

Jediael son of Shimri and his brother Joha the Tizite,

29331

Your life will hang in doubt before you. You will be in dread night and day, never certain of survival.

29332

It was reported to Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath and had returned.

29333

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.

29334

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 did what you told me to do.

29335

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.

29336

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.”

29338

David recovered everything the Amalekites had taken; he also rescued his two wives.

29339

Present a burnt offering for a pleasing aroma to the Lord: two young bulls, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old,

29340

Humtah, Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), and Zior—nine cities, with their villages;

29341

He will afflict you again with all the diseases of Egypt, which you dreaded, and they will cling to you.

29342

If he consecrates his field during the Year of Jubilee, the price will stand according to your assessment.

29343

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.

29344

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.

29345

She got up and left, then removed her veil and put her widow’s clothes back on.

29346

and for a swelling, scab, or spot,

29347

The son of Aaron who presents the blood of the fellowship offering and the fat will have the right thigh as a portion.

29348

He made curtains of goat hair for a tent over the tabernacle; he made 11 of them.

29349

“You are to make five crossbars of acacia wood for the planks on one side of the tabernacle,

29350

You must also prepare a grain offering every morning along with it: three quarts, with one-third of a gallon of oil to moisten the fine flour—a grain offering to the Lord. This is a permanent statute to be observed regularly.

29351

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.”

29352

Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Tell your brothers, ‘Do this: Load your animals and go on back to the land of Canaan.

29353

The great hall and the sanctuary each had a double door,

29354

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.

29355

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.

29356

In order to stir up wrath and take vengeance,
I have put her blood on the bare rock,
so that it would not be covered.

29357

in his eighteenth year, 832 people from Jerusalem;

29358

Her cities have become a desolation,
a dry and arid land,
a land where no one lives,
where no human being passes through.

29359

At the sound of Babylon’s conquest the earth will quake; a cry will be heard among the nations.

29360

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.

29361

Yes, the sons of Jonadab son of Rechab carried out their ancestor’s command he gave them, but these people have not obeyed Me.

29362

They deliberately tested God,
demanding the food they craved.

29363

“Take another scroll, and once again write on it the very words that were on the original scroll that Jehoiakim king of Judah burned.

29364

I have commanded My chosen ones;
I have also called My warriors,
who exult in My triumph,
to execute My wrath.

29365

I will abundantly bless its food;
I will satisfy its needy with bread.

29366

He turns a desert into a pool of water,
dry land into springs of water.

29368

What can I say?
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,

29369

Listen to my cry,
for I am very weak.
Rescue me from those who pursue me,
for they are too strong for me.

29370

Lord, listen to my voice;
let Your ears be attentive
to my cry for help.

29371

He split rocks in the wilderness
and gave them drink as abundant as the depths.

29372

The wicked say, “How can God know?
Does the Most High know everything?”

29373

His offspring will continue forever,
his throne like the sun before Me,

29374

If I had decided to say these things aloud,
I would have betrayed Your people.

29375

My adversaries taunt me,
as if crushing my bones,
while all day long they say to me,
“Where is your God?”

29376

So I say, “I am grieved
that the right hand of the Most High has changed.”

29377

Don’t let the floodwaters sweep over me
or the deep swallow me up;
don’t let the Pit close its mouth over me.

29378

I know every bird of the mountains,
and the creatures of the field are Mine.

29379

God, be exalted above the heavens;
let Your glory be over the whole earth.

29380

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?

29381

Surely God crushes the heads of His enemies,
the hairy head of one who goes on in his guilty acts.

29382

The nobles of the peoples have assembled
with the people of the God of Abraham.
For the leaders of the earth belong to God;
He is greatly exalted.

29383

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.

29384

Guard me and deliver me;
do not let me be put to shame,
for I take refuge in You.

29385

For You meet him with rich blessings;
You place a crown of pure gold on his head.

29387

They retreated before the men of Israel toward the wilderness, but the battle overtook them, and those who came out of the cities slaughtered those between them.

29389

Ashan and its pasturelands, and Beth-shemesh and its pasturelands.

29390

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.

29391

blue, purple, and scarlet yarn; fine linen and goat hair;

29392

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.

29393

We will not return to our homes until each of the Israelites has taken possession of his inheritance.

29394

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.

29395

one gold bowl weighing four ounces, full of incense;

29396

The abundance in the land will not be remembered because of the famine that follows it, for the famine will be very severe.

29397

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.

29398

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.

29399

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?

29400

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.”

29401

Abraham bowed down to the people of the land

29402

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.”

29403

“When the people of the land come before the Lord at the appointed times, whoever enters by way of the north gate to worship must go out by way of the south gate, and whoever enters by way of the south gate must go out by way of the north gate. No one must return through the gate by which he entered, but must go out by the opposite gate.

29404

I will cause people, My people Israel, to walk on you; they will possess you, and you will be their inheritance. You will no longer deprive them of their children.

29405

I will make your hordes fall
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.

29406

However, I swore to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them into the land I had given them—the most beautiful of all lands, flowing with milk and honey—

29407

I will establish My covenant with you, and you will know that I am Yahweh,

29408

Then the word of the Lord came to me:

29409

Egypt will hiss like a slithering snake,
for the enemy will come with an army;
with axes they will come against her
like those who cut trees.

29410

So I will execute judgments against Moab, and they will know that I am Yahweh.”

29411

I will set fire to the wall of Damascus;
it will consume Ben-hadad’s citadels.

29413

The Lord has spoken concerning you, remnant of Judah: ‘Don’t go to Egypt.’ Know for certain that I have warned you today!

29414

Lord, deliver me from lying lips
and a deceitful tongue.”

29415

Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the hearing of Jeremiah the prophet.

29416

They have been created now, and not long ago;
you have not heard of them before today,
so you could not claim, ‘I already knew them!’

29417

No head or tail, palm or reed,
will be able to do anything for Egypt.

29418

They will proclaim the power of Your awe-inspiring acts,
and I will declare Your greatness.

29419

He struck all the firstborn in Egypt,
the first progeny of the tents of Ham.

29420

But my eyes look to You, Lord God.
I seek refuge in You; do not let me die.

29421

May my prayer reach Your presence;
listen to my cry.

29422

When you see a thief,
you make friends with him,
and you associate with adulterers.

29423

This is why I am commanding you to set apart three cities for yourselves.

29424

Do not destroy me along with sinners,
or my life along with men of bloodshed

29425

They roasted the Passover lambs with fire according to regulation. They boiled the holy sacrifices in pots, kettles, and bowls; and they quickly brought them to the lay people.

29426

So Josiah removed everything that was detestable from all the lands belonging to the Israelites, and he required all who were present in Israel to serve the Lord their God. Throughout his reign they did not turn aside from following Yahweh, the God of their ancestors.

29427

I must speak so that I can find relief;
I must open my lips and respond.

29428

Jaala’s descendants,
Darkon’s descendants, Giddel’s descendants,

29429

whoever sets his whole heart on seeking God, Yahweh, the God of his ancestors, even though not according to the purification rules of the sanctuary.”

29430

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.

29431

“‘Don’t you know what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples of the lands? Have any of the national gods of the lands been able to deliver their land from my power?

29432

In addition, they distributed it to males registered by genealogy three years old and above; to all who would enter the Lord’s temple for their daily duty, for their service in their responsibilities according to their divisions.

29433

so that they may fear You
all the days they live on the land
You gave our ancestors.

29434

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;

29435

So Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the Lord commanded Moses.

29436

and two quarts with each of the seven male lambs.

29437

Aaron then returned to Moses at the entrance to the tent of meeting, since the plague had been halted.

29438

Set it below, under the altar’s ledge, so that the mesh comes halfway up the altar.

29439

There was an opening in the center of the robe like that of body armor with a collar around the opening so that it would not tear.

29440

On the vine were three branches. As soon as it budded, its blossoms came out and its clusters ripened into grapes.

29441

men from 30 years old to 50 years old, everyone who was qualified for work at the tent of meeting.

29442

When Joseph came to them in the morning, he saw that they looked distraught.

29443

When she saw that he had left his garment with her and had run outside,

29444

The sons of Jacob’s wife Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.

29445

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.

29446

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.

29447

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.

29448

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, when it will revert to the prince. His inheritance belongs only to his sons; it is theirs.

29449

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.

29450

The distance from the gutter on the ground to the lower ledge is 3½ feet, and the width of the ledge is 21 inches. There are seven feet from the small ledge to the large ledge, whose width is also 21 inches.

29451

You boasted against Me with your mouth, and spoke many words against Me. I heard it Myself!

29452

Then they will know that I, Yahweh their God, am with them, and that they, the house of Israel, are My people.” This is the declaration of the Lord God.

29453

The slander and murmuring of my opponents
attack me all day long.

29454

You hear my plea:
Do not ignore my cry for relief.

29455

Panic, pit, and trap
await you, resident of Moab.
This is the Lord’s declaration.

29456

But we have lived in tents and have obeyed and done as our ancestor Jonadab commanded us.

29457

Moab will be shattered;
her little ones will cry out.

29458

and if you say, ‘No, instead we’ll go to the land of Egypt where we will not see war or hear the sound of the ram’s horn or hunger for food, and we’ll live there,’

29459

They lift it to their shoulder and bear it along;
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.

29460

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.”

29461

Then Jeremiah commanded Baruch, “I am restricted; I cannot enter the temple of the Lord,

29462

And the prophet Hananiah died that year in the seventh month.

29464

The Lord guards the inexperienced;
I was helpless, and He saved me.

29465

They will support you with their hands
so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.

29466

The priests, the prophets, and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the temple of the Lord.

29467

Though I have become like a wineskin dried by smoke,
I do not forget Your statutes.

29468

for they embittered his spirit,
and he spoke rashly with his lips.

29469

Then they would not be like their fathers,
a stubborn and rebellious generation,
a generation whose heart was not loyal
and whose spirit was not faithful to God.

29470

Let all who hate Zion
be driven back in disgrace.

29471

He sent Moses His servant,
and Aaron, whom He had chosen.

29472

He brought His people out with rejoicing,
His chosen ones with shouts of joy.

29473

He chose instead the tribe of Judah,
Mount Zion, which He loved.

29474

He built His sanctuary like the heights,
like the earth that He established forever.

29475

the other Nebo’s men52

29476

He chooses for us our inheritance—
the pride of Jacob, whom He loves.Selah

29477

He quickly removed the bandage from his eyes. The king of Israel recognized that he was one of the prophets.

29478

The elders of his city will summon him and speak with him. If he persists and says, ‘I don’t want to marry her,’

29479

Heshbon and its pasturelands, and Jazer and its pasturelands.

29480

son of Amzi, son of Bani,
son of Shemer,

29481

Caleb’s concubine Maacah was the mother of Sheber and Tirhanah.

29482

They departed from Haradah and camped at Makheloth.

29483

They departed from Mount Shepher and camped at Haradah.

29484

Laban also said to Jacob, “Look at this mound and the marker I have set up between you and me.

29485

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.

29486

and told him, “Your servants have taken a census of the fighting men under our command, and not one of us is missing.

29487

He arranged the bread on it before the Lord, just as the Lord had commanded him.

29488

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.

29489

So Jacob blessed Pharaoh and departed from Pharaoh’s presence.

29490

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.

29491

“This will be their inheritance: I am their inheritance. You are to give them no possession in Israel: I am their possession.

29492

“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.”

29493

At the sound of their fall the earth will quake; the sound of her cry will be heard at the Red Sea.

29495

Look, I am about to bring terror on you
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.

29496

The sound of Your thunder was in the whirlwind;
lightning lit up the world.
The earth shook and quaked.

29497

Mourn for him, all you surrounding nations,
everyone who knows his name.
Say: How the mighty scepter is shattered,
the glorious staff!

29498

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.

29499

they took all their men and went to fight with Ishmael son of Nethaniah and found him by the great pool in Gibeon.

29500

With my lips I proclaim
all the judgments from Your mouth.

29502

Lord God of Hosts,
how long will You be angry
with Your people’s prayers?

29503

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.

29504

“I relieved his shoulder from the burden;
his hands were freed from carrying the basket.

29506

The rest of the people gave 20,000 gold coins, 2,000 silver minas, and 67 priestly garments.

29507

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, and many priests consecrated themselves.

29508

Why gaze with envy, you mountain peaks,
at the mountain God desired for His dwelling?
The Lord will live there forever!

29510

the assembly is to judge between the slayer and the avenger of blood according to these ordinances.

29511

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

29512

There you are to sacrifice fellowship offerings, eat, and rejoice in the presence of the Lord your God.

29513

the twelfth to Hashabiah, his sons, and his brothers—12

29514

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.”

29515

Shechem (a city of refuge) with its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer and its pasturelands,

29516

and the Lord answered him,

29517

“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.

29518

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.”

29519

The daughters of Zelophehad did as the Lord commanded Moses.

29520

Yet its swamps and marshes will not be healed; they will be left for salt.

29521

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.

29522

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.”

29523

Won’t their livestock, their possessions, and all their animals become ours? Only let us agree with them, and they will live with us.”

29524

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!’

29525

Then the servant told Isaac everything he had done.

29526

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.

29527

I will trouble the hearts of many peoples,
when I bring about your destruction
among the nations,
in countries you do not know.

29528

They too descended with it to Sheol, to those slain by the sword. As its allies they had lived in its shade among the nations.

29529

They will know that I am Yahweh
when I set fire to Egypt
and all its allies are shattered.

29530

before your wickedness was exposed? It was like the time you were scorned by the daughters of Aram and all those around her, and by the daughters of the Philistines—those who treated you with contempt from every side.

29531

Jacob’s Portion is not like these
because He is the One who formed all things.
Israel is the tribe of His inheritance;
Yahweh of Hosts is His name.

29532

So all the people will know that I, Yahweh, have taken My sword from its sheath—it will not be sheathed again.

29533

Moab is put to shame, indeed dismayed.
Wail and cry out!
Declare by the Arnon
that Moab is destroyed.

29534

“Therefore, this is what the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I am about to turn against you to bring disaster, to cut off all Judah.

29535

His children will be as in past days;
his congregation will be established in My presence.
I will punish all his oppressors.

29536

Why should you and your people die by the sword, famine, or plague as the Lord has threatened against any nation that does not serve the king of Babylon?

29537

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.” This is the Lord’s declaration.

29538

The word of the Lord came to me:

29539

There is a generation—how haughty its eyes
and pretentious its looks.

29540

He has ordained a lot for them;
His hand allotted their portion with a measuring line.
They will possess it forever;
they will dwell in it from generation to generation.

29542

Remember me, Lord,
when You show favor to Your people.
Come to me with Your salvation

29543

abandoned among the dead.
I am like the slain lying in the grave,
whom You no longer remember,
and who are cut off from Your care.

29545

Pay attention, you stupid people!
Fools, when will you be wise?

29546

I am faint and severely crushed;
I groan because of the anguish of my heart.

29547

I am forgotten: gone from memory
like a dead person—like broken pottery.

29548

You make us an object of reproach to our neighbors,
a source of mockery and ridicule to those around us.

29549

The prayers of David son of Jesse are concluded.

29550

Save with Your right hand, and answer me,
so that those You love may be rescued.

29551

Lord, be pleased to deliver me;
hurry to help me, Lord.

29552

The eleventh, for the eleventh month, was Benaiah the Pirathonite from the sons of Ephraim; 24,000 were in his division.

29553

Hanan’s descendants,
Giddel’s descendants, Gahar’s descendants,

29554

Harim’s descendants1,017.

29555

In this way he made the 10 water carts using the same casting, dimensions, and shape for all of them.

29556

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);

29557

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.”

29558

Then he continued, “Why is my lord pursuing his servant? What have I done? What evil is in my hand?

29559

David crossed to the other side and stood on top of the mountain at a distance; there was a considerable space between them.

29560

Zebul replied, “Where is your mouthing off now? You said, ‘Who is Abimelech that we should serve him?’ Aren’t these the people you despised? Now go and fight them!”

29561

And what I had planned to do to them, I will do to you.”

29562

The grain offering with them is to be of fine flour mixed with oil; offer six quarts with each bull and four quarts with the ram.

29563

And they said, “You have saved our lives. We have found favor in our lord’s eyes and will be Pharaoh’s slaves.”

29564

“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,

29565

They washed whenever they came to the tent of meeting and approached the altar, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

29566

Do not be concerned about your belongings, for the best of all the land of Egypt is yours.’”

29567

Their words seemed good to Hamor and his son Shechem.

29568

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’?”

29569

These are the city’s measurements:

1½ miles on the north side;
1½ miles on the south side;
1½ miles on the east side;
and 1½ miles on the west side.

29570

The grain offering will be half a bushel with the ram, and the grain offering with the lambs will be whatever he wants to give, as well as a gallon of oil for every half bushel.

29571

There was a chamber whose door opened into the portico of the gate. The burnt offering was to be washed there.

29572

He measured the gate of the outer court facing north, both its length and width.

29573

Since I will cut off both the righteous and the wicked, My sword will therefore come out of its sheath against everyone from the south to the north.

29574

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.

29575

Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah:

29576

You brought Your people Israel out of Egypt with signs and wonders, with a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and with great terror.

29577

You will pursue them in anger and destroy them
under Your heavens.

29578

Now at the end of 10 days, the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah,

29579

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’?

29580

So Jeremiah the prophet related all these words to Zedekiah king of Judah in Jerusalem

29581

He endows your territory with prosperity;
He satisfies you with the finest wheat.

29582

He struck the firstborn of the Egyptians
        His love is eternal.

29583

They were seized with craving in the wilderness
and tested God in the desert.

29584

or the Lord will see, be displeased,
and turn His wrath away from him.

29585

who stoops down to look
on the heavens and the earth?

29586

He has not done this for any nation;
they do not know His judgments.
Hallelujah!

29587

Then the nations will fear the name of Yahweh,
and all the kings of the earth Your glory,

29588

He has remembered His love
and faithfulness to the house of Israel;
all the ends of the earth
have seen our God’s victory.

29589

They did not keep God’s covenant
and refused to live by His law.

29590

who said, “Let us seize God’s pastures for ourselves.”

29591

For this is a statute for Israel,
a judgment of the God of Jacob.

29593

This is the way of those who are arrogant,
and of their followers,
who approve of their words.Selah

29594

The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars;
the Lord shatters the cedars of Lebanon.

29595

He reaches down from heaven and saves me,
challenging the one who tramples me.Selah
God sends His faithful love and truth.

29596

The wicked have drawn the sword and strung the bow
to bring down the afflicted and needy
and to slaughter those whose way is upright.

29597

By this I know that You delight in me:
my enemy does not shout in triumph over me.

29598

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.

29599

but your servants are equipped for war before the Lord and will go across to the battle as my lord orders.”

29600

He made horns for it on its four corners; the horns were of one piece. Then he overlaid it with bronze.

29601

The Gadites and Reubenites answered Moses, “Your servants will do just as my lord commands.

29602

the tent pegs for the tabernacle and the tent pegs for the courtyard, along with their ropes;

29603

The 12 gold bowls full of incense each weighed four ounces measured by the standard sanctuary shekel. The total weight of the gold bowls was three pounds.

29604

The only land he didn’t acquire was the priests’ portion, for it was given to them by Pharaoh. They lived off the rations Pharaoh had given them; therefore they did not sell their land.

29605

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.

29606

Children born to you after them will be yours and will be recorded under the names of their brothers with regard to their inheritance.

29607

“I’m looking for my brothers,” Joseph said. “Can you tell me where they are pasturing their flocks?”

29608

Take the choicest of the flock
and also pile up the fuel under it.
Bring it to a boil
and cook the bones in it.”

29609

“The remaining area on both sides of the holy donation and the city property will belong to the prince. He will own the land adjacent to the tribal portions, next to the 8⅓ miles of the donation as far as the eastern border and next to the 8⅓ miles of the donation as far as the western border. The holy donation and the sanctuary of the temple will be in the middle of it.

29610

The entire donation will be 8⅓ miles by 8⅓ miles; you are to set apart the holy donation along with the city property as a square area.

29611

Then you will remember your ways and be ashamed when you receive your older and younger sisters. I will give them to you as daughters, but not because of your covenant.

29612

This will be his land as a possession in Israel. My princes will no longer oppress My people but give the rest of the land to the house of Israel according to their tribes.

29613

Pharaoh will see them
and be comforted over all his hordes—
Pharaoh and all his army,
slain by the sword.
This is the declaration of the Lord God.

29614

Their camels will become plunder,
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.

29615

“But you, son of man, groan! Groan bitterly with a broken heart right before their eyes.

29616

Set apart the nations for battle against her—
the kings of Media,
her governors and all her officials,
and all the lands they rule.

29617

Why have I seen this?
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.

29618

Baruch said to them, “At his dictation. He recited all these words to me while I was writing on the scroll in ink.”

29619

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?

29620

“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;

29621

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.”’”

29622

I—I have spoken;
yes, I have called him;
I have brought him,
and he will succeed in his mission.

29623

The gods cower; they crouch together;
they are not able to rescue the burden,
but they themselves go into captivity.

29624

But I know your sitting down,
your going out and your coming in,
and your raging against Me.

29625

For the enemy has pursued me,
crushing me to the ground,
making me live in darkness
like those long dead.

29626

Even Assyria has joined them;
they lend support to the sons of Lot.Selah

29628

Those who live far away are awed by Your signs;
You make east and west shout for joy.

29629

You make us a joke among the nations,
a laughingstock among the peoples.

29630

He carved cherubim, palm trees, and flower blossoms on them and overlaid them with gold applied evenly over the carving.

29631

I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices
or for your burnt offerings,
which are continually before Me.

29632

both low and high,
rich and poor together.

29633

to cut gemstones for mounting, and to carve wood for work in every kind of artistic craft.

29634

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.

29635

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;

29636

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.

29637

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.

29638

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.

29639

I hear that you are shearing. When your shepherds were with us, we did not harass them, and nothing of theirs was missing the whole time they were in Carmel.

29640

From the tribe of Gad they received Ramoth in Gilead and its pasturelands, Mahanaim and its pasturelands,

29641

Hukok and its pasturelands, and Rehob and its pasturelands.

29642

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.

29643

“This is its interpretation,” Joseph replied. “The three baskets are three days.

29644

Then she handed the delicious food and the bread she had made to her son Jacob.

29645

But if they don’t go across with you in battle formation, they must accept land in Canaan with you.”

29646

with their grain and drink offerings for the bulls, rams, and lambs, in proportion to their number.

29647

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.

29648

These were the registered men of the Merarite clans; Moses and Aaron registered them at the Lord’s command through Moses.

29649

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. They are to put on other clothes before they approach the public area.”

29650

If you are honest, let one of you be confined to the guardhouse, while the rest of you go and take grain to relieve the hunger of your households.

29651

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.

29652

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.

29653

“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; you will no longer cause your nation to stumble.” This is the declaration of the Lord God.

29654

Then you will do just as I have done: You will not cover your mustache or eat the bread of mourners.

29655

I will drench the land
with the flow of your blood,
even to the mountains;
the ravines will be filled with your gore.

29656

Now it is planted in the wilderness,
in a dry and thirsty land.

29657

When she saw that she waited in vain,
that her hope was lost,
she took another of her cubs
and made him a young lion.

29658

This is what the Lord of Hosts says:

I am about to shatter Elam’s bow,
the source of their might.

29659

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.

29660

Stand by the highway and look,
resident of Aroer!
Ask him who is fleeing or her who is escaping:
What happened?

29661

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.’

29662

But after that, I will restore the fortunes of the Ammonites.
This is the Lord’s declaration.

29663

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; you will go to Babylon.

29664

and led them through the depths
like a horse in the wilderness,
so that they did not stumble.

29665

The peoples flee at the thunderous noise;
the nations scatter when You rise in Your majesty.

29666

But as for those who turn aside to crooked ways,
the Lord will banish them with the evildoers.


Peace be with Israel.

29668

Then I called on the name of Yahweh:
“Yahweh, save me!”

29669

You have distanced my friends from me;
You have made me repulsive to them.
I am shut in and cannot go out.

29670

I hate them with extreme hatred;
I consider them my enemies.

29671

He will judge the nations, heaping up corpses;
He will crush leaders over the entire world.

29672

You have put me in the lowest part of the Pit,
in the darkest places, in the depths.

29673

May my heart be blameless regarding Your statutes
so that I will not be put to shame.

29674

I am counted among those going down to the Pit.
I am like a man without strength,

29675

He will redeem them from oppression and violence,
for their lives are precious in his sight.

29676

I think of God; I groan;
I meditate; my spirit becomes weak.Selah

29677

I was stupid and didn’t understand;
I was an unthinking animal toward You.

29678

as You wrecked the ships of Tarshish
with the east wind.

29679

But the king will rejoice in God;
all who swear by Him will boast,
for the mouths of liars will be shut.

29680

To You, my strength, I sing praises,
because God is my stronghold—
my faithful God.

29681

Like a slug that moves along in slime,
like a woman’s miscarried child,
they will not see the sun.

29682

But You have crushed us in a haunt of jackals
and have covered us with deepest darkness.

29683

I am ridiculed by all my adversaries
and even by my neighbors.
I am dreaded by my acquaintances;
those who see me in the street run from me.

29684

They stood at their prescribed posts, according to the law of Moses, the man of God. The priests sprinkled the blood received from the hand of the Levites,

29685

They repay me evil for good,
making me desolate.

29686

There the evildoers fall;
they have been thrown down and cannot rise.

29687

because they were not able to observe it at the appropriate time. Not enough of the priests had consecrated themselves and the people hadn’t been gathered together in Jerusalem.

29688

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.

29689

The field and the cave in it were purchased from the Hittites.”

29690

‘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.’

29691

The sickly, thin cows ate the healthy, well-fed cows. Then Pharaoh woke up.

29692

Shammai’s son was Maon, and Maon fathered Beth-zur.

29693

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.’”

29694

one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;

29695

He took five of his brothers and presented them before Pharaoh.

29696

“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?”

29697

In this area there will be a square section for the sanctuary, 875 by 875 feet, with 87½ feet of open space all around it.

29698

Since you have pushed with flank and shoulder and butted all the weak ones with your horns until you scattered them all over,

29699

The prince himself will sit in the gateway to eat a meal before the Lord. He must enter by way of the portico of the gate and go out the same way.”

29700

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,

29701

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.

29702

Cherubim and palm trees were carved from the ground to the top of the entrance and on the wall of the great hall.

29703

With you I will smash the horse and its rider;
with you I will smash the chariot and its rider.

29704

Look, all its worshipers will be put to shame,
and the craftsmen are humans.
They all will assemble and stand;
they all will be startled and put to shame.

29705

because of their evil ways that provoked Me to anger, going and burning incense to serve other gods that they, you, and your fathers did not know.

29706

King Zedekiah swore to Jeremiah in private, “As the Lord lives, who has given us this life, I will not kill you or hand you over to these men who want to take your life.”

29707

Moab’s horn is chopped off; his arm is shattered.”

This is the Lord’s declaration.

29708

“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 by listening to My words?”—this is the Lord’s declaration.

29709

But Gedaliah son of Ahikam responded to Johanan son of Kareah, “Don’t do that! What you’re saying about Ishmael is a lie.”

29710

“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.

29711

They have an easy time until they die,
and their bodies are well fed.

29712

Pharaoh king of Egypt, his officers, his leaders, all his people,

29713

The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah after Hananiah the prophet had broken the yoke bar from the neck of Jeremiah the prophet:

29714

For my loins are full of burning pain,
and there is no health in my body.

29715

He killed their vines with hail
and their sycamore fig trees with a flood.

29716

But when I stumbled, they gathered in glee;
they gathered against me.
Assailants I did not know
tore at me and did not stop.

29717

Let Israel say,
“His faithful love endures forever.”

29718

But He lifts the needy out of their suffering
and makes their families multiply like flocks.

29719

Praise the Lord, all His armies,
His servants who do His will.

29720

Let those who seek to kill me
be disgraced and humiliated;
let those who plan to harm me
be turned back and ashamed.

29721

He led His people out like sheep
and guided them like a flock in the wilderness.

29722

How long, Lord? Will You hide Yourself forever?
Will Your anger keep burning like fire?

29723

Foreigners lose heart
and come trembling from their fortifications.

29724

So David sent out spies and knew for certain that Saul had come.

29725

Their grain offering is to be of fine flour mixed with oil, six quarts with each of the 13 bulls, four quarts with each of the two rams,

29726

and two quarts with each of the seven lambs.

29727

Make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.

29728

“Whose daughter are you?” he asked. “Please tell me, is there room in your father’s house for us to spend the night?”

29729

This is how you will be tested: As surely as Pharaoh lives, you will not leave this place unless your youngest brother comes here.

29730

Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Now that your father and brothers have come to you,

29731

“As for the rest of the tribes:

From the east side to the west, will be Benjamin—one portion.

29732

Foreigners, ruthless men from the nations, cut it down and left it lying. Its limbs fell on the mountains and in every valley; its boughs lay broken in all the earth’s ravines. All the peoples of the earth left its shade and abandoned it.

29733

“This is what the Lord God says: Because people are saying to you, ‘You devour men and deprive your nation of children,’

29734

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 judge you.

29735

Therefore, look, the days are coming
when I will punish Babylon’s carved images.
Her entire land will suffer shame,
and all her slain will lie fallen within her.

29736

They will repay you for your indecency, and you will bear the consequences for your sins of idolatry. Then you will know that I am the Lord Yahweh.”

29737

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.

29739

I will hand them over to those who want to take their lives—to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and his officers. But after this, it will be inhabited again as in ancient times.”

This is the Lord’s declaration.

29740

They will speak of the glory of Your kingdom
and will declare Your might,

29741

So now please listen, my lord the king. May my petition come before you. Don’t send me back to the house of Jonathan the scribe, or I will die there.”

29742

The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah:

29743

And Hezekiah had asked, “What is the sign that I will go up to the Lord’s temple?”

29744

In the camp they were envious of Moses
and of Aaron, the Lord’s holy one.

29746

We heard of the ark in Ephrathah;
we found it in the fields of Jaar.

29748

Gilead is Mine, Manasseh is Mine,
and Ephraim is My helmet;
Judah is My scepter.

29751

But they continued to sin against Him,
rebelling in the desert against the Most High.

29752

Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek,
Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre.

29753

to Him who rides in the ancient, highest heavens.
Look, He thunders with His powerful voice!

29754

Likewise, if anyone in hatred pushes a person or throws an object at him with malicious intent and he dies,

29755

People have seen Your procession, God,
the procession of my God,
my King, in the sanctuary.

29756

‘The one who sleeps with his mother-in-law is cursed.’
And all the people will say, ‘Amen!’

29757

As for the rest of his deeds and all his ways, from beginning to end, they are written in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel.

29758

The cities you select will be your six cities of refuge.

29759

Eleazar died having no sons, only daughters. Their cousins, the sons of Kish, married them.

29760

From the tribe of Asher they received Mashal and its pasturelands, Abdon and its pasturelands,

29761

So why have you not kept the Lord’s oath and the command that I gave you?”

29762

Have him stand before Eleazar the priest and the whole community, and commission him in their sight.

29763

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.”

29764

The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven ripe heads are seven years. The dreams mean the same thing.

29765

All the livestock for the fellowship sacrifice totaled 24 bulls, 60 rams, 60 male breeding goats, and 60 male lambs a year old. This was the dedication gift for the altar after it was anointed.

29766

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.

29767

He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.

29768

He and I had dreams on the same night; each dream had its own meaning.

29769

“You must offer an unblemished year-old male lamb as a daily burnt offering to the Lord; you will offer it every morning.

29770

Tell my father about all my glory in Egypt and about all you have seen. And bring my father here quickly.”

29771

“The burnt offering that the prince presents to the Lord on the Sabbath day is to be six unblemished lambs and an unblemished ram.

29772

On the south side, which measures 1½ miles, there will be three gates: one, the gate of Simeon; one, the gate of Issachar; and one, the gate of Zebulun.

29773

“As the property of the city, you must set aside an area 1⅔ of a mile wide and 8⅓ miles long, adjacent to the holy donation of land. It will be for the whole house of Israel.

29774

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. Its length will correspond to one of the tribal portions from the western boundary to the eastern boundary.

29775

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

29776

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,

29777

Edom is there, her kings and all her princes,
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.

29778

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.” This is the Lord’s declaration.

29779

Egypt is a beautiful young cow,
but a horsefly from the north is coming against her.

29780

Put all her young bulls to the sword;
let them go down to the slaughter.
Woe to them, because their day has come,
the time of their punishment.

29781

Wasn’t Israel a laughingstock to you? Was he ever found among thieves? For whenever you speak of him you shake your head.”

29782

Because you burned incense and sinned against the Lord and didn’t obey the Lord’s voice and didn’t follow His instruction, His statutes, and His testimonies, this disaster has come to you, as you see today.”

29783

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 and live there for a while,

29784

Jeremiah was going about his daily tasks among the people, for they had not yet put him into the prison.

29785

As when one plows and breaks up the soil,
turning up rocks,
so our bones have been scattered
at the mouth of Sheol.

29787

I understand more than the elders
because I obey Your precepts.

29788

Let them be like grass on the rooftops,
which withers before it grows up

29789

Surely the righteous will praise Your name;
the upright will live in Your presence.

29791

with a ten-stringed harp
and the music of a lyre.

29792

Lord, how long will the wicked—
how long will the wicked gloat?

29793

All the nations surrounded me;
in the name of Yahweh I destroyed them.

29795

He allowed no one to oppress them;
He rebuked kings on their behalf:

29797

Let the name of Yahweh be praised
both now and forever.

29798

They prepared a net for my steps;
I was despondent.
They dug a pit ahead of me,
but they fell into it!Selah

29799

When He registers the peoples,
the Lord will record,
“This one was born there.”Selah

29800

They twist my words all day long;
all their thoughts against me are evil.

29801

He frees me from my enemies.
You exalt me above my adversaries;
You rescue me from violent men.

29802

Lord God of Hosts, hear my prayer;
listen, God of Jacob.Selah

29803

Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb,
and all their tribal leaders like Zebah and Zalmunna,

29804

Then Saul swore to her by the Lord: “As surely as the Lord lives, nothing bad will happen to you because of this.”

29805

The Israelites who were present in Judah also observed the Passover at that time and the Festival of Unleavened Bread for seven days.

29806

“The Lord your God is with you, isn’t He? And hasn’t He given you rest on every side? For He has handed the land’s inhabitants over to me, and the land has been subdued before the Lord and His people.

29807

The army left the captives and the plunder in the presence of the officers and the congregation.

29808

No inheritance is to transfer from one tribe to another, because each of the Israelite tribes is to retain its inheritance.”

29809

If the person is 60 years or more, your assessment is 15 shekels for a male and 10 shekels for a female.

29810

The rest of the events of Jotham’s reign, along with all his accomplishments, they are written in the Historical Record of Judah’s Kings.

29811

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,

29812

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

29813

Make the hangings of the courtyard on the east side toward the sunrise 75 feet.

29814

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.

29815

Build cities for your dependents and folds for your flocks, but do what you have promised.”

29816

Then Israel said to Joseph, “At last I can die, now that I have seen your face and know you are still alive!”

29817

Pharaoh had been angry with his servants, and he put me and the chief baker in the custody of the captain of the guard.

29818

The men are shepherds; they also raise livestock. They have brought their sheep and cattle and all that they have.

29819

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.

29820

They answered, “Your servant our father is well. He is still alive.” And they bowed down to honor him.

29822

The pastures are clothed with flocks
and the valleys covered with grain.
They shout in triumph; indeed, they sing.

29823

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.

29824

They set their mouths against heaven,
and their tongues strut across the earth.

29825

The quota of oil in liquid measures will be one percent of every cor. The cor equals 10 liquid measures or one standard larger capacity measure, since 10 liquid measures equal one standard larger capacity measure.

29826

“‘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.’

29828

Water flooded over my head,
and I thought: I’m going to die!

29829

Even on his bed he makes malicious plans.
He sets himself on a path that is not good
and does not reject evil.

29833

Your servants’ children will dwell securely,
and their offspring will be established before You.”

29834

Let them be like chaff in the wind,
with the angel of the Lord driving them away.

29835

Let those who seek to take my life
be disgraced and confounded.
Let those who wish me harm
be driven back and humiliated.

29836

Also purify everything: garments, leather goods, things made of goat hair, and every article of wood.”

29837

His glory is great through Your victory;
You confer majesty and splendor on him.

29838

May the Lord be praised,
for He has wonderfully shown His faithful love to me
in a city under siege.

29839

Then they slaughtered the Passover lambs, and while the Levites were skinning the animals, the priests sprinkled the blood they had been given.

29840

May He remember all your offerings
and accept your burnt offering.Selah

29841

The Gershomites were assigned 13 towns from the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and Manasseh in Bashan according to their families.

29842

The next day when the people went into the countryside, this was reported to Abimelech.

29843

The bases for the posts were bronze; the hooks and bands of the posts were silver; and the plating for the tops of the posts was silver. All the posts of the courtyard were banded with silver.

29845

a bell and a pomegranate alternating all around the lower hem of the robe to be worn for ministry. They made it just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

29846

But Moses called out to them, so Aaron and all the leaders of the community returned to him, and Moses spoke to them.

29847

Moses set up the tabernacle: he laid its bases, positioned its planks, inserted its crossbars, and set up its posts.

29848

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.

29849

the altar of incense with its poles; the anointing oil and the fragrant incense; the entryway screen for the entrance to the tabernacle;

29850

The ledge is 24½ feet long by 24½ feet wide, with four equal sides. The rim all around it is 10½ inches, and its gutter is 21 inches all around it. The altar’s steps face east.”

29851

This is the land you are to allot as an inheritance to Israel’s tribes, and these will be their portions.” This is the declaration of the Lord God.

29852

He will also provide a grain offering of half a bushel per bull and half a bushel per ram, along with a gallon of oil for every half bushel.

29853

They will cut down her forest—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
though it is dense,
for they are more numerous than locusts;
they cannot be counted.

29854

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.

29855

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.’”

29856

When all the people with Ishmael saw Johanan son of Kareah and all the commanders of the army with him, they rejoiced,

29857

As for me, here I am in your hands; do to me what you think is good and right.

29858

I am insignificant and despised,
but I do not forget Your precepts.

29859

Let them exalt Him in the assembly of the people
and praise Him in the council of the elders.

29860

He looks at the earth, and it trembles;
He touches the mountains,
and they pour out smoke.

29861

Return, God of Hosts.
Look down from heaven and see;
take care of this vine,

29862

Turn to me and be gracious to me,
as is Your practice toward those who love Your name.

29863

Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns—
whether green or burning—
He will sweep them away.

29864

I turn my ear to a proverb;
I explain my riddle with a lyre.

29865

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.

29866

Mount Bashan is God’s towering mountain;
Mount Bashan is a mountain of many peaks.

29867

Instead, you will put them to flight
when you aim your bow at their faces.

29868

Look! The kings assembled;
they advanced together.

29869

He made cities for himself, and he acquired herds of sheep and cattle in abundance, for God gave him abundant possessions.

29870

They have become hardened;
their mouths speak arrogantly.

29871

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.

29872

“This is what King Sennacherib of Assyria says: ‘What are you relying on that you remain in Jerusalem under siege?

29873

On the seventh day wash your clothes, and you will be clean. After that you may enter the camp.”

29874

These were Issachar’s clans numbered by their registered men: 64,300.

29875

and to the descendants of Aaron, the priests, in the common fields of their cities, in each and every city. There were men who were registered by name to distribute a portion to every male among the priests and to every Levite recorded by genealogy.

29876

They assigned by lot the towns named above from the tribes of the Judahites, Simeonites, and Benjaminites.

29877

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.

29878

His offering was one silver dish weighing 3¼ pounds and one silver basin weighing 1¾ pounds, measured by the standard sanctuary shekel, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;

29879

He overlaid it with pure gold inside and out and made a gold molding all around it.

29880

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.

29881

and burned fragrant incense on it, just as the Lord had commanded him.

29882

He made it and all its utensils of 75 pounds of pure gold.

29883

The captain of the guard assigned Joseph to them, and he became their personal attendant. And they were in custody for some time.

29884

But we told him: We are honest and not spies.

29885

They will eat the grain offering, the sin offering, and the restitution offering. Everything in Israel that is permanently dedicated to the Lord will belong to them.

29886

Before they go out to the outer court, to the people, they must take off the clothes they have been ministering in, leave them in the holy chambers, and dress in other clothes so that they do not transmit holiness to the people through their clothes.

29887

I saw that the temple had a raised platform surrounding it; this foundation for the side rooms was 10½ feet high.

29888

The Lord said to me: “Son of man, pay attention; look with your eyes and listen with your ears to everything I tell you about all the statutes and laws of the Lord’s temple. Take careful note of the entrance of the temple along with all the exits of the sanctuary.

29889

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

29890

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.

29891

“But your people say, ‘The Lord’s way isn’t fair,’ even though it is their own way that isn’t fair.

29892

So I answered them: “The word of the Lord came to me:

29893

The sea has risen over Babylon;
she is covered with its turbulent waves.

29894

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.

29895

Then the word of the Lord came to Isaiah:

29896

Therefore, this is what the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “I am about to punish the king of Babylon and his land just as I punished the king of Assyria.

29897

The swift cannot flee,
and the warrior cannot escape!
In the north by the bank of the Euphrates River,
they stumble and fall.

29898

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.’”

29899

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

29900

Then Hezekiah prayed to the Lord:

29901

Your descendants would have been as countless as the sand,
and the offspring of your body like its grains;
their name would not be cut off
or eliminated from My presence.

29902

If I counted them,
they would outnumber the grains of sand;
when I wake up, I am still with You.

29903

But hail will level the forest,
and the city will sink into the depths.

29905

I say to the Lord, “You are my God.”
Listen, Lord, to my cry for help.

29906

Because of Your temple at Jerusalem,
kings will bring tribute to You.

29907

Neziah’s descendants, Hatipha’s descendants.

29908

the other Elam’s people1,254

29909

They removed the burnt offerings so that they might be given to the divisions of the ancestral houses of the lay people to offer to the Lord, according to what is written in the book of Moses; they did the same with the bulls.

29910

Serve in the holy place by the divisions of the ancestral houses for your brothers, the lay people, and the distribution of the tribal household of the Levites.

29912

the table with all its utensils, the lampstand with its utensils, the altar of incense,

29913

Just as I considered your life valuable today, so may the Lord consider my life valuable and rescue me from all trouble.”

29914

Moses and Eleazar the priest received from them all the articles made out of gold.

29915

his son Zadok, and his son Ahimaaz.

29916

So there were eight planks with their 16 silver bases, two bases under each one.

29917

Each silver dish weighed 3¼ pounds, and each basin 1¾ pounds. The total weight of the silver articles was 60 pounds measured by the standard sanctuary shekel.

29918

in addition to the posts of the surrounding courtyard with their bases, tent pegs, and ropes.

29919

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.

29920

He also made 50 gold clasps and joined the curtains to each other, so that the tabernacle became a single unit.

29921

The length of each curtain was 42 feet, and the width of each curtain six feet; all the curtains had the same measurements.

29922

Then they tore their clothes, and each one loaded his donkey and returned to the city.

29923

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.

29924

Then I will knock your bow from your left hand and make your arrows drop from your right hand.

29925

This is what the Lord God says:

I will spread My net over you
with an assembly of many peoples,
and they will haul you up in My net.

29926

“Why did you cause me so much trouble?” Israel asked. “Why did you tell the man that you had another brother?”

29927

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. So I destroyed them in My anger.

29928

He will trample all your streets with the hooves of his horses. He will slaughter your people with the sword, and your mighty pillars will fall to the ground.

29929

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

29930

The assembly will stone them and cut them down with their swords. They will kill their sons and daughters and burn their houses with fire.

29931

You who have escaped the sword,
go and do not stand still!
Remember the Lord from far away,
and let Jerusalem come to your mind.

29932

Babylon, I laid a trap for you, and you were caught,
but you did not even know it.
You were found and captured
because you fought against the Lord.

29934

until the Lord looks down
from heaven and sees.

29935

for our captors there asked us for songs,
and our tormentors, for rejoicing:
“Sing us one of the songs of Zion.”

29936

I will set My throne in Elam,
and I will destroy the king and officials from there.
This is the Lord’s declaration.

29937

Only desolation remains in the city;
its gate has collapsed in ruins.

29938

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.

29939

then the sword you fear will overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine you are worried about will follow on your heels there to Egypt, and you will die there.

29940

“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.

29941

He alone does great wonders.
        His love is eternal.

29942

and has gathered them from the lands—
from the east and the west,
from the north and the south.

29943

Rescue the poor and needy;
save them from the power of the wicked.”

29944

Is this your jubilant city,
whose origin was in ancient times,
whose feet have taken her
to settle far away?

29945

the root Your right hand has planted,
the shoot that You made strong for Yourself.

29946

I have kept my feet from every evil path
to follow Your word.

29947

The clouds poured down water.
The storm clouds thundered;
Your arrows flashed back and forth.

29948

Then we will not turn away from You;
revive us, and we will call on Your name.

29950

He abandoned the tabernacle at Shiloh,
the tent where He resided among men.

29952

Repay them according to what they have done—
according to the evil of their deeds.
Repay them according to the work of their hands;
give them back what they deserve.

29953

He burned the bones of the priests on their altars. So he cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.

29954

God, hear my prayer;
listen to the words of my mouth.

29955

Foreigners submit to me grudgingly;
as soon as they hear, they obey me.

29956

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.

29957

They are to be paired at the bottom, and joined together at the top in a single ring. So it should be for both of them; they will serve as the two corners.

29958

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.

29959

Then the common people executed all those who conspired against King Amon and made his son Josiah king in his place.

29960

“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.

29961

They were paired at the bottom and joined together at the top in a single ring. This is what he did with both of them for the two corners.

29962

From this holy portion, you will measure off an area 8⅓ miles long and 3⅓ miles wide, in which the sanctuary, the most holy place, will stand.

29963

Now let them remove their prostitution and the corpses of their kings far from Me, and I will dwell among them forever.

29964

Look! Your eyes and my brother Benjamin’s eyes can see that it is I , Joseph, who am speaking to you.

29965

Next he measured the portico of the gate;

29966

Pile on the logs and kindle the fire!
Cook the meat well
and mix in the spices!
Let the bones be burned!

29967

Then the man measured the temple; it was 175 feet long. In addition, the temple yard and the building, including its walls, were 175 feet long.

29968

I will darken all the shining lights
in the heavens over you,
and will bring darkness on your land.
This is the declaration of the Lord God.

29969

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?

29970

Therefore the cedar became greater in height
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.

29971

Babylon must fall because of the slain of Israel,
even as the slain of all the earth fell
because of Babylon.

29972

So My fierce wrath poured out and burned in Judah’s cities and Jerusalem’s streets so that they became the desolate ruin they are today.

29973

He will come and strike down the land of Egypt—those destined for death, to death; those destined for captivity, to captivity; and those destined for the sword, to the sword.

29974

This is what the Lord says: Don’t deceive yourselves by saying, ‘The Chaldeans will leave us for good,’ for they will not leave.

29975

The Lord reigns forever;
Zion, your God reigns for all generations.
Hallelujah!

29976

The Chaldeans will then return and fight against this city. They will capture it and burn it down.

29979

For He has broken down the bronze gates
and cut through the iron bars.

29980

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

29981

He spread a cloud as a covering
and gave a fire to light up the night.

29983

I will keep Your statutes;
never abandon me.

29984

Cover their faces with shame
so that they will seek Your name Yahweh.

29985

When the Almighty scattered kings in the land,
it snowed on Zalmon.

29986

On high, He summons heaven and earth
in order to judge His people.

29987

They cry for help, but there is no one to save them
they cry to the Lord, but He does not answer them.

29988

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.

29989

You are to offer the same food each day for seven days as a fire offering, a pleasing aroma to the Lord. It is to be offered with its drink offering and the regular burnt offering.

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They were given Hebron in the land of Judah and its surrounding pasturelands,

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This was the inheritance of the Danite tribe by its clans, these cities with their villages.

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including their 20 posts and 20 bronze bases. The hooks and bands of the posts were silver.

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All the livestock for the burnt offering totaled 12 bulls, 12 rams, and 12 male lambs a year old, with their grain offerings, and 12 male goats for the sin offering.

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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.

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with their 40 silver bases, two bases under the first plank and two bases under each of the following ones;

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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.

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Rise up, go up against a nation at ease,
one living in security.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
They have no doors, not even a gate bar;
they live alone.

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So Pharaoh said, “Go and bury your father in keeping with your oath.”

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They loaded the grain on their donkeys and left there.

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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.”

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So they approached Joseph’s steward and spoke to him at the doorway of the house.

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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?