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ἐστιν — 782x G1510 εἰμί
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V-PAI-3S
Occurrences: 782 times in 716 verses
Speech: Verb
Parsing: Present Active Indicative
3rd Person Singular
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:29 - Then God said, “Look! I have given you every seed-bearing plant throughout the earth and all the fruit trees for your food.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:11 - The first branch, called the Pishon, flowed around the entire land of Havilah, where gold is found.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:12 - The gold of that land is exceptionally pure; aromatic resin and onyx stone are also found there.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:3 - “It's only the fruit from the tree in the middle of the garden that we are not allowed to eat. God said, ‘You must not eat it or even touch it; if you do, you will die.'”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:6 - The woman was convinced. She saw that the tree was beautiful and its fruit looked delicious, and she wanted the wisdom it would give her. So she took some of the fruit and ate it. Then she gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it, too.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:9 - Afterward the LORD asked Cain, “Where is your brother? Where is Abel?”
“I don't know,” Cain responded. “Am I my brother's guardian?”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:17 - “Look! I am about to cover the earth with a flood that will destroy every living thing that breathes. Everything on earth will die.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:15 - Two by two they came into the boat, representing every living thing that breathes.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:3 - I have given them to you for food, just as I have given you grain and vegetables.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:12 - Then God said, “I am giving you a sign of my covenant with you and with all living creatures, for all generations to come.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:15 - and I will remember my covenant with you and with all living creatures. Never again will the floodwaters destroy all life.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:16 - When I see the rainbow in the clouds, I will remember the eternal covenant between God and every living creature on earth.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:17 - Then God said to Noah, “Yes, this rainbow is the sign of the covenant I am confirming with all the creatures on earth.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:18 - So Pharaoh summoned Abram and accused him sharply. “What have you done to me?” he demanded. “Why didn't you tell me she was your wife?
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:19 - Why did you say, ‘She is my sister,' and allow me to take her as my wife? Now then, here is your wife. Take her and get out of here!”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:9 - The whole countryside is open to you. Take your choice of any section of the land you want, and we will separate. If you want the land to the left, then I'll take the land on the right. If you prefer the land on the right, then I'll go to the left.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:6 - and the Horites at Mount Seir, as far as El-paran at the edge of the wilderness.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:15 - There he divided his men and attacked during the night. Kedorlaomer's army fled, but Abram chased them as far as Hobah, north of Damascus.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:20 - See, there is a small village nearby. Please let me go there instead; don't you see how small it is? Then my life will be saved.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:31 - One day the older daughter said to her sister, “There are no men left anywhere in this entire area, so we can't get married like everyone else. And our father will soon be too old to have children.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:2 - Abraham introduced his wife, Sarah, by saying, “She is my sister.” So King Abimelech of Gerar sent for Sarah and had her brought to him at his palace.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:3 - But that night God came to Abimelech in a dream and told him, “You are a dead man, for that woman you have taken is already married!”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:5 - Didn't Abraham tell me, ‘She is my sister'? And she herself said, ‘Yes, he is my brother.' I acted in complete innocence! My hands are clean.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:12 - And she really is my sister, for we both have the same father, but different mothers. And I married her.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:13 - When God called me to leave my father's home and to travel from place to place, I told her, ‘Do me a favor. Wherever we go, tell the people that I am your brother.'”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:13 - But I will also make a nation of the descendants of Hagar's son because he is your son, too.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:17 - But God heard the boy crying, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven, “Hagar, what's wrong? Do not be afraid! God has heard the boy crying as he lies there.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:7 - Isaac turned to Abraham and said, “Father?”
“Yes, my son?” Abraham replied.
“We have the fire and the wood,” the boy said, “but where is the sheep for the burnt offering?”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:2 - she died at Kiriath-arba (now called Hebron) in the land of Canaan. There Abraham mourned and wept for her.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:9 - to let me buy his cave at Machpelah, down at the end of his field. I will pay the full price in the presence of witnesses, so I will have a permanent burial place for my family.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:17 - So Abraham bought the plot of land belonging to Ephron at Machpelah, near Mamre. This included the field itself, the cave that was in it, and all the surrounding trees.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:19 - Then Abraham buried his wife, Sarah, there in Canaan, in the cave of Machpelah, near Mamre (also called Hebron).
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:65 - “Who is that man walking through the fields to meet us?” she asked the servant.
And he replied, “It is my master.” So Rebekah covered her face with her veil.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:9 - His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, near Mamre, in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:18 - Ishmael's descendants occupied the region from Havilah to Shur, which is east of Egypt in the direction of Asshur. There they lived in open hostility toward all their relatives.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:7 - When the men who lived there asked Isaac about his wife, Rebekah, he said, “She is my sister.” He was afraid to say, “She is my wife.” He thought, “They will kill me to get her, because she is so beautiful.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:9 - Immediately, Abimelech called for Isaac and exclaimed, “She is obviously your wife! Why did you say, ‘She is my sister'?”
“Because I was afraid someone would kill me to get her from me,” Isaac replied.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:38 - Esau pleaded, “But do you have only one blessing? Oh my father, bless me, too!” Then Esau broke down and wept.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:12 - He explained to Rachel that he was her cousin on her father's side—the son of her aunt Rebekah. So Rachel quickly ran and told her father, Laban.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:15 - Laban said to him, “You shouldn't work for me without pay just because we are relatives. Tell me how much your wages should be.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:18 - She named him Issachar,[fn] for she said, “God has rewarded me for giving my servant to my husband as a wife.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:11 - Then in my dream, the angel of God said to me, ‘Jacob!' And I replied, ‘Yes, here I am.'
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:32 - But as for your gods, see if you can find them, and let the person who has taken them die! And if you find anything else that belongs to you, identify it before all these relatives of ours, and I will give it back!” But Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen the household idols.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:35 - she said to her father, “Please, sir, forgive me if I don't get up for you. I'm having my monthly period.” So Laban continued his search, but he could not find the household idols.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:43 - Then Laban replied to Jacob, “These women are my daughters, these children are my grandchildren, and these flocks are my flocks—in fact, everything you see is mine. But what can I do now about my daughters and their children?
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:44 - So come, let's make a covenant, you and I, and it will be a witness to our commitment.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:50 - If you mistreat my daughters or if you marry other wives, God will see it even if no one else does. He is a witness to this covenant between us.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:27 - “What is your name?” the man asked.
He replied, “Jacob.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:32 - (Even today the people of Israel don't eat the tendon near the hip socket because of what happened that night when the man strained the tendon of Jacob's hip.)
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:5 - Then Esau looked at the women and children and asked, “Who are these people with you?”
“These are the children God has graciously given to me, your servant,” Jacob replied.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:8 - “And what were all the flocks and herds I met as I came?” Esau asked.
Jacob replied, “They are a gift, my lord, to ensure your friendship.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:18 - Later, having traveled all the way from Paddan-aram, Jacob arrived safely at the town of Shechem, in the land of Canaan. There he set up camp outside the town.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:6 - Eventually, Jacob and his household arrived at Luz (also called Bethel) in Canaan.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:17 - After a very hard delivery, the midwife finally exclaimed, “Don't be afraid—you have another son!”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:1 - This is the account of the descendants of Esau (also known as Edom).
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:8 - So Esau (also known as Edom) settled in the hill country of Seir.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:24 - The descendants of Zibeon were Aiah and Anah. (This is the Anah who discovered the hot springs in the wilderness while he was grazing his father's donkeys.)
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:27 - Instead of hurting him, let's sell him to those Ishmaelite traders. After all, he is our brother—our own flesh and blood!” And his brothers agreed.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:32 - They sent the beautiful robe to their father with this message: “Look at what we found. Doesn't this robe belong to your son?”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:33 - Their father recognized it immediately. “Yes,” he said, “it is my son's robe. A wild animal must have eaten him. Joseph has clearly been torn to pieces!”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:14 - Tamar was aware that Shelah had grown up, but no arrangements had been made for her to come and marry him. So she changed out of her widow's clothing and covered herself with a veil to disguise herself. Then she sat beside the road at the entrance to the village of Enaim, which is on the road to Timnah.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:16 - So he stopped and propositioned her. “Let me have sex with you,” he said, not realizing that she was his own daughter-in-law.
“How much will you pay to have sex with me?” Tamar asked.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:21 - So he asked the men who lived there, “Where can I find the shrine prostitute who was sitting beside the road at the entrance to Enaim?”
“We've never had a shrine prostitute here,” they replied.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:25 - But as they were taking her out to kill her, she sent this message to her father-in-law: “The man who owns these things made me pregnant. Look closely. Whose seal and cord and walking stick are these?”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:8 - And they replied, “We both had dreams last night, but no one can tell us what they mean.”
“Interpreting dreams is God's business,” Joseph replied. “Go ahead and tell me your dreams.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:25 - Joseph responded, “Both of Pharaoh's dreams mean the same thing. God is telling Pharaoh in advance what he is about to do.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:26 - The seven healthy cows and the seven healthy heads of grain both represent seven years of prosperity.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:14 - But Joseph insisted, “As I said, you are spies!
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:12 - Also take double the money that was put back in your sacks, as it was probably someone's mistake.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:32 - The waiters served Joseph at his own table, and his brothers were served at a separate table. The Egyptians who ate with Joseph sat at their own table, because Egyptians despise Hebrews and refuse to eat with them.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:5 - Why have you stolen my master's silver cup,[fn] which he uses to predict the future? What a wicked thing you have done!'”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:10 - You can live in the region of Goshen, where you can be near me with all your children and grandchildren, your flocks and herds, and everything you own.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:28 - Then Jacob exclaimed, “It must be true! My son Joseph is alive! I must go and see him before I die.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:2 - During the night God spoke to him in a vision. “Jacob! Jacob!” he called.
“Here I am,” Jacob replied.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:33 - Then he said, “When Pharaoh calls for you and asks you about your occupation,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:34 - you must tell him, ‘We, your servants, have raised livestock all our lives, as our ancestors have always done.' When you tell him this, he will let you live here in the region of Goshen, for the Egyptians despise shepherds.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:4 - We have come to live here in Egypt for a while, for there is no pasture for our flocks in Canaan. The famine is very severe there. So please, we request permission to live in the region of Goshen.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:6 - choose any place in the entire land of Egypt for them to live. Give them the best land of Egypt. Let them live in the region of Goshen. And if any of them have special skills, put them in charge of my livestock, too.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:29 - Then Jacob instructed them, “Soon I will die and join my ancestors. Bury me with my father and grandfather in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:10 - When they arrived at the threshing floor of Atad, near the Jordan River, they held a very great and solemn memorial service, with a seven-day period of mourning for Joseph's father.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:11 - The local residents, the Canaanites, watched them mourning at the threshing floor of Atad. Then they renamed that place (which is near the Jordan) Abel-mizraim,[fn] for they said, “This is a place of deep mourning for these Egyptians.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:11 - So the Egyptians made the Israelites their slaves. They appointed brutal slave drivers over them, hoping to wear them down with crushing labor. They forced them to build the cities of Pithom and Rameses as supply centers for the king.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:4 - When the LORD saw Moses coming to take a closer look, God called to him from the middle of the bush, “Moses! Moses!”
“Here I am!” Moses replied.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:15 - God also said to Moses, “Say this to the people of Israel: Yahweh,[fn] the God of your ancestors—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob—has sent me to you.
This is my eternal name,
my name to remember for all generations.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:2 - Then the LORD asked him, “What is that in your hand?”
“A shepherd's staff,” Moses replied.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:2 - “Is that so?” retorted Pharaoh. “And who is the LORD? Why should I listen to him and let Israel go? I don't know the LORD, and I will not let Israel go.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:19 - “This is the finger of God!” the magicians exclaimed to Pharaoh. But Pharaoh's heart remained hard. He wouldn't listen to them, just as the LORD had predicted.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:19 - Quick! Order your livestock and servants to come in from the fields to find shelter. Any person or animal left outside will die when the hail falls.'”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:2 - “From now on, this month will be the first month of the year for you.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:22 - Drain the blood into a basin. Then take a bundle of hyssop branches and dip it into the blood. Brush the hyssop across the top and sides of the doorframes of your houses. And no one may go out through the door until morning.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:42 - On this night the LORD kept his promise to bring his people out of the land of Egypt. So this night belongs to him, and it must be commemorated every year by all the Israelites, from generation to generation.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:2 - “Dedicate to me every firstborn among the Israelites. The first offspring to be born, of both humans and animals, belongs to me.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:1 - Then the whole community of Israel set out from Elim and journeyed into the wilderness of Sin,[fn] between Elim and Mount Sinai. They arrived there on the fifteenth day of the second month, one month after leaving the land of Egypt.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:8 - Then Moses added, “The LORD will give you meat to eat in the evening and bread to satisfy you in the morning, for he has heard all your complaints against him. What have we done? Yes, your complaints are against the LORD, not against us.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:15 - The Israelites were puzzled when they saw it. “What is it?” they asked each other. They had no idea what it was.
And Moses told them, “It is the food the LORD has given you to eat.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:23 - He told them, “This is what the LORD commanded: Tomorrow will be a day of complete rest, a holy Sabbath day set apart for the LORD. So bake or boil as much as you want today, and set aside what is left for tomorrow.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:18 - “You're going to wear yourself out—and the people, too. This job is too heavy a burden for you to handle all by yourself.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:5 - Now if you will obey me and keep my covenant, you will be my own special treasure from among all the peoples on earth; for all the earth belongs to me.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:17 - “You must not covet your neighbor's house. You must not covet your neighbor's wife, male or female servant, ox or donkey, or anything else that belongs to your neighbor.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:8 - If she does not satisfy her owner, he must allow her to be bought back again. But he is not allowed to sell her to foreigners, since he is the one who broke the contract with her.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:21 - But if the slave recovers within a day or two, then the owner shall not be punished, since the slave is his property.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:36 - But if the ox had a reputation for goring, yet its owner failed to keep it under control, he must pay full compensation—a live ox for the dead one—but he may keep the dead ox.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:3 - But if it happens in daylight, the one who killed the thief is guilty of murder.
“A thief who is caught must pay in full for everything he stole. If he cannot pay, he must be sold as a slave to pay for his theft.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:21 - Pay close attention to him, and obey his instructions. Do not rebel against him, for he is my representative, and he will not forgive your rebellion.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:22 - But if you are careful to obey him, following all my instructions, then I will be an enemy to your enemies, and I will oppose those who oppose you.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:8 - The decorative sash will be made of the same materials: finely woven linen embroidered with gold and with blue, purple, and scarlet thread.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:1 - “This is the ceremony you must follow when you consecrate Aaron and his sons to serve me as priests: Take a young bull and two rams with no defects.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:14 - Then take the rest of the bull, including its hide, meat, and dung, and burn it outside the camp as a sin offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:25 - Afterward take the various breads from their hands, and burn them on the altar along with the burnt offering. It is a pleasing aroma to the LORD, a special gift for him.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:26 - Then take the breast of Aaron's ordination ram, and lift it up in the LORD's presence as a special offering to him. Then keep it as your own portion.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:29 - “Aaron's sacred garments must be preserved for his descendants who succeed him, and they will wear them when they are anointed and ordained.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:34 - If any of the ordination meat or bread remains until the morning, it must be burned. It may not be eaten, for it is holy.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:38 - “These are the sacrifices you are to offer regularly on the altar. Each day, offer two lambs that are a year old,
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:13 - Each person who is counted must give a small piece of silver as a sacred offering to the LORD. (This payment is half a shekel,[fn] based on the sanctuary shekel, which equals twenty gerahs.)
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:32 - It must never be used to anoint anyone else, and you must never make any blend like it for yourselves. It is holy, and you must treat it as holy.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:13 - “Tell the people of Israel: ‘Be careful to keep my Sabbath day, for the Sabbath is a sign of the covenant between me and you from generation to generation. It is given so you may know that I am the LORD, who makes you holy.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:14 - You must keep the Sabbath day, for it is a holy day for you. Anyone who desecrates it must be put to death; anyone who works on that day will be cut off from the community.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:17 - It is a permanent sign of my covenant with the people of Israel. For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, but on the seventh day he stopped working and was refreshed.'”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:16 - These tablets were God's work; the words on them were written by God himself.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:16 - How will anyone know that you look favorably on me—on me and on your people—if you don't go with us? For your presence among us sets your people and me apart from all other people on the earth.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:9 - And he said, “O Lord, if it is true that I have found favor with you, then please travel with us. Yes, this is a stubborn and rebellious people, but please forgive our iniquity and our sins. Claim us as your own special possession.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:10 - The LORD replied, “Listen, I am making a covenant with you in the presence of all your people. I will perform miracles that have never been performed anywhere in all the earth or in any nation. And all the people around you will see the power of the LORD—the awesome power I will display for you.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:14 - You must worship no other gods, for the LORD, whose very name is Jealous, is a God who is jealous about his relationship with you.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:21 - There was an almond bud beneath each pair of branches where the six branches extended from the center stem, all made of one piece.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:9 - But the internal organs and the legs must first be washed with water. Then the priest will burn the entire sacrifice on the altar as a burnt offering. It is a special gift, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:13 - But the internal organs and the legs must first be washed with water. Then the priest will burn the entire sacrifice on the altar as a burnt offering. It is a special gift, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:17 - Then, grasping the bird by its wings, the priest will tear the bird open, but without tearing it apart. Then he will burn it as a burnt offering on the wood burning on the altar. It is a special gift, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:16 - The priest will take a representative portion of the grain moistened with oil, together with all the frankincense, and burn it as a special gift presented to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:7 - The priest will then put some of the blood on the horns of the altar for fragrant incense that stands in the LORD's presence inside the Tabernacle. He will pour out the rest of the bull's blood at the base of the altar for burnt offerings at the entrance of the Tabernacle.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:9 - the two kidneys and the fat around them near the loins, and the long lobe of the liver. He must remove these along with the kidneys,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:18 - He will then put some of the blood on the horns of the altar for fragrant incense that stands in the LORD's presence inside the Tabernacle. He will pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar for burnt offerings at the entrance of the Tabernacle.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:21 - Then the priest must take what is left of the bull and carry it outside the camp and burn it there, just as is done with the sin offering for the high priest. This offering is for the sin of the entire congregation of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:9 - Then he will sprinkle some of the blood of the sin offering against the sides of the altar, and the rest of the blood will be drained out at the base of the altar. This is an offering for sin.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:18 - If any of the meat from the peace offering is eaten on the third day, the person who presented it will not be accepted by the LORD. You will receive no credit for offering it. By then the meat will be contaminated; if you eat it, you will be punished for your sin.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:20 - If you are ceremonially unclean and you eat meat from a peace offering that was presented to the LORD, you will be cut off from the community.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:21 - If you touch anything that is unclean (whether it is human defilement or an unclean animal or any other unclean, detestable thing) and then eat meat from a peace offering presented to the LORD, you will be cut off from the community.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:5 - Moses announced to them, “This is what the LORD has commanded us to do!”
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:21 - After washing the internal organs and the legs with water, Moses burned the entire ram on the altar as a burnt offering. It was a pleasing aroma, a special gift presented to the LORD, just as the LORD had commanded him.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:28 - Moses then took all the offerings back from them and burned them on the altar on top of the burnt offering. This was the ordination offering. It was a pleasing aroma, a special gift presented to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:3 - Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the LORD meant when he said,
‘I will display my holiness
through those who come near me.
I will display my glory
before all the people.'”
And Aaron was silent.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:13 - You must eat it in a sacred place, for it has been given to you and your descendants as your portion of the special gifts presented to the LORD. These are the commands I have been given.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:10 - But you must never eat animals from the sea or from rivers that do not have both fins and scales. They are detestable to you. This applies both to little creatures that live in shallow water and to all creatures that live in deep water.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:12 - Any marine animal that does not have both fins and scales is detestable to you.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:13 - “These are the birds that are detestable to you. You must never eat them: the griffon vulture, the bearded vulture, the black vulture,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:20 - “You must not eat winged insects that walk along the ground; they are detestable to you.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:23 - All other winged insects that walk along the ground are detestable to you.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:26 - “Any animal that has split hooves that are not evenly divided or that does not chew the cud is unclean for you. If you touch the carcass of such an animal, you will be defiled.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:28 - If you pick up its carcass, you must wash your clothes, and you will remain defiled until evening. These animals are unclean for you.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:35 - Any object on which the carcass of such an animal falls will be defiled. If it is an oven or hearth, it must be destroyed, for it is defiled, and you must treat it accordingly.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:38 - But if the seed is wet when the carcass falls on it, the seed will be defiled.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:39 - “If an animal you are permitted to eat dies and you touch its carcass, you will be defiled until evening.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:42 - This includes all animals that slither along on their bellies, as well as those with four legs and those with many feet. All such animals that scurry along the ground are detestable, and you must never eat them.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:4 - “But if the affected area of the skin is only a white discoloration and does not appear to be more than skin-deep, and if the hair on the spot has not turned white, the priest will quarantine the person for seven days.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:6 - On the seventh day the priest will make another examination. If he finds the affected area has faded and has not spread, the priest will pronounce the person ceremonially clean. It was only a rash. The person's clothing must be washed, and the person will be ceremonially clean.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:11 - it is a chronic skin disease, and the priest must pronounce the person ceremonially unclean. In such cases the person need not be quarantined, for it is obvious that the skin is defiled by the disease.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:13 - When the priest examines the infected person and finds that the disease covers the entire body, he will pronounce the person ceremonially clean. Since the skin has turned completely white, the person is clean.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:15 - The priest must make this pronouncement as soon as he sees an open sore, since open sores indicate the presence of a skin disease.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:17 - for another examination. If the affected areas have indeed turned white, the priest will then pronounce the person ceremonially clean by declaring, ‘You are clean!'
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:28 - But if the affected area has not changed or spread on the skin and has faded, it is simply a swelling from the burn. The priest will then pronounce the person ceremonially clean, for it is only the scar from the burn.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:30 - the priest must examine it. If he finds it is more than skin-deep and has fine yellow hair on it, the priest must pronounce the person ceremonially unclean. It is a scabby sore of the head or chin.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:36 - the priest must do another examination. If he finds that the sore has spread, the priest does not need to look for yellow hair. The infected person is ceremonially unclean.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:37 - But if the color of the scabby sore does not change and black hair has grown on it, it has healed. The priest will then pronounce the person ceremonially clean.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:39 - the priest must examine the affected area. If he finds that the shiny patches are only pale white, this is a harmless skin rash, and the person is ceremonially clean.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:40 - “If a man loses his hair and his head becomes bald, he is still ceremonially clean.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:41 - And if he loses hair on his forehead, he simply has a bald forehead; he is still clean.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:44 - the man is indeed infected with a skin disease and is unclean. The priest must pronounce him ceremonially unclean because of the sore on his head.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:45 - “Those who suffer from a serious skin disease must tear their clothing and leave their hair uncombed.[fn] They must cover their mouth and call out, ‘Unclean! Unclean!'
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:51 - On the seventh day the priest must inspect it again. If the contaminated area has spread, the clothing or fabric or leather is clearly contaminated by a serious mildew and is ceremonially unclean.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:52 - The priest must burn the item—the clothing, the woolen or linen fabric, or piece of leather—for it has been contaminated by a serious mildew. It must be completely destroyed by fire.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:55 - Then the priest must examine the object again. If he finds that the contaminated area has not changed color after being washed, even if it did not spread, the object is defiled. It must be completely burned up, whether the contaminated spot[fn] is on the inside or outside.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:57 - If the spot later reappears on the clothing, the fabric, or the leather article, the mildew is clearly spreading, and the contaminated object must be burned up.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:32 - These are the instructions for purification for those who have recovered from a serious skin disease but who cannot afford to bring the offerings normally required for the ceremony of purification.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:40 - the priest must order that the stones from those areas be removed. The contaminated material will then be taken outside the town to an area designated as ceremonially unclean.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:44 - the priest must return and inspect the house again. If he finds that the mildew has spread, the walls are clearly contaminated with a serious mildew, and the house is defiled.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:2 - “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel.
“Any man who has a bodily discharge is ceremonially unclean.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:3 - This defilement is caused by his discharge, whether the discharge continues or stops. In either case the man is unclean.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:4 - Any bed on which the man with the discharge lies and anything on which he sits will be ceremonially unclean.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:2 - The LORD said to Moses, “Warn your brother, Aaron, not to enter the Most Holy Place behind the inner curtain whenever he chooses; if he does, he will die. For the Ark's cover—the place of atonement—is there, and I myself am present in the cloud above the atonement cover.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:4 - He must put on his linen tunic and the linen undergarments worn next to his body. He must tie the linen sash around his waist and put the linen turban on his head. These are sacred garments, so he must bathe himself in water before he puts them on.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:11 - for the life of the body is in its blood. I have given you the blood on the altar to purify you, making you right with the LORD.[fn] It is the blood, given in exchange for a life, that makes purification possible.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:14 - The life of every creature is in its blood. That is why I have said to the people of Israel, ‘You must never eat or drink blood, for the life of any creature is in its blood.' So whoever consumes blood will be cut off from the community.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:7 - “Do not violate your father by having sexual relations with your mother. She is your mother; you must not have sexual relations with her.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:8 - “Do not have sexual relations with any of your father's wives, for this would violate your father.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:11 - “Do not have sexual relations with your stepsister, the daughter of any of your father's wives, for she is your sister.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:12 - “Do not have sexual relations with your father's sister, for she is your father's close relative.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:13 - “Do not have sexual relations with your mother's sister, for she is your mother's close relative.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:14 - “Do not violate your uncle, your father's brother, by having sexual relations with his wife, for she is your aunt.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:15 - “Do not have sexual relations with your daughter-in-law; she is your son's wife, so you must not have sexual relations with her.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:16 - “Do not have sexual relations with your brother's wife, for this would violate your brother.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:17 - “Do not have sexual relations with both a woman and her daughter. And do not take[fn] her granddaughter, whether her son's daughter or her daughter's daughter, and have sexual relations with her. They are close relatives, and this would be a wicked act.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:22 - “Do not practice homosexuality, having sex with another man as with a woman. It is a detestable sin.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:23 - “A man must not defile himself by having sex with an animal. And a woman must not offer herself to a male animal to have intercourse with it. This is a perverse act.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:7 - If any of the sacrifice is eaten on the third day, it will be contaminated, and I will not accept it.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:14 - “If a man marries both a woman and her mother, he has committed a wicked act. The man and both women must be burned to death to wipe out such wickedness from among you.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:17 - “If a man marries his sister, the daughter of either his father or his mother, and they have sexual relations, it is a shameful disgrace. They must be publicly cut off from the community. Since the man has violated his sister, he will be punished for his sin.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:7 - “Priests may not marry a woman defiled by prostitution, and they may not marry a woman who is divorced from her husband, for the priests are set apart as holy to their God.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:19 - or has a broken foot or arm,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:21 - No descendant of Aaron who has a defect may approach the altar to present special gifts to the LORD. Since he has a defect, he may not approach the altar to offer food to his God.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:25 - and you must not accept such an animal from foreigners and then offer it as a sacrifice to your God. Such animals will not be accepted on your behalf, for they are mutilated or defective.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:3 - “You have six days each week for your ordinary work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath day of complete rest, an official day for holy assembly. It is the LORD's Sabbath day, and it must be observed wherever you live.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:36 - For seven days you must present special gifts to the LORD. The eighth day is another holy day on which you present your special gifts to the LORD. This will be a solemn occasion, and no ordinary work may be done that day.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:23 - “The land must never be sold on a permanent basis, for the land belongs to me. You are only foreigners and tenant farmers working for me.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:34 - The open pastureland around the Levitical towns may never be sold. It is their permanent possession.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:28 - “However, anything specially set apart for the LORD—whether a person, an animal, or family property—must never be sold or bought back. Anything devoted in this way has been set apart as holy, and it belongs to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:18 - “Then the Nazirites will shave their heads at the entrance of the Tabernacle. They will take the hair that had been dedicated and place it on the fire beneath the peace-offering sacrifice.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:89 - Whenever Moses went into the Tabernacle to speak with the LORD, he heard the voice speaking to him from between the two cherubim above the Ark's cover—the place of atonement—that rests on the Ark of the Covenant.[fn] The LORD spoke to him from there.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:24 - “This is the rule the Levites must follow: They must begin serving in the Tabernacle at the age of twenty-five,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:14 - I can't carry all these people by myself! The load is far too heavy!
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:18 - “And say to the people, ‘Purify yourselves, for tomorrow you will have meat to eat. You were whining, and the LORD heard you when you cried, “Oh, for some meat! We were better off in Egypt!” Now the LORD will give you meat, and you will have to eat it.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:20 - You will eat it for a whole month until you gag and are sick of it. For you have rejected the LORD, who is here among you, and you have whined to him, saying, “Why did we ever leave Egypt?”'”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:7 - But not with my servant Moses.
Of all my house, he is the one I trust.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:18 - See what the land is like, and find out whether the people living there are strong or weak, few or many.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:19 - See what kind of land they live in. Is it good or bad? Do their towns have walls, or are they unprotected like open camps?
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:31 - But the other men who had explored the land with him disagreed. “We can't go up against them! They are stronger than we are!”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:32 - So they spread this bad report about the land among the Israelites: “The land we traveled through and explored will devour anyone who goes to live there. All the people we saw were huge.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:3 - “Why is the LORD taking us to this country only to have us die in battle? Our wives and our little ones will be carried off as plunder! Wouldn't it be better for us to return to Egypt?”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:7 - They said to all the people of Israel, “The land we traveled through and explored is a wonderful land!
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:9 - Do not rebel against the LORD, and don't be afraid of the people of the land. They are only helpless prey to us! They have no protection, but the LORD is with us! Don't be afraid of them!”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:23 - They will never even see the land I swore to give their ancestors. None of those who have treated me with contempt will ever see it.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:42 - Do not go up into the land now. You will only be crushed by your enemies because the LORD is not with you.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:25 - With it the priest will purify the whole community of Israel, making them right with the LORD,[fn] and they will be forgiven. For it was an unintentional sin, and they have corrected it with their offerings to the LORD—the special gift and the sin offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:9 - Does it seem insignificant to you that the God of Israel has chosen you from among all the community of Israel to be near him so you can serve in the LORD's Tabernacle and stand before the people to minister to them?
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:11 - The LORD is the one you and your followers are really revolting against! For who is Aaron that you are complaining about him?”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:26 - “Quick!” he told the people. “Get away from the tents of these wicked men, and don't touch anything that belongs to them. If you do, you will be destroyed for their sins.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:17 - “However, you may not redeem the firstborn of cattle, sheep, or goats. They are holy and have been set apart for the LORD. Sprinkle their blood on the altar, and burn their fat as a special gift, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:31 - You Levites and your families may eat this food anywhere you wish, for it is your compensation for serving in the Tabernacle.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:9 - Then someone who is ceremonially clean will gather up the ashes of the heifer and deposit them in a purified place outside the camp. They will be kept there for the community of Israel to use in the water for the purification ceremony. This ceremony is performed for the removal of sin.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:13 - All those who touch a dead body and do not purify themselves in the proper way defile the LORD's Tabernacle, and they will be cut off from the community of Israel. Since the water of purification was not sprinkled on them, their defilement continues.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:15 - Any open container in the tent that was not covered with a lid is also defiled.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:20 - “But those who become defiled and do not purify themselves will be cut off from the community, for they have defiled the sanctuary of the LORD. Since the water of purification has not been sprinkled on them, they remain defiled.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:19 - The Israelites answered, “We will stay on the main road. If our livestock drink your water, we will pay for it. Just let us pass through your country. That's all we ask.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:11 - Then they went on to Iye-abarim, in the wilderness on the eastern border of Moab.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:16 - From there the Israelites traveled to Beer,[fn] which is the well where the LORD said to Moses, “Assemble the people, and I will give them water.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:20 - After that they went to the valley in Moab where Pisgah Peak overlooks the wasteland.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:5 - sent messengers to call Balaam son of Beor, who was living in his native land of Pethor[fn] near the Euphrates River.[fn] His message said: “Look, a vast horde of people has arrived from Egypt. They cover the face of the earth and are threatening me.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:36 - When King Balak heard that Balaam was on the way, he went out to meet him at a Moabite town on the Arnon River at the farthest border of his land.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:23 - No curse can touch Jacob;
no magic has any power against Israel.
For now it will be said of Jacob,
‘What wonders God has done for Israel!'
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:1 - By now Balaam realized that the LORD was determined to bless Israel, so he did not resort to divination as before. Instead, he turned and looked out toward the wilderness,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:15 - The woman's name was Cozbi; she was the daughter of Zur, the leader of a Midianite clan.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:14 - for you both rebelled against my instructions in the wilderness of Zin. When the people of Israel rebelled, you failed to demonstrate my holiness to them at the waters.” (These are the waters of Meribah at Kadesh[fn] in the wilderness of Zin.)
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:23 - Present these offerings in addition to your regular morning burnt offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:12 - they brought them all to Moses and Eleazar the priest, and to the whole community of Israel, which was camped on the plains of Moab beside the Jordan River, across from Jericho.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:6 - Then they left Succoth and camped at Etham on the edge of the wilderness.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:7 - They left Etham and turned back toward Pi-hahiroth, opposite Baal-zephon, and camped near Migdol.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:16 - “But if someone strikes and kills another person with a piece of iron, it is murder, and the murderer must be executed.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:17 - Or if someone with a stone in his hand strikes and kills another person, it is murder, and the murderer must be put to death.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:18 - Or if someone strikes and kills another person with a wooden object, it is murder, and the murderer must be put to death.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:21 - Or if someone hates another person and hits him with a fist and he dies, it is murder. In such cases, the avenger must put the murderer to death when they meet.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:27 - and the avenger finds him outside the city and kills him, it will not be considered murder.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:17 - and impartial in your judgments. Hear the cases of those who are poor as well as those who are rich. Don't be afraid of anyone's anger, for the decision you make is God's decision. Bring me any cases that are too difficult for you, and I will handle them.'
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:36 - “The LORD our God also helped us conquer Aroer on the edge of the Arnon Gorge, and the town in the gorge, and the whole area as far as Gilead. No town had walls too strong for us.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:12 - “When we took possession of this land, I gave to the tribes of Reuben and Gad the territory beyond Aroer along the Arnon Gorge, plus half of the hill country of Gilead with its towns.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:24 - ‘O Sovereign LORD, you have only begun to show your greatness and the strength of your hand to me, your servant. Is there any god in heaven or on earth who can perform such great and mighty deeds as you do?
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:7 - For what great nation has a god as near to them as the LORD our God is near to us whenever we call on him?
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:8 - And what great nation has decrees and regulations as righteous and fair as this body of instructions that I am giving you today?
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:35 - “He showed you these things so you would know that the LORD is God and there is no other.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:48 - So Israel conquered the entire area from Aroer at the edge of the Arnon Gorge all the way to Mount Sirion,[fn] also called Mount Hermon.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:21 - “You must not covet your neighbor's wife. You must not covet your neighbor's house or land, male or female servant, ox or donkey, or anything else that belongs to your neighbor.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:4 - “Listen, O Israel! The LORD is our God, the LORD alone.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:20 - “In the future your children will ask you, ‘What is the meaning of these laws, decrees, and regulations that the LORD our God has commanded us to obey?'
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:25 - “You must burn their idols in fire, and you must not covet the silver or gold that covers them. You must not take it or it will become a trap to you, for it is detestable to the LORD your God.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:26 - Do not bring any detestable objects into your home, for then you will be destroyed, just like them. You must utterly detest such things, for they are set apart for destruction.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:13 - “The LORD also said to me, ‘I have seen how stubborn and rebellious these people are.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:7 - but if the animal doesn't have both, it may not be eaten. So you may not eat the camel, the hare, or the hyrax.[fn] They chew the cud but do not have split hooves, so they are ceremonially unclean for you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:10 - You may not, however, eat marine animals that do not have both fins and scales. They are ceremonially unclean for you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:19 - “All winged insects that walk along the ground are ceremonially unclean for you and may not be eaten.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:16 - “But suppose your servant says, ‘I will not leave you,' because he loves you and your family, and he has done well with you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:1 - “Never sacrifice sick or defective cattle, sheep, or goats to the LORD your God, for he detests such gifts.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:15 - If this happens, be sure to select as king the man the LORD your God chooses. You must appoint a fellow Israelite; he may not be a foreigner.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:17 - then both the accuser and accused must appear before the LORD by coming to the priests and judges in office at that time.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:20 - You may only cut down trees that you know are not valuable for food. Use them to make the equipment you need to attack the enemy town until it falls.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:17 - He must recognize the rights of his oldest son, the son of the wife he does not love, by giving him a double portion. He is the first son of his father's virility, and the rights of the firstborn belong to him.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:5 - “A woman must not put on men's clothing, and a man must not wear women's clothing. Anyone who does this is detestable in the sight of the LORD your God.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:7 - “Do not detest the Edomites or the Egyptians, because the Edomites are your relatives and you lived as foreigners among the Egyptians.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:18 - When you are bringing an offering to fulfill a vow, you must not bring to the house of the LORD your God any offering from the earnings of a prostitute, whether a man[fn] or a woman, for both are detestable to the LORD your God.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:4 - the first husband may not marry her again, for she has been defiled. That would be detestable to the LORD. You must not bring guilt upon the land the LORD your God is giving you as a special possession.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:11 - You must wait outside while he goes in and brings it out to you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:43 - “The foreigners living among you will become stronger and stronger, while you become weaker and weaker.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:17 - You have seen their detestable practices and their idols[fn] made of wood, stone, silver, and gold.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:18 - I am making this covenant with you so that no one among you—no man, woman, clan, or tribe—will turn away from the LORD our God to worship these gods of other nations, and so that no root among you bears bitter and poisonous fruit.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:11 - “This command I am giving you today is not too difficult for you to understand, and it is not beyond your reach.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:28 - “But Israel is a senseless nation;
the people are foolish, without understanding.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:49 - “Go to Moab, to the mountains east of the river,[fn] and climb Mount Nebo, which is across from Jericho. Look out across the land of Canaan, the land I am giving to the people of Israel as their own special possession.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 34:1 - Then Moses went up to Mount Nebo from the plains of Moab and climbed Pisgah Peak, which is across from Jericho. And the LORD showed him the whole land, from Gilead as far as Dan;
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:24 - He did this so all the nations of the earth might know that the LORD's hand is powerful, and so you might fear the LORD your God forever.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:15 - The commander of the LORD's army replied, “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy.” And Joshua did as he was told.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:2 - Joshua sent some of his men from Jericho to spy out the town of Ai, east of Bethel, near Beth-aven.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:13 - “Get up! Command the people to purify themselves in preparation for tomorrow. For this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Hidden among you, O Israel, are things set apart for the LORD. You will never defeat your enemies until you remove these things from among you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:14 - When the king of Ai saw the Israelites across the valley, he and all his army hurried out early in the morning and attacked the Israelites at a place overlooking the Jordan Valley.[fn] But he didn't realize there was an ambush behind the town.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:2 - King Sihon of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, was defeated. His kingdom included Aroer, on the edge of the Arnon Gorge, and extended from the middle of the Arnon Gorge to the Jabbok River, which serves as a border for the Ammonites. This territory included the southern half of the territory of Gilead.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:9 - The king of Jericho
The king of Ai, near Bethel
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:9 - Their territory extended from Aroer on the edge of the Arnon Gorge (including the town in the middle of the gorge) to the plain beyond Medeba, as far as Dibon.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:16 - Their territory extended from Aroer on the edge of the Arnon Gorge (including the town in the middle of the gorge) to the plain beyond Medeba.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:25 - Their territory included Jazer, all the towns of Gilead, and half of the land of Ammon, as far as the town of Aroer just west of[fn] Rabbah.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:4 - From there it passed to Azmon until it finally reached the Brook of Egypt, which it followed to the Mediterranean Sea.[fn] This was their[fn] southern boundary.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:7 - From that point it went through the valley of Achor to Debir, turning north toward Gilgal, which is across from the slopes of Adummim on the south side of the valley. From there the boundary extended to the springs at En-shemesh and on to En-rogel.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:8 - The boundary then passed through the valley of Ben-Hinnom, along the southern slopes of the Jebusites, where the city of Jerusalem is located. Then it went west to the top of the mountain above the valley of Hinnom, and on up to the northern end of the valley of Rephaim.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:5 - As a result, Manasseh's total allocation came to ten parcels of land, in addition to the land of Gilead and Bashan across the Jordan River,
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:7 - The boundary of the tribe of Manasseh extended from the border of Asher to Micmethath, near Shechem. Then the boundary went south from Micmethath to the settlement near the spring of Tappuah.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:18 - The forests of the hill country will be yours as well. Clear as much of the land as you wish, and take possession of its farthest corners. And you will drive out the Canaanites from the valleys, too, even though they are strong and have iron chariots.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:7 - “The Levites, however, will not receive any allotment of land. Their role as priests of the LORD is their allotment. And the tribes of Gad, Reuben, and the half-tribe of Manasseh won't receive any more land, for they have already received their grant of land, which Moses, the servant of the LORD, gave them on the east side of the Jordan River.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:13 - From there the boundary went south to Luz (that is, Bethel) and proceeded down to Ataroth-addar on the hill that lies south of Lower Beth-horon.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:14 - The boundary then made a turn and swung south along the western edge of the hill facing Beth-horon, ending at the village of Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim), a town belonging to the tribe of Judah. This was the western boundary.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:16 - and down to the base of the mountain beside the valley of Ben-Hinnom, at the northern end of the valley of Rephaim. From there it went down the valley of Hinnom, crossing south of the slope where the Jebusites lived, and continued down to En-rogel.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:17 - From En-rogel the boundary proceeded in a northerly direction and came to En-shemesh and on to Geliloth (which is across from the slopes of Adummim). Then it went down to the Stone of Bohan. (Bohan was Reuben's son.)
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:19 - ran past the north slope of Beth-hoglah, and ended at the north bay of the Dead Sea,[fn] which is the southern end of the Jordan River. This was the southern boundary.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:11 - From there it went west, going past Maralah, touching Dabbesheth, and proceeding to the brook east of Jokneam.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:50 - For the LORD had said he could have any town he wanted. He chose Timnath-serah in the hill country of Ephraim. He rebuilt the town and lived there.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:10 - But while they were still in Canaan, and when they came to a place called Geliloth[fn] near the Jordan River, the men of Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh stopped to build a large and imposing altar.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:22 - “The LORD, the Mighty One, is God! The LORD, the Mighty One, is God! He knows the truth, and may Israel know it, too! We have not built the altar in treacherous rebellion against the LORD. If we have done so, do not spare our lives this day.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:28 - “If they say this, our descendants can reply, ‘Look at this copy of the LORD's altar that our ancestors made. It is not for burnt offerings or sacrifices; it is a reminder of the relationship both of us have with the LORD.'
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:29 - Far be it from us to rebel against the LORD or turn away from him by building our own altar for burnt offerings, grain offerings, or sacrifices. Only the altar of the LORD our God that stands in front of the Tabernacle may be used for that purpose.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:34 - The people of Reuben and Gad named the altar “Witness,”[fn] for they said, “It is a witness between us and them that the LORD is our God, too.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:15 - But if you refuse to serve the LORD, then choose today whom you will serve. Would you prefer the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates? Or will it be the gods of the Amorites in whose land you now live? But as for me and my family, we will serve the LORD.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:17 - For the LORD our God is the one who rescued us and our ancestors from slavery in the land of Egypt. He performed mighty miracles before our very eyes. As we traveled through the wilderness among our enemies, he preserved us.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:18 - It was the LORD who drove out the Amorites and the other nations living here in the land. So we, too, will serve the LORD, for he alone is our God.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:19 - Then Joshua warned the people, “You are not able to serve the LORD, for he is a holy and jealous God. He will not forgive your rebellion and your sins.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:27 - The tribe of Manasseh failed to drive out the people living in Beth-shan,[fn] Taanach, Dor, Ibleam, Megiddo, and all their surrounding settlements, because the Canaanites were determined to stay in that region.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:11 - Now Heber the Kenite, a descendant of Moses' brother-in-law[fn] Hobab, had moved away from the other members of his tribe and pitched his tent by the oak of Zaanannim near Kedesh.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:13 - “Sir,” Gideon replied, “if the LORD is with us, why has all this happened to us? And where are all the miracles our ancestors told us about? Didn't they say, ‘The LORD brought us up out of Egypt'? But now the LORD has abandoned us and handed us over to the Midianites.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:25 - That night the LORD said to Gideon, “Take the second bull from your father's herd, the one that is seven years old. Pull down your father's altar to Baal, and cut down the Asherah pole standing beside it.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:1 - So Jerub-baal (that is, Gideon) and his army got up early and went as far as the spring of Harod. The armies of Midian were camped north of them in the valley near the hill of Moreh.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:2 - “Ask the leading citizens of Shechem whether they want to be ruled by all seventy of Gideon's sons or by one man. And remember that I am your own flesh and blood!”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:3 - So Abimelech's uncles gave his message to all the citizens of Shechem on his behalf. And after listening to this proposal, the people of Shechem decided in favor of Abimelech because he was their relative.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:18 - But today you have revolted against my father and his descendants, killing his seventy sons on one stone. And you have chosen his slave woman's son, Abimelech, to be your king just because he is your relative.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:28 - “Who is Abimelech?” Gaal shouted. “He's not a true son of Shechem,[fn] so why should we be his servants? He's merely the son of Gideon, and this Zebul is merely his deputy. Serve the true sons of Hamor, the founder of Shechem. Why should we serve Abimelech?
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:38 - Then Zebul turned on him and asked, “Now where is that big mouth of yours? Wasn't it you that said, ‘Who is Abimelech, and why should we be his servants?' The men you mocked are right outside the city! Go out and fight them!”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:18 - “Why do you ask my name?” the angel of the LORD replied. “It is too wonderful for you to understand.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:2 - “I truly thought you must hate her,” her father explained, “so I gave her in marriage to your best man. But look, her younger sister is even more beautiful than she is. Marry her instead.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:3 - But Samson stayed in bed only until midnight. Then he got up, took hold of the doors of the town gate, including the two posts, and lifted them up, bar and all. He put them on his shoulders and carried them all the way to the top of the hill across from Hebron.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:5 - The rulers of the Philistines went to her and said, “Entice Samson to tell you what makes him so strong and how he can be overpowered and tied up securely. Then each of us will give you 1,100 pieces[fn] of silver.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:3 - While at Micah's house, they recognized the young Levite's accent, so they went over and asked him, “Who brought you here, and what are you doing in this place? Why are you here?”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:28 - There was no one to rescue the people, for they lived a great distance from Sidon and had no allies nearby. This happened in the valley near Beth-rehob.
Then the people of the tribe of Dan rebuilt the town and lived there.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:14 - So they went on. The sun was setting as they came to Gibeah, a town in the land of Benjamin,
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:31 - When the men of Benjamin came out to attack, they were drawn away from the town. And as they had done before, they began to kill the Israelites. About thirty Israelites died in the open fields and along the roads, one leading to Bethel and the other leading back to Gibeah.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:12 - Among the residents of Jabesh-gilead they found 400 young virgins who had never slept with a man, and they brought them to the camp at Shiloh in the land of Canaan.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:19 - Then they thought of the annual festival of the LORD held in Shiloh, south of Lebonah and north of Bethel, along the east side of the road that goes from Bethel to Shechem.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:6 - And the foreman replied, “She is the young woman from Moab who came back with Naomi.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:20 - “May the LORD bless him!” Naomi told her daughter-in-law. “He is showing his kindness to us as well as to your dead husband.[fn] That man is one of our closest relatives, one of our family redeemers.”
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:3 - And Boaz said to the family redeemer, “You know Naomi, who came back from Moab. She is selling the land that belonged to our relative Elimelech.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:15 - May he restore your youth and care for you in your old age. For he is the son of your daughter-in-law who loves you and has been better to you than seven sons!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:5 - “When you arrive at Gibeah of God,[fn] where the garrison of the Philistines is located, you will meet a band of prophets coming down from the place of worship. They will be playing a harp, a tambourine, a flute, and a lyre, and they will be prophesying.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:19 - But though I have rescued you from your misery and distress, you have rejected your God today and have said, ‘No, we want a king instead!' Now, therefore, present yourselves before the LORD by tribes and clans.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:23 - Rebellion is as sinful as witchcraft,
and stubbornness as bad as worshiping idols.
So because you have rejected the command of the LORD,
he has rejected you as king.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:29 - And he who is the Glory of Israel will not lie, nor will he change his mind, for he is not human that he should change his mind!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:12 - So Jesse sent for him. He was dark and handsome, with beautiful eyes.
And the LORD said, “This is the one; anoint him.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:4 - “We don't have any regular bread,” the priest replied. “But there is the holy bread, which you can have if your young men have not slept with any women recently.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:10 - This very day you can see with your own eyes it isn't true. For the LORD placed you at my mercy back there in the cave. Some of my men told me to kill you, but I spared you. For I said, ‘I will never harm the king—he is the LORD's anointed one.'
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:16 - This isn't good at all! I swear by the LORD that you and your men deserve to die, because you failed to protect your master, the LORD's anointed! Look around! Where are the king's spear and the jug of water that were beside his head?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:16 - Each one grabbed his opponent by the hair and thrust his sword into the other's side so that all of them died. So this place at Gibeon has been known ever since as the Field of Swords.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:22 - Again Abner shouted to him, “Get away from here! I don't want to kill you. How could I ever face your brother Joab again?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:24 - When Joab and Abishai found out what had happened, they set out after Abner. The sun was just going down as they arrived at the hill of Ammah near Giah, along the road to the wilderness of Gibeon.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:8 - I gave you your master's house and his wives and the kingdoms of Israel and Judah. And if that had not been enough, I would have given you much, much more.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:20 - Her brother Absalom saw her and asked, “Is it true that Amnon has been with you? Well, my sister, keep quiet for now, since he's your brother. Don't you worry about it.” So Tamar lived as a desolate woman in her brother Absalom's house.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:32 - And Absalom replied, “Because I wanted you to ask the king why he brought me back from Geshur if he didn't intend to see me. I might as well have stayed there. Let me see the king; if he finds me guilty of anything, then let him kill me.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:31 - “God's way is perfect.
All the LORD's promises prove true.
He is a shield for all who look to him for protection.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:6 - then to Gilead in the land of Tahtim-hodshi[fn] and to Dan-jaan and around to Sidon.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:21 - And I have prepared a place there for the Ark, which contains the covenant that the LORD made with our ancestors when he brought them out of Egypt.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:26 - When the prophet heard the report, he said, “It is the man of God who disobeyed the LORD's command. The LORD has fulfilled his word by causing the lion to attack and kill him.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:12 - But as soon as I leave you, the Spirit of the LORD will carry you away to who knows where. When Ahab comes and cannot find you, he will kill me. Yet I have been a true servant of the LORD all my life.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:27 - About noontime Elijah began mocking them. “You'll have to shout louder,” he scoffed, “for surely he is a god! Perhaps he is daydreaming, or is relieving himself.[fn] Or maybe he is away on a trip, or is asleep and needs to be wakened!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:39 - And when all the people saw it, they fell face down on the ground and cried out, “The LORD—he is God! Yes, the LORD is God!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:3 - ‘Your silver and gold are mine, and so are your wives and the best of your children!'”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:32 - So they put on burlap and ropes, and they went to the king of Israel and begged, “Your servant Ben-hadad says, ‘Please let me live!'”
The king of Israel responded, “Is he still alive? He is my brother!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:8 - They replied, “He was a hairy man,[fn] and he wore a leather belt around his waist.”
“Elijah from Tishbe!” the king exclaimed.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:13 - Hazael responded, “How could a nobody like me[fn] ever accomplish such great things?”
Elisha answered, “The LORD has shown me that you are going to be the king of Aram.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:27 - When King Ahaziah of Judah saw what was happening, he fled along the road to Beth-haggan. Jehu rode after him, shouting, “Shoot him, too!” So they shot Ahaziah in his chariot at the Ascent of Gur, near Ibleam. He was able to go on as far as Megiddo, but he died there.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:33 - east of the Jordan River, including all of Gilead, Gad, Reuben, and Manasseh. He conquered the area from the town of Aroer by the Arnon Gorge to as far north as Gilead and Bashan.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:11 - The rest of the events in Zechariah's reign are recorded in The Book of the History of the Kings of Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:31 - The rest of the events in Pekah's reign and everything he did are recorded in The Book of the History of the Kings of Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:17 - Nevertheless, the king of Assyria sent his commander in chief, his field commander, and his chief of staff[fn] from Lachish with a huge army to confront King Hezekiah in Jerusalem. The Assyrians took up a position beside the aqueduct that feeds water into the upper pool, near the road leading to the field where cloth is washed.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:34 - What happened to the gods of Hamath and Arpad? And what about the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah? Did any god rescue Samaria from my power?
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:13 - What happened to the king of Hamath and the king of Arpad? What happened to the kings of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:17 - “What is that monument over there?” Josiah asked.
And the people of the town told him, “It is the tomb of the man of God who came from Judah and predicted the very things that you have just done to the altar at Bethel!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:4 - Then a section of the city wall was broken down, and all the soldiers fled. Since the city was surrounded by the Babylonians,[fn] they waited for nightfall. Then they slipped through the gate between the two walls behind the king's garden and headed toward the Jordan Valley.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:25 - Great is the LORD! He is most worthy of praise!
He is to be feared above all gods.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:1 - Then David said, “This will be the location for the Temple of the LORD God and the place of the altar for Israel's burnt offerings!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:14 - “I have worked hard to provide materials for building the Temple of the LORD—nearly 4,000 tons of gold, 40,000 tons of silver,[fn] and so much iron and bronze that it cannot be weighed. I have also gathered timber and stone for the walls, though you may need to add more.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:16 - “O LORD our God, even this material we have gathered to build a Temple to honor your holy name comes from you! It all belongs to you!
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:12 - the two pillars;
the two bowl-shaped capitals on top of the pillars;
the two networks of interwoven chains that decorated the capitals;
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:13 - the 400 pomegranates that hung from the chains on the capitals (two rows of pomegranates for each of the chain networks that decorated the capitals on top of the pillars);
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:11 - Solomon moved his wife, Pharaoh's daughter, from the City of David to the new palace he had built for her. He said, “My wife must not live in King David's palace, for the Ark of the LORD has been there, and it is holy ground.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:10 - Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron. These became the fortified towns of Judah and Benjamin.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:4 - When the army of Judah arrived in the hill country of Ephraim, Abijah stood on Mount Zemaraim and shouted to Jeroboam and all Israel: “Listen to me!
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:15 - He said, “Listen, all you people of Judah and Jerusalem! Listen, King Jehoshaphat! This is what the LORD says: Do not be afraid! Don't be discouraged by this mighty army, for the battle is not yours, but God's.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:17 - But you will not even need to fight. Take your positions; then stand still and watch the LORD's victory. He is with you, O people of Judah and Jerusalem. Do not be afraid or discouraged. Go out against them tomorrow, for the LORD is with you!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:21 - So King Jehoash of Israel mobilized his army against King Amaziah of Judah. The two armies drew up their battle lines at Beth-shemesh in Judah.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:23 - When Uzziah died, he was buried with his ancestors; his grave was in a nearby burial field belonging to the kings, for the people said, “He had leprosy.” And his son Jotham became the next king.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:9 - Because of this, our fathers have been killed in battle, and our sons and daughters and wives have been captured.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:10 - But now I will make a covenant with the LORD, the God of Israel, so that his fierce anger will turn away from us.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:19 - We have also recovered all the items discarded by King Ahaz when he was unfaithful and closed the Temple. They are now in front of the altar of the LORD, purified and ready for use.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:12 - Don't you realize that Hezekiah is the very person who destroyed all the LORD's shrines and altars? He commanded Judah and Jerusalem to worship only at the altar at the Temple and to offer sacrifices on it alone.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:13 - And when he prayed, the LORD listened to him and was moved by his request. So the LORD brought Manasseh back to Jerusalem and to his kingdom. Then Manasseh finally realized that the LORD alone is God!
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:15 - The Temple was completed on March 12,[fn] during the sixth year of King Darius's reign.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:23 - Be careful to provide whatever the God of heaven demands for his Temple, for why should we risk bringing God's anger against the realm of the king and his sons?
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:8 - And please give me a letter addressed to Asaph, the manager of the king's forest, instructing him to give me timber. I will need it to make beams for the gates of the Temple fortress, for the city walls, and for a house for myself.” And the king granted these requests, because the gracious hand of God was on me.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:18 - Then I told them about how the gracious hand of God had been on me, and about my conversation with the king.
They replied at once, “Yes, let's rebuild the wall!” So they began the good work.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:11 - But I replied, “Should someone in my position run from danger? Should someone in my position enter the Temple to save his life? No, I won't do it!”
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:16 - Esther was taken to King Xerxes at the royal palace in early winter[fn] of the seventh year of his reign.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:4 - They spoke to him day after day, but still he refused to comply with the order. So they spoke to Haman about this to see if he would tolerate Mordecai's conduct, since Mordecai had told them he was a Jew.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:7 - So in the month of April,[fn] during the twelfth year of King Xerxes' reign, lots were cast in Haman's presence (the lots were called purim) to determine the best day and month to take action. And the day selected was March 7, nearly a year later.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:13 - Dispatches were sent by swift messengers into all the provinces of the empire, giving the order that all Jews—young and old, including women and children—must be killed, slaughtered, and annihilated on a single day. This was scheduled to happen on March 7 of the next year.[fn] The property of the Jews would be given to those who killed them.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:1 - On the third day of the fast, Esther put on her royal robes and entered the inner court of the palace, just across from the king's hall. The king was sitting on his royal throne, facing the entrance.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:3 - Then the king asked her, “What do you want, Queen Esther? What is your request? I will give it to you, even if it is half the kingdom!”
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:4 - And Esther replied, “If it please the king, let the king and Haman come today to a banquet I have prepared for the king.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:6 - And while they were drinking wine, the king said to Esther, “Now tell me what you really want. What is your request? I will give it to you, even if it is half the kingdom!”
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:2 - On this second occasion, while they were drinking wine, the king again said to Esther, “Tell me what you want, Queen Esther. What is your request? I will give it to you, even if it is half the kingdom!”
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:12 - The day chosen for this event throughout all the provinces of King Xerxes was March 7 of the next year.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:1 - So on March 7[fn] the two decrees of the king were put into effect. On that day, the enemies of the Jews had hoped to overpower them, but quite the opposite happened. It was the Jews who overpowered their enemies.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:19 - Rich and poor are both there,
and the slave is free from his master.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:6 - Doesn't your reverence for God give you confidence?
Doesn't your life of integrity give you hope?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:27 - “We have studied life and found all this to be true.
Listen to my counsel, and apply it to yourself.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:3 - they would outweigh all the sands of the sea.
That is why I spoke impulsively.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:4 - For the Almighty has struck me down with his arrows.
Their poison infects my spirit.
God's terrors are lined up against me.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:30 - Do you think I am lying?
Don't I know the difference between right and wrong?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:1 - “Is not all human life a struggle?
Our lives are like that of a hired hand,
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:6 - “My days fly faster than a weaver's shuttle.
They end without hope.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:17 - “What are people, that you should make so much of us,
that you should think of us so often?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:9 - For we were born but yesterday and know nothing.
Our days on earth are as fleeting as a shadow.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:16 - The godless seem like a lush plant growing in the sunshine,
its branches spreading across the garden.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:4 - For God is so wise and so mighty.
Who has ever challenged him successfully?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:24 - The whole earth is in the hands of the wicked,
and God blinds the eyes of the judges.
If he's not the one who does it, who is?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:25 - “My life passes more swiftly than a runner.
It flees away without a glimpse of happiness.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:5 - Is your lifetime only as long as ours?
Is your life so short
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:7 - Although you know I am not guilty,
no one can rescue me from your hands.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:3 - Should I remain silent while you babble on?
When you mock God, shouldn't someone make you ashamed?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:14 - Get rid of your sins,
and leave all iniquity behind you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:3 - Well, I know a few things myself—
and you're no better than I am.
Who doesn't know these things you've been saying?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:19 - Who can argue with me over this?
And if you prove me wrong, I will remain silent and die.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:3 - “You must defend my innocence, O God,
since no one else will stand up for me.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:6 - But it is God who has wronged me,
capturing me in his net.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:21 - “Have mercy on me, my friends, have mercy,
for the hand of God has struck me.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:25 - “But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives,
and he will stand upon the earth at last.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:29 - You should fear punishment yourselves,
for your attitude deserves punishment.
Then you will know that there is indeed a judgment.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:7 - yet they will vanish forever,
thrown away like their own dung.
Those who knew them will ask,
‘Where are they?'
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:22 - “But who can teach a lesson to God,
since he judges even the most powerful?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:28 - You will tell me of rich and wicked people
whose houses have vanished because of their sins.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:2 - “Can a person do anything to help God?
Can even a wise person be helpful to him?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:5 - No, it's because of your wickedness!
There's no limit to your sins.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:2 - “My complaint today is still a bitter one,
and I try hard not to groan aloud.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:13 - But once he has made his decision, who can change his mind?
Whatever he wants to do, he does.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:18 - “But they disappear like foam down a river.
Everything they own is cursed,
and they are afraid to enter their own vineyards.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:25 - Can anyone claim otherwise?
Who can prove me wrong?”
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:2 - “How you have helped the powerless!
How you have saved the weak!
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:8 - For what hope do the godless have when God cuts them off
and takes away their life?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:11 - I will teach you about God's power.
I will not conceal anything concerning the Almighty.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:28 - And this is what he says to all humanity:
‘The fear of the Lord is true wisdom;
to forsake evil is real understanding.'”
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:12 - It is a fire that burns all the way to hell.[fn]
It would wipe out everything I own.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:26 - “Have I looked at the sun shining in the skies,
or the moon walking down its silver pathway,
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:8 - But there is a spirit[fn] within people,
the breath of the Almighty within them,
that makes them intelligent.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:12 - “But you are wrong, and I will show you why.
For God is greater than any human being.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:13 - Did someone else put the world in his care?
Who set the whole world in place?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:21 - “For God watches how people live;
he sees everything they do.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:10 - Yet they don't ask, ‘Where is God my Creator,
the one who gives songs in the night?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:13 - But it is wrong to say God doesn't listen,
to say the Almighty isn't concerned.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:2 - “Let me go on, and I will show you the truth.
For I have not finished defending God!
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:22 - “Look, God is all-powerful.
Who is a teacher like him?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:23 - No one can tell him what to do,
or say to him, ‘You have done wrong.'
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:21 - We cannot look at the sun,
for it shines brightly in the sky
when the wind clears away the clouds.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:6 - What supports its foundations,
and who laid its cornerstone
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:18 - Do you realize the extent of the earth?
Tell me about it if you know!
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:28 - “Does the rain have a father?
Who gives birth to the dew?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:35 - Can you make lightning appear
and cause it to strike as you direct?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:5 - “Who gives the wild donkey its freedom?
Who untied its ropes?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:9 - Are you as strong as God?
Can you thunder with a voice like his?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:10 - And since no one dares to disturb it,
who then can stand up to me?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:11 - Who has given me anything that I need to pay back?
Everything under heaven is mine.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:3 - You asked, ‘Who is this that questions my wisdom with such ignorance?'
It is I—and I was talking about things I knew nothing about,
things far too wonderful for me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:4 - what are mere mortals that you should think about them,
human beings that you should care for them?[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 12:4 - They say, “We will lie to our hearts' content.
Our lips are our own—who can stop us?”
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:6 - The wicked frustrate the plans of the oppressed,
but the LORD will protect his people.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:6 - The land you have given me is a pleasant land.
What a wonderful inheritance!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:8 - I know the LORD is always with me.
I will not be shaken, for he is right beside me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:30 - God's way is perfect.
All the LORD's promises prove true.
He is a shield for all who look to him for protection.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 24:8 - Who is the King of glory?
The LORD, strong and mighty;
the LORD, invincible in battle.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 24:10 - Who is the King of glory?
The LORD of Heaven's Armies—
he is the King of glory.
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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:11 - For the honor of your name, O LORD,
forgive my many, many sins.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:12 - Who are those who fear the LORD?
He will show them the path they should choose.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 26:3 - For I am always aware of your unfailing love,
and I have lived according to your truth.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 28:8 - The LORD gives his people strength.
He is a safe fortress for his anointed king.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:12 - What joy for the nation whose God is the LORD,
whose people he has chosen as his inheritance.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:20 - We put our hope in the LORD.
He is our help and our shield.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:12 - Does anyone want to live a life
that is long and prosperous?
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:39 - The LORD rescues the godly;
he is their fortress in times of trouble.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:4 - “LORD, remind me how brief my time on earth will be.
Remind me that my days are numbered—
how fleeting my life is.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:7 - And so, Lord, where do I put my hope?
My only hope is in you.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:4 - Oh, the joys of those who trust the LORD,
who have no confidence in the proud
or in those who worship idols.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:3 - Day and night I have only tears for food,
while my enemies continually taunt me, saying,
“Where is this God of yours?”
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:10 - Their taunts break my bones.
They scoff, “Where is this God of yours?”
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:15 - We can't escape the constant humiliation;
shame is written across our faces.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:11 - For your royal husband delights in your beauty;
honor him, for he is your lord.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 48:14 - For that is what God is like.
He is our God forever and ever,
and he will guide us until we die.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:6 - Then let the heavens proclaim his justice,
for God himself will be the judge.
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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:8 - I have no complaint about your sacrifices
or the burnt offerings you constantly offer.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:10 - For all the animals of the forest are mine,
and I own the cattle on a thousand hills.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:11 - I know every bird on the mountains,
and all the animals of the field are mine.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:12 - If I were hungry, I would not tell you,
for all the world is mine and everything in it.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:3 - For I recognize my rebellion;
it haunts me day and night.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:19 - God, who has ruled forever,
will hear me and humble them.
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For my enemies refuse to change their ways;
they do not fear God.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 60:7 - Gilead is mine,
and Manasseh, too.
Ephraim, my helmet, will produce my warriors,
and Judah, my scepter, will produce my kings.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:28 - But as for me, how good it is to be near God!
I have made the Sovereign LORD my shelter,
and I will tell everyone about the wonderful things you do.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:16 - Both day and night belong to you;
you made the starlight[fn] and the sun.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 75:7 - It is God alone who judges;
he decides who will rise and who will fall.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:35 - Then they remembered that God was their rock,
that God Most High[fn] was their redeemer.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:38 - Yet he was merciful and forgave their sins
and did not destroy them all.
Many times he held back his anger
and did not unleash his fury!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:10 - Why should pagan nations be allowed to scoff,
asking, “Where is their God?”
Show us your vengeance against the nations,
for they have spilled the blood of your servants.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 84:5 - What joy for those whose strength comes from the LORD,
who have set their minds on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:11 - The heavens are yours, and the earth is yours;
everything in the world is yours—you created it all.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:48 - No one can live forever; all will die.
No one can escape the power of the grave.[fn]
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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 95:5 - The sea belongs to him, for he made it.
His hands formed the dry land, too.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 95:7 - for he is our God.
We are the people he watches over,
the flock under his care.
If only you would listen to his voice today!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 96:4 - Great is the LORD! He is most worthy of praise!
He is to be feared above all gods.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 99:2 - The LORD sits in majesty in Jerusalem,[fn]
exalted above all the nations.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 99:3 - Let them praise your great and awesome name.
Your name is holy!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 99:5 - Exalt the LORD our God!
Bow low before his feet, for he is holy!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 100:3 - Acknowledge that the LORD is God!
He made us, and we are his.[fn]
We are his people, the sheep of his pasture.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:8 - Gilead is mine,
and Manasseh, too.
Ephraim, my helmet, will produce my warriors,
and Judah, my scepter, will produce my kings.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 114:5 - What's wrong, Red Sea, that made you hurry out of their way?
What happened, Jordan River, that you turned away?
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 115:2 - Why let the nations say,
“Where is their God?”
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 115:9 - O Israel, trust the LORD!
He is your helper and your shield.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 115:10 - O priests, descendants of Aaron, trust the LORD!
He is your helper and your shield.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 115:11 - All you who fear the LORD, trust the LORD!
He is your helper and your shield.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:24 - Your laws please me;
they give me wise advice.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:77 - Surround me with your tender mercies so I may live,
for your instructions are my delight.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:92 - If your instructions hadn't sustained me with joy,
I would have died in my misery.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:97 - Mem
Oh, how I love your instructions!
I think about them all day long.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:98 - Your commands make me wiser than my enemies,
for they are my constant guide.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:99 - Yes, I have more insight than my teachers,
for I am always thinking of your laws.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:174 - O LORD, I have longed for your rescue,
and your instructions are my delight.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 127:2 - It is useless for you to work so hard
from early morning until late at night,
anxiously working for food to eat;
for God gives rest to his loved ones.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 130:4 - But you offer forgiveness,
that we might learn to fear you.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 135:17 - They have ears but cannot hear,
and noses but cannot smell.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:3 - O LORD, what are human beings that you should notice them,
mere mortals that you should think about them?
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:15 - Yes, joyful are those who live like this!
Joyful indeed are those whose God is the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:15 - Wisdom is more precious than rubies;
nothing you desire can compare with her.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:22 - for they bring life to those who find them,
and healing to their whole body.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:8 - they labor hard all summer,
gathering food for the winter.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:11 - She was the brash, rebellious type,
never content to stay at home.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:14 - “I've just made my peace offerings
and fulfilled my vows.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:11 - For wisdom is far more valuable than rubies.
Nothing you desire can compare with it.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:4 - “Come in with me,” she urges the simple.
To those who lack good judgment, she says,
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:16 - “Come in with me,” she urges the simple.
To those who lack good judgment, she says,
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:11 - A hard worker has plenty of food,
but a person who chases fantasies has no sense.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:30 - With narrowed eyes, people plot evil;
with a smirk, they plan their mischief.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:9 - A lazy person is as bad as
someone who destroys things.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:13 - Spouting off before listening to the facts
is both shameful and foolish.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:22 - Don't rob the poor just because you can,
or exploit the needy in court.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:11 - For their Redeemer[fn] is strong;
he himself will bring their charges against you.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:24 - A judge who says to the wicked, “You are innocent,”
will be cursed by many people and denounced by the nations.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:8 - Honoring a fool
is as foolish as tying a stone to a slingshot.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:6 - Wounds from a sincere friend
are better than many kisses from an enemy.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:24 - Anyone who steals from his father and mother
and says, “What's wrong with that?”
is no better than a murderer.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:18 - There are three things that amaze me—
no, four things that I don't understand:
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:24 - There are four things on earth that are small but unusually wise:
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:27 - Locusts—they have no king,
but they march in formation.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:29 - There are three things that walk with stately stride—
no, four that strut about:
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:10 - [fn]Who can find a virtuous and capable wife?
She is more precious than rubies.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:18 - She makes sure her dealings are profitable;
her lamp burns late into the night.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:10 - Sometimes people say, “Here is something new!” But actually it is old; nothing is ever truly new.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:24 - So I decided there is nothing better than to enjoy food and drink and to find satisfaction in work. Then I realized that these pleasures are from the hand of God.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:13 - And people should eat and drink and enjoy the fruits of their labor, for these are gifts from God.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:8 - This is the case of a man who is all alone, without a child or a brother, yet who works hard to gain as much wealth as he can. But then he asks himself, “Who am I working for? Why am I giving up so much pleasure now?” It is all so meaningless and depressing.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:6 - Don't let your mouth make you sin. And don't defend yourself by telling the Temple messenger that the promise you made was a mistake. That would make God angry, and he might wipe out everything you have achieved.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:18 - Even so, I have noticed one thing, at least, that is good. It is good for people to eat, drink, and enjoy their work under the sun during the short life God has given them, and to accept their lot in life.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:19 - And it is a good thing to receive wealth from God and the good health to enjoy it. To enjoy your work and accept your lot in life—this is indeed a gift from God.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:1 - There is another serious tragedy I have seen under the sun, and it weighs heavily on humanity.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:2 - God gives some people great wealth and honor and everything they could ever want, but then he doesn't give them the chance to enjoy these things. They die, and someone else, even a stranger, ends up enjoying their wealth! This is meaningless—a sickening tragedy.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:10 - Everything has already been decided. It was known long ago what each person would be. So there's no use arguing with God about your destiny.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:1 - This is Solomon's song of songs, more wonderful than any other.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:9 - My lover is like a swift gazelle
or a young stag.
Look, there he is behind the wall,
looking through the window,
peering into the room.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:9 - I would still choose my dove, my perfect one—
the favorite of her mother,
dearly loved by the one who bore her.
The young women see her and praise her;
even queens and royal concubines sing her praises:
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:9 - If she is a virgin, like a wall,
we will protect her with a silver tower.
But if she is promiscuous, like a swinging door,
we will block her door with a cedar bar.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:13 - Stop bringing me your meaningless gifts;
the incense of your offerings disgusts me!
As for your celebrations of the new moon and the Sabbath
and your special days for fasting—
they are all sinful and false.
I want no more of your pious meetings.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:10 - Tell the godly that all will be well for them.
They will enjoy the rich reward they have earned!
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:28 - Their arrows will be sharp
and their bows ready for battle.
Sparks will fly from their horses' hooves,
and the wheels of their chariots will spin like a whirlwind.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:18 - In that day the LORD will whistle for the army of southern Egypt and for the army of Assyria. They will swarm around you like flies and bees.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:20 - In that day the Lord will hire a “razor” from beyond the Euphrates River[fn]—the king of Assyria—and use it to shave off everything: your land, your crops, and your people.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:12 - “Don't call everything a conspiracy, like they do,
and don't live in dread of what frightens them.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:5 - “What sorrow awaits Assyria, the rod of my anger.
I use it as a club to express my anger.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 15:5 - My heart weeps for Moab.
Its people flee to Zoar and Eglath-shelishiyah.
Weeping, they climb the road to Luhith.
Their cries of distress can be heard all along the road to Horonaim.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:1 - Send lambs from Sela as tribute
to the ruler of the land.
Send them through the desert
to the mountain of beautiful Zion.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 18:7 - At that time the LORD of Heaven's Armies will receive gifts
from this land divided by rivers,
from this tall, smooth-skinned people,
who are feared far and wide for their conquests and destruction.
They will bring the gifts to Jerusalem,[fn]
where the LORD of Heaven's Armies dwells.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:14 - The LORD of Heaven's Armies has revealed this to me: “Till the day you die, you will never be forgiven for this sin.” That is the judgment of the Lord, the LORD of Heaven's Armies.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:16 - “Who do you think you are,
and what are you doing here,
building a beautiful tomb for yourself—
a monument high up in the rock?
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:19 - But those who die in the LORD will live;
their bodies will rise again!
Those who sleep in the earth
will rise up and sing for joy!
For your life-giving light will fall like dew
on your people in the place of the dead!
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:9 - The LORD did this to purge Israel's[fn] wickedness,
to take away all her sin.
As a result, all the pagan altars will be crushed to dust.
No Asherah pole or pagan shrine will be left standing.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:11 - The people are like the dead branches of a tree,
broken off and used for kindling beneath the cooking pots.
Israel is a foolish and stupid nation,
for its people have turned away from God.
Therefore, the one who made them
will show them no pity or mercy.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:9 - that these people are stubborn rebels
who refuse to pay attention to the LORD's instructions.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:18 - So the LORD must wait for you to come to him
so he can show you his love and compassion.
For the LORD is a faithful God.
Blessed are those who wait for his help.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:18 - You will think back to this time of terror, asking,
“Where are the Assyrian officers
who counted our towers?
Where are the bookkeepers
who recorded the plunder taken from our fallen city?”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:19 - What happened to the gods of Hamath and Arpad? And what about the gods of Sepharvaim? Did any god rescue Samaria from my power?
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:7 - The carver encourages the goldsmith,
and the molder helps at the anvil.
“Good,” they say. “It's coming along fine.”
Carefully they join the parts together,
then fasten the thing in place so it won't fall over.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:26 - “Who told you from the beginning
that this would happen?
Who predicted this,
making you admit that he was right?
No one said a word!
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:8 - “I am the LORD; that is my name!
I will not give my glory to anyone else,
nor share my praise with carved idols.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:14 - This is what the LORD says:
“You will rule the Egyptians,
the Ethiopians,[fn] and the Sabeans.
They will come to you with all their merchandise,
and it will all be yours.
They will follow you as prisoners in chains.
They will fall to their knees in front of you and say,
‘God is with you, and he is the only God.
There is no other.'”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:6 - He says, “You will do more than restore the people of Israel to me.
I will make you a light to the Gentiles,
and you will bring my salvation to the ends of the earth.”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:7 - The LORD, the Redeemer
and Holy One of Israel,
says to the one who is despised and rejected by the nations,
to the one who is the servant of rulers:
“Kings will stand at attention when you pass by.
Princes will also bow low
because of the LORD, the faithful one,
the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:9 - “Just as I swore in the time of Noah
that I would never again let a flood cover the earth,
so now I swear
that I will never again be angry and punish you.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:21 - “And this is my covenant with them,” says the LORD. “My Spirit will not leave them, and neither will these words I have given you. They will be on your lips and on the lips of your children and your children's children forever. I, the LORD, have spoken!
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:11 - Then they remembered those days of old
when Moses led his people out of Egypt.
They cried out, “Where is the one who brought Israel through the sea,
with Moses as their shepherd?
Where is the one who sent his Holy Spirit
to be among his people?
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:15 - LORD, look down from heaven;
look from your holy, glorious home, and see us.
Where is the passion and the might
you used to show on our behalf?
Where are your mercy and compassion now?
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:16 - Surely you are still our Father!
Even if Abraham and Jacob[fn] would disown us,
LORD, you would still be our Father.
You are our Redeemer from ages past.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:23 - They will not work in vain,
and their children will not be doomed to misfortune.
For they are people blessed by the LORD,
and their children, too, will be blessed.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:24 - I will answer them before they even call to me.
While they are still talking about their needs,
I will go ahead and answer their prayers!
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:6 - They did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD
who brought us safely out of Egypt
and led us through the barren wilderness—
a land of deserts and pits,
a land of drought and death,
where no one lives or even travels?'
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:8 - The priests did not ask,
‘Where is the LORD?'
Those who taught my word ignored me,
the rulers turned against me,
and the prophets spoke in the name of Baal,
wasting their time on worthless idols.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:14 - “Why has Israel become a slave?
Why has he been carried away as plunder?
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:14 - They offer superficial treatments
for my people's mortal wound.
They give assurances of peace
when there is no peace.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:23 - They are armed with bows and spears.
They are cruel and show no mercy.
They sound like a roaring sea
as they ride forward on horses.
They are coming in battle formation,
planning to destroy you, beautiful Jerusalem.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:31 - They have built pagan shrines at Topheth, the garbage dump in the valley of Ben-Hinnom, and there they burn their sons and daughters in the fire. I have never commanded such a horrible deed; it never even crossed my mind to command such a thing!
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:9 - These wise teachers will fall
into the trap of their own foolishness,
for they have rejected the word of the LORD.
Are they so wise after all?
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:9 - They bring beaten sheets of silver from Tarshish
and gold from Uphaz,
and they give these materials to skillful craftsmen
who make their idols.
Then they dress these gods in royal blue and purple robes
made by expert tailors.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:15 - Idols are worthless; they are ridiculous lies!
On the day of reckoning they will all be destroyed.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:20 - Open up your eyes and see
the armies marching down from the north!
Where is your flock—
your beautiful flock—
that he gave you to care for?
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:9 - “The human heart is the most deceitful of all things,
and desperately wicked.
Who really knows how bad it is?
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:15 - People scoff at me and say,
“What is this ‘message from the LORD' you talk about?
Why don't your predictions come true?”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:16 - LORD, I have not abandoned my job
as a shepherd for your people.
I have not urged you to send disaster.
You have heard everything I've said.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:2 - Go out through the Gate of Broken Pots to the garbage dump in the valley of Ben-Hinnom, and give them this message.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:16 - He gave justice and help to the poor and needy,
and everything went well for him.
Isn't that what it means to know me?”
says the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:28 - “Let these false prophets tell their dreams,
but let my true messengers faithfully proclaim my every word.
There is a difference between straw and grain!
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:28 - Jeremiah sent a letter here to Babylon, predicting that our captivity will be a long one. He said, ‘Build homes, and plan to stay. Plant gardens, and eat the food they produce.'”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:7 - In all history there has never been such a time of terror.
It will be a time of trouble for my people Israel.[fn]
Yet in the end they will be saved!
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:17 - I will give you back your health
and heal your wounds,” says the LORD.
“For you are called an outcast—
‘Jerusalem[fn] for whom no one cares.'”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:21 - They will have their own ruler again,
and he will come from their own people.
I will invite him to approach me,” says the LORD,
“for who would dare to come unless invited?
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:9 - Tears of joy will stream down their faces,
and I will lead them home with great care.
They will walk beside quiet streams
and on smooth paths where they will not stumble.
For I am Israel's father,
and Ephraim is my oldest child.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:2 - Jerusalem was then under siege from the Babylonian army, and Jeremiah was imprisoned in the courtyard of the guard in the royal palace.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:43 - Fields will again be bought and sold in this land about which you now say, ‘It has been ravaged by the Babylonians, a desolate land where people and animals have all disappeared.'
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:10 - “This is what the LORD says: You have said, ‘This is a desolate land where people and animals have all disappeared.' Yet in the empty streets of Jerusalem and Judah's other towns, there will be heard once more
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 35:4 - I took them to the Temple, and we went into the room assigned to the sons of Hanan son of Igdaliah, a man of God. This room was located next to the one used by the Temple officials, directly above the room of Maaseiah son of Shallum, the Temple gatekeeper.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:9 - The cistern where Ishmael dumped the bodies of the men he murdered was the large one dug by King Asa when he fortified Mizpah to protect himself against King Baasha of Israel. Ishmael son of Nethaniah filled it with corpses.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:15 - Shout war cries against her from every side.
Look! She surrenders!
Her walls have fallen.
It is the LORD's vengeance,
so take vengeance on her.
Do to her as she has done to others!
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:38 - The sword will even strike her water supply,
causing it to dry up.
And why? Because the whole land is filled with idols,
and the people are madly in love with them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:42 - They are armed with bows and spears.
They are cruel and show no mercy.
As they ride forward on horses,
they sound like a roaring sea.
They are coming in battle formation,
planning to destroy you, Babylon.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:3 - Don't let the archers put on their armor
or draw their bows.
Don't spare even her best soldiers!
Let her army be completely destroyed.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:6 - Flee from Babylon! Save yourselves!
Don't get trapped in her punishment!
It is the LORD's time for vengeance;
he will repay her in full.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:11 - Sharpen the arrows!
Lift up the shields![fn]
For the LORD has inspired the kings of the Medes
to march against Babylon and destroy her.
This is his vengeance against those
who desecrated his Temple.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:18 - Idols are worthless; they are ridiculous lies!
On the day of reckoning they will all be destroyed.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:19 - But the God of Israel[fn] is no idol!
He is the Creator of everything that exists,
including his people, his own special possession.
The LORD of Heaven's Armies is his name!
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:18 - “The LORD is right,” Jerusalem says,
“for I rebelled against him.
Listen, people everywhere;
look upon my anguish and despair,
for my sons and daughters
have been taken captive to distant lands.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:3 - Then take an iron griddle and place it between you and the city. Turn toward the city and demonstrate how harsh the siege will be against Jerusalem. This will be a warning to the people of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:6 - Kill them all—old and young, girls and women and little children. But do not touch anyone with the mark. Begin right here at the Temple.” So they began by killing the seventy leaders.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 10:20 - These were the same living beings I had seen beneath the God of Israel when I was by the Kebar River. I knew they were cherubim,
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 10:22 - And their faces were just like the faces of the beings I had seen at the Kebar, and they traveled straight ahead, just as the others had.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:12 - And when the wall falls, the people will cry out, ‘What happened to your whitewash?'
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:44 - Everyone who makes up proverbs will say of you, ‘Like mother, like daughter.'
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:9 - and faithfully obeys my decrees and regulations. Anyone who does these things is just and will surely live, says the Sovereign LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:29 - I said to them, ‘What is this high place where you are going?' (This kind of pagan shrine has been called Bamah—‘high place'—ever since.)
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:49 - Then I said, “O Sovereign LORD, they are saying of me, ‘He only talks in riddles!'”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:14 - “Son of man, prophesy to them
and clap your hands.
Then take the sword and brandish it twice,
even three times,
to symbolize the great massacre,
the great massacre facing them on every side.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:6 - “Now this is what the Sovereign LORD says:
What sorrow awaits Jerusalem,
the city of murderers!
She is a cooking pot
whose corruption can't be cleaned out.
Take the meat out in random order,
for no piece is better than another.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:7 - For the blood of her murders
is splashed on the rocks.
It isn't even spilled on the ground,
where the dust could cover it!
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:19 - Then the people asked, “What does all this mean? What are you trying to tell us?”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:19 - Greeks from Uzal[fn] came to trade for your merchandise. Wrought iron, cassia, and fragrant calamus were bartered for your wares.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:16 - Yes, this is the funeral song
they will sing for Egypt.
Let all the nations mourn.
Let them mourn for Egypt and its hordes.
I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken!”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:20 - O people of Israel, you are saying, ‘The Lord isn't doing what's right.' But I judge each of you according to your deeds.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 35:10 - “For you said, ‘The lands of Israel and Judah will be ours. We will take possession of them. What do we care that the LORD is there!'
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:18 - When your people ask you what your actions mean,
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:14 - When the priests leave the sanctuary, they must not go directly to the outer courtyard. They must first take off the clothes they wore while ministering, because these clothes are holy. They must put on other clothes before entering the parts of the building complex open to the public.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:20 - “On the west side, the Mediterranean itself will be your border from the southern border to the point where the northern border begins, opposite Lebo-hamath.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:14 - None of this special land may ever be sold or traded or used by others, for it belongs to the LORD; it is set apart as holy.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:4 - “Select only strong, healthy, and good-looking young men,” he said. “Make sure they are well versed in every branch of learning, are gifted with knowledge and good judgment, and are suited to serve in the royal palace. Train these young men in the language and literature of Babylon.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:20 - He said,
“Praise the name of God forever and ever,
for he has all wisdom and power.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:22 - He reveals deep and mysterious things
and knows what lies hidden in darkness,
though he is surrounded by light.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:28 - But there is a God in heaven who reveals secrets, and he has shown King Nebuchadnezzar what will happen in the future. Now I will tell you your dream and the visions you saw as you lay on your bed.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:36 - “That was the dream. Now we will tell the king what it means.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:47 - The king said to Daniel, “Truly, your God is the greatest of gods, the Lord over kings, a revealer of mysteries, for you have been able to reveal this secret.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:15 - I will give you one more chance to bow down and worship the statue I have made when you hear the sound of the musical instruments.[fn] But if you refuse, you will be thrown immediately into the blazing furnace. And then what god will be able to rescue you from my power?”
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:17 - For this has been decreed by the messengers[fn]; it is commanded by the holy ones, so that everyone may know that the Most High rules over the kingdoms of the world. He gives them to anyone he chooses— even to the lowliest of people.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:26 - “I decree that everyone throughout my kingdom should tremble with fear before the God of Daniel. For he is the living God, and he will endure forever. His kingdom will never be destroyed, and his rule will never end.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:2 - In this vision I was at the fortress of Susa, in the province of Elam, standing beside the Ulai River.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:21 - The shaggy male goat represents the king of Greece,[fn] and the large horn between his eyes represents the first king of the Greek Empire.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:26 - “This vision about the 2,300 evenings and mornings[fn] is true. But none of these things will happen for a long time, so keep this vision a secret.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:4 - On April 23,[fn] as I was standing on the bank of the great Tigris River,
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:12 - I will destroy her grapevines and fig trees,
things she claims her lovers gave her.
I will let them grow into tangled thickets,
where only wild animals will eat the fruit.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:1 - “Hear this, you priests.
Pay attention, you leaders of Israel.
Listen, you members of the royal family.
Judgment has been handed down against you.
For you have led the people into a snare
by worshiping the idols at Mizpah and Tabor.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:4 - Your deeds won't let you return to your God.
You are a prostitute through and through,
and you do not know the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:6 - This calf you worship, O Israel,
was crafted by your own hands!
It is not God!
Therefore, it must be smashed to bits.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:12 - Even if you do have children who grow up,
I will take them from you.
It will be a terrible day when I turn away
and leave you alone.
Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:11 - The LORD is at the head of the column.
He leads them with a shout.
This is his mighty army,
and they follow his orders.
The day of the LORD is an awesome, terrible thing.
Who can possibly survive?
Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:17 - Let the priests, who minister in the LORD's presence,
stand and weep between the entry room to the Temple and the altar.
Let them pray, “Spare your people, LORD!
Don't let your special possession become an object of mockery.
Don't let them become a joke for unbelieving foreigners who say,
‘Has the God of Israel left them?'”
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:13 - So those who are smart keep their mouths shut,
for it is an evil time.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:18 - What sorrow awaits you who say,
“If only the day of the LORD were here!”
You have no idea what you are wishing for.
That day will bring darkness, not light.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:2 - But go over to Calneh
and see what happened there.
Then go to the great city of Hamath
and down to the Philistine city of Gath.
You are no better than they were,
and look at how they were destroyed.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:2 - In my vision the locusts ate every green plant in sight. Then I said, “O Sovereign LORD, please forgive us or we will not survive, for Israel[fn] is so small.”
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:5 - Then I said, “O Sovereign LORD, please stop or we will not survive, for Israel is so small.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:12 - “Throw me into the sea,” Jonah said, “and it will become calm again. I know that this terrible storm is all my fault.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 1:13 - Harness your chariot horses and flee,
you people of Lachish.[fn]
You were the first city in Judah
to follow Israel in her rebellion,
and you led Jerusalem[fn] into sin.
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:3 - But this is what the LORD says:
“I will reward your evil with evil;
you won't be able to pull your neck out of the noose.
You will no longer walk around proudly,
for it will be a terrible time.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:7 - Should you talk that way, O family of Israel?[fn]
Will the LORD's Spirit have patience with such behavior?
If you would do what is right,
you would find my words comforting.
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 3:1 - I said, “Listen, you leaders of Israel!
You are supposed to know right from wrong,
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 3:11 - You rulers make decisions based on bribes;
you priests teach God's laws only for a price;
you prophets won't prophesy unless you are paid.
Yet all of you claim to depend on the LORD.
“No harm can come to us,” you say,
“for the LORD is here among us.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:3 - Both their hands are equally skilled at doing evil!
Officials and judges alike demand bribes.
The people with influence get what they want,
and together they scheme to twist justice.
Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:11 - Where now is that great Nineveh,
that den filled with young lions?
It was a place where people—like lions and their cubs—
walked freely and without fear.
Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:7 - They are notorious for their cruelty
and do whatever they like.
Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:13 - Has not the LORD of Heaven's Armies promised
that the wealth of nations will turn to ashes?
They work so hard,
but all in vain!
Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:19 - What sorrow awaits you who say to wooden idols,
‘Wake up and save us!'
To speechless stone images you say,
‘Rise up and teach us!'
Can an idol tell you what to do?
They may be overlaid with gold and silver,
but they are lifeless inside.
Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:4 - “Why are you living in luxurious houses while my house lies in ruins?
Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:9 - You hoped for rich harvests, but they were poor. And when you brought your harvest home, I blew it away. Why? Because my house lies in ruins, says the LORD of Heaven's Armies, while all of you are busy building your own fine houses.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:7 - Three months later, on February 15,[fn] the LORD sent another message to the prophet Zechariah son of Berekiah and grandson of Iddo.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:9 - I asked the angel who was talking with me, “My lord, what do these horses mean?”
“I will show you,” the angel replied.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:19 - “What are these?” I asked the angel who was talking with me.
He replied, “These horns represent the nations that scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.”
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 2:2 - “Where are you going?” I asked.
He replied, “I am going to measure Jerusalem, to see how wide and how long it is.”
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:4 - Then I asked the angel, “What are these, my lord? What do they mean?”
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:5 - “Don't you know?” the angel asked.
“No, my lord,” I replied.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:13 - “Don't you know?” he asked.
“No, my lord,” I replied.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:6 - “What is it?” I asked.
He replied, “It is a basket for measuring grain,[fn] and it's filled with the sins[fn] of everyone throughout the land.”
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 6:4 - “And what are these, my lord?” I asked the angel who was talking with me.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 6:5 - The angel replied, “These are the four spirits[fn] of heaven who stand before the Lord of all the earth. They are going out to do his work.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 7:1 - On December 7[fn] of the fourth year of King Darius's reign, another message came to Zechariah from the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:23 - “This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies says: In those days ten men from different nations and languages of the world will clutch at the sleeve of one Jew. And they will say, ‘Please let us walk with you, for we have heard that God is with you.'”
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:12 - And I said to them, “If you like, give me my wages, whatever I am worth; but only if you want to.” So they counted out for my wages thirty pieces of silver.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:13 - And the LORD said to me, “Throw it to the potter[fn]”—this magnificent sum at which they valued me! So I took the thirty coins and threw them to the potter in the Temple of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 13:9 - I will bring that group through the fire
and make them pure.
I will refine them like silver
and purify them like gold.
They will call on my name,
and I will answer them.
I will say, ‘These are my people,'
and they will say, ‘The LORD is our God.'”
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:6 - The LORD of Heaven's Armies says to the priests: “A son honors his father, and a servant respects his master. If I am your father and master, where are the honor and respect I deserve? You have shown contempt for my name!
“But you ask, ‘How have we ever shown contempt for your name?'
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:7 - “The words of a priest's lips should preserve knowledge of God, and people should go to him for instruction, for the priest is the messenger of the LORD of Heaven's Armies.
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:17 - You have wearied the LORD with your words.
“How have we wearied him?” you ask.
You have wearied him by saying that all who do evil are good in the LORD's sight, and he is pleased with them. You have wearied him by asking, “Where is the God of justice?”
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