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τοῦ — 8226x G3588 ὁ
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Occurrences: 5243 times in 4002 verses
Speech: Definite article
Parsing: Genitive Singular Masculine
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:9 - Then God said, “Let the waters beneath the sky flow together into one place, so dry ground may appear.” And that is what happened.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:14 - Then God said, “Let lights appear in the sky to separate the day from the night. Let them be signs to mark the seasons, days, and years.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:15 - Let these lights in the sky shine down on the earth.” And that is what happened.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:17 - God set these lights in the sky to light the earth,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:20 - Then God said, “Let the waters swarm with fish and other life. Let the skies be filled with birds of every kind.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:26 - Then God said, “Let us make human beings[fn] in our image, to be like us. They will reign over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, the livestock, all the wild animals on the earth, and the small animals that scurry along the ground.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:28 - Then God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and multiply. Fill the earth and govern it. Reign over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, and all the animals that scurry along the ground.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:30 - And I have given every green plant as food for all the wild animals, the birds in the sky, and the small animals that scurry along the ground—everything that has life.” And that is what happened.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:19 - So the LORD God formed from the ground all the wild animals and all the birds of the sky. He brought them to the man[fn] to see what he would call them, and the man chose a name for each one.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:20 - He gave names to all the livestock, all the birds of the sky, and all the wild animals. But still there was no helper just right for him.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:22 - Then the LORD God made a woman from the rib, and he brought her to the man.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:23 - “At last!” the man exclaimed.
“This one is bone from my bone,
and flesh from my flesh!
She will be called ‘woman,'
because she was taken from ‘man.'”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:2 - “Of course we may eat fruit from the trees in the garden,” the woman replied.
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 3:8 - When the cool evening breezes were blowing, the man[fn] and his wife heard the LORD God walking about in the garden. So they hid from the LORD God among the trees.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:18 - It will grow thorns and thistles for you,
though you will eat of its grains.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:23 - So the LORD God banished them from the Garden of Eden, and he sent Adam out to cultivate the ground from which he had been made.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:24 - After sending them out, the LORD God stationed mighty cherubim to the east of the Garden of Eden. And he placed a flaming sword that flashed back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:1 - Now Adam[fn] had sexual relations with his wife, Eve, and she became pregnant. When she gave birth to Cain, she said, “With the LORD's help, I have produced[fn] a man!”
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 4:10 - But the LORD said, “What have you done? Listen! Your brother's blood cries out to me from the ground!
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:11 - Now you are cursed and banished from the ground, which has swallowed your brother's blood.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:16 - So Cain left the LORD's presence and settled in the land of Nod,[fn] east of Eden.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:17 - Cain had sexual relations with his wife, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Enoch. Then Cain founded a city, which he named Enoch, after his son.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:26 - When Seth grew up, he had a son and named him Enosh. At that time people first began to worship the LORD by name.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:2 - The sons of God saw the beautiful women[fn] and took any they wanted as their wives.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:4 - In those days, and for some time after, giant Nephilites lived on the earth, for whenever the sons of God had intercourse with women, they gave birth to children who became the heroes and famous warriors of ancient times.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:7 - And the LORD said, “I will wipe this human race I have created from the face of the earth. Yes, and I will destroy every living thing—all the people, the large animals, the small animals that scurry along the ground, and even the birds of the sky. I am sorry I ever made them.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:8 - But Noah found favor with the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:11 - Now God saw that the earth had become corrupt and was filled with violence.
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 7:3 - Also take seven pairs of every kind of bird. There must be a male and a female in each pair to ensure that all life will survive on the earth after the flood.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:7 - He went on board the boat to escape the flood—he and his wife and his sons and their wives.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:10 - After seven days, the waters of the flood came and covered the earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:11 - When Noah was 600 years old, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the underground waters erupted from the earth, and the rain fell in mighty torrents from the sky.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:19 - Finally, the water covered even the highest mountains on the earth,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:23 - God wiped out every living thing on the earth—people, livestock, small animals that scurry along the ground, and the birds of the sky. All were destroyed. The only people who survived were Noah and those with him in the boat.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:1 - But God remembered Noah and all the wild animals and livestock with him in the boat. He sent a wind to blow across the earth, and the floodwaters began to recede.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:2 - The underground waters stopped flowing, and the torrential rains from the sky were stopped.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:4 - exactly five months from the time the flood began,[fn] the boat came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:5 - Two and a half months later,[fn] as the waters continued to go down, other mountain peaks became visible.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:13 - Noah was now 601 years old. On the first day of the new year, ten and a half months after the flood began,[fn] the floodwaters had almost dried up from the earth. Noah lifted back the covering of the boat and saw that the surface of the ground was drying.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:14 - Two more months went by,[fn] and at last the earth was dry!
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:21 - And the LORD was pleased with the aroma of the sacrifice and said to himself, “I will never again curse the ground because of the human race, even though everything they think or imagine is bent toward evil from childhood. I will never again destroy all living things.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:2 - All the animals of the earth, all the birds of the sky, all the small animals that scurry along the ground, and all the fish in the sea will look on you with fear and terror. I have placed them in your power.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:5 - “And I will require the blood of anyone who takes another person's life. If a wild animal kills a person, it must die. And anyone who murders a fellow human must die.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:11 - Yes, I am confirming my covenant with you. Never again will floodwaters kill all living creatures; never again will a flood destroy the earth.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:21 - One day he drank some wine he had made, and he became drunk and lay naked inside his tent.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:22 - Ham, the father of Canaan, saw that his father was naked and went outside and told his brothers.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:23 - Then Shem and Japheth took a robe, held it over their shoulders, and backed into the tent to cover their father. As they did this, they looked the other way so they would not see him naked.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:24 - When Noah woke up from his stupor, he learned what Ham, his youngest son, had done.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:26 - Then Noah said,
“May the LORD, the God of Shem, be blessed,
and may Canaan be his servant!
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:27 - May God expand the territory of Japheth!
May Japheth share the prosperity of Shem,[fn]
and may Canaan be his servant.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:9 - Since he was the greatest hunter in the world,[fn] his name became proverbial. People would say, “This man is like Nimrod, the greatest hunter in the world.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:21 - Sons were also born to Shem, the older brother of Japheth.[fn] Shem was the ancestor of all the descendants of Eber.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:4 - Then they said, “Come, let's build a great city for ourselves with a tower that reaches into the sky. This will make us famous and keep us from being scattered all over the world.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:7 - Come, let's go down and confuse the people with different languages. Then they won't be able to understand each other.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:28 - But Haran died in Ur of the Chaldeans, the land of his birth, while his father, Terah, was still living.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:31 - One day Terah took his son Abram, his daughter-in-law Sarai (his son Abram's wife), and his grandson Lot (his son Haran's child) and moved away from Ur of the Chaldeans. He was headed for the land of Canaan, but they stopped at Haran and settled there.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:1 - The LORD had said to Abram, “Leave your native country, your relatives, and your father's family, and go to the land that I will show you.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:5 - He took his wife, Sarai, his nephew Lot, and all his wealth—his livestock and all the people he had taken into his household at Haran—and headed for the land of Canaan. When they arrived in Canaan,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:6 - Abram traveled through the land as far as Shechem. There he set up camp beside the oak of Moreh. At that time, the area was inhabited by Canaanites.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:3 - From the Negev, they continued traveling by stages toward Bethel, and they pitched their tents between Bethel and Ai, where they had camped before.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:7 - So disputes broke out between the herdsmen of Abram and Lot. (At that time Canaanites and Perizzites were also living in the land.)
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:10 - Lot took a long look at the fertile plains of the Jordan Valley in the direction of Zoar. The whole area was well watered everywhere, like the garden of the LORD or the beautiful land of Egypt. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:11 - Lot chose for himself the whole Jordan Valley to the east of them. He went there with his flocks and servants and parted company with his uncle Abram.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:13 - But the people of this area were extremely wicked and constantly sinned against the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:14 - After Lot had gone, the LORD said to Abram, “Look as far as you can see in every direction—north and south, east and west.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:15 - I am giving all this land, as far as you can see, to you and your descendants[fn] as a permanent possession.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:12 - They also captured Lot—Abram's nephew who lived in Sodom—and carried off everything he owned.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:13 - But one of Lot's men escaped and reported everything to Abram the Hebrew, who was living near the oak grove belonging to Mamre the Amorite. Mamre and his relatives, Eshcol and Aner, were Abram's allies.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:17 - After Abram returned from his victory over Kedorlaomer and all his allies, the king of Sodom went out to meet him in the valley of Shaveh (that is, the King's Valley).
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:18 - And Melchizedek, the king of Salem and a priest of God Most High,[fn] brought Abram some bread and wine.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:18 - So the LORD made a covenant with Abram that day and said, “I have given this land to your descendants, all the way from the border of Egypt[fn] to the great Euphrates River—
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:13 - Thereafter, Hagar used another name to refer to the LORD, who had spoken to her. She said, “You are the God who sees me.”[fn] She also said, “Have I truly seen the One who sees me?”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:15 - So Hagar gave Abram a son, and Abram named him Ishmael.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:27 - along with all the other men and boys of the household, whether they were born there or bought as servants. All were circumcised with him.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:17 - “Should I hide my plan from Abraham?” the LORD asked.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:2 - “My lords,” he said, “come to my home to wash your feet, and be my guests for the night. You may then get up early in the morning and be on your way again.”
“Oh no,” they replied. “We'll just spend the night out here in the city square.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:10 - But the two angels[fn] reached out, pulled Lot into the house, and bolted the door.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:11 - Then they blinded all the men, young and old, who were at the door of the house, so they gave up trying to get inside.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:12 - Meanwhile, the angels questioned Lot. “Do you have any other relatives here in the city?” they asked. “Get them out of this place—your sons-in-law, sons, daughters, or anyone else.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:14 - So Lot rushed out to tell his daughters' fiancés, “Quick, get out of the city! The LORD is about to destroy it.” But the young men thought he was only joking.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:24 - Then the LORD rained down fire and burning sulfur from the sky on Sodom and Gomorrah.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:29 - But God had listened to Abraham's request and kept Lot safe, removing him from the disaster that engulfed the cities on the plain.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:32 - Come, let's get him drunk with wine, and then we will have sex with him. That way we will preserve our family line through our father.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:33 - So that night they got him drunk with wine, and the older daughter went in and had intercourse with her father. He was unaware of her lying down or getting up again.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:34 - The next morning the older daughter said to her younger sister, “I had sex with our father last night. Let's get him drunk with wine again tonight, and you go in and have sex with him. That way we will preserve our family line through our father.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:35 - So that night they got him drunk with wine again, and the younger daughter went in and had intercourse with him. As before, he was unaware of her lying down or getting up again.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:36 - As a result, both of Lot's daughters became pregnant by their own father.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:37 - When the older daughter gave birth to a son, she named him Moab.[fn] He became the ancestor of the nation now known as the Moabites.
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 20:18 - For the LORD had caused all the women to be infertile because of what happened with Abraham's wife, Sarah.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:3 - And Abraham named their son Isaac.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:9 - But Sarah saw Ishmael—the son of Abraham and her Egyptian servant Hagar—making fun of her son, Isaac.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:10 - So she turned to Abraham and demanded, “Get rid of that slave woman and her son. He is not going to share the inheritance with my son, Isaac. I won't have it!”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:11 - This upset Abraham very much because Ishmael was his son.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:14 - So Abraham got up early the next morning, prepared food and a container of water, and strapped them on Hagar's shoulders. Then he sent her away with their son, and she wandered aimlessly in the wilderness of Beersheba.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:15 - When the water was gone, she put the boy in the shade of a bush.
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 21:25 - Then Abraham complained to Abimelech about a well that Abimelech's servants had taken by force from Abraham's servants.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:31 - Then he named the place Beersheba (which means “well of the oath”), because that was where they had sworn the oath.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:32 - After making their covenant at Beersheba, Abimelech left with Phicol, the commander of his army, and they returned home to the land of the Philistines.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:33 - Then Abraham planted a tamarisk tree at Beersheba, and there he worshiped the LORD, the Eternal God.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:11 - At that moment the angel of the LORD called to him from heaven, “Abraham! Abraham!”
“Yes,” Abraham replied. “Here I am!”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:12 - “Don't lay a hand on the boy!” the angel said. “Do not hurt him in any way, for now I know that you truly fear God. You have not withheld from me even your son, your only son.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:13 - Then Abraham looked up and saw a ram caught by its horns in a thicket. So he took the ram and sacrificed it as a burnt offering in place of his son.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:14 - Abraham named the place Yahweh-Yireh (which means “the LORD will provide”). To this day, people still use that name as a proverb: “On the mountain of the LORD it will be provided.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:15 - Then the angel of the LORD called again to Abraham from heaven.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:16 - “This is what the LORD says: Because you have obeyed me and have not withheld even your son, your only son, I swear by my own name that
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:17 - I will certainly bless you. I will multiply your descendants[fn] beyond number, like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will conquer the cities of their enemies.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:19 - Then they returned to the servants and traveled back to Beersheba, where Abraham continued to live.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:3 - Then, leaving her body, he said to the Hittite elders,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:8 - and said, “Since you are willing to help me in this way, be so kind as to ask Ephron son of Zohar
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 23:12 - Abraham again bowed low before the citizens of the land,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:13 - and he replied to Ephron as everyone listened. “No, listen to me. I will buy it from you. Let me pay the full price for the field so I can bury my dead there.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:16 - So Abraham agreed to Ephron's price and paid the amount he had suggested—400 pieces of silver, weighed according to the market standard. The Hittite elders witnessed the transaction.
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 24:3 - Swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and earth, that you will not allow my son to marry one of these local Canaanite women.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:7 - For the LORD, the God of heaven, who took me from my father's house and my native land, solemnly promised to give this land to my descendants.[fn] He will send his angel ahead of you, and he will see to it that you find a wife there for my son.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:8 - If she is unwilling to come back with you, then you are free from this oath of mine. But under no circumstances are you to take my son there.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:9 - So the servant took an oath by putting his hand under the thigh of his master, Abraham. He swore to follow Abraham's instructions.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:10 - Then he loaded ten of Abraham's camels with all kinds of expensive gifts from his master, and he traveled to distant Aram-naharaim. There he went to the town where Abraham's brother Nahor had settled.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:12 - “O LORD, God of my master, Abraham,” he prayed. “Please give me success today, and show unfailing love to my master, Abraham.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:24 - “I am the daughter of Bethuel,” she replied. “My grandparents are Nahor and Milcah.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:27 - “Praise the LORD, the God of my master, Abraham,” he said. “The LORD has shown unfailing love and faithfulness to my master, for he has led me straight to my master's relatives.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:36 - “When Sarah, my master's wife, was very old, she gave birth to my master's son, and my master has given him everything he owns.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:38 - Go instead to my father's house, to my relatives, and find a wife there for my son.'
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:40 - He responded, ‘The LORD, in whose presence I have lived, will send his angel with you and will make your mission successful. Yes, you must find a wife for my son from among my relatives, from my father's family.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:41 - Then you will have fulfilled your obligation. But if you go to my relatives and they refuse to let her go with you, you will be free from my oath.'
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:42 - “So today when I came to the spring, I prayed this prayer: ‘O LORD, God of my master, Abraham, please give me success on this mission.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:47 - “Then I asked, ‘Whose daughter are you?' She replied, ‘I am the daughter of Bethuel, and my grandparents are Nahor and Milcah.' So I put the ring on her nose, and the bracelets on her wrists.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:48 - “Then I bowed low and worshiped the LORD. I praised the LORD, the God of my master, Abraham, because he had led me straight to my master's niece to be his son's wife.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:51 - Here is Rebekah; take her and go. Yes, let her be the wife of your master's son, as the LORD has directed.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:58 - So they called Rebekah. “Are you willing to go with this man?” they asked her.
And she replied, “Yes, I will go.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:61 - Then Rebekah and her servant girls mounted the camels and followed the man. So Abraham's servant took Rebekah and went on his way.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:6 - But before he died, he gave gifts to the sons of his concubines and sent them off to a land in the east, away from Isaac.
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 25:12 - This is the account of the family of Ishmael, the son of Abraham through Hagar, Sarah's Egyptian servant.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:19 - This is the account of the family of Isaac, the son of Abraham.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:20 - When Isaac was forty years old, he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan-aram and the sister of Laban the Aramean.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:30 - Esau said to Jacob, “I'm starved! Give me some of that red stew!” (This is how Esau got his other name, Edom, which means “red.”)
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:1 - A severe famine now struck the land, as had happened before in Abraham's time. So Isaac moved to Gerar, where Abimelech, king of the Philistines, lived.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:4 - I will cause your descendants to become as numerous as the stars of the sky, and I will give them all these lands. And through your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed.
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 26:11 - Then Abimelech issued a public proclamation: “Anyone who touches this man or his wife will be put to death!”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:15 - So the Philistines filled up all of Isaac's wells with dirt. These were the wells that had been dug by the servants of his father, Abraham.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:18 - He reopened the wells his father had dug, which the Philistines had filled in after Abraham's death. Isaac also restored the names Abraham had given them.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:23 - From there Isaac moved to Beersheba,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:24 - where the LORD appeared to him on the night of his arrival. “I am the God of your father, Abraham,” he said. “Do not be afraid, for I am with you and will bless you. I will multiply your descendants, and they will become a great nation. I will do this because of my promise to Abraham, my servant.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:34 - At the age of forty, Esau married two Hittite wives: Judith, the daughter of Beeri, and Basemath, the daughter of Elon.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:6 - she said to her son Jacob, “Listen. I overheard your father say to Esau,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:15 - Then she took Esau's favorite clothes, which were there in the house, and gave them to her younger son, Jacob.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:16 - She covered his arms and the smooth part of his neck with the skin of the young goats.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:17 - Then she gave Jacob the delicious meal, including freshly baked bread.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:23 - But he did not recognize Jacob, because Jacob's hands felt hairy just like Esau's. So Isaac prepared to bless Jacob.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:27 - So Jacob went over and kissed him. And when Isaac caught the smell of his clothes, he was finally convinced, and he blessed his son. He said, “Ah! The smell of my son is like the smell of the outdoors, which the LORD has blessed!
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:28 - “From the dew of heaven
and the richness of the earth,
may God always give you abundant harvests of grain
and bountiful new wine.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:29 - May many nations become your servants,
and may they bow down to you.
May you be the master over your brothers,
and may your mother's sons bow down to you.
All who curse you will be cursed,
and all who bless you will be blessed.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:30 - As soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, and almost before Jacob had left his father, Esau returned from his hunt.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:31 - Esau prepared a delicious meal and brought it to his father. Then he said, “Sit up, my father, and eat my wild game so you can give me your blessing.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:34 - When Esau heard his father's words, he let out a loud and bitter cry. “Oh my father, what about me? Bless me, too!” he begged.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:39 - Finally, his father, Isaac, said to him,
“You will live away from the richness of the earth,
and away from the dew of the heaven above.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:40 - You will live by your sword,
and you will serve your brother.
But when you decide to break free,
you will shake his yoke from your neck.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:41 - From that time on, Esau hated Jacob because their father had given Jacob the blessing. And Esau began to scheme: “I will soon be mourning my father's death. Then I will kill my brother, Jacob.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:42 - But Rebekah heard about Esau's plans. So she sent for Jacob and told him, “Listen, Esau is consoling himself by plotting to kill you.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:45 - When he calms down and forgets what you have done to him, I will send for you to come back. Why should I lose both of you in one day?”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:2 - Instead, go at once to Paddan-aram, to the house of your grandfather Bethuel, and marry one of your uncle Laban's daughters.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:4 - May God pass on to you and your descendants[fn] the blessings he promised to Abraham. May you own this land where you are now living as a foreigner, for God gave this land to Abraham.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:5 - So Isaac sent Jacob away, and he went to Paddan-aram to stay with his uncle Laban, his mother's brother, the son of Bethuel the Aramean.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:7 - He also knew that Jacob had obeyed his parents and gone to Paddan-aram.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:8 - It was now very clear to Esau that his father did not like the local Canaanite women.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:9 - So Esau visited his uncle Ishmael's family and married one of Ishmael's daughters, in addition to the wives he already had. His new wife's name was Mahalath. She was the sister of Nebaioth and the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham's son.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:10 - Meanwhile, Jacob left Beersheba and traveled toward Haran.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:11 - At sundown he arrived at a good place to set up camp and stopped there for the night. Jacob found a stone to rest his head against and lay down to sleep.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:12 - As he slept, he dreamed of a stairway that reached from the earth up to heaven. And he saw the angels of God going up and down the stairway.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:13 - At the top of the stairway stood the LORD, and he said, “I am the LORD, the God of your grandfather Abraham, and the God of your father, Isaac. The ground you are lying on belongs to you. I am giving it to you and your descendants.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:16 - Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, “Surely the LORD is in this place, and I wasn't even aware of it!”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:17 - But he was also afraid and said, “What an awesome place this is! It is none other than the house of God, the very gateway to heaven!”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:19 - He named that place Bethel (which means “house of God”), although it was previously called Luz.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:21 - and if I return safely to my father's home, then the LORD will certainly be my God.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:1 - Then Jacob hurried on, finally arriving in the land of the east.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:9 - Jacob was still talking with them when Rachel arrived with her father's flock, for she was a shepherd.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:10 - And because Rachel was his cousin—the daughter of Laban, his mother's brother—and because the sheep and goats belonged to his uncle Laban, Jacob went over to the well and moved the stone from its mouth and watered his uncle's flock.
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 29:13 - As soon as Laban heard that his nephew Jacob had arrived, he ran out to meet him. He embraced and kissed him and brought him home. When Jacob had told him his story,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:22 - So Laban invited everyone in the neighborhood and prepared a wedding feast.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:14 - One day during the wheat harvest, Reuben found some mandrakes growing in a field and brought them to his mother, Leah. Rachel begged Leah, “Please give me some of your son's mandrakes.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:15 - But Leah angrily replied, “Wasn't it enough that you stole my husband? Now will you steal my son's mandrakes, too?”
Rachel answered, “I will let Jacob sleep with you tonight if you give me some of the mandrakes.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:16 - So that evening, as Jacob was coming home from the fields, Leah went out to meet him. “You must come and sleep with me tonight!” she said. “I have paid for you with some mandrakes that my son found.” So that night he slept with Leah.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:42 - But he didn't do this with the weaker ones, so the weaker lambs belonged to Laban, and the stronger ones were Jacob's.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:1 - But Jacob soon learned that Laban's sons were grumbling about him. “Jacob has robbed our father of everything!” they said. “He has gained all his wealth at our father's expense.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:2 - And Jacob began to notice a change in Laban's attitude toward him.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:3 - Then the LORD said to Jacob, “Return to the land of your father and grandfather and to your relatives there, and I will be with you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:5 - He said to them, “I have noticed that your father's attitude toward me has changed. But the God of my father has been with me.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:9 - In this way, God has taken your father's animals and given them to me.
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 31:14 - Rachel and Leah responded, “That's fine with us! We won't inherit any of our father's wealth anyway.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:16 - All the wealth God has given you from our father legally belongs to us and our children. So go ahead and do whatever God has told you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:19 - At the time they left, Laban was some distance away, shearing his sheep. Rachel stole her father's household idols and took them with her.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:29 - I could destroy you, but the God of your father appeared to me last night and warned me, ‘Leave Jacob alone!'
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:30 - I can understand your feeling that you must go, and your intense longing for your father's home. But why have you stolen my gods?”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:33 - Laban went first into Jacob's tent to search there, then into Leah's, and then the tents of the two servant wives—but he found nothing. Finally, he went into Rachel's tent.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:37 - You have rummaged through everything I own. Now show me what you found that belongs to you! Set it out here in front of us, before our relatives, for all to see. Let them judge between us!
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:42 - In fact, if the God of my father had not been on my side—the God of Abraham and the fearsome God of Isaac[fn]—you would have sent me away empty-handed. But God has seen your abuse and my hard work. That is why he appeared to you last night and rebuked you!”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:46 - Then he told his family members, “Gather some stones.” So they gathered stones and piled them in a heap. Then Jacob and Laban sat down beside the pile of stones to eat a covenant meal.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:49 - But it was also called Mizpah (which means “watchtower”), for Laban said, “May the LORD keep watch between us to make sure that we keep this covenant when we are out of each other's sight.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:53 - I call on the God of our ancestors—the God of your grandfather Abraham and the God of my grandfather Nahor—to serve as a judge between us.”
So Jacob took an oath before the fearsome God of his father, Isaac,[fn] to respect the boundary line.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:1 - [fn]As Jacob started on his way again, angels of God came to meet him.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:2 - When Jacob saw them, he exclaimed, “This is God's camp!” So he named the place Mahanaim.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:9 - Then Jacob prayed, “O God of my grandfather Abraham, and God of my father, Isaac—O LORD, you told me, ‘Return to your own land and to your relatives.' And you promised me, ‘I will treat you kindly.'
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:11 - O LORD, please rescue me from the hand of my brother, Esau. I am afraid that he is coming to attack me, along with my wives and children.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:18 - You must reply, ‘They belong to your servant Jacob, but they are a gift for his master Esau. Look, he is coming right behind us.'”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:22 - During the night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two servant wives, and his eleven sons and crossed the Jabbok River with them.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:25 - When the man saw that he would not win the match, he touched Jacob's hip and wrenched it out of its socket.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:30 - Jacob named the place Peniel (which means “face of God”), for he said, “I have seen God face to face, yet my life has been spared.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:31 - The sun was rising as Jacob left Peniel,[fn] and he was limping because of the injury to his hip.
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 33:3 - Then Jacob went on ahead. As he approached his brother, he bowed to the ground seven times before him.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:14 - Please, my lord, go ahead of your servant. We will follow slowly, at a pace that is comfortable for the livestock and the children. I will meet you at Seir.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:15 - “All right,” Esau said, “but at least let me assign some of my men to guide and protect you.”
Jacob responded, “That's not necessary. It's enough that you've received me warmly, my lord!”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:17 - Jacob, on the other hand, traveled on to Succoth. There he built himself a house and made shelters for his livestock. That is why the place was named Succoth (which means “shelters”).
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:19 - Jacob bought the plot of land where he camped from the family of Hamor, the father of Shechem, for 100 pieces of silver.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:18 - Hamor and his son Shechem agreed to their proposal.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:19 - Shechem wasted no time in acting on this request, for he wanted Jacob's daughter desperately. Shechem was a highly respected member of his family,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:24 - So all the men in the town council agreed with Hamor and Shechem, and every male in the town was circumcised.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:26 - including Hamor and his son Shechem. They killed them with their swords, then took Dinah from Shechem's house and returned to their camp.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:1 - Then God said to Jacob, “Get ready and move to Bethel and settle there. Build an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother, Esau.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:7 - Jacob built an altar there and named the place El-bethel (which means “God of Bethel”), because God had appeared to him there when he was fleeing from his brother, Esau.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:13 - Then God went up from the place where he had spoken to Jacob.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:15 - And Jacob named the place Bethel (which means “house of God”), because God had spoken to him there.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:16 - Leaving Bethel, Jacob and his clan moved on toward Ephrath. But Rachel went into labor while they were still some distance away. Her labor pains were intense.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:22 - While he was living there, Reuben had intercourse with Bilhah, his father's concubine, and Jacob soon heard about it.
These are the names of the twelve sons of Jacob:
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:2 - Esau married two young women from Canaan: Adah, the daughter of Elon the Hittite; and Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon the Hivite.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:6 - Esau took his wives, his children, and his entire household, along with his livestock and cattle—all the wealth he had acquired in the land of Canaan—and moved away from his brother, Jacob.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:12 - Timna, the concubine of Esau's son Eliphaz, gave birth to a son named Amalek. These are the descendants of Esau's wife Adah.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:14 - Esau also had sons through Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon. Their names were Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:20 - These are the names of the tribes that descended from Seir the Horite. They lived in the land of Edom: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:21 - Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. These were the Horite clan leaders, the descendants of Seir, who lived in the land of Edom.
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 36:32 - Bela son of Beor, who ruled in Edom from his city of Dinhabah.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:2 - This is the account of Jacob and his family. When Joseph was seventeen years old, he often tended his father's flocks. He worked for his half brothers, the sons of his father's wives Bilhah and Zilpah. But Joseph reported to his father some of the bad things his brothers were doing.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:12 - Soon after this, Joseph's brothers went to pasture their father's flocks at Shechem.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:28 - So when the Ishmaelites, who were Midianite traders, came by, Joseph's brothers pulled him out of the cistern and sold him to them for twenty pieces[fn] of silver. And the traders took him to Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:31 - Then the brothers killed a young goat and dipped Joseph's robe in its blood.
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 38:8 - Then Judah said to Er's brother Onan, “Go and marry Tamar, as our law requires of the brother of a man who has died. You must produce an heir for your brother.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:9 - But Onan was not willing to have a child who would not be his own heir. So whenever he had intercourse with his brother's wife, he spilled the semen on the ground. This prevented her from having a child who would belong to his brother.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:10 - But the LORD considered it evil for Onan to deny a child to his dead brother. So the LORD took Onan's life, too.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:11 - Then Judah said to Tamar, his daughter-in-law, “Go back to your parents' home and remain a widow until my son Shelah is old enough to marry you.” (But Judah didn't really intend to do this because he was afraid Shelah would also die, like his two brothers.) So Tamar went back to live in her father's home.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:20 - Later Judah asked his friend Hirah the Adullamite to take the young goat to the woman and to pick up the things he had given her as his guarantee. But Hirah couldn't find her.
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 38:22 - So Hirah returned to Judah and told him, “I couldn't find her anywhere, and the men of the village claim they've never had a shrine prostitute there.”
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 39:4 - This pleased Potiphar, so he soon made Joseph his personal attendant. He put him in charge of his entire household and everything he owned.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:5 - From the day Joseph was put in charge of his master's household and property, the LORD began to bless Potiphar's household for Joseph's sake. All his household affairs ran smoothly, and his crops and livestock flourished.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:6 - So Potiphar gave Joseph complete administrative responsibility over everything he owned. With Joseph there, he didn't worry about a thing—except what kind of food to eat!
Joseph was a very handsome and well-built young man,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:7 - and Potiphar's wife soon began to look at him lustfully. “Come and sleep with me,” she demanded.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:8 - But Joseph refused. “Look,” he told her, “my master trusts me with everything in his entire household.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:9 - No one here has more authority than I do. He has held back nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. How could I do such a wicked thing? It would be a great sin against God.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:20 - So he took Joseph and threw him into the prison where the king's prisoners were held, and there he remained.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:21 - But the LORD was with Joseph in the prison and showed him his faithful love. And the LORD made Joseph a favorite with the prison warden.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:1 - Some time later, Pharaoh's chief cup-bearer and chief baker offended their royal master.
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 40:17 - The top basket contained all kinds of pastries for Pharaoh, but the birds came and ate them from the basket on my head.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:19 - Three days from now Pharaoh will lift you up and impale your body on a pole. Then birds will come and peck away at your flesh.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:20 - Pharaoh's birthday came three days later, and he prepared a banquet for all his officials and staff. He summoned[fn] his chief cup-bearer and chief baker to join the other officials.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:23 - Pharaoh's chief cup-bearer, however, forgot all about Joseph, never giving him another thought.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:1 - Two full years later, Pharaoh dreamed that he was standing on the bank of the Nile River.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:2 - In his dream he saw seven fat, healthy cows come up out of the river and begin grazing in the marsh grass.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:3 - Then he saw seven more cows come up behind them from the Nile, but these were scrawny and thin. These cows stood beside the fat cows on the riverbank.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:10 - “Some time ago, you were angry with the chief baker and me, and you imprisoned us in the palace of the captain of the guard.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:12 - There was a young Hebrew man with us in the prison who was a slave of the captain of the guard. We told him our dreams, and he told us what each of our dreams meant.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:16 - “It is beyond my power to do this,” Joseph replied. “But God can tell you what it means and set you at ease.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:17 - So Pharaoh told Joseph his dream. “In my dream,” he said, “I was standing on the bank of the Nile River,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:18 - and I saw seven fat, healthy cows come up out of the river and begin grazing in the marsh grass.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:19 - But then I saw seven sick-looking cows, scrawny and thin, come up after them. I've never seen such sorry-looking animals in all the land of Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:31 - This famine will be so severe that even the memory of the good years will be erased.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:32 - As for having two similar dreams, it means that these events have been decreed by God, and he will soon make them happen.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:36 - That way there will be enough to eat when the seven years of famine come to the land of Egypt. Otherwise this famine will destroy the land.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:50 - During this time, before the first of the famine years, two sons were born to Joseph and his wife, Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, the priest of On.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:51 - Joseph named his older son Manasseh,[fn] for he said, “God has made me forget all my troubles and everyone in my father's family.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:52 - Joseph named his second son Ephraim,[fn] for he said, “God has made me fruitful in this land of my grief.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:54 - Then the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had predicted. The famine also struck all the surrounding countries, but throughout Egypt there was plenty of food.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:13 - “Sir,” they said, “there are actually twelve of us. We, your servants, are all brothers, sons of a man living in the land of Canaan. Our youngest brother is back there with our father right now, and one of our brothers is no longer with us.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:21 - Speaking among themselves, they said, “Clearly we are being punished because of what we did to Joseph long ago. We saw his anguish when he pleaded for his life, but we wouldn't listen. That's why we're in this trouble.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:27 - But when they stopped for the night and one of them opened his sack to get grain for his donkey, he found his money in the top of his sack.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:32 - We are twelve brothers, sons of one father. One brother is no longer with us, and the youngest is at home with our father in the land of Canaan.'
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:33 - “Then the man who is governor of the land told us, ‘This is how I will find out if you are honest men. Leave one of your brothers here with me, and take grain for your starving families and go on home.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:14 - May God Almighty[fn] give you mercy as you go before the man, so that he will release Simeon and let Benjamin return. But if I must lose my children, so be it.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:19 - The brothers approached the manager of Joseph's household and spoke to him at the entrance to the palace.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:1 - When his brothers were ready to leave, Joseph gave these instructions to his palace manager: “Fill each of their sacks with as much grain as they can carry, and put each man's money back into his sack.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:2 - Then put my personal silver cup at the top of the youngest brother's sack, along with the money for his grain.” So the manager did as Joseph instructed him.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:8 - Didn't we return the money we found in our sacks? We brought it back all the way from the land of Canaan. Why would we steal silver or gold from your master's house?
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:12 - The palace manager searched the brothers' sacks, from the oldest to the youngest. And the cup was found in Benjamin's sack!
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:24 - “So we returned to your servant, our father, and told him what you had said.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:26 - we replied, ‘We can't go unless you let our youngest brother go with us. We'll never get to see the man's face unless our youngest brother is with us.'
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:31 - If he sees that the boy is not with us, our father will die. We, your servants, will indeed be responsible for sending that grieving, white-haired man to his grave.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:32 - My lord, I guaranteed to my father that I would take care of the boy. I told him, ‘If I don't bring him back to you, I will bear the blame forever.'
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:33 - “So please, my lord, let me stay here as a slave instead of the boy, and let the boy return with his brothers.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:8 - So it was God who sent me here, not you! And he is the one who made me an adviser[fn] to Pharaoh—the manager of his entire palace and the governor of all Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:12 - Then Joseph added, “Look! You can see for yourselves, and so can my brother Benjamin, that I really am Joseph!
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:14 - Weeping with joy, he embraced Benjamin, and Benjamin did the same.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:21 - So the sons of Jacob[fn] did as they were told. Joseph provided them with wagons, as Pharaoh had commanded, and he gave them supplies for the journey.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:27 - But when they repeated to Jacob everything Joseph had told them, and when he saw the wagons Joseph had sent to carry him, their father's spirits revived.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:1 - So Jacob[fn] set out for Egypt with all his possessions. And when he came to Beersheba, he offered sacrifices to the God of his father, Isaac.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:5 - So Jacob left Beersheba, and his sons took him to Egypt. They carried him and their little ones and their wives in the wagons Pharaoh had provided for them.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:31 - And Joseph said to his brothers and to his father's entire family, “I will go to Pharaoh and tell him, ‘My brothers and my father's entire family have come to me from the land of Canaan.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:12 - And Joseph provided food for his father and his brothers in amounts appropriate to the number of their dependents, including the smallest children.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:13 - Meanwhile, the famine became so severe that all the food was used up, and people were starving throughout the lands of Egypt and Canaan.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:14 - By selling grain to the people, Joseph eventually collected all the money in Egypt and Canaan, and he put the money in Pharaoh's treasury.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:18 - But that year ended, and the next year they came again and said, “We cannot hide the truth from you, my lord. Our money is gone, and all our livestock and cattle are yours. We have nothing left to give but our bodies and our land.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:25 - “You have saved our lives!” they exclaimed. “May it please you, my lord, to let us be Pharaoh's servants.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:7 - “Long ago, as I was returning from Paddan-aram, Rachel died in the land of Canaan. We were still on the way, some distance from Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem). So with great sorrow I buried her there beside the road to Ephrath.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:17 - But Joseph was upset when he saw that his father placed his right hand on Ephraim's head. So Joseph lifted it to move it from Ephraim's head to Manasseh's head.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:20 - So Jacob blessed the boys that day with this blessing: “The people of Israel will use your names when they give a blessing. They will say, ‘May God make you as prosperous as Ephraim and Manasseh.'” In this way, Jacob put Ephraim ahead of Manasseh.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:2 - “Come and listen, you sons of Jacob;
listen to Israel, your father.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:4 - But you are as unruly as a flood,
and you will be first no longer.
For you went to bed with my wife;
you defiled my marriage couch.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:8 - “Judah, your brothers will praise you.
You will grasp your enemies by the neck.
All your relatives will bow before you.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:25 - May the God of your father help you;
may the Almighty bless you
with the blessings of the heavens above,
and blessings of the watery depths below,
and blessings of the breasts and womb.
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 49:30 - This is the cave in the field of Machpelah, near Mamre in Canaan, that Abraham bought from Ephron the Hittite as a permanent burial site.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:32 - It is the plot of land and the cave that my grandfather Abraham bought from the Hittites.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:1 - Joseph threw himself on his father and wept over him and kissed him.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:7 - So Joseph went up to bury his father. He was accompanied by all of Pharaoh's officials, all the senior members of Pharaoh's household, and all the senior officers of Egypt.
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 BoxGen 50:13 - They carried his body to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave in the field of Machpelah, near Mamre. This is the cave that Abraham had bought as a permanent burial site from Ephron the Hittite.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:17 - to say to you: ‘Please forgive your brothers for the great wrong they did to you—for their sin in treating you so cruelly.' So we, the servants of the God of your father, beg you to forgive our sin.” When Joseph received the message, he broke down and wept.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:19 - But Joseph replied, “Don't be afraid of me. Am I God, that I can punish you?
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:22 - So Joseph and his brothers and their families continued to live in Egypt. Joseph lived to the age of 110.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:23 - He lived to see three generations of descendants of his son Ephraim, and he lived to see the birth of the children of Manasseh's son Makir, whom he claimed as his own.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:16 - Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters who came as usual to draw water and fill the water troughs for their father's flocks.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:1 - One day Moses was tending the flock of his father-in-law, Jethro,[fn] the priest of Midian. He led the flock far into the wilderness and came to Sinai,[fn] the mountain of God.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:2 - There the angel of the LORD appeared to him in a blazing fire from the middle of a bush. Moses stared in amazement. Though the bush was engulfed in flames, it didn't burn up.
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 3:6 - I am the God of your father[fn]—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” When Moses heard this, he covered his face because he was afraid to look at God.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:7 - Then the LORD told him, “I have certainly seen the oppression of my people in Egypt. I have heard their cries of distress because of their harsh slave drivers. Yes, I am aware of their suffering.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:6 - Then the LORD said to Moses, “Now put your hand inside your cloak.” So Moses put his hand inside his cloak, and when he took it out again, his hand was white as snow with a severe skin disease.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:7 - “Now put your hand back into your cloak,” the LORD said. So Moses put his hand back in, and when he took it out again, it was as healthy as the rest of his body.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:9 - And if they don't believe you or listen to you even after these two signs, then take some water from the Nile River and pour it out on the dry ground. When you do, the water from the Nile will turn to blood on the ground.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:20 - So Moses took his wife and sons, put them on a donkey, and headed back to the land of Egypt. In his hand he carried the staff of God.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:25 - But Moses' wife, Zipporah, took a flint knife and circumcised her son. She touched his feet[fn] with the foreskin and said, “Now you are a bridegroom of blood to me.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:27 - Now the LORD had said to Aaron, “Go out into the wilderness to meet Moses.” So Aaron went and met Moses at the mountain of God, and he embraced him.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:30 - Aaron told them everything the LORD had told Moses, and Moses performed the miraculous signs as they watched.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:6 - That same day Pharaoh sent this order to the Egyptian slave drivers and the Israelite foremen:
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:14 - Then they whipped the Israelite foremen they had put in charge of the work crews. “Why haven't you met your quotas either yesterday or today?” they demanded.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:20 - Amram married his father's sister Jochebed, and she gave birth to his sons, Aaron and Moses. (Amram lived to be 137 years old.)
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:25 - Eleazar son of Aaron married one of the daughters of Putiel, and she gave birth to his son, Phinehas. These are the ancestors of the Levite families, listed according to their clans.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:15 - So go to Pharaoh in the morning as he goes down to the river. Stand on the bank of the Nile and meet him there. Be sure to take along the staff that turned into a snake.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:18 - The fish in it will die, and the river will stink. The Egyptians will not be able to drink any water from the Nile.'”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:21 - The fish in the river died, and the water became so foul that the Egyptians couldn't drink it. There was blood everywhere throughout the land of Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:24 - Then all the Egyptians dug along the riverbank to find drinking water, for they couldn't drink the water from the Nile.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:3 - The Nile River will swarm with frogs. They will come up out of the river and into your palace, even into your bedroom and onto your bed! They will enter the houses of your officials and your people. They will even jump into your ovens and your kneading bowls.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:8 - Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and begged, “Plead with the LORD to take the frogs away from me and my people. I will let your people go, so they can offer sacrifices to the LORD.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:9 - “You set the time!” Moses replied. “Tell me when you want me to pray for you, your officials, and your people. Then you and your houses will be rid of the frogs. They will remain only in the Nile River.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:11 - The frogs will leave you and your houses, your officials, and your people. They will remain only in the Nile River.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:12 - So Moses and Aaron left Pharaoh's palace, and Moses cried out to the LORD about the frogs he had inflicted on Pharaoh.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:23 - I will make a clear distinction between[fn] my people and your people. This miraculous sign will happen tomorrow.'”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:29 - Moses answered, “As soon as I leave you, I will pray to the LORD, and tomorrow the swarms of flies will disappear from you and your officials and all your people. But I am warning you, Pharaoh, don't lie to us again and refuse to let the people go to sacrifice to the LORD.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:31 - And the LORD did as Moses asked and caused the swarms of flies to disappear from Pharaoh, his officials, and his people. Not a single fly remained.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:32 - But Pharaoh again became stubborn and refused to let the people go.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:4 - But the LORD will again make a distinction between the livestock of the Israelites and that of the Egyptians. Not a single one of Israel's animals will die!
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:14 - If you don't, I will send more plagues on you[fn] and your officials and your people. Then you will know that there is no one like me in all the earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:17 - But you still lord it over my people and refuse to let them go.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:29 - “All right,” Moses replied. “As soon as I leave the city, I will lift my hands and pray to the LORD. Then the thunder and hail will stop, and you will know that the earth belongs to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:9 - Moses replied, “We will all go—young and old, our sons and daughters, and our flocks and herds. We must all join together in celebrating a festival to the LORD.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:16 - Pharaoh quickly summoned Moses and Aaron. “I have sinned against the LORD your God and against you,” he confessed.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 11:2 - Tell all the Israelite men and women to ask their Egyptian neighbors for articles of silver and gold.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 11:5 - All the firstborn sons will die in every family in Egypt, from the oldest son of Pharaoh, who sits on his throne, to the oldest son of his lowliest servant girl who grinds the flour. Even the firstborn of all the livestock will die.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 11:7 - But among the Israelites it will be so peaceful that not even a dog will bark. Then you will know that the LORD makes a distinction between the Egyptians and the Israelites.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:2 - “From now on, this month will be the first month of the year for you.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:3 - Announce to the whole community of Israel that on the tenth day of this month each family must choose a lamb or a young goat for a sacrifice, one animal for each household.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:6 - “Take special care of this chosen animal until the evening of the fourteenth day of this first month. Then the whole assembly of the community of Israel must slaughter their lamb or young goat at twilight.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:18 - The bread you eat must be made without yeast from the evening of the fourteenth day of the first month until the evening of the twenty-first day of that month.
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 12:29 - And that night at midnight, the LORD struck down all the firstborn sons in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn son of Pharaoh, who sat on his throne, to the firstborn son of the prisoner in the dungeon. Even the firstborn of their livestock were killed.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:31 - Pharaoh sent for Moses and Aaron during the night. “Get out!” he ordered. “Leave my people—and take the rest of the Israelites with you! Go and worship the LORD as you have requested.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:22 - And the LORD did not remove the pillar of cloud or pillar of fire from its place in front of the people.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:5 - When word reached the king of Egypt that the Israelites had fled, Pharaoh and his officials changed their minds. “What have we done, letting all those Israelite slaves get away?” they asked.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:13 - But Moses told the people, “Don't be afraid. Just stand still and watch the LORD rescue you today. The Egyptians you see today will never be seen again.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:19 - Then the angel of God, who had been leading the people of Israel, moved to the rear of the camp. The pillar of cloud also moved from the front and stood behind them.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:2 - The LORD is my strength and my song;
he has given me victory.
This is my God, and I will praise him—
my father's God, and I will exalt him!
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:8 - At the blast of your breath,
the waters piled up!
The surging waters stood straight like a wall;
in the heart of the sea the deep waters became hard.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:23 - When they came to the oasis of Marah, the water was too bitter to drink. So they called the place Marah (which means “bitter”).
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:26 - He said, “If you will listen carefully to the voice of the LORD your God and do what is right in his sight, obeying his commands and keeping all his decrees, then I will not make you suffer any of the diseases I sent on the Egyptians; for I am the LORD who heals you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:4 - Then the LORD said to Moses, “Look, I'm going to rain down food from heaven for you. Each day the people can go out and pick up as much food as they need for that day. I will test them in this to see whether or not they will follow my instructions.
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 16:9 - Then Moses said to Aaron, “Announce this to the entire community of Israel: ‘Present yourselves before the LORD, for he has heard your complaining.'”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:27 - Some of the people went out anyway on the seventh day, but they found no food.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:29 - They must realize that the Sabbath is the LORD's gift to you. That is why he gives you a two-day supply on the sixth day, so there will be enough for two days. On the Sabbath day you must each stay in your place. Do not go out to pick up food on the seventh day.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:33 - Moses said to Aaron, “Get a jar and fill it with two quarts of manna. Then put it in a sacred place before the LORD to preserve it for all future generations.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:5 - The LORD said to Moses, “Walk out in front of the people. Take your staff, the one you used when you struck the water of the Nile, and call some of the elders of Israel to join you.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:6 - I will stand before you on the rock at Mount Sinai.[fn] Strike the rock, and water will come gushing out. Then the people will be able to drink.” So Moses struck the rock as he was told, and water gushed out as the elders looked on.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:7 - Moses named the place Massah (which means “test”) and Meribah (which means “arguing”) because the people of Israel argued with Moses and tested the LORD by saying, “Is the LORD here with us or not?”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:9 - Moses commanded Joshua, “Choose some men to go out and fight the army of Amalek for us. Tomorrow, I will stand at the top of the hill, holding the staff of God in my hand.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:10 - So Joshua did what Moses had commanded and fought the army of Amalek. Meanwhile, Moses, Aaron, and Hur climbed to the top of a nearby hill.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:4 - His second son was named Eliezer,[fn] for Moses had said, “The God of my ancestors was my helper; he rescued me from the sword of Pharaoh.”)
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:5 - Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, now came to visit Moses in the wilderness. He brought Moses' wife and two sons with him, and they arrived while Moses and the people were camped near the mountain of God.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:8 - Moses told his father-in-law everything the LORD had done to Pharaoh and Egypt on behalf of Israel. He also told about all the hardships they had experienced along the way and how the LORD had rescued his people from all their troubles.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:12 - Then Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, brought a burnt offering and sacrifices to God. Aaron and all the elders of Israel came out and joined him in a sacrificial meal in God's presence.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:15 - Moses replied, “Because the people come to me to get a ruling from God.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:16 - When a dispute arises, they come to me, and I am the one who settles the case between the quarreling parties. I inform the people of God's decrees and give them his instructions.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:20 - Teach them God's decrees, and give them his instructions. Show them how to conduct their lives.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:21 - But select from all the people some capable, honest men who fear God and hate bribes. Appoint them as leaders over groups of one thousand, one hundred, fifty, and ten.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:24 - Moses listened to his father-in-law's advice and followed his suggestions.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:1 - Exactly two months after the Israelites left Egypt,[fn] they arrived in the wilderness of Sinai.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:2 - After breaking camp at Rephidim, they came to the wilderness of Sinai and set up camp there at the base of Mount Sinai.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:3 - Then Moses climbed the mountain to appear before God. The LORD called to him from the mountain and said, “Give these instructions to the family of Jacob; announce it to the descendants of Israel:
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:7 - So Moses returned from the mountain and called together the elders of the people and told them everything the LORD had commanded him.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:8 - And all the people responded together, “We will do everything the LORD has commanded.” So Moses brought the people's answer back to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:9 - Then the LORD said to Moses, “I will come to you in a thick cloud, Moses, so the people themselves can hear me when I speak with you. Then they will always trust you.”
Moses told the LORD what the people had said.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:11 - Be sure they are ready on the third day, for on that day the LORD will come down on Mount Sinai as all the people watch.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:17 - Moses led them out from the camp to meet with God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:7 - “You must not misuse the name of the LORD your God. The LORD will not let you go unpunished if you misuse his name.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:16 - “You must not testify falsely against your neighbor.
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 20:22 - And the LORD said to Moses, “Say this to the people of Israel: You saw for yourselves that I spoke to you from heaven.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:6 - If he does this, his master must present him before God.[fn] Then his master must take him to the door or doorpost and publicly pierce his ear with an awl. After that, the slave will serve his master for life.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:26 - “If a man hits his male or female slave in the eye and the eye is blinded, he must let the slave go free to compensate for the eye.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:27 - And if a man knocks out the tooth of his male or female slave, he must let the slave go free to compensate for the tooth.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:28 - “If an ox[fn] gores a man or woman to death, the ox must be stoned, and its flesh may not be eaten. In such a case, however, the owner will not be held liable.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:34 - The owner of the pit must pay full compensation to the owner of the animal, but then he gets to keep the dead animal.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:35 - “If someone's ox injures a neighbor's ox and the injured ox dies, then the two owners must sell the live ox and divide the price equally between them. They must also divide the dead animal.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:1 - [fn]“If someone steals an ox[fn] or sheep and then kills or sells it, the thief must pay back five oxen for each ox stolen, and four sheep for each sheep stolen.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:5 - “If an animal is grazing in a field or vineyard and the owner lets it stray into someone else's field to graze, then the animal's owner must pay compensation from the best of his own grain or grapes.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:7 - “Suppose someone leaves money or goods with a neighbor for safekeeping, and they are stolen from the neighbor's house. If the thief is caught, the compensation is double the value of what was stolen.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:8 - But if the thief is not caught, the neighbor must appear before God,[fn] who will determine if he stole the property.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:9 - “Suppose there is a dispute between two people who both claim to own a particular ox, donkey, sheep, article of clothing, or any lost property. Both parties must come before God, and the person whom God declares[fn] guilty must pay double compensation to the other.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:11 - The neighbor must then take an oath in the presence of the LORD. If the LORD confirms that the neighbor did not steal the property, the owner must accept the verdict, and no payment will be required.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:14 - “If someone borrows an animal from a neighbor and it is injured or dies when the owner is absent, the person who borrowed it must pay full compensation.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:15 - But if the owner was present, no compensation is required. And no compensation is required if the animal was rented, for this loss is covered by the rental fee.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:26 - If you take your neighbor's cloak as security for a loan, you must return it before sunset.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:28 - “You must not dishonor God or curse any of your rulers.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:1 - “You must not pass along false rumors. You must not cooperate with evil people by lying on the witness stand.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:4 - “If you come upon your enemy's ox or donkey that has strayed away, take it back to its owner.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:5 - If you see that the donkey of someone who hates you has collapsed under its load, do not walk by. Instead, stop and help.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:9 - “You must not oppress foreigners. You know what it's like to be a foreigner, for you yourselves were once foreigners in the land of Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:14 - “Each year you must celebrate three festivals in my honor.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:15 - First, celebrate the Festival of Unleavened Bread. For seven days the bread you eat must be made without yeast, just as I commanded you. Celebrate this festival annually at the appointed time in early spring, in the month of Abib,[fn] for that is the anniversary of your departure from Egypt. No one may appear before me without an offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:16 - “Second, celebrate the Festival of Harvest,[fn] when you bring me the first crops of your harvest.
“Finally, celebrate the Festival of the Final Harvest[fn] at the end of the harvest season, when you have harvested all the crops from your fields.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:17 - At these three times each year, every man in Israel must appear before the Sovereign, the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:19 - “As you harvest your crops, bring the very best of the first harvest to the house of the LORD your God.
“You must not cook a young goat in its mother's milk.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:31 - And I will fix your boundaries from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea,[fn] and from the eastern wilderness to the Euphrates River.[fn] I will hand over to you the people now living in the land, and you will drive them out ahead of you.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:3 - Then Moses went down to the people and repeated all the instructions and regulations the LORD had given him. All the people answered with one voice, “We will do everything the LORD has commanded.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:4 - Then Moses carefully wrote down all the LORD's instructions. Early the next morning Moses got up and built an altar at the foot of the mountain. He also set up twelve pillars, one for each of the twelve tribes of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:7 - Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it aloud to the people. Again they all responded, “We will do everything the LORD has commanded. We will obey.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:8 - Then Moses took the blood from the basins and splattered it over the people, declaring, “Look, this blood confirms the covenant the LORD has made with you in giving you these instructions.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:10 - There they saw the God of Israel. Under his feet there seemed to be a surface of brilliant blue lapis lazuli, as clear as the sky itself.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:11 - And though these nobles of Israel gazed upon God, he did not destroy them. In fact, they ate a covenant meal, eating and drinking in his presence!
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:13 - So Moses and his assistant Joshua set out, and Moses climbed up the mountain of God.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:16 - And the glory of the LORD settled down on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it for six days. On the seventh day the LORD called to Moses from inside the cloud.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:16 - Each frame must be 15 feet high and 27 inches wide,[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:33 - Hang the inner curtain from clasps, and put the Ark of the Covenant[fn] in the room behind it. This curtain will separate the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:29 - “In this way, Aaron will carry the names of the tribes of Israel on the sacred chestpiece[fn] over his heart when he goes into the Holy Place. This will be a continual reminder that he represents the people when he comes before the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:33 - Make pomegranates out of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and attach them to the hem of the robe, with gold bells between them.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:34 - The gold bells and pomegranates are to alternate all around the hem.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:10 - “Bring the young bull to the entrance of the Tabernacle, where Aaron and his sons will lay their hands on its head.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:12 - Put some of its blood on the horns of the altar with your finger, and pour out the rest at the base of the altar.
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 29:15 - “Next Aaron and his sons must lay their hands on the head of one of the rams.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:19 - “Now take the other ram, and have Aaron and his sons lay their hands on its head.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:20 - Then slaughter it, and apply some of its blood to the right earlobes of Aaron and his sons. Also put it on the thumbs of their right hands and the big toes of their right feet. Splatter the rest of the blood against all sides of the altar.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:21 - Then take some of the blood from the altar and some of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it on Aaron and his sons and on their garments. In this way, they and their garments will be set apart as holy.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:22 - “Since this is the ram for the ordination of Aaron and his sons, take the fat of the ram, including the fat of the broad tail, the fat around the internal organs, the long lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys and the fat around them, along with the right thigh.
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 29:27 - “Set aside the portions of the ordination ram that belong to Aaron and his sons. This includes the breast and the thigh that were lifted up before the LORD as a special offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:32 - Then Aaron and his sons will eat this meat, along with the bread in the basket, at the Tabernacle entrance.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:36 - Each day you must sacrifice a young bull as a sin offering to purify them, making them right with the LORD.[fn] Afterward, cleanse the altar by purifying it[fn]; make it holy by anointing it with oil.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:10 - “Once a year Aaron must purify[fn] the altar by smearing its horns with blood from the offering made to purify the people from their sin. This will be a regular, annual event from generation to generation, for this is the LORD's most holy altar.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:33 - Anyone who makes a blend like it or anoints someone other than a priest will be cut off from the community.'”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:38 - Anyone who makes incense like this for personal use will be cut off from the community.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:2 - “Look, I have specifically chosen Bezalel son of Uri, grandson of Hur, of the tribe of Judah.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:6 - “And I have personally appointed Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, to be his assistant. Moreover, I have given special skill to all the gifted craftsmen so they can make all the things I have commanded you to make:
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 31:18 - When the LORD finished speaking with Moses on Mount Sinai, he gave him the two stone tablets inscribed with the terms of the covenant,[fn] written by the finger of God.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:5 - Aaron saw how excited the people were, so he built an altar in front of the calf. Then he announced, “Tomorrow will be a festival to the LORD!”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:11 - But Moses tried to pacify the LORD his God. “O LORD!” he said. “Why are you so angry with your own people whom you brought from the land of Egypt with such great power and such a strong hand?
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:12 - Why let the Egyptians say, ‘Their God rescued them with the evil intention of slaughtering them in the mountains and wiping them from the face of the earth'? Turn away from your fierce anger. Change your mind about this terrible disaster you have threatened against your people!
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:13 - Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.[fn] You bound yourself with an oath to them, saying, ‘I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars of heaven. And I will give them all of this land that I have promised to your descendants, and they will possess it forever.'”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:17 - When Joshua heard the boisterous noise of the people shouting below them, he exclaimed to Moses, “It sounds like war in the camp!”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:22 - “Don't get so upset, my lord,” Aaron replied. “You yourself know how evil these people are.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:28 - The Levites obeyed Moses' command, and about 3,000 people died that day.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:35 - Then the LORD sent a great plague upon the people because they had worshiped the calf Aaron had made.
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 34:22 - “You must celebrate the Festival of Harvest[fn] with the first crop of the wheat harvest, and celebrate the Festival of the Final Harvest[fn] at the end of the harvest season.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:23 - Three times each year every man in Israel must appear before the Sovereign, the LORD, the God of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:24 - I will drive out the other nations ahead of you and expand your territory, so no one will covet and conquer your land while you appear before the LORD your God three times each year.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:26 - “As you harvest your crops, bring the very best of the first harvest to the house of the LORD your God.
“You must not cook a young goat in its mother's milk.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:19 - the beautifully stitched garments for the priests to wear while ministering in the Holy Place—the sacred garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments for his sons to wear as they minister as priests.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:30 - Then Moses told the people of Israel, “The LORD has specifically chosen Bezalel son of Uri, grandson of Hur, of the tribe of Judah.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:34 - And the LORD has given both him and Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, the ability to teach their skills to others.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:21 - This is an inventory of the materials used in building the Tabernacle of the Covenant.[fn] The Levites compiled the figures, as Moses directed, and Ithamar son of Aaron the priest served as recorder.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:22 - Bezalel son of Uri, grandson of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made everything just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:23 - He was assisted by Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, a craftsman expert at engraving, designing, and embroidering with blue, purple, and scarlet thread on fine linen cloth.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:26 - This silver came from the tax collected from each man registered in the census. (The tax is one beka, which is half a shekel,[fn] based on the sanctuary shekel.) The tax was collected from 603,550 men who had reached their twentieth birthday.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:23 - with an opening for Aaron's head in the middle of it. The opening was reinforced with a woven collar[fn] so it would not tear.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:24 - They made pomegranates of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and attached them to the hem of the robe.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:25 - They also made bells of pure gold and placed them between the pomegranates along the hem of the robe,
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:26 - with bells and pomegranates alternating all around the hem. This robe was to be worn whenever the priest ministered before the LORD, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:2 - “Set up the Tabernacle[fn] on the first day of the new year.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:4 - He must bring the bull to the LORD at the entrance of the Tabernacle,[fn] lay his hand on the bull's head, and slaughter it before the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:5 - The high priest will then take some of the bull's blood into the Tabernacle,
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 4:8 - Then the priest must remove all the fat of the bull to be offered as a sin offering. This includes all the fat around the internal organs,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:10 - just as he does with cattle offered as a peace offering, and burn them on the altar of burnt offerings.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:11 - But he must take whatever is left of the bull—its hide, meat, head, legs, internal organs, and dung—
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:15 - The elders of the community must then lay their hands on the bull's head and slaughter it before the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:16 - The high priest will then take some of the bull's blood into the Tabernacle,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:17 - dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle it seven times before the LORD in front of the inner curtain.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:22 - “If one of Israel's leaders sins by violating one of the commands of the LORD his God but doesn't realize it, he is still guilty.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:24 - He must lay his hand on the goat's head and slaughter it at the place where burnt offerings are slaughtered before the LORD. This is an offering for his sin.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:27 - “If any of the common people sin by violating one of the LORD's commands, but they don't realize it, they are still guilty.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:8 - You must bring them to the priest, who will present the first bird as the sin offering. He will wring its neck but without severing its head from the body.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:11 - “If you cannot afford to bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons, you may bring two quarts[fn] of choice flour for your sin offering. Since it is an offering for sin, you must not moisten it with olive oil or put any frankincense on it.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:1 - “These are the instructions for the guilt offering. It is most holy.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:9 - Any grain offering that has been baked in an oven, prepared in a pan, or cooked on a griddle belongs to the priest who presents it.
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 7:25 - Anyone who eats fat from an animal presented as a special gift to the LORD will be cut off from the community.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:27 - Anyone who consumes blood will be cut off from the community.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:14 - Then Moses presented the bull for the sin offering. Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the bull's head,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:18 - Then Moses presented the ram for the burnt offering. Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the ram's head,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:22 - Then Moses presented the other ram, which was the ram of ordination. Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the ram's head,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:23 - and Moses slaughtered it. Then Moses took some of its blood and applied it to the lobe of Aaron's right ear, the thumb of his right hand, and the big toe of his right foot.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:26 - On top of these he placed a thin cake of bread made without yeast, a cake of bread mixed with olive oil, and a wafer spread with olive oil. All these were taken from the basket of bread made without yeast that was placed in the LORD's presence.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:29 - Then Moses took the breast and lifted it up as a special offering to the LORD. This was Moses' portion of the ram of ordination, just as the LORD had commanded him.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:7 - Then Moses said to Aaron, “Come to the altar and sacrifice your sin offering and your burnt offering to purify yourself and the people. Then present the offerings of the people to purify them, making them right with the LORD,[fn] just as he has commanded.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:15 - Next Aaron presented the offerings of the people. He slaughtered the people's goat and presented it as an offering for their sin, just as he had first done with the offering for his own sin.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:17 - He also presented the grain offering, burning a handful of the flour mixture on the altar, in addition to the regular burnt offering for the morning.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:18 - Then Aaron slaughtered the bull and the ram for the people's peace offering. His sons brought him the blood, and he splattered it against all sides of the altar.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:19 - Then he took the fat of the bull and the ram—the fat of the broad tail and from around the internal organs—along with the kidneys and the long lobes of the livers.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:4 - Then Moses called for Mishael and Elzaphan, Aaron's cousins, the sons of Aaron's uncle Uzziel. He said to them, “Come forward and carry away the bodies of your relatives from in front of the sanctuary to a place outside the camp.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 12:2 - “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. If a woman becomes pregnant and gives birth to a son, she will be ceremonially unclean for seven days, just as she is unclean during her menstrual period.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:3 - The priest will examine the affected area of the skin. If the hair in the affected area has turned white and the problem appears to be more than skin-deep, it is a serious skin disease, and the priest who examines it must pronounce the person ceremonially unclean.
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 13:11 - 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 13:12 - “Now suppose the disease has spread all over the person's skin, covering the body from head to foot.
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 13:21 - But if the priest finds no white hair on the affected area and the problem appears to be no more than skin-deep and has faded, the priest must quarantine the person for seven days.
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 13:56 - But if the priest examines it and finds that the contaminated area has faded after being washed, he must cut the spot from the clothing, the fabric, or the leather.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:2 - “The following instructions are for those seeking ceremonial purification from a skin disease.[fn] Those who have been healed must be brought to the priest,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:3 - who will examine them at a place outside the camp. If the priest finds that someone has been healed of a serious skin disease,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:8 - “The persons being purified must then wash their clothes, shave off all their hair, and bathe themselves in water. Then they will be ceremonially clean and may return to the camp. However, they must remain outside their tents for seven days.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:14 - The priest will then take some of the blood of the guilt offering and apply it to the lobe of the right ear, the thumb of the right hand, and the big toe of the right foot of the person being purified.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:15 - “Then the priest will pour some of the olive oil into the palm of his own left hand.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:17 - The priest will then apply some of the oil in his palm over the blood from the guilt offering that is on the lobe of the right ear, the thumb of the right hand, and the big toe of the right foot of the person being purified.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:18 - The priest will apply the oil remaining in his hand to the head of the person being purified. Through this process, the priest will purify[fn] the person before the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:19 - “Then the priest must present the sin offering to purify the person who was cured of the skin disease. After that, the priest will slaughter the burnt offering
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:25 - Then the priest will slaughter the lamb for the guilt offering. He will take some of its blood and apply it to the lobe of the right ear, the thumb of the right hand, and the big toe of the right foot of the person being purified.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:26 - “The priest will also pour some of the olive oil into the palm of his own left hand.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:28 - The priest will then apply some of the oil in his palm over the blood from the guilt offering that is on the lobe of the right ear, the thumb of the right hand, and the big toe of the right foot of the person being purified.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:29 - The priest will apply the oil remaining in his hand to the head of the person being purified. Through this process, the priest will purify the person before the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:31 - One of them is for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering, to be presented along with the grain offering. Through this process, the priest will purify the person before the LORD.
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 15:7 - If you touch the man with the discharge, you must wash your clothes and bathe yourself in water, and you will remain unclean until evening.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:32 - These are the instructions for dealing with anyone who has a bodily discharge—a man who is unclean because of an emission of semen
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 16:6 - “Aaron will present his own bull as a sin offering to purify himself and his family, making them right with the LORD.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:10 - The other goat, the scapegoat chosen by lot to be sent away, will be kept alive, standing before the LORD. When it is sent away to Azazel in the wilderness, the people will be purified and made right with the LORD.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:11 - “Aaron will present his own bull as a sin offering to purify himself and his family, making them right with the LORD. After he has slaughtered the bull as a sin offering,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:14 - Then he must take some of the blood of the bull, dip his finger in it, and sprinkle it on the east side of the atonement cover. He must sprinkle blood seven times with his finger in front of the atonement cover.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:15 - “Then Aaron must slaughter the first goat as a sin offering for the people and carry its blood behind the inner curtain. There he will sprinkle the goat's blood over the atonement cover and in front of it, just as he did with the bull's blood.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:17 - No one else is allowed inside the Tabernacle when Aaron enters it for the purification ceremony in the Most Holy Place. No one may enter until he comes out again after purifying himself, his family, and all the congregation of Israel, making them right with the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:18 - “Then Aaron will come out to purify the altar that stands before the LORD. He will do this by taking some of the blood from the bull and the goat and putting it on each of the horns of the altar.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:21 - He will lay both of his hands on the goat's head and confess over it all the wickedness, rebellion, and sins of the people of Israel. In this way, he will transfer the people's sins to the head of the goat. Then a man specially chosen for the task will drive the goat into the wilderness.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:24 - Then he must bathe himself with water in a sacred place, put on his regular garments, and go out to sacrifice a burnt offering for himself and a burnt offering for the people. Through this process, he will purify himself and the people, making them right with the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:29 - “On the tenth day of the appointed month in early autumn,[fn] you must deny yourselves.[fn] Neither native-born Israelites nor foreigners living among you may do any kind of work. This is a permanent law for you.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:34 - This is a permanent law for you, to purify the people of Israel from their sins, making them right with the LORD once each year.”
Moses followed all these instructions exactly as the LORD had commanded him.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:4 - instead of bringing it to the entrance of the Tabernacle[fn] to present it as an offering to the LORD, that person will be as guilty as a murderer.[fn] Such a person has shed blood and will be cut off from the community.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:9 - but does not bring it to the entrance of the Tabernacle to offer it to the LORD, that person will be cut off from the community.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:10 - “And if any native Israelite or foreigner living among you eats or drinks blood in any form, I will turn against that person and cut him off from the community of your people,
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 18:17 - “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 18:20 - “Do not defile yourself by having sexual intercourse with your neighbor's wife.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:29 - Whoever commits any of these detestable sins will be cut off from the community of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:30 - So obey my instructions, and do not defile yourselves by committing any of these detestable practices that were committed by the people who lived in the land before you. I am the LORD your God.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:8 - Anyone who eats it on the third day will be punished for defiling what is holy to the LORD and will be cut off from the community.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:9 - “When you harvest the crops of your land, do not harvest the grain along the edges of your fields, and do not pick up what the harvesters drop.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:10 - It is the same with your grape crop—do not strip every last bunch of grapes from the vines, and do not pick up the grapes that fall to the ground. Leave them for the poor and the foreigners living among you. I am the LORD your God.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:12 - “Do not bring shame on the name of your God by using it to swear falsely. I am the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:13 - “Do not defraud or rob your neighbor.
“Do not make your hired workers wait until the next day to receive their pay.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:16 - “Do not spread slanderous gossip among your people.[fn]
“Do not stand idly by when your neighbor's life is threatened. I am the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:18 - “Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against a fellow Israelite, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:27 - “Do not trim off the hair on your temples or trim your beards.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:3 - I myself will turn against them and cut them off from the community, because they have defiled my sanctuary and brought shame on my holy name by offering their children to Molech.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:4 - And if the people of the community ignore those who offer their children to Molech and refuse to execute them,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:5 - I myself will turn against them and their families and will cut them off from the community. This will happen to all who commit spiritual prostitution by worshiping Molech.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:6 - “I will also turn against those who commit spiritual prostitution by putting their trust in mediums or in those who consult the spirits of the dead. I will cut them off from the community.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:10 - “If a man commits adultery with his neighbor's wife, both the man and the woman who have committed adultery must be put to death.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:11 - “If a man violates his father by having sex with one of his father's wives, both the man and the woman must be put to death, for they are guilty of a capital offense.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:21 - “If a man marries his brother's wife, it is an act of impurity. He has violated his brother, and the guilty couple will remain childless.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:5 - “The priests must not shave their heads or trim their beards or cut their bodies.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:6 - They must be set apart as holy to their God and must never bring shame on the name of God. They must be holy, for they are the ones who present the special gifts to the LORD, gifts of food for their God.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:8 - You must treat them as holy because they offer up food to your God. You must consider them holy because I, the LORD, am holy, and I make you holy.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:9 - “If a priest's daughter defiles herself by becoming a prostitute, she also defiles her father's holiness, and she must be burned to death.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:10 - “The high priest has the highest rank of all the priests. The anointing oil has been poured on his head, and he has been ordained to wear the priestly garments. He must never leave his hair uncombed[fn] or tear his clothing.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:12 - He must not defile the sanctuary of his God by leaving it to attend to a dead person, for he has been made holy by the anointing oil of his God. I am the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:17 - “Give the following instructions to Aaron: In all future generations, none of your descendants who has any defect will qualify to offer food to his God.
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 21:22 - However, he may eat from the food offered to God, including the holy offerings and the most holy offerings.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:23 - Yet because of his physical defect, he may not enter the room behind the inner curtain or approach the altar, for this would defile my holy places. I am the LORD who makes them holy.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:4 - “If any of Aaron's descendants has a skin disease[fn] or any kind of discharge that makes him ceremonially unclean, he may not eat from the sacred offerings until he has been pronounced clean. He also becomes unclean by touching a corpse, or by having an emission of semen,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:13 - But if she becomes a widow or is divorced and has no children to support her, and she returns to live in her father's home as in her youth, she may eat her father's food again. Otherwise, no one outside a priest's family may eat the sacred offerings.
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 23:5 - “The LORD's Passover begins at sundown on the fourteenth day of the first month.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:6 - On the next day, the fifteenth day of the month, you must begin celebrating the Festival of Unleavened Bread. This festival to the LORD continues for seven days, and during that time the bread you eat must be made without yeast.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:10 - “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. When you enter the land I am giving you and you harvest its first crops, bring the priest a bundle of grain from the first cutting of your grain harvest.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:22 - “When you harvest the crops of your land, do not harvest the grain along the edges of your fields, and do not pick up what the harvesters drop. Leave it for the poor and the foreigners living among you. I am the LORD your God.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:24 - “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. On the first day of the appointed month in early autumn,[fn] you are to observe a day of complete rest. It will be an official day for holy assembly, a day commemorated with loud blasts of a trumpet.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:27 - “Be careful to celebrate the Day of Atonement on the tenth day of that same month—nine days after the Festival of Trumpets.[fn] You must observe it as an official day for holy assembly, a day to deny yourselves[fn] and present special gifts to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:28 - Do no work during that entire day because it is the Day of Atonement, when offerings of purification are made for you, making you right with[fn] the LORD your God.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:29 - All who do not deny themselves that day will be cut off from God's people.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:30 - And I will destroy anyone among you who does any work on that day.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:32 - This will be a Sabbath day of complete rest for you, and on that day you must deny yourselves. This day of rest will begin at sundown on the ninth day of the month and extend until sundown on the tenth day.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:34 - “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. Begin celebrating the Festival of Shelters[fn] on the fifteenth day of the appointed month—five days after the Day of Atonement.[fn] This festival to the LORD will last for seven days.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:39 - “Remember that this seven-day festival to the LORD—the Festival of Shelters—begins on the fifteenth day of the appointed month,[fn] after you have harvested all the produce of the land. The first day and the eighth day of the festival will be days of complete rest.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:40 - On the first day gather branches from magnificent trees[fn]—palm fronds, boughs from leafy trees, and willows that grow by the streams. Then celebrate with joy before the LORD your God for seven days.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:41 - You must observe this festival to the LORD for seven days every year. This is a permanent law for you, and it must be observed in the appointed month[fn] from generation to generation.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:5 - And don't store away the crops that grow on their own or gather the grapes from your unpruned vines. The land must have a year of complete rest.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:9 - Then on the Day of Atonement in the fiftieth year,[fn] blow the ram's horn loud and long throughout the land.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:14 - “When you make an agreement with your neighbor to buy or sell property, you must not take advantage of each other.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:15 - When you buy land from your neighbor, the price you pay must be based on the number of years since the last jubilee. The seller must set the price by taking into account the number of years remaining until the next Year of Jubilee.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:25 - If one of your fellow Israelites falls into poverty and is forced to sell some family land, then a close relative should buy it back for him.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:47 - “Suppose a foreigner or temporary resident becomes rich while living among you. If any of your fellow Israelites fall into poverty and are forced to sell themselves to such a foreigner or to a member of his family,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:50 - They will negotiate the price of their freedom with the person who bought them. The price will be based on the number of years from the time they were sold until the next Year of Jubilee—whatever it would cost to hire a worker for that period of time.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:20 - All your work will be for nothing, for your land will yield no crops, and your trees will bear no fruit.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:3 - here is the scale of values to be used. A man between the ages of twenty and sixty is valued at fifty shekels[fn] of silver, as measured by the sanctuary shekel.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:5 - A boy between the ages of five and twenty is valued at twenty shekels of silver; a girl of that age is valued at ten shekels[fn] of silver.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:6 - A boy between the ages of one month and five years is valued at five shekels of silver; a girl of that age is valued at three shekels[fn] of silver.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:8 - If you desire to make such a vow but cannot afford to pay the required amount, take the person to the priest. He will determine the amount for you to pay based on what you can afford.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:11 - If your vow involves an unclean animal—one that is not acceptable as an offering to the LORD—then you must bring the animal to the priest.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:16 - “If someone dedicates to the LORD a piece of his family property, its value will be assessed according to the amount of seed required to plant it—fifty shekels of silver for a field planted with five bushels of barley seed.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:17 - If the field is dedicated to the LORD in the Year of Jubilee, then the entire assessment will apply.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:22 - “If someone dedicates to the LORD a field he has purchased but which is not part of his family property,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:23 - the priest will assess its value based on the number of years left until the next Year of Jubilee. On that day he must give the assessed value of the land as a sacred donation to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:30 - “One-tenth of the produce of the land, whether grain from the fields or fruit from the trees, belongs to the LORD and must be set apart to him as holy.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:1 - A year after Israel's departure from Egypt, the LORD spoke to Moses in the Tabernacle[fn] in the wilderness of Sinai. On the first day of the second month[fn] of that year he said,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:18 - and they assembled the whole community of Israel on that very day.[fn] All the people were registered according to their ancestry by their clans and families. The men of Israel who were twenty years old or older were listed one by one,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:17 - “Then the Tabernacle, carried by the Levites, will set out from the middle of the camp. All the tribes are to travel in the same order that they camp, each in position under the appropriate family banner.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:4 - But Nadab and Abihu died in the LORD's presence in the wilderness of Sinai when they burned before the LORD the wrong kind of fire, different than he had commanded. Since they had no sons, this left only Eleazar and Ithamar to serve as priests with their father, Aaron.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:6 - “Call forward the tribe of Levi, and present them to Aaron the priest to serve as his assistants.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:21 - The descendants of Gershon were composed of the clans descended from Libni and Shimei.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:24 - The leader of the Gershonite clans was Eliasaph son of Lael.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:27 - The descendants of Kohath were composed of the clans descended from Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:30 - The leader of the Kohathite clans was Elizaphan son of Uzziel.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:31 - These four clans were responsible for the care of the Ark, the table, the lampstand, the altars, the various articles used in the sanctuary, the inner curtain, and all the equipment related to their use.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:32 - Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, was the chief administrator over all the Levites, with special responsibility for the oversight of the sanctuary.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:35 - They were assigned the area north of the Tabernacle for their camp. The leader of the Merarite clans was Zuriel son of Abihail.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:38 - The area in front of the Tabernacle, in the east toward the sunrise,[fn] was reserved for the tents of Moses and of Aaron and his sons, who had the final responsibility for the sanctuary on behalf of the people of Israel. Anyone other than a priest or Levite who went too near the sanctuary was to be put to death.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:47 - collect five pieces of silver[fn] for each of them (each piece weighing the same as the sanctuary shekel, which equals twenty gerahs).
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:16 - “Eleazar son of Aaron the priest will be responsible for the oil of the lampstand, the fragrant incense, the daily grain offering, and the anointing oil. In fact, Eleazar will be responsible for the entire Tabernacle and everything in it, including the sanctuary and its furnishings.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:24 - “These Gershonite clans will be responsible for general service and carrying loads.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:28 - So these are the duties assigned to the Gershonite clans at the Tabernacle. They will be directly responsible to Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:33 - So these are the duties of the Merarite clans at the Tabernacle. They are directly responsible to Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:8 - But if the person who was wronged is dead, and there are no near relatives to whom restitution can be made, the payment belongs to the LORD and must be given to the priest. Those who are guilty must also bring a ram as a sacrifice, and they will be purified and made right with the LORD.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:13 - and has sex with another man, but neither her husband nor anyone else knows about it. She has defiled herself, even though there was no witness and she was not caught in the act.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:18 - When the priest has presented the woman before the LORD, he must unbind her hair and place in her hands the offering of proof—the jealousy offering to determine whether her husband's suspicions are justified. The priest will stand before her, holding the jar of bitter water that brings a curse to those who are guilty.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:19 - The priest will then put the woman under oath and say to her, ‘If no other man has had sex with you, and you have not gone astray and defiled yourself while under your husband's authority, may you be immune from the effects of this bitter water that brings on the curse.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:20 - But if you have gone astray by being unfaithful to your husband, and have defiled yourself by having sex with another man—'
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:21 - “At this point the priest must put the woman under oath by saying, ‘May the people know that the LORD's curse is upon you when he makes you infertile, causing your womb to shrivel[fn] and your abdomen to swell.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:23 - And the priest will write these curses on a piece of leather and wash them off into the bitter water.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:24 - He will make the woman drink the bitter water that brings on the curse. When the water enters her body, it will cause bitter suffering if she is guilty.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:27 - If she has defiled herself by being unfaithful to her husband, the water that brings on the curse will cause bitter suffering. Her abdomen will swell and her womb will shrink,[fn] and her name will become a curse among her people.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:5 - “They must never cut their hair throughout the time of their vow, for they are holy and set apart to the LORD. Until the time of their vow has been fulfilled, they must let their hair grow long.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:13 - “This is the ritual law for Nazirites. At the conclusion of their time of separation as Nazirites, they must each go to the entrance of the Tabernacle
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 6:19 - After the Nazirite's head has been shaved, the priest will take for each of them the boiled shoulder of the ram, and he will take from the basket a cake and a wafer made without yeast. He will put them all into the Nazirite's hands.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:20 - Then the priest will lift them up as a special offering before the LORD. These are holy portions for the priest, along with the breast of the special offering and the thigh of the sacred offering that are lifted up before the LORD. After this ceremony the Nazirites may again drink wine.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:21 - “This is the ritual law of the Nazirites, who vow to bring these offerings to the LORD. They may also bring additional offerings if they can afford it. And they must be careful to do whatever they vowed when they set themselves apart as Nazirites.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:8 - and he gave four wagons and eight oxen to the Merarite division for their work. All their work was done under the leadership of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:3 - at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month.[fn] Be sure to follow all my decrees and regulations concerning this celebration.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:5 - in the wilderness of Sinai as twilight fell on the fourteenth day of the month. And they celebrated the festival there, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:13 - “But those who neglect to celebrate the Passover at the regular time, even though they are ceremonially clean and not away on a trip, will be cut off from the community of Israel. If they fail to present the LORD's offering at the proper time, they will suffer the consequences of their guilt.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:19 - If the cloud remained over the Tabernacle for a long time, the Israelites stayed and performed their duty to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:10 - Blow the trumpets in times of gladness, too, sounding them at your annual festivals and at the beginning of each month. And blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings and peace offerings. The trumpets will remind the LORD your God of his covenant with you. I am the LORD your God.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:11 - In the second year after Israel's departure from Egypt—on the twentieth day of the second month[fn]—the cloud lifted from the Tabernacle of the Covenant.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:20 - and the troops of the tribe of Gad, led by Eliasaph son of Deuel.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:23 - They were joined by the troops of the tribe of Manasseh, led by Gamaliel son of Pedahzur,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:24 - and the troops of the tribe of Benjamin, led by Abidan son of Gideoni.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:25 - Dan's troops went last, marching behind their banner and serving as the rear guard for all the tribal camps. Their leader was Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:3 - After that, the area was known as Taberah (which means “the place of burning”), because fire from the LORD had burned among them there.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:11 - And Moses said to the LORD, “Why are you treating me, your servant, so harshly? Have mercy on me! What did I do to deserve the burden of all these people?
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:16 - Then the LORD said to Moses, “Gather before me seventy men who are recognized as elders and leaders of Israel. Bring them to the Tabernacle[fn] to stand there with you.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:17 - I will come down and talk to you there. I will take some of the Spirit that is upon you, and I will put the Spirit upon them also. They will bear the burden of the people along with you, so you will not have to carry it alone.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:24 - So Moses went out and reported the LORD's words to the people. He gathered the seventy elders and stationed them around the Tabernacle.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:28 - Joshua son of Nun, who had been Moses' assistant since his youth, protested, “Moses, my master, make them stop!”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:34 - So that place was called Kibroth-hattaavah (which means “graves of gluttony”) because there they buried the people who had craved meat from Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:8 - I speak to him face to face,
clearly, and not in riddles!
He sees the LORD as he is.
So why were you not afraid
to criticize my servant Moses?”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:16 - Then they left Hazeroth and camped in the wilderness of Paran.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:22 - Going north, they passed through the Negev and arrived at Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai—all descendants of Anak—lived. (The ancient town of Hebron was founded seven years before the Egyptian city of Zoan.)
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:6 - Two of the men who had explored the land, Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, tore their clothing.
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 14:12 - I will disown them and destroy them with a plague. Then I will make you into a nation greater and mightier than they are!”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:19 - In keeping with your magnificent, unfailing love, please pardon the sins of this people, just as you have forgiven them ever since they left Egypt.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:30 - You will not enter and occupy the land I swore to give you. The only exceptions will be Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:34 - “‘Because your men explored the land for forty days, you must wander in the wilderness for forty years—a year for each day, suffering the consequences of your sins. Then you will discover what it is like to have me for an enemy.'
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:9 - you must also give a grain offering of six quarts[fn] of choice flour mixed with two quarts[fn] of olive oil,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:30 - “But those who brazenly violate the LORD's will, whether native-born Israelites or foreigners, have blasphemed the LORD, and they must be cut off from the community.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:39 - So Eleazar the priest collected the 250 bronze incense burners that had been used by the men who died in the fire, and he hammered them into a thin sheet to overlay the altar.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:47 - Aaron did as Moses told him and ran out among the people. The plague had already begun to strike down the people, but Aaron burned the incense and purified[fn] the people.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:2 - “Bring your relatives of the tribe of Levi—your ancestral tribe—to assist you and your sons as you perform the sacred duties in front of the Tabernacle of the Covenant.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:2 - “Here is another legal requirement commanded by the LORD: Tell the people of Israel to bring you a red heifer, a perfect animal that has no defects and has never been yoked to a plow.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:11 - “All those who touch a dead human body will be ceremonially unclean for seven days.
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 19:17 - “To remove the defilement, put some of the ashes from the burnt purification offering in a jar, and pour fresh water over them.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:18 - Then someone who is ceremonially clean must take a hyssop branch and dip it into the water. That person must sprinkle the water on the tent, on all the furnishings in the tent, and on the people who were in the tent; also on the person who touched a human bone, or touched someone who was killed or who died naturally, or touched a grave.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:21 - This is a permanent law for the people. Those who sprinkle the water of purification must afterward wash their clothes, and anyone who then touches the water used for purification will remain defiled until evening.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:3 - The LORD heard the Israelites' request and gave them victory over the Canaanites. The Israelites completely destroyed them and their towns, and the place has been called Hormah[fn] ever since.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:7 - Then the people came to Moses and cried out, “We have sinned by speaking against the LORD and against you. Pray that the LORD will take away the snakes.” So Moses prayed for the people.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:11 - Then they went on to Iye-abarim, in the wilderness on the eastern border of Moab.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:13 - Then they moved out and camped on the far side of the Arnon River, in the wilderness adjacent to the territory of the Amorites. The Arnon is the boundary line between the Moabites and the Amorites.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:14 - For this reason The Book of the Wars of the LORD speaks of “the town of Waheb in the area of Suphah, and the ravines of the Arnon River,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:26 - Heshbon had been the capital of King Sihon of the Amorites. He had defeated a former Moabite king and seized all his land as far as the Arnon River.
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 22:16 - They went to Balaam and delivered this message to him: “This is what Balak son of Zippor says: Please don't let anything stop you from coming to help me.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:18 - But Balaam responded to Balak's messengers, “Even if Balak were to give me his palace filled with silver and gold, I would be powerless to do anything against the will of the LORD my God.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:22 - But God was angry that Balaam was going, so he sent the angel of the LORD to stand in the road to block his way. As Balaam and two servants were riding along,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:23 - Balaam's donkey saw the angel of the LORD standing in the road with a drawn sword in his hand. The donkey bolted off the road into a field, but Balaam beat it and turned it back onto the road.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:24 - Then the angel of the LORD stood at a place where the road narrowed between two vineyard walls.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:25 - When the donkey saw the angel of the LORD, it tried to squeeze by and crushed Balaam's foot against the wall. So Balaam beat the donkey again.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:26 - Then the angel of the LORD moved farther down the road and stood in a place too narrow for the donkey to get by at all.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:27 - This time when the donkey saw the angel, it lay down under Balaam. In a fit of rage Balaam beat the animal again with his staff.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:32 - “Why did you beat your donkey those three times?” the angel of the LORD demanded. “Look, I have come to block your way because you are stubbornly resisting me.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:35 - But the angel of the LORD told Balaam, “Go with these men, but say only what I tell you to say.” So Balaam went on with Balak's officials.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:41 - The next morning Balak took Balaam up to Bamoth-baal. From there he could see some of the people of Israel spread out below him.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:4 - The LORD issued the following command to Moses: “Seize all the ringleaders and execute them before the LORD in broad daylight, so his fierce anger will turn away from the people of Israel.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:7 - When Phinehas son of Eleazar and grandson of Aaron the priest saw this, he jumped up and left the assembly. He took a spear
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:8 - and rushed after the man into his tent. Phinehas thrust the spear all the way through the man's body and into the woman's stomach. So the plague against the Israelites was stopped,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:11 - “Phinehas son of Eleazar and grandson of Aaron the priest has turned my anger away from the Israelites by being as zealous among them as I was. So I stopped destroying all Israel as I had intended to do in my zealous anger.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:14 - The Israelite man killed with the Midianite woman was named Zimri son of Salu, the leader of a family from the tribe of Simeon.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:3 - So there on the plains of Moab beside the Jordan River, across from Jericho, Moses and Eleazar the priest issued these instructions to the leaders of Israel:
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:5 - These were the clans descended from the sons of Reuben, Jacob's[fn] oldest son: The Hanochite clan, named after their ancestor Hanoch.
The Palluite clan, named after their ancestor Pallu.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:6 - The Hezronite clan, named after their ancestor Hezron.
The Carmite clan, named after their ancestor Carmi.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:56 - Each grant of land must be assigned by lot among the larger and smaller tribal groups.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:63 - So these are the results of the registration of the people of Israel as conducted by Moses and Eleazar the priest on the plains of Moab beside the Jordan River, across from Jericho.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:65 - For the LORD had said of them, “They will all die in the wilderness.” Not one of them survived except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:1 - One day a petition was presented by the daughters of Zelophehad—Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. Their father, Zelophehad, was a descendant of Hepher son of Gilead, son of Makir, son of Manasseh, son of Joseph.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:2 - These women stood before Moses, Eleazar the priest, the tribal leaders, and the entire community at the entrance of the Tabernacle.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:4 - Why should the name of our father disappear from his clan just because he had no sons? Give us property along with the rest of our relatives.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:7 - “The claim of the daughters of Zelophehad is legitimate. You must give them a grant of land along with their father's relatives. Assign them the property that would have been given to their father.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:10 - If he has no brothers, give his inheritance to his father's brothers.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:11 - But if his father has no brothers, give his inheritance to the nearest relative in his clan. This is a legal requirement for the people of Israel, just as the LORD commanded Moses.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:19 - Present him to Eleazar the priest before the whole community, and publicly commission him to lead the people.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:21 - When direction from the LORD is needed, Joshua will stand before Eleazar the priest, who will use the Urim—one of the sacred lots cast before the LORD—to determine his will. This is how Joshua and the rest of the community of Israel will determine everything they should do.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:22 - So Moses did as the LORD commanded. He presented Joshua to Eleazar the priest and the whole community.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:5 - With each lamb you must offer a grain offering of two quarts[fn] of choice flour mixed with one quart[fn] of pure oil of pressed olives.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:7 - Along with it you must present the proper liquid offering of one quart of alcoholic drink with each lamb, poured out in the Holy Place as an offering to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:14 - You must also present a liquid offering with each sacrifice: two quarts[fn] of wine for each bull, a third of a gallon[fn] for the ram, and one quart[fn] for each lamb. Present this monthly burnt offering on the first day of each month throughout the year.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:16 - “On the fourteenth day of the first month,[fn] you must celebrate the LORD's Passover.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:17 - On the following day—the fifteenth day of the month—a joyous, seven-day festival will begin, but no bread made with yeast may be eaten.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:24 - On each of the seven days of the festival, this is how you must prepare the food offering that is presented as a special gift, a pleasing aroma to the LORD. These will be offered in addition to the regular burnt offerings and liquid offerings.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:1 - “Celebrate the Festival of Trumpets each year on the first day of the appointed month in early autumn.[fn] You must call an official day for holy assembly, and you may do no ordinary work.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:7 - “Ten days later, on the tenth day of the same month,[fn] you must call another holy assembly. On that day, the Day of Atonement, the people must go without food and must do no ordinary work.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:12 - “Five days later, on the fifteenth day of the same month,[fn] you must call another holy assembly of all the people, and you may do no ordinary work on that day. It is the beginning of the Festival of Shelters,[fn] a seven-day festival to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:3 - “If a young woman makes a vow to the LORD or a pledge under oath while she is still living at her father's home,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:10 - “But suppose a woman is married and living in her husband's home when she makes a vow or binds herself with a pledge.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:3 - So Moses said to the people, “Choose some men, and arm them to fight the LORD's war of revenge against Midian.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:6 - Then Moses sent them out, 1,000 men from each tribe, and Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest led them into battle. They carried along the holy objects of the sanctuary and the trumpets for sounding the charge.
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 31:14 - But Moses was furious with all the generals and captains[fn] who had returned from the battle.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:21 - Then Eleazar the priest said to the men who were in the battle, “The LORD has given Moses this legal requirement:
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:23 - that is, all metals that do not burn—must be passed through fire in order to be made ceremonially pure. These metal objects must then be further purified with the water of purification. But everything that burns must be purified by the water alone.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:36 - Half of the plunder was given to the fighting men. It totaled 337,500 sheep and goats,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:41 - Moses gave all the LORD's share to Eleazar the priest, just as the LORD had directed him.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:12 - The only exceptions are Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite and Joshua son of Nun, for they have wholeheartedly followed the LORD.'
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:19 - But we do not claim any of the land on the other side of the Jordan. We would rather live here on the east side and accept this as our grant of land.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:32 - We will cross the Jordan into Canaan fully armed to fight for the LORD, but our property will be here on this side of the Jordan.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:41 - The people of Jair, another clan of the tribe of Manasseh, captured many of the towns in Gilead and changed the name of that region to the Towns of Jair.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:3 - They set out from the city of Rameses in early spring—on the fifteenth day of the first month[fn]—on the morning after the first Passover celebration. The people of Israel left defiantly, in full view of all the Egyptians.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:38 - While they were at the foot of Mount Hor, Aaron the priest was directed by the LORD to go up the mountain, and there he died. This happened in midsummer, on the first day of the fifth month[fn] of the fortieth year after Israel's departure from Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:48 - They left the mountains east of the river and camped on the plains of Moab beside the Jordan River, across from Jericho.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:4 - It will then run south past Scorpion Pass[fn] in the direction of Zin. Its southernmost point will be Kadesh-barnea, from which it will go to Hazar-addar, and on to Azmon.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:15 - on the east side of the Jordan River, across from Jericho toward the sunrise.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:17 - “Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun are the men designated to divide the grants of land among the people.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:14 - three on the east side of the Jordan River and three on the west in the land of Canaan.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:24 - If this should happen, the community must follow these regulations in making a judgment between the slayer and the avenger, the victim's nearest relative:
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:25 - The community must protect the slayer from the avenger and must escort the slayer back to live in the city of refuge to which he fled. There he must remain until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with the sacred oil.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:31 - Also, you must never accept a ransom payment for the life of someone judged guilty of murder and subject to execution; murderers must always be put to death.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:1 - Then the heads of the clans of Gilead—descendants of Makir, son of Manasseh, son of Joseph—came to Moses and the family leaders of Israel with a petition.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:2 - They said, “Sir, the LORD instructed you to divide the land by sacred lot among the people of Israel. You were told by the LORD to give the grant of land owned by our brother Zelophehad to his daughters.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:3 - But if they marry men from another tribe, their grants of land will go with them to the tribe into which they marry. In this way, the total area of our tribal land will be reduced.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:6 - This is what the LORD commands concerning the daughters of Zelophehad: Let them marry anyone they like, as long as it is within their own ancestral tribe.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:8 - The daughters throughout the tribes of Israel who are in line to inherit property must marry within their tribe, so that all the Israelites will keep their ancestral property.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:12 - They married into the clans of Manasseh son of Joseph. Thus, their inheritance of land remained within their ancestral tribe.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:13 - These are the commands and regulations that the LORD gave to the people of Israel through Moses while they were camped on the plains of Moab beside the Jordan River across from Jericho.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:1 - These are the words that Moses spoke to all the people of Israel while they were in the wilderness east of the Jordan River. They were camped in the Jordan Valley[fn] near Suph, between Paran on one side and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Di-zahab on the other.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:3 - But forty years after the Israelites left Egypt, on the first day of the eleventh month,[fn] Moses addressed the people of Israel, telling them everything the LORD had commanded him to say.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:5 - While the Israelites were in the land of Moab east of the Jordan River, Moses carefully explained the LORD's instructions as follows.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:7 - It is time to break camp and move on. Go to the hill country of the Amorites and to all the neighboring regions—the Jordan Valley, the hill country, the western foothills,[fn] the Negev, and the coastal plain. Go to the land of the Canaanites and to Lebanon, and all the way to the great Euphrates River.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:10 - The LORD your God has increased your population, making you as numerous as the stars!
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 1:19 - “Then, just as the LORD our God commanded us, we left Mount Sinai and traveled through the great and terrifying wilderness, as you yourselves remember, and headed toward the hill country of the Amorites. When we arrived at Kadesh-barnea,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:20 - I said to you, ‘You have now reached the hill country of the Amorites that the LORD our God is giving us.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:25 - They picked some of its fruit and brought it back to us. And they reported, ‘The land the LORD our God has given us is indeed a good land.'
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:26 - “But you rebelled against the command of the LORD your God and refused to go in.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:28 - Where can we go? Our brothers have demoralized us with their report. They tell us, “The people of the land are taller and more powerful than we are, and their towns are large, with walls rising high into the sky! We even saw giants there—the descendants of Anak!”'
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:41 - “Then you confessed, ‘We have sinned against the LORD! We will go into the land and fight for it, as the LORD our God has commanded us.' So your men strapped on their weapons, thinking it would be easy to attack the hill country.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:15 - The LORD struck them down until they had all been eliminated from the community.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:16 - “When all the men of fighting age had died,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:25 - Beginning today I will make people throughout the earth terrified because of you. When they hear reports about you, they will tremble with dread and fear.'”
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 3:8 - “So we took the land of the two Amorite kings east of the Jordan River—all the way from the Arnon Gorge to Mount Hermon.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:10 - We had now conquered all the cities on the plateau and all Gilead and Bashan, as far as the towns of Salecah and Edrei, which were part of Og's kingdom in Bashan.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:13 - Then I gave the rest of Gilead and all of Bashan—Og's former kingdom—to the half-tribe of Manasseh. (This entire Argob region of Bashan used to be known as the land of the Rephaites.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:16 - But I also gave part of Gilead to the tribes of Reuben and Gad. The area I gave them extended from the middle of the Arnon Gorge in the south to the Jabbok River on the Ammonite frontier.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:20 - When the LORD has given security to the rest of the Israelites, as he has to you, and when they occupy the land the LORD your God is giving them across the Jordan River, then you may all return here to the land I have given you.'
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:25 - Please let me cross the Jordan to see the wonderful land on the other side, the beautiful hill country and the Lebanon mountains.'
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:28 - Instead, commission Joshua and encourage and strengthen him, for he will lead the people across the Jordan. He will give them all the land you now see before you as their possession.'
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:2 - Do not add to or subtract from these commands I am giving you. Just obey the commands of the LORD your God that I am giving you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:10 - Never forget the day when you stood before the LORD your God at Mount Sinai,[fn] where he told me, ‘Summon the people before me, and I will personally instruct them. Then they will learn to fear me as long as they live, and they will teach their children to fear me also.'
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:11 - “You came near and stood at the foot of the mountain, while flames from the mountain shot into the sky. The mountain was shrouded in black clouds and deep darkness.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:19 - And when you look up into the sky and see the sun, moon, and stars—all the forces of heaven—don't be seduced into worshiping them. The LORD your God gave them to all the peoples of the earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:23 - So be careful not to break the covenant the LORD your God has made with you. Do not make idols of any shape or form, for the LORD your God has forbidden this.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:25 - “In the future, when you have children and grandchildren and have lived in the land a long time, do not corrupt yourselves by making idols of any kind. This is evil in the sight of the LORD your God and will arouse his anger.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:32 - “Now search all of history, from the time God created people on the earth until now, and search from one end of the heavens to the other. Has anything as great as this ever been seen or heard before?
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:36 - He let you hear his voice from heaven so he could instruct you. He let you see his great fire here on earth so he could speak to you from it.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:41 - Then Moses set apart three cities of refuge east of the Jordan River.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:46 - and as they camped in the valley near Beth-peor east of the Jordan River. (This land was formerly occupied by the Amorites under King Sihon, who ruled from Heshbon. But Moses and the Israelites destroyed him and his people when they came up from Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:47 - Israel took possession of his land and that of King Og of Bashan—the two Amorite kings east of the Jordan.
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 4:49 - And they conquered the eastern bank of the Jordan River as far south as the Dead Sea,[fn] below the slopes of Pisgah.)
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:11 - “You must not misuse the name of the LORD your God. The LORD will not let you go unpunished if you misuse his name.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:20 - “You must not testify falsely against your neighbor.
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 5:25 - But now, why should we risk death again? If the LORD our God speaks to us again, we will certainly die and be consumed by this awesome fire.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:28 - “The LORD heard the request you made to me. And he said, ‘I have heard what the people said to you, and they are right.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:12 - be careful not to forget the LORD, who rescued you from slavery in the land of Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:17 - You must diligently obey the commands of the LORD your God—all the laws and decrees he has given you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:18 - Do what is right and good in the LORD's sight, so all will go well with you. Then you will enter and occupy the good land that the LORD swore to give your ancestors.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:25 - For we will be counted as righteous when we obey all the commands the LORD our God has given us.'
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:24 - He will put their kings in your power, and you will erase their names from the face of the earth. No one will be able to stand against you, and you will destroy them all.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:6 - “So obey the commands of the LORD your God by walking in his ways and fearing him.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:11 - “But that is the time to be careful! Beware that in your plenty you do not forget the LORD your God and disobey his commands, regulations, and decrees that I am giving you today.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:14 - Do not become proud at that time and forget the LORD your God, who rescued you from slavery in the land of Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:15 - Do not forget that he led you through the great and terrifying wilderness with its poisonous snakes and scorpions, where it was so hot and dry. He gave you water from the rock!
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:16 - He fed you with manna in the wilderness, a food unknown to your ancestors. He did this to humble you and test you for your own good.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:18 - Remember the LORD your God. He is the one who gives you power to be successful, in order to fulfill the covenant he confirmed to your ancestors with an oath.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:19 - “But I assure you of this: If you ever forget the LORD your God and follow other gods, worshiping and bowing down to them, you will certainly be destroyed.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:20 - Just as the LORD has destroyed other nations in your path, you also will be destroyed if you refuse to obey the LORD your God.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:1 - “Listen, O Israel! Today you are about to cross the Jordan River to take over the land belonging to nations much greater and more powerful than you. They live in cities with walls that reach to the sky!
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:10 - The LORD gave me the two tablets on which God had written with his own finger all the words he had spoken to you from the heart of the fire when you were assembled at the mountain.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:14 - Leave me alone so I may destroy them and erase their name from under heaven. Then I will make a mighty nation of your descendants, a nation larger and more powerful than they are.'
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:16 - There below me I could see that you had sinned against the LORD your God. You had melted gold and made a calf idol for yourselves. How quickly you had turned away from the path the LORD had commanded you to follow!
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:18 - “Then, as before, I threw myself down before the LORD for forty days and nights. I ate no bread and drank no water because of the great sin you had committed by doing what the LORD hated, provoking him to anger.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:23 - And at Kadesh-barnea the LORD sent you out with this command: ‘Go up and take over the land I have given you.' But you rebelled against the command of the LORD your God and refused to put your trust in him or obey him.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:27 - Please overlook the stubbornness and the awful sin of these people, and remember instead your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:11 - Then the LORD said to me, ‘Get up and resume the journey, and lead the people to the land I swore to give to their ancestors, so they may take possession of it.'
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:13 - And you must always obey the LORD's commands and decrees that I am giving you today for your own good.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:14 - “Look, the highest heavens and the earth and everything in it all belong to the LORD your God.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:22 - When your ancestors went down into Egypt, there were only seventy of them. But now the LORD your God has made you as numerous as the stars in the sky!
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:2 - Keep in mind that I am not talking now to your children, who have never experienced the discipline of the LORD your God or seen his greatness and his strong hand and powerful arm.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:11 - Rather, the land you will soon take over is a land of hills and valleys with plenty of rain—
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:12 - a land that the LORD your God cares for. He watches over it through each season of the year!
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:21 - so that as long as the sky remains above the earth, you and your children may flourish in the land the LORD swore to give your ancestors.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:24 - Wherever you set foot, that land will be yours. Your frontiers will stretch from the wilderness in the south to Lebanon in the north, and from the Euphrates River in the east to the Mediterranean Sea in the west.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:27 - You will be blessed if you obey the commands of the LORD your God that I am giving you today.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:28 - But you will be cursed if you reject the commands of the LORD your God and turn away from him and worship gods you have not known before.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:30 - (These two mountains are west of the Jordan River in the land of the Canaanites who live in the Jordan Valley,[fn] near the town of Gilgal, not far from the oaks of Moreh.)
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:3 - Break down their altars and smash their sacred pillars. Burn their Asherah poles and cut down their carved idols. Completely erase the names of their gods!
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:7 - There you and your families will feast in the presence of the LORD your God, and you will rejoice in all you have accomplished because the LORD your God has blessed you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:12 - “You must celebrate there in the presence of the LORD your God with your sons and daughters and all your servants. And remember to include the Levites who live in your towns, for they will receive no allotment of land among you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:15 - “But you may butcher your animals and eat their meat in any town whenever you want. You may freely eat the animals with which the LORD your God blesses you. All of you, whether ceremonially clean or unclean, may eat that meat, just as you now eat gazelle and deer.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:17 - “But you may not eat your offerings in your hometown—neither the tithe of your grain and new wine and olive oil, nor the firstborn of your flocks and herds, nor any offering to fulfill a vow, nor your voluntary offerings, nor your sacred offerings.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:18 - You must eat these in the presence of the LORD your God at the place he will choose. Eat them there with your children, your servants, and the Levites who live in your towns, celebrating in the presence of the LORD your God in all you do.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:25 - Do not consume the blood, so that all may go well with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what pleases the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:27 - You must offer the meat and blood of your burnt offerings on the altar of the LORD your God. The blood of your other sacrifices must be poured out on the altar of the LORD your God, but you may eat the meat.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:28 - Be careful to obey all my commands, so that all will go well with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what is good and pleasing to the LORD your God.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:3 - do not listen to them. The LORD your God is testing you to see if you truly love him with all your heart and soul.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:4 - Serve only the LORD your God and fear him alone. Obey his commands, listen to his voice, and cling to him.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:5 - The false prophets or visionaries who try to lead you astray must be put to death, for they encourage rebellion against the LORD your God, who redeemed you from slavery and brought you out of the land of Egypt. Since they try to lead you astray from the way the LORD your God commanded you to live, you must put them to death. In this way you will purge the evil from among you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:9 - You must put them to death! Strike the first blow yourself, and then all the people must join in.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:10 - Stone the guilty ones to death because they have tried to draw you away from the LORD your God, who rescued you from the land of Egypt, the place of slavery.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:16 - Then you must pile all the plunder in the middle of the open square and burn it. Burn the entire town as a burnt offering to the LORD your God. That town must remain a ruin forever; it may never be rebuilt.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:18 - “The LORD your God will be merciful only if you listen to his voice and keep all his commands that I am giving you today, doing what pleases him.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:1 - “Since you are the people of the LORD your God, never cut yourselves or shave the hair above your foreheads in mourning for the dead.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:22 - “You must set aside a tithe of your crops—one-tenth of all the crops you harvest each year.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:23 - Bring this tithe to the designated place of worship—the place the LORD your God chooses for his name to be honored—and eat it there in his presence. This applies to your tithes of grain, new wine, olive oil, and the firstborn males of your flocks and herds. Doing this will teach you always to fear the LORD your God.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:26 - When you arrive, you may use the money to buy any kind of food you want—cattle, sheep, goats, wine, or other alcoholic drink. Then feast there in the presence of the LORD your God and celebrate with your household.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:3 - This release from debt, however, applies only to your fellow Israelites—not to the foreigners living among you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:5 - You will receive this blessing if you are careful to obey all the commands of the LORD your God that I am giving you today.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:7 - “But if there are any poor Israelites in your towns when you arrive in the land the LORD your God is giving you, do not be hard-hearted or tightfisted toward them.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:14 - Give him a generous farewell gift from your flock, your threshing floor, and your winepress. Share with him some of the bounty with which the LORD your God has blessed you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:18 - “You must not consider it a hardship when you release your servants. Remember that for six years they have given you services worth double the wages of hired workers, and the LORD your God will bless you in all you do.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:11 - This is a time to celebrate before the LORD your God at the designated place of worship he will choose for his name to be honored. Celebrate with your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, the Levites from your towns, and the foreigners, orphans, and widows who live among you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:13 - “You must observe the Festival of Shelters[fn] for seven days at the end of the harvest season, after the grain has been threshed and the grapes have been pressed.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:16 - “Each year every man in Israel must celebrate these three festivals: the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the Festival of Harvest, and the Festival of Shelters. On each of these occasions, all men must appear before the LORD your God at the place he chooses, but they must not appear before the LORD without a gift for him.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:17 - All must give as they are able, according to the blessings given to them by the LORD your God.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:21 - “You must never set up a wooden Asherah pole beside the altar you build for the LORD your God.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:2 - “When you begin living in the towns the LORD your God is giving you, a man or woman among you might do evil in the sight of the LORD your God and violate the covenant.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:3 - For instance, they might serve other gods or worship the sun, the moon, or any of the stars—the forces of heaven—which I have strictly forbidden.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:7 - The witnesses must throw the first stones, and then all the people may join in. In this way, you will purge the evil from among you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:10 - You must carry out the verdict they announce and the sentence they prescribe at the place the LORD chooses. You must do exactly what they say.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:12 - Anyone arrogant enough to reject the verdict of the judge or of the priest who represents the LORD your God must die. In this way you will purge the evil from Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:3 - “These are the parts the priests may claim as their share from the cattle, sheep, and goats that the people bring as offerings: the shoulder, the cheeks, and the stomach.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:4 - You must also give to the priests the first share of the grain, the new wine, the olive oil, and the wool at shearing time.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:5 - For the LORD your God chose the tribe of Levi out of all your tribes to minister in the LORD's name forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:7 - He may minister there in the name of the LORD his God, just like all his fellow Levites who are serving the LORD there.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:13 - But you must be blameless before the LORD your God.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:16 - For this is what you yourselves requested of the LORD your God when you were assembled at Mount Sinai.[fn] You said, ‘Don't let us hear the voice of the LORD our God anymore or see this blazing fire, for we will die.'
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:4 - “If someone kills another person unintentionally, without previous hostility, the slayer may flee to any of these cities to live in safety.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:5 - For example, suppose someone goes into the forest with a neighbor to cut wood. And suppose one of them swings an ax to chop down a tree, and the ax head flies off the handle, killing the other person. In such cases, the slayer may flee to one of the cities of refuge to live in safety.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:6 - “If the distance to the nearest city of refuge is too far, an enraged avenger might be able to chase down and kill the person who caused the death. Then the slayer would die unfairly, since he had never shown hostility toward the person who died.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:14 - “When you arrive in the land the LORD your God is giving you as your special possession, you must never steal anyone's land by moving the boundary markers your ancestors set up to mark their property.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:18 - The judges must investigate the case thoroughly. If the accuser has brought false charges against his fellow Israelite,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:19 - you must impose on the accuser the sentence he intended for the other person. In this way, you will purge such evil from among you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:8 - “Then the officers will also say, ‘Is anyone here afraid or worried? If you are, you may go home before you frighten anyone else.'
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:9 - When the officers have finished speaking to their troops, they will appoint the unit commanders.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:18 - This will prevent the people of the land from teaching you to imitate their detestable customs in the worship of their gods, which would cause you to sin deeply against the LORD your God.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:2 - In such a case, your elders and judges must measure the distance from the site of the crime to the nearby towns.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:9 - By following these instructions, you will do what is right in the LORD's sight and will cleanse the guilt of murder from your community.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:19 - In such a case, the father and mother must take the son to the elders as they hold court at the town gate.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:1 - “If you see your neighbor's ox or sheep or goat wandering away, don't ignore your responsibility.[fn] Take it back to its owner.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:3 - Do the same if you find your neighbor's donkey, clothing, or anything else your neighbor loses. Don't ignore your responsibility.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:4 - “If you see that your neighbor's donkey or ox has collapsed on the road, do not look the other way. Go and help your neighbor get it back on its feet!
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:9 - “You must not plant any other crop between the rows of your vineyard. If you do, you are forbidden to use either the grapes from the vineyard or the other crop.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:21 - The woman must be taken to the door of her father's home, and there the men of the town must stone her to death, for she has committed a disgraceful crime in Israel by being promiscuous while living in her parents' home. In this way, you will purge this evil from among you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:24 - you must take both of them to the gates of that town and stone them to death. The woman is guilty because she did not scream for help. The man must die because he violated another man's wife. In this way, you will purge this evil from among you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:30 - [fn]“A man must not marry his father's former wife, for this would violate his father.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:5 - But the LORD your God refused to listen to Balaam. He turned the intended curse into a blessing because the LORD your God loves you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:15 - “If slaves should escape from their masters and take refuge with you, you must not hand them over to their masters.
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 23:23 - But once you have voluntarily made a vow, be careful to fulfill your promise to the LORD your God.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:25 - And when you enter your neighbor's field of grain, you may pluck the heads of grain with your hand, but you must not harvest it with a sickle.
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 24:13 - Return the cloak to its owner by sunset so he can stay warm through the night and bless you, and the LORD your God will count you as righteous.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:1 - “Suppose two people take a dispute to court, and the judges declare that one is right and the other is wrong.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:5 - “If two brothers are living together on the same property and one of them dies without a son, his widow may not be married to anyone from outside the family. Instead, her husband's brother should marry her and have intercourse with her to fulfill the duties of a brother-in-law.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:6 - The first son she bears to him will be considered the son of the dead brother, so that his name will not be forgotten in Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:7 - “But if the man refuses to marry his brother's widow, she must go to the town gate and say to the elders assembled there, ‘My husband's brother refuses to preserve his brother's name in Israel—he refuses to fulfill the duties of a brother-in-law by marrying me.'
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:9 - the widow must walk over to him in the presence of the elders, pull his sandal from his foot, and spit in his face. Then she must declare, ‘This is what happens to a man who refuses to provide his brother with children.'
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:10 - Ever afterward in Israel his family will be referred to as ‘the family of the man whose sandal was pulled off'!
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:11 - “If two Israelite men get into a fight and the wife of one tries to rescue her husband by grabbing the testicles of the other man,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:4 - The priest will then take the basket from your hand and set it before the altar of the LORD your God.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:5 - “You must then say in the presence of the LORD your God, ‘My ancestor Jacob was a wandering Aramean who went to live as a foreigner in Egypt. His family arrived few in number, but in Egypt they became a large and mighty nation.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:10 - And now, O LORD, I have brought you the first portion of the harvest you have given me from the ground.' Then place the produce before the LORD your God, and bow to the ground in worship before him.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:13 - Then you must declare in the presence of the LORD your God, ‘I have taken the sacred gift from my house and have given it to the Levites, foreigners, orphans, and widows, just as you commanded me. I have not violated or forgotten any of your commands.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:14 - I have not eaten any of it while in mourning; I have not handled it while I was ceremonially unclean; and I have not offered any of it to the dead. I have obeyed the LORD my God and have done everything you commanded me.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:15 - Now look down from your holy dwelling place in heaven and bless your people Israel and the land you swore to our ancestors to give us—a land flowing with milk and honey.'
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:3 - Write this whole body of instruction on them when you cross the river to enter the land the LORD your God is giving you—a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the LORD, the God of your ancestors, promised you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:7 - Also sacrifice peace offerings on it, and celebrate by feasting there before the LORD your God.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:10 - So you must obey the LORD your God by keeping all these commands and decrees that I am giving you today.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:17 - ‘Cursed is anyone who steals property from a neighbor by moving a boundary marker.'
And all the people will reply, ‘Amen.'
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:20 - ‘Cursed is anyone who has sexual intercourse with one of his father's wives, for he has violated his father.'
And all the people will reply, ‘Amen.'
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:26 - ‘Cursed is anyone who does not affirm and obey the terms of these instructions.'
And all the people will reply, ‘Amen.'
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:1 - “If you fully obey the LORD your God and carefully keep all his commands that I am giving you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations of the world.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:2 - You will experience all these blessings if you obey the LORD your God:
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:9 - “If you obey the commands of the LORD your God and walk in his ways, the LORD will establish you as his holy people as he swore he would do.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:13 - If you listen to these commands of the LORD your God that I am giving you today, and if you carefully obey them, the LORD will make you the head and not the tail, and you will always be on top and never at the bottom.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:15 - “But if you refuse to listen to the LORD your God and do not obey all the commands and decrees I am giving you today, all these curses will come and overwhelm you:
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:24 - The LORD will change the rain that falls on your land into powder, and dust will pour down from the sky until you are destroyed.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:26 - Your corpses will be food for all the scavenging birds and wild animals, and no one will be there to chase them away.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:45 - “If you refuse to listen to the LORD your God and to obey the commands and decrees he has given you, all these curses will pursue and overtake you until you are destroyed.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:46 - These horrors will serve as a sign and warning among you and your descendants forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:58 - “If you refuse to obey all the words of instruction that are written in this book, and if you do not fear the glorious and awesome name of the LORD your God,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:61 - The LORD will afflict you with every sickness and plague there is, even those not mentioned in this Book of Instruction, until you are destroyed.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:62 - Though you become as numerous as the stars in the sky, few of you will be left because you would not listen to the LORD your God.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:65 - There among those nations you will find no peace or place to rest. And the LORD will cause your heart to tremble, your eyesight to fail, and your soul to despair.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:67 - In the morning you will say, ‘If only it were night!' And in the evening you will say, ‘If only it were morning!' For you will be terrified by the awful horrors you see around you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:7 - “When we came here, King Sihon of Heshbon and King Og of Bashan came out to fight against us, but we defeated them.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:10 - All of you—tribal leaders, elders, officers, all the men of Israel—are standing today in the presence of the LORD your God.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:12 - You are standing here today to enter into the covenant of the LORD your God. The LORD is making this covenant, including the curses.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:15 - I am making this covenant both with you who stand here today in the presence of the LORD our God, and also with the future generations who are not standing here today.
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 29:20 - The LORD will never pardon such people. Instead his anger and jealousy will burn against them. All the curses written in this book will come down on them, and the LORD will erase their names from under heaven.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:21 - The LORD will separate them from all the tribes of Israel, to pour out on them all the curses of the covenant recorded in this Book of Instruction.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:25 - “And the answer will be, ‘This happened because the people of the land abandoned the covenant that the LORD, the God of their ancestors, made with them when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:27 - That is why the LORD's anger has burned against this land, bringing down on it every curse recorded in this book.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:29 - “The LORD our God has secrets known to no one. We are not accountable for them, but we and our children are accountable forever for all that he has revealed to us, so that we may obey all the terms of these instructions.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:4 - Even though you are banished to the ends of the earth, the LORD your God will gather you from there and bring you back again.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:8 - Then you will again obey the LORD and keep all his commands that I am giving you today.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:10 - The LORD your God will delight in you if you obey his voice and keep the commands and decrees written in this Book of Instruction, and if you turn to the LORD your God with all your heart and soul.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:16 - For I command you this day to love the LORD your God and to keep his commands, decrees, and regulations by walking in his ways. If you do this, you will live and multiply, and the LORD your God will bless you and the land you are about to enter and occupy.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:4 - “The LORD will destroy the nations living in the land, just as he destroyed Sihon and Og, the kings of the Amorites.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:7 - Then Moses called for Joshua, and as all Israel watched, he said to him, “Be strong and courageous! For you will lead these people into the land that the LORD swore to their ancestors he would give them. You are the one who will divide it among them as their grants of land.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:9 - So Moses wrote this entire body of instruction in a book and gave it to the priests, who carried the Ark of the LORD's Covenant, and to the elders of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:11 - you must read this Book of Instruction to all the people of Israel when they assemble before the LORD your God at the place he chooses.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:12 - Call them all together—men, women, children, and the foreigners living in your towns—so they may hear this Book of Instruction and learn to fear the LORD your God and carefully obey all the terms of these instructions.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:14 - Then the LORD said to Moses, “The time has come for you to die. Call Joshua and present yourselves at the Tabernacle,[fn] so that I may commission him there.” So Moses and Joshua went and presented themselves at the Tabernacle.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:24 - When Moses had finished writing this entire body of instruction in a book,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:26 - “Take this Book of Instruction and place it beside the Ark of the Covenant of the LORD your God, so it may remain there as a witness against the people of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:27 - For I know how rebellious and stubborn you are. Even now, while I am still alive and am here with you, you have rebelled against the LORD. How much more rebellious will you be after my death!
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:18 - You neglected the Rock who had fathered you;
you forgot the God who had given you birth.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:22 - For my anger blazes forth like fire
and burns to the depths of the grave.[fn]
It devours the earth and all its crops
and ignites the foundations of the mountains.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:43 - “Rejoice with him, you heavens,
and let all of God's angels worship him.[fn]
Rejoice with his people, you nations,
and let all the angels be strengthened in him.[fn]
For he will avenge the blood of his servants;
he will take revenge against his enemies.
He will repay those who hate him[fn]
and cleanse the land for his people.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:44 - So Moses came with Joshua[fn] son of Nun and recited all the words of this song to the people.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:46 - he added: “Take to heart all the words of warning I have given you today. Pass them on as a command to your children so they will obey every word of these instructions.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:47 - These instructions are not empty words—they are your life! By obeying them you will enjoy a long life in the land you will occupy when you cross the Jordan River.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:1 - This is the blessing that Moses, the man of God, gave to the people of Israel before his death:
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:3 - Indeed, he loves his people;[fn]
all his holy ones are in his hands.
They follow in his steps
and accept his teaching.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:22 - Moses said this about the tribe of Dan:
“Dan is a lion's cub,
leaping out from Bashan.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:26 - “There is no one like the God of Israel.[fn]
He rides across the heavens to help you,
across the skies in majestic splendor.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 34:8 - The people of Israel mourned for Moses on the plains of Moab for thirty days, until the customary period of mourning was over.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:4 - from the Negev wilderness in the south to the Lebanon mountains in the north, from the Euphrates River in the east to the Mediterranean Sea[fn] in the west, including all the land of the Hittites.'
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:8 - Study this Book of Instruction continually. Meditate on it day and night so you will be sure to obey everything written in it. Only then will you prosper and succeed in all you do.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:10 - Joshua then commanded the officers of Israel,
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:11 - “Go through the camp and tell the people to get their provisions ready. In three days you will cross the Jordan River and take possession of the land the LORD your God is giving you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:15 - until the LORD gives them rest, as he has given you rest, and until they, too, possess the land the LORD your God is giving them. Only then may you return and settle here on the east side of the Jordan River in the land that Moses, the servant of the LORD, assigned to you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:7 - So the king's men went looking for the spies along the road leading to the shallow crossings of the Jordan River. And as soon as the king's men had left, the gate of Jericho was shut.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:10 - For we have heard how the LORD made a dry path for you through the Red Sea[fn] when you left Egypt. And we know what you did to Sihon and Og, the two Amorite kings east of the Jordan River, whose people you completely destroyed.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:12 - “Now swear to me by the LORD that you will be kind to me and my family since I have helped you. Give me some guarantee that
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:13 - when Jericho is conquered, you will let me live, along with my father and mother, my brothers and sisters, and all their families.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:18 - When we come into the land, you must leave this scarlet rope hanging from the window through which you let us down. And all your family members—your father, mother, brothers, and all your relatives—must be here inside the house.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:1 - Early the next morning Joshua and all the Israelites left Acacia Grove[fn] and arrived at the banks of the Jordan River, where they camped before crossing.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:3 - giving these instructions to the people: “When you see the Levitical priests carrying the Ark of the Covenant of the LORD your God, move out from your positions and follow them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:6 - In the morning Joshua said to the priests, “Lift up the Ark of the Covenant and lead the people across the river.” And so they started out and went ahead of the people.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:8 - Give this command to the priests who carry the Ark of the Covenant: ‘When you reach the banks of the Jordan River, take a few steps into the river and stop there.'”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:9 - So Joshua told the Israelites, “Come and listen to what the LORD your God says.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:13 - The priests will carry the Ark of the LORD, the Lord of all the earth. As soon as their feet touch the water, the flow of water will be cut off upstream, and the river will stand up like a wall.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:14 - So the people left their camp to cross the Jordan, and the priests who were carrying the Ark of the Covenant went ahead of them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:15 - It was the harvest season, and the Jordan was overflowing its banks. But as soon as the feet of the priests who were carrying the Ark touched the water at the river's edge,
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:17 - Meanwhile, the priests who were carrying the Ark of the LORD's Covenant stood on dry ground in the middle of the riverbed as the people passed by. They waited there until the whole nation of Israel had crossed the Jordan on dry ground.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:2 - “Now choose twelve men, one from each tribe.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:3 - Tell them, ‘Take twelve stones from the very place where the priests are standing in the middle of the Jordan. Carry them out and pile them up at the place where you will camp tonight.'”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:5 - He told them, “Go into the middle of the Jordan, in front of the Ark of the LORD your God. Each of you must pick up one stone and carry it out on your shoulder—twelve stones in all, one for each of the twelve tribes of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:7 - Then you can tell them, ‘They remind us that the Jordan River stopped flowing when the Ark of the LORD's Covenant went across.' These stones will stand as a memorial among the people of Israel forever.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:8 - So the men did as Joshua had commanded them. They took twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan River, one for each tribe, just as the LORD had told Joshua. They carried them to the place where they camped for the night and constructed the memorial there.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:16 - “Command the priests carrying the Ark of the Covenant[fn] to come up out of the riverbed.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:17 - So Joshua gave the command.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:18 - As soon as the priests carrying the Ark of the LORD's Covenant came up out of the riverbed and their feet were on high ground, the water of the Jordan returned and overflowed its banks as before.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:19 - The people crossed the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month.[fn] Then they camped at Gilgal, just east of Jericho.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:20 - It was there at Gilgal that Joshua piled up the twelve stones taken from the Jordan River.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:23 - For the LORD your God dried up the river right before your eyes, and he kept it dry until you were all across, just as he did at the Red Sea[fn] when he dried it up until we had all crossed over.
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 5:1 - When all the Amorite kings west of the Jordan and all the Canaanite kings who lived along the Mediterranean coast[fn] heard how the LORD had dried up the Jordan River so the people of Israel could cross, they lost heart and were paralyzed with fear because of them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:3 - So Joshua made flint knives and circumcised the entire male population of Israel at Gibeath-haaraloth.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:6 - The Israelites had traveled in the wilderness for forty years until all the men who were old enough to fight in battle when they left Egypt had died. For they had disobeyed the LORD, and the LORD vowed he would not let them enter the land he had sworn to give us—a land flowing with milk and honey.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:9 - Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Today I have rolled away the shame of your slavery in Egypt.” So that place has been called Gilgal[fn] to this day.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:10 - While the Israelites were camped at Gilgal on the plains of Jericho, they celebrated Passover on the evening of the fourteenth day of the first month.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:11 - The very next day they began to eat unleavened bread and roasted grain harvested from the land.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:12 - No manna appeared on the day they first ate from the crops of the land, and it was never seen again. So from that time on the Israelites ate from the crops of Canaan.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:6 - So Joshua called together the priests and said, “Take up the Ark of the LORD's Covenant, and assign seven priests to walk in front of it, each carrying a ram's horn.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:8 - After Joshua spoke to the people, the seven priests with the rams' horns started marching in the presence of the LORD, blowing the horns as they marched. And the Ark of the LORD's Covenant followed behind them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:11 - So the Ark of the LORD was carried around the town once that day, and then everyone returned to spend the night in the camp.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:5 - chased the Israelites from the town gate as far as the quarries,[fn] and they killed about thirty-six who were retreating down the slope. The Israelites were paralyzed with fear at this turn of events, and their courage melted away.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:8 - Lord, what can I say now that Israel has fled from its enemies?
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:26 - They piled a great heap of stones over Achan, which remains to this day. That is why the place has been called the Valley of Trouble[fn] ever since. So the LORD was no longer angry.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:10 - Early the next morning Joshua roused his men and started toward Ai, accompanied by the elders of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:18 - Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Point the spear in your hand toward Ai, for I will hand the town over to you.” Joshua did as he was commanded.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:19 - As soon as Joshua gave this signal, all the men in ambush jumped up from their position and poured into the town. They quickly captured it and set it on fire.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:29 - Joshua impaled the king of Ai on a sharpened pole and left him there until evening. At sunset the Israelites took down the body, as Joshua commanded, and threw it in front of the town gate. They piled a great heap of stones over him that can still be seen today.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:34 - Joshua then read to them all the blessings and curses Moses had written in the Book of Instruction.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:1 - Now all the kings west of the Jordan River heard about what had happened. These were the kings of the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, who lived in the hill country, in the western foothills,[fn] and along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea[fn] as far north as the Lebanon mountains.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:5 - They put on worn-out, patched sandals and ragged clothes. And the bread they took with them was dry and moldy.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:9 - They answered, “Your servants have come from a very distant country. We have heard of the might of the LORD your God and of all he did in Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:10 - We have also heard what he did to the two Amorite kings east of the Jordan River—King Sihon of Heshbon and King Og of Bashan (who lived in Ashtaroth).
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:13 - These wineskins were new when we filled them, but now they are old and split open. And our clothing and sandals are worn out from our very long journey.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:14 - So the Israelites examined their food, but they did not consult the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:27 - But that day he made the Gibeonites the woodcutters and water carriers for the community of Israel and for the altar of the LORD—wherever the LORD would choose to build it. And that is what they do to this day.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:11 - As the Amorites retreated down the road from Beth-horon, the LORD destroyed them with a terrible hailstorm from heaven that continued until they reached Azekah. The hail killed more of the enemy than the Israelites killed with the sword.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:13 - So the sun stood still and the moon stayed in place until the nation of Israel had defeated its enemies.
Is this event not recorded in The Book of Jashar[fn]? The sun stayed in the middle of the sky, and it did not set as on a normal day.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:24 - When they brought them out, Joshua told the commanders of his army, “Come and put your feet on the kings' necks.” And they did as they were told.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:6 - Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of them. By this time tomorrow I will hand all of them over to Israel as dead men. Then you must cripple their horses and burn their chariots.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:17 - The Israelite territory now extended all the way from Mount Halak, which leads up to Seir in the south, as far north as Baal-gad at the foot of Mount Hermon in the valley of Lebanon. Joshua killed all the kings of those territories,
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:1 - These are the kings east of the Jordan River who had been killed by the Israelites and whose land was taken. Their territory extended from the Arnon Gorge to Mount Hermon and included all the land east of the Jordan Valley.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:7 - The following is a list of the kings that Joshua and the Israelite armies defeated on the west side of the Jordan, from Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon to Mount Halak, which leads up to Seir. (Joshua gave this land to the tribes of Israel as their possession,
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:22 - The king of Kedesh
The king of Jokneam in Carmel
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:23 - The king of Dor in the town of Naphoth-dor[fn]
The king of Goyim in Gilgal[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:6 - and all the hill country from Lebanon to Misrephoth-maim, including all the land of the Sidonians.
“I myself will drive these people out of the land ahead of the Israelites. So be sure to give this land to Israel as a special possession, just as I have commanded you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:7 - Include all this territory as Israel's possession when you divide this land among the nine tribes and the half-tribe of Manasseh.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:8 - Half the tribe of Manasseh and the tribes of Reuben and Gad had already received their grants of land on the east side of the Jordan, for Moses, the servant of the LORD, had previously assigned this land to them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:11 - It included Gilead, the territory of the kingdoms of Geshur and Maacah, all of Mount Hermon, all of Bashan as far as Salecah,
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:14 - Moses did not assign any allotment of land to the tribe of Levi. Instead, as the LORD had promised them, their allotment came from the offerings burned on the altar to the LORD, the God of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:21 - The land of Reuben also included all the towns of the plain and the entire kingdom of Sihon. Sihon was the Amorite king who had reigned in Heshbon and was killed by Moses along with the leaders of Midian—Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba—princes living in the region who were allied with Sihon.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:22 - The Israelites had also killed Balaam son of Beor, who used magic to tell the future.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:27 - In the valley were Beth-haram, Beth-nimrah, Succoth, Zaphon, and the rest of the kingdom of King Sihon of Heshbon. The western boundary ran along the Jordan River, extended as far north as the tip of the Sea of Galilee,[fn] and then turned eastward.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:32 - These are the allotments Moses had made while he was on the plains of Moab, across the Jordan River, east of Jericho.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:1 - The remaining tribes of Israel received land in Canaan as allotted by Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the tribal leaders.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:3 - Moses had already given a grant of land to the two and a half tribes on the east side of the Jordan River, but he had given the Levites no such allotment.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:6 - A delegation from the tribe of Judah, led by Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, came to Joshua at Gilgal. Caleb said to Joshua, “Remember what the LORD said to Moses, the man of God, about you and me when we were at Kadesh-barnea.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:7 - I was forty years old when Moses, the servant of the LORD, sent me from Kadesh-barnea to explore the land of Canaan. I returned and gave an honest report,
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:8 - but my brothers who went with me frightened the people from entering the Promised Land. For my part, I wholeheartedly followed the LORD my God.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:9 - So that day Moses solemnly promised me, ‘The land of Canaan on which you were just walking will be your grant of land and that of your descendants forever, because you wholeheartedly followed the LORD my God.'
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:14 - Hebron still belongs to the descendants of Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite because he wholeheartedly followed the LORD, the God of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:15 - (Previously Hebron had been called Kiriath-arba. It had been named after Arba, a great hero of the descendants of Anak.)
And the land had rest from war.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:5 - The eastern boundary extended along the Dead Sea to the mouth of the Jordan River. The northern boundary began at the bay where the Jordan River empties into the Dead Sea,
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:13 - The LORD commanded Joshua to assign some of Judah's territory to Caleb son of Jephunneh. So Caleb was given the town of Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), which had been named after Anak's ancestor.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:18 - When Acsah married Othniel, she urged him[fn] to ask her father for a field. As she got down off her donkey, Caleb asked her, “What's the matter?”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:47 - It also included Ashdod with its surrounding settlements and villages and Gaza with its settlements and villages, as far as the Brook of Egypt and along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:1 - The allotment for the descendants of Joseph extended from the Jordan River near Jericho, east of the springs of Jericho, through the wilderness and into the hill country of Bethel.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:2 - From Bethel (that is, Luz)[fn] it ran over to Ataroth in the territory of the Arkites.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:4 - These women came to Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the Israelite leaders and said, “The LORD commanded Moses to give us a grant of land along with the men of our tribe.”
So Joshua gave them a grant of land along with their uncles, as the LORD had commanded.
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 18:6 - And when you record the seven divisions of the land and bring them to me, I will cast sacred lots in the presence of the LORD our God to assign land to each tribe.
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 18:11 - The first allotment of land went to the clans of the tribe of Benjamin. It lay between the territory assigned to the tribes of Judah and Joseph.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:12 - The northern boundary of Benjamin's land began at the Jordan River, went north of the slope of Jericho, then west through the hill country and the wilderness of Beth-aven.
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 19:9 - Their allocation of land came from part of what had been given to Judah because Judah's territory was too large for them. So the tribe of Simeon received an allocation within the territory of Judah.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:47 - But the tribe of Dan had trouble taking possession of their land,[fn] so they attacked the town of Laish.[fn] They captured it, slaughtered its people, and settled there. They renamed the town Dan after their ancestor.
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 19:51 - These are the territories that Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the tribal leaders allocated as grants of land to the tribes of Israel by casting sacred lots in the presence of the LORD at the entrance of the Tabernacle[fn] at Shiloh. So the division of the land was completed.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:3 - Anyone who kills another person accidentally and unintentionally can run to one of these cities; they will be places of refuge from relatives seeking revenge for the person who was killed.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:8 - On the east side of the Jordan River, across from Jericho, the following cities were designated: Bezer, in the wilderness plain of the tribe of Reuben; Ramoth in Gilead, in the territory of the tribe of Gad; and Golan in Bashan, in the land of the tribe of Manasseh.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:9 - These cities were set apart for all the Israelites as well as the foreigners living among them. Anyone who accidentally killed another person could take refuge in one of these cities. In this way, they could escape being killed in revenge prior to standing trial before the local assembly.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:1 - Then the leaders of the tribe of Levi came to consult with Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the leaders of the other tribes of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:10 - to the descendants of Aaron, who were members of the Kohathite clan within the tribe of Levi, since the sacred lot fell to them first:
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:21 - Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim (a city of refuge for those who accidentally killed someone), Gezer,
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:33 - So in all, thirteen towns with their pasturelands were allotted to the clan of Gershon.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:36 - From the tribe of Reuben they received the following towns with their pasturelands: Bezer, Jahaz,[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:38 - From the tribe of Gad they received the following towns with their pasturelands: Ramoth in Gilead (a city of refuge for those who accidentally killed someone), Mahanaim,
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:3 - During all this time you have not deserted the other tribes. You have been careful to obey the commands of the LORD your God right up to the present day.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:4 - And now the LORD your God has given the other tribes rest, as he promised them. So go back home to the land that Moses, the servant of the LORD, gave you as your possession on the east side of the Jordan River.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:7 - Moses had given the land of Bashan, east of the Jordan River, to the half-tribe of Manasseh. (The other half of the tribe was given land west of the Jordan.) As Joshua sent them away and blessed them,
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 22:11 - The rest of Israel heard that the people of Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh had built an altar at Geliloth at the edge of the land of Canaan, on the west side of the Jordan River.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:13 - First, however, they sent a delegation led by Phinehas son of Eleazar, the priest, to talk with the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:16 - “The whole community of the LORD demands to know why you are betraying the God of Israel. How could you turn away from the LORD and build an altar for yourselves in rebellion against him?
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:19 - “If you need the altar because the land you possess is defiled, then join us in the LORD's land, where the Tabernacle of the LORD is situated, and share our land with us. But do not rebel against the LORD or against us by building an altar other than the one true altar of the LORD our God.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:20 - Didn't divine anger fall on the entire community of Israel when Achan, a member of the clan of Zerah, sinned by stealing the things set apart for the LORD[fn]? He was not the only one who died because of his sin.”
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 22:23 - If we have built an altar for ourselves to turn away from the LORD or to offer burnt offerings or grain offerings or peace offerings, may the LORD himself punish us.
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 23:4 - I have allotted to you as your homeland all the land of the nations yet unconquered, as well as the land of those we have already conquered—from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea[fn] in the west.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:6 - “So be very careful to follow everything Moses wrote in the Book of Instruction. Do not deviate from it, turning either to the right or to the left.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:16 - If you break the covenant of the LORD your God by worshiping and serving other gods, his anger will burn against you, and you will quickly vanish from the good land he has given you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:1 - Then Joshua summoned all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, including their elders, leaders, judges, and officers. So they came and presented themselves to God.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:2 - Joshua said to the people, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Long ago your ancestors, including Terah, the father of Abraham and Nahor, lived beyond the Euphrates River,[fn] and they worshiped other gods.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:3 - But I took your ancestor Abraham from the land beyond the Euphrates and led him into the land of Canaan. I gave him many descendants through his son Isaac.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:8 - “Finally, I brought you into the land of the Amorites on the east side of the Jordan. They fought against you, but I destroyed them before you. I gave you victory over them, and you took possession of their land.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:9 - Then Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, started a war against Israel. He summoned Balaam son of Beor to curse you,
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:14 - “So fear the LORD and serve him wholeheartedly. Put away forever the idols your ancestors worshiped when they lived beyond the Euphrates River and in Egypt. Serve the LORD alone.
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 24:25 - So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day at Shechem, committing them to follow the decrees and regulations of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:26 - Joshua recorded these things in the Book of God's Instructions. As a reminder of their agreement, he took a huge stone and rolled it beneath the terebinth tree beside the Tabernacle of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:30 - They buried him in the land he had been allocated, at Timnath-serah in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:32 - The bones of Joseph, which the Israelites had brought along with them when they left Egypt, were buried at Shechem, in the parcel of ground Jacob had bought from the sons of Hamor for 100 pieces of silver.[fn] This land was located in the territory allotted to the descendants of Joseph.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:33 - Eleazar son of Aaron also died. He was buried in the hill country of Ephraim, in the town of Gibeah, which had been given to his son Phinehas.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:10 - Judah marched against the Canaanites in Hebron (formerly called Kiriath-arba), defeating the forces of Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:14 - When Acsah married Othniel, she urged him[fn] to ask her father for a field. As she got down off her donkey, Caleb asked her, “What's the matter?”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:16 - When the tribe of Judah left Jericho—the city of palms—the Kenites, who were descendants of Moses' father-in-law, traveled with them into the wilderness of Judah. They settled among the people there, near the town of Arad in the Negev.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:17 - Then Judah joined with Simeon to fight against the Canaanites living in Zephath, and they completely destroyed[fn] the town. So the town was named Hormah.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:32 - Instead, the people of Asher moved in among the Canaanites, who controlled the land, for they failed to drive them out.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:33 - Likewise, the tribe of Naphtali failed to drive out the residents of Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath. Instead, they moved in among the Canaanites, who controlled the land. Nevertheless, the people of Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath were forced to work as slaves for the people of Naphtali.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:35 - The Amorites were determined to stay in Mount Heres, Aijalon, and Shaalbim, but when the descendants of Joseph became stronger, they forced the Amorites to work as slaves.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:36 - The boundary of the Amorites ran from Scorpion Pass[fn] to Sela and continued upward from there.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:5 - So they called the place Bokim (which means “weeping”), and they offered sacrifices there to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:18 - Whenever the LORD raised up a judge over Israel, he was with that judge and rescued the people from their enemies throughout the judge's lifetime. For the LORD took pity on his people, who were burdened by oppression and suffering.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:3 - These are the nations: the Philistines (those living under the five Philistine rulers), all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites living in the mountains of Lebanon from Mount Baal-hermon to Lebo-hamath.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:5 - So the people of Israel lived among the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites,
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:15 - But when the people of Israel cried out to the LORD for help, the LORD again raised up a rescuer to save them. His name was Ehud son of Gera, a left-handed man of the tribe of Benjamin. The Israelites sent Ehud to deliver their tribute money to King Eglon of Moab.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:20 - Ehud walked over to Eglon, who was sitting alone in a cool upstairs room. And Ehud said, “I have a message from God for you!” As King Eglon rose from his seat,
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:21 - Ehud reached with his left hand, pulled out the dagger strapped to his right thigh, and plunged it into the king's belly.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:24 - After Ehud was gone, the king's servants returned and found the doors to the upstairs room locked. They thought he might be using the latrine in the room,
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:28 - “Follow me,” he said, “for the LORD has given you victory over Moab your enemy.” So they followed him. And the Israelites took control of the shallow crossings of the Jordan River across from Moab, preventing anyone from crossing.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:9 - “Very well,” she replied, “I will go with you. But you will receive no honor in this venture, for the LORD's victory over Sisera will be at the hands of a woman.” So Deborah went with Barak to Kedesh.
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 4:17 - Meanwhile, Sisera ran to the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, because Heber's family was on friendly terms with King Jabin of Hazor.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:9 - My heart is with the commanders of Israel,
with those who volunteered for war.
Praise the LORD!
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:16 - Why did you sit at home among the sheepfolds—
to hear the shepherds whistle for their flocks?
Yes, in the tribe of Reuben
there was great indecision.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:17 - Gilead remained east of the Jordan.
And why did Dan stay home?
Asher sat unmoved at the seashore,
remaining in his harbors.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:20 - The stars fought from heaven.
The stars in their orbits fought against Sisera.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:24 - “Most blessed among women is Jael,
the wife of Heber the Kenite.
May she be blessed above all women who live in tents.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:31 - “LORD, may all your enemies die like Sisera!
But may those who love you rise like the sun in all its power!” Then there was peace in the land for forty years.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:10 - I told you, ‘I am the LORD your God. You must not worship the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you now live.' But you have not listened to me.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:11 - Then the angel of the LORD came and sat beneath the great tree at Ophrah, which belonged to Joash of the clan of Abiezer. Gideon son of Joash was threshing wheat at the bottom of a winepress to hide the grain from the Midianites.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:15 - “But Lord,” Gideon replied, “how can I rescue Israel? My clan is the weakest in the whole tribe of Manasseh, and I am the least in my entire family!”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:24 - And Gideon built an altar to the LORD there and named it Yahweh-Shalom (which means “the LORD is peace”). The altar remains in Ophrah in the land of the clan of Abiezer to this day.
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 6:27 - So Gideon took ten of his servants and did as the LORD had commanded. But he did it at night because he was afraid of the other members of his father's household and the people of the town.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:28 - Early the next morning, as the people of the town began to stir, someone discovered that the altar of Baal had been broken down and that the Asherah pole beside it had been cut down. In their place a new altar had been built, and on it were the remains of the bull that had been sacrificed.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:30 - “Bring out your son,” the men of the town demanded of Joash. “He must die for destroying the altar of Baal and for cutting down the Asherah pole.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:31 - But Joash shouted to the mob that confronted him, “Why are you defending Baal? Will you argue his case? Whoever pleads his case will be put to death by morning! If Baal truly is a god, let him defend himself and destroy the one who broke down his altar!”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:32 - From then on Gideon was called Jerub-baal, which means “Let Baal defend himself,” because he broke down Baal's altar.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:38 - And that is just what happened. When Gideon got up early the next morning, he squeezed the fleece and wrung out a whole bowlful of water.
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 7:3 - Therefore, tell the people, ‘Whoever is timid or afraid may leave this mountain[fn] and go home.'” So 22,000 of them went home, leaving only 10,000 who were willing to fight.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:6 - Only 300 of the men drank from their hands. All the others got down on their knees and drank with their mouths in the stream.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:8 - So Gideon collected the provisions and rams' horns of the other warriors and sent them home. But he kept the 300 men with him.
The Midianite camp was in the valley just below Gideon.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:25 - They captured Oreb and Zeeb, the two Midianite commanders, killing Oreb at the rock of Oreb, and Zeeb at the winepress of Zeeb. And they continued to chase the Midianites. Afterward the Israelites brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon, who was by the Jordan River.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:13 - After this, Gideon returned from the battle by way of Heres Pass.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:32 - Gideon died when he was very old, and he was buried in the grave of his father, Joash, at Ophrah in the land of the clan of Abiezer.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:34 - They forgot the LORD their God, who had rescued them from all their enemies surrounding them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:35 - Nor did they show any loyalty to the family of Jerub-baal (that is, Gideon), despite all the good he had done for Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:1 - One day Gideon's[fn] son Abimelech went to Shechem to visit his uncles—his mother's brothers. He said to them and to the rest of his mother's family,
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:4 - They gave him seventy silver coins from the temple of Baal-berith, which he used to hire some reckless troublemakers who agreed to follow him.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:5 - He went to his father's home at Ophrah, and there, on one stone, they killed all seventy of his half brothers, the sons of Gideon.[fn] But the youngest brother, Jotham, escaped and hid.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:13 - But the grapevine also refused, saying,
‘Should I quit producing the wine
that cheers both God and people,
just to wave back and forth over the trees?'
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:15 - And the thornbush replied to the trees,
‘If you truly want to make me your king,
come and take shelter in my shade.
If not, let fire come out from me
and devour the cedars of Lebanon.'”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:16 - Jotham continued, “Now make sure you have acted honorably and in good faith by making Abimelech your king, and that you have done right by Gideon and all of his descendants. Have you treated him with the honor he deserves for all he accomplished?
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 9:19 - “If you have acted honorably and in good faith toward Gideon and his descendants today, then may you find joy in Abimelech, and may he find joy in you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:20 - But if you have not acted in good faith, then may fire come out from Abimelech and devour the leading citizens of Shechem and Beth-millo; and may fire come out from the citizens of Shechem and Beth-millo and devour Abimelech!”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:21 - Then Jotham escaped and lived in Beer because he was afraid of his brother Abimelech.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:37 - But again Gaal said, “No, people are coming down from the hills.[fn] And another group is coming down the road past the Diviners' Oak.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:46 - When the leading citizens who lived in the tower of Shechem heard what had happened, they ran and hid in the temple of Baal-berith.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:47 - Someone reported to Abimelech that the citizens had gathered in the temple,
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:51 - But there was a strong tower inside the town, and all the men and women—the entire population—fled to it. They barricaded themselves in and climbed up to the roof of the tower.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:52 - Abimelech followed them to attack the tower. But as he prepared to set fire to the entrance,
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:57 - God also punished the men of Shechem for all their evil. So the curse of Jotham son of Gideon was fulfilled.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:8 - who began to oppress them that year. For eighteen years they oppressed all the Israelites east of the Jordan River in the land of the Amorites (that is, in Gilead).
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:18 - The leaders of Gilead said to each other, “Whoever attacks the Ammonites first will become ruler over all the people of Gilead.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:2 - Gilead's wife also had several sons, and when these half brothers grew up, they chased Jephthah off the land. “You will not get any of our father's inheritance,” they said, “for you are the son of a prostitute.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:7 - But Jephthah said to them, “Aren't you the ones who hated me and drove me from my father's house? Why do you come to me now when you're in trouble?”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:13 - The king of Ammon answered Jephthah's messengers, “When the Israelites came out of Egypt, they stole my land from the Arnon River to the Jabbok River and all the way to the Jordan. Now then, give back the land peaceably.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:19 - “Then Israel sent messengers to King Sihon of the Amorites, who ruled from Heshbon, asking for permission to cross through his land to get to their destination.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:21 - But the LORD, the God of Israel, gave his people victory over King Sihon. So Israel took control of all the land of the Amorites, who lived in that region,
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:22 - from the Arnon River to the Jabbok River, and from the eastern wilderness to the Jordan.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:23 - “So you see, it was the LORD, the God of Israel, who took away the land from the Amorites and gave it to Israel. Why, then, should we give it back to you?
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:25 - Are you any better than Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he try to make a case against Israel for disputed land? Did he go to war against them?
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:31 - I will give to the LORD whatever comes out of my house to meet me when I return in triumph. I will sacrifice it as a burnt offering.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:40 - for young Israelite women to go away for four days each year to lament the fate of Jephthah's daughter.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:4 - The people of Ephraim responded, “You men of Gilead are nothing more than fugitives from Ephraim and Manasseh.” So Jephthah gathered all the men of Gilead and attacked the men of Ephraim and defeated them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:5 - Jephthah captured the shallow crossings of the Jordan River, and whenever a fugitive from Ephraim tried to go back across, the men of Gilead would challenge him. “Are you a member of the tribe of Ephraim?” they would ask. If the man said, “No, I'm not,”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:6 - they would tell him to say “Shibboleth.” If he was from Ephraim, he would say “Sibboleth,” because people from Ephraim cannot pronounce the word correctly. Then they would take him and kill him at the shallow crossings of the Jordan. In all, 42,000 Ephraimites were killed at that time.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:2 - In those days a man named Manoah from the tribe of Dan lived in the town of Zorah. His wife was unable to become pregnant, and they had no children.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:6 - The woman ran and told her husband, “A man of God appeared to me! He looked like one of God's angels, terrifying to see. I didn't ask where he was from, and he didn't tell me his name.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:8 - Then Manoah prayed to the LORD, saying, “Lord, please let the man of God come back to us again and give us more instructions about this son who is to be born.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:9 - God answered Manoah's prayer, and the angel of God appeared once again to his wife as she was sitting in the field. But her husband, Manoah, was not with her.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:8 - Later, when he returned to Timnah for the wedding, he turned off the path to look at the carcass of the lion. And he found that a swarm of bees had made some honey in the carcass.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:9 - He scooped some of the honey into his hands and ate it along the way. He also gave some to his father and mother, and they ate it. But he didn't tell them he had taken the honey from the carcass of the lion.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:12 - Samson said to them, “Let me tell you a riddle. If you solve my riddle during these seven days of the celebration, I will give you thirty fine linen robes and thirty sets of festive clothing.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:14 - So he said:
“Out of the one who eats came something to eat;
out of the strong came something sweet.” Three days later they were still trying to figure it out.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:15 - On the fourth[fn] day they said to Samson's wife, “Entice your husband to explain the riddle for us, or we will burn down your father's house with you in it. Did you invite us to this party just to make us poor?”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:16 - So Samson's wife came to him in tears and said, “You don't love me; you hate me! You have given my people a riddle, but you haven't told me the answer.”
“I haven't even given the answer to my father or mother,” he replied. “Why should I tell you?”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:17 - So she cried whenever she was with him and kept it up for the rest of the celebration. At last, on the seventh day he told her the answer because she was tormenting him with her nagging. Then she explained the riddle to the young men.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:19 - Then the Spirit of the LORD came powerfully upon him. He went down to the town of Ashkelon, killed thirty men, took their belongings, and gave their clothing to the men who had solved his riddle. But Samson was furious about what had happened, and he went back home to live with his father and mother.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:6 - “Who did this?” the Philistines demanded.
“Samson,” was the reply, “because his father-in-law from Timnah gave Samson's wife to be married to his best man.” So the Philistines went and got the woman and her father and burned them to death.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:18 - Samson was now very thirsty, and he cried out to the LORD, “You have accomplished this great victory by the strength of your servant. Must I now die of thirst and fall into the hands of these pagans?”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:4 - Some time later Samson fell in love with a woman named Delilah, who lived in the valley of Sorek.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:14 - Then she tightened it with the loom shuttle.[fn] Again she cried out, “Samson! The Philistines have come to capture you!” But Samson woke up, pulled back the loom shuttle, and yanked his hair away from the loom and the fabric.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:20 - Then she cried out, “Samson! The Philistines have come to capture you!”
When he woke up, he thought, “I will do as before and shake myself free.” But he didn't realize the LORD had left him.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:31 - Later his brothers and other relatives went down to get his body. They took him back home and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol, where his father, Manoah, was buried. Samson had judged Israel for twenty years.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:12 - So Micah installed the Levite as his personal priest, and he lived in Micah's house.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:1 - Now in those days Israel had no king. And the tribe of Dan was trying to find a place where they could settle, for they had not yet moved into the land assigned to them when the land was divided among the tribes of Israel.
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 18:11 - So 600 men from the tribe of Dan, armed with weapons of war, set out from Zorah and Eshtaol.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:15 - Then the five men turned off the road and went over to Micah's house, where the young Levite lived, and greeted him kindly.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:16 - As the 600 armed warriors from the tribe of Dan stood at the entrance of the gate,
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:17 - the five scouts entered the shrine and removed the carved image, the sacred ephod, the household idols, and the cast idol. Meanwhile, the priest was standing at the gate with the 600 armed warriors.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:20 - The young priest was quite happy to go with them, so he took along the sacred ephod, the household idols, and the carved image.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:22 - When the people from the tribe of Dan were quite a distance from Micah's house, the people who lived near Micah came chasing after them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:25 - The men of Dan said, “Watch what you say! There are some short-tempered men around here who might get angry and kill you and your family.”
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 18:29 - They renamed the town Dan after their ancestor, Israel's son, but it had originally been called Laish.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:30 - Then they set up the carved image, and they appointed Jonathan son of Gershom, son of Moses,[fn] as their priest. This family continued as priests for the tribe of Dan until the Exile.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:31 - So Micah's carved image was worshiped by the tribe of Dan as long as the Tabernacle of God remained at Shiloh.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:2 - But she became angry with him[fn] and returned to her father's home in Bethlehem.
After about four months,
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:3 - her husband set out for Bethlehem to speak personally to her and persuade her to come back. He took with him a servant and a pair of donkeys. When he arrived at[fn] her father's house, her father saw him and welcomed him.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:8 - On the morning of the fifth day he was up early again, ready to leave, and again the woman's father said, “Have something to eat; then you can leave later this afternoon.” So they had another day of feasting.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:11 - It was late in the day when they neared Jebus, and the man's servant said to him, “Let's stop at this Jebusite town and spend the night 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 19:16 - That evening an old man came home from his work in the fields. He was from the hill country of Ephraim, but he was living in Gibeah, where the people were from the tribe of Benjamin.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:18 - “We have been in Bethlehem in Judah,” the man replied. “We are on our way to a remote area in the hill country of Ephraim, which is my home. I traveled to Bethlehem, and now I'm returning home.[fn] But no one has taken us in for the night,
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:26 - At daybreak the woman returned to the house where her husband was staying. She collapsed at the door of the house and lay there until it was light.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:27 - When her husband opened the door to leave, there lay his concubine with her hands on the threshold.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:2 - The leaders of all the people and all the tribes of Israel—400,000 warriors armed with swords—took their positions in the assembly of the people of God.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:10 - One-tenth of the men[fn] from each tribe will be chosen to supply the warriors with food, and the rest of us will take revenge on Gibeah[fn] of Benjamin for this shameful thing they have done in Israel.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:23 - For they had gone up to Bethel and wept in the presence of the LORD until evening. They had asked the LORD, “Should we fight against our relatives from Benjamin again?”
And the LORD had said, “Go out and fight against them.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:25 - but the men of Benjamin killed another 18,000 Israelites, all of whom were experienced with the sword.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:28 - and Phinehas son of Eleazar and grandson of Aaron was the priest.) The Israelites asked the LORD, “Should we fight against our relatives from Benjamin again, or should we stop?”
The LORD said, “Go! Tomorrow I will hand them over to you.”
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 20:33 - When the main group of Israelite warriors reached Baal-tamar, they turned and took up their positions. Meanwhile, the Israelites hiding in ambush to the west[fn] of Gibeah jumped up to fight.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:38 - They had arranged to send up a large cloud of smoke from the town as a signal.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:44 - That day 18,000 of Benjamin's strongest warriors died in battle.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:48 - And the Israelites returned and slaughtered every living thing in all the towns—the people, the livestock, and everything they found. They also burned down all the towns they came to.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:2 - Now the people went to Bethel and sat in the presence of God until evening, weeping loudly and bitterly.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:6 - The Israelites felt sorry for their brother Benjamin and said, “Today one of the tribes of Israel has been cut off.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:16 - So the elders of the assembly asked, “How can we find wives for the few who remain, since the women of the tribe of Benjamin are dead?
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 1:5 - both Mahlon and Kilion died. This left Naomi alone, without her two sons or her husband.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:7 - With her two daughters-in-law she set out from the place where she had been living, and they took the road that would lead them back to Judah.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:3 - So Ruth went out to gather grain behind the harvesters. And as it happened, she found herself working in a field that belonged to Boaz, the relative of her father-in-law, Elimelech.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:19 - “Where did you gather all this grain today?” Naomi asked. “Where did you work? May the LORD bless the one who helped you!”
So Ruth told her mother-in-law about the man in whose field she had worked. She said, “The man I worked with today is named Boaz.”
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 4:4 - I thought I should speak to you about it so that you can redeem it if you wish. If you want the land, then buy it here in the presence of these witnesses. But if you don't want it, let me know right away, because I am next in line to redeem it after you.”
The man replied, “All right, I'll redeem it.”
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:5 - Then Boaz told him, “Of course, your purchase of the land from Naomi also requires that you marry Ruth, the Moabite widow. That way she can have children who will carry on her husband's name and keep the land in the family.”
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:9 - Then Boaz said to the elders and to the crowd standing around, “You are witnesses that today I have bought from Naomi all the property of Elimelech, Kilion, and Mahlon.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:10 - And with the land I have acquired Ruth, the Moabite widow of Mahlon, to be my wife. This way she can have a son to carry on the family name of her dead husband and to inherit the family property here in his hometown. You are all witnesses today.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:3 - Each year Elkanah would travel to Shiloh to worship and sacrifice to the LORD of Heaven's Armies at the Tabernacle. The priests of the LORD at that time were the two sons of Eli—Hophni and Phinehas.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:9 - Once after a sacrificial meal at Shiloh, Hannah got up and went to pray. Eli the priest was sitting at his customary place beside the entrance of the Tabernacle.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:18 - “Oh, thank you, sir!” she exclaimed. Then she went back and began to eat again, and she was no longer sad.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:11 - Then Elkanah returned home to Ramah without Samuel. And the boy served the LORD by assisting Eli the priest.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:12 - Now the sons of Eli were scoundrels who had no respect for the LORD
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:13 - or for their duties as priests. Whenever anyone offered a sacrifice, Eli's sons would send over a servant with a three-pronged fork. While the meat of the sacrificed animal was still boiling,
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:15 - Sometimes the servant would come even before the animal's fat had been burned on the altar. He would demand raw meat before it had been boiled so that it could be used for roasting.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:19 - Each year his mother made a small coat for him and brought it to him when she came with her husband for the sacrifice.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:23 - Eli said to them, “I have been hearing reports from all the people about the wicked things you are doing. Why do you keep sinning?
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:25 - If someone sins against another person, God[fn] can mediate for the guilty party. But if someone sins against the LORD, who can intercede?” But Eli's sons wouldn't listen to their father, for the LORD was already planning to put them to death.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:28 - I chose your ancestor Aaron[fn] from among all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to offer sacrifices on my altar, to burn incense, and to wear the priestly vest[fn] as he served me. And I assigned the sacrificial offerings to you priests.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:30 - “Therefore, the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I promised that your branch of the tribe of Levi[fn] would always be my priests. But I will honor those who honor me, and I will despise those who think lightly of me.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:1 - Meanwhile, the boy Samuel served the LORD by assisting Eli. Now in those days messages from the LORD were very rare, and visions were quite uncommon.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:3 - The lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was sleeping in the Tabernacle[fn] near the Ark of God.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:3 - After the battle was over, the troops retreated to their camp, and the elders of Israel asked, “Why did the LORD allow us to be defeated by the Philistines?” Then they said, “Let's bring the Ark of the Covenant of the LORD from Shiloh. If we carry it into battle with us, it[fn] will save us from our enemies.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:13 - Eli was waiting beside the road to hear the news of the battle, for his heart trembled for the safety of the Ark of God. When the messenger arrived and told what had happened, an outcry resounded throughout the town.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:15 - who was ninety-eight years old and blind.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:17 - “Israel has been defeated by the Philistines,” the messenger replied. “The people have been slaughtered, and your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, were also killed. And the Ark of God has been captured.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:18 - When the messenger mentioned what had happened to the Ark of God, Eli fell backward from his seat beside the gate. He broke his neck and died, for he was old and overweight. He had been Israel's judge for forty years.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:19 - Eli's daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was pregnant and near her time of delivery. When she heard that the Ark of God had been captured and that her father-in-law and husband were dead, she went into labor and gave birth.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:21 - She named the child Ichabod (which means “Where is the glory?”), for she said, “Israel's glory is gone.” She named him this because the Ark of God had been captured and because her father-in-law and husband were dead.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:1 - After the Philistines captured the Ark of God, they took it from the battleground at Ebenezer to the town of Ashdod.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:3 - But when the citizens of Ashdod went to see it the next morning, Dagon had fallen with his face to the ground in front of the Ark of the LORD! So they took Dagon and put him in his place again.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:7 - When the people realized what was happening, they cried out, “We can't keep the Ark of the God of Israel here any longer! He is against us! We will all be destroyed along with Dagon, our god.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:8 - So they called together the rulers of the Philistine towns and asked, “What should we do with the Ark of the God of Israel?”
The rulers discussed it and replied, “Move it to the town of Gath.” So they moved the Ark of the God of Israel to Gath.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:10 - So they sent the Ark of God to the town of Ekron, but when the people of Ekron saw it coming they cried out, “They are bringing the Ark of the God of Israel here to kill us, too!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:11 - The people summoned the Philistine rulers again and begged them, “Please send the Ark of the God of Israel back to its own country, or it[fn] will kill us all.” For the deadly plague from God had already begun, and great fear was sweeping across the town.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:15 - Several men of the tribe of Levi lifted the Ark of the LORD and the chest containing the gold rats and gold tumors from the cart and placed them on the large rock. Many sacrifices and burnt offerings were offered to the LORD that day by the people of Beth-shemesh.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:18 - The five gold rats represented the five Philistine towns and their surrounding villages, which were controlled by the five rulers. The large rock at Beth-shemesh, where they set the Ark of the LORD, still stands in the field of Joshua as a witness to what happened there.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:20 - “Who is able to stand in the presence of the LORD, this holy God?” they cried out. “Where can we send the Ark from here?”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:11 - The men of Israel chased them from Mizpah to a place below Beth-car, slaughtering them all along the way.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:12 - Samuel then took a large stone and placed it between the towns of Mizpah and Jeshanah.[fn] He named it Ebenezer (which means “the stone of help”), for he said, “Up to this point the LORD has helped us!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:13 - So the Philistines were subdued and didn't invade Israel again for some time. And throughout Samuel's lifetime, the LORD's powerful hand was raised against the Philistines.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:14 - The Israelite villages near Ekron and Gath that the Philistines had captured were restored to Israel, along with the rest of the territory that the Philistines had taken. And there was peace between Israel and the Amorites in those days.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:2 - Joel and Abijah, his oldest sons, held court in Beersheba.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:7 - “Do everything they say to you,” the LORD replied, “for it is me they are rejecting, not you. They don't want me to be their king any longer.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:9 - Do as they ask, but solemnly warn them about the way a king will reign over them.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:11 - “This is how a king will reign over you,” Samuel said. “The king will draft your sons and assign them to his chariots and his charioteers, making them run before his chariots.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:19 - But the people refused to listen to Samuel's warning. “Even so, we still want a king,” they said.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:21 - So Samuel repeated to the LORD what the people had said,
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:6 - But the servant said, “I've just thought of something! There is a man of God who lives here in this town. He is held in high honor by all the people because everything he says comes true. Let's go find him. Perhaps he can tell us which way to go.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:7 - “But we don't have anything to offer him,” Saul replied. “Even our food is gone, and we don't have a thing to give him.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:8 - “Well,” the servant said, “I have one small silver piece.[fn] We can at least offer it to the man of God and see what happens!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:10 - “All right,” Saul agreed, “let's try it!” So they started into the town where the man of God lived.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:16 - “About this time tomorrow I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin. Anoint him to be the leader of my people, Israel. He will rescue them from the Philistines, for I have looked down on my people in mercy and have heard their cry.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:18 - Just then Saul approached Samuel at the gateway and asked, “Can you please tell me where the seer's house is?”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:20 - And don't worry about those donkeys that were lost three days ago, for they have been found. And I am here to tell you that you and your family are the focus of all Israel's hopes.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:21 - Saul replied, “But I'm only from the tribe of Benjamin, the smallest tribe in Israel, and my family is the least important of all the families of that tribe! Why are you talking like this to me?”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:2 - When you leave me today, you will see two men beside Rachel's tomb at Zelzah, on the border of Benjamin. They will tell you that the donkeys have been found and that your father has stopped worrying about them and is now worried about you. He is asking, ‘Have you seen my son?'
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 10:23 - So they found him and brought him out, and he stood head and shoulders above anyone else.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:25 - Then Samuel told the people what the rights and duties of a king were. He wrote them down on a scroll and placed it before the LORD. Then Samuel sent the people home again.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:4 - When the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul and told the people about their plight, everyone broke into tears.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:9 - So Saul sent the messengers back to Jabesh-gilead to say, “We will rescue you by noontime tomorrow!” There was great joy throughout the town when that message arrived!
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:9 - But the people soon forgot about the LORD their God, so he handed them over to Sisera, the commander of Hazor's army, and also to the Philistines and to the king of Moab, who fought against them.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:2 - Saul selected 3,000 special troops from the army of Israel and sent the rest of the men home. He took 2,000 of the chosen men with him to Micmash and the hill country of Bethel. The other 1,000 went with Saul's son Jonathan to Gibeah in the land of Benjamin.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:12 - So I said, ‘The Philistines are ready to march against us at Gilgal, and I haven't even asked for the LORD's help!' So I felt compelled to offer the burnt offering myself before you came.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:15 - Samuel then left Gilgal and went on his way, but the rest of the troops went with Saul to meet the army. They went up from Gilgal to Gibeah in the land of Benjamin.[fn] When Saul counted the men who were still with him, he found only 600 were left!
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:22 - So on the day of the battle none of the people of Israel had a sword or spear, except for Saul and Jonathan.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:2 - Meanwhile, Saul and his 600 men were camped on the outskirts of Gibeah, around the pomegranate tree[fn] at Migron.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:3 - Among Saul's men was Ahijah the priest, who was wearing the ephod, the priestly vest. Ahijah was the son of Ichabod's brother Ahitub, son of Phinehas, son of Eli, the priest of the LORD who had served at Shiloh.
No one realized that Jonathan had left the Israelite camp.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:16 - Saul's lookouts in Gibeah of Benjamin saw a strange sight—the vast army of Philistines began to melt away in every direction.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:20 - Then Saul and all his men rushed out to the battle and found the Philistines killing each other. There was terrible confusion everywhere.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:25 - even though they had all found honeycomb on the ground in the forest.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:28 - But one of the men saw him and said, “Your father made the army take a strict oath that anyone who eats food today will be cursed. That is why everyone is weary and faint.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:38 - Then Saul said to the leaders, “Something's wrong! I want all my army commanders to come here. We must find out what sin was committed today.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:39 - I vow by the name of the LORD who rescued Israel that the sinner will surely die, even if it is my own son Jonathan!” But no one would tell him what the trouble was.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:42 - Then Saul said, “Now cast lots again and choose between me and Jonathan.” And Jonathan was shown to be the guilty one.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:45 - But the people broke in and said to Saul, “Jonathan has won this great victory for Israel. Should he die? Far from it! As surely as the LORD lives, not one hair on his head will be touched, for God helped him do a great deed today.” So the people rescued Jonathan, and he was not put to death.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:6 - Saul sent this warning to the Kenites: “Move away from where the Amalekites live, or you will die with them. For you showed kindness to all the people of Israel when they came up from Egypt.” So the Kenites packed up and left.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:20 - “But I did obey the LORD,” Saul insisted. “I carried out the mission he gave me. I brought back King Agag, but I destroyed everyone else.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:20 - Jesse responded by sending David to Saul, along with a young goat, a donkey loaded with bread, and a wineskin full of wine.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:5 - He wore a bronze helmet, and his bronze coat of mail weighed 125 pounds.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:8 - Goliath stood and shouted a taunt across to the Israelites. “Why are you all coming out to fight?” he called. “I am the Philistine champion, but you are only the servants of Saul. Choose one man to come down here and fight me!
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:11 - When Saul and the Israelites heard this, they were terrified and deeply shaken.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:32 - “Don't worry about this Philistine,” David told Saul. “I'll go fight him!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:33 - “Don't be ridiculous!” Saul replied. “There's no way you can fight this Philistine and possibly win! You're only a boy, and he's been a man of war since his youth.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:35 - I go after it with a club and rescue the lamb from its mouth. If the animal turns on me, I catch it by the jaw and club it to death.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:37 - The LORD who rescued me from the claws of the lion and the bear will rescue me from this Philistine!”
Saul finally consented. “All right, go ahead,” he said. “And may the LORD be with you!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:39 - David put it on, strapped the sword over it, and took a step or two to see what it was like, for he had never worn such things before.
“I can't go in these,” he protested to Saul. “I'm not used to them.” So David took them off again.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:40 - He picked up five smooth stones from a stream and put them into his shepherd's bag. Then, armed only with his shepherd's staff and sling, he started across the valley to fight the Philistine.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:44 - “Come over here, and I'll give your flesh to the birds and wild animals!” Goliath yelled.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:46 - Today the LORD will conquer you, and I will kill you and cut off your head. And then I will give the dead bodies of your men to the birds and wild animals, and the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel!
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:47 - And everyone assembled here will know that the LORD rescues his people, but not with sword and spear. This is the LORD's battle, and he will give you to us!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:54 - (David took the Philistine's head to Jerusalem, but he stored the man's armor in his own tent.)
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:8 - This made Saul very angry. “What's this?” he said. “They credit David with ten thousands and me with only thousands. Next they'll be making him their king!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:13 - Finally, Saul sent him away and appointed him commander over 1,000 men, and David faithfully led his troops into battle.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:16 - But all Israel and Judah loved David because he was so successful at leading his troops into battle.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:25 - he told them, “Tell David that all I want for the bride price is 100 Philistine foreskins! Vengeance on my enemies is all I really want.” But what Saul had in mind was that David would be killed in the fight.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:3 - I'll ask my father to go out there with me, and I'll talk to him about you. Then I'll tell you everything I can find out.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:20 - he sent troops to capture him. But when they arrived and saw Samuel leading a group of prophets who were prophesying, the Spirit of God came upon Saul's men, and they also began to prophesy.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:22 - Finally, Saul himself went to Ramah and arrived at the great well in Secu. “Where are Samuel and David?” he demanded.
“They are at Naioth in Ramah,” someone told him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:1 - David now fled from Naioth in Ramah and found Jonathan. “What have I done?” he exclaimed. “What is my crime? How have I offended your father that he is so determined to kill me?”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:3 - Then David took an oath before Jonathan and said, “Your father knows perfectly well about our friendship, so he has said to himself, ‘I won't tell Jonathan—why should I hurt him?' But I swear to you that I am only a step away from death! I swear it by the LORD and by your own soul!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:5 - David replied, “Tomorrow we celebrate the new moon festival. I've always eaten with the king on this occasion, but tomorrow I'll hide in the field and stay there until the evening of the third day.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:8 - Show me this loyalty as my sworn friend—for we made a solemn pact before the LORD—or kill me yourself if I have sinned against your father. But please don't betray me to him!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:9 - “Never!” Jonathan exclaimed. “You know that if I had the slightest notion my father was planning to kill you, I would tell you at once.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:13 - But if he is angry and wants you killed, may the LORD strike me and even kill me if I don't warn you so you can escape and live. May the LORD be with you as he used to be with my father.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:15 - treat my family with this faithful love, even when the LORD destroys all your enemies from the face of the earth.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:16 - So Jonathan made a solemn pact with David,[fn] saying, “May the LORD destroy all your enemies!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:27 - But when David's place was empty again the next day, Saul asked Jonathan, “Why hasn't the son of Jesse been here for the meal either yesterday or today?”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:29 - He said, ‘Please let me go, for we are having a family sacrifice. My brother demanded that I be there. So please let me get away to see my brothers.' That's why he isn't here at the king's table.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:33 - Then Saul hurled his spear at Jonathan, intending to kill him. So at last Jonathan realized that his father was really determined to kill David.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:34 - Jonathan left the table in fierce anger and refused to eat on that second day of the festival, for he was crushed by his father's shameful behavior toward David.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:37 - When the boy had almost reached the arrow, Jonathan shouted, “The arrow is still ahead of you.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:41 - As soon as the boy was gone, David came out from where he had been hiding near the stone pile.[fn] Then David bowed three times to Jonathan with his face to the ground. Both of them were in tears as they embraced each other and said good-bye, especially David.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:7 - Now Doeg the Edomite, Saul's chief herdsman, was there that day, having been detained before the LORD.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:8 - David asked Ahimelech, “Do you have a spear or sword? The king's business was so urgent that I didn't even have time to grab a weapon!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:9 - “I only have the sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the valley of Elah,” the priest replied. “It is wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod. Take that if you want it, for there is nothing else here.”
“There is nothing like it!” David replied. “Give it to me!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:1 - So David left Gath and escaped to the cave of Adullam. Soon his brothers and all his other relatives joined him there.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:4 - So David's parents stayed in Moab with the king during the entire time David was living in his stronghold.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:8 - Is that why you have conspired against me? For not one of you told me when my own son made a solemn pact with the son of Jesse. You're not even sorry for me. Think of it! My own son—encouraging him to kill me, as he is trying to do this very day!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:10 - Ahimelech consulted the LORD for him. Then he gave him food and the sword of Goliath the Philistine.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:11 - King Saul immediately sent for Ahimelech and all his family, who served as priests at Nob.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:13 - “Why have you and the son of Jesse conspired against me?” Saul demanded. “Why did you give him food and a sword? Why have you consulted God for him? Why have you encouraged him to kill me, as he is trying to do this very day?”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:14 - “But sir,” Ahimelech replied, “is anyone among all your servants as faithful as David, your son-in-law? Why, he is the captain of your bodyguard and a highly honored member of your household!
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:15 - This was certainly not the first time I had consulted God for him! May the king not accuse me and my family in this matter, for I knew nothing at all of any plot against you.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:16 - “You will surely die, Ahimelech, along with your entire family!” the king shouted.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:17 - And he ordered his bodyguards, “Kill these priests of the LORD, for they are allies and conspirators with David! They knew he was running away from me, but they didn't tell me!” But Saul's men refused to kill the LORD's priests.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:21 - When he told David that Saul had killed the priests of the LORD,
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:22 - David exclaimed, “I knew it! When I saw Doeg the Edomite there that day, I knew he was sure to tell Saul. Now I have caused the death of all your father's family.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:2 - David asked the LORD, “Should I go and attack them?”
“Yes, go and save Keilah,” the LORD told him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:3 - But David's men said, “We're afraid even here in Judah. We certainly don't want to go to Keilah to fight the whole Philistine army!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:4 - So David asked the LORD again, and again the LORD replied, “Go down to Keilah, for I will help you conquer the Philistines.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:17 - “Don't be afraid,” Jonathan reassured him. “My father will never find you! You are going to be the king of Israel, and I will be next to you, as my father, Saul, is well aware.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:19 - But now the men of Ziph went to Saul in Gibeah and betrayed David to him. “We know where David is hiding,” they said. “He is in the strongholds of Horesh on the hill of Hakilah, which is in the southern part of Jeshimon.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:20 - Come down whenever you're ready, O king, and we will catch him and hand him over to you!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:24 - So the men of Ziph returned home ahead of Saul.
Meanwhile, David and his men had moved into the wilderness of Maon in the Arabah Valley south of Jeshimon.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:9 - Then he shouted to Saul, “Why do you listen to the people who say I am trying to harm you?
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:21 - Now swear to me by the LORD that when that happens you will not kill my family and destroy my line of descendants!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:10 - “Who is this fellow David?” Nabal sneered to the young men. “Who does this son of Jesse think he is? There are lots of servants these days who run away from their masters.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:22 - May God strike me and kill me[fn] if even one man of his household is still alive tomorrow morning!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:37 - In the morning when Nabal was sober, his wife told him what had happened. As a result he had a stroke,[fn] and he lay paralyzed on his bed like a stone.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:39 - When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, “Praise the LORD, who has avenged the insult I received from Nabal and has kept me from doing it myself. Nabal has received the punishment for his sin.” Then David sent messengers to Abigail to ask her to become his wife.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:15 - “Well, Abner, you're a great man, aren't you?” David taunted. “Where in all Israel is there anyone as mighty? So why haven't you guarded your master the king when someone came to kill him?
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 Box1Sa 26:17 - Saul recognized David's voice and called out, “Is that you, my son David?”
And David replied, “Yes, my lord the king.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:18 - Why are you chasing me? What have I done? What is my crime?
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:19 - But now let my lord the king listen to his servant. If the LORD has stirred you up against me, then let him accept my offering. But if this is simply a human scheme, then may those involved be cursed by the LORD. For they have driven me from my home, so I can no longer live among the LORD's people, and they have said, ‘Go, worship pagan gods.'
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:22 - “Here is your spear, O king,” David replied. “Let one of your young men come over and get it.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:3 - David and his men and their families settled there with Achish at Gath. David brought his two wives along with him—Ahinoam from Jezreel and Abigail, Nabal's widow from Carmel.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:8 - “What have I done to deserve this treatment?” David demanded. “What have you ever found in your servant, that I can't go and fight the enemies of my lord the king?”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:10 - Now get up early in the morning, and leave with your men as soon as it gets light.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:5 - David's two wives, Ahinoam from Jezreel and Abigail, the widow of Nabal from Carmel, were among those captured.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:6 - David was now in great danger because all his men were very bitter about losing their sons and daughters, and they began to talk of stoning him. But David found strength in the LORD his God.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:8 - Then David asked the LORD, “Should I chase after this band of raiders? Will I catch them?”
And the LORD told him, “Yes, go after them. You will surely recover everything that was taken from you!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:9 - So David and his 600 men set out, and they came to the brook Besor.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:10 - But 200 of the men were too exhausted to cross the brook, so David continued the pursuit with 400 men.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:15 - “Will you lead me to this band of raiders?” David asked.
The young man replied, “If you take an oath in God's name that you will not kill me or give me back to my master, then I will guide you to them.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:21 - Then David returned to the brook Besor and met up with the 200 men who had been left behind because they were too exhausted to go with him. They went out to meet David and his men, and David greeted them joyfully.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:24 - Who will listen when you talk like this? We share and share alike—those who go to battle and those who guard the equipment.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:29 - Racal,[fn] the towns of the Jerahmeelites, the towns of the Kenites,
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 31:7 - When the Israelites on the other side of the Jezreel Valley and beyond the Jordan saw that the Israelite army had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned their towns and fled. So the Philistines moved in and occupied their towns.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 31:12 - all their mighty warriors traveled through the night to Beth-shan and took the bodies of Saul and his sons down from the wall. They brought them to Jabesh, where they burned the bodies.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:2 - On the third day a man arrived from Saul's army camp. He had torn his clothes and put dirt on his head to show that he was in mourning. He fell to the ground before David in deep respect.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:4 - “What happened?” David demanded. “Tell me how the battle went.”
The man replied, “Our entire army fled from the battle. Many of the men are dead, and Saul and his son Jonathan are also dead.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:10 - “So I killed him,” the Amalekite told David, “for I knew he couldn't live. Then I took his crown and his armband, and I have brought them here to you, my lord.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:18 - and he commanded that it be taught to the people of Judah. It is known as the Song of the Bow, and it is recorded in The Book of Jashar.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:25 - Oh, how the mighty heroes have fallen in battle!
Jonathan lies dead on the hills.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:2 - David's two wives were Ahinoam from Jezreel and Abigail, the widow of Nabal from Carmel. So David and his wives
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:8 - But Abner son of Ner, the commander of Saul's army, had already gone to Mahanaim with Saul's son Ishbosheth.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:10 - Ishbosheth, Saul's son, was forty years old when he became king, and he ruled from Mahanaim for two years. Meanwhile, the people of Judah remained loyal to David.
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 2:23 - But Asahel refused to turn back, so Abner thrust the butt end of his spear through Asahel's stomach, and the spear came out through his back. He stumbled to the ground and died there. And everyone who came by that spot stopped and stood still when they saw Asahel lying there.
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 2:27 - Then Joab said, “God only knows what would have happened if you hadn't spoken, for we would have chased you all night if necessary.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:28 - So Joab blew the ram's horn, and his men stopped chasing the troops of Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:30 - Meanwhile, Joab and his men also returned home. When Joab counted his casualties, he discovered that only 19 men were missing in addition to Asahel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:32 - Joab and his men took Asahel's body to Bethlehem and buried him there in his father's tomb. Then they traveled all night and reached Hebron at daybreak.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:1 - That was the beginning of a long war between those who were loyal to Saul and those loyal to David. As time passed David became stronger and stronger, while Saul's dynasty became weaker and weaker.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:6 - As the war between the house of Saul and the house of David went on, Abner became a powerful leader among those loyal to Saul.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:7 - One day Ishbosheth,[fn] Saul's son, accused Abner of sleeping with one of his father's concubines, a woman named Rizpah, daughter of Aiah.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:8 - Abner was furious. “Am I some Judean dog to be kicked around like this?” he shouted. “After all I have done for your father, Saul, and his family and friends by not handing you over to David, is this my reward—that you find fault with me about this woman?
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:10 - I'm going to take Saul's kingdom and give it to David. I will establish the throne of David over Israel as well as Judah, all the way from Dan in the north to Beersheba in the south.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:15 - So Ishbosheth took Michal away from her husband, Palti[fn] son of Laish.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:18 - Now is the time! For the LORD has said, ‘I have chosen David to save my people Israel from the hands of the Philistines and from all their other enemies.'”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:19 - Abner also spoke with the men of Benjamin. Then he went to Hebron to tell David that all the people of Israel and Benjamin had agreed to support him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:26 - Joab then left David and sent messengers to catch up with Abner, asking him to return. They found him at the well of Sirah and brought him back, though David knew nothing about it.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:27 - When Abner arrived back at Hebron, Joab took him aside at the gateway as if to speak with him privately. But then he stabbed Abner in the stomach and killed him in revenge for killing his brother Asahel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:29 - Joab and his family are the guilty ones. May the family of Joab be cursed in every generation with a man who has open sores or leprosy[fn] or who walks on crutches[fn] or dies by the sword or begs for food!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:32 - They buried Abner in Hebron, and the king and all the people wept at his graveside.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:36 - This pleased the people very much. In fact, everything the king did pleased them!
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:37 - So everyone in Judah and all Israel understood that David was not responsible for Abner's murder.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:2 - Now there were two brothers, Baanah and Recab, who were captains of Ishbosheth's raiding parties. They were sons of Rimmon, a member of the tribe of Benjamin who lived in Beeroth. The town of Beeroth is now part of Benjamin's territory
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:4 - (Saul's son Jonathan had a son named Mephibosheth,[fn] who was crippled as a child. He was five years old when the report came from Jezreel that Saul and Jonathan had been killed in battle. When the child's nurse heard the news, she picked him up and fled. But as she hurried away, she dropped him, and he became crippled.)
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:5 - One day Recab and Baanah, the sons of Rimmon from Beeroth, went to Ishbosheth's house around noon as he was taking his midday rest.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:6 - The doorkeeper, who had been sifting wheat, became drowsy and fell asleep. So Recab and Baanah slipped past her.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:8 - When they arrived at Hebron, they presented Ishbosheth's head to David. “Look!” they exclaimed to the king. “Here is the head of Ishbosheth, the son of your enemy Saul who tried to kill you. Today the LORD has given my lord the king revenge on Saul and his entire family!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:9 - But David said to Recab and Baanah, “The LORD, who saves me from all my enemies, is my witness.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:7 - But David captured the fortress of Zion, which is now called the City of David.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:20 - So David went to Baal-perazim and defeated the Philistines there. “The LORD did it!” David exclaimed. “He burst through my enemies like a raging flood!” So he named that place Baal-perazim (which means “the Lord who bursts through”).
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:23 - And again David asked the LORD what to do. “Do not attack them straight on,” the LORD replied. “Instead, circle around behind and attack them near the poplar[fn] trees.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:24 - When you hear a sound like marching feet in the tops of the poplar trees, be on the alert! That will be the signal that the LORD is moving ahead of you to strike down the Philistine army.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:2 - He led them to Baalah of Judah[fn] to bring back the Ark of God, which bears the name of the LORD of Heaven's Armies,[fn] who is enthroned between the cherubim.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:3 - They placed the Ark of God on a new cart and brought it from Abinadab's house, which was on a hill. Uzzah and Ahio, Abinadab's sons, were guiding the cart as it left the house,
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:6 - But when they arrived at the threshing floor of Nacon, the oxen stumbled, and Uzzah reached out his hand and steadied the Ark of God.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:7 - Then the LORD's anger was aroused against Uzzah, and God struck him dead because of this.[fn] So Uzzah died right there beside the Ark of God.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:10 - So David decided not to move the Ark of the LORD into the City of David. Instead, he took it to the house of Obed-edom of Gath.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:11 - The Ark of the LORD remained there in Obed-edom's house for three months, and the LORD blessed Obed-edom and his entire household.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:12 - Then King David was told, “The LORD has blessed Obed-edom's household and everything he has because of the Ark of God.” So David went there and brought the Ark of God from the house of Obed-edom to the City of David with a great celebration.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:17 - They brought the Ark of the LORD and set it in its place inside the special tent David had prepared for it. And David sacrificed burnt offerings and peace offerings to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:19 - Then he gave to every Israelite man and woman in the crowd a loaf of bread, a cake of dates,[fn] and a cake of raisins. Then all the people returned to their homes.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:21 - David retorted to Michal, “I was dancing before the LORD, who chose me above your father and all his family! He appointed me as the leader of Israel, the people of the LORD, so I celebrate before the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:2 - the king summoned Nathan the prophet. “Look,” David said, “I am living in a beautiful cedar palace,[fn] but the Ark of God is out there in a tent!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:7 - Yet no matter where I have gone with the Israelites, I have never once complained to Israel's tribal leaders, the shepherds of my people Israel. I have never asked them, “Why haven't you built me a beautiful cedar house?”'
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:19 - And now, Sovereign LORD, in addition to everything else, you speak of giving your servant a lasting dynasty! Do you deal with everyone this way, O Sovereign LORD?[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:23 - What other nation on earth is like your people Israel? What other nation, O God, have you redeemed from slavery to be your own people? You made a great name for yourself when you redeemed your people from Egypt. You performed awesome miracles and drove out the nations and gods that stood in their way.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:25 - “And now, O LORD God, I am your servant; do as you have promised concerning me and my family. Confirm it as a promise that will last forever.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:27 - “O LORD of Heaven's Armies, God of Israel, I have been bold enough to pray this prayer to you because you have revealed all this to your servant, saying, ‘I will build a house for you—a dynasty of kings!'
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:28 - For you are God, O Sovereign LORD. Your words are truth, and you have promised these good things to your servant.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:29 - And now, may it please you to bless the house of your servant, so that it may continue forever before you. For you have spoken, and when you grant a blessing to your servant, O Sovereign LORD, it is an eternal blessing!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:8 - along with a large amount of bronze from Hadadezer's towns of Tebah[fn] and Berothai.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:2 - He summoned a man named Ziba, who had been one of Saul's servants. “Are you Ziba?” the king asked.
“Yes sir, I am,” Ziba replied.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:3 - The king then asked him, “Is anyone still alive from Saul's family? If so, I want to show God's kindness to them.”
Ziba replied, “Yes, one of Jonathan's sons is still alive. He is crippled in both feet.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:5 - So David sent for him and brought him from Makir's home.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:7 - “Don't be afraid!” David said. “I intend to show kindness to you because of my promise to your father, Jonathan. I will give you all the property that once belonged to your grandfather Saul, and you will eat here with me at the king's table!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:9 - Then the king summoned Saul's servant Ziba and said, “I have given your master's grandson everything that belonged to Saul and his family.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:10 - You and your sons and servants are to farm the land for him to produce food for your master's household.[fn] But Mephibosheth, your master's grandson, will eat here at my table.” (Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.)
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:11 - Ziba replied, “Yes, my lord the king; I am your servant, and I will do all that you have commanded.” And from that time on, Mephibosheth ate regularly at David's table,[fn] like one of the king's own sons.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:12 - Mephibosheth had a young son named Mica. From then on, all the members of Ziba's household were Mephibosheth's servants.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:13 - And Mephibosheth, who was crippled in both feet, lived in Jerusalem and ate regularly at the king's table.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:2 - David said, “I am going to show loyalty to Hanun just as his father, Nahash, was always loyal to me.” So David sent ambassadors to express sympathy to Hanun about his father's death.
But when David's ambassadors arrived in the land of Ammon,
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:9 - When Joab saw that he would have to fight on both the front and the rear, he chose some of Israel's elite troops and placed them under his personal command to fight the Arameans in the fields.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:10 - He left the rest of the army under the command of his brother Abishai, who was to attack the Ammonites.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:12 - Be courageous! Let us fight bravely for our people and the cities of our God. May the LORD's will be done.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:16 - they were joined by additional Aramean troops summoned by Hadadezer from the other side of the Euphrates River.[fn] These troops arrived at Helam under the command of Shobach, the commander of Hadadezer's forces.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:1 - In the spring of the year,[fn] when kings normally go out to war, David sent Joab and the Israelite army to fight the Ammonites. They destroyed the Ammonite army and laid siege to the city of Rabbah. However, David stayed behind in Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:2 - Late one afternoon, after his midday rest, David got out of bed and was walking on the roof of the palace. As he looked out over the city, he noticed a woman of unusual beauty taking a bath.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:3 - He sent someone to find out who she was, and he was told, “She is Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam and the wife of Uriah the Hittite.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:7 - When Uriah arrived, David asked him how Joab and the army were getting along and how the war was progressing.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:8 - Then he told Uriah, “Go on home and relax.[fn]” David even sent a gift to Uriah after he had left the palace.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:9 - But Uriah didn't go home. He slept that night at the palace entrance with the king's palace guard.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:11 - Uriah replied, “The Ark and the armies of Israel and Judah are living in tents,[fn] and Joab and my master's men are camping in the open fields. How could I go home to wine and dine and sleep with my wife? I swear that I would never do such a thing.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:13 - Then David invited him to dinner and got him drunk. But even then he couldn't get Uriah to go home to his wife. Again he slept at the palace entrance with the king's palace guard.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:15 - The letter instructed Joab, “Station Uriah on the front lines where the battle is fiercest. Then pull back so that he will be killed.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:17 - And when the enemy soldiers came out of the city to fight, Uriah the Hittite was killed along with several other Israelite soldiers.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:18 - Then Joab sent a battle report to David.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:19 - He told his messenger, “Report all the news of the battle to the king.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:20 - But he might get angry and ask, ‘Why did the troops go so close to the city? Didn't they know there would be shooting from the walls?
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:22 - So the messenger went to Jerusalem and gave a complete report to David.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:24 - the archers on the wall shot arrows at us. Some of the king's men were killed, including Uriah the Hittite.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:3 - The poor man owned nothing but one little lamb he had bought. He raised that little lamb, and it grew up with his children. It ate from the man's own plate and drank from his cup. He cuddled it in his arms like a baby daughter.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:4 - One day a guest arrived at the home of the rich man. But instead of killing an animal from his own flock or herd, he took the poor man's lamb and killed it and prepared it for his guest.”
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 12:10 - From this time on, your family will live by the sword because you have despised me by taking Uriah's wife to be your own.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:11 - “This is what the LORD says: Because of what you have done, I will cause your own household to rebel against you. I will give your wives to another man before your very eyes, and he will go to bed with them in public view.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:12 - You did it secretly, but I will make this happen to you openly in the sight of all Israel.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:17 - The elders of his household pleaded with him to get up and eat with them, but he refused.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:20 - Then David got up from the ground, washed himself, put on lotions,[fn] and changed his clothes. He went to the Tabernacle and worshiped the LORD. After that, he returned to the palace and was served food and ate.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:25 - and sent word through Nathan the prophet that they should name him Jedidiah (which means “beloved of the LORD”), as the LORD had commanded.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:28 - Now bring the rest of the army and capture the city. Otherwise, I will capture it and get credit for the victory.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:30 - David removed the crown from the king's head,[fn] and it was placed on his own head. The crown was made of gold and set with gems, and it weighed seventy-five pounds.[fn] David took a vast amount of plunder from the city.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:3 - But Amnon had a very crafty friend—his cousin Jonadab. He was the son of David's brother Shimea.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:4 - One day Jonadab said to Amnon, “What's the trouble? Why should the son of a king look so dejected morning after morning?”
So Amnon told him, “I am in love with Tamar, my brother Absalom's sister.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:7 - So David agreed and sent Tamar to Amnon's house to prepare some food for him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:17 - He shouted for his servant and demanded, “Throw this woman out, and lock the door behind her!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:18 - So the servant put her out and locked the door behind her. She was wearing a long, beautiful robe,[fn] as was the custom in those days for the king's virgin daughters.
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 13:21 - When King David heard what had happened, he was very angry.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:23 - Two years later, when Absalom's sheep were being sheared at Baal-hazor near Ephraim, Absalom invited all the king's sons to come to a feast.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:24 - He went to the king and said, “My sheep-shearers are now at work. Would the king and his servants please come to celebrate the occasion with me?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:27 - But Absalom kept on pressing the king until he finally agreed to let all his sons attend, including Amnon. So Absalom prepared a feast fit for a king.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:29 - So at Absalom's signal they murdered Amnon. Then the other sons of the king jumped on their mules and fled.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:30 - As they were on the way back to Jerusalem, this report reached David: “Absalom has killed all the king's sons; not one is left alive!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:32 - But just then Jonadab, the son of David's brother Shimea, arrived and said, “No, don't believe that all the king's sons have been killed! It was only Amnon! Absalom has been plotting this ever since Amnon raped his sister Tamar.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:33 - No, my lord the king, your sons aren't all dead! It was only Amnon.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:35 - “Look!” Jonadab told the king. “There they are now! The king's sons are coming, just as I said.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:36 - They soon arrived, weeping and sobbing, and the king and all his servants wept bitterly with them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:39 - And King David,[fn] now reconciled to Amnon's death, longed to be reunited with his son Absalom.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:1 - Joab realized how much the king longed to see Absalom.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:7 - Now the rest of the family is demanding, ‘Let us have your son. We will execute him for murdering his brother. He doesn't deserve to inherit his family's property.' They want to extinguish the only coal I have left, and my husband's name and family will disappear from the face of the earth.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:9 - “Oh, thank you, my lord the king,” the woman from Tekoa replied. “If you are criticized for helping me, let the blame fall on me and on my father's house, and let the king and his throne be innocent.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:11 - Then she said, “Please swear to me by the LORD your God that you won't let anyone take vengeance against my son. I want no more bloodshed.”
“As surely as the LORD lives,” he replied, “not a hair on your son's head will be disturbed!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:13 - She replied, “Why don't you do as much for the people of God as you have promised to do for me? You have convicted yourself in making this decision, because you have refused to bring home your own banished son.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:16 - and rescue us from those who would cut us off from the inheritance[fn] God has given us.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:17 - Yes, my lord the king will give us peace of mind again.' I know that you are like an angel of God in discerning good from evil. May the LORD your God be with you.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:20 - He did it to place the matter before you in a different light. But you are as wise as an angel of God, and you understand everything that happens among us!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:22 - Joab bowed with his face to the ground in deep respect and said, “At last I know that I have gained your approval, my lord the king, for you have granted me this request!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:24 - But the king gave this order: “Absalom may go to his own house, but he must never come into my presence.” So Absalom did not see the king.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:28 - Absalom lived in Jerusalem for two years, but he never got to see the king.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:30 - So Absalom said to his servants, “Go and set fire to Joab's barley field, the field next to mine.” So they set his field on fire, as Absalom had commanded.
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 14:33 - So Joab told the king what Absalom had said. Then at last David summoned Absalom, who came and bowed low before the king, and the king kissed him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:3 - Then Absalom would say, “You've really got a strong case here! It's too bad the king doesn't have anyone to hear it.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:15 - “We are with you,” his advisers replied. “Do what you think is best.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:18 - to let all the king's men move past to lead the way. There were 600 men from Gath who had come with David, along with the king's bodyguard.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:19 - Then the king turned and said to Ittai, a leader of the men from Gath, “Why are you coming with us? Go on back to King Absalom, for you are a guest in Israel, a foreigner in exile.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:24 - Zadok and all the Levites also came along, carrying the Ark of the Covenant of God. They set down the Ark of God, and Abiathar offered sacrifices[fn] until everyone had passed out of the city.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:25 - Then the king instructed Zadok to take the Ark of God back into the city. “If the LORD sees fit,” David said, “he will bring me back to see the Ark and the Tabernacle[fn] again.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:32 - When David reached the summit of the Mount of Olives where people worshiped God, Hushai the Arkite was waiting there for him. Hushai had torn his clothing and put dirt on his head as a sign of mourning.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:34 - Return to Jerusalem and tell Absalom, ‘I will now be your adviser, O king, just as I was your father's adviser in the past.' Then you can frustrate and counter Ahithophel's advice.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:35 - Zadok and Abiathar, the priests, will be there. Tell them about the plans being made in the king's palace,
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:2 - “What are these for?” the king asked Ziba.
Ziba replied, “The donkeys are for the king's people to ride on, and the bread and summer fruit are for the young men to eat. The wine is for those who become exhausted in the wilderness.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:3 - “And where is Mephibosheth, Saul's grandson?” the king asked him.
“He stayed in Jerusalem,” Ziba replied. “He said, ‘Today I will get back the kingdom of my grandfather Saul.'”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:6 - He threw stones at the king and the king's officers and all the mighty warriors who surrounded him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:8 - “The LORD is paying you back for all the bloodshed in Saul's clan. You stole his throne, and now the LORD has given it to your son Absalom. At last you will taste some of your own medicine, for you are a murderer!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:11 - Then David said to Abishai and to all his servants, “My own son is trying to kill me. Doesn't this relative of Saul[fn] have even more reason to do so? Leave him alone and let him curse, for the LORD has told him to do it.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:17 - “Is this the way you treat your friend David?” Absalom asked him. “Why aren't you with him?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:19 - “And anyway, why shouldn't I serve you? Just as I was your father's adviser, now I will be your adviser!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:21 - Ahithophel told him, “Go and sleep with your father's concubines, for he has left them here to look after the palace. Then all Israel will know that you have insulted your father beyond hope of reconciliation, and they will throw their support to you.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:22 - So they set up a tent on the palace roof where everyone could see it, and Absalom went in and had sex with his father's concubines.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:23 - Absalom followed Ahithophel's advice, just as David had done. For every word Ahithophel spoke seemed as wise as though it had come directly from the mouth of God.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:10 - Then even the bravest soldiers, though they have the heart of a lion, will be paralyzed with fear. For all Israel knows what a mighty warrior your father is and how courageous his men are.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:14 - Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “Hushai's advice is better than Ahithophel's.” For the LORD had determined to defeat the counsel of Ahithophel, which really was the better plan, so that he could bring disaster on Absalom!
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:15 - Hushai told Zadok and Abiathar, the priests, what Ahithophel had said to Absalom and the elders of Israel and what he himself had advised instead.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:19 - The man's wife put a cloth over the top of the well and scattered grain on it to dry in the sun; so no one suspected they were there.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:21 - Then the two men crawled out of the well and hurried on to King David. “Quick!” they told him, “cross the Jordan tonight!” And they told him how Ahithophel had advised that he be captured and killed.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:23 - When Ahithophel realized that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey, went to his hometown, set his affairs in order, and hanged himself. He died there and was buried in the family tomb.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:2 - He sent the troops out in three groups, placing one group under Joab, one under Joab's brother Abishai son of Zeruiah, and one under Ittai, the man from Gath. The king told his troops, “I am going out with you.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:5 - And the king gave this command to Joab, Abishai, and Ittai: “For my sake, deal gently with young Absalom.” And all the troops heard the king give this order to his commanders.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:8 - The battle raged all across the countryside, and more men died because of the forest than were killed by the sword.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:9 - During the battle, Absalom happened to come upon some of David's men. He tried to escape on his mule, but as he rode beneath the thick branches of a great tree, his hair[fn] got caught in the tree. His mule kept going and left him dangling in the air.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:12 - “I would not kill the king's son for even a thousand pieces of silver,[fn]” the man replied to Joab. “We all heard the king say to you and Abishai and Ittai, ‘For my sake, please spare young Absalom.'
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:13 - And if I had betrayed the king by killing his son—and the king would certainly find out who did it—you yourself would be the first to abandon me.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:16 - Then Joab blew the ram's horn, and his men returned from chasing the army of Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:18 - During his lifetime, Absalom had built a monument to himself in the King's Valley, for he said, “I have no son to carry on my name.” He named the monument after himself, and it is known as Absalom's Monument to this day.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:20 - “No,” Joab told him, “it wouldn't be good news to the king that his son is dead. You can be my messenger another time, but not today.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:22 - But Ahimaaz continued to plead with Joab, “Whatever happens, please let me go, too.”
“Why should you go, my son?” Joab replied. “There will be no reward for your news.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:23 - “Yes, but let me go anyway,” he begged.
Joab finally said, “All right, go ahead.” So Ahimaaz took the less demanding route by way of the plain and ran to Mahanaim ahead of the Ethiopian.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:27 - “The first man runs like Ahimaaz son of Zadok,” the watchman said.
“He is a good man and comes with good news,” the king replied.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:29 - “What about young Absalom?” the king demanded. “Is he all right?”
Ahimaaz replied, “When Joab told me to come, there was a lot of commotion. But I didn't know what was happening.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:32 - “What about young Absalom?” the king demanded. “Is he all right?”
And the Ethiopian replied, “May all of your enemies, my lord the king, both now and in the future, share the fate of that young man!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:8 - So the king went out and took his seat at the town gate, and as the news spread throughout the town that he was there, everyone went to him.
Meanwhile, the Israelites who had supported Absalom fled to their homes.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:15 - So the king started back to Jerusalem. And when he arrived at the Jordan River, the people of Judah came to Gilgal to meet him and escort him across the river.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:16 - Shimei son of Gera, the man from Bahurim in Benjamin, hurried across with the men of Judah to welcome King David.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:17 - A thousand other men from the tribe of Benjamin were with him, including Ziba, the chief servant of the house of Saul, and Ziba's fifteen sons and twenty servants. They rushed down to the Jordan to meet the king.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:18 - They crossed the shallows of the Jordan to bring the king's household across the river, helping him in every way they could. As the king was about to cross the river, Shimei fell down before him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:20 - I know how much I sinned. That is why I have come here today, the very first person in all Israel[fn] to greet my lord the king.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:24 - Now Mephibosheth,[fn] Saul's grandson, came down from Jerusalem to meet the king. He had not cared for his feet, trimmed his beard, or washed his clothes since the day the king left Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:25 - “Why didn't you come with me, Mephibosheth?” the king asked him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:26 - Mephibosheth replied, “My lord the king, my servant Ziba deceived me. I told him, ‘Saddle my donkey[fn] so I can go with the king.' For as you know I am crippled.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:27 - Ziba has slandered me by saying that I refused to come. But I know that my lord the king is like an angel of God, so do what you think is best.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:28 - All my relatives and I could expect only death from you, my lord, but instead you have honored me by allowing me to eat at your own table! What more can I ask?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:31 - Barzillai of Gilead had come down from Rogelim to escort the king across the Jordan.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:34 - “No,” he replied, “I am far too old to go with the king to Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:36 - Just to go across the Jordan River with the king is all the honor I need!
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:37 - Then let me return again to die in my own town, where my father and mother are buried. But here is your servant, my son Kimham. Let him go with my lord the king and receive whatever you want to give him.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:40 - The king then crossed over to Gilgal, taking Kimham with him. All the troops of Judah and half the troops of Israel escorted the king on his way.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:42 - The men of Judah replied, “The king is one of our own kinsmen. Why should this make you angry? We haven't eaten any of the king's food or received any special favors!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:2 - So all the men of Israel deserted David and followed Sheba son of Bicri. But the men of Judah stayed with their king and escorted him from the Jordan River to Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:5 - So Amasa went out to notify Judah, but it took him longer than the time he had been given.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:6 - Then David said to Abishai, “Sheba son of Bicri is going to hurt us more than Absalom did. Quick, take my troops and chase after him before he gets into a fortified town where we can't reach him.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:9 - “How are you, my cousin?” Joab said and took him by the beard with his right hand as though to kiss him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:11 - One of Joab's young men shouted to Amasa's troops, “If you are for Joab and David, come and follow Joab.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:18 - Then she continued, “There used to be a saying, ‘If you want to settle an argument, ask advice at the town of Abel.'
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:23 - Now Joab was the commander of the army of Israel. Benaiah son of Jehoiada was captain of the king's bodyguard.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:24 - Adoniram[fn] was in charge of the labor force. Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the royal historian.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:26 - And Ira, a descendant of Jair, was David's personal priest.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:1 - There was a famine during David's reign that lasted for three years, so David asked the LORD about it. And the LORD said, “The famine has come because Saul and his family are guilty of murdering the Gibeonites.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:2 - So the king summoned the Gibeonites. They were not part of Israel but were all that was left of the nation of the Amorites. The people of Israel had sworn not to kill them, but Saul, in his zeal for Israel and Judah, had tried to wipe them out.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:4 - “Well, money can't settle this matter between us and the family of Saul,” the Gibeonites replied. “Neither can we demand the life of anyone in Israel.”
“What can I do then?” David asked. “Just tell me and I will do it for you.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:5 - Then they replied, “It was Saul who planned to destroy us, to keep us from having any place at all in the territory of Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:10 - Then Rizpah daughter of Aiah, the mother of two of the men, spread burlap on a rock and stayed there the entire harvest season. She prevented the scavenger birds from tearing at their bodies during the day and stopped wild animals from eating them at night.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:12 - he went to the people of Jabesh-gilead and retrieved the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan. (When the Philistines had killed Saul and Jonathan on Mount Gilboa, the people of Jabesh-gilead stole their bodies from the public square of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hung them.)
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:13 - So David obtained the bones of Saul and Jonathan, as well as the bones of the men the Gibeonites had executed.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:14 - Then the king ordered that they bury the bones in the tomb of Kish, Saul's father, at the town of Zela in the land of Benjamin. After that, God ended the famine in the land.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:16 - Ishbi-benob was a descendant of the giants[fn]; his bronze spearhead weighed more than seven pounds,[fn] and he was armed with a new sword. He had cornered David and was about to kill him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:18 - After this, there was another battle against the Philistines at Gob. As they fought, Sibbecai from Hushah killed Saph, another descendant of the giants.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:8 - “Then the earth quaked and trembled.
The foundations of the heavens shook;
they quaked because of his anger.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:22 - For I have kept the ways of the LORD;
I have not turned from my God to follow evil.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:32 - For who is God except the LORD?
Who but our God is a solid rock?
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:11 - Next in rank was Shammah son of Agee from Harar. One time the Philistines gathered at Lehi and attacked the Israelites in a field full of lentils. The Israelite army fled,
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:15 - David remarked longingly to his men, “Oh, how I would love some of that good water from the well by the gate in Bethlehem.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:16 - So the Three broke through the Philistine lines, drew some water from the well by the gate in Bethlehem, and brought it back to David. But he refused to drink it. Instead, he poured it out as an offering to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:20 - There was also Benaiah son of Jehoiada, a valiant warrior[fn] from Kabzeel. He did many heroic deeds, which included killing two champions[fn] of Moab. Another time, on a snowy day, he chased a lion down into a pit and killed it.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:21 - Once, armed only with a club, he killed a great Egyptian warrior who was armed with a spear. Benaiah wrenched the spear from the Egyptian's hand and killed him with it.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:27 - Abiezer from Anathoth;
Sibbecai[fn] from Hushah;
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:31 - Abi-albon from Arabah;
Azmaveth from Bahurim;
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:34 - Eliphelet son of Ahasbai from Maacah;
Eliam son of Ahithophel from Giloh;
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:2 - So the king said to Joab and the commanders[fn] of the army, “Take a census of all the tribes of Israel—from Dan in the north to Beersheba in the south—so I may know how many people there are.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:3 - But Joab replied to the king, “May the LORD your God let you live to see a hundred times as many people as there are now! But why, my lord the king, do you want to do this?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:4 - But the king insisted that they take the census, so Joab and the commanders of the army went out to count the people of Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:7 - Then they came to the fortress of Tyre, and all the towns of the Hivites and Canaanites. Finally, they went south to Judah[fn] as far as Beersheba.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:9 - Joab reported the number of people to the king. There were 800,000 capable warriors in Israel who could handle a sword, and 500,000 in Judah.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:10 - But after he had taken the census, David's conscience began to bother him. And he said to the LORD, “I have sinned greatly by taking this census. Please forgive my guilt, LORD, for doing this foolish thing.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:15 - So the LORD sent a plague upon Israel that morning, and it lasted for three days.[fn] A total of 70,000 people died throughout the nation, from Dan in the north to Beersheba in the south.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:16 - But as the angel was preparing to destroy Jerusalem, the LORD relented and said to the death angel, “Stop! That is enough!” At that moment the angel of the LORD was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:17 - When David saw the angel, he said to the LORD, “I am the one who has sinned and done wrong! But these people are as innocent as sheep—what have they done? Let your anger fall against me and my family.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:18 - That day Gad came to David and said to him, “Go up and build an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:21 - “Why have you come, my lord the king?” Araunah asked.
David replied, “I have come to buy your threshing floor and to build an altar to the LORD there, so that he will stop the plague.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:7 - Adonijah took Joab son of Zeruiah and Abiathar the priest into his confidence, and they agreed to help him become king.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:8 - But Zadok the priest, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei, Rei, and David's personal bodyguard refused to support Adonijah.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:9 - Adonijah went to the Stone of Zoheleth[fn] near the spring of En-rogel, where he sacrificed sheep, cattle, and fattened calves. He invited all his brothers—the other sons of King David—and all the royal officials of Judah.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:12 - If you want to save your own life and the life of your son Solomon, follow my advice.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:13 - Go at once to King David and say to him, ‘My lord the king, didn't you make a vow and say to me, “Your son Solomon will surely be the next king and will sit on my throne”? Why then has Adonijah become king?'
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:14 - And while you are still talking with him, I will come and confirm everything you have said.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:17 - She replied, “My lord, you made a vow before the LORD your God when you said to me, ‘Your son Solomon will surely be the next king and will sit on my throne.'
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:19 - He has sacrificed many cattle, fattened calves, and sheep, and he has invited all the king's sons to attend the celebration. He also invited Abiathar the priest and Joab, the commander of the army. But he did not invite your servant Solomon.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:20 - And now, my lord the king, all Israel is waiting for you to announce who will become king after you.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:22 - While she was still speaking with the king, Nathan the prophet arrived.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:23 - The king's officials told him, “Nathan the prophet is here to see you.”
Nathan went in and bowed before the king with his face to the ground.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:24 - Nathan asked, “My lord the king, have you decided that Adonijah will be the next king and that he will sit on your throne?
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:25 - Today he has sacrificed many cattle, fattened calves, and sheep, and he has invited all the king's sons to attend the celebration. He also invited the commanders of the army and Abiathar the priest. They are feasting and drinking with him and shouting, ‘Long live King Adonijah!'
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:27 - Has my lord the king really done this without letting any of his officials know who should be the next king?”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:28 - King David responded, “Call Bathsheba!” So she came back in and stood before the king.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:30 - your son Solomon will be the next king and will sit on my throne this very day, just as I vowed to you before the LORD, the God of Israel.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:32 - Then King David ordered, “Call Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada.” When they came into the king's presence,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:33 - the king said to them, “Take Solomon and my officials down to Gihon Spring. Solomon is to ride on my own mule.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:35 - Then escort him back here, and he will sit on my throne. He will succeed me as king, for I have appointed him to be ruler over Israel and Judah.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:36 - “Amen!” Benaiah son of Jehoiada replied. “May the LORD, the God of my lord the king, decree that it happen.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:37 - And may the LORD be with Solomon as he has been with you, my lord the king, and may he make Solomon's reign even greater than yours!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:38 - So Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and the king's bodyguard[fn] took Solomon down to Gihon Spring, with Solomon riding on King David's own mule.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:42 - And while he was still speaking, Jonathan son of Abiathar the priest arrived. “Come in,” Adonijah said to him, “for you are a good man. You must have good news.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:44 - The king sent him down to Gihon Spring with Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, protected by the king's bodyguard. They had him ride on the king's own mule,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:47 - And all the royal officials have gone to King David and congratulated him, saying, ‘May your God make Solomon's fame even greater than your own, and may Solomon's reign be even greater than yours!' Then the king bowed his head in worship as he lay in his bed,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:48 - and he said, ‘Praise the LORD, the God of Israel, who today has chosen a successor to sit on my throne while I am still alive to see it.'”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:49 - Then all of Adonijah's guests jumped up in panic from the banquet table and quickly scattered.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:3 - Observe the requirements of the LORD your God, and follow all his ways. Keep the decrees, commands, regulations, and laws written in the Law of Moses so that you will be successful in all you do and wherever you go.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:7 - “Be kind to the sons of Barzillai of Gilead. Make them permanent guests at your table, for they took care of me when I fled from your brother Absalom.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:8 - “And remember Shimei son of Gera, the man from Bahurim in Benjamin. He cursed me with a terrible curse as I was fleeing to Mahanaim. When he came down to meet me at the Jordan River, I swore by the LORD that I would not kill him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:12 - Solomon became king and sat on the throne of David his father, and his kingdom was firmly established.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:19 - So Bathsheba went to King Solomon to speak on Adonijah's behalf. The king rose from his throne to meet her, and he bowed down before her. When he sat down on his throne again, the king ordered that a throne be brought for his mother, and she sat at his right hand.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:23 - Then King Solomon made a vow before the LORD: “May God strike me and even kill me if Adonijah has not sealed his fate with this request.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:24 - The LORD has confirmed me and placed me on the throne of my father, David; he has established my dynasty as he promised. So as surely as the LORD lives, Adonijah will die this very day!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:26 - Then the king said to Abiathar the priest, “Go back to your home in Anathoth. You deserve to die, but I will not kill you now, because you carried the Ark of the Sovereign LORD for David my father and you shared all his hardships.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:27 - So Solomon deposed Abiathar from his position as priest of the LORD, thereby fulfilling the prophecy the LORD had given at Shiloh concerning the descendants of Eli.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:28 - Joab had not joined Absalom's earlier rebellion, but he had joined Adonijah's rebellion. So when Joab heard about Adonijah's death, he ran to the sacred tent of the LORD and grabbed on to the horns of the altar.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:29 - When this was reported to King Solomon, he sent Benaiah son of Jehoiada to execute him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:30 - Benaiah went to the sacred tent of the LORD and said to Joab, “The king orders you to come out!”
But Joab answered, “No, I will die here.”
So Benaiah returned to the king and told him what Joab had said.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:31 - “Do as he said,” the king replied. “Kill him there beside the altar and bury him. This will remove the guilt of Joab's senseless murders from me and from my father's family.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:39 - But three years later two of Shimei's slaves ran away to King Achish son of Maacah of Gath. When Shimei learned where they were,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:42 - So the king sent for Shimei and demanded, “Didn't I make you swear by the LORD and warn you not to go anywhere else or you would surely die? And you replied, ‘The sentence is fair; I will do as you say.'
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:3 - Solomon loved the LORD and followed all the decrees of his father, David, except that Solomon, too, offered sacrifices and burned incense at the local places of worship.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:6 - Solomon replied, “You showed faithful love to your servant my father, David, because he was honest and true and faithful to you. And you have continued your faithful love to him today by giving him a son to sit on his throne.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:7 - “Now, O LORD my God, you have made me king instead of my father, David, but I am like a little child who doesn't know his way around.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:8 - And here I am in the midst of your own chosen people, a nation so great and numerous they cannot be counted!
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:22 - Then the other woman interrupted, “It certainly was your son, and the living child is mine.”
“No,” the first woman said, “the living child is mine, and the dead one is yours.” And so they argued back and forth before the king.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:24 - All right, bring me a sword.” So a sword was brought to the king.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:28 - When all Israel heard the king's decision, the people were in awe of the king, for they saw the wisdom God had given him for rendering justice.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:5 - Azariah son of Nathan was in charge of the district governors.
Zabud son of Nathan, a priest, was a trusted adviser to the king.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:12 - Baana son of Ahilud, in Taanach and Megiddo, all of Beth-shan[fn] near Zarethan below Jezreel, and all the territory from Beth-shan to Abel-meholah and over to Jokmeam.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:19 - Geber son of Uri, in the land of Gilead,[fn] including the territories of King Sihon of the Amorites and King Og of Bashan.
There was also one governor over the land of Judah.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:24 - Solomon's dominion extended over all the kingdoms west of the Euphrates River, from Tiphsah to Gaza. And there was peace on all his borders.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:27 - The district governors faithfully provided food for King Solomon and his court; each made sure nothing was lacking during the month assigned to him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:33 - He could speak with authority about all kinds of plants, from the great cedar of Lebanon to the tiny hyssop that grows from cracks in a wall. He could also speak about animals, birds, small creatures, and fish.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:1 - [fn]King Hiram of Tyre had always been a loyal friend of David. When Hiram learned that David's son Solomon was the new king of Israel, he sent ambassadors to congratulate him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:6 - “Therefore, please command that cedars from Lebanon be cut for me. Let my men work alongside yours, and I will pay your men whatever wages you ask. As you know, there is no one among us who can cut timber like you Sidonians!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:9 - My servants will bring the logs from the Lebanon mountains to the Mediterranean Sea[fn] and make them into rafts and float them along the coast to whatever place you choose. Then we will break the rafts apart so you can carry the logs away. You can pay me by supplying me with food for my household.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:14 - He sent them to Lebanon in shifts, 10,000 every month, so that each man would be one month in Lebanon and two months at home. Adoniram was in charge of this labor force.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:1 - It was in midspring, in the month of Ziv,[fn] during the fourth year of Solomon's reign, that he began to construct the Temple of the LORD. This was 480 years after the people of Israel were rescued from their slavery in the land of Egypt.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:3 - The entry room at the front of the Temple was 30 feet[fn] wide, running across the entire width of the Temple. It projected outward 15 feet[fn] from the front of the Temple.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:5 - He built a complex of rooms against the outer walls of the Temple, all the way around the sides and rear of the building.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:6 - The complex was three stories high, the bottom floor being 7½ feet wide, the second floor 9 feet wide, and the top floor 10½ feet wide.[fn] The rooms were connected to the walls of the Temple by beams resting on ledges built out from the wall. So the beams were not inserted into the walls themselves.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:8 - The entrance to the bottom floor[fn] was on the south side of the Temple. There were winding stairs going up to the second floor, and another flight of stairs between the second and third floors.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:10 - As already stated, he built a complex of rooms on three sides of the building, attached to the Temple walls by cedar timbers. Each story of the complex was 7½ feet[fn] high.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:15 - The entire inside, from floor to ceiling, was paneled with wood. He paneled the walls and ceilings with cedar, and he used planks of cypress for the floors.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:16 - He partitioned off an inner sanctuary—the Most Holy Place—at the far end of the Temple. It was 30 feet deep and was paneled with cedar from floor to ceiling.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:19 - He prepared the inner sanctuary at the far end of the Temple, where the Ark of the LORD's Covenant would be placed.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:22 - So he finished overlaying the entire Temple with gold, including the altar that belonged to the Most Holy Place.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:27 - He placed them side by side in the inner sanctuary of the Temple. Their outspread wings reached from wall to wall, while their inner wings touched at the center of the room.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:29 - He decorated all the walls of the inner sanctuary and the main room with carvings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:30 - He overlaid the floor in both rooms with gold.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:33 - Then he made four-sided doorposts of wild olive wood for the entrance to the Temple.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:36 - The walls of the inner courtyard were built so that there was one layer of cedar beams between every three layers of finished stone.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:2 - One of Solomon's buildings was called the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon. It was 150 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high.[fn] There were four rows of cedar pillars, and great cedar beams rested on the pillars.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:15 - Huram cast two bronze pillars, each 27 feet tall and 18 feet in circumference.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:16 - For the tops of the pillars he cast bronze capitals, each 7½ feet[fn] tall.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:21 - Huram set the pillars at the entrance of the Temple, one toward the south and one toward the north. He named the one on the south Jakin, and the one on the north Boaz.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:32 - Under the panels were four wheels that were connected to axles that had been cast as one unit with the cart. The wheels were 2¼ feet in diameter
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:35 - Around the top of each cart was a rim nine inches wide.[fn] The corner supports and side panels were cast as one unit with the cart.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:39 - He set five water carts on the south side of the Temple and five on the north side. The great bronze basin called the Sea was placed near the southeast corner of the Temple.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:45 - the ash buckets, the shovels, and the bowls. Huram made all these things of burnished bronze for the Temple of the LORD, just as King Solomon had directed.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:46 - The king had them cast in clay molds in the Jordan Valley between Succoth and Zarethan.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:47 - Solomon did not weigh all these things because there were so many; the weight of the bronze could not be measured.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:50 - the small bowls, lamp snuffers, bowls, dishes, and incense burners—all of solid gold;
the doors for the entrances to the Most Holy Place and the main room of the Temple, with their fronts overlaid with gold.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:51 - So King Solomon finished all his work on the Temple of the LORD. Then he brought all the gifts his father, David, had dedicated—the silver, the gold, and the various articles—and he stored them in the treasuries of the LORD's Temple.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:6 - Then the priests carried the Ark of the LORD's Covenant into the inner sanctuary of the Temple—the Most Holy Place—and placed it beneath the wings of the cherubim.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:10 - When the priests came out of the Holy Place, a thick cloud filled the Temple of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:15 - “Praise the LORD, the God of Israel, who has kept the promise he made to my father, David. For he told my father,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:17 - Then Solomon said, “My father, David, wanted to build this Temple to honor the name of the LORD, the God of Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:20 - “And now the LORD has fulfilled the promise he made, for I have become king in my father's place, and I now sit on the throne of Israel, just as the LORD promised. I have built this Temple to honor the name of the LORD, the God of Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:27 - “But will God really live on earth? Why, even the highest heavens cannot contain you. How much less this Temple I have built!
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:30 - May you hear the humble and earnest requests from me and your people Israel when we pray toward this place. Yes, hear us from heaven where you live, and when you hear, forgive.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:32 - then hear from heaven and judge between your servants—the accuser and the accused. Punish the guilty as they deserve. Acquit the innocent because of their innocence.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:34 - then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of your people Israel and return them to this land you gave their ancestors.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:36 - then hear from heaven and forgive the sins of your servants, your people Israel. Teach them to follow the right path, and send rain on your land that you have given to your people as their special possession.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:39 - then hear from heaven where you live, and forgive. Give your people what their actions deserve, for you alone know each human heart.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:43 - then hear from heaven where you live, and grant what they ask of you. In this way, all the people of the earth will come to know and fear you, just as your own people Israel do. They, too, will know that this Temple I have built honors your name.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:44 - “If your people go out where you send them to fight their enemies, and if they pray to the LORD by turning toward this city you have chosen and toward this Temple I have built to honor your name,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:45 - then hear their prayers from heaven and uphold their cause.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:48 - If they turn to you with their whole heart and soul in the land of their enemies and pray toward the land you gave to their ancestors—toward this city you have chosen, and toward this Temple I have built to honor your name—
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:49 - then hear their prayers and their petition from heaven where you live, and uphold their cause.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:52 - “May your eyes be open to my requests and to the requests of your people Israel. May you hear and answer them whenever they cry out to you.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:53 - For when you brought our ancestors out of Egypt, O Sovereign LORD, you told your servant Moses that you had set Israel apart from all the nations of the earth to be your own special possession.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:59 - And may these words that I have prayed in the presence of the LORD be before him constantly, day and night, so that the LORD our God may give justice to me and to his people Israel, according to each day's needs.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:64 - That same day the king consecrated the central area of the courtyard in front of the LORD's Temple. He offered burnt offerings, grain offerings, and the fat of peace offerings there, because the bronze altar in the LORD's presence was too small to hold all the burnt offerings, grain offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:1 - So Solomon finished building the Temple of the LORD, as well as the royal palace. He completed everything he had planned to do.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:10 - It took Solomon twenty years to build the LORD's Temple and his own royal palace. At the end of that time,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:11 - he gave twenty towns in the land of Galilee to King Hiram of Tyre. (Hiram had previously provided all the cedar and cypress timber and gold that Solomon had requested.)
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:15 - This is the account of the forced labor that King Solomon conscripted to build the LORD's Temple, the royal palace, the supporting terraces,[fn] the wall of Jerusalem, and the cities of Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:20 - There were still some people living in the land who were not Israelites, including Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:3 - Solomon had answers for all her questions; nothing was too hard for the king to explain to her.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:6 - She exclaimed to the king, “Everything I heard in my country about your achievements[fn] and wisdom is true!
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:12 - The king used the sandalwood to make railings for the Temple of the LORD and the royal palace, and to construct lyres and harps for the musicians. Never before or since has there been such a supply of sandalwood.)
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:13 - King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba whatever she asked for, besides all the customary gifts he had so generously given. Then she and all her attendants returned to their own land.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:15 - This did not include the additional revenue he received from merchants and traders, all the kings of Arabia, and the governors of the land.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:17 - He also made 300 smaller shields of hammered gold, each weighing nearly four pounds.[fn] The king placed these shields in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:19 - The throne had six steps and a rounded back. There were armrests on both sides of the seat, and the figure of a lion stood on each side of the throne.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:21 - All of King Solomon's drinking cups were solid gold, as were all the utensils in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon. They were not made of silver, for silver was considered worthless in Solomon's day!
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:26 - Solomon built up a huge force of chariots and horses.[fn] He had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses. He stationed some of them in the chariot cities and some near him in Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:28 - Solomon's horses were imported from Egypt[fn] and from Cilicia[fn]; the king's traders acquired them from Cilicia at the standard price.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:4 - In Solomon's old age, they turned his heart to worship other gods instead of being completely faithful to the LORD his God, as his father, David, had been.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:9 - The LORD was very angry with Solomon, for his heart had turned away from the LORD, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:10 - He had warned Solomon specifically about worshiping other gods, but Solomon did not listen to the LORD's command.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:17 - But Hadad and a few of his father's royal officials escaped and headed for Egypt. (Hadad was just a boy at the time.)
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:27 - This is the story behind his rebellion. Solomon was rebuilding the supporting terraces[fn] and repairing the walls of the city of his father, David.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:35 - But I will take the kingdom away from his son and give ten of the tribes to you.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:43 - When he died, he was buried in the City of David, named for his father. Then his son Rehoboam became the next king.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:4 - “Your father was a hard master,” they said. “Lighten the harsh labor demands and heavy taxes that your father imposed on us. Then we will be your loyal subjects.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:6 - Then King Rehoboam discussed the matter with the older men who had counseled his father, Solomon. “What is your advice?” he asked. “How should I answer these people?”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:9 - “What is your advice?” he asked them. “How should I answer these people who want me to lighten the burdens imposed by my father?”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:10 - The young men replied, “This is what you should tell those complainers who want a lighter burden: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father's waist!
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:15 - So the king paid no attention to the people. This turn of events was the will of the LORD, for it fulfilled the LORD's message to Jeroboam son of Nebat through the prophet Ahijah from Shiloh.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:18 - King Rehoboam sent Adoniram,[fn] who was in charge of the labor force, to restore order, but the people of Israel stoned him to death. When this news reached King Rehoboam, he quickly jumped into his chariot and fled to Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:22 - But God said to Shemaiah, the man of God,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:23 - “Say to Rehoboam son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all the people of Judah and Benjamin, and to the rest of the people,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:24 - ‘This is what the LORD says: Do not fight against your relatives, the Israelites. Go back home, for what has happened is my doing!'” So they obeyed the message of the LORD and went home, as the LORD had commanded.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:27 - When these people go to Jerusalem to offer sacrifices at the Temple of the LORD, they will again give their allegiance to King Rehoboam of Judah. They will kill me and make him their king instead.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:31 - Jeroboam also erected buildings at the pagan shrines and ordained priests from the common people—those who were not from the priestly tribe of Levi.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:32 - And Jeroboam instituted a religious festival in Bethel, held on the fifteenth day of the eighth month,[fn] in imitation of the annual Festival of Shelters in Judah. There at Bethel he himself offered sacrifices to the calves he had made, and he appointed priests for the pagan shrines he had made.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:1 - At the LORD's command, a man of God from Judah went to Bethel, arriving there just as Jeroboam was approaching the altar to burn incense.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:4 - When King Jeroboam heard the man of God speaking against the altar at Bethel, he pointed at him and shouted, “Seize that man!” But instantly the king's hand became paralyzed in that position, and he couldn't pull it back.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:5 - At the same time a wide crack appeared in the altar, and the ashes poured out, just as the man of God had predicted in his message from the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:6 - The king cried out to the man of God, “Please ask the LORD your God to restore my hand again!” So the man of God prayed to the LORD, and the king's hand was restored and he could move it again.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:7 - Then the king said to the man of God, “Come to the palace with me and have something to eat, and I will give you a gift.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:8 - But the man of God said to the king, “Even if you gave me half of everything you own, I would not go with you. I would not eat or drink anything in this place.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:11 - As it happened, there was an old prophet living in Bethel, and his sons[fn] came home and told him what the man of God had done in Bethel that day. They also told their father what the man had said to the king.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:12 - The old prophet asked them, “Which way did he go?” So they showed their father[fn] which road the man of God had taken.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:14 - Then he rode after the man of God and found him sitting under a great tree. The old prophet asked him, “Are you the man of God who came from Judah?”
“Yes, I am,” he replied.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:21 - He cried out to the man of God from Judah, “This is what the LORD says: You have defied the word of the LORD and have disobeyed the command the LORD your God gave you.
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 13:28 - and he went out and found the body lying in the road. The donkey and lion were still standing there beside it, for the lion had not eaten the body nor attacked the donkey.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:29 - So the prophet laid the body of the man of God on the donkey and took it back to the town to mourn over him and bury him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:31 - Afterward the prophet said to his sons, “When I die, bury me in the grave where the man of God is buried. Lay my bones beside his bones.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:33 - But even after this, Jeroboam did not turn from his evil ways. He continued to choose priests from the common people. He appointed anyone who wanted to become a priest for the pagan shrines.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:21 - Meanwhile, Rehoboam son of Solomon was king in Judah. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the LORD had chosen from among all the tribes of Israel as the place to honor his name. Rehoboam's mother was Naamah, an Ammonite woman.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:26 - He ransacked the treasuries of the LORD's Temple and the royal palace; he stole everything, including all the gold shields Solomon had made.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:27 - King Rehoboam later replaced them with bronze shields as substitutes, and he entrusted them to the care of the commanders of the guard who protected the entrance to the royal palace.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:3 - He committed the same sins as his father before him, and he was not faithful to the LORD his God, as his ancestor David had been.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:8 - When Abijam died, he was buried in the City of David. Then his son Asa became the next king.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:15 - He brought into the Temple of the LORD the silver and gold and the various items that he and his father had dedicated.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:18 - Asa responded by removing all the silver and gold that was left in the treasuries of the Temple of the LORD and the royal palace. He sent it with some of his officials to Ben-hadad son of Tabrimmon, son of Hezion, the king of Aram, who was ruling in Damascus, along with this message:
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:19 - “Let there be a treaty[fn] between you and me like the one between your father and my father. See, I am sending you a gift of silver and gold. Break your treaty with King Baasha of Israel so that he will leave me alone.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:20 - Ben-hadad agreed to King Asa's request and sent the commanders of his army to attack the towns of Israel. They conquered the towns of Ijon, Dan, Abel-beth-maacah, and all Kinnereth, and all the land of Naphtali.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:25 - Nadab son of Jeroboam began to rule over Israel in the second year of King Asa's reign in Judah. He reigned in Israel two years.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:26 - But he did what was evil in the LORD's sight and followed the example of his father, continuing the sins that Jeroboam had led Israel to commit.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:28 - Baasha killed Nadab in the third year of King Asa's reign in Judah, and he became the next king of Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:29 - He immediately slaughtered all the descendants of King Jeroboam, so that not one of the royal family was left, just as the LORD had promised concerning Jeroboam by the prophet Ahijah from Shiloh.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:30 - This was done because Jeroboam had provoked the anger of the LORD, the God of Israel, by the sins he had committed and the sins he had led Israel to commit.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:33 - Baasha son of Ahijah began to rule over all Israel in the third year of King Asa's reign in Judah. Baasha reigned in Tirzah twenty-four years.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:3 - So now I will destroy you and your family, just as I destroyed the descendants of Jeroboam son of Nebat.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:4 - The members of Baasha's family who die in the city will be eaten by dogs, and those who die in the field will be eaten by vultures.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:9 - Then Zimri, who commanded half of the royal chariots, made plans to kill him. One day in Tirzah, Elah was getting drunk at the home of Arza, the supervisor of the palace.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:11 - Zimri immediately killed the entire royal family of Baasha, leaving him not even a single male child. He even destroyed distant relatives and friends.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:13 - This happened because of all the sins Baasha and his son Elah had committed, and because of the sins they led Israel to commit. They provoked the anger of the LORD, the God of Israel, with their worthless idols.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:18 - When Zimri saw that the city had been taken, he went into the citadel of the palace and burned it down over himself and died in the flames.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:21 - But now the people of Israel were split into two factions. Half the people tried to make Tibni son of Ginath their king, while the other half supported Omri.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:23 - Omri began to rule over Israel in the thirty-first year of King Asa's reign in Judah. He reigned twelve years in all, six of them in Tirzah.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:24 - Then Omri bought the hill now known as Samaria from its owner, Shemer, for 150 pounds of silver.[fn] He built a city on it and called the city Samaria in honor of Shemer.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:28 - When Omri died, he was buried in Samaria. Then his son Ahab became the next king.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:3 - “Go to the east and hide by Kerith Brook, near where it enters the Jordan River.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:4 - Drink from the brook and eat what the ravens bring you, for I have commanded them to bring you food.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:5 - So Elijah did as the LORD told him and camped beside Kerith Brook, east of the Jordan.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:6 - The ravens brought him bread and meat each morning and evening, and he drank from the brook.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:17 - Some time later the woman's son became sick. He grew worse and worse, and finally he died.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:18 - Then she said to Elijah, “O man of God, what have you done to me? Have you come here to point out my sins and kill my son?”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:19 - But Elijah replied, “Give me your son.” And he took the child's body from her arms, carried him up the stairs to the room where he was staying, and laid the body on his bed.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:18 - “I have made no trouble for Israel,” Elijah replied. “You and your family are the troublemakers, for you have refused to obey the commands of the LORD and have worshiped the images of Baal instead.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:22 - Then Elijah said to them, “I am the only prophet of the LORD who is left, but Baal has 450 prophets.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:24 - Then call on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of the LORD. The god who answers by setting fire to the wood is the true God!” And all the people agreed.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:26 - So they prepared one of the bulls and placed it on the altar. Then they called on the name of Baal from morning until noontime, shouting, “O Baal, answer us!” But there was no reply of any kind. Then they danced, hobbling around the altar they had made.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:29 - They raved all afternoon until the time of the evening sacrifice, but still there was no sound, no reply, no response.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:31 - He took twelve stones, one to represent each of the tribes of Israel,[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:37 - O LORD, answer me! Answer me so these people will know that you, O LORD, are God and that you have brought them back to yourself.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:38 - Immediately the fire of the LORD flashed down from heaven and burned up the young bull, the wood, the stones, and the dust. It even licked up all the water in the trench!
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:40 - Then Elijah commanded, “Seize all the prophets of Baal. Don't let a single one escape!” So the people seized them all, and Elijah took them down to the Kishon Valley and killed them there.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:41 - Then Elijah said to Ahab, “Go get something to eat and drink, for I hear a mighty rainstorm coming!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:22 - Afterward the prophet said to King Ahab, “Get ready for another attack. Begin making plans now, for the king of Aram will come back next spring.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:26 - The following spring he called up the Aramean army and marched out against Israel, this time at Aphek.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:28 - Then the man of God went to the king of Israel and said, “This is what the LORD says: The Arameans have said, ‘The LORD is a god of the hills and not of the plains.' So I will defeat this vast army for you. Then you will know that I am the LORD.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:30 - The rest fled into the town of Aphek, but the wall fell on them and killed another 27,000. Ben-hadad fled into the town and hid in a secret room.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:33 - The men took this as a good sign and quickly picked up on his words. “Yes,” they said, “your brother Ben-hadad!”
“Go and get him,” the king of Israel told them. And when Ben-hadad arrived, Ahab invited him up into his chariot.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:34 - Ben-hadad told him, “I will give back the towns my father took from your father, and you may establish places of trade in Damascus, as my father did in Samaria.”
Then Ahab said, “I will release you under these conditions.” So they made a new treaty, and Ben-hadad was set free.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:39 - As the king passed by, the prophet called out to him, “Sir, I was in the thick of battle, and suddenly a man brought me a prisoner. He said, ‘Guard this man; if for any reason he gets away, you will either die or pay a fine of seventy-five pounds[fn] of silver!'
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:42 - The prophet said to him, “This is what the LORD says: Because you have spared the man I said must be destroyed,[fn] now you must die in his place, and your people will die instead of his people.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:2 - One day Ahab said to Naboth, “Since your vineyard is so convenient to my palace, I would like to buy it to use as a vegetable garden. I will give you a better vineyard in exchange, or if you prefer, I will pay you for it.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:7 - “Are you the king of Israel or not?” Jezebel demanded. “Get up and eat something, and don't worry about it. I'll get you Naboth's vineyard!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:9 - In her letters she commanded: “Call the citizens together for fasting and prayer, and give Naboth a place of honor.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:12 - They called for a fast and put Naboth at a prominent place before the people.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:15 - When Jezebel heard the news, she said to Ahab, “You know the vineyard Naboth wouldn't sell you? Well, you can have it now! He's dead!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:16 - So Ahab immediately went down to the vineyard of Naboth to claim it.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:18 - “Go down to meet King Ahab of Israel, who rules in Samaria. He will be at Naboth's vineyard in Jezreel, claiming it for himself.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:21 - So now the LORD says, ‘I will bring disaster on you and consume you. I will destroy every one of your male descendants, slave and free alike, anywhere in Israel!
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:24 - “The members of Ahab's family who die in the city will be eaten by dogs, and those who die in the field will be eaten by vultures.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:27 - But when Ahab heard this message, he tore his clothing, dressed in burlap, and fasted. He even slept in burlap and went about in deep mourning.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:29 - “Do you see how Ahab has humbled himself before me? Because he has done this, I will not do what I promised during his lifetime. It will happen to his sons; I will destroy his dynasty.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:6 - So the king of Israel summoned the prophets, about 400 of them, and asked them, “Should I go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should I hold back?”
They all replied, “Yes, go right ahead! The Lord will give the king victory.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:7 - But Jehoshaphat asked, “Is there not also a prophet of the LORD here? We should ask him the same question.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:10 - King Ahab of Israel and King Jehoshaphat of Judah, dressed in their royal robes, were sitting on thrones at the threshing floor near the gate of Samaria. All of Ahab's prophets were prophesying there in front of them.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:13 - Meanwhile, the messenger who went to get Micaiah said to him, “Look, all the prophets are promising victory for the king. Be sure that you agree with them and promise success.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:15 - When Micaiah arrived before the king, Ahab asked him, “Micaiah, should we go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should we hold back?”
Micaiah replied sarcastically, “Yes, go up and be victorious, for the LORD will give the king victory!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:19 - Then Micaiah continued, “Listen to what the LORD says! I saw the LORD sitting on his throne with all the armies of heaven around him, on his right and on his left.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:26 - “Arrest him!” the king of Israel ordered. “Take him back to Amon, the governor of the city, and to my son Joash.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:34 - An Aramean soldier, however, randomly shot an arrow at the Israelite troops and hit the king of Israel between the joints of his armor. “Turn the horses[fn] and get me out of here!” Ahab groaned to the driver of his chariot. “I'm badly wounded!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:35 - The battle raged all that day, and the king remained propped up in his chariot facing the Arameans. The blood from his wound ran down to the floor of his chariot, and as evening arrived he died.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:36 - Just as the sun was setting, the cry ran through his troops: “We're done for! Run for your lives!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:43 - Jehoshaphat was a good king, following the example of his father, Asa. He did what was pleasing in the LORD's sight. [fn]During his reign, however, he failed to remove all the pagan shrines, and the people still offered sacrifices and burned incense there.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:50 - When Jehoshaphat died, he was buried with his ancestors in the City of David. Then his son Jehoram became the next king.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:52 - But he did what was evil in the LORD's sight, following the example of his father and mother and the example of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who had led Israel to sin.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:2 - One day Israel's new king, Ahaziah, fell through the latticework of an upper room at his palace in Samaria and was seriously injured. So he sent messengers to the temple of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, to ask whether he would recover.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:7 - “What sort of man was he?” the king demanded. “What did he look like?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:9 - Then he sent an army captain with fifty soldiers to arrest him. They found him sitting on top of a hill. The captain said to him, “Man of God, the king has commanded you to come down with us.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:10 - But Elijah replied to the captain, “If I am a man of God, let fire come down from heaven and destroy you and your fifty men!” Then fire fell from heaven and killed them all.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:11 - So the king sent another captain with fifty men. The captain said to him, “Man of God, the king demands that you come down at once.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:12 - Elijah replied, “If I am a man of God, let fire come down from heaven and destroy you and your fifty men!” And again the fire of God fell from heaven and killed them all.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:13 - Once more the king sent a third captain with fifty men. But this time the captain went up the hill and fell to his knees before Elijah. He pleaded with him, “O man of God, please spare my life and the lives of these, your fifty servants.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:14 - See how the fire from heaven came down and destroyed the first two groups. But now please spare my life!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:18 - The rest of the events in Ahaziah's reign are recorded in The Book of the History of the Kings of Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:6 - Then Elijah said to Elisha, “Stay here, for the LORD has told me to go to the Jordan River.”
But again Elisha replied, “As surely as the LORD lives and you yourself live, I will never leave you.” So they went on together.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:7 - Fifty men from the group of prophets also went and watched from a distance as Elijah and Elisha stopped beside the Jordan River.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:10 - “You have asked a difficult thing,” Elijah replied. “If you see me when I am taken from you, then you will get your request. But if not, then you won't.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:13 - Elisha picked up Elijah's cloak, which had fallen when he was taken up. Then Elisha returned to the bank of the Jordan River.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:24 - Elisha turned around and looked at them, and he cursed them in the name of the LORD. Then two bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:2 - He did what was evil in the LORD's sight, but not to the same extent as his father and mother. He at least tore down the sacred pillar of Baal that his father had set up.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:11 - But King Jehoshaphat of Judah asked, “Is there no prophet of the LORD with us? If there is, we can ask the LORD what to do through him.”
One of King Joram's officers replied, “Elisha son of Shaphat is here. He used to be Elijah's personal assistant.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:13 - “Why are you coming to me?”[fn] Elisha asked the king of Israel. “Go to the pagan prophets of your father and mother!”
But King Joram of Israel said, “No! For it was the LORD who called us three kings here—only to be defeated by the king of Moab!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:25 - They destroyed the towns, covered their good land with stones, stopped up all the springs, and cut down all the good trees. Finally, only Kir-hareseth and its stone walls were left, but men with slings surrounded and attacked it.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:7 - When she told the man of God what had happened, he said to her, “Now sell the olive oil and pay your debts, and you and your sons can live on what is left over.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:8 - One day Elisha went to the town of Shunem. A wealthy woman lived there, and she urged him to come to her home for a meal. After that, whenever he passed that way, he would stop there for something to eat.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:9 - She said to her husband, “I am sure this man who stops in from time to time is a holy man of God.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:13 - Elisha said to Gehazi, “Tell her, ‘We appreciate the kind concern you have shown us. What can we do for you? Can we put in a good word for you to the king or to the commander of the army?'”
“No,” she replied, “my family takes good care of me.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:21 - She carried him up and laid him on the bed of the man of God, then shut the door and left him there.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:22 - She sent a message to her husband: “Send one of the servants and a donkey so that I can hurry to the man of God and come right back.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:25 - As she approached the man of God at Mount Carmel, Elisha saw her in the distance. He said to Gehazi, “Look, the woman from Shunem is coming.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:28 - Then she said, “Did I ask you for a son, my lord? And didn't I say, ‘Don't deceive me and get my hopes up'?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:40 - Some of the stew was served to the men. But after they had eaten a bite or two they cried out, “Man of God, there's poison in this stew!” So they would not eat it.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:42 - One day a man from Baal-shalishah brought the man of God a sack of fresh grain and twenty loaves of barley bread made from the first grain of his harvest. Elisha said, “Give it to the people so they can eat.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:1 - The king of Aram had great admiration for Naaman, the commander of his army, because through him the LORD had given Aram great victories. But though Naaman was a mighty warrior, he suffered from leprosy.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:3 - One day the girl said to her mistress, “I wish my master would go to see the prophet in Samaria. He would heal him of his leprosy.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:15 - Then Naaman and his entire party went back to find the man of God. They stood before him, and Naaman said, “Now I know that there is no God in all the world except in Israel. So please accept a gift from your servant.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:20 - But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha, the man of God, said to himself, “My master should not have let this Aramean get away without accepting any of his gifts. As surely as the LORD lives, I will chase after him and get something from him.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:21 - So Gehazi set off after Naaman.
When Naaman saw Gehazi running after him, he climbed down from his chariot and went to meet him. “Is everything all right?” Naaman asked.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:2 - Let's go down to the Jordan River, where there are plenty of logs. There we can build a new place for us to meet.”
“All right,” he told them, “go ahead.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:6 - “Where did it fall?” the man of God asked. When he showed him the place, Elisha cut a stick and threw it into the water at that spot. Then the ax head floated to the surface.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:11 - The king of Aram became very upset over this. He called his officers together and demanded, “Which of you is the traitor? Who has been informing the king of Israel of my plans?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:12 - “It's not us, my lord the king,” one of the officers replied. “Elisha, the prophet in Israel, tells the king of Israel even the words you speak in the privacy of your bedroom!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:25 - As a result, there was a great famine in the city. The siege lasted so long that a donkey's head sold for eighty pieces of silver, and a cup of dove's dung sold for five pieces[fn] of silver.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:32 - Elisha was sitting in his house with the elders of Israel when the king sent a messenger to summon him. But before the messenger arrived, Elisha said to the elders, “A murderer has sent a man to cut off my head. When he arrives, shut the door and keep him out. We will soon hear his master's steps following him.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:9 - Finally, they said to each other, “This is not right. This is a day of good news, and we aren't sharing it with anyone! If we wait until morning, some calamity will certainly fall upon us. Come on, let's go back and tell the people at the palace.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:11 - Then the gatekeepers shouted the news to the people in the palace.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:14 - So two chariots with horses were prepared, and the king sent scouts to see what had happened to the Aramean army.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:15 - They went all the way to the Jordan River, following a trail of clothing and equipment that the Arameans had thrown away in their mad rush to escape. The scouts returned and told the king about it.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:17 - The king appointed his officer to control the traffic at the gate, but he was knocked down and trampled to death as the people rushed out.
So everything happened exactly as the man of God had predicted when the king came to his house.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:3 - After the famine ended she returned from the land of the Philistines, and she went to see the king about getting back her house and land.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:4 - As she came in, the king was talking with Gehazi, the servant of the man of God. The king had just said, “Tell me some stories about the great things Elisha has done.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:5 - And Gehazi was telling the king about the time Elisha had brought a boy back to life. At that very moment, the mother of the boy walked in to make her appeal to the king about her house and land.
“Look, my lord the king!” Gehazi exclaimed. “Here is the woman now, and this is her son—the very one Elisha brought back to life!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:6 - “Is this true?” the king asked her. And she told him the story. So he directed one of his officials to see that everything she had lost was restored to her, including the value of any crops that had been harvested during her absence.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:7 - Elisha went to Damascus, the capital of Aram, where King Ben-hadad lay sick. When someone told the king that the man of God had come,
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:8 - the king said to Hazael, “Take a gift to the man of God. Then tell him to ask the LORD, ‘Will I recover from this illness?'”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:11 - Elisha stared at Hazael[fn] with a fixed gaze until Hazael became uneasy.[fn] Then the man of God started weeping.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:24 - When Jehoram died, he was buried with his ancestors in the City of David. Then his son Ahaziah became the next king.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:7 - You are to destroy the family of Ahab, your master. In this way, I will avenge the murder of my prophets and all the LORD's servants who were killed by Jezebel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:8 - The entire family of Ahab must be wiped out. I will destroy every one of his male descendants, slave and free alike, anywhere in Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:11 - Jehu went back to his fellow officers, and one of them asked him, “What did that madman want? Is everything all right?”
“You know how a man like that babbles on,” Jehu replied.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:21 - “Quick! Get my chariot ready!” King Joram commanded.
Then King Joram of Israel and King Ahaziah of Judah rode out in their chariots to meet Jehu. They met him at the plot of land that had belonged to Naboth of Jezreel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:25 - Jehu said to Bidkar, his officer, “Throw him into the plot of land that belonged to Naboth of Jezreel. Do you remember when you and I were riding along behind his father, Ahab? The LORD pronounced this message against him:
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:31 - When Jehu entered the gate of the palace, she shouted at him, “Have you come in peace, you murderer? You're just like Zimri, who murdered his master!”[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:36 - When they returned and told Jehu, he stated, “This fulfills the message from the LORD, which he spoke through his servant Elijah from Tishbe: ‘At the plot of land in Jezreel, dogs will eat Jezebel's body.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:37 - Her remains will be scattered like dung on the plot of land in Jezreel, so that no one will be able to recognize her.'”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:2 - “The king's sons are with you, and you have at your disposal chariots, horses, a fortified city, and weapons. As soon as you receive this letter,
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:3 - select the best qualified of your master's sons to be your king, and prepare to fight for Ahab's dynasty.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:5 - So the palace and city administrators, together with the elders and the guardians of the king's sons, sent this message to Jehu: “We are your servants and will do anything you tell us. We will not make anyone king; do whatever you think is best.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:6 - Jehu responded with a second letter: “If you are on my side and are going to obey me, bring the heads of your master's sons to me at Jezreel by this time tomorrow.” Now the seventy sons of the king were being cared for by the leaders of Samaria, where they had been raised since childhood.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:7 - When the letter arrived, the leaders killed all seventy of the king's sons. They placed their heads in baskets and presented them to Jehu at Jezreel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:8 - A messenger went to Jehu and said, “They have brought the heads of the king's sons.”
So Jehu ordered, “Pile them in two heaps at the entrance of the city gate, and leave them there until morning.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:13 - he met some relatives of King Ahaziah of Judah. “Who are you?” he asked them.
And they replied, “We are relatives of King Ahaziah. We are going to visit the sons of King Ahab and the sons of the queen mother.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:17 - When Jehu arrived in Samaria, he killed everyone who was left there from Ahab's family, just as the LORD had promised through Elijah.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:19 - Therefore, summon all the prophets and worshipers of Baal, and call together all his priests. See to it that every one of them comes, for I am going to offer a great sacrifice to Baal. Anyone who fails to come will be put to death.” But Jehu's cunning plan was to destroy all the worshipers of Baal.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:21 - He sent messengers throughout all Israel summoning those who worshiped Baal. They all came—not a single one remained behind—and they filled the temple of Baal from one end to the other.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:22 - And Jehu instructed the keeper of the wardrobe, “Be sure that every worshiper of Baal wears one of these robes.” So robes were given to them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:23 - Then Jehu went into the temple of Baal with Jehonadab son of Recab. Jehu said to the worshipers of Baal, “Make sure no one who worships the LORD is here—only those who worship Baal.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:25 - As soon as Jehu had finished sacrificing the burnt offering, he commanded his guards and officers, “Go in and kill all of them. Don't let a single one escape!” So they killed them all with their swords, and the guards and officers dragged their bodies outside.[fn] Then Jehu's men went into the innermost fortress[fn] of the temple of Baal.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:26 - They dragged out the sacred pillar[fn] used in the worship of Baal and burned it.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:27 - They smashed the sacred pillar and wrecked the temple of Baal, converting it into a public toilet, as it remains to this day.
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 11:2 - But Ahaziah's sister Jehosheba, the daughter of King Jehoram,[fn] took Ahaziah's infant son, Joash, and stole him away from among the rest of the king's children, who were about to be killed. She put Joash and his nurse in a bedroom to hide him from Athaliah, so the child was not murdered.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:4 - In the seventh year of Athaliah's reign, Jehoiada the priest summoned the commanders, the Carite mercenaries, and the palace guards to come to the Temple of the LORD. He made a solemn pact with them and made them swear an oath of loyalty there in the LORD's Temple; then he showed them the king's son.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:5 - Jehoiada told them, “This is what you must do. A third of you who are on duty on the Sabbath are to guard the royal palace itself.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:6 - Another third of you are to stand guard at the Sur Gate. And the final third must stand guard behind the palace guard. These three groups will all guard the palace.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:8 - Form a bodyguard around the king and keep your weapons in hand. Kill anyone who tries to break through. Stay with the king wherever he goes.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:10 - and he supplied them with the spears and small shields that had once belonged to King David and were stored in the Temple of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:11 - The palace guards stationed themselves around the king, with their weapons ready. They formed a line from the south side of the Temple around to the north side and all around the altar.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:12 - Then Jehoiada brought out Joash, the king's son, placed the crown on his head, and presented him with a copy of God's laws.[fn] They anointed him and proclaimed him king, and everyone clapped their hands and shouted, “Long live the king!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:13 - When Athaliah heard all the noise made by the palace guards and the people, she hurried to the LORD's Temple to see what was happening.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:14 - When she arrived, she saw the newly crowned king standing in his place of authority by the pillar, as was the custom at times of coronation. The commanders and trumpeters were surrounding him, and people from all over the land were rejoicing and blowing trumpets. When Athaliah saw all this, she tore her clothes in despair and shouted, “Treason! Treason!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:16 - So they seized her and led her out to the gate where horses enter the palace grounds, and she was killed there.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:17 - Then Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king and the people that they would be the LORD's people. He also made a covenant between the king and the people.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:18 - And all the people of the land went over to the temple of Baal and tore it down. They demolished the altars and smashed the idols to pieces, and they killed Mattan the priest of Baal in front of the altars.
Jehoiada the priest stationed guards at the Temple of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:19 - Then the commanders, the Carite mercenaries, the palace guards, and all the people of the land escorted the king from the Temple of the LORD. They went through the gate of the guards and into the palace, and the king took his seat on the royal throne.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:20 - So all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was peaceful because Athaliah had been killed at the king's palace.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:5 - Let the priests take some of that money to pay for whatever repairs are needed at the Temple.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:6 - But by the twenty-third year of Joash's reign, the priests still had not repaired the Temple.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:7 - So King Joash called for Jehoiada and the other priests and asked them, “Why haven't you repaired the Temple? Don't use any more money for your own needs. From now on, it must all be spent on Temple repairs.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:8 - So the priests agreed not to accept any more money from the people, and they also agreed to let others take responsibility for repairing the Temple.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:10 - Whenever the chest became full, the court secretary and the high priest counted the money that had been brought to the LORD's Temple and put it into bags.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:18 - King Joash collected all the sacred objects that Jehoshaphat, Jehoram, and Ahaziah, the previous kings of Judah, had dedicated, along with what he himself had dedicated. He sent them all to Hazael, along with all the gold in the treasuries of the LORD's Temple and the royal palace. So Hazael called off his attack on Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:13 - When Jehoash died, he was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel. Then his son Jeroboam II became the next king.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:16 - Elisha told him, “Put your hand on the bow,” and Elisha laid his own hands on the king's hands.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:19 - But the man of God was angry with him. “You should have struck the ground five or six times!” he exclaimed. “Then you would have beaten Aram until it was entirely destroyed. Now you will be victorious only three times.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:20 - Then Elisha died and was buried.
Groups of Moabite raiders used to invade the land each spring.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:25 - Then Jehoash son of Jehoahaz recaptured from Ben-hadad son of Hazael the towns that had been taken from Jehoash's father, Jehoahaz. Jehoash defeated Ben-hadad on three occasions, and he recovered the Israelite towns.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:9 - But King Jehoash of Israel replied to King Amaziah of Judah with this story: “Out in the Lebanon mountains, a thistle sent a message to a mighty cedar tree: ‘Give your daughter in marriage to my son.' But just then a wild animal of Lebanon came by and stepped on the thistle, crushing it!
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:11 - But Amaziah refused to listen, 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 Box2Ki 14:14 - He carried off all the gold and silver and all the articles from the Temple of the LORD. He also seized the treasures from the royal palace, along with hostages, and then returned to Samaria.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:21 - All the people of Judah had crowned Amaziah's sixteen-year-old son, Uzziah,[fn] as king in place of his father, Amaziah.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:23 - Jeroboam II, the son of Jehoash, began to rule over Israel in the fifteenth year of King Amaziah's reign in Judah. Jeroboam reigned in Samaria forty-one years.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:25 - Jeroboam II recovered the territories of Israel between Lebo-hamath and the Dead Sea,[fn] just as the LORD, the God of Israel, had promised through Jonah son of Amittai, the prophet from Gath-hepher.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:27 - And because the LORD had not said he would blot out the name of Israel completely, he used Jeroboam II, the son of Jehoash, to save them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:29 - When Jeroboam II died, he was buried in Samaria[fn] with the kings of Israel. Then his son Zechariah became the next king.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:5 - The LORD struck the king with leprosy,[fn] which lasted until the day he died. He lived in isolation in a separate house. The king's son Jotham was put in charge of the royal palace, and he governed the people of the land.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:23 - Pekahiah son of Menahem began to rule over Israel in the fiftieth year of King Uzziah's reign in Judah. He reigned in Samaria two years.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:25 - Then Pekah son of Remaliah, the commander of Pekahiah's army, conspired against him. With fifty men from Gilead, Pekah assassinated the king, along with Argob and Arieh, in the citadel of the palace at Samaria. And Pekah reigned in his place.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:27 - Pekah son of Remaliah began to rule over Israel in the fifty-second year of King Uzziah's reign in Judah. He reigned in Samaria twenty years.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:38 - When Jotham died, he was buried with his ancestors in the City of David. And his son Ahaz became the next king.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:8 - Then Ahaz took the silver and gold from the Temple of the LORD and the palace treasury and sent it as a payment to the Assyrian king.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:14 - Then King Ahaz removed the old bronze altar from its place in front of the LORD's Temple, between the entrance and the new altar, and placed it on the north side of the new altar.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:15 - He told Uriah the priest, “Use the new altar[fn] for the morning sacrifices of burnt offering, the evening grain offering, the king's burnt offering and grain offering, and the burnt offerings of all the people, as well as their grain offerings and liquid offerings. Sprinkle the blood from all the burnt offerings and sacrifices on the new altar. The bronze altar will be for my personal use only.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:18 - In deference to the king of Assyria, he also removed the canopy that had been constructed inside the palace for use on the Sabbath day,[fn] as well as the king's outer entrance to the Temple of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:16 - They rejected all the commands of the LORD their God and made two calves from metal. They set up an Asherah pole and worshiped Baal and all the forces of heaven.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:19 - But even the people of Judah refused to obey the commands of the LORD their God, for they followed the evil practices that Israel had introduced.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:26 - So a message was sent to the king of Assyria: “The people you have sent to live in the towns of Samaria do not know the religious customs of the God of the land. He has sent lions among them to destroy them because they have not worshiped him correctly.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:27 - The king of Assyria then commanded, “Send one of the exiled priests back to Samaria. Let him live there and teach the new residents the religious customs of the God of the land.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:15 - To gather this amount, King Hezekiah used all the silver stored in the Temple of the LORD and in the palace treasury.
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 18:24 - With your tiny army, how can you think of challenging even the weakest contingent of my master's troops, even with the help of Egypt's chariots and charioteers?
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:26 - Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah, Shebna, and Joah said to the Assyrian chief of staff, “Please speak to us in Aramaic, for we understand it well. Don't speak in Hebrew,[fn] for the people on the wall will hear.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:28 - Then the chief of staff stood and shouted in Hebrew to the people on the wall, “Listen to this message from the great king of Assyria!
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:31 - “Don't listen to Hezekiah! These are the terms the king of Assyria is offering: Make peace with me—open the gates and come out. Then each of you can continue eating from your own grapevine and fig tree and drinking from your own well.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:36 - But the people were silent and did not utter a word because Hezekiah had commanded them, “Do not answer him.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:5 - After King Hezekiah's officials delivered the king's message to Isaiah,
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:22 - “Whom have you been defying and ridiculing?
Against whom did you raise your voice?
At whom did you look with such haughty eyes?
It was the Holy One of Israel!
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:23 - By your messengers you have defied the Lord.
You have said, ‘With my many chariots
I have conquered the highest mountains—
yes, the remotest peaks of Lebanon.
I have cut down its tallest cedars
and its finest cypress trees.
I have reached its farthest corners
and explored its deepest forests.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:24 - I have dug wells in many foreign lands
and refreshed myself with their water.
With the sole of my foot
I stopped up all the rivers of Egypt!'
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:5 - “Go back to Hezekiah, the leader of my people. Tell him, ‘This is what the LORD, the God of your ancestor David, says: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears. I will heal you, and three days from now you will get out of bed and go to the Temple of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:18 - Some of your very own sons will be taken away into exile. They will become eunuchs who will serve in the palace of Babylon's king.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:3 - He rebuilt the pagan shrines his father, Hezekiah, had destroyed. He constructed altars for Baal and set up an Asherah pole, just as King Ahab of Israel had done. He also bowed before all the powers of the heavens and worshiped them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:5 - He built these altars for all the powers of the heavens in both courtyards of the LORD's Temple.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:18 - When Manasseh died, he was buried in the palace garden, the garden of Uzza. Then his son Amon became the next king.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:2 - He did what was pleasing in the LORD's sight and followed the example of his ancestor David. He did not turn away from doing what was right.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:4 - “Go to Hilkiah the high priest and have him count the money the gatekeepers have collected from the people at the LORD's Temple.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:5 - Entrust this money to the men assigned to supervise the Temple's restoration. Then they can use it to pay workers to repair the Temple of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:6 - They will need to hire carpenters, builders, and masons. Also have them buy the timber and the finished stone needed to repair the Temple.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:8 - Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the court secretary, “I have found the Book of the Law in the LORD's Temple!” Then Hilkiah gave the scroll to Shaphan, and he read it.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:10 - Shaphan also told the king, “Hilkiah the priest has given me a scroll.” So Shaphan read it to the king.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:11 - When the king heard what was written in the Book of the Law, he tore his clothes in despair.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:12 - Then he gave these orders to Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Acbor son of Micaiah, Shaphan the court secretary, and Asaiah the king's personal adviser:
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:13 - “Go to the Temple and speak to the LORD for me and for the people and for all Judah. Inquire about the words written in this scroll that has been found. For the LORD's great anger is burning against us because our ancestors have not obeyed the words in this scroll. We have not been doing everything it says we must do.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:14 - So Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Acbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah went to the New Quarter[fn] of Jerusalem to consult with the prophet Huldah. She was the wife of Shallum son of Tikvah, son of Harhas, the keeper of the Temple wardrobe.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:2 - And the king went up to the Temple of the LORD with all the people of Judah and Jerusalem, along with the priests and the prophets—all the people from the least to the greatest. There the king read to them the entire Book of the Covenant that had been found in the LORD's Temple.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:4 - Then the king instructed Hilkiah the high priest and the priests of the second rank and the Temple gatekeepers to remove from the LORD's Temple all the articles that were used to worship Baal, Asherah, and all the powers of the heavens. The king had all these things burned outside Jerusalem on the terraces of the Kidron Valley, and he carried the ashes away to Bethel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:5 - He did away with the idolatrous priests, who had been appointed by the previous kings of Judah, for they had offered sacrifices at the pagan shrines throughout Judah and even in the vicinity of Jerusalem. They had also offered sacrifices to Baal, and to the sun, the moon, the constellations, and to all the powers of the heavens.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:6 - The king removed the Asherah pole from the LORD's Temple and took it outside Jerusalem to the Kidron Valley, where he burned it. Then he ground the ashes of the pole to dust and threw the dust over the graves of the people.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:11 - He removed from the entrance of the LORD's Temple the horse statues that the former kings of Judah had dedicated to the sun. They were near the quarters of Nathan-melech the eunuch, an officer of the court.[fn] The king also burned the chariots dedicated to the sun.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:13 - The king also desecrated the pagan shrines east of Jerusalem, to the south of the Mount of Corruption, where King Solomon of Israel had built shrines for Ashtoreth, the detestable goddess of the Sidonians; and for Chemosh, the detestable god of the Moabites; and for Molech,[fn] the vile god of the Ammonites.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:16 - Then Josiah turned around and noticed several tombs in the side of the hill. He ordered that the bones be brought out, and he burned them on the altar at Bethel to desecrate it. (This happened just as the LORD had promised through the man of God when Jeroboam stood beside the altar at the festival.)
Then Josiah turned and looked up at the tomb of the man of God[fn] who had predicted these things.
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 23:18 - Josiah replied, “Leave it alone. Don't disturb his bones.” So they did not burn his bones or those of the old prophet from Samaria.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:23 - This Passover was celebrated to the LORD in Jerusalem in the eighteenth year of King Josiah's reign.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:24 - Josiah also got rid of the mediums and psychics, the household gods, the idols,[fn] and every other kind of detestable practice, both in Jerusalem and throughout the land of Judah. He did this in obedience to the laws written in the scroll that Hilkiah the priest had found in the LORD's Temple.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:26 - Even so, the LORD was very angry with Judah because of all the wicked things Manasseh had done to provoke him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:30 - Josiah's officers took his body back in a chariot from Megiddo to Jerusalem and buried him in his own tomb. Then the people of the land anointed Josiah's son Jehoahaz and made him the next king.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:34 - Pharaoh Neco then installed Eliakim, another of Josiah's sons, to reign in place of his father, and he changed Eliakim's name to Jehoiakim. Jehoahaz was taken to Egypt as a prisoner, where he died.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:35 - In order to get the silver and gold demanded as tribute by Pharaoh Neco, Jehoiakim collected a tax from the people of Judah, requiring them to pay in proportion to their wealth.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:7 - The king of Egypt did not venture out of his country after that, for the king of Babylon captured the entire area formerly claimed by Egypt—from the Brook of Egypt to the Euphrates River.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:13 - As the LORD had said beforehand, Nebuchadnezzar carried away all the treasures from the LORD's Temple and the royal palace. He stripped away[fn] all the gold objects that King Solomon of Israel had placed in the Temple.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:15 - Nebuchadnezzar led King Jehoiachin away as a captive to Babylon, along with the queen mother, his wives and officials, and all Jerusalem's elite.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:2 - Jerusalem was kept under siege until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah's reign.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:3 - By July 18 in the eleventh year of Zedekiah's reign,[fn] the famine in the city had become very severe, and the last of the food was entirely gone.
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 Box2Ki 25:5 - But the Babylonian[fn] troops chased the king and caught him on the plains of Jericho, for his men had all deserted him and scattered.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:8 - On August 14 of that year,[fn] which was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar's reign, Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard and an official of the Babylonian king, arrived in Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:9 - He burned down the Temple of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem. He destroyed all the important buildings[fn] in the city.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:11 - Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, then took as exiles the rest of the people who remained in the city, the defectors who had declared their allegiance to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the population.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:16 - The weight of the bronze from the two pillars, the Sea, and the water carts was too great to be measured. These things had been made for the LORD's Temple in the days of King Solomon.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:17 - Each of the pillars was 27 feet[fn] tall. The bronze capital on top of each pillar was 7½ feet[fn] high and was decorated with a network of bronze pomegranates all the way around.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:19 - And from among the people still hiding in the city, he took an officer who had been in charge of the Judean army; five of the king's personal advisers; the army commander's chief secretary, who was in charge of recruitment; and sixty other citizens.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:23 - When all the army commanders and their men learned that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah as governor, they went to see him at Mizpah. These included Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan son of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jezaniah[fn] son of the Maacathite, and all their men.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:27 - In the thirty-seventh year of the exile of King Jehoiachin of Judah, Evil-merodach ascended to the Babylonian throne. He was kind to[fn] Jehoiachin and released him from prison on April 2 of that year.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:30 - So the Babylonian king gave him a regular food allowance as long as he lived.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:10 - Ram was the father of Amminadab.
Amminadab was the father of Nahshon, a leader of Judah.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:2 - Shobal's son Reaiah was the father of Jahath. Jahath was the father of Ahumai and Lahad. These were the families of the Zorathites.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:4 - Penuel (the father of[fn] Gedor), and Ezer (the father of Hushah). These were the descendants of Hur (the firstborn of Ephrathah), the ancestor of Bethlehem.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:12 - Eshton was the father of Beth-rapha, Paseah, and Tehinnah. Tehinnah was the father of Ir-nahash. These were the descendants of Recah.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:23 - They were the pottery makers who lived in Netaim and Gederah. They lived there and worked for the king.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:43 - They destroyed the few Amalekites who had survived, and they have lived there ever since.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:1 - The oldest son of Israel[fn] was Reuben. But since he dishonored his father by sleeping with one of his father's concubines, his birthright was given to the sons of his brother Joseph. For this reason, Reuben is not listed in the genealogical records as the firstborn son.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:2 - The descendants of Judah became the most powerful tribe and provided a ruler for the nation,[fn] but the birthright belonged to Joseph.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:9 - And since they had so many livestock in the land of Gilead, they spread east toward the edge of the desert that stretches to the Euphrates River.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:22 - Many of the Hagrites were killed in the battle because God was fighting against them. The people of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh lived in their land until they were taken into exile.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:19 - The descendants of Merari included Mahli and Mushi. The following were the Levite clans, listed according to their ancestral descent:
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:33 - These are the men who served, along with their sons: Heman the musician was from the clan of Kohath. His genealogy was traced back through Joel, Samuel,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:48 - Their fellow Levites were appointed to various other tasks in the Tabernacle, the house of God.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:49 - Only Aaron and his descendants served as priests. They presented the offerings on the altar of burnt offering and the altar of incense, and they performed all the other duties related to the Most Holy Place. They made atonement for Israel by doing everything that Moses, the servant of God, had commanded them.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:54 - This is a record of the towns and territory assigned by means of sacred lots to the descendants of Aaron, who were from the clan of Kohath.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:61 - The remaining descendants of Kohath received ten towns from the territory of the half-tribe of Manasseh by means of sacred lots.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:70 - The remaining descendants of Kohath were assigned the towns of Aner and Bileam from the territory of the half-tribe of Manasseh, each with its pasturelands.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:78 - From the territory of Reuben, east of the Jordan River opposite Jericho, they received Bezer (a desert town), Jahaz,[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:11 - Azariah son of Hilkiah, son of Meshullam, son of Zadok, son of Meraioth, son of Ahitub. Azariah was the chief officer of the house of God.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:13 - In all, 1,760 priests returned. They were heads of clans and very able men. They were responsible for ministering at the house of God.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:18 - Prior to this time, they were responsible for the King's Gate on the east side. These men served as gatekeepers for the camps of the Levites.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:21 - And later Zechariah son of Meshelemiah was responsible for guarding the entrance to the Tabernacle.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:26 - The four chief gatekeepers, all Levites, were trusted officials, for they were responsible for the rooms and treasuries at the house of God.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:27 - They would spend the night around the house of God, since it was their duty to guard it and to open the gates every morning.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:29 - Others were responsible for the furnishings, the items in the sanctuary, and the supplies, such as choice flour, wine, olive oil, frankincense, and spices.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:31 - Mattithiah, a Levite and the oldest son of Shallum the Korahite, was entrusted with baking the bread used in the offerings.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:11 - Here is the record of David's mightiest warriors: The first was Jashobeam the Hacmonite, who was leader of the Three—the mightiest warriors among David's men.[fn] He once used his spear to kill 300 enemy warriors in a single battle.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:13 - He was with David in the battle against the Philistines at Pas-dammim. The battle took place in a field full of barley, and the Israelite army fled.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:17 - David remarked longingly to his men, “Oh, how I would love some of that good water from the well by the gate in Bethlehem.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:18 - So the Three broke through the Philistine lines, drew some water from the well by the gate in Bethlehem, and brought it back to David. But David refused to drink it. Instead, he poured it out as an offering to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:23 - Once, armed only with a club, he killed an Egyptian warrior who was 7½ feet[fn] tall and whose spear was as thick as a weaver's beam. Benaiah wrenched the spear from the Egyptian's hand and killed him with it.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:42 - Adina son of Shiza, the Reubenite leader who had thirty men with him;
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:44 - Uzzia from Ashtaroth;
Shama and Jeiel, the sons of Hotham, from Aroer;
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:3 - Their leader was Ahiezer son of Shemaah from Gibeah; his brother Joash was second-in-command. These were the other warriors:
Jeziel and Pelet, sons of Azmaveth;
Beracah;
Jehu from Anathoth;
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:7 - Joelah and Zebadiah, sons of Jeroham from Gedor.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:8 - Some brave and experienced warriors from the tribe of Gad also defected to David while he was at the stronghold in the wilderness. They were expert with both shield and spear, as fierce as lions and as swift as deer on the mountains.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:16 - Others from Benjamin and Judah came to David at the stronghold.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:20 - Here is a list of the men from Manasseh who defected to David as he was returning to Ziklag: Adnah, Jozabad, Jediael, Michael, Jozabad, Elihu, and Zillethai. Each commanded 1,000 troops from the tribe of Manasseh.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:31 - From the half-tribe of Manasseh west of the Jordan, 18,000 men were designated by name to help David become king.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:36 - From the tribe of Asher, there were 40,000 trained warriors, all prepared for battle.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:37 - From the east side of the Jordan River—where the tribes of Reuben and Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh lived—there were 120,000 troops armed with every kind of weapon.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:3 - It is time to bring back the Ark of our God, for we neglected it during the reign of Saul.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:4 - The whole assembly agreed to this, for the people could see it was the right thing to do.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:5 - So David summoned all Israel, from the Shihor Brook of Egypt in the south all the way to the town of Lebo-hamath in the north, to join in bringing the Ark of God from Kiriath-jearim.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:6 - Then David and all Israel went to Baalah of Judah (also called Kiriath-jearim) to bring back the Ark of God, which bears the name[fn] of the LORD who is enthroned between the cherubim.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:7 - They placed the Ark of God on a new cart and brought it from Abinadab's house. Uzzah and Ahio were guiding the cart.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:8 - David and all Israel were celebrating before God with all their might, singing songs and playing all kinds of musical instruments—lyres, harps, tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:10 - Then the LORD's anger was aroused against Uzzah, and he struck him dead because he had laid his hand on the Ark. So Uzzah died there in the presence of God.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:12 - David was now afraid of God, and he asked, “How can I ever bring the Ark of God back into my care?”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:13 - So David did not move the Ark into the City of David. Instead, he took it to the house of Obed-edom of Gath.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:14 - The Ark of God remained there in Obed-edom's house for three months, and the LORD blessed the household of Obed-edom and everything he owned.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:10 - So David asked God, “Should I go out to fight the Philistines? Will you hand them over to me?”
The LORD replied, “Yes, go ahead. I will hand them over to you.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:11 - So David and his troops went up to Baal-perazim and defeated the Philistines there. “God did it!” David exclaimed. “He used me to burst through my enemies like a raging flood!” So they named that place Baal-perazim (which means “the Lord who bursts through”).
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:15 - When you hear a sound like marching feet in the tops of the poplar trees, go out and attack! That will be the signal that God is moving ahead of you to strike down the Philistine army.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:1 - David now built several buildings for himself in the City of David. He also prepared a place for the Ark of God and set up a special tent for it.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:2 - Then he commanded, “No one except the Levites may carry the Ark of God. The LORD has chosen them to carry the Ark of the LORD and to serve him forever.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:12 - He said to them, “You are the leaders of the Levite families. You must purify yourselves and all your fellow Levites, so you can bring the Ark of the LORD, the God of Israel, to the place I have prepared for it.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:15 - Then the Levites carried the Ark of God on their shoulders with its carrying poles, just as the LORD had instructed Moses.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:24 - Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer—all of whom were priests—were chosen to blow the trumpets as they marched in front of the Ark of God. Obed-edom and Jehiah were chosen to guard the Ark.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:1 - They brought the Ark of God and placed it inside the special tent David had prepared for it. And they presented burnt offerings and peace offerings to God.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:6 - The priests, Benaiah and Jahaziel, played the trumpets regularly before the Ark of God's Covenant.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:33 - Let the trees of the forest rustle with praise,
for the LORD is coming to judge the earth.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:36 - Praise the LORD, the God of Israel,
who lives from everlasting to everlasting! And all the people shouted “Amen!” and praised the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:37 - David arranged for Asaph and his fellow Levites to serve regularly before the Ark of the LORD's Covenant, doing whatever needed to be done each day.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:40 - They sacrificed the regular burnt offerings to the LORD each morning and evening on the altar set aside for that purpose, obeying everything written in the Law of the LORD, as he had commanded Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:42 - They used their trumpets, cymbals, and other instruments to accompany their songs of praise to God.[fn] And the sons of Jeduthun were appointed as gatekeepers.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:17 - And now, O God, in addition to everything else, you speak of giving your servant a lasting dynasty! You speak as though I were someone very great,[fn] O LORD God!
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:25 - “O my God, I have been bold enough to pray to you because you have revealed to your servant that you will build a house for him—a dynasty of kings!
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:27 - And now, it has pleased you to bless the house of your servant, so that it will continue forever before you. For when you grant a blessing, O LORD, it is an eternal blessing!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:17 - Benaiah son of Jehoiada was captain of the king's bodyguard.[fn] And David's sons served as the king's chief assistants.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:2 - David said, “I am going to show loyalty to Hanun because his father, Nahash, was always loyal to me.” So David sent messengers to express sympathy to Hanun about his father's death.
But when David's ambassadors arrived in the land of Ammon,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:10 - When Joab saw that he would have to fight on both the front and the rear, he chose some of Israel's elite troops and placed them under his personal command to fight the Arameans in the fields.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:11 - He left the rest of the army under the command of his brother Abishai, who was to attack the Ammonites.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:13 - Be courageous! Let us fight bravely for our people and the cities of our God. May the LORD's will be done.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:15 - And when the Ammonites saw the Arameans running, they also ran from Abishai and retreated into the city. Then Joab returned to Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:16 - The Arameans now realized that they were no match for Israel, so they sent messengers and summoned additional Aramean troops from the other side of the Euphrates River.[fn] These troops were under the command of Shobach,[fn] the commander of Hadadezer's forces.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:18 - But again the Arameans fled from the Israelites. This time David's forces killed 7,000 charioteers and 40,000 foot soldiers, including Shobach, the commander of their army.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 20:5 - During another battle with the Philistines, Elhanan son of Jair killed Lahmi, the brother of Goliath of Gath. The handle of Lahmi's spear was as thick as a weaver's beam!
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:3 - But Joab replied, “May the LORD increase the number of his people a hundred times over! But why, my lord the king, do you want to do this? Are they not all your servants? Why must you cause Israel to sin?”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:4 - But the king insisted that they take the census, so Joab traveled throughout all Israel to count the people. Then he returned to Jerusalem
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:5 - and reported the number of people to David. There were 1,100,000 warriors in all Israel who could handle a sword, and 470,000 in Judah.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:6 - But Joab did not include the tribes of Levi and Benjamin in the census because he was so distressed at what the king had made him do.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:7 - God was very displeased with the census, and he punished Israel for it.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:12 - You may choose three years of famine, three months of destruction by the sword of your enemies, or three days of severe plague as the angel of the LORD brings devastation throughout the land of Israel. Decide what answer I should give the LORD who sent me.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:15 - And God sent an angel to destroy Jerusalem. But just as the angel was preparing to destroy it, the LORD relented and said to the death angel, “Stop! That is enough!” At that moment the angel of the LORD was standing by the threshing floor of Araunah[fn] the Jebusite.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:16 - David looked up and saw the angel of the LORD standing between heaven and earth with his sword drawn, reaching out over Jerusalem. So David and the leaders of Israel put on burlap to show their deep distress and fell face down on the ground.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:17 - And David said to God, “I am the one who called for the census! I am the one who has sinned and done wrong! But these people are as innocent as sheep—what have they done? O LORD my God, let your anger fall against me and my family, but do not destroy your people.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:18 - Then the angel of the LORD told Gad to instruct David to go up and build an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:22 - David said to Araunah, “Let me buy this threshing floor from you at its full price. Then I will build an altar to the LORD there, so that he will stop the plague.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:26 - David built an altar there to the LORD and sacrificed burnt offerings and peace offerings. And when David prayed, the LORD answered him by sending fire from heaven to burn up the offering on the altar.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:28 - When David saw that the LORD had answered his prayer, he offered sacrifices there at Araunah's threshing floor.
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 22:12 - And may the LORD give you wisdom and understanding, that you may obey the Law of the LORD your God as you rule over Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:19 - Now seek the LORD your God with all your heart and soul. Build the sanctuary of the LORD God so that you can bring the Ark of the LORD's Covenant and the holy vessels of God into the Temple built to honor the LORD's name.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:13 - The sons of Amram were Aaron and Moses. Aaron and his descendants were set apart to dedicate the most holy things, to offer sacrifices in the LORD's presence, to serve the LORD, and to pronounce blessings in his name forever.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:14 - As for Moses, the man of God, his sons were included with the tribe of Levi.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:28 - The work of the Levites was to assist the priests, the descendants of Aaron, as they served at the house of the LORD. They also took care of the courtyards and side rooms, helped perform the ceremonies of purification, and served in many other ways in the house of God.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:2 - But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and they had no sons. So only Eleazar and Ithamar were left to carry on as priests.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:6 - Shemaiah son of Nethanel, a Levite, acted as secretary and wrote down the names and assignments in the presence of the king, the officials, Zadok the priest, Ahimelech son of Abiathar, and the family leaders of the priests and Levites. The descendants of Eleazar and Ithamar took turns casting lots.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:29 - From the descendants of Kish, the leader was Jerahmeel.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:30 - From the descendants of Mushi, the leaders were Mahli, Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the descendants of Levi in their various families.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:31 - Like the descendants of Aaron, they were assigned to their duties by means of sacred lots, without regard to age or rank. Lots were drawn in the presence of King David, Zadok, Ahimelech, and the family leaders of the priests and the Levites.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:2 - From the sons of Asaph, there were Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asarelah. They worked under the direction of their father, Asaph, who proclaimed God's messages by the king's orders.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:6 - All these men were under the direction of their fathers as they made music at the house of the LORD. Their responsibilities included the playing of cymbals, harps, and lyres at the house of God. Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman reported directly to the king.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:6 - Obed-edom's son Shemaiah had sons with great ability who earned positions of great authority in the clan.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:24 - From the clan of Amram, Shebuel was a descendant of Gershom son of Moses. He was the chief officer of the treasuries.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:27 - These men dedicated some of the plunder they had gained in battle to maintain the house of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:28 - Shelomoth[fn] and his relatives also cared for the gifts dedicated to the LORD by Samuel the seer, Saul son of Kish, Abner son of Ner, and Joab son of Zeruiah. All the other dedicated gifts were in their care, too.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:30 - From the clan of Hebron came Hashabiah. He and his relatives—1,700 capable men—were put in charge of the Israelite lands west of the Jordan River. They were responsible for all matters related to the things of the LORD and the service of the king in that area.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:31 - Also from the clan of Hebron came Jeriah,[fn] who was the leader of the Hebronites according to the genealogical records. (In the fortieth year of David's reign, a search was made in the records, and capable men from the clan of Hebron were found at Jazer in the land of Gilead.)
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:32 - There were 2,700 capable men among the relatives of Jeriah. King David sent them to the east side of the Jordan River and put them in charge of the tribes of Reuben and Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh. They were responsible for all matters related to God and to the king.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:1 - This is the list of Israelite generals and captains,[fn] and their officers, who served the king by supervising the army divisions that were on duty each month of the year. Each division served for one month and had 24,000 troops.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:2 - Jashobeam son of Zabdiel was commander of the first division of 24,000 troops, which was on duty during the first month.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:3 - He was a descendant of Perez and was in charge of all the army officers for the first month.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:4 - Dodai, a descendant of Ahoah, was commander of the second division of 24,000 troops, which was on duty during the second month. Mikloth was his chief officer.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:5 - Benaiah son of Jehoiada the priest was commander of the third division of 24,000 troops, which was on duty during the third month.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:9 - Ira son of Ikkesh from Tekoa was commander of the sixth division of 24,000 troops, which was on duty during the sixth month.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:16 - The following were the tribes of Israel and their leaders:
TribeLeader
ReubenEliezer son of Zicri
SimeonShephatiah son of Maacah
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LeviHashabiah son of Kemuel
Aaron (the priests)Zadok
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JudahElihu (a brother of David)
IssacharOmri son of Michael
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ZebulunIshmaiah son of Obadiah
NaphtaliJeremoth son of Azriel
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EphraimHoshea son of Azaziah
Manasseh (west)Joel son of Pedaiah
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Manasseh in Gilead (east)Iddo son of Zechariah
BenjaminJaasiel son of Abner
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DanAzarel son of Jeroham
These were the leaders of the tribes of Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:23 - When David took his census, he did not count those who were younger than twenty years of age, because the LORD had promised to make the Israelites as numerous as the stars in heaven.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:24 - Joab son of Zeruiah began the census but never finished it because[fn] the anger of God fell on Israel. The total number was never recorded in King David's official records.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:25 - Azmaveth son of Adiel was in charge of the palace treasuries. Jonathan son of Uzziah was in charge of the regional treasuries throughout the towns, villages, and fortresses of Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:26 - Ezri son of Kelub was in charge of the field workers who farmed the king's lands.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:27 - Shimei from Ramah was in charge of the king's vineyards. Zabdi from Shepham was responsible for the grapes and the supplies of wine.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:29 - Shitrai from Sharon was in charge of the cattle on the Sharon Plain. Shaphat son of Adlai was responsible for the cattle in the valleys.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:31 - Jaziz the Hagrite was in charge of the king's flocks of sheep and goats. All these officials were overseers of King David's property.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:32 - Jonathan, David's uncle, was a wise counselor to the king, a man of great insight, and a scribe. Jehiel the Hacmonite was responsible for teaching the king's sons.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:33 - Ahithophel was the royal adviser. Hushai the Arkite was the king's friend.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:34 - Ahithophel was succeeded by Jehoiada son of Benaiah and by Abiathar. Joab was commander of the king's army.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:1 - David summoned all the officials of Israel to Jerusalem—the leaders of the tribes, the commanders of the army divisions, the other generals and captains,[fn] the overseers of the royal property and livestock, the palace officials, the mighty men, and all the other brave warriors in the kingdom.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:4 - “Yet the LORD, the God of Israel, has chosen me from among all my father's family to be king over Israel forever. For he has chosen the tribe of Judah to rule, and from among the families of Judah he chose my father's family. And from among my father's sons the LORD was pleased to make me king over all Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:8 - “So now, with God as our witness, and in the sight of all Israel—the LORD's assembly—I give you this charge. Be careful to obey all the commands of the LORD your God, so that you may continue to possess this good land and leave it to your children as a permanent inheritance.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:11 - Then David gave Solomon the plans for the Temple and its surroundings, including the entry room, the storerooms, the upstairs rooms, the inner rooms, and the inner sanctuary—which was the place of atonement.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:21 - The various divisions of priests and Levites will serve in the Temple of God. Others with skills of every kind will volunteer, and the officials and the entire nation are at your command.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:4 - I am donating more than 112 tons of gold[fn] from Ophir and 262 tons of refined silver[fn] to be used for overlaying the walls of the buildings
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:6 - Then the family leaders, the leaders of the tribes of Israel, the generals and captains of the army,[fn] and the king's administrative officers all gave willingly.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:8 - They also contributed numerous precious stones, which were deposited in the treasury of the house of the LORD under the care of Jehiel, a descendant of Gershon.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:10 - Then David praised the LORD in the presence of the whole assembly: “O LORD, the God of our ancestor Israel,[fn] may you be praised forever and ever!
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:19 - Give my son Solomon the wholehearted desire to obey all your commands, laws, and decrees, and to do everything necessary to build this Temple, for which I have made these preparations.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:23 - So Solomon took the throne of the LORD in place of his father, David, and he succeeded in everything, and all Israel obeyed him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:24 - All the officials, the warriors, and the sons of King David pledged their loyalty to King Solomon.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:29 - All the events of King David's reign, from beginning to end, are written in The Record of Samuel Seer, The Record of Nathan the Prophet, and The Record of Gad the Seer.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:3 - Then he led the entire assembly to the place of worship in Gibeon, for God's Tabernacle[fn] was located there. (This was the Tabernacle that Moses, the LORD's servant, had made in the wilderness.)
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:4 - David had already moved the Ark of God from Kiriath-jearim to the tent he had prepared for it in Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:8 - Solomon replied to God, “You showed faithful love to David, my father, and now you have made me king in his place.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:10 - Give me the wisdom and knowledge to lead them properly,[fn] for who could possibly govern this great people of yours?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:14 - Solomon built up a huge force of chariots and horses.[fn] He had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses. He stationed some of them in the chariot cities and some near him in Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:16 - Solomon's horses were imported from Egypt[fn] and from Cilicia[fn]; the king's traders acquired them from Cilicia at the standard price.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:3 - Solomon also sent this message to King Hiram[fn] at Tyre: “Send me cedar logs as you did for my father, David, when he was building his palace.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:4 - I am about to build a Temple to honor the name of the LORD my God. It will be a place set apart to burn fragrant incense before him, to display the special sacrificial bread, and to sacrifice burnt offerings each morning and evening, on the Sabbaths, at new moon celebrations, and at the other appointed festivals of the LORD our God. He has commanded Israel to do these things forever.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:6 - But who can really build him a worthy home? Not even the highest heavens can contain him! So who am I to consider building a Temple for him, except as a place to burn sacrifices to him?
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:8 - “Also send me cedar, cypress, and red sandalwood[fn] logs from Lebanon, for I know that your men are without equal at cutting timber in Lebanon. I will send my men to help them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:16 - We will cut whatever timber you need from the Lebanon mountains and will float the logs in rafts down the coast of the Mediterranean Sea[fn] to Joppa. From there you can transport the logs up to Jerusalem.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:1 - So Solomon began to build the Temple of the LORD in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the LORD had appeared to David, his father. The Temple was built on the threshing floor of Araunah[fn] the Jebusite, the site that David had selected.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:3 - These are the dimensions Solomon used for the foundation of the Temple of God (using the old standard of measurement).[fn] It was 90 feet long and 30 feet wide.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:4 - The entry room at the front of the Temple was 30 feet[fn] wide, running across the entire width of the Temple, and 30 feet[fn] high. He overlaid the inside with pure gold.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:6 - He decorated the walls of the Temple with beautiful jewels and with gold from the land of Parvaim.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:8 - He made the Most Holy Place 30 feet wide, corresponding to the width of the Temple, and 30 feet deep. He overlaid its interior with 23 tons[fn] of fine gold.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:9 - The gold nails that were used weighed 20 ounces[fn] each. He also overlaid the walls of the upper rooms with gold.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:11 - The total wingspan of the two cherubim standing side by side was 30 feet. One wing of the first figure was 7½ feet[fn] long, and it touched the Temple wall. The other wing, also 7½ feet long, touched one of the wings of the second figure.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:12 - In the same way, the second figure had one wing 7½ feet long that touched the opposite wall. The other wing, also 7½ feet long, touched the wing of the first figure.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:15 - For the front of the Temple, he made two pillars that were 27 feet[fn] tall, each topped by a capital extending upward another 7½ feet.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:17 - Then he set up the two pillars at the entrance of the Temple, one to the south of the entrance and the other to the north. He named the one on the south Jakin, and the one on the north Boaz.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:10 - The great bronze basin called the Sea was placed near the southeast corner of the Temple.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:11 - Huram-abi also made the necessary washbasins, shovels, and bowls.
So at last Huram-abi completed everything King Solomon had assigned him to make for the Temple of God:
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:17 - The king had them cast in clay molds in the Jordan Valley between Succoth and Zarethan.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:18 - Solomon used such great quantities of bronze that its weight could not be determined.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:20 - the lampstands and their lamps of solid gold, to burn in front of the Most Holy Place as prescribed;
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:22 - the lamp snuffers, bowls, dishes, and incense burners—all of solid gold;
the doors for the entrances to the Most Holy Place and the main room of the Temple, overlaid with gold.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:1 - So Solomon finished all his work on the Temple of the LORD. Then he brought all the gifts his father, David, had dedicated—the silver, the gold, and the various articles—and he stored them in the treasuries of the Temple of God.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:7 - Then the priests carried the Ark of the LORD's Covenant into the inner sanctuary of the Temple—the Most Holy Place—and placed it beneath the wings of the cherubim.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:14 - The priests could not continue their service because of the cloud, for the glorious presence of the LORD filled the Temple of God.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:6 - But now I have chosen Jerusalem as the place for my name to be honored, and I have chosen David to be king over my people Israel.'”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:7 - Then Solomon said, “My father, David, wanted to build this Temple to honor the name of the LORD, the God of Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:13 - Now Solomon had made a bronze platform 7½ feet long, 7½ feet wide, and 4½ feet high[fn] and had placed it at the center of the Temple's outer courtyard. He stood on the platform, and then he knelt in front of the entire community of Israel and lifted his hands toward heaven.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:18 - “But will God really live on earth among people? Why, even the highest heavens cannot contain you. How much less this Temple I have built!
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:21 - May you hear the humble and earnest requests from me and your people Israel when we pray toward this place. Yes, hear us from heaven where you live, and when you hear, forgive.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:23 - then hear from heaven and judge between your servants—the accuser and the accused. Pay back the guilty as they deserve. Acquit the innocent because of their innocence.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:24 - “If your people Israel are defeated by their enemies because they have sinned against you, and if they turn back and acknowledge your name and pray to you here in this Temple,
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:25 - then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of your people Israel and return them to this land you gave to them and to their ancestors.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:27 - then hear from heaven and forgive the sins of your servants, your people Israel. Teach them to follow the right path, and send rain on your land that you have given to your people as their special possession.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:30 - then hear from heaven where you live, and forgive. Give your people what their actions deserve, for you alone know each human heart.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:32 - “In the future, foreigners who do not belong to your people Israel will hear of you. They will come from distant lands when they hear of your great name and your strong hand and your powerful arm. And when they pray toward this Temple,
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:33 - then hear from heaven where you live, and grant what they ask of you. In this way, all the people of the earth will come to know and fear you, just as your own people Israel do. They, too, will know that this Temple I have built honors your name.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:35 - then hear their prayers from heaven and uphold their cause.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:38 - If they turn to you with their whole heart and soul in the land of their captivity and pray toward the land you gave to their ancestors—toward this city you have chosen, and toward this Temple I have built to honor your name—
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:39 - then hear their prayers and their petitions from heaven where you live, and uphold their cause. Forgive your people who have sinned against you.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:40 - “O my God, may your eyes be open and your ears attentive to all the prayers made to you in this place.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:42 - O LORD God, do not reject the king you have anointed. Remember your unfailing love for your servant David.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:1 - When Solomon finished praying, fire flashed down from heaven and burned up the burnt offerings and sacrifices, and the glorious presence of the LORD filled the Temple.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:5 - King Solomon offered a sacrifice of 22,000 cattle and 120,000 sheep and goats. And so the king and all the people dedicated the Temple of God.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:6 - The priests took their assigned positions, and so did the Levites who were singing, “His faithful love endures forever!” They accompanied the singing with music from the instruments King David had made for praising the LORD. Across from the Levites, the priests blew the trumpets, while all Israel stood.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:10 - Then at the end of the celebration,[fn] Solomon sent the people home. They were all joyful and glad because the LORD had been so good to David and to Solomon and to his people Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:11 - So Solomon finished the Temple of the LORD, as well as the royal palace. He completed everything he had planned to do in the construction of the Temple and the palace.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:14 - Then if my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sins and restore their land.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:15 - My eyes will be open and my ears attentive to every prayer made in this place.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:7 - There were still some people living in the land who were not Israelites, including the Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
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 8:12 - Then Solomon presented burnt offerings to the LORD on the altar he had built for him in front of the entry room of the Temple.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:13 - He offered the sacrifices for the Sabbaths, the new moon festivals, and the three annual festivals—the Passover celebration, the Festival of Harvest,[fn] and the Festival of Shelters—as Moses had commanded.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:14 - In assigning the priests to their duties, Solomon followed the regulations of his father, David. He also assigned the Levites to lead the people in praise and to assist the priests in their daily duties. And he assigned the gatekeepers to their gates by their divisions, following the commands of David, the man of God.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:15 - Solomon did not deviate in any way from David's commands concerning the priests and Levites and the treasuries.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:11 - The king used the sandalwood to make steps[fn] for the Temple of the LORD and the royal palace, and to construct lyres and harps for the musicians. Never before had such beautiful things been seen in Judah.)
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:13 - Each year Solomon received about 25 tons[fn] of gold.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:16 - He also made 300 smaller shields of hammered gold, each weighing more than 7½ pounds.[fn] The king placed these shields in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:18 - The throne had six steps, with a footstool of gold. There were armrests on both sides of the seat, and the figure of a lion stood on each side of the throne.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:20 - All of King Solomon's drinking cups were solid gold, as were all the utensils in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon. They were not made of silver, for silver was considered worthless in Solomon's day!
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:25 - Solomon had 4,000 stalls for his horses and chariots, and he had 12,000 horses.[fn] He stationed some of them in the chariot cities, and some near him in Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:26 - He ruled over all the kings from the Euphrates River[fn] in the north to the land of the Philistines and the border of Egypt in the south.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:29 - The rest of the events of Solomon's reign, from beginning to end, are recorded in The Record of Nathan the Prophet, and The Prophecy of Ahijah from Shiloh, and also in The Visions of Iddo the Seer, concerning Jeroboam son of Nebat.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:31 - When he died, he was buried in the City of David, named for his father. Then his son Rehoboam became the next king.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:2 - When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard of this, he returned from Egypt, for he had fled to Egypt to escape from King Solomon.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:4 - “Your father was a hard master,” they said. “Lighten the harsh labor demands and heavy taxes that your father imposed on us. Then we will be your loyal subjects.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:6 - Then King Rehoboam discussed the matter with the older men who had counseled his father, Solomon. “What is your advice?” he asked. “How should I answer these people?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:9 - “What is your advice?” he asked them. “How should I answer these people who want me to lighten the burdens imposed by my father?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:10 - The young men replied, “This is what you should tell those complainers who want a lighter burden: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father's waist!
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:15 - So the king paid no attention to the people. This turn of events was the will of God, for it fulfilled the LORD's message to Jeroboam son of Nebat through the prophet Ahijah from Shiloh.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:18 - King Rehoboam sent Adoniram,[fn] who was in charge of the labor force, to restore order, but the people of Israel stoned him to death. When this news reached King Rehoboam, he quickly jumped into his chariot and fled to Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:2 - But the LORD said to Shemaiah, the man of God,
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:3 - “Say to Rehoboam son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all the Israelites in Judah and Benjamin:
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:4 - ‘This is what the LORD says: Do not fight against your relatives. Go back home, for what has happened is my doing!'” So they obeyed the message of the LORD and did not fight against Jeroboam.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:10 - Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron. These became the fortified towns of Judah and Benjamin.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:17 - This strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and for three years they supported Rehoboam son of Solomon, for during those years they faithfully followed in the footsteps of David and Solomon.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:18 - Rehoboam married his cousin Mahalath, the daughter of David's son Jerimoth and of Abihail, the daughter of Eliab son of Jesse.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:3 - He came with 1,200 chariots, 60,000 horses,[fn] and a countless army of foot soldiers, including Libyans, Sukkites, and Ethiopians.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:9 - So King Shishak of Egypt came up and attacked Jerusalem. He ransacked the treasuries of the LORD's Temple and the royal palace; he stole everything, including all the gold shields Solomon had made.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:10 - King Rehoboam later replaced them with bronze shields as substitutes, and he entrusted them to the care of the commanders of the guard who protected the entrance to the royal palace.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:15 - The rest of the events of Rehoboam's reign, from beginning to end, are recorded in The Record of Shemaiah the Prophet and The Record of Iddo the Seer, which are part of the genealogical record. Rehoboam and Jeroboam were continually at war with each other.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:6 - Yet Jeroboam son of Nebat, a mere servant of David's son Solomon, rebelled against his master.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:7 - Then a whole gang of scoundrels joined him, defying Solomon's son Rehoboam when he was young and inexperienced and could not stand up to them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:9 - But you have chased away the priests of the LORD (the descendants of Aaron) and the Levites, and you have appointed your own priests, just like the pagan nations. You let anyone become a priest these days! Whoever comes to be dedicated with a young bull and seven rams can become a priest of these so-called gods of yours!
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:11 - They present burnt offerings and fragrant incense to the LORD every morning and evening. They place the Bread of the Presence on the holy table, and they light the gold lampstand every evening. We are following the instructions of the LORD our God, but you have abandoned him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:12 - So you see, God is with us. He is our leader. His priests blow their trumpets and lead us into battle against you. O people of Israel, do not fight against the LORD, the God of your ancestors, for you will not succeed!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:22 - The rest of the events of Abijah's reign, including his words and deeds, are recorded in The Commentary of Iddo the Prophet.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:8 - When Asa heard this message from Azariah the prophet,[fn] he took courage and removed all the detestable idols from the land of Judah and Benjamin and in the towns he had captured in the hill country of Ephraim. And he repaired the altar of the LORD, which stood in front of the entry room of the LORD's Temple.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:9 - Then Asa called together all the people of Judah and Benjamin, along with the people of Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon who had settled among them. For many from Israel had moved to Judah during Asa's reign when they saw that the LORD his God was with him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:15 - All in Judah were happy about this covenant, for they had entered into it with all their heart. They earnestly sought after God, and they found him. And the LORD gave them rest from their enemies on every side.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:18 - He brought into the Temple of God the silver and gold and the various items that he and his father had dedicated.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:19 - So there was no more war until the thirty-fifth year of Asa's reign.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:2 - Asa responded by removing the silver and gold from the treasuries of the Temple of the LORD and the royal palace. He sent it to King Ben-hadad of Aram, who was ruling in Damascus, along with this message:
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:3 - “Let there be a treaty[fn] between you and me like the one between your father and my father. See, I am sending you silver and gold. Break your treaty with King Baasha of Israel so that he will leave me alone.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:4 - Ben-hadad agreed to King Asa's request and sent the commanders of his army to attack the towns of Israel. They conquered the towns of Ijon, Dan, Abel-beth-maacah,[fn] and all the store cities in Naphtali.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:9 - The eyes of the LORD search the whole earth in order to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him. What a fool you have been! From now on you will be at war.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:3 - The LORD was with Jehoshaphat because he followed the example of his father's early years[fn] and did not worship the images of Baal.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:4 - He sought his father's God and obeyed his commands instead of following the evil practices of the kingdom of Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:16 - Next was Amasiah son of Zicri, who volunteered for the LORD's service, with 200,000 troops under his command.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:17 - From Benjamin there were 200,000 troops equipped with bows and shields. They were under the command of Eliada, a veteran soldier.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:5 - So the king of Israel summoned the prophets, 400 of them, and asked them, “Should we go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should I hold back?”
They all replied, “Yes, go right ahead! God will give the king victory.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:6 - But Jehoshaphat asked, “Is there not also a prophet of the LORD here? We should ask him the same question.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:11 - All the other prophets agreed. “Yes,” they said, “go up to Ramoth-gilead and be victorious, for the LORD will give the king victory!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:12 - Meanwhile, the messenger who went to get Micaiah said to him, “Look, all the prophets are promising victory for the king. Be sure that you agree with them and promise success.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:18 - Then Micaiah continued, “Listen to what the LORD says! I saw the LORD sitting on his throne with all the armies of heaven around him, on his right and on his left.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:25 - “Arrest him!” the king of Israel ordered. “Take him back to Amon, the governor of the city, and to my son Joash.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:33 - An Aramean soldier, however, randomly shot an arrow at the Israelite troops and hit the king of Israel between the joints of his armor. “Turn the horses[fn] and get me out of here!” Ahab groaned to the driver of the chariot. “I'm badly wounded!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:34 - The battle raged all that day, and the king of Israel propped himself up in his chariot facing the Arameans. In the evening, just as the sun was setting, he died.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:2 - Jehu son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him. “Why should you help the wicked and love those who hate the LORD?” he asked the king. “Because of what you have done, the LORD is very angry with you.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:11 - “Amariah the high priest will have final say in all cases involving the LORD. Zebadiah son of Ishmael, a leader from the tribe of Judah, will have final say in all civil cases. The Levites will assist you in making sure that justice is served. Take courage as you fulfill your duties, and may the LORD be with those who do what is right.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:7 - O our God, did you not drive out those who lived in this land when your people Israel arrived? And did you not give this land forever to the descendants of your friend Abraham?
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:9 - They said, ‘Whenever we are faced with any calamity such as war,[fn] plague, or famine, we can come to stand in your presence before this Temple where your name is honored. We can cry out to you to save us, and you will hear us and rescue us.'
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:14 - the Spirit of the LORD came upon one of the men standing there. His name was Jahaziel son of Zechariah, son of Benaiah, son of Jeiel, son of Mattaniah, a Levite who was a descendant of Asaph.
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 20:21 - After consulting the people, the king appointed singers to walk ahead of the army, singing to the LORD and praising him for his holy splendor. This is what they sang:
“Give thanks to the LORD;
his faithful love endures forever!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:26 - On the fourth day they gathered in the Valley of Blessing,[fn] which got its name that day because the people praised and thanked the LORD there. It is still called the Valley of Blessing today.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:32 - Jehoshaphat was a good king, following the ways of his father, Asa. He did what was pleasing in the LORD's sight.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:34 - The rest of the events of Jehoshaphat's reign, from beginning to end, are recorded in The Record of Jehu Son of Hanani, which is included in The Book of the Kings of Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:37 - Then Eliezer son of Dodavahu from Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat. He said, “Because you have allied yourself with King Ahaziah, the LORD will destroy your work.” So the ships met with disaster and never put out to sea.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:8 - During Jehoram's reign, the Edomites revolted against Judah and crowned their own king.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:12 - Then Elijah the prophet wrote Jehoram this letter: “This is what the LORD, the God of your ancestor David, says: You have not followed the good example of your father, Jehoshaphat, or your grandfather King Asa of Judah.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:13 - Instead, you have been as evil as the kings of Israel. You have led the people of Jerusalem and Judah to worship idols, just as King Ahab did in Israel. And you have even killed your own brothers, men who were better than you.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:17 - They marched against Judah, broke down its defenses, and carried away everything of value in the royal palace, including the king's sons and his wives. Only his youngest son, Ahaziah,[fn] was spared.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:7 - But God had decided that this visit would be Ahaziah's downfall. While he was there, Ahaziah went out with Joram to meet Jehu grandson of Nimshi,[fn] whom the LORD had appointed to destroy the dynasty of Ahab.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:11 - But Ahaziah's sister Jehosheba,[fn] the daughter of King Jehoram, took Ahaziah's infant son, Joash, and stole him away from among the rest of the king's children, who were about to be killed. She put Joash and his nurse in a bedroom. In this way, Jehosheba, wife of Jehoiada the priest and sister of Ahaziah, hid the child so that Athaliah could not murder him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:12 - Joash remained hidden in the Temple of God for six years while Athaliah ruled over the land.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:2 - These men traveled secretly throughout Judah and summoned the Levites and clan leaders in all the towns to come to Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:3 - They all gathered at the Temple of God, where they made a solemn pact with Joash, the young king.
Jehoiada said to them, “Here is the king's son! The time has come for him to reign! The LORD has promised that a descendant of David will be our king.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:5 - Another third will go over to the royal palace, and the final third will be at the Foundation Gate. Everyone else should stay in the courtyards of the LORD's Temple.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:7 - You Levites, form a bodyguard around the king and keep your weapons in hand. Kill anyone who tries to enter the Temple. Stay with the king wherever he goes.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:9 - Then Jehoiada supplied the commanders with the spears and the large and small shields that had once belonged to King David and were stored in the Temple of God.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:10 - He stationed all the people around the king, with their weapons ready. They formed a line from the south side of the Temple around to the north side and all around the altar.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:11 - Then Jehoiada and his sons brought out Joash, the king's son, placed the crown on his head, and presented him with a copy of God's laws.[fn] They anointed him and proclaimed him king, and everyone shouted, “Long live the king!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:12 - When Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and the shouts of praise to the king, she hurried to the LORD's Temple to see what was happening.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:14 - Then Jehoiada the priest ordered the commanders who were in charge of the troops, “Take her to the soldiers in front of the Temple,[fn] and kill anyone who tries to rescue her.” For the priest had said, “She must not be killed in the Temple of the LORD.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:15 - So they seized her and led her out to the entrance of the Horse Gate on the palace grounds, and they killed her there.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:16 - Then Jehoiada made a covenant between himself and the king and the people that they would be the LORD's people.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:20 - Then the commanders, nobles, rulers, and all the people of the land escorted the king from the Temple of the LORD. They went through the upper gate and into the palace, and they seated the king on the royal throne.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:2 - Joash did what was pleasing in the LORD's sight throughout the lifetime of Jehoiada the priest.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:6 - So the king called for Jehoiada the high priest and asked him, “Why haven't you demanded that the Levites go out and collect the Temple taxes from the towns of Judah and from Jerusalem? Moses, the servant of the LORD, levied this tax on the community of Israel in order to maintain the Tabernacle of the Covenant.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:7 - Over the years the followers of wicked Athaliah had broken into the Temple of God, and they had used all the dedicated things from the Temple of the LORD to worship the images of Baal.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:9 - Then a proclamation was sent throughout Judah and Jerusalem, telling the people to bring to the LORD the tax that Moses, the servant of God, had required of the Israelites in the wilderness.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:11 - Whenever the chest became full, the Levites would carry it to the king's officials. Then the court secretary and an officer of the high priest would come and empty the chest and take it back to the Temple again. This went on day after day, and a large amount of money was collected.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:16 - He was buried among the kings in the City of David, because he had done so much good in Israel for God and his Temple.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:20 - Then the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest. He stood before the people and said, “This is what God says: Why do you disobey the LORD's commands and keep yourselves from prospering? You have abandoned the LORD, and now he has abandoned you!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:21 - Then the leaders plotted to kill Zechariah, and King Joash ordered that they stone him to death in the courtyard of the LORD's Temple.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:22 - That was how King Joash repaid Jehoiada for his loyalty—by killing his son. Zechariah's last words as he died were, “May the LORD see what they are doing and avenge my death!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:23 - In the spring of the year[fn] the Aramean army marched against Joash. They invaded Judah and Jerusalem and killed all the leaders of the nation. Then they sent all the plunder back to their king in Damascus.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:25 - The Arameans withdrew, leaving Joash severely wounded. But his own officials plotted to kill him for murdering the son[fn] of Jehoiada the priest. They assassinated him as he lay in bed. Then he was buried in the City of David, but not in the royal cemetery.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:26 - The assassins were Jozacar,[fn] the son of an Ammonite woman named Shimeath, and Jehozabad, the son of a Moabite woman named Shomer.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:4 - However, he did not kill the children of the assassins, for he obeyed the command of the LORD as written by Moses in the Book of the Law: “Parents must not be put to death for the sins of their children, nor children for the sins of their parents. Those deserving to die must be put to death for their own crimes.”[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:7 - But a man of God came to him and said, “Your Majesty, do not hire troops from Israel, for the LORD is not with Israel. He will not help those people of Ephraim!
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:9 - Amaziah asked the man of God, “But what about all that silver I paid to hire the army of Israel?”
The man of God replied, “The LORD is able to give you much more than this!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:12 - They captured another 10,000 and took them to the top of a cliff and threw them off, dashing them to pieces on the rocks below.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:15 - This made the LORD very angry, and he sent a prophet to ask, “Why do you turn to gods who could not even save their own people from you?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:16 - But the king interrupted him and said, “Since when have I made you the king's counselor? Be quiet now before I have you killed!”
So the prophet stopped with this warning: “I know that God has determined to destroy you because you have done this and have refused to accept my counsel.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:18 - But King Jehoash of Israel replied to King Amaziah of Judah with this story: “Out in the Lebanon mountains, a thistle sent a message to a mighty cedar tree: ‘Give your daughter in marriage to my son.' But just then a wild animal of Lebanon came by and stepped on the thistle, crushing it!
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 25:23 - King Jehoash of Israel captured Judah's king, Amaziah son of Joash and grandson of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh. Then he brought him to Jerusalem, where he demolished 600 feet[fn] of Jerusalem's wall, from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:24 - He carried off all the gold and silver and all the articles from the Temple of God that had been in the care of Obed-edom. He also seized the treasures of the royal palace, along with hostages, and then returned to Samaria.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:25 - King Amaziah of Judah lived on for fifteen years after the death of King Jehoash of Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:1 - All the people of Judah had crowned Amaziah's sixteen-year-old son, Uzziah, as king in place of his father.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:5 - Uzziah sought God during the days of Zechariah, who taught him to fear God.[fn] And as long as the king sought guidance from the LORD, God gave him success.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:11 - Uzziah had an army of well-trained warriors, ready to march into battle, unit by unit. This army had been mustered and organized by Jeiel, the secretary of the army, and his assistant, Maaseiah. They were under the direction of Hananiah, one of the king's officials.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:17 - Azariah the high priest went in after him with eighty other priests of the LORD, all brave men.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:22 - The rest of the events of Uzziah's reign, from beginning to end, are recorded by the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 27:3 - Jotham rebuilt the upper gate of the Temple of the LORD. He also did extensive rebuilding on the wall at the hill of Ophel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:6 - In a single day Pekah son of Remaliah, Israel's king, killed 120,000 of Judah's troops, all of them experienced warriors, because they had abandoned the LORD, the God of their ancestors.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:7 - Then Zicri, a warrior from Ephraim, killed Maaseiah, the king's son; Azrikam, the king's palace commander; and Elkanah, the king's second-in-command.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:9 - But a prophet of the LORD named Oded was there in Samaria when the army of Israel returned home. He went out to meet them and said, “The LORD, the God of your ancestors, was angry with Judah and let you defeat them. But you have gone too far, killing them without mercy, and all heaven is disturbed.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:12 - Then some of the leaders of Israel[fn]—Azariah son of Jehohanan, Berekiah son of Meshillemoth, Jehizkiah son of Shallum, and Amasa son of Hadlai—agreed with this and confronted the men returning from battle.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:18 - And the Philistines had raided towns located in the foothills of Judah[fn] and in the Negev of Judah. They had already captured and occupied Beth-shemesh, Aijalon, Gederoth, Soco with its villages, Timnah with its villages, and Gimzo with its villages.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:21 - Ahaz took valuable items from the LORD's Temple, the royal palace, and from the homes of his officials and gave them to the king of Assyria as tribute. But this did not help him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:7 - They also shut the doors to the Temple's entry room, and they snuffed out the lamps. They stopped burning incense and presenting burnt offerings at the sanctuary of the God of Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:12 - Then these Levites got right to work:
From the clan of Kohath: Mahath son of Amasai and Joel son of Azariah.
From the clan of Merari: Kish son of Abdi and Azariah son of Jehallelel.
From the clan of Gershon: Joah son of Zimmah and Eden son of Joah.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:15 - These men called together their fellow Levites, and they all purified themselves. Then they began to cleanse the Temple of the LORD, just as the king had commanded. They were careful to follow all the LORD's instructions in their work.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:17 - They began the work in early spring, on the first day of the new year,[fn] and in eight days they had reached the entry room of the LORD's Temple. Then they purified the Temple of the LORD itself, which took another eight days. So the entire task was completed in sixteen days.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:23 - The male goats for the sin offering were then brought before the king and the assembly of people, who laid their hands on them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:25 - King Hezekiah then stationed the Levites at the Temple of the LORD with cymbals, lyres, and harps. He obeyed all the commands that the LORD had given to King David through Gad, the king's seer, and the prophet Nathan.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:30 - King Hezekiah and the officials ordered the Levites to praise the LORD with the psalms written by David and by Asaph the seer. So they offered joyous praise and bowed down in worship.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:4 - This plan for keeping the Passover seemed right to the king and all the people.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:6 - At the king's command, runners were sent throughout Israel and Judah. They carried letters that said: “O people of Israel, return to the LORD, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel,[fn] so that he will return to the few of us who have survived the conquest of the Assyrian kings.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:12 - At the same time, God's hand was on the people in the land of Judah, giving them all one heart to obey the orders of the king and his officials, who were following the word of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:15 - On the fourteenth day of the second month, one month later than usual,[fn] the people slaughtered the Passover lamb. This shamed the priests and Levites, so they purified themselves and brought burnt offerings to the Temple of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:16 - Then they took their places at the Temple as prescribed in the Law of Moses, the man of God. The Levites brought the sacrificial blood to the priests, who then sprinkled it on the altar.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:18 - Most of those who came from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun had not purified themselves. But King Hezekiah prayed for them, and they were allowed to eat the Passover meal anyway, even though this was contrary to the requirements of the Law. For Hezekiah said, “May the LORD, who is good, pardon those
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:3 - The king also made a personal contribution of animals for the daily morning and evening burnt offerings, the weekly Sabbath festivals, the monthly new moon festivals, and the annual festivals as prescribed in the Law of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:13 - The supervisors under them were Jehiel, Azaziah, Nahath, Asahel, Jerimoth, Jozabad, Eliel, Ismakiah, Mahath, and Benaiah. These appointments were made by King Hezekiah and Azariah, the chief official in the Temple of God.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:14 - Kore son of Imnah the Levite, who was the gatekeeper at the East Gate, was put in charge of distributing the voluntary offerings given to God, the gifts, and the things that had been dedicated to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:20 - In this way, King Hezekiah handled the distribution throughout all Judah, doing what was pleasing and good in the sight of the LORD his God.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:6 - He appointed military officers over the people and assembled them before him in the square at the city gate. Then Hezekiah encouraged them by saying:
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:21 - And the LORD sent an angel who destroyed the Assyrian army with all its commanders and officers. So Sennacherib was forced to return home in disgrace to his own land. And when he entered the temple of his god, some of his own sons killed him there with a sword.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:26 - Then Hezekiah humbled himself and repented of his pride, as did the people of Jerusalem. So the LORD's anger did not fall on them during Hezekiah's lifetime.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:27 - Hezekiah was very wealthy and highly honored. He built special treasury buildings for his silver, gold, precious stones, and spices, and for his shields and other valuable items.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:32 - The rest of the events in Hezekiah's reign and his acts of devotion are recorded in The Vision of the Prophet Isaiah Son of Amoz, which is included in The Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:3 - He rebuilt the pagan shrines his father, Hezekiah, had broken down. He constructed altars for the images of Baal and set up Asherah poles. He also bowed before all the powers of the heavens and worshiped them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:5 - He built these altars for all the powers of the heavens in both courtyards of the LORD's Temple.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:12 - But while in deep distress, Manasseh sought the LORD his God and sincerely humbled himself before the God of his ancestors.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:2 - He did what was pleasing in the LORD's sight and followed the example of his ancestor David. He did not turn away from doing what was right.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:3 - During the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, Josiah began to seek the God of his ancestor David. Then in the twelfth year he began to purify Judah and Jerusalem, destroying all the pagan shrines, the Asherah poles, and the carved idols and cast images.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:8 - In the eighteenth year of his reign, after he had purified the land and the Temple, Josiah appointed Shaphan son of Azaliah, Maaseiah the governor of Jerusalem, and Joah son of Joahaz, the royal historian, to repair the Temple of the LORD his God.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:18 - Shaphan also told the king, “Hilkiah the priest has given me a scroll.” So Shaphan read it to the king.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:19 - When the king heard what was written in the Law, he tore his clothes in despair.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:20 - Then he gave these orders to Hilkiah, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Acbor son of Micaiah,[fn] Shaphan the court secretary, and Asaiah the king's personal adviser:
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:21 - “Go to the Temple and speak to the LORD for me and for all the remnant of Israel and Judah. Inquire about the words written in the scroll that has been found. For the LORD's great anger has been poured out on us because our ancestors have not obeyed the word of the LORD. We have not been doing everything this scroll says we must do.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:24 - ‘This is what the LORD says: I am going to bring disaster on this city[fn] and its people. All the curses written in the scroll that was read to the king of Judah will come true.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:30 - And the king went up to the Temple of the LORD with all the people of Judah and Jerusalem, along with the priests and the Levites—all the people from the greatest to the least. There the king read to them the entire Book of the Covenant that had been found in the LORD's Temple.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:1 - Then Josiah announced that the Passover of the LORD would be celebrated in Jerusalem, and so the Passover lamb was slaughtered on the fourteenth day of the first month.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:3 - He issued this order to the Levites, who were to teach all Israel and who had been set apart to serve the LORD: “Put the holy Ark in the Temple that was built by Solomon son of David, the king of Israel. You no longer need to carry it back and forth on your shoulders. Now spend your time serving the LORD your God and his people Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:5 - “Then stand in the sanctuary at the place appointed for your family division and help the families assigned to you as they bring their offerings to the Temple.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:7 - Then Josiah provided 30,000 lambs and young goats for the people's Passover offerings, along with 3,000 cattle, all from the king's own flocks and herds.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:8 - The king's officials also made willing contributions to the people, priests, and Levites. Hilkiah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, the administrators of God's Temple, gave the priests 2,600 lambs and young goats and 300 cattle as Passover offerings.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:10 - When everything was ready for the Passover celebration, the priests and the Levites took their places, organized by their divisions, as the king had commanded.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:12 - They divided the burnt offerings among the people by their family groups, so they could offer them to the LORD as prescribed in the Book of Moses. They did the same with the cattle.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:13 - Then they roasted the Passover lambs as prescribed; and they boiled the holy offerings in pots, kettles, and pans, and brought them out quickly so the people could eat them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:15 - The musicians, descendants of Asaph, were in their assigned places, following the commands that had been given by David, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun, the king's seer. The gatekeepers guarded the gates and did not need to leave their posts of duty, for their Passover offerings were prepared for them by their fellow Levites.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:16 - The entire ceremony for the LORD's Passover was completed that day. All the burnt offerings were sacrificed on the altar of the LORD, as King Josiah had commanded.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:18 - Never since the time of the prophet Samuel had there been such a Passover. None of the kings of Israel had ever kept a Passover as Josiah did, involving all the priests and Levites, all the people of Jerusalem, and people from all over Judah and Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:19 - This Passover celebration took place in the eighteenth year of Josiah's reign.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:21 - But King Neco sent messengers to Josiah with this message: “What do you want with me, king of Judah? I have no quarrel with you today! I am on my way to fight another nation, and God has told me to hurry! Do not interfere with God, who is with me, or he will destroy you.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:1 - Then the people of the land took Josiah's son Jehoahaz and made him the next king in Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:4 - The king of Egypt then installed Eliakim, the brother of Jehoahaz, as the next king of Judah and Jerusalem, and he changed Eliakim's name to Jehoiakim. Then Neco took Jehoahaz to Egypt as a prisoner.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:10 - In the spring of the year[fn] King Nebuchadnezzar took Jehoiachin to Babylon. Many treasures from the Temple of the LORD were also taken to Babylon at that time. And Nebuchadnezzar installed Jehoiachin's uncle,[fn] Zedekiah, as the next king in Judah and Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:12 - He did what was evil in the sight of the LORD his God, and he refused to humble himself when the prophet Jeremiah spoke to him directly from the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:13 - He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, even though he had taken an oath of loyalty in God's name. Zedekiah was a hard and stubborn man, refusing to turn to the LORD, the God of Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:15 - The LORD, the God of their ancestors, repeatedly sent his prophets to warn them, for he had compassion on his people and his Temple.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:17 - So the LORD brought the king of Babylon against them. The Babylonians[fn] killed Judah's young men, even chasing after them into the Temple. They had no pity on the people, killing both young men and young women, the old and the infirm. God handed all of them over to Nebuchadnezzar.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:23 - “This is what King Cyrus of Persia says: “The LORD, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth. He has appointed me to build him a Temple at Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Any of you who are the LORD's people may go there for this task. And may the LORD your God be with you!”
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 1:1 - In the first year of King Cyrus of Persia,[fn] the LORD fulfilled the prophecy he had given through Jeremiah.[fn] He stirred the heart of Cyrus to put this proclamation in writing and to send it throughout his kingdom:
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 1:2 - “This is what King Cyrus of Persia says: “The LORD, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth. He has appointed me to build him a Temple at Jerusalem, which is in Judah.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 1:3 - Any of you who are his people may go to Jerusalem in Judah to rebuild this Temple of the LORD, the God of Israel, who lives in Jerusalem. And may your God be with you!
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 1:4 - Wherever this Jewish remnant is found, let their neighbors contribute toward their expenses by giving them silver and gold, supplies for the journey, and livestock, as well as a voluntary offering for the Temple of God in Jerusalem.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 1:8 - Cyrus directed Mithredath, the treasurer of Persia, to count these items and present them to Sheshbazzar, the leader of the exiles returning to Judah.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:61 - Three families of priests—Hobaiah, Hakkoz, and Barzillai—also returned. (This Barzillai had married a woman who was a descendant of Barzillai of Gilead, and he had taken her family name.)
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:63 - The governor told them not to eat the priests' share of food from the sacrifices until a priest could consult the LORD about the matter by using the Urim and Thummim—the sacred lots.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:68 - When they arrived at the Temple of the LORD in Jerusalem, some of the family leaders made voluntary offerings toward the rebuilding of God's Temple on its original site,
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:70 - So the priests, the Levites, the singers, the gatekeepers, the Temple servants, and some of the common people settled in villages near Jerusalem. The rest of the people returned to their own towns throughout Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:2 - Then Jeshua son of Jehozadak[fn] joined his fellow priests and Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel with his family in rebuilding the altar of the God of Israel. They wanted to sacrifice burnt offerings on it, as instructed in the Law of Moses, the man of God.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:6 - Fifteen days before the Festival of Shelters began,[fn] the priests had begun to sacrifice burnt offerings to the LORD. This was even before they had started to lay the foundation of the LORD's Temple.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:7 - Then the people hired masons and carpenters and bought cedar logs from the people of Tyre and Sidon, paying them with food, wine, and olive oil. The logs were brought down from the Lebanon mountains and floated along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea[fn] to Joppa, for King Cyrus had given permission for this.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:8 - The construction of the Temple of God began in midspring,[fn] during the second year after they arrived in Jerusalem. The work force was made up of everyone who had returned from exile, including Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, Jeshua son of Jehozadak and his fellow priests, and all the Levites. The Levites who were twenty years old or older were put in charge of rebuilding the LORD's Temple.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:9 - The workers at the Temple of God were supervised by Jeshua with his sons and relatives, and Kadmiel and his sons, all descendants of Hodaviah.[fn] They were helped in this task by the Levites of the family of Henadad.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:13 - The joyful shouting and weeping mingled together in a loud noise that could be heard far in the distance.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:2 - So they approached Zerubbabel and the other leaders and said, “Let us build with you, for we worship your God just as you do. We have sacrificed to him ever since King Esarhaddon of Assyria brought us here.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:3 - But Zerubbabel, Jeshua, and the other leaders of Israel replied, “You may have no part in this work. We alone will build the Temple for the LORD, the God of Israel, just as King Cyrus of Persia commanded us.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:4 - Then the local residents tried to discourage and frighten the people of Judah to keep them from their work.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:10 - They also sent greetings from the rest of the people whom the great and noble Ashurbanipal[fn] had deported and relocated in Samaria and throughout the neighboring lands of the province west of the Euphrates River.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:11 - This is a copy of their letter: “To King Artaxerxes, from your loyal subjects in the province west of the Euphrates River.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:17 - Then King Artaxerxes sent this reply: “To Rehum the governor, Shimshai the court secretary, and their colleagues living in Samaria and throughout the province west of the Euphrates River. Greetings.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:20 - Powerful kings have ruled over Jerusalem and the entire province west of the Euphrates River, receiving tribute, customs, and tolls.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:23 - When this letter from King Artaxerxes was read to Rehum, Shimshai, and their colleagues, they hurried to Jerusalem. Then, with a show of strength, they forced the Jews to stop building.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:24 - So the work on the Temple of God in Jerusalem had stopped, and it remained at a standstill until the second year of the reign of King Darius of Persia.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:1 - At that time the prophets Haggai and Zechariah son of Iddo prophesied to the Jews in Judah and Jerusalem. They prophesied in the name of the God of Israel who was over them.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:2 - Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and Jeshua son of Jehozadak[fn] responded by starting again to rebuild the Temple of God in Jerusalem. And the prophets of God were with them and helped them.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:3 - But Tattenai, governor of the province west of the Euphrates River,[fn] and Shethar-bozenai and their colleagues soon arrived in Jerusalem and asked, “Who gave you permission to rebuild this Temple and restore this structure?”
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:5 - But because their God was watching over them, the leaders of the Jews were not prevented from building until a report was sent to Darius and he returned his decision.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:6 - This is a copy of the letter that Tattenai the governor, Shethar-bozenai, and the other officials of the province west of the Euphrates River sent to King Darius:
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:8 - “The king should know that we went to the construction site of the Temple of the great God in the province of Judah. It is being rebuilt with specially prepared stones, and timber is being laid in its walls. The work is going forward with great energy and success.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:11 - “This was their answer: ‘We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are rebuilding the Temple that was built here many years ago by a great king of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:12 - But because our ancestors angered the God of heaven, he abandoned them to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon,[fn] who destroyed this Temple and exiled the people to Babylonia.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:13 - However, King Cyrus of Babylon,[fn] during the first year of his reign, issued a decree that the Temple of God should be rebuilt.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:14 - King Cyrus returned the gold and silver cups that Nebuchadnezzar had taken from the Temple of God in Jerusalem and had placed in the temple of Babylon. These cups were taken from that temple and presented to a man named Sheshbazzar, whom King Cyrus appointed as governor of Judah.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:16 - So this Sheshbazzar came and laid the foundations of the Temple of God in Jerusalem. The people have been working on it ever since, though it is not yet completed.'
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:17 - “Therefore, if it pleases the king, we request that a search be made in the royal archives of Babylon to discover whether King Cyrus ever issued a decree to rebuild God's Temple in Jerusalem. And then let the king send us his decision in this matter.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:3 - “In the first year of King Cyrus's reign, a decree was sent out concerning the Temple of God at Jerusalem. “Let the Temple be rebuilt on the site where Jews used to offer their sacrifices, using the original foundations. Its height will be ninety feet, and its width will be ninety feet.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:4 - Every three layers of specially prepared stones will be topped by a layer of timber. All expenses will be paid by the royal treasury.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:5 - Furthermore, the gold and silver cups, which were taken to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar from the Temple of God in Jerusalem, must be returned to Jerusalem and put back where they belong. Let them be taken back to the Temple of God.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:6 - So King Darius sent this message: “Now therefore, Tattenai, governor of the province west of the Euphrates River,[fn] and Shethar-bozenai, and your colleagues and other officials west of the Euphrates River—stay away from there!
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:7 - Do not disturb the construction of the Temple of God. Let it be rebuilt on its original site, and do not hinder the governor of Judah and the elders of the Jews in their work.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:8 - “Moreover, I hereby decree that you are to help these elders of the Jews as they rebuild this Temple of God. You must pay the full construction costs, without delay, from my taxes collected in the province west of the Euphrates River so that the work will not be interrupted.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:9 - “Give the priests in Jerusalem whatever is needed in the way of young bulls, rams, and male lambs for the burnt offerings presented to the God of heaven. And without fail, provide them with as much wheat, salt, wine, and olive oil as they need each day.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:10 - Then they will be able to offer acceptable sacrifices to the God of heaven and pray for the welfare of the king and his sons.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:12 - May the God who has chosen the city of Jerusalem as the place to honor his name destroy any king or nation that violates this command and destroys this Temple. “I, Darius, have issued this decree. Let it be obeyed with all diligence.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:13 - Tattenai, governor of the province west of the Euphrates River, and Shethar-bozenai and their colleagues complied at once with the command of King Darius.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:14 - So the Jewish elders continued their work, and they were greatly encouraged by the preaching of the prophets Haggai and Zechariah son of Iddo. The Temple was finally finished, as had been commanded by the God of Israel and decreed by Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes, the kings of Persia.
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 6:16 - The Temple of God was then dedicated with great joy by the people of Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the rest of the people who had returned from exile.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:17 - During the dedication ceremony for the Temple of God, 100 young bulls, 200 rams, and 400 male lambs were sacrificed. And 12 male goats were presented as a sin offering for the twelve tribes of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:18 - Then the priests and Levites were divided into their various divisions to serve at the Temple of God in Jerusalem, as prescribed in the Book of Moses.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:19 - On April 21[fn] the returned exiles celebrated Passover.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:22 - Then they celebrated the Festival of Unleavened Bread for seven days. There was great joy throughout the land because the LORD had caused the king of Assyria[fn] to be favorable to them, so that he helped them to rebuild the Temple of God, the God of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:5 - son of Abishua, son of Phinehas, son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the high priest.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:9 - He had arranged to leave Babylon on April 8, the first day of the new year,[fn] and he arrived at Jerusalem on August 4,[fn] for the gracious hand of his God was on him.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:12 - [fn]“From Artaxerxes, the king of kings, to Ezra the priest, the teacher of the law of the God of heaven. Greetings.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:14 - I and my council of seven hereby instruct you to conduct an inquiry into the situation in Judah and Jerusalem, based on your God's law, which is in your hand.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:15 - We also commission you to take with you silver and gold, which we are freely presenting as an offering to the God of Israel who lives in Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:16 - “Furthermore, you are to take any silver and gold that you may obtain from the province of Babylon, as well as the voluntary offerings of the people and the priests that are presented for the Temple of their God in Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:17 - These donations are to be used specifically for the purchase of bulls, rams, male lambs, and the appropriate grain offerings and liquid offerings, all of which will be offered on the altar of the Temple of your God in Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:19 - “But as for the cups we are entrusting to you for the service of the Temple of your God, deliver them all to the God of Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:21 - “I, Artaxerxes the king, hereby send this decree to all the treasurers in the province west of the Euphrates River[fn]: ‘You are to give Ezra, the priest and teacher of the law of the God of heaven, whatever he requests of you.
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 BoxEzr 7:25 - “And you, Ezra, are to use the wisdom your God has given you to appoint magistrates and judges who know your God's laws to govern all the people in the province west of the Euphrates River. Teach the law to anyone who does not know it.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:26 - Anyone who refuses to obey the law of your God and the law of the king will be punished immediately, either by death, banishment, confiscation of goods, or imprisonment.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:27 - Praise the LORD, the God of our ancestors, who made the king want to beautify the Temple of the LORD in Jerusalem!
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:28 - And praise him for demonstrating such unfailing love to me by honoring me before the king, his council, and all his mighty nobles! I felt encouraged because the gracious hand of the LORD my God was on me. And I gathered some of the leaders of Israel to return with me to Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:1 - Here is a list of the family leaders and the genealogies of those who came with me from Babylon during the reign of King Artaxerxes:
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:17 - I sent them to Iddo, the leader of the Levites at Casiphia, to ask him and his relatives and the Temple servants to send us ministers for the Temple of God at Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:22 - For I was ashamed to ask the king for soldiers and horsemen[fn] to accompany us and protect us from enemies along the way. After all, we had told the king, “Our God's hand of protection is on all who worship him, but his fierce anger rages against those who abandon him.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:23 - So we fasted and earnestly prayed that our God would take care of us, and he heard our prayer.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:31 - We broke camp at the Ahava Canal on April 19[fn] and started off to Jerusalem. And the gracious hand of our God protected us and saved us from enemies and bandits along the way.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:33 - On the fourth day after our arrival, the silver, gold, and other valuables were weighed at the Temple of our God and entrusted to Meremoth son of Uriah the priest and to Eleazar son of Phinehas, along with Jozabad son of Jeshua and Noadiah son of Binnui—both of whom were Levites.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:36 - The king's decrees were delivered to his highest officers and the governors of the province west of the Euphrates River,[fn] who then cooperated by supporting the people and the Temple of God.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:3 - When I heard this, I tore my cloak and my shirt, pulled hair from my head and beard, and sat down utterly shocked.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:6 - I prayed, “O my God, I am utterly ashamed; I blush to lift up my face to you. For our sins are piled higher than our heads, and our guilt has reached to the heavens.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:9 - For we were slaves, but in his unfailing love our God did not abandon us in our slavery. Instead, he caused the kings of Persia to treat us favorably. He revived us so we could rebuild the Temple of our God and repair its ruins. He has given us a protective wall in Judah and Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:14 - But even so, we are again breaking your commands and intermarrying with people who do these detestable things. Won't your anger be enough to destroy us, so that even this little remnant no longer survives?
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:1 - While Ezra prayed and made this confession, weeping and lying face down on the ground in front of the Temple of God, a very large crowd of people from Israel—men, women, and children—gathered and wept bitterly with him.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:6 - Then Ezra left the front of the Temple of God and went to the room of Jehohanan son of Eliashib. He spent the night[fn] there without eating or drinking anything. He was still in mourning because of the unfaithfulness of the returned exiles.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:9 - Within three days, all the people of Judah and Benjamin had gathered in Jerusalem. This took place on December 19,[fn] and all the people were sitting in the square before the Temple of God. They were trembling both because of the seriousness of the matter and because it was raining.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:16 - So this was the plan they followed. Ezra selected leaders to represent their families, designating each of the representatives by name. On December 29,[fn] the leaders sat down to investigate the matter.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:17 - By March 27, the first day of the new year,[fn] they had finished dealing with all the men who had married pagan wives.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:4 - When I heard this, I sat down and wept. In fact, for days I mourned, fasted, and prayed to the God of heaven.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:5 - Then I said, “O LORD, God of heaven, the great and awesome God who keeps his covenant of unfailing love with those who love him and obey his commands,
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:9 - But if you return to me and obey my commands and live by them, then even if you are exiled to the ends of the earth, I will bring you back to the place I have chosen for my name to be honored.'
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:11 - O Lord, please hear my prayer! Listen to the prayers of those of us who delight in honoring you. Please grant me success today by making the king favorable to me.[fn] Put it into his heart to be kind to me.” In those days I was the king's cup-bearer.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:4 - The king asked, “Well, how can I help you?”
With a prayer to the God of heaven,
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:6 - The king, with the queen sitting beside him, asked, “How long will you be gone? When will you return?” After I told him how long I would be gone, the king agreed to my request.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:7 - I also said to the king, “If it please the king, let me have letters addressed to the governors of the province west of the Euphrates River,[fn] instructing them to let me travel safely through their territories on my way to Judah.
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 2:9 - When I came to the governors of the province west of the Euphrates River, I delivered the king's letters to them. The king, I should add, had sent along army officers and horsemen[fn] to protect me.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:12 - I slipped out during the night, taking only a few others with me. I had not told anyone about the plans God had put in my heart for Jerusalem. We took no pack animals with us except the donkey I was riding.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:13 - After dark I went out through the Valley Gate, past the Jackal's Well,[fn] and over to the Dung Gate to inspect the broken walls and burned gates.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:14 - Then I went to the Fountain Gate and to the King's Pool, but my donkey couldn't get through the rubble.
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 2:20 - I replied, “The God of heaven will help us succeed. We, his servants, will start rebuilding this wall. But you have no share, legal right, or historic claim in Jerusalem.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:6 - The Old City Gate[fn] was repaired by Joiada son of Paseah and Meshullam son of Besodeiah. They laid the beams, set up its doors, and installed its bolts and bars.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:8 - Next was Uzziel son of Harhaiah, a goldsmith by trade, who also worked on the wall. Beyond him was Hananiah, a manufacturer of perfumes. They left out a section of Jerusalem as they built the Broad Wall.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:15 - The Fountain Gate was repaired by Shallum[fn] son of Col-hozeh, the leader of the Mizpah district. He rebuilt it, roofed it, set up its doors, and installed its bolts and bars. Then he repaired the wall of the pool of Siloam[fn] near the king's garden, and he rebuilt the wall as far as the stairs that descend from the City of David.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:19 - Next to them, Ezer son of Jeshua, the leader of Mizpah, repaired another section of wall across from the ascent to the armory near the angle in the wall.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:20 - Next to him was Baruch son of Zabbai, who zealously repaired an additional section from the angle to the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:25 - Palal son of Uzai carried on the work from a point opposite the angle and the tower that projects up from the king's upper house beside the court of the guard. Next to him were Pedaiah son of Parosh,
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:27 - Then came the people of Tekoa, who repaired another section across from the great projecting tower and over to the wall of Ophel.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:31 - Malkijah, one of the goldsmiths, repaired the wall as far as the housing for the Temple servants and merchants, across from the Inspection Gate. Then he continued as far as the upper room at the corner.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:3 - Tobiah the Ammonite, who was standing beside him, remarked, “That stone wall would collapse if even a fox walked along the top of it!”
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:13 - So I placed armed guards behind the lowest parts of the wall in the exposed areas. I stationed the people to stand guard by families, armed with swords, spears, and bows.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:14 - Then as I looked over the situation, I called together the nobles and the rest of the people and said to them, “Don't be afraid of the enemy! Remember the Lord, who is great and glorious, and fight for your brothers, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your homes!”
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:19 - Then I explained to the nobles and officials and all the people, “The work is very spread out, and we are widely separated from each other along the wall.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:21 - We worked early and late, from sunrise to sunset. And half the men were always on guard.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:1 - About this time some of the men and their wives raised a cry of protest against their fellow Jews.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:4 - And others said, “We have had to borrow money on our fields and vineyards to pay our taxes.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:13 - I shook out the folds of my robe and said, “If you fail to keep your promise, may God shake you like this from your homes and from your property!”
The whole assembly responded, “Amen,” and they praised the LORD. And the people did as they had promised.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:1 - Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and the rest of our enemies found out that I had finished rebuilding the wall and that no gaps remained—though we had not yet set up the doors in the gates.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:10 - Later I went to visit Shemaiah son of Delaiah and grandson of Mehetabel, who was confined to his home. He said, “Let us meet together inside the Temple of God and bolt the doors shut. Your enemies are coming to kill you tonight.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:15 - So on October 2[fn] the wall was finished—just fifty-two days after we had begun.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:16 - When our enemies and the surrounding nations heard about it, they were frightened and humiliated. They realized this work had been done with the help of our God.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:18 - For many in Judah had sworn allegiance to him because his father-in-law was Shecaniah son of Arah, and his son Jehohanan was married to the daughter of Meshullam son of Berekiah.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:43 - These are the Levites who returned from exile:
The families of Jeshua and Kadmiel (descendants of Hodaviah[fn])74
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:63 - Three families of priests—Hobaiah, Hakkoz, and Barzillai—also returned. (This Barzillai had married a woman who was a descendant of Barzillai of Gilead, and he had taken her family name.)
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:65 - The governor told them not to eat the priests' share of food from the sacrifices until a priest could consult the LORD about the matter by using the Urim and Thummim—the sacred lots.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:72 - The rest of the people gave 20,000 gold coins, about 2,500 pounds[fn] of silver, and 67 robes for the priests.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:73 - So the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, the Temple servants, and some of the common people settled near Jerusalem. The rest of the people returned to their own towns throughout Israel. In October,[fn] when the Israelites had settled in their towns, [fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:2 - So on October 8[fn] Ezra the priest brought the Book of the Law before the assembly, which included the men and women and all the children old enough to understand.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:3 - He faced the square just inside the Water Gate from early morning until noon and read aloud to everyone who could understand. All the people listened closely to the Book of the Law.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:5 - Ezra stood on the platform in full view of all the people. When they saw him open the book, they all rose to their feet.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:8 - They read from the Book of the Law of God and clearly explained the meaning of what was being read, helping the people understand each passage.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:9 - Then Nehemiah the governor, Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who were interpreting for the people said to them, “Don't mourn or weep on such a day as this! For today is a sacred day before the LORD your God.” For the people had all been weeping as they listened to the words of the Law.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:13 - On October 9[fn] the family leaders of all the people, together with the priests and Levites, met with Ezra the scribe to go over the Law in greater detail.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:16 - So the people went out and cut branches and used them to build shelters on the roofs of their houses, in their courtyards, in the courtyards of God's Temple, or in the squares just inside the Water Gate and the Ephraim Gate.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:18 - Ezra read from the Book of the Law of God on each of the seven days of the festival. Then on the eighth day they held a solemn assembly, as was required by law.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:1 - On October 31[fn] the people assembled again, and this time they fasted and dressed in burlap and sprinkled dust on their heads.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:5 - Then the leaders of the Levites—Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah—called out to the people: “Stand up and praise the LORD your God, for he lives from everlasting to everlasting!” Then they prayed: “May your glorious name be praised! May it be exalted above all blessing and praise!
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:6 - “You alone are the LORD. You made the skies and the heavens and all the stars. You made the earth and the seas and everything in them. You preserve them all, and the angels of heaven worship you.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:19 - “But in your great mercy you did not abandon them to die in the wilderness. The pillar of cloud still led them forward by day, and the pillar of fire showed them the way through the night.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:22 - “Then you helped our ancestors conquer kingdoms and nations, and you placed your people in every corner of the land.[fn] They took over the land of King Sihon of Heshbon and the land of King Og of Bashan.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:23 - You made their descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and brought them into the land you had promised to their ancestors.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:14 - The following leaders: Parosh, Pahath-moab, Elam, Zattu, Bani,
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:28 - Then the rest of the people—the priests, Levites, gatekeepers, singers, Temple servants, and all who had separated themselves from the pagan people of the land in order to obey the Law of God, together with their wives, sons, daughters, and all who were old enough to understand—
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:29 - joined their leaders and bound themselves with an oath. They swore a curse on themselves if they failed to obey the Law of God as issued by his servant Moses. They solemnly promised to carefully follow all the commands, regulations, and decrees of the LORD our Lord:
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:33 - This will provide for the Bread of the Presence; for the regular grain offerings and burnt offerings; for the offerings on the Sabbaths, the new moon celebrations, and the annual festivals; for the holy offerings; and for the sin offerings to make atonement for Israel. It will provide for everything necessary for the work of the Temple of our God.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:37 - We will store the produce in the storerooms of the Temple of our God. We will bring the best of our flour and other grain offerings, the best of our fruit, and the best of our new wine and olive oil. And we promise to bring to the Levites a tenth of everything our land produces, for it is the Levites who collect the tithes in all our rural towns.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:38 - “A priest—a descendant of Aaron—will be with the Levites as they receive these tithes. And a tenth of all that is collected as tithes will be delivered by the Levites to the Temple of our God and placed in the storerooms.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:39 - The people and the Levites must bring these offerings of grain, new wine, and olive oil to the storerooms and place them in the sacred containers near the ministering priests, the gatekeepers, and the singers. “We promise together not to neglect the Temple of our God.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:1 - The leaders of the people were living in Jerusalem, the holy city. A tenth of the people from the other towns of Judah and Benjamin were chosen by sacred lots to live there, too, while the rest stayed where they were.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:5 - Also Maaseiah son of Baruch, son of Col-hozeh, son of Hazaiah, son of Adaiah, son of Joiarib, son of Zechariah, of the family of Shelah.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:11 - and Seraiah son of Hilkiah, son of Meshullam, son of Zadok, son of Meraioth, son of Ahitub, the supervisor of the Temple of God.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:12 - Also 822 of their associates, who worked at the Temple. Also Adaiah son of Jeroham, son of Pelaliah, son of Amzi, son of Zechariah, son of Pashhur, son of Malkijah,
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:22 - The chief officer of the Levites in Jerusalem was Uzzi son of Bani, son of Hashabiah, son of Mattaniah, son of Mica, a descendant of Asaph, whose family served as singers at God's Temple.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:23 - Their daily responsibilities were carried out according to the terms of a royal command.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:24 - Pethahiah son of Meshezabel, a descendant of Zerah son of Judah, was the royal adviser in all matters of public administration.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:22 - A record of the Levite families was kept during the years when Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan, and Jaddua served as high priest. Another record of the priests was kept during the reign of Darius the Persian.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:24 - These were the family leaders of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, Jeshua, Binnui,[fn] Kadmiel, and other associates, who stood opposite them during the ceremonies of praise and thanksgiving, one section responding to the other, as commanded by David, the man of God.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:36 - And Zechariah's colleagues were Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, Judah, and Hanani. They used the musical instruments prescribed by David, the man of God. Ezra the scribe led this procession.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:37 - At the Fountain Gate they went straight up the steps on the ascent of the city wall toward the City of David. They passed the house of David and then proceeded to the Water Gate on the east.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:38 - The second choir giving thanks went northward[fn] around the other way to meet them. I followed them, together with the other half of the people, along the top of the wall past the Tower of the Ovens to the Broad Wall,
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:40 - The two choirs that were giving thanks then proceeded to the Temple of God, where they took their places. So did I, together with the group of leaders who were with me.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:45 - They performed the service of their God and the service of purification, as commanded by David and his son Solomon, and so did the singers and the gatekeepers.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:1 - On that same day, as the Book of Moses was being read to the people, the passage was found that said no Ammonite or Moabite should ever be permitted to enter the assembly of God.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:5 - had converted a large storage room and placed it at Tobiah's disposal. The room had previously been used for storing the grain offerings, the frankincense, various articles for the Temple, and the tithes of grain, new wine, and olive oil (which were prescribed for the Levites, the singers, and the gatekeepers), as well as the offerings for the priests.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:6 - I was not in Jerusalem at that time, for I had returned to King Artaxerxes of Babylon in the thirty-second year of his reign,[fn] though I later asked his permission to return.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:7 - When I arrived back in Jerusalem, I learned about Eliashib's evil deed in providing Tobiah with a room in the courtyards of the Temple of God.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:9 - Then I demanded that the rooms be purified, and I brought back the articles for God's Temple, the grain offerings, and the frankincense.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:11 - I immediately confronted the leaders and demanded, “Why has the Temple of God been neglected?” Then I called all the Levites back again and restored them to their proper duties.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:12 - And once more all the people of Judah began bringing their tithes of grain, new wine, and olive oil to the Temple storerooms.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:13 - I assigned supervisors for the storerooms: Shelemiah the priest, Zadok the scribe, and Pedaiah, one of the Levites. And I appointed Hanan son of Zaccur and grandson of Mattaniah as their assistant. These men had an excellent reputation, and it was their job to make honest distributions to their fellow Levites.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:14 - Remember this good deed, O my God, and do not forget all that I have faithfully done for the Temple of my God and its services.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:21 - But I spoke sharply to them and said, “What are you doing out here, camping around the wall? If you do this again, I will arrest you!” And that was the last time they came on the Sabbath.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:22 - Then I commanded the Levites to purify themselves and to guard the gates in order to preserve the holiness of the Sabbath. Remember this good deed also, O my God! Have compassion on me according to your great and unfailing love.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:28 - One of the sons of Joiada son of Eliashib the high priest had married a daughter of Sanballat the Horonite, so I banished him from my presence.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:4 - The celebration lasted 180 days—a tremendous display of the opulent wealth of his empire and the pomp and splendor of his majesty.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:5 - When it was all over, the king gave a banquet for all the people, from the greatest to the least, who were in the fortress of Susa. It lasted for seven days and was held in the courtyard of the palace garden.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:10 - On the seventh day of the feast, when King Xerxes was in high spirits because of the wine, he told the seven eunuchs who attended him—Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas—
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:14 - The names of these men were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan—seven nobles of Persia and Media. They met with the king regularly and held the highest positions in the empire.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:15 - “What must be done to Queen Vashti?” the king demanded. “What penalty does the law provide for a queen who refuses to obey the king's orders, properly sent through his eunuchs?”
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:16 - Memucan answered the king and his nobles, “Queen Vashti has wronged not only the king but also every noble and citizen throughout your empire.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:20 - When this decree is published throughout the king's vast empire, husbands everywhere, whatever their rank, will receive proper respect from their wives!”
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:1 - But after Xerxes' anger had subsided, he began thinking about Vashti and what she had done and the decree he had made.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:2 - So his personal attendants suggested, “Let us search the empire to find beautiful young virgins for the king.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:3 - Let the king appoint agents in each province to bring these beautiful young women into the royal harem at the fortress of Susa. Hegai, the king's eunuch in charge of the harem, will see that they are all given beauty treatments.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:5 - At that time there was a Jewish man in the fortress of Susa whose name was Mordecai son of Jair. He was from the tribe of Benjamin and was a descendant of Kish and Shimei.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:8 - As a result of the king's decree, Esther, along with many other young women, was brought to the king's harem at the fortress of Susa and placed in Hegai's care.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:13 - When it was time for her to go to the king's palace, she was given her choice of whatever clothing or jewelry she wanted to take from the harem.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:14 - That evening she was taken to the king's private rooms, and the next morning she was brought to the second harem,[fn] where the king's wives lived. There she would be under the care of Shaashgaz, the king's eunuch in charge of the concubines. She would never go to the king again unless he had especially enjoyed her and requested her by name.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:21 - One day as Mordecai was on duty at the king's gate, two of the king's eunuchs, Bigthana[fn] and Teresh—who were guards at the door of the king's private quarters—became angry at King Xerxes and plotted to assassinate him.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:3 - Then the palace officials at the king's gate asked Mordecai, “Why are you disobeying the king's command?”
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 3:8 - Then Haman approached King Xerxes and said, “There is a certain race of people scattered through all the provinces of your empire who keep themselves separate from everyone else. Their laws are different from those of any other people, and they refuse to obey the laws of the king. So it is not in the king's interest to let them live.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:9 - If it please the king, issue a decree that they be destroyed, and I will give 10,000 large sacks[fn] of silver to the government administrators to be deposited in the royal treasury.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:12 - So on April 17[fn] the king's secretaries were summoned, and a decree was written exactly as Haman dictated. It was sent to the king's highest officers, the governors of the respective provinces, and the nobles of each province in their own scripts and languages. The decree was written in the name of King Xerxes and sealed with the king's signet ring.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:2 - He went as far as the gate of the palace, for no one was allowed to enter the palace gate while wearing clothes of mourning.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:5 - Then Esther sent for Hathach, one of the king's eunuchs who had been appointed as her attendant. She ordered him to go to Mordecai and find out what was troubling him and why he was in mourning.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:8 - Mordecai gave Hathach a copy of the decree issued in Susa that called for the death of all Jews. He asked Hathach to show it to Esther and explain the situation to her. He also asked Hathach to direct her to go to the king to beg for mercy and plead for her people.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:14 - If you keep quiet at a time like this, deliverance and relief for the Jews will arise from some other place, but you and your relatives will die. Who knows if perhaps you were made queen for just such a time as this?”
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 5:8 - If I have found favor with the king, and if it pleases the king to grant my request and do what I ask, please come with Haman tomorrow to the banquet I will prepare for you. Then I will explain what this is all about.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:9 - Haman was a happy man as he left the banquet! But when he saw Mordecai sitting at the palace gate, not standing up or trembling nervously before him, Haman became furious.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:12 - Then Haman added, “And that's not all! Queen Esther invited only me and the king himself to the banquet she prepared for us. And she has invited me to dine with her and the king again tomorrow!”
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:1 - That night the king had trouble sleeping, so he ordered an attendant to bring the book of the history of his reign so it could be read to him.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:2 - In those records he discovered an account of how Mordecai had exposed the plot of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the eunuchs who guarded the door to the king's private quarters. They had plotted to assassinate King Xerxes.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:3 - “What reward or recognition did we ever give Mordecai for this?” the king asked.
His attendants replied, “Nothing has been done for him.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:5 - So the attendants replied to the king, “Haman is out in the court.”
“Bring him in,” the king ordered.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:8 - he should bring out one of the king's own royal robes, as well as a horse that the king himself has ridden—one with a royal emblem on its head.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:9 - Let the robes and the horse be handed over to one of the king's most noble officials. And let him see that the man whom the king wishes to honor is dressed in the king's robes and led through the city square on the king's horse. Have the official shout as they go, ‘This is what the king does for someone he wishes to honor!'”
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:3 - Queen Esther replied, “If I have found favor with the king, and if it pleases the king to grant my request, I ask that my life and the lives of my people will be spared.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:4 - For my people and I have been sold to those who would kill, slaughter, and annihilate us. If we had merely been sold as slaves, I could remain quiet, for that would be too trivial a matter to warrant disturbing the king.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:6 - Esther replied, “This wicked Haman is our adversary and our enemy.” Haman grew pale with fright before the king and queen.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:8 - In despair he fell on the couch where Queen Esther was reclining, just as the king was returning from the palace garden.
The king exclaimed, “Will he even assault the queen right here in the palace, before my very eyes?” And as soon as the king spoke, his attendants covered Haman's face, signaling his doom.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:9 - Then Harbona, one of the king's eunuchs, said, “Haman has set up a sharpened pole that stands seventy-five feet[fn] tall in his own courtyard. He intended to use it to impale Mordecai, the man who saved the king from assassination.”
“Then impale Haman on it!” the king ordered.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:10 - So they impaled Haman on the pole he had set up for Mordecai, and the king's anger subsided.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:1 - On that same day King Xerxes gave the property of Haman, the enemy of the Jews, to Queen Esther. Then Mordecai was brought before the king, for Esther had told the king how they were related.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:6 - For how can I endure to see my people and my family slaughtered and destroyed?”
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:8 - Now go ahead and send a message to the Jews in the king's name, telling them whatever you want, and seal it with the king's signet ring. But remember that whatever has already been written in the king's name and sealed with his signet ring can never be revoked.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:10 - The decree was written in the name of King Xerxes and sealed with the king's signet ring. Mordecai sent the dispatches by swift messengers, who rode fast horses especially bred for the king's service.
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 8:14 - So urged on by the king's command, the messengers rode out swiftly on fast horses bred for the king's service. The same decree was also proclaimed in the fortress of Susa.
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 BoxEst 9:4 - For Mordecai had been promoted in the king's palace, and his fame spread throughout all the provinces as he became more and more powerful.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:10 - the ten sons of Haman son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews. But they did not take any plunder.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:15 - Then the Jews at Susa gathered together on March 8[fn] and killed 300 more men, and again they took no plunder.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:16 - Meanwhile, the other Jews throughout the king's provinces had gathered together to defend their lives. They gained relief from all their enemies, killing 75,000 of those who hated them. But they did not take any plunder.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:17 - This was done throughout the provinces on March 7, and on March 8 they rested,[fn] celebrating their victory with a day of feasting and gladness.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:19 - So to this day, rural Jews living in remote villages celebrate an annual festival and holiday on the appointed day in late winter,[fn] when they rejoice and send gifts of food to each other.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:21 - calling on them to celebrate an annual festival on these two days.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:5 - When these celebrations ended—sometimes after several days—Job would purify his children. He would get up early in the morning and offer a burnt offering for each of them. For Job said to himself, “Perhaps my children have sinned and have cursed God in their hearts.” This was Job's regular practice.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:6 - One day the members of the heavenly court[fn] came to present themselves before the LORD, and the Accuser, Satan,[fn] came with them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:8 - Then the LORD asked Satan, “Have you noticed my servant Job? He is the finest man in all the earth. He is blameless—a man of complete integrity. He fears God and stays away from evil.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:9 - Satan replied to the LORD, “Yes, but Job has good reason to fear God.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:12 - “All right, you may test him,” the LORD said to Satan. “Do whatever you want with everything he possesses, but don't harm him physically.” So Satan left the LORD's presence.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:13 - One day when Job's sons and daughters were feasting at the oldest brother's house,
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:16 - While he was still speaking, another messenger arrived with this news: “The fire of God has fallen from heaven and burned up your sheep and all the shepherds. I am the only one who escaped to tell you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:22 - In all of this, Job did not sin by blaming God.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:1 - One day the members of the heavenly court[fn] came again to present themselves before the LORD, and the Accuser, Satan,[fn] came with them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:2 - “Where have you come from?” the LORD asked Satan.
Satan answered the LORD, “I have been patrolling the earth, watching everything that's going on.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:7 - So Satan left the LORD's presence, and he struck Job with terrible boils from head to foot.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:10 - But Job replied, “You talk like a foolish woman. Should we accept only good things from the hand of God and never anything bad?” So in all this, Job said nothing wrong.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:21 - They long for death, and it won't come.
They search for death more eagerly than for hidden treasure.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:19 - how much less will he trust people made of clay!
They are made of dust, crushed as easily as a moth.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:25 - You will have many children;
your descendants will be as plentiful as grass!
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:13 - The same happens to all who forget God.
The hopes of the godless evaporate.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:20 - I have only a few days left, so leave me alone,
that I may have a moment of comfort
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:14 - Can the dead live again?
If so, this would give me hope through all my years of struggle,
and I would eagerly await the release of death.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:18 - “But instead, as mountains fall and crumble
and as rocks fall from a cliff,
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:4 - Have you no fear of God,
no reverence for him?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:10 - On our side are aged, gray-haired men
much older than your father!
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:25 - For they shake their fists at God,
defying the Almighty.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:13 - They savored it,
holding it long in their mouths.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:29 - This is the reward that God gives the wicked.
It is the inheritance decreed by God.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:13 - But you reply, ‘That's why God can't see what I am doing!
How can he judge through the thick darkness?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:21 - The east wind carries them away, and they are gone.
It sweeps them away.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:23 - But everyone jeers at them
and mocks them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:21 - It is hidden from the eyes of all humanity.
Even the sharp-eyed birds in the sky cannot discover it.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:4 - When I was in my prime,
God's friendship was felt in my home.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:18 - With a strong hand, God grabs my shirt.
He grips me by the collar of my coat.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:22 - then let my shoulder be wrenched out of place!
Let my arm be torn from its socket!
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:28 - If so, I should be punished by the judges,
for it would mean I had denied the God of heaven.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:2 - Then Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite, of the clan of Ram, became angry. He was angry because Job refused to admit that he had sinned and that God was right in punishing him.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:6 - Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite said,
“I am young and you are old,
so I held back from telling you what I think.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:6 - Look, you and I both belong to God.
I, too, was formed from clay.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:37 - For you have added rebellion to your sin;
you show no respect,
and you speak many angry words against God.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:10 - He gets their attention
and commands that they turn from evil.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:1 - “My heart pounds as I think of this.
It trembles within me.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:3 - It rolls across the heavens,
and his lightning flashes in every direction.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:18 - But whenever she jumps up to run,
she passes the swiftest horse with its rider.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:9 - Are you as strong as God?
Can you thunder with a voice like his?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:16 - They are so close together
that no air can get between them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:8 - So take seven bulls and seven rams and go to my servant Job and offer a burnt offering for yourselves. My servant Job will pray for you, and I will accept his prayer on your behalf. I will not treat you as you deserve, for you have not spoken accurately about me, as my servant Job has.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:17 - Then he died, an old man who had lived a long, full life.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:2 - The kings of the earth prepare for battle;
the rulers plot together
against the LORD
and against his anointed one.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 3:1 - A psalm of David, regarding the time David fled from his son Absalom.

O LORD, I have so many enemies;
so many are against me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 3:8 - Victory comes from you, O LORD.
May you bless your people.
Interlude
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:8 - Go away, all you who do evil,
for the LORD has heard my weeping.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:10 - God is my shield,
saving those whose hearts are true and right.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:17 - I will thank the LORD because he is just;
I will sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:8 - the birds in the sky, the fish in the sea,
and everything that swims the ocean currents.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:1 - For the choir director: A psalm of David, to be sung to the tune “Death of the Son.”

I will praise you, LORD, with all my heart;
I will tell of all the marvelous things you have done.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:5 - You have rebuked the nations and destroyed the wicked;
you have erased their names forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:6 - The enemy is finished, in endless ruins;
the cities you uprooted are now forgotten.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:13 - LORD, have mercy on me.
See how my enemies torment me.
Snatch me back from the jaws of death.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:17 - The wicked will go down to the grave.[fn]
This is the fate of all the nations who ignore God.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:15 - Break the arms of these wicked, evil people!
Go after them until the last one is destroyed.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:16 - The LORD is king forever and ever!
The godless nations will vanish from the land.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 12:5 - The LORD replies, “I have seen violence done to the helpless,
and I have heard the groans of the poor.
Now I will rise up to rescue them,
as they have longed for me to do.”
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:2 - The LORD looks down from heaven
on the entire human race;
he looks to see if anyone is truly wise,
if anyone seeks God.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:7 - Who will come from Mount Zion to rescue Israel?
When the LORD restores his people,
Jacob will shout with joy, and Israel will rejoice.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:1 - A prayer of David.

O LORD, hear my plea for justice.
Listen to my cry for help.
Pay attention to my prayer,
for it comes from honest lips.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:21 - For I have kept the ways of the LORD;
I have not turned from my God to follow evil.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:31 - For who is God except the LORD?
Who but our God is a solid rock?
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:50 - You give great victories to your king;
you show unfailing love to your anointed,
to David and all his descendants forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:6 - The sun rises at one end of the heavens
and follows its course to the other end.
Nothing can hide from its heat.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:7 - The instructions of the LORD are perfect,
reviving the soul.
The decrees of the LORD are trustworthy,
making wise the simple.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:13 - Keep your servant from deliberate sins!
Don't let them control me.
Then I will be free of guilt
and innocent of great sin.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 20:1 - For the choir director: A psalm of David.

In times of trouble, may the LORD answer your cry.
May the name of the God of Jacob keep you safe from all harm.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 21:7 - For the king trusts in the LORD.
The unfailing love of the Most High will keep him from stumbling.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:24 - For he has not ignored or belittled the suffering of the needy.
He has not turned his back on them,
but has listened to their cries for help.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:28 - For royal power belongs to the LORD.
He rules all the nations.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 24:1 - A psalm of David.

The earth is the LORD's, and everything in it.
The world and all its people belong to him.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 24:3 - Who may climb the mountain of the LORD?
Who may stand in his holy place?
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 24:6 - Such people may seek you
and worship in your presence, O God of Jacob.
Interlude
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:6 - Remember, O LORD, your compassion and unfailing love,
which you have shown from long ages past.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 26:1 - A psalm of David.

Declare me innocent, O LORD,
for I have acted with integrity;
I have trusted in the LORD without wavering.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:1 - A psalm of David.

The LORD is my light and my salvation—
so why should I be afraid?
The LORD is my fortress, protecting me from danger,
so why should I tremble?
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:4 - The one thing I ask of the LORD
the thing I seek most—
is to live in the house of the LORD all the days of my life,
delighting in the LORD's perfections
and meditating in his Temple.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:9 - Do not turn your back on me.
Do not reject your servant in anger.
You have always been my helper.
Don't leave me now; don't abandon me,
O God of my salvation!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 28:1 - A psalm of David.

I pray to you, O LORD, my rock.
Do not turn a deaf ear to me.
For if you are silent,
I might as well give up and die.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 28:8 - The LORD gives his people strength.
He is a safe fortress for his anointed king.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 28:9 - Save your people!
Bless Israel, your special possession.[fn]
Lead them like a shepherd,
and carry them in your arms forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 29:5 - The voice of the LORD splits the mighty cedars;
the LORD shatters the cedars of Lebanon.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:1 - A psalm of David. A song for the dedication of the Temple.

I will exalt you, LORD, for you rescued me.
You refused to let my enemies triumph over me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:18 - Silence their lying lips—
those proud and arrogant lips that accuse the godly.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:10 - Many sorrows come to the wicked,
but unfailing love surrounds those who trust the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:4 - For the word of the LORD holds true,
and we can trust everything he does.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:6 - The LORD merely spoke,
and the heavens were created.
He breathed the word,
and all the stars were born.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:11 - But the LORD's plans stand firm forever;
his intentions can never be shaken.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:27 - But give great joy to those who came to my defense.
Let them continually say, “Great is the LORD,
who delights in blessing his servant with peace!”
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:3 - Everything they say is crooked and deceitful.
They refuse to act wisely or do good.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:8 - You feed them from the abundance of your own house,
letting them drink from your river of delights.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:1 - A psalm of David.

Don't worry about the wicked
or envy those who do wrong.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:4 - Take delight in the LORD,
and he will give you your heart's desires.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:20 - But the wicked will die.
The LORD's enemies are like flowers in a field—
they will disappear like smoke.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:31 - They have made God's law their own,
so they will never slip from his path.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:35 - I have seen wicked and ruthless people
flourishing like a tree in its native soil.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:1 - For Jeduthun, the choir director: A psalm of David.

I said to myself, “I will watch what I do
and not sin in what I say.
I will hold my tongue
when the ungodly are around me.”
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 41:13 - Praise the LORD, the God of Israel,
who lives from everlasting to everlasting.
Amen and amen!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:2 - I thirst for God, the living God.
When can I go and stand before him?
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:4 - My heart is breaking
as I remember how it used to be:
I walked among the crowds of worshipers,
leading a great procession to the house of God,
singing for joy and giving thanks
amid the sound of a great celebration!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 43:4 - There I will go to the altar of God,
to God—the source of all my joy.
I will praise you with my harp,
O God, my God!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 43:5 - Why am I discouraged?
Why is my heart so sad?
I will put my hope in God!
I will praise him again—
my Savior and my God!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:20 - If we had forgotten the name of our God
or spread our hands in prayer to foreign gods,
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:1 - For the choir director: A love song to be sung to the tune “Lilies.” A psalm[fn] of the descendants of Korah.

Beautiful words stir my heart.
I will recite a lovely poem about the king,
for my tongue is like the pen of a skillful poet.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:5 - Your arrows are sharp, piercing your enemies' hearts.
The nations fall beneath your feet.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:6 - Your throne, O God,[fn] endures forever and ever.
You rule with a scepter of justice.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:10 - Listen to me, O royal daughter; take to heart what I say.
Forget your people and your family far away.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:12 - The princess of Tyre[fn] will shower you with gifts.
The wealthy will beg your favor.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:17 - I will bring honor to your name in every generation.
Therefore, the nations will praise you forever and ever.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:4 - A river brings joy to the city of our God,
the sacred home of the Most High.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 47:9 - The rulers of the world have gathered together
with the people of the God of Abraham.
For all the kings of the earth belong to God.
He is highly honored everywhere.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 48:1 - A song. A psalm of the descendants of Korah.

How great is the LORD,
how deserving of praise,
in the city of our God,
which sits on his holy mountain!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 48:2 - It is high and magnificent;
the whole earth rejoices to see it!
Mount Zion, the holy mountain,[fn]
is the city of the great King!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 48:8 - We had heard of the city's glory,
but now we have seen it ourselves—
the city of the LORD of Heaven's Armies.
It is the city of our God;
he will make it safe forever.
Interlude
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 48:9 - O God, we meditate on your unfailing love
as we worship in your Temple.
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 49:6 - They trust in their wealth
and boast of great riches.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:16 - So don't be dismayed when the wicked grow rich
and their homes become ever more splendid.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:9 - But I do not need the bulls from your barns
or the goats from your pens.
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 50:20 - You sit around and slander your brother—
your own mother's son.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:22 - Repent, all of you who forget me,
or I will tear you apart,
and no one will help you.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:23 - But giving thanks is a sacrifice that truly honors me.
If you keep to my path,
I will reveal to you the salvation of God.”
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 52:7 - “Look what happens to mighty warriors
who do not trust in God.
They trust their wealth instead
and grow more and more bold in their wickedness.”
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 52:8 - But I am like an olive tree, thriving in the house of God.
I will always trust in God's unfailing love.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 53:2 - God looks down from heaven
on the entire human race;
he looks to see if anyone is truly wise,
if anyone seeks God.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 53:6 - Who will come from Mount Zion to rescue Israel?
When God restores his people,
Jacob will shout with joy, and Israel will rejoice.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:14 - What good fellowship we once enjoyed
as we walked together to the house of God.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 56:1 - For the choir director: A psalm[fn] of David, regarding the time the Philistines seized him in Gath. To be sung to the tune “Dove on Distant Oaks.”

O God, have mercy on me,
for people are hounding me.
My foes attack me all day long.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 56:7 - Don't let them get away with their wickedness;
in your anger, O God, bring them down.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 56:13 - For you have rescued me from death;
you have kept my feet from slipping.
So now I can walk in your presence, O God,
in your life-giving light.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:4 - They spit venom like deadly snakes;
they are like cobras that refuse to listen,
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:10 - The godly will rejoice when they see injustice avenged.
They will wash their feet in the blood of the wicked.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:11 - Don't kill them, for my people soon forget such lessons;
stagger them with your power, and bring them to their knees,
O Lord our shield.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:13 - Destroy them in your anger!
Wipe them out completely!
Then the whole world will know
that God reigns in Israel.[fn]
Interlude
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 61:7 - May he reign under God's protection forever.
May your unfailing love and faithfulness watch over him.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 61:8 - Then I will sing praises to your name forever
as I fulfill my vows each day.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:12 - unfailing love, O Lord, is yours.
Surely you repay all people
according to what they have done.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 64:9 - Then everyone will be afraid;
they will proclaim the mighty acts of God
and realize all the amazing things he does.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 65:1 - For the choir director: A song. A psalm of David.

What mighty praise, O God,
belongs to you in Zion.
We will fulfill our vows to you,
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 65:4 - What joy for those you choose to bring near,
those who live in your holy courts.
What festivities await us
inside your holy Temple.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 65:9 - You take care of the earth and water it,
making it rich and fertile.
The river of God has plenty of water;
it provides a bountiful harvest of grain,
for you have ordered it so.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 65:11 - You crown the year with a bountiful harvest;
even the hard pathways overflow with abundance.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:5 - Come and see what our God has done,
what awesome miracles he performs for people!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:7 - For by his great power he rules forever.
He watches every movement of the nations;
let no rebel rise in defiance.
Interlude
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:9 - Our lives are in his hands,
and he keeps our feet from stumbling.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:2 - Blow them away like smoke.
Melt them like wax in a fire.
Let the wicked perish in the presence of God.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:3 - But let the godly rejoice.
Let them be glad in God's presence.
Let them be filled with joy.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:5 - Father to the fatherless, defender of widows—
this is God, whose dwelling is holy.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:7 - O God, when you led your people out from Egypt,
when you marched through the dry wasteland,
Interlude
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:8 - the earth trembled, and the heavens poured down rain
before you, the God of Sinai,
before God, the God of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:12 - Enemy kings and their armies flee,
while the women of Israel divide the plunder.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:15 - The mountains of Bashan are majestic,
with many peaks stretching high into the sky.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:17 - Surrounded by unnumbered thousands of chariots,
the Lord came from Mount Sinai into his sanctuary.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:20 - Our God is a God who saves!
The Sovereign LORD rescues us from death.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:24 - Your procession has come into view, O God—
the procession of my God and King as he goes into the sanctuary.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:29 - The kings of the earth are bringing tribute
to your Temple in Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:30 - Rebuke these enemy nations—
these wild animals lurking in the reeds,
this herd of bulls among the weaker calves.
Make them bring bars of silver in humble tribute.
Scatter the nations that delight in war.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:33 - Sing to the one who rides across the ancient heavens,
his mighty voice thundering from the sky.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:6 - Don't let those who trust in you be ashamed because of me,
O Sovereign LORD of Heaven's Armies.
Don't let me cause them to be humiliated,
O God of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:9 - Passion for your house has consumed me,
and the insults of those who insult you have fallen on me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:17 - Don't hide from your servant;
answer me quickly, for I am in deep trouble!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:30 - Then I will praise God's name with singing,
and I will honor him with thanksgiving.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:22 - Then I will praise you with music on the harp,
because you are faithful to your promises, O my God.
I will sing praises to you with a lyre,
O Holy One of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:1 - A psalm of Solomon.

Give your love of justice to the king, O God,
and righteousness to the king's son.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:4 - Help him to defend the poor,
to rescue the children of the needy,
and to crush their oppressors.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:17 - May the king's name endure forever;
may it continue as long as the sun shines.
May all nations be blessed through him
and bring him praise.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:19 - Praise his glorious name forever!
Let the whole earth be filled with his glory.
Amen and amen!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:20 - (This ends the prayers of David son of Jesse.)
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:17 - Then I went into your sanctuary, O God,
and I finally understood the destiny of the wicked.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:8 - Then they thought, “Let's destroy everything!”
So they burned down all the places where God was worshiped.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:11 - Why do you hold back your strong right hand?
Unleash your powerful fist and destroy them.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:14 - You crushed the heads of Leviathan[fn]
and let the desert animals eat him.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 75:5 - Don't raise your fists in defiance at the heavens
or speak with such arrogance.'”
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 75:10 - For God says, “I will break the strength of the wicked,
but I will increase the power of the godly.”
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 76:5 - Our boldest enemies have been plundered.
They lie before us in the sleep of death.
No warrior could lift a hand against us.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 76:8 - From heaven you sentenced your enemies;
the earth trembled and stood silent before you.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:3 - I think of God, and I moan,
overwhelmed with longing for his help.
Interlude
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:10 - And I said, “This is my fate;
the Most High has turned his hand against me.”
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:4 - We will not hide these truths from our children;
we will tell the next generation
about the glorious deeds of the LORD,
about his power and his mighty wonders.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:7 - So each generation should set its hope anew on God,
not forgetting his glorious miracles
and obeying his commands.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:8 - Then they will not be like their ancestors—
stubborn, rebellious, and unfaithful,
refusing to give their hearts to God.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:10 - They did not keep God's covenant
and refused to live by his instructions.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:17 - Yet they kept on sinning against him,
rebelling against the Most High in the desert.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:19 - They even spoke against God himself, saying,
“God can't give us food in the wilderness.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:31 - the anger of God rose against them,
and he killed their strongest men.
He struck down the finest of Israel's young men.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:41 - Again and again they tested God's patience
and provoked the Holy One of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:55 - He drove out the nations before them;
he gave them their inheritance by lot.
He settled the tribes of Israel into their homes.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:2 - They have left the bodies of your servants
as food for the birds of heaven.
The flesh of your godly ones
has become food for the wild animals.
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 79:11 - Listen to the moaning of the prisoners.
Demonstrate your great power by saving those condemned to die.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:1 - For the choir director: A psalm of Asaph, to be sung to the tune “Lilies of the Covenant.”

Please listen, O Shepherd of Israel,
you who lead Joseph's descendants like a flock.
O God, enthroned above the cherubim,
display your radiant glory
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:4 - O LORD God of Heaven's Armies,
how long will you be angry with our prayers?
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:10 - Our shade covered the mountains;
our branches covered the mighty cedars.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 83:12 - for they said, “Let us seize for our own use
these pasturelands of God!”
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 83:17 - Let them be ashamed and terrified forever.
Let them die in disgrace.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 84:2 - I long, yes, I faint with longing
to enter the courts of the LORD.
With my whole being, body and soul,
I will shout joyfully to the living God.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 84:6 - When they walk through the Valley of Weeping,[fn]
it will become a place of refreshing springs.
The autumn rains will clothe it with blessings.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 84:9 - O God, look with favor upon the king, our shield!
Show favor to the one you have anointed.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 84:10 - A single day in your courts
is better than a thousand anywhere else!
I would rather be a gatekeeper in the house of my God
than live the good life in the homes of the wicked.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 85:9 - Surely his salvation is near to those who fear him,
so our land will be filled with his glory.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 85:11 - Truth springs up from the earth,
and righteousness smiles down from heaven.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:4 - Give me happiness, O Lord,
for I give myself to you.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 87:3 - O city of God,
what glorious things are said of you!
Interlude
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:1 - For the choir director: A psalm of the descendants of Korah. A song to be sung to the tune “The Suffering of Affliction.” A psalm[fn] of Heman the Ezrahite.

O LORD, God of my salvation,
I cry out to you by day.
I come to you at night.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:4 - ‘I will establish your descendants as kings forever;
they will sit on your throne from now until eternity.'”
Interlude
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:14 - Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne.
Unfailing love and truth walk before you as attendants.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:18 - Yes, our protection comes from the LORD,
and he, the Holy One of Israel, has given us our king.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:19 - Long ago you spoke in a vision to your faithful people.
You said, “I have raised up a warrior.
I have selected him from the common people to be king.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:29 - I will preserve an heir for him;
his throne will be as endless as the days of heaven.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:39 - You have renounced your covenant with him;
you have thrown his crown in the dust.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:45 - You have made him old before his time
and publicly disgraced him.
Interlude
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:50 - Consider, Lord, how your servants are disgraced!
I carry in my heart the insults of so many people.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:51 - Your enemies have mocked me, O LORD;
they mock your anointed king wherever he goes.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:1 - A prayer of Moses, the man of God.

Lord, through all the generations
you have been our home!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:2 - Before the mountains were born,
before you gave birth to the earth and the world,
from beginning to end, you are God.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:11 - Who can comprehend the power of your anger?
Your wrath is as awesome as the fear you deserve.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:17 - And may the Lord our God show us his approval
and make our efforts successful.
Yes, make our efforts successful!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:1 - Those who live in the shelter of the Most High
will find rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:7 - Though the wicked sprout like weeds
and evildoers flourish,
they will be destroyed forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:13 - For they are transplanted to the LORD's own house.
They flourish in the courts of our God.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 93:2 - Your throne, O LORD, has stood from time immemorial.
You yourself are from the everlasting past.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:7 - “The LORD isn't looking,” they say,
“and besides, the God of Israel[fn] doesn't care.”
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:12 - Joyful are those you discipline, LORD,
those you teach with your instructions.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 95:6 - Come, let us worship and bow down.
Let us kneel before the LORD our maker,
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 95:8 - The LORD says, “Don't harden your hearts as Israel did at Meribah,
as they did at Massah in the wilderness.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 96:12 - Let the fields and their crops burst out with joy!
Let the trees of the forest rustle with praise
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 97:2 - Dark clouds surround him.
Righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 98:3 - He has remembered his promise to love and be faithful to Israel.
The ends of the earth have seen the victory of our God.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 98:6 - with trumpets and the sound of the ram's horn.
Make a joyful symphony before the LORD, the King!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 101:2 - I will be careful to live a blameless life—
when will you come to help me?
I will lead a life of integrity
in my own home.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 101:4 - I will reject perverse ideas
and stay away from every evil.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 101:5 - I will not tolerate people who slander their neighbors.
I will not endure conceit and pride.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 101:8 - My daily task will be to ferret out the wicked
and free the city of the LORD from their grip.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:5 - Because of my groaning,
I am reduced to skin and bones.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:10 - because of your anger and wrath.
For you have picked me up and thrown me out.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:11 - For his unfailing love toward those who fear him
is as great as the height of the heavens above the earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:15 - Our days on earth are like grass;
like wildflowers, we bloom and die.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:17 - But the love of the LORD remains forever
with those who fear him.
His salvation extends to the children's children
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:5 - You placed the world on its foundation
so it would never be moved.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:11 - They provide water for all the animals,
and the wild donkeys quench their thirst.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:12 - The birds nest beside the streams
and sing among the branches of the trees.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:16 - The trees of the LORD are well cared for—
the cedars of Lebanon that he planted.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:17 - There the birds make their nests,
and the storks make their homes in the cypresses.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:20 - You send the darkness, and it becomes night,
when all the forest animals prowl about.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:21 - Then the young lions roar for their prey,
stalking the food provided by God.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:9 - This is the covenant he made with Abraham
and the oath he swore to Isaac.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:21 - Joseph was put in charge of all the king's household;
he became ruler over all the king's possessions.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:42 - For he remembered his sacred promise
to his servant Abraham.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:2 - Who can list the glorious miracles of the LORD?
Who can ever praise him enough?
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:4 - Remember me, LORD, when you show favor to your people;
come near and rescue me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:21 - They forgot God, their savior,
who had done such great things in Egypt—
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:31 - So he has been regarded as a righteous man
ever since that time.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:48 - Praise the LORD, the God of Israel,
who lives from everlasting to everlasting!
Let all the people say, “Amen!”
Praise the LORD!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:11 - They rebelled against the words of God,
scorning the counsel of the Most High.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:18 - They couldn't stand the thought of food,
and they were knocking on death's door.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:43 - Those who are wise will take all this to heart;
they will see in our history the faithful love of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 111:3 - Everything he does reveals his glory and majesty.
His righteousness never fails.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 111:8 - They are forever true,
to be obeyed faithfully and with integrity.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 111:10 - Fear of the LORD is the foundation of true wisdom.
All who obey his commandments will grow in wisdom.
Praise him forever!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 112:3 - They themselves will be wealthy,
and their good deeds will last forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 112:9 - They share freely and give generously to those in need.
Their good deeds will be remembered forever.
They will have influence and honor.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 113:2 - Blessed be the name of the LORD
now and forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 114:7 - Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord,
at the presence of the God of Jacob.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 114:8 - He turned the rock into a pool of water;
yes, a spring of water flowed from solid rock.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 115:16 - The heavens belong to the LORD,
but he has given the earth to all humanity.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 115:18 - But we can praise the LORD
both now and forever!
Praise the LORD!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 116:18 - I will fulfill my vows to the LORD
in the presence of all his people—
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 117:2 - For he loves us with unfailing love;
the LORD's faithfulness endures forever.
Praise the LORD!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:20 - These gates lead to the presence of the LORD,
and the godly enter there.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:18 - Open my eyes to see
the wonderful truths in your instructions.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:44 - I will keep on obeying your instructions
forever and ever.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:51 - The proud hold me in utter contempt,
but I do not turn away from your instructions.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:61 - Evil people try to drag me into sin,
but I am firmly anchored to your instructions.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:65 - Teth
You have done many good things for me, LORD,
just as you promised.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:84 - How long must I wait?
When will you punish those who persecute me?
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:109 - My life constantly hangs in the balance,
but I will not stop obeying your instructions.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:115 - Get out of my life, you evil-minded people,
for I intend to obey the commands of my God.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:120 - I tremble in fear of you;
I stand in awe of your regulations.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:124 - I am your servant; deal with me in unfailing love,
and teach me your decrees.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:139 - I am overwhelmed with indignation,
for my enemies have disregarded your words.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:150 - Lawless people are coming to attack me;
they live far from your instructions.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 120:4 - You will be pierced with sharp arrows
and burned with glowing coals.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 121:2 - My help comes from the LORD,
who made heaven and earth!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 121:8 - The LORD keeps watch over you as you come and go,
both now and forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 122:9 - For the sake of the house of the LORD our God,
I will seek what is best for you, O Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 124:8 - Our help is from the LORD,
who made heaven and earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 125:2 - Just as the mountains surround Jerusalem,
so the LORD surrounds his people, both now and forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 127:3 - Children are a gift from the LORD;
they are a reward from him.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 130:5 - I am counting on the LORD;
yes, I am counting on him.
I have put my hope in his word.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 131:3 - O Israel, put your hope in the LORD
now and always.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:1 - A song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem.

LORD, remember David
and all that he suffered.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:6 - We heard that the Ark was in Ephrathah;
then we found it in the distant countryside of Jaar.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:10 - For the sake of your servant David,
do not reject the king you have anointed.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:12 - If your descendants obey the terms of my covenant
and the laws that I teach them,
then your royal line
will continue forever and ever.”
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 133:3 - Harmony is as refreshing as the dew from Mount Hermon
that falls on the mountains of Zion.
And there the LORD has pronounced his blessing,
even life everlasting.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:26 - Give thanks to the God of heaven.
His faithful love endures forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:12 - But I know the LORD will help those they persecute;
he will give justice to the poor.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 143:2 - Don't put your servant on trial,
for no one is innocent before you.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 145:1 - A psalm of praise of David.

I will exalt you, my God and King,
and praise your name forever and ever.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 145:2 - I will praise you every day;
yes, I will praise you forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 145:21 - I will praise the LORD,
and may everyone on earth bless his holy name
forever and ever.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:2 - The LORD is rebuilding Jerusalem
and bringing the exiles back to Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:10 - He takes no pleasure in the strength of a horse
or in human might.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:16 - He sends the snow like white wool;
he scatters frost upon the ground like ashes.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 148:6 - He set them in place forever and ever.
His decree will never be revoked.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 149:6 - Let the praises of God be in their mouths,
and a sharp sword in their hands—
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:1 - These are the proverbs of Solomon, David's son, king of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:4 - These proverbs will give insight to the simple,
knowledge and discernment to the young.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:29 - For they hated knowledge
and chose not to fear the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:21 - For the LORD sees clearly what a man does,
examining every path he takes.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:6 - While I was at the window of my house,
looking through the curtain,
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:27 - Her house is the road to the grave.[fn]
Her bedroom is the den of death.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:23 - I was appointed in ages past,
at the very first, before the earth began.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:12 - If you become wise, you will be the one to benefit.
If you scorn wisdom, you will be the one to suffer.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:14 - She sits in her doorway
on the heights overlooking the city.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:26 - People curse those who hoard their grain,
but they bless the one who sells in time of need.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:12 - Hope deferred makes the heart sick,
but a dream fulfilled is a tree of life.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:24 - The path of life leads upward for the wise;
they leave the grave[fn] behind.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:29 - The LORD is far from the wicked,
but he hears the prayers of the righteous.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:2 - People may be pure in their own eyes,
but the LORD examines their motives.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:4 - The LORD has made everything for his own purposes,
even the wicked for a day of disaster.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:6 - Grandchildren are the crowning glory of the aged;
parents[fn] are the pride of their children.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:13 - If you repay good with evil,
evil will never leave your house.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:24 - Sensible people keep their eyes glued on wisdom,
but a fool's eyes wander to the ends of the earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:9 - A lazy person is as bad as
someone who destroys things.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:4 - Wealth makes many “friends”;
poverty drives them all away.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:21 - You can make many plans,
but the LORD's purpose will prevail.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:5 - In the blink of an eye wealth disappears,
for it will sprout wings
and fly away like an eagle.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:22 - Listen to your father, who gave you life,
and don't despise your mother when she is old.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:1 - These are more proverbs of Solomon, collected by the advisers of King Hezekiah of Judah.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:18 - Telling lies about others
is as harmful as hitting them with an ax,
wounding them with a sword,
or shooting them with a sharp arrow.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:9 - A proverb in the mouth of a fool
is like a thorny branch brandished by a drunk.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:14 - As a door swings back and forth on its hinges,
so the lazy person turns over in bed.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:16 - Lazy people consider themselves smarter
than seven wise counselors.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:10 - Never abandon a friend—
either yours or your father's.
When disaster strikes, you won't have to ask your brother for assistance.
It's better to go to a neighbor than to a brother who lives far away.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:15 - A quarrelsome wife is as annoying
as constant dripping on a rainy day.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:23 - In the end, people appreciate honest criticism
far more than flattery.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:5 - To flatter friends
is to lay a trap for their feet.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:9 - For if I grow rich, I may deny you and say, “Who is the LORD?”
And if I am too poor, I may steal and thus insult God's holy name.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:11 - Her husband can trust her,
and she will greatly enrich his life.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:13 - I devoted myself to search for understanding and to explore by wisdom everything being done under heaven. I soon discovered that God has dealt a tragic existence to the human race.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:3 - After much thought, I decided to cheer myself with wine. And while still seeking wisdom, I clutched at foolishness. In this way, I tried to experience the only happiness most people find during their brief life in this world.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:8 - I collected great sums of silver and gold, the treasure of many kings and provinces. I hired wonderful singers, both men and women, and had many beautiful concubines. I had everything a man could desire!
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:14 - For the wise can see where they are going, but fools walk in the dark.” Yet I saw that the wise and the foolish share the same fate.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:15 - Both will die. So I said to myself, “Since I will end up the same as the fool, what's the value of all my wisdom? This is all so meaningless!”
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:16 - For the wise and the foolish both die. The wise will not be remembered any longer than the fool. In the days to come, both will be forgotten.
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 2:26 - God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy to those who please him. But if a sinner becomes wealthy, God takes the wealth away and gives it to those who please him. This, too, is meaningless—like chasing the wind.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:5 - A time to scatter stones and a time to gather stones.
A time to embrace and a time to turn away.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:9 - What do people really get for all their hard work?
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:10 - I have seen the burden God has placed on us all.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:16 - I also noticed that under the sun there is evil in the courtroom. Yes, even the courts of law are corrupt!
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:18 - I also thought about the human condition—how God proves to people that they are like animals.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:19 - For people and animals share the same fate—both breathe[fn] and both must die. So people have no real advantage over the animals. How meaningless!
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:20 - Both go to the same place—they came from dust and they return to dust.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:21 - For who can prove that the human spirit goes up and the spirit of animals goes down into the earth?
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:2 - So I concluded that the dead are better off than the living.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:4 - Then I observed that most people are motivated to success because they envy their neighbors. But this, too, is meaningless—like chasing the wind.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:15 - But then everyone rushes to the side of yet another youth[fn] who replaces him.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:1 - [fn]As you enter the house of God, keep your ears open and your mouth shut. It is evil to make mindless offerings to God.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:2 - [fn]Don't make rash promises, and don't be hasty in bringing matters before God. After all, God is in heaven, and you are here on earth. So let your words be few.
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 5:9 - Even the king milks the land for his own profit![fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:12 - People who work hard sleep well, whether they eat little or much. But the rich seldom get a good night's sleep.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:7 - All people spend their lives scratching for food, but they never seem to have enough.
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 BoxEcc 7:1 - A good reputation is more valuable than costly perfume.
And the day you die is better than the day you are born.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:2 - Better to spend your time at funerals than at parties.
After all, everyone dies—
so the living should take this to heart.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:13 - Accept the way God does things,
for who can straighten what he has made crooked?
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:21 - Don't eavesdrop on others—you may hear your servant curse you.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:26 - I discovered that a seductive woman[fn] is a trap more bitter than death. Her passion is a snare, and her soft hands are chains. Those who are pleasing to God will escape her, but sinners will be caught in her snare.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:6 - for there is a time and a way for everything, even when a person is in trouble.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:8 - None of us can hold back our spirit from departing. None of us has the power to prevent the day of our death. There is no escaping that obligation, that dark battle. And in the face of death, wickedness will certainly not rescue the wicked.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:11 - When a crime is not punished quickly, people feel it is safe to do wrong.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:13 - The wicked will not prosper, for they do not fear God. Their days will never grow long like the evening shadows.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:17 - I realized that no one can discover everything God is doing under the sun. Not even the wisest people discover everything, no matter what they claim.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:1 - This, too, I carefully explored: Even though the actions of godly and wise people are in God's hands, no one knows whether God will show them favor.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:3 - It seems so tragic that everyone under the sun suffers the same fate. That is why people are not more careful to be good. Instead, they choose their own mad course, for they have no hope. There is nothing ahead but death anyway.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:12 - People can never predict when hard times might come. Like fish in a net or birds in a trap, people are caught by sudden tragedy.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:15 - A poor, wise man knew how to save the town, and so it was rescued. But afterward no one thought to thank him.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:16 - So even though wisdom is better than strength, those who are wise will be despised if they are poor. What they say will not be appreciated for long.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:4 - If your boss is angry at you, don't quit!
A quiet spirit can overcome even great mistakes.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:5 - There is another evil I have seen under the sun. Kings and rulers make a grave mistake
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:10 - Using a dull ax requires great strength,
so sharpen the blade.
That's the value of wisdom;
it helps you succeed.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:20 - Never make light of the king, even in your thoughts.
And don't make fun of the powerful, even in your own bedroom.
For a little bird might deliver your message
and tell them what you said.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:5 - Just as you cannot understand the path of the wind or the mystery of a tiny baby growing in its mother's womb,[fn] so you cannot understand the activity of God, who does all things.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:1 - Don't let the excitement of youth cause you to forget your Creator. Honor him in your youth before you grow old and say, “Life is not pleasant anymore.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:2 - Remember him before the light of the sun, moon, and stars is dim to your old eyes, and rain clouds continually darken your sky.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:4 - Remember him before the door to life's opportunities is closed and the sound of work fades. Now you rise at the first chirping of the birds, but then all their sounds will grow faint.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:3 - Young Woman
Like the finest apple tree in the orchard
is my lover among other young men.
I sit in his delightful shade
and taste his delicious fruit.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:4 - He escorts me to the banquet hall;
it's obvious how much he loves me.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:7 - Promise me, O women of Jerusalem,
by the gazelles and wild deer,
not to awaken love until the time is right.[fn]
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 2:12 - The flowers are springing up,
the season of singing birds[fn] has come,
and the cooing of turtledoves fills the air.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:5 - Promise me, O women of Jerusalem,
by the gazelles and wild deer,
not to awaken love until the time is right.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:7 - Look, it is Solomon's carriage,
surrounded by sixty heroic men,
the best of Israel's soldiers.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:9 - King Solomon's carriage is built
of wood imported from Lebanon.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:1 - Young Man
You are beautiful, my darling,
beautiful beyond words.
Your eyes are like doves
behind your veil.
Your hair falls in waves,
like a flock of goats winding down the slopes of Gilead.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:6 - Before the dawn breezes blow
and the night shadows flee,
I will hurry to the mountain of myrrh
and to the hill of frankincense.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:14 - nard and saffron,
fragrant calamus and cinnamon,
with all the trees of frankincense, myrrh, and aloes,
and every other lovely spice.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:15 - You are a garden fountain,
a well of fresh water
streaming down from Lebanon's mountains.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:8 - Make this promise, O women of Jerusalem—
If you find my lover,
tell him I am weak with love.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:5 - Turn your eyes away,
for they overpower me.
Your hair falls in waves,
like a flock of goats winding down the slopes of Gilead.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:11 - Young Woman
I went down to the grove of walnut trees
and out to the valley to see the new spring growth,
to see whether the grapevines had budded
or the pomegranates were in bloom.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 7:4 - Your neck is as beautiful as an ivory tower.
Your eyes are like the sparkling pools in Heshbon
by the gate of Bath-rabbim.
Your nose is as fine as the tower of Lebanon
overlooking Damascus.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:2 - I would bring you to my childhood home,
and there you would teach me.[fn]
I would give you spiced wine to drink,
my sweet pomegranate wine.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:4 - Promise me, O women of Jerusalem,
not to awaken love until the time is right.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:3 - Even an ox knows its owner,
and a donkey recognizes its master's care—
but Israel doesn't know its master.
My people don't recognize my care for them.”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:4 - Oh, what a sinful nation they are—
loaded down with a burden of guilt.
They are evil people,
corrupt children who have rejected the LORD.
They have despised the Holy One of Israel
and turned their backs on him.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:2 - In the last days, the mountain of the LORD's house
will be the highest of all—
the most important place on earth.
It will be raised above the other hills,
and people from all over the world will stream there to worship.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:3 - People from many nations will come and say,
“Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD,
to the house of Jacob's God.
There he will teach us his ways,
and we will walk in his paths.”
For the LORD's teaching will go out from Zion;
his word will go out from Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:5 - Come, descendants of Jacob,
let us walk in the light of the LORD!
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:6 - For the LORD has rejected his people,
the descendants of Jacob,
because they have filled their land with practices from the East
and with sorcerers, as the Philistines do.
They have made alliances with pagans.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:10 - Crawl into caves in the rocks.
Hide in the dust
from the terror of the LORD
and the glory of his majesty.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:13 - He will cut down the tall cedars of Lebanon
and all the mighty oaks of Bashan.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:19 - When the LORD rises to shake the earth,
his enemies will crawl into holes in the ground.
They will hide in caves in the rocks
from the terror of the LORD
and the glory of his majesty.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:21 - while they crawl away into caverns
and hide among the jagged rocks in the cliffs.
They will try to escape the terror of the LORD
and the glory of his majesty
as he rises to shake the earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:6 - In those days a man will say to his brother,
“Since you have a coat, you be our leader!
Take charge of this heap of ruins!”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:7 - But he will reply,
“No! I can't help.
I don't have any extra food or clothes.
Don't put me in charge!”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:14 - The LORD comes forward to pronounce judgment
on the elders and rulers of his people:
“You have ruined Israel, my vineyard.
Your houses are filled with things stolen from the poor.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:18 - On that day of judgment
the Lord will strip away everything that makes her beautiful:
ornaments, headbands, crescent necklaces,
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:20 - scarves, ankle bracelets, sashes,
perfumes, and charms;
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:24 - Instead of smelling of sweet perfume, she will stink.
She will wear a rope for a sash,
and her elegant hair will fall out.
She will wear rough burlap instead of rich robes.
Shame will replace her beauty.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:26 - The gates of Zion will weep and mourn.
The city will be like a ravaged woman,
huddled on the ground.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 4:2 - But in that day, the branch[fn] of the LORD
will be beautiful and glorious;
the fruit of the land will be the pride and glory
of all who survive in Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:1 - Now I will sing for the one I love
a song about his vineyard:
My beloved had a vineyard
on a rich and fertile hill.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:3 - Now, you people of Jerusalem and Judah,
you judge between me and my vineyard.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:7 - The nation of Israel is the vineyard of the LORD of Heaven's Armies.
The people of Judah are his pleasant garden.
He expected a crop of justice,
but instead he found oppression.
He expected to find righteousness,
but instead he heard cries of violence.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:8 - What sorrow for you who buy up house after house and field after field,
until everyone is evicted and you live alone in the land.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:19 - They even mock God and say,
“Hurry up and do something!
We want to see what you can do.
Let the Holy One of Israel carry out his plan,
for we want to know what it is.”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:23 - They take bribes to let the wicked go free,
and they punish the innocent.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:24 - Therefore, just as fire licks up stubble
and dry grass shrivels in the flame,
so their roots will rot
and their flowers wither.
For they have rejected the law of the LORD of Heaven's Armies;
they have despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:1 - It was in the year King Uzziah died[fn] that I saw the Lord. He was sitting on a lofty throne, and the train of his robe filled the Temple.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:6 - Then one of the seraphim flew to me with a burning coal he had taken from the altar with a pair of tongs.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:7 - He touched my lips with it and said, “See, this coal has touched your lips. Now your guilt is removed, and your sins are forgiven.”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:10 - Harden the hearts of these people.
Plug their ears and shut their eyes.
That way, they will not see with their eyes,
nor hear with their ears,
nor understand with their hearts
and turn to me for healing.”[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:1 - When Ahaz, son of Jotham and grandson of Uzziah, was king of Judah, King Rezin of Syria[fn] and Pekah son of Remaliah, the king of Israel, set out to attack Jerusalem. However, they were unable to carry out their plan.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:2 - The news had come to the royal court of Judah: “Syria is allied with Israel[fn] against us!” So the hearts of the king and his people trembled with fear, like trees shaking in a storm.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:3 - Then the LORD said to Isaiah, “Take your son Shear-jashub[fn] and go out to meet King Ahaz. You will find him at the end of the aqueduct that feeds water into the upper pool, near the road leading to the field where cloth is washed.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:4 - Tell him to stop worrying. Tell him he doesn't need to fear the fierce anger of those two burned-out embers, King Rezin of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:5 - Yes, the kings of Syria and Israel are plotting against him, saying,
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:9 - Israel is no stronger than its capital, Samaria,
and Samaria is no stronger than its king, Pekah son of Remaliah.
Unless your faith is firm,
I cannot make you stand firm.”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:17 - “Then the LORD will bring things on you, your nation, and your family unlike anything since Israel broke away from Judah. He will bring the king of Assyria upon you!”
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 7:22 - Nevertheless, there will be enough milk for everyone because so few people will be left in the land. They will eat their fill of yogurt and honey.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:1 - Then the LORD said to me, “Make a large signboard and clearly write this name on it: Maher-shalal-hash-baz.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:6 - “My care for the people of Judah is like the gently flowing waters of Shiloah, but they have rejected it. They are rejoicing over what will happen to[fn] King Rezin and King Pekah.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:7 - Therefore, the Lord will overwhelm them with a mighty flood from the Euphrates River[fn]—the king of Assyria and all his glory. This flood will overflow all its channels
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:11 - The LORD has given me a strong warning not to think like everyone else does. He said,
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:17 - I will wait for the LORD,
who has turned away from the descendants of Jacob.
I will put my hope in him.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:1 - [fn]Nevertheless, that time of darkness and despair will not go on forever. The land of Zebulun and Naphtali will be humbled, but there will be a time in the future when Galilee of the Gentiles, which lies along the road that runs between the Jordan and the sea, will be filled with glory.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:3 - You will enlarge the nation of Israel,
and its people will rejoice.
They will rejoice before you
as people rejoice at the harvest
and like warriors dividing the plunder.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:4 - For you will break the yoke of their slavery
and lift the heavy burden from their shoulders.
You will break the oppressor's rod,
just as you did when you destroyed the army of Midian.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:6 - For a child is born to us,
a son is given to us.
The government will rest on his shoulders.
And he will be called:
Wonderful Counselor,[fn] Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:7 - His government and its peace
will never end.
He will rule with fairness and justice from the throne of his ancestor David
for all eternity.
The passionate commitment of the LORD of Heaven's Armies
will make this happen!
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:9 - And the people of Israel[fn] and Samaria,
who spoke with such pride and arrogance,
will soon know it.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:18 - This wickedness is like a brushfire.
It burns not only briers and thorns
but also sets the forests ablaze.
Its burning sends up clouds of smoke.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:20 - They will attack their neighbor on the right
but will still be hungry.
They will devour their neighbor on the left
but will not be satisfied.
In the end they will even eat their own children.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:21 - Manasseh will feed on Ephraim,
Ephraim will feed on Manasseh,
and both will devour Judah.
But even then the LORD's anger will not be satisfied.
His fist is still poised to strike.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:2 - They deprive the poor of justice
and deny the rights of the needy among my people.
They prey on widows
and take advantage of orphans.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:3 - What will you do when I punish you,
when I send disaster upon you from a distant land?
To whom will you turn for help?
Where will your treasures be safe?
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 10:15 - But can the ax boast greater power than the person who uses it?
Is the saw greater than the person who saws?
Can a rod strike unless a hand moves it?
Can a wooden cane walk by itself?
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:17 - The LORD, the Light of Israel, will be a fire;
the Holy One will be a flame.
He will devour the thorns and briers with fire,
burning up the enemy in a single night.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:20 - In that day the remnant left in Israel,
the survivors in the house of Jacob,
will no longer depend on allies
who seek to destroy them.
But they will faithfully trust the LORD,
the Holy One of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:21 - A remnant will return;[fn]
yes, the remnant of Jacob will return to the Mighty God.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:27 - In that day the LORD will end the bondage of his people.
He will break the yoke of slavery
and lift it from their shoulders.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:2 - And the Spirit of the LORD will rest on him—
the Spirit of wisdom and understanding,
the Spirit of counsel and might,
the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:10 - In that day the heir to David's throne[fn]
will be a banner of salvation to all the world.
The nations will rally to him,
and the land where he lives will be a glorious place.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:11 - In that day the Lord will reach out his hand a second time
to bring back the remnant of his people—
those who remain in Assyria and northern Egypt;
in southern Egypt, Ethiopia,[fn] and Elam;
in Babylonia,[fn] Hamath, and all the distant coastlands.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:12 - He will raise a flag among the nations
and assemble the exiles of Israel.
He will gather the scattered people of Judah
from the ends of the earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 12:6 - Let all the people of Jerusalem[fn] shout his praise with joy!
For great is the Holy One of Israel who lives among you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:5 - They come from distant countries,
from beyond the farthest horizons.
They are the LORD's weapons to carry out his anger.
With them he will destroy the whole land.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:6 - Scream in terror, for the day of the LORD has arrived—
the time for the Almighty to destroy.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:10 - The heavens will be black above them;
the stars will give no light.
The sun will be dark when it rises,
and the moon will provide no light.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:2 - The nations of the world will help the LORD's people to return, and those who come to live in their land will serve them. Those who captured Israel will themselves be captured, and Israel will rule over its enemies.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:3 - In that wonderful day when the LORD gives his people rest from sorrow and fear, from slavery and chains,
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:8 - Even the trees of the forest—
the cypress trees and the cedars of Lebanon—
sing out this joyous song:
‘Since you have been cut down,
no one will come now to cut us down!'
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:12 - “How you are fallen from heaven,
O shining star, son of the morning!
You have been thrown down to the earth,
you who destroyed the nations of the world.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:13 - For you said to yourself,
‘I will ascend to heaven and set my throne above God's stars.
I will preside on the mountain of the gods
far away in the north.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:21 - Kill this man's children!
Let them die because of their father's sins!
They must not rise and conquer the earth,
filling the world with their cities.”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:29 - Do not rejoice, you Philistines,
that the rod that struck you is broken—
that the king who attacked you is dead.
For from that snake a more poisonous snake will be born,
a fiery serpent to destroy you!
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:32 - What should we tell the Philistine messengers? Tell them,
“The LORD has built Jerusalem[fn];
its walls will give refuge to his oppressed people.”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 15:8 - A cry of distress echoes through the land of Moab
from one end to the other—
from Eglaim to Beer-elim.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:7 - Then at last the people will look to their Creator
and turn their eyes to the Holy One of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:10 - Why? Because you have turned from the God who can save you.
You have forgotten the Rock who can hide you.
So you may plant the finest grapevines
and import the most expensive seedlings.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 18:5 - Even before you begin your attack,
while your plans are ripening like grapes,
the LORD will cut off your new growth with pruning shears.
He will snip off and discard your spreading branches.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 18:6 - Your mighty army will be left dead in the fields
for the mountain vultures and wild animals.
The vultures will tear at the corpses all summer.
The wild animals will gnaw at the bones all winter.
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 19:6 - The canals of the Nile will dry up,
and the streams of Egypt will stink
with rotting reeds and rushes.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:7 - All the greenery along the riverbank
and all the crops along the river
will dry up and blow away.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:11 - What fools are the officials of Zoan!
Their best counsel to the king of Egypt is stupid and wrong.
Will they still boast to Pharaoh of their wisdom?
Will they dare brag about all their wise ancestors?
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:6 - They will say, ‘If this can happen to Egypt, what chance do we have? We were counting on Egypt to protect us from the king of Assyria.'”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:10 - O my people, threshed and winnowed,
I have told you everything the LORD of Heaven's Armies has said,
everything the God of Israel has told me.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:11 - This message came to me concerning Edom[fn]:
Someone from Edom[fn] keeps calling to me,
“Watchman, how much longer until morning?
When will the night be over?”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:18 - crumple you into a ball,
and toss you away into a distant, barren land.
There you will die,
and your glorious chariots will be broken and useless.
You are a disgrace to your master!
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:20 - And then I will call my servant Eliakim son of Hilkiah to replace you.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:23 - He will bring honor to his family name, for I will drive him firmly in place like a nail in the wall.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:24 - They will give him great responsibility, and he will bring honor to even the lowliest members of his family.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:12 - He says, “Never again will you rejoice,
O daughter of Sidon, for you have been crushed.
Even if you flee to Cyprus,
you will find no rest.”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:10 - The city writhes in chaos;
every home is locked to keep out intruders.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:11 - Mobs gather in the streets, crying out for wine.
Joy has turned to gloom.
Gladness has been banished from the land.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:18 - Those who flee in terror will fall into a trap,
and those who escape the trap will be caught in a snare.
Destruction falls like rain from the heavens;
the foundations of the earth shake.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:21 - In that day the LORD will punish the gods in the heavens
and the proud rulers of the nations on earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:2 - You turn mighty cities into heaps of ruins.
Cities with strong walls are turned to rubble.
Beautiful palaces in distant lands disappear
and will never be rebuilt.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:8 - He will swallow up death forever![fn]
The Sovereign LORD will wipe away all tears.
He will remove forever all insults and mockery
against his land and people.
The LORD has spoken!
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:11 - God will push down Moab's people
as a swimmer pushes down water with his hands.
He will end their pride
and all their evil works.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:12 - The high walls of Moab will be demolished.
They will be brought down to the ground,
down into the dust.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:4 - Trust in the LORD always,
for the LORD GOD is the eternal Rock.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:21 - Look! The LORD is coming from heaven
to punish the people of the earth for their sins.
The earth will no longer hide those who have been killed.
They will be brought out for all to see.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:6 - The time is coming when Jacob's descendants will take root.
Israel will bud and blossom
and fill the whole earth with fruit!
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:12 - Yet the time will come when the LORD will gather them together like handpicked grain. One by one he will gather them—from the Euphrates River[fn] in the east to the Brook of Egypt in the west.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:3 - The proud city of Samaria—
the glorious crown of the drunks of Israel[fn]
will be trampled beneath its enemies' feet.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:7 - Now, however, Israel is led by drunks
who reel with wine and stagger with alcohol.
The priests and prophets stagger with alcohol
and lose themselves in wine.
They reel when they see visions
and stagger as they render decisions.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:13 - So the LORD will spell out his message for them again,
one line at a time,
one line at a time,
a little here,
and a little there,
so that they will stumble and fall.
They will be injured, trapped, and captured.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:14 - Therefore, listen to this message from the LORD,
you scoffing rulers in Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:15 - You boast, “We have struck a bargain to cheat death
and have made a deal to dodge the grave.[fn]
The coming destruction can never touch us,
for we have built a strong refuge made of lies and deception.”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:18 - I will cancel the bargain you made to cheat death,
and I will overturn your deal to dodge the grave.
When the terrible enemy sweeps through,
you will be trampled into the ground.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:20 - The bed you have made is too short to lie on.
The blankets are too narrow to cover you.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:16 - How foolish can you be?
He is the Potter, and he is certainly greater than you, the clay!
Should the created thing say of the one who made it,
“He didn't make me”?
Does a jar ever say,
“The potter who made me is stupid”?
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:23 - For when they see their many children
and all the blessings I have given them,
they will recognize the holiness of the Holy One of Israel.
They will stand in awe of the God of Jacob.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:1 - “What sorrow awaits my rebellious children,”
says the LORD.
“You make plans that are contrary to mine.
You make alliances not directed by my Spirit,
thus piling up your sins.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:9 - that these people are stubborn rebels
who refuse to pay attention to the LORD's instructions.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:11 - Forget all this gloom.
Get off your narrow path.
Stop telling us about your
‘Holy One of Israel.'”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:12 - This is the reply of the Holy One of Israel:
“Because you despise what I tell you
and trust instead in oppression and lies,
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:15 - This is what the Sovereign LORD,
the Holy One of Israel, says:
“Only in returning to me
and resting in me will you be saved.
In quietness and confidence is your strength.
But you would have none of it.
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 30:26 - The moon will be as bright as the sun, and the sun will be seven times brighter—like the light of seven days in one! So it will be when the LORD begins to heal his people and cure the wounds he gave them.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:27 - Look! The LORD is coming from far away,
burning with anger,
surrounded by thick, rising smoke.
His lips are filled with fury;
his words consume like fire.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:28 - His hot breath pours out like a flood
up to the neck of his enemies.
He will sift out the proud nations for destruction.
He will bridle them and lead them away to ruin.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:29 - But the people of God will sing a song of joy,
like the songs at the holy festivals.
You will be filled with joy,
as when a flutist leads a group of pilgrims
to Jerusalem, the mountain of the LORD
to the Rock of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:30 - And the LORD will make his majestic voice heard.
He will display the strength of his mighty arm.
It will descend with devouring flames,
with cloudbursts, thunderstorms, and huge hailstones.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:1 - What sorrow awaits those who look to Egypt for help,
trusting their horses, chariots, and charioteers
and depending on the strength of human armies
instead of looking to the LORD,
the Holy One of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:4 - But this is what the LORD has told me:
“When a strong young lion
stands growling over a sheep it has killed,
it is not frightened by the shouts and noise
of a whole crowd of shepherds.
In the same way, the LORD of Heaven's Armies
will come down and fight on Mount Zion.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:4 - Even the hotheads will be full of sense and understanding.
Those who stammer will speak out plainly.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:13 - For your land will be overgrown with thorns and briers.
Your joyful homes and happy towns will be gone.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:14 - The palace and the city will be deserted,
and busy towns will be empty.
Wild donkeys will frolic and flocks will graze
in the empty forts[fn] and watchtowers
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:17 - And this righteousness will bring peace.
Yes, it will bring quietness and confidence forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:3 - The enemy runs at the sound of your voice.
When you stand up, the nations flee!
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:2 - Yes, there will be an abundance of flowers
and singing and joy!
The deserts will become as green as the mountains of Lebanon,
as lovely as Mount Carmel or the plain of Sharon.
There the LORD will display his glory,
the splendor of our God.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:2 - Then the king of Assyria sent 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 BoxIsa 36:3 - These are the officials who went out to meet with them: Eliakim son of Hilkiah, the palace administrator; Shebna the court secretary; and Joah son of Asaph, the royal historian.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:13 - Then the chief of staff stood and shouted in Hebrew to the people on the wall, “Listen to this message from the great king of Assyria!
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:16 - “Don't listen to Hezekiah! These are the terms the king of Assyria is offering: Make peace with me—open the gates and come out. Then each of you can continue eating from your own grapevine and fig tree and drinking from your own well.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:22 - Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah, the palace administrator; Shebna the court secretary; and Joah son of Asaph, the royal historian, went back to Hezekiah. They tore their clothes in despair, and they went in to see the king and told him what the Assyrian chief of staff had said.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:3 - They told him, “This is what King Hezekiah says: Today is a day of trouble, insults, and disgrace. It is like when a child is ready to be born, but the mother has no strength to deliver the baby.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:5 - After King Hezekiah's officials delivered the king's message to Isaiah,
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:23 - “Whom have you been defying and ridiculing?
Against whom did you raise your voice?
At whom did you look with such haughty eyes?
It was the Holy One of Israel!
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:24 - By your messengers you have defied the Lord.
You have said, ‘With my many chariots
I have conquered the highest mountains—
yes, the remotest peaks of Lebanon.
I have cut down its tallest cedars
and its finest cypress trees.
I have reached its farthest heights
and explored its deepest forests.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:1 - About that time Hezekiah became deathly ill, and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz went to visit him. He gave the king this message: “This is what the LORD says: ‘Set your affairs in order, for you are going to die. You will not recover from this illness.'”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:5 - “Go back to Hezekiah and tell him, ‘This is what the LORD, the God of your ancestor David, says: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears. I will add fifteen years to your life,
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:8 - I will cause the sun's shadow to move ten steps backward on the sundial[fn] of Ahaz!'” So the shadow on the sundial moved backward ten steps.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:11 - I said, “Never again will I see the LORD GOD
while still in the land of the living.
Never again will I see my friends
or be with those who live in this world.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:14 - Delirious, I chattered like a swallow or a crane,
and then I moaned like a mourning dove.
My eyes grew tired of looking to heaven for help.
I am in trouble, Lord. Help me!”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:20 - Think of it—the LORD is ready to heal me!
I will sing his praises with instruments
every day of my life
in the Temple of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:22 - And Hezekiah had asked, “What sign will prove that I will go to the Temple of the LORD?”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 39:1 - Soon after this, Merodach-baladan son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent Hezekiah his best wishes and a gift. He had heard that Hezekiah had been very sick and that he had recovered.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 39:2 - Hezekiah was delighted with the Babylonian envoys and showed them everything in his treasure-houses—the silver, the gold, the spices, and the aromatic oils. He also took them to see his armory and showed them everything in his royal treasuries! There was nothing in his palace or kingdom that Hezekiah did not show them.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 39:7 - ‘Some of your very own sons will be taken away into exile. They will become eunuchs who will serve in the palace of Babylon's king.'”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:3 - Listen! It's the voice of someone shouting,
“Clear the way through the wilderness
for the LORD!
Make a straight highway through the wasteland
for our God!
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:5 - Then the glory of the LORD will be revealed,
and all people will see it together.
The LORD has spoken!”[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:8 - The grass withers and the flowers fade,
but the word of our God stands forever.”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:27 - O Jacob, how can you say the LORD does not see your troubles?
O Israel, how can you say God ignores your rights?
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:20 - I am doing this so all who see this miracle
will understand what it means—
that it is the LORD who has done this,
the Holy One of Israel who created it.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:19 - Who is as blind as my own people, my servant?
Who is as deaf as my messenger?
Who is as blind as my chosen people,
the servant of the LORD?
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:24 - Who allowed Israel to be robbed and hurt?
It was the LORD, against whom we sinned,
for the people would not walk in his path,
nor would they obey his law.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:20 - The wild animals in the fields will thank me,
the jackals and owls, too,
for giving them water in the desert.
Yes, I will make rivers in the dry wasteland
so my chosen people can be refreshed.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:5 - Some will proudly claim, ‘I belong to the LORD.'
Others will say, ‘I am a descendant of Jacob.'
Some will write the LORD's name on their hands
and will take the name of Israel as their own.”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:6 - This is what the LORD says—Israel's King and Redeemer, the LORD of Heaven's Armies:
“I am the First and the Last;
there is no other God.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:14 - He cuts down cedars;
he selects the cypress and the oak;
he plants the pine in the forest
to be nourished by the rain.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:18 - Such stupidity and ignorance!
Their eyes are closed, and they cannot see.
Their minds are shut, and they cannot think.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:4 - “And why have I called you for this work?
Why did I call you by name when you did not know me?
It is for the sake of Jacob my servant,
Israel my chosen one.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:13 - I will raise up Cyrus to fulfill my righteous purpose,
and I will guide his actions.
He will restore my city and free my captive people—
without seeking a reward!
I, the LORD of Heaven's Armies, have spoken!”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:15 - Truly, O God of Israel, our Savior,
you work in mysterious ways.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:17 - But the LORD will save the people of Israel
with eternal salvation.
Throughout everlasting ages,
they will never again be humiliated and disgraced.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:3 - “Listen to me, descendants of Jacob,
all you who remain in Israel.
I have cared for you since you were born.
Yes, I carried you before you were born.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:7 - They carry it around on their shoulders,
and when they set it down, it stays there.
It can't even move!
And when someone prays to it, there is no answer.
It can't rescue anyone from trouble.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:9 - Remember the things I have done in the past.
For I alone am God!
I am God, and there is none like me.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:6 - For I was angry with my chosen people
and punished them by letting them fall into your hands.
But you, Babylon, showed them no mercy.
You oppressed even the elderly.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:13 - All the advice you receive has made you tired.
Where are all your astrologers,
those stargazers who make predictions each month?
Let them stand up and save you from what the future holds.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:2 - even though you call yourself the holy city
and talk about depending on the God of Israel,
whose name is the LORD of Heaven's Armies.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:6 - You have heard my predictions and seen them fulfilled,
but you refuse to admit it.
Now I will tell you new things,
secrets you have not yet heard.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:4 - I replied, “But my work seems so useless!
I have spent my strength for nothing and to no purpose.
Yet I leave it all in the LORD's hand;
I will trust God for my reward.”
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 49:13 - Sing for joy, O heavens!
Rejoice, O earth!
Burst into song, O mountains!
For the LORD has comforted his people
and will have compassion on them in their suffering.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:10 - Who among you fears the LORD
and obeys his servant?
If you are walking in darkness,
without a ray of light,
trust in the LORD
and rely on your God.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:1 - “Listen to me, all who hope for deliverance—
all who seek the LORD!
Consider the rock from which you were cut,
the quarry from which you were mined.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:9 - Wake up, wake up, O LORD! Clothe yourself with strength!
Flex your mighty right arm!
Rouse yourself as in the days of old
when you slew Egypt, the dragon of the Nile.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:13 - Yet you have forgotten the LORD, your Creator,
the one who stretched out the sky like a canopy
and laid the foundations of the earth.
Will you remain in constant dread of human oppressors?
Will you continue to fear the anger of your enemies?
Where is their fury and anger now?
It is gone!
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:17 - Wake up, wake up, O Jerusalem!
You have drunk the cup of the LORD's fury.
You have drunk the cup of terror,
tipping out its last drops.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:20 - For your children have fainted and lie in the streets,
helpless as antelopes caught in a net.
The LORD has poured out his fury;
God has rebuked them.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:22 - This is what the Sovereign LORD,
your God and Defender, says:
“See, I have taken the terrible cup from your hands.
You will drink no more of my fury.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:2 - Rise from the dust, O Jerusalem.
Sit in a place of honor.
Remove the chains of slavery from your neck,
O captive daughter of Zion.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:10 - The LORD has demonstrated his holy power
before the eyes of all the nations.
All the ends of the earth will see
the victory of our God.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:7 - He was oppressed and treated harshly,
yet he never said a word.
He was led like a lamb to the slaughter.
And as a sheep is silent before the shearers,
he did not open his mouth.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:8 - Unjustly condemned,
he was led away.[fn]
No one cared that he died without descendants,
that his life was cut short in midstream.[fn]
But he was struck down
for the rebellion of my people.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:9 - He had done no wrong
and had never deceived anyone.
But he was buried like a criminal;
he was put in a rich man's grave.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:11 - When he sees all that is accomplished by his anguish,
he will be satisfied.
And because of his experience,
my righteous servant will make it possible
for many to be counted righteous,
for he will bear all their sins.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:5 - You also will command nations you do not know,
and peoples unknown to you will come running to obey,
because I, the LORD your God,
the Holy One of Israel, have made you glorious.”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:10 - “The rain and snow come down from the heavens
and stay on the ground to water the earth.
They cause the grain to grow,
producing seed for the farmer
and bread for the hungry.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:12 - You will live in joy and peace.
The mountains and hills will burst into song,
and the trees of the field will clap their hands!
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:3 - “Don't let foreigners who commit themselves to the LORD say,
‘The LORD will never let me be part of his people.'
And don't let the eunuchs say,
‘I'm a dried-up tree with no children and no future.'
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:9 - Come, wild animals of the field!
Come, wild animals of the forest!
Come and devour my people!
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:14 - God says, “Rebuild the road!
Clear away the rocks and stones
so my people can return from captivity.”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:8 - “Then your salvation will come like the dawn,
and your wounds will quickly heal.
Your godliness will lead you forward,
and the glory of the LORD will protect you from behind.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:14 - Then the LORD will be your delight.
I will give you great honor
and satisfy you with the inheritance I promised to your ancestor Jacob.
I, the LORD, have spoken!”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:2 - It's your sins that have cut you off from God.
Because of your sins, he has turned away
and will not listen anymore.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:13 - We know we have rebelled and have denied the LORD.
We have turned our backs on our God.
We know how unfair and oppressive we have been,
carefully planning our deceitful lies.
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 60:9 - They are ships from the ends of the earth,
from lands that trust in me,
led by the great ships of Tarshish.
They are bringing the people of Israel home from far away,
carrying their silver and gold.
They will honor the LORD your God,
the Holy One of Israel,
for he has filled you with splendor.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:13 - “The glory of Lebanon will be yours—
the forests of cypress, fir, and pine—
to beautify my sanctuary.
My Temple will be glorious!
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:8 - The LORD has sworn to Jerusalem by his own strength:
“I will never again hand you over to your enemies.
Never again will foreign warriors come
and take away your grain and new wine.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:9 - In all their suffering he also suffered,
and he personally[fn] rescued them.
In his love and mercy he redeemed them.
He lifted them up and carried them
through all the years.
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 64:4 - For since the world began,
no ear has heard
and no eye has seen a God like you,
who works for those who wait for him!
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 64:10 - Your holy cities are destroyed.
Zion is a wilderness;
yes, Jerusalem is a desolate ruin.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:5 - Yet they say to each other,
‘Don't come too close or you will defile me!
I am holier than you!'
These people are a stench in my nostrils,
an acrid smell that never goes away.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:8 - “But I will not destroy them all,”
says the LORD.
“For just as good grapes are found among a cluster of bad ones
(and someone will say, ‘Don't throw them all away—
some of those grapes are good!'),
so I will not destroy all Israel.
For I still have true servants there.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:22 - Unlike the past, invaders will not take their houses
and confiscate their vineyards.
For my people will live as long as trees,
and my chosen ones will have time to enjoy their hard-won gains.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:1 - These are the words of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah, one of the priests from the town of Anathoth in the land of Benjamin.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:2 - The LORD first gave messages to Jeremiah during the thirteenth year of the reign of Josiah son of Amon, king of Judah.[fn]
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 3:6 - During the reign of King Josiah, the LORD said to me, “Have you seen what fickle Israel has done? Like a wife who commits adultery, Israel has worshiped other gods on every hill and under every green tree.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:8 - She saw that I divorced faithless Israel because of her adultery. But that treacherous sister Judah had no fear, and now she, too, has left me and given herself to prostitution.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:12 - Therefore, go and give this message to Israel.[fn] This is what the LORD says:
“O Israel, my faithless people,
come home to me again,
for I am merciful.
I will not be angry with you forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:18 - In those days the people of Judah and Israel will return together from exile in the north. They will return to the land I gave their ancestors as an inheritance forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:23 - Our worship of idols on the hills
and our religious orgies on the mountains
are a delusion.
Only in the LORD our God
will Israel ever find salvation.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:25 - Let us now lie down in shame
and cover ourselves with dishonor,
for we and our ancestors have sinned
against the LORD our God.
From our childhood to this day
we have never obeyed him.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:7 - A lion stalks from its den,
a destroyer of nations.
It has left its lair and is headed your way.
It's going to devastate your land!
Your towns will lie in ruins,
with no one living in them anymore.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:9 - “In that day,” says the LORD,
“the king and the officials will tremble in fear.
The priests will be struck with horror,
and the prophets will be appalled.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:11 - The time is coming when the LORD will say
to the people of Jerusalem,
“My dear people, a burning wind is blowing in from the desert,
and it's not a gentle breeze useful for winnowing grain.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:22 - “My people are foolish
and do not know me,” says the LORD.
“They are stupid children
who have no understanding.
They are clever enough at doing wrong,
but they have no idea how to do right!”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:25 - I looked, and all the people were gone.
All the birds of the sky had flown away.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:31 - I hear a cry, like that of a woman in labor,
the groans of a woman giving birth to her first child.
It is beautiful Jerusalem[fn]
gasping for breath and crying out,
“Help! I'm being murdered!”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:6 - So now a lion from the forest will attack them;
a wolf from the desert will pounce on them.
A leopard will lurk near their towns,
tearing apart any who dare to venture out.
For their rebellion is great,
and their sins are many.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:8 - They are well-fed, lusty stallions,
each neighing for his neighbor's wife.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:10 - “Go down the rows of the vineyards and destroy the grapevines,
leaving a scattered few alive.
Strip the branches from the vines,
for these people do not belong to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:9 - This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies says:
“Even the few who remain in Israel
will be picked over again,
as when a harvester checks each vine a second time
to pick the grapes that were missed.”
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 7:5 - But I will be merciful only if you stop your evil thoughts and deeds and start treating each other with justice;
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:16 - “Pray no more for these people, Jeremiah. Do not weep or pray for them, and don't beg me to help them, for I will not listen to you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:18 - No wonder I am so angry! Watch how the children gather wood and the fathers build sacrificial fires. See how the women knead dough and make cakes to offer to the Queen of Heaven. And they pour out liquid offerings to their other idol gods!
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:20 - So this is what the Sovereign LORD says: “I will pour out my terrible fury on this place. Its people, animals, trees, and crops will be consumed by the unquenchable fire of my anger.”
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 7:32 - So beware, for the time is coming,” says the LORD, “when that garbage dump will no longer be called Topheth or the valley of Ben-Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter. They will bury the bodies in Topheth until there is no more room for them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:33 - The bodies of my people will be food for the vultures and wild animals, and no one will be left to scare them away.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:2 - They will spread out their bones on the ground before the sun, moon, and stars—the gods my people have loved, served, and worshiped. Their bones will not be gathered up again or buried but will be scattered on the ground like manure.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:6 - I listen to their conversations
and don't hear a word of truth.
Is anyone sorry for doing wrong?
Does anyone say, “What a terrible thing I have done”?
No! All are running down the path of sin
as swiftly as a horse galloping into battle!
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:4 - “Beware of your neighbor!
Don't even trust your brother!
For brother takes advantage of brother,
and friend slanders friend.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:5 - They all fool and defraud each other;
no one tells the truth.
With practiced tongues they tell lies;
they wear themselves out with all their sinning.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:10 - I will weep for the mountains
and wail for the wilderness pastures.
For they are desolate and empty of life;
the lowing of cattle is heard no more;
the birds and wild animals have all fled.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:2 - This is what the LORD says:
“Do not act like the other nations,
who try to read their future in the stars.
Do not be afraid of their predictions,
even though other nations are terrified by them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:3 - Their ways are futile and foolish.
They cut down a tree, and a craftsman carves an idol.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:11 - Say this to those who worship other gods: “Your so-called gods, who did not make the heavens and earth, will vanish from the earth and from under the heavens.”[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:23 - I know, LORD, that our lives are not our own.
We are not able to plan our own course.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:14 - “Pray no more for these people, Jeremiah. Do not weep or pray for them, for I will not listen to them when they cry out to me in distress.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:4 - How long must this land mourn?
Even the grass in the fields has withered.
The wild animals and birds have disappeared
because of the evil in the land.
For the people have said,
“The LORD doesn't see what's ahead for us!”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:5 - “If racing against mere men makes you tired,
how will you race against horses?
If you stumble and fall on open ground,
what will you do in the thickets near the Jordan?
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:6 - Even your brothers, members of your own family,
have turned against you.
They plot and raise complaints against you.
Do not trust them,
no matter how pleasantly they speak.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:9 - My chosen people act like speckled vultures,[fn]
but they themselves are surrounded by vultures.
Bring on the wild animals to pick their corpses clean!
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:12 - On all the bare hilltops,
destroying armies can be seen.
The sword of the LORD devours people
from one end of the nation to the other.
No one will escape!
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:16 - And if these nations truly learn the ways of my people, and if they learn to swear by my name, saying, ‘As surely as the LORD lives' (just as they taught my people to swear by the name of Baal), then they will be given a place among my people.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:7 - So I went to the Euphrates and dug it out of the hole where I had hidden it. But now it was rotting and falling apart. The loincloth was good for nothing.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:11 - As a loincloth clings to a man's waist, so I created Judah and Israel to cling to me, says the LORD. They were to be my people, my pride, my glory—an honor to my name. But they would not listen to me.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:11 - Then the LORD said to me, “Do not pray for these people anymore.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:16 - As for the people to whom they prophesy—their bodies will be thrown out into the streets of Jerusalem, victims of famine and war. There will be no one left to bury them. Husbands, wives, sons, and daughters—all will be gone. For I will pour out their own wickedness on them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:3 - “I will send four kinds of destroyers against them,” says the LORD. “I will send the sword to kill, the dogs to drag away, the vultures to devour, and the wild animals to finish up what is left.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:14 - I will tell your enemies to take you
as captives to a foreign land.
For my anger blazes like a fire
that will burn forever.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:4 - They will die from terrible diseases. No one will mourn for them or bury them, and they will lie scattered on the ground like manure. They will die from war and famine, and their bodies will be food for the vultures and wild animals.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:5 - This is what the LORD says: “Do not go to funerals to mourn and show sympathy for these people, for I have removed my protection and peace from them. I have taken away my unfailing love and my mercy.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:9 - For this is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies, the God of Israel, says: In your own lifetime, before your very eyes, I will put an end to the happy singing and laughter in this land. The joyful voices of bridegrooms and brides will no longer be heard.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:10 - “When you tell the people all these things, they will ask, ‘Why has the LORD decreed such terrible things against us? What have we done to deserve such treatment? What is our sin against the LORD our God?'
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:2 - “Go down to the potter's shop, and I will speak to you there.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:3 - So I did as he told me and found the potter working at his wheel.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:6 - “O Israel, can I not do to you as this potter has done to his clay? As the clay is in the potter's hand, so are you in my hand.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:14 - Does the snow ever disappear from the mountaintops of Lebanon?
Do the cold streams flowing from those distant mountains ever run dry?
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:1 - This is what the LORD said to me: “Go and buy a clay jar. Then ask some of the leaders of the people and of the priests to follow you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:7 - “‘For I will upset the careful plans of Judah and Jerusalem. I will allow the people to be slaughtered by invading armies, and I will leave their dead bodies as food for the vultures and wild animals.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:9 - I will see to it that your enemies lay siege to the city until all the food is gone. Then those trapped inside will eat their own sons and daughters and friends. They will be driven to utter despair.'
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:13 - Yes, all the houses in Jerusalem, including the palace of Judah's kings, will become like Topheth—all the houses where you burned incense on the rooftops to your star gods, and where liquid offerings were poured out to your idols.'”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:1 - Now Pashhur son of Immer, the priest in charge of the Temple of the LORD, heard what Jeremiah was prophesying.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:3 - The next day, when Pashhur finally released him, Jeremiah said, “Pashhur, the LORD has changed your name. From now on you are to be called ‘The Man Who Lives in Terror.'[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:5 - And I will let your enemies plunder Jerusalem. All the famed treasures of the city—the precious jewels and gold and silver of your kings—will be carried off to Babylon.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:7 - And after all that, says the LORD, I will hand over King Zedekiah, his staff, and everyone else in the city who survives the disease, war, and famine. I will hand them over to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon and to their other enemies. He will slaughter them and show them no mercy, pity, or compassion.'
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:8 - “Tell all the people, ‘This is what the LORD says: Take your choice of life or death!
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:1 - This is what the LORD said to me: “Go over and speak directly to the king of Judah. Say to him,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:4 - If you obey me, there will always be a descendant of David sitting on the throne here in Jerusalem. The king will ride through the palace gates in chariots and on horses, with his parade of attendants and subjects.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:6 - Now this is what the LORD says concerning Judah's royal palace:
“I love you as much as fruitful Gilead
and the green forests of Lebanon.
But I will turn you into a desert,
with no one living within your walls.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:11 - For this is what the LORD says about Jehoahaz,[fn] who succeeded his father, King Josiah, and was taken away as a captive: “He will never return.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:3 - But I will gather together the remnant of my flock from the countries where I have driven them. I will bring them back to their own sheepfold, and they will be fruitful and increase in number.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:27 - By telling these false dreams, they are trying to get my people to forget me, just as their ancestors did by worshiping the idols of Baal.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:30 - “Therefore,” says the LORD, “I am against these prophets who steal messages from each other and claim they are from me.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 24:5 - “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: The good figs represent the exiles I sent from Judah to the land of the Babylonians.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:1 - This message for all the people of Judah came to Jeremiah from the LORD during the fourth year of Jehoiakim's reign over Judah.[fn] This was the year when King Nebuchadnezzar[fn] of Babylon began his reign.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:15 - This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, said to me: “Take from my hand this cup filled to the brim with my anger, and make all the nations to whom I send you drink from it.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:30 - “Now prophesy all these things, and say to them,
“‘The LORD will roar against his own land
from his holy dwelling in heaven.
He will shout like those who tread grapes;
he will shout against everyone on earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:7 - The priests, the prophets, and all the people listened to Jeremiah as he spoke in front of the LORD's Temple.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:10 - When the officials of Judah heard what was happening, they rushed over from the palace and sat down at the New Gate of the Temple to hold court.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:16 - Then the officials and the people said to the priests and prophets, “This man does not deserve the death sentence, for he has spoken to us in the name of the LORD our God.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:17 - Then some of the wise old men stood and spoke to all the people assembled there.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:18 - They said, “Remember when Micah of Moresheth prophesied during the reign of King Hezekiah of Judah. He told the people of Judah,
‘This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies says:
Mount Zion will be plowed like an open field;
Jerusalem will be reduced to ruins!
A thicket will grow on the heights
where the Temple now stands.'[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:24 - Nevertheless, Ahikam son of Shaphan stood up for Jeremiah and persuaded the court not to turn him over to the mob to be killed.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:6 - Now I will give your countries to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, who is my servant. I have put everything, even the wild animals, under his control.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:1 - One day in late summer[fn] of that same year—the fourth year of the reign of Zedekiah, king of Judah—Hananiah son of Azzur, a prophet from Gibeon, addressed me publicly in the Temple while all the priests and people listened. He said,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:2 - “This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘I will remove the yoke of the king of Babylon from your necks.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:5 - Jeremiah responded to Hananiah as they stood in front of all the priests and people at the Temple.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:7 - But listen now to the solemn words I speak to you in the presence of all these people.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:8 - The ancient prophets who preceded you and me spoke against many nations, always warning of war, disaster, and disease.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:9 - So a prophet who predicts peace must show he is right. Only when his predictions come true can we know that he is really from the LORD.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:10 - Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke off Jeremiah's neck and broke it in pieces.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:11 - And Hananiah said again to the crowd that had gathered, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Just as this yoke has been broken, within two years I will break the yoke of oppression from all the nations now subject to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon.'” With that, Jeremiah left the Temple area.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:12 - Soon after this confrontation with Hananiah, the LORD gave this message to Jeremiah:
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:2 - This was after King Jehoiachin,[fn] the queen mother, the court officials, the other officials of Judah, and all the craftsmen and artisans had been deported from Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:26 - “The LORD has appointed you to replace Jehoiada as the priest in charge of the house of the LORD. You are responsible to put into stocks and neck irons any crazy man who claims to be a prophet.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:8 - For in that day,”
says the LORD of Heaven's Armies,
“I will break the yoke from their necks
and snap their chains.
Foreigners will no longer be their masters.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:7 - Now this is what the LORD says:
“Sing with joy for Israel.[fn]
Shout for the greatest of nations!
Shout out with praise and joy:
‘Save your people, O LORD,
the remnant of Israel!'
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:30 - All people will die for their own sins—those who eat the sour grapes will be the ones whose mouths will pucker.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:40 - And the entire area—including the graveyard and ash dump in the valley, and all the fields out to the Kidron Valley on the east as far as the Horse Gate—will be holy to the LORD. The city will never again be captured or destroyed.”
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 32:24 - “See how the siege ramps have been built against the city walls! Through war, famine, and disease, the city will be handed over to the Babylonians, who will conquer it. Everything has happened just as you said.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:15 - Recently you repented and did what was right, following my command. You freed your slaves and made a solemn covenant with me in the Temple that bears my name.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:20 - I will give you to your enemies, and they will kill you. Your bodies will be food for the vultures and wild animals.
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 35:8 - So we have obeyed him in all these things. We have never had a drink of wine to this day, nor have our wives, our sons, or our daughters.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 35:16 - The descendants of Jehonadab son of Recab have obeyed their ancestor completely, but you have refused to listen to me.'
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 35:18 - Then Jeremiah turned to the Recabites and said, “This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘You have obeyed your ancestor Jehonadab in every respect, following all his instructions.'
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:6 - So you go to the Temple on the next day of fasting, and read the messages from the LORD that I have had you write on this scroll. Read them so the people who are there from all over Judah will hear them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:10 - Baruch read Jeremiah's words on the scroll to all the people. He stood in front of the Temple room of Gemariah, son of Shaphan the secretary. This room was just off the upper courtyard of the Temple, near the New Gate entrance.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:12 - he went down to the secretary's room in the palace where the administrative officials were meeting. Elishama the secretary was there, along with Delaiah son of Shemaiah, Elnathan son of Acbor, Gemariah son of Shaphan, Zedekiah son of Hananiah, and all the other officials.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:13 - When Micaiah told them about the messages Baruch was reading to the people,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:14 - the officials sent Jehudi son of Nethaniah, grandson of Shelemiah and great-grandson of Cushi, to ask Baruch to come and read the messages to them, too. So Baruch took the scroll and went to them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:21 - The king sent Jehudi to get the scroll. Jehudi brought it from Elishama's room and read it to the king as all his officials stood by.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:23 - Each time Jehudi finished reading three or four columns, the king took a knife and cut off that section of the scroll. He then threw it into the fire, section by section, until the whole scroll was burned up.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:26 - Then the king commanded his son Jerahmeel, Seraiah son of Azriel, and Shelemiah son of Abdeel to arrest Baruch and Jeremiah. But the LORD had hidden them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:1 - Zedekiah son of Josiah succeeded Jehoiachin[fn] son of Jehoiakim as the king of Judah. He was appointed by King Nebuchadnezzar[fn] of Babylon.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:12 - Jeremiah started to leave the city on his way to the territory of Benjamin, to claim his share of the property among his relatives there.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:15 - They were furious with Jeremiah and had him flogged and imprisoned in the house of Jonathan the secretary. Jonathan's house had been converted into a prison.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:16 - Jeremiah was put into a dungeon cell, where he remained for many days.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:20 - Listen, my lord the king, I beg you. Don't send me back to the dungeon in the house of Jonathan the secretary, for I will die there.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:4 - So these officials went to the king and said, “Sir, this man must die! That kind of talk will undermine the morale of the few fighting men we have left, as well as that of all the people. This man is a traitor!”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:6 - So the officials took Jeremiah from his cell and lowered him by ropes into an empty cistern in the prison yard. It belonged to Malkijah, a member of the royal family. There was no water in the cistern, but there was a thick layer of mud at the bottom, and Jeremiah sank down into it.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:7 - But Ebed-melech the Ethiopian,[fn] an important court official, heard that Jeremiah was in the cistern. At that time the king was holding court at the Benjamin Gate,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:9 - “My lord the king,” he said, “these men have done a very evil thing in putting Jeremiah the prophet into the cistern. He will soon die of hunger, for almost all the bread in the city is gone.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:10 - So the king told Ebed-melech, “Take thirty of my men with you, and pull Jeremiah out of the cistern before he dies.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:11 - So Ebed-melech took the men with him and went to a room in the palace beneath the treasury, where he found some old rags and discarded clothing. He carried these to the cistern and lowered them to Jeremiah on a rope.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:13 - they pulled him out. So Jeremiah was returned to the courtyard of the guard—the palace prison—where he remained.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:26 - If this happens, just tell them you begged me not to send you back to Jonathan's dungeon, for fear you would die there.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:1 - In January[fn] of the ninth year of King Zedekiah's reign, King Nebuchadnezzar[fn] came with his army to besiege Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:2 - Two and a half years later, on July 18[fn] in the eleventh year of Zedekiah's reign, the Babylonians broke through the wall, and the city fell.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:14 - sent messengers to bring Jeremiah out of the prison. They put him under the care of Gedaliah son of Ahikam and grandson of Shaphan, who took him back to his home. So Jeremiah stayed in Judah among his own people.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:5 - If you decide to stay, then return to Gedaliah son of Ahikam and grandson of Shaphan. He has been appointed governor of Judah by the king of Babylon. Stay there with the people he rules. But it's up to you; go wherever you like.”
Then Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, gave Jeremiah some food and money and let him go.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:6 - So Jeremiah returned to Gedaliah son of Ahikam at Mizpah, and he lived in Judah with the few who were still left in the land.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:8 - So they went to see Gedaliah at Mizpah. These included: Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan and Jonathan sons of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth, the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, Jezaniah son of the Maacathite, and all their men.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:1 - But in midautumn,[fn] Ishmael son of Nethaniah and grandson of Elishama, who was a member of the royal family and had been one of the king's high officials, went to Mizpah with ten men to meet Gedaliah. While they were eating together,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:10 - Then Ishmael made captives of the king's daughters and the other people who had been left under Gedaliah's care in Mizpah by Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard. Taking them with him, he started back toward the land of Ammon.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:16 - Then Johanan son of Kareah and the other guerrilla leaders took all the people they had rescued in Gibeon—the soldiers, women, children, and court officials[fn] whom Ishmael had captured after he killed Gedaliah.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:6 - Whether we like it or not, we will obey the LORD our God to whom we are sending you with our plea. For if we obey him, everything will turn out well for us.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 43:6 - In the crowd were men, women, and children, the king's daughters, and all those whom Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, had left with Gedaliah. The prophet Jeremiah and Baruch were also included.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:17 - We will do whatever we want. We will burn incense and pour out liquid offerings to the Queen of Heaven just as much as we like—just as we, and our ancestors, and our kings and officials have always done in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. For in those days we had plenty to eat, and we were well off and had no troubles!
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:18 - But ever since we quit burning incense to the Queen of Heaven and stopped worshiping her with liquid offerings, we have been in great trouble and have been dying from war and famine.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:19 - “Besides,” the women added, “do you suppose that we were burning incense and pouring out liquid offerings to the Queen of Heaven, and making cakes marked with her image, without our husbands knowing it and helping us? Of course not!”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:25 - This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘You and your wives have said, “We will keep our promises to burn incense and pour out liquid offerings to the Queen of Heaven,” and you have proved by your actions that you meant it. So go ahead and carry out your promises and vows to her!'
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 47:6 - “Now, O sword of the LORD,
when will you be at rest again?
Go back into your sheath;
rest and be still.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:21 - Judgment has been poured out on the towns of the plateau—
on Holon and Jahaz[fn] and Mephaath,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:44 - “Those who flee in terror will fall into a trap,
and those who escape the trap will step into a snare.
I will see to it that you do not get away,
for the time of your judgment has come,”
says the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:19 - I will come like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan,
leaping on the sheep in the pasture.
I will chase Edom from its land,
and I will appoint the leader of my choice.
For who is like me, and who can challenge me?
What ruler can oppose my will?”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:36 - I will bring enemies from all directions,
and I will scatter the people of Elam to the four winds.
They will be exiled to countries around the world.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:37 - I myself will go with Elam's enemies to shatter it.
In my fierce anger, I will bring great disaster
upon the people of Elam,” says the LORD.
“Their enemies will chase them with the sword
until I have destroyed them completely.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:39 - But I will restore the fortunes of Elam
in days to come.
I, the LORD, have spoken!”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:29 - “Send out a call for archers to come to Babylon.
Surround the city so none can escape.
Do to her as she has done to others,
for she has defied the LORD, the Holy One of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:44 - “I will come like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan,
leaping on the sheep in the pasture.
I will chase Babylon from its land,
and I will appoint the leader of my choice.
For who is like me, and who can challenge me?
What ruler can oppose my will?”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:7 - Babylon has been a gold cup in the LORD's hands,
a cup that made the whole earth drunk.
The nations drank Babylon's wine,
and it drove them all mad.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:14 - The LORD of Heaven's Armies has taken this vow
and has sworn to it by his own name:
“Your cities will be filled with enemies,
like fields swarming with locusts,
and they will shout in triumph over you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:50 - Get out, all you who have escaped the sword!
Do not stand and watch—flee while you can!
Remember the LORD, though you are in a far-off land,
and think about your home in Jerusalem.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:63 - When you have finished reading the scroll, tie it to a stone and throw it into the Euphrates River.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:4 - So on January 15,[fn] during the ninth year of Zedekiah's reign, King Nebuchadnezzar[fn] of Babylon led his entire army against Jerusalem. They surrounded the city and built siege ramps against its walls.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:6 - By July 18 in the eleventh year of Zedekiah's reign,[fn] the famine in the city had become very severe, and the last of the food was entirely gone.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:7 - 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 BoxJer 52:8 - But the Babylonian troops chased King Zedekiah and caught him on the plains of Jericho, for his men had all deserted him and scattered.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:12 - On August 17 of that year,[fn] which was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar's reign, Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard and an official of the Babylonian king, arrived in Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:13 - He burned down the Temple of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem. He destroyed all the important buildings[fn] in the city.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:14 - Then he supervised the entire Babylonian[fn] army as they tore down the walls of Jerusalem on every side.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:16 - But Nebuzaradan allowed some of the poorest people to stay behind in Judah to care for the vineyards and fields.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:20 - The weight of the bronze from the two pillars, the Sea with the twelve bronze oxen beneath it, and the water carts was too great to be measured. These things had been made for the LORD's Temple in the days of King Solomon.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:21 - Each of the pillars was 27 feet tall and 18 feet in circumference.[fn] They were hollow, with walls 3 inches thick.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:22 - The bronze capital on top of each pillar was 7½ feet[fn] high and was decorated with a network of bronze pomegranates all the way around.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:25 - And from among the people still hiding in the city, he took an officer who had been in charge of the Judean army; seven of the king's personal advisers; the army commander's chief secretary, who was in charge of recruitment; and sixty other citizens.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:31 - In the thirty-seventh year of the exile of King Jehoiachin of Judah, Evil-merodach ascended to the Babylonian throne. He was kind to[fn] Jehoiachin and released him from prison on March 31 of that year.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:34 - So the Babylonian king gave him a regular food allowance as long as he lived. This continued until the day of his death.
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:11 - I have cried until the tears no longer come;
my heart is broken.
My spirit is poured out in agony
as I see the desperate plight of my people.
Little children and tiny babies
are fainting and dying in the streets.
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:32 - Though he brings grief, he also shows compassion
because of the greatness of his unfailing love.
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:48 - Tears stream from my eyes
because of the destruction of my people!
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:66 - Chase them down in your anger,
destroying them beneath the LORD's heavens.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:1 - On July 31[fn] of my thirtieth year,[fn] while I was with the Judean exiles beside the Kebar River in Babylon, the heavens were opened and I saw visions of God.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:2 - This happened during the fifth year of King Jehoiachin's captivity.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:3 - (The LORD gave this message to Ezekiel son of Buzi, a priest, beside the Kebar River in the land of the Babylonians,[fn] and he felt the hand of the LORD take hold of him.)
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:25 - As they stood with wings lowered, a voice spoke from beyond the crystal surface above them.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:26 - Above this surface was something that looked like a throne made of blue lapis lazuli. And on this throne high above was a figure whose appearance resembled a man.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 2:3 - “Son of man,” he said, “I am sending you to the nation of Israel, a rebellious nation that has rebelled against me. They and their ancestors have been rebelling against me to this very day.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 2:8 - Son of man, listen to what I say to you. Do not join them in their rebellion. Open your mouth, and eat what I give you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:4 - Then he said, “Son of man, go to the people of Israel and give them my messages.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:5 - I am not sending you to a foreign people whose language you cannot understand.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:7 - But the people of Israel won't listen to you any more than they listen to me! For the whole lot of them are hard-hearted and stubborn.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:11 - Then go to your people in exile and say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says!' Do this whether they listen to you or not.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:12 - Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard a loud rumbling sound behind me. (May the glory of the LORD be praised in his place!)[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:13 - It was the sound of the wings of the living beings as they brushed against each other and the rumbling of their wheels beneath them.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:15 - Then I came to the colony of Judean exiles in Tel-abib, beside the Kebar River. I was overwhelmed and sat among them for seven days.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:23 - So I got up and went, and there I saw the glory of the LORD, just as I had seen in my first vision by the Kebar River. And I fell face down on the ground.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:24 - Then the Spirit came into me and set me on my feet. He spoke to me and said, “Go to your house and shut yourself in.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:4 - “Now lie on your left side and place the sins of Israel on yourself. You are to bear their sins for the number of days you lie there on your side.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:5 - I am requiring you to bear Israel's sins for 390 days—one day for each year of their sin.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:6 - After that, turn over and lie on your right side for 40 days—one day for each year of Judah's sin.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:8 - I will tie you up with ropes so you won't be able to turn from side to side until the days of your siege have been completed.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:13 - Then the LORD said, “This is how Israel will eat defiled bread in the Gentile lands to which I will banish them!”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:14 - Then I said, “O Sovereign LORD, must I be defiled by using human dung? For I have never been defiled before. From the time I was a child until now I have never eaten any animal that died of sickness or was killed by other animals. I have never eaten any meat forbidden by the law.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:2 - Place a third of it at the center of your map of Jerusalem. After acting out the siege, burn it there. Scatter another third across your map and chop it with a sword. Scatter the last third to the wind, for I will scatter my people with the sword.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:16 - “I will shower you with the deadly arrows of famine to destroy you. The famine will become more and more severe until every crumb of food is gone.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:2 - “Son of man, this is what the Sovereign LORD says to Israel:
“The end is here!
Wherever you look—
east, west, north, or south—
your land is finished.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:27 - The king and the prince will stand helpless,
weeping in despair,
and the people's hands
will tremble with fear.
I will bring on them
the evil they have done to others,
and they will receive the punishment
they so richly deserve.
Then they will know that I am the LORD.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:1 - Then on September 17,[fn] during the sixth year of King Jehoiachin's captivity, while the leaders of Judah were in my home, the Sovereign LORD took hold of me.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:3 - He reached out what seemed to be a hand and took me by the hair. Then the Spirit lifted me up into the sky and transported me to Jerusalem in a vision from God. I was taken to the north gate of the inner courtyard of the Temple, where there is a large idol that has made the LORD very jealous.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:11 - Seventy leaders of Israel were standing there with Jaazaniah son of Shaphan in the center. Each of them held an incense burner, from which a cloud of incense rose above their heads.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:12 - Then the LORD said to me, “Son of man, have you seen what the leaders of Israel are doing with their idols in dark rooms? They are saying, ‘The LORD doesn't see us; he has deserted our land!'”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:16 - Then he brought me into the inner courtyard of the LORD's Temple. At the entrance to the sanctuary, between the entry room and the bronze altar, there were about twenty-five men with their backs to the sanctuary of the LORD. They were facing east, bowing low to the ground, worshiping the sun!
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:3 - Then the glory of the God of Israel rose up from between the cherubim, where it had rested, and moved to the entrance of the Temple. And the LORD called to the man dressed in linen who was carrying the writer's case.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:8 - While they were out killing, I was all alone. I fell face down on the ground and cried out, “O Sovereign LORD! Will your fury against Jerusalem wipe out everyone left in Israel?”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:9 - Then he said to me, “The sins of the people of Israel and Judah are very, very great. The entire land is full of murder; the city is filled with injustice. They are saying, ‘The LORD doesn't see it! The LORD has abandoned the land!'
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 10:3 - The cherubim were standing at the south end of the Temple when the man went in, and the cloud of glory filled the inner courtyard.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 10:4 - Then the glory of the LORD rose up from above the cherubim and went over to the door of the Temple. The Temple was filled with this cloud of glory, and the courtyard glowed brightly with the glory of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 10:7 - Then one of the cherubim reached out his hand and took some live coals from the fire burning among them. He put the coals into the hands of the man in linen clothing, and the man took them and went out.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 10:15 - Then the cherubim rose upward. These were the same living beings I had seen beside the Kebar River.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 10:18 - Then the glory of the LORD moved out from the door of the Temple and hovered above the cherubim.
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 11:1 - Then the Spirit lifted me and brought me to the east gateway of the LORD's Temple, where I saw twenty-five prominent men of the city. Among them were Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, who were leaders among the people.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:10 - You will be slaughtered all the way to the borders of Israel. I will execute judgment on you, and you will know that I am the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:11 - No, this city will not be an iron pot for you, and you will not be like meat safe inside it. I will judge you even to the borders of Israel,
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:13 - While I was still prophesying, Pelatiah son of Benaiah suddenly died. Then I fell face down on the ground and cried out, “O Sovereign LORD, are you going to kill everyone in Israel?”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:15 - “Son of man, the people still left in Jerusalem are talking about you and your relatives and all the people of Israel who are in exile. They are saying, ‘Those people are far away from the LORD, so now he has given their land to us!'
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:17 - I, the Sovereign LORD, will gather you back from the nations where you have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel once again.'
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:25 - And I told the exiles everything the LORD had shown me.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:3 - “So now, son of man, pretend you are being sent into exile. Pack the few items an exile could carry, and leave your home to go somewhere else. Do this right in front of the people so they can see you. For perhaps they will pay attention to this, even though they are such rebels.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:9 - “Son of man, these rebels, the people of Israel, have asked you what all this means.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:12 - “Even Zedekiah will leave Jerusalem at night through a hole in the wall, taking only what he can carry with him. He will cover his face, and his eyes will not see the land he is leaving.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:19 - Tell the people, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says concerning those living in Israel and Jerusalem: They will eat their food with trembling and sip their water in despair, for their land will be stripped bare because of their violence.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:22 - “Son of man, you've heard that proverb they quote in Israel: ‘Time passes, and prophecies come to nothing.'
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:23 - Tell the people, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I will put an end to this proverb, and you will soon stop quoting it.' Now give them this new proverb to replace the old one: ‘The time has come for every prophecy to be fulfilled!'
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:2 - “Son of man, prophesy against the false prophets of Israel who are inventing their own prophecies. Say to them, ‘Listen to the word of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:5 - They have done nothing to repair the breaks in the walls around the nation. They have not helped it to stand firm in battle on the day of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:9 - I will raise my fist against all the prophets who see false visions and make lying predictions, and they will be banished from the community of Israel. I will blot their names from Israel's record books, and they will never again set foot in their own land. Then you will know that I am the Sovereign LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:16 - They were lying prophets who claimed peace would come to Jerusalem when there was no peace. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken!'
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:17 - “Now, son of man, speak out against the women who prophesy from their own imaginations.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:18 - This is what the Sovereign LORD says: What sorrow awaits you women who are ensnaring the souls of my people, young and old alike. You tie magic charms on their wrists and furnish them with magic veils. Do you think you can trap others without bringing destruction on yourselves?
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:1 - Then some of the leaders of Israel visited me, and while they were sitting with me,
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:4 - Tell them, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: The people of Israel have set up idols in their hearts and fallen into sin, and then they go to a prophet asking for a message. So I, the LORD, will give them the kind of answer their great idolatry deserves.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:5 - I will do this to capture the minds and hearts of all my people who have turned from me to worship their detestable idols.'
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:6 - “Therefore, tell the people of Israel, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Repent and turn away from your idols, and stop all your detestable sins.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:7 - I, the LORD, will answer all those, both Israelites and foreigners, who reject me and set up idols in their hearts and so fall into sin, and who then come to a prophet asking for my advice.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:8 - I will turn against such people and make a terrible example of them, eliminating them from among my people. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:9 - “‘And if a prophet is deceived into giving a message, it is because I, the LORD, have deceived that prophet. I will lift my fist against such prophets and cut them off from the community of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:10 - False prophets and those who seek their guidance will all be punished for their sins.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:11 - In this way, the people of Israel will learn not to stray from me, polluting themselves with sin. They will be my people, and I will be their God. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken!'”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 15:2 - “Son of man, how does a grapevine compare to a tree? Is a vine's wood as useful as the wood of a tree?
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 15:6 - “And this is what the Sovereign LORD says: The people of Jerusalem are like grapevines growing among the trees of the forest. Since they are useless, I have thrown them on the fire to be burned.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:7 - And I helped you to thrive like a plant in the field. You grew up and became a beautiful jewel. Your breasts became full, and your body hair grew, but you were still naked.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:32 - Yes, you are an adulterous wife who takes in strangers instead of her own husband.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:2 - “Son of man, give this riddle, and tell this story to the people of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:23 - It will become a majestic cedar, sending forth its branches and producing seed. Birds of every sort will nest in it, finding shelter in the shade of its branches.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:4 - For all people are mine to judge—both parents and children alike. And this is my rule: The person who sins is the one who will die.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:6 - He does not feast in the mountains before Israel's idols[fn] or worship them. He does not commit adultery or have intercourse with a woman during her menstrual period.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:8 - He grants loans without interest, stays away from injustice, is honest and fair when judging others,
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:11 - And that son does all the evil things his father would never do—he worships idols on the mountains, commits adultery,
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:14 - “But suppose that sinful son, in turn, has a son who sees his father's wickedness and decides against that kind of life.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:15 - This son refuses to worship idols on the mountains and does not commit adultery.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:18 - But the father will die for his many sins—for being cruel, robbing people, and doing what was clearly wrong among his people.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:19 - “‘What?' you ask. ‘Doesn't the child pay for the parent's sins?' No! For if the child does what is just and right and keeps my decrees, that child will surely live.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:20 - The person who sins is the one who will die. The child will not be punished for the parent's sins, and the parent will not be punished for the child's sins. Righteous people will be rewarded for their own righteous behavior, and wicked people will be punished for their own wickedness.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:23 - “Do you think that I like to see wicked people die? says the Sovereign LORD. Of course not! I want them to turn from their wicked ways and live.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:29 - And yet the people of Israel keep saying, ‘The Lord isn't doing what's right!' O people of Israel, it is you who are not doing what's right, not I.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:32 - I don't want you to die, says the Sovereign LORD. Turn back and live!
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:1 - “Sing this funeral song for the princes of Israel:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:9 - With hooks, they dragged him into a cage
and brought him before the king of Babylon.
They held him in captivity,
so his voice could never again be heard
on the mountains of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:1 - On August 14,[fn] during the seventh year of King Jehoiachin's captivity, some of the leaders of Israel came to request a message from the LORD. They sat down in front of me to wait for his reply.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:3 - “Son of man, tell the leaders of Israel, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: How dare you come to ask me for a message? As surely as I live, says the Sovereign LORD, I will tell you nothing!'
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:13 - “But the people of Israel rebelled against me, and they refused to obey my decrees there in the wilderness. They wouldn't obey my regulations even though obedience would have given them life. They also violated my Sabbath days. So I threatened to pour out my fury on them, and I made plans to utterly consume them in the wilderness.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:27 - “Therefore, son of man, give the people of Israel this message from the Sovereign LORD: Your ancestors continued to blaspheme and betray me,
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:30 - “Therefore, give the people of Israel this message from the Sovereign LORD: Do you plan to pollute yourselves just as your ancestors did? Do you intend to keep prostituting yourselves by worshiping vile images?
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:31 - For when you offer gifts to them and give your little children to be burned as sacrifices,[fn] you continue to pollute yourselves with idols to this day. Should I allow you to ask for a message from me, O people of Israel? As surely as I live, says the Sovereign LORD, I will tell you nothing.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:38 - I will purge you of all those who rebel and revolt against me. I will bring them out of the countries where they are in exile, but they will never enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:42 - Then when I have brought you home to the land I promised with a solemn oath to give to your ancestors, you will know that I am the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:2 - “Son of man, turn and face Jerusalem and prophesy against Israel and her sanctuaries.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:3 - Tell her, ‘This is what the LORD says: I am your enemy, O Israel, and I am about to unsheath my sword to destroy your people—the righteous and the wicked alike.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:4 - Yes, I will cut off both the righteous and the wicked! I will draw my sword against everyone in the land from south to north.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:5 - Everyone in the world will know that I am the LORD. My sword is in my hand, and it will not return to its sheath until its work is finished.'
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:12 - “Son of man, cry out and wail;
pound your thighs in anguish,
for that sword will slaughter my people and their leaders—
everyone will die!
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:25 - “O you corrupt and wicked prince of Israel, your final day of reckoning is here!
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:11 - Within your walls live men who commit adultery with their neighbors' wives, who defile their daughters-in-law, or who rape their own sisters.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:26 - Your priests have violated my instructions and defiled my holy things. They make no distinction between what is holy and what is not. And they do not teach my people the difference between what is ceremonially clean and unclean. They disregard my Sabbath days so that I am dishonored among them.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:14 - “Then she carried her prostitution even further. She fell in love with pictures that were painted on a wall—pictures of Babylonian[fn] military officers, outfitted in striking red uniforms.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:39 - On the very day that they sacrificed their children to their idols, they boldly came into my Temple to worship! They came in and defiled my house.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:1 - On January 15,[fn] during the ninth year of King Jehoiachin's captivity, this message came to me from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:21 - and I was told to give this message to the people of Israel. This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I will defile my Temple, the source of your security and pride, the place your heart delights in. Your sons and daughters whom you left behind in Judea will be slaughtered by the sword.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:3 - Give the Ammonites this message from the Sovereign LORD: Hear the word of the Sovereign LORD! Because you cheered when my Temple was defiled, mocked Israel in her desolation, and laughed at Judah as she went away into exile,
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:5 - And I will turn the city of Rabbah into a pasture for camels, and all the land of the Ammonites into a resting place for sheep and goats. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:6 - “This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Because you clapped and danced and cheered with glee at the destruction of my people,
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:1 - On February 3, during the twelfth year of King Jehoiachin's captivity,[fn] this message came to me from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:7 - “This is what the Sovereign LORD says: From the north I will bring King Nebuchadnezzar[fn] of Babylon against Tyre. He is king of kings and brings his horses, chariots, charioteers, and great army.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:5 - You were like a great ship
built of the finest cypress from Senir.[fn]
They took a cedar from Lebanon
to make a mast for you.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:16 - “Syria[fn] sent merchants to buy your rich variety of goods. They traded turquoise, purple dyes, embroidery, fine linen, and jewelry of coral and rubies.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:17 - Judah and Israel traded for your wares, offering wheat from Minnith, figs,[fn] honey, olive oil, and balm.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:26 - “But look! Your oarsmen
have taken you into stormy seas!
A mighty eastern gale
has wrecked you in the heart of the sea!
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:33 - The merchandise you traded
satisfied the desires of many nations.
Kings at the ends of the earth
were enriched by your trade.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:3 - You regard yourself as wiser than Daniel
and think no secret is hidden from you.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:13 - You were in Eden,
the garden of God.
Your clothing was adorned with every precious stone[fn]
red carnelian, pale-green peridot, white moonstone,
blue-green beryl, onyx, green jasper,
blue lapis lazuli, turquoise, and emerald—
all beautifully crafted for you
and set in the finest gold.
They were given to you
on the day you were created.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:16 - Your rich commerce led you to violence,
and you sinned.
So I banished you in disgrace
from the mountain of God.
I expelled you, O mighty guardian,
from your place among the stones of fire.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:24 - No longer will Israel's scornful neighbors
prick and tear at her like briers and thorns.
For then they will know
that I am the Sovereign LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:1 - On January 7,[fn] during the tenth year of King Jehoiachin's captivity, this message came to me from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:4 - I will put hooks in your jaws
and drag you out on the land
with fish sticking to your scales.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:5 - I will leave you and all your fish
stranded in the wilderness to die.
You will lie unburied on the open ground,
for I have given you as food to the wild animals and birds.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:17 - On April 26, the first day of the new year,[fn] during the twenty-seventh year of King Jehoiachin's captivity, this message came to me from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:3 - for the terrible day is almost here—
the day of the LORD!
It is a day of clouds and gloom,
a day of despair for the nations.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:11 - He and his armies—the most ruthless of all—
will be sent to demolish the land.
They will make war against Egypt
until slaughtered Egyptians cover the ground.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:20 - On April 29,[fn] during the eleventh year of King Jehoiachin's captivity, this message came to me from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:1 - On June 21,[fn] during the eleventh year of King Jehoiachin's captivity, this message came to me from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:6 - The birds nested in its branches,
and in its shade all the wild animals gave birth.
All the great nations of the world
lived in its shadow.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:8 - No other cedar in the garden of God
could rival it.
No cypress had branches to equal it;
no plane tree had boughs to compare.
No tree in the garden of God
came close to it in beauty.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:9 - Because I made this tree so beautiful,
and gave it such magnificent foliage,
it was the envy of all the other trees of Eden,
the garden of God.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:13 - “The birds roost on its fallen trunk,
and the wild animals lie among its branches.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:16 - I made the nations shake with fear at the sound of its fall, for I sent it down to the grave with all the others who descend to the pit. And all the other proud trees of Eden, the most beautiful and the best of Lebanon, the ones whose roots went deep into the water, took comfort to find it there with them in the depths of the earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:1 - On March 3,[fn] during the twelfth year of King Jehoiachin's captivity, this message came to me from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:4 - I will leave you stranded on the land to die.
All the birds of the heavens will land on you,
and the wild animals of the whole earth
will gorge themselves on you.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:17 - On March 17,[fn] during the twelfth year, another message came to me from the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:30 - “All the princes of the north and the Sidonians are there with others who have died. Once a terror, they have been put to shame. They lie there as outcasts with others who were slaughtered by the sword. They share the shame of all who have descended to the pit.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:2 - “Son of man, give your people this message: ‘When I bring an army against a country, the people of that land choose one of their own to be a watchman.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:6 - But if the watchman sees the enemy coming and doesn't sound the alarm to warn the people, he is responsible for their captivity. They will die in their sins, but I will hold the watchman responsible for their deaths.'
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:11 - As surely as I live, says the Sovereign LORD, I take no pleasure in the death of wicked people. I only want them to turn from their wicked ways so they can live. Turn! Turn from your wickedness, O people of Israel! Why should you die?
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:12 - “Son of man, give your people this message: The righteous behavior of righteous people will not save them if they turn to sin, nor will the wicked behavior of wicked people destroy them if they repent and turn from their sins.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:17 - “Your people are saying, ‘The Lord isn't doing what's right,' but it is they who are not doing what's right.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:21 - On January 8,[fn] during the twelfth year of our captivity, a survivor from Jerusalem came to me and said, “The city has fallen!”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:24 - “Son of man, the scattered remnants of Judah living among the ruined cities keep saying, ‘Abraham was only one man, yet he gained possession of the entire land. We are many; surely the land has been given to us as a possession.'
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:27 - “Say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: As surely as I live, those living in the ruins will die by the sword. And I will send wild animals to eat those living in the open fields. Those hiding in the forts and caves will die of disease.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:28 - I will completely destroy the land and demolish her pride. Her arrogant power will come to an end. The mountains of Israel will be so desolate that no one will even travel through them.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:30 - “Son of man, your people talk about you in their houses and whisper about you at the doors. They say to each other, ‘Come on, let's go hear the prophet tell us what the LORD is saying!'
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:2 - “Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds, the leaders of Israel. Give them this message from the Sovereign LORD: What sorrow awaits you shepherds who feed yourselves instead of your flocks. Shouldn't shepherds feed their sheep?
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:5 - So my sheep have been scattered without a shepherd, and they are easy prey for any wild animal.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:1 - “Son of man, prophesy to Israel's mountains. Give them this message: O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the LORD!
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:6 - “Therefore, prophesy to the hills and mountains, the ravines and valleys of Israel. This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I am furious that you have suffered shame before the surrounding nations.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:30 - I will give you great harvests from your fruit trees and fields, and never again will the surrounding nations be able to scoff at your land for its famines.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:12 - Therefore, prophesy to them and say, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: O my people, I will open your graves of exile and cause you to rise again. Then I will bring you back to the land of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:18 - When your people ask you what your actions mean,
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:21 - And give them this message from the Sovereign LORD: I will gather the people of Israel from among the nations. I will bring them home to their own land from the places where they have been scattered.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:2 - “Son of man, turn and face Gog of the land of Magog, the prince who rules over the nations of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:6 - Gomer and all its armies will also join you, along with the armies of Beth-togarmah from the distant north, and many others.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:15 - You will come from your homeland in the distant north with your vast cavalry and your mighty army,
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:17 - “This is what the Sovereign LORD asks: Are you the one I was talking about long ago, when I announced through Israel's prophets that in the future I would bring you against my people?
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:18 - But this is what the Sovereign LORD says: When Gog invades the land of Israel, my fury will boil over!
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:20 - All living things—the fish in the sea, the birds of the sky, the animals of the field, the small animals that scurry along the ground, and all the people on earth—will quake in terror at my presence. Mountains will be thrown down; cliffs will crumble; walls will fall to the earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:2 - I will turn you around and drive you toward the mountains of Israel, bringing you from the distant north.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:11 - “And I will make a vast graveyard for Gog and his hordes in the Valley of the Travelers, east of the Dead Sea.[fn] It will block the way of those who travel there, and they will change the name of the place to the Valley of Gog's Hordes.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:15 - Whenever bones are found, a marker will be set up so the burial crews will take them to be buried in the Valley of Gog's Hordes.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:1 - On April 28,[fn] during the twenty-fifth year of our captivity—fourteen years after the fall of Jerusalem—the LORD took hold of me.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:2 - In a vision from God he took me to the land of Israel and set me down on a very high mountain. From there I could see toward the south what appeared to be a city.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:4 - He said to me, “Son of man, watch and listen. Pay close attention to everything I show you. You have been brought here so I can show you many things. Then you will return to the people of Israel and tell them everything you have seen.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:5 - I could see a wall completely surrounding the Temple area. The man took a measuring rod that was 10½ feet[fn] long and measured the wall, and the wall was 10½ feet[fn] thick and 10½ feet high.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:7 - There were guard alcoves on each side built into the gateway passage. Each of these alcoves was 10½ feet square, with a distance between them of 8¾ feet[fn] along the passage wall. The gateway's inner threshold, which led to the entry room at the inner end of the gateway passage, was 10½ feet front to back.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:9 - It was 14 feet[fn] across, with supporting columns 3½ feet[fn] thick. This entry room was at the inner end of the gateway structure, facing toward the Temple.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:11 - The man measured the gateway entrance, which was 17½ feet[fn] wide at the opening and 22¾ feet[fn] wide in the gateway passage.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:13 - Then he measured the entire width of the gateway, measuring the distance between the back walls of facing guard alcoves; this distance was 43¾ feet.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:23 - Here on the north side, just as on the east, there was another gateway leading to the Temple's inner courtyard directly opposite this outer gateway. The distance between the two gateways was 175 feet.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:40 - Outside the entry room, on each side of the stairs going up to the north entrance, were two more tables.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:43 - There were hooks, each 3 inches[fn] long, fastened to the foyer walls. The sacrificial meat was laid on the tables.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:45 - And the man said to me, “The room beside the north inner gate is for the priests who supervise the Temple maintenance.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:46 - The room beside the south inner gate is for the priests in charge of the altar—the descendants of Zadok—for they alone of all the Levites may approach the LORD to minister to him.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:47 - Then the man measured the inner courtyard, and it was a square, 175 feet wide and 175 feet across. The altar stood in the courtyard in front of the Temple.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:48 - Then he brought me to the entry room of the Temple. He measured the walls on either side of the opening to the entry room, and they were 8¾ feet thick. The entrance itself was 24½ feet wide, and the walls on each side of the entrance were an additional 5¼ feet long.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:2 - The doorway was 17½ feet[fn] wide, and the walls on each side of it were 8¾ feet[fn] long. The sanctuary itself was 70 feet long and 35 feet wide.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:4 - The inner room of the sanctuary was 35 feet[fn] long and 35 feet wide. “This,” he told me, “is the Most Holy Place.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:5 - Then he measured the wall of the Temple, and it was 10½ feet thick. There was a row of rooms along the outside wall; each room was 7 feet[fn] wide.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:6 - These side rooms were built in three levels, one above the other, with thirty rooms on each level. The supports for these side rooms rested on exterior ledges on the Temple wall; they did not extend into the wall.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:7 - Each level was wider than the one below it, corresponding to the narrowing of the Temple wall as it rose higher. A stairway led up from the bottom level through the middle level to the top level.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:8 - I saw that the Temple was built on a terrace, which provided a foundation for the side rooms. This terrace was 10½ feet[fn] high.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:9 - The outer wall of the Temple's side rooms was 8¾ feet thick. This left an open area between these side rooms
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:11 - Two doors opened from the side rooms into the terrace yard, which was 8¾ feet wide. One door faced north and the other south.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:12 - A large building stood on the west, facing the Temple courtyard. It was 122½ feet wide and 157½ feet long, and its walls were 8¾ feet[fn] thick.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:13 - Then the man measured the Temple, and it was 175 feet[fn] long. The courtyard around the building, including its walls, was an additional 175 feet in length.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:14 - The inner courtyard to the east of the Temple was also 175 feet wide.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:15 - The building to the west, including its two walls, was also 175 feet wide.
The sanctuary, the inner room, and the entry room of the Temple
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:25 - The doors leading into the sanctuary were decorated with carved cherubim and palm trees, just as on the walls. And there was a wooden roof at the front of the entry room to the Temple.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:26 - On both sides of the entry room were recessed windows decorated with carved palm trees. The side rooms along the outside wall also had roofs.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:1 - Then the man led me out of the Temple courtyard by way of the north gateway. We entered the outer courtyard and came to a group of rooms against the north wall of the inner courtyard.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:10 - On the south[fn] side of the Temple there were two blocks of rooms just south of the inner courtyard between the Temple and the outer courtyard. These rooms were arranged just like the rooms on the north.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:12 - So there was an entrance in the wall facing the doors of the inner block of rooms, and another on the east at the end of the interior walkway.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:13 - Then the man told me, “These rooms that overlook the Temple from the north and south are holy. Here the priests who offer sacrifices to the LORD will eat the most holy offerings. And because these rooms are holy, they will be used to store the sacred offerings—the grain offerings, sin offerings, and guilt offerings.
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 42:15 - When the man had finished measuring the inside of the Temple area, he led me out through the east gateway to measure the entire perimeter.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:17 - Then he measured the north side, and it was also 875 feet.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:18 - The south side was also 875 feet,
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:20 - So the area was 875 feet on each side with a wall all around it to separate what was holy from what was common.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:3 - This vision was just like the others I had seen, first by the Kebar River and then when he came to destroy Jerusalem. I fell face down on the ground.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:6 - And I heard someone speaking to me from within the Temple, while the man who had been measuring stood beside me.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:7 - The LORD said to me, “Son of man, this is the place of my throne and the place where I will rest my feet. I will live here forever among the people of Israel. They and their kings will not defile my holy name any longer by their adulterous worship of other gods or by honoring the relics of their kings who have died.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:12 - And this is the basic law of the Temple: absolute holiness! The entire top of the mountain where the Temple is built is holy. Yes, this is the basic law of the Temple.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:13 - “These are the measurements of the altar[fn]: There is a gutter all around the altar 21 inches deep and 21 inches wide,[fn] with a curb 9 inches[fn] wide around its edge. And this is the height[fn] of the altar:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:21 - Then take the young bull for the sin offering and burn it at the appointed place outside the Temple area.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:2 - And the LORD said to me, “This gate must remain closed; it will never again be opened. No one will ever open it and pass through, for the LORD, the God of Israel, has entered here. Therefore, it must always remain shut.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:4 - Then the man brought me through the north gateway to the front of the Temple. I looked and saw that the glory of the LORD filled the Temple of the LORD, and I fell face down on the ground.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:5 - And the LORD said to me, “Son of man, take careful notice. Use your eyes and ears, and listen to everything I tell you about the regulations concerning the LORD's Temple. Take careful note of the procedures for using the Temple's entrances and exits.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:6 - And give these rebels, the people of Israel, this message from the Sovereign LORD: O people of Israel, enough of your detestable sins!
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:11 - They may still be Temple guards and gatekeepers, and they may slaughter the animals brought for burnt offerings and be present to help the people.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:13 - They may not approach me to minister as priests. They may not touch any of my holy things or the holy offerings, for they must bear the shame of all the detestable sins they have committed.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:14 - They are to serve as the Temple caretakers, taking charge of the maintenance work and performing general duties.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:15 - “However, the Levitical priests of the family of Zadok continued to minister faithfully in the Temple when Israel abandoned me for idols. These men will serve as my ministers. They will stand in my presence and offer the fat and blood of the sacrifices, says the Sovereign LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:8 - These sections of land will be the prince's allotment. Then my princes will no longer oppress and rob my people; they will assign the rest of the land to the people, giving an allotment to each tribe.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:9 - “For this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Enough, you princes of Israel! Stop your violence and oppression and do what is just and right. Quit robbing and cheating my people out of their land. Stop expelling them from their homes, says the Sovereign LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:13 - “You must give this tax to the prince: one bushel of wheat or barley for every 60[fn] you harvest,
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:15 - and one sheep or goat for every 200 in your flocks in Israel. These will be the grain offerings, burnt offerings, and peace offerings that will make atonement for the people who bring them, says the Sovereign LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:16 - All the people of Israel must join in bringing these offerings to the prince.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:17 - The prince will be required to provide offerings that are given at the religious festivals, the new moon celebrations, the Sabbath days, and all other similar occasions. He will provide the sin offerings, burnt offerings, grain offerings, liquid offerings, and peace offerings to purify the people of Israel, making them right with the LORD.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:18 - “This is what the Sovereign LORD says: In early spring, on the first day of each new year,[fn] sacrifice a young bull with no defects to purify the Temple.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:19 - The priest will take blood from this sin offering and put it on the doorposts of the Temple, the four corners of the upper ledge of the altar, and the gateposts at the entrance to the inner courtyard.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:20 - Do this also on the seventh day of the new year for anyone who has sinned through error or ignorance. In this way, you will purify[fn] the Temple.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:21 - “On the fourteenth day of the first month,[fn] you must celebrate the Passover. This festival will last for seven days. The bread you eat during that time must be made without yeast.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:22 - On the day of Passover the prince will provide a young bull as a sin offering for himself and the people of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:25 - “During the seven days of the Festival of Shelters, which occurs every year in early autumn,[fn] the prince will provide these same sacrifices for the sin offering, the burnt offering, and the grain offering, along with the required olive oil.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:18 - And the prince may never take anyone's property by force. If he gives property to his sons, it must be from his own land, for I do not want any of my people unjustly evicted from their property.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:24 - The man said to me, “These are the kitchens to be used by the Temple assistants to boil the sacrifices offered by the people.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:1 - In my vision, the man brought me back to the entrance of the Temple. There I saw a stream flowing east from beneath the door of the Temple and passing to the right of the altar on its south side.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:6 - He asked me, “Have you been watching, son of man?” Then he led me back along the riverbank.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:7 - When I returned, I was surprised by the sight of many trees growing on both sides of the river.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:12 - Fruit trees of all kinds will grow along both sides of the river. The leaves of these trees will never turn brown and fall, and there will always be fruit on their branches. There will be a new crop every month, for they are watered by the river flowing from the Temple. The fruit will be for food and the leaves for healing.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:16 - then it will run to Berothah and Sibraim, which are on the border between Damascus and Hamath, and finally to Hazer-hatticon, on the border of Hauran.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:17 - So the northern border will run from the Mediterranean to Hazar-enan, on the border between Hamath to the north and Damascus to the south.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:18 - “The eastern border starts at a point between Hauran and Damascus and runs south along the Jordan River between Israel and Gilead, past the Dead Sea[fn] and as far south as Tamar.[fn] This will be the eastern border.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:21 - “Divide the land within these boundaries among the tribes of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:22 - Distribute the land as an allotment for yourselves and for the foreigners who have joined you and are raising their families among you. They will be like native-born Israelites to you and will receive an allotment among the tribes.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:1 - “Here is the list of the tribes of Israel and the territory each is to receive. The territory of Dan is in the extreme north. Its boundary line follows the Hethlon road to Lebo-hamath and then runs on to Hazar-enan on the border of Damascus, with Hamath to the north. Dan's territory extends all the way across the land of Israel from east to west.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:2 - “Asher's territory lies south of Dan's and also extends from east to west.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:8 - “South of Judah is the land set aside for a special purpose. It will be 8⅓ miles[fn] wide and will extend as far east and west as the tribal territories, with the Temple at the center.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:11 - This area is set aside for the ordained priests, the descendants of Zadok who served me faithfully and did not go astray with the people of Israel and the rest of the Levites.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:18 - Outside the city there will be a farming area that stretches 3⅓ miles to the east and 3⅓ miles to the west[fn] along the border of the sacred area. This farmland will produce food for the people working in the city.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:19 - Those who come from the various tribes to work in the city may farm it.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:20 - This entire area—including the sacred lands and the city—is a square that measures 8⅓ miles[fn] on each side.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:21 - “The areas that remain, to the east and to the west of the sacred lands and the city, will belong to the prince. Each of these areas will be 8⅓ miles wide, extending in opposite directions to the eastern and western borders of Israel, with the sacred lands and the sanctuary of the Temple in the center.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:31 - there will be three gates, each one named after a tribe of Israel. The first will be named for Reuben, the second for Judah, and the third for Levi.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:2 - The Lord gave him victory over King Jehoiakim of Judah and permitted him to take some of the sacred objects from the Temple of God. So Nebuchadnezzar took them back to the land of Babylonia[fn] and placed them in the treasure-house of his god.
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 1:5 - The king assigned them a daily ration of food and wine from his own kitchens. They were to be trained for three years, and then they would enter the royal service.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:8 - But Daniel was determined not to defile himself by eating the food and wine given to them by the king. He asked the chief of staff for permission not to eat these unacceptable foods.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:9 - Now God had given the chief of staff both respect and affection for Daniel.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:13 - “At the end of the ten days, see how we look compared to the other young men who are eating the king's food. Then make your decision in light of what you see.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:15 - At the end of the ten days, Daniel and his three friends looked healthier and better nourished than the young men who had been eating the food assigned by the king.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:19 - The king talked with them, and no one impressed him as much as Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. So they entered the royal service.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:21 - Daniel remained in the royal service until the first year of the reign of King Cyrus.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:2 - He called in his magicians, enchanters, sorcerers, and astrologers,[fn] and he demanded that they tell him what he had dreamed. As they stood before the king,
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:10 - The astrologers replied to the king, “No one on earth can tell the king his dream! And no king, however great and powerful, has ever asked such a thing of any magician, enchanter, or astrologer!
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:11 - The king's demand is impossible. No one except the gods can tell you your dream, and they do not live here among people.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:14 - When Arioch, the commander of the king's guard, came to kill them, Daniel handled the situation with wisdom and discretion.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:15 - He asked Arioch, “Why has the king issued such a harsh decree?” So Arioch told him all that had happened.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:18 - He urged them to ask the God of heaven to show them his mercy by telling them the secret, so they would not be executed along with the other wise men of Babylon.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:19 - That night the secret was revealed to Daniel in a vision. Then Daniel praised the God of heaven.
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 2:23 - I thank and praise you, God of my ancestors,
for you have given me wisdom and strength.
You have told me what we asked of you
and revealed to us what the king demanded.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:24 - Then Daniel went in to see Arioch, whom the king had ordered to execute the wise men of Babylon. Daniel said to him, “Don't kill the wise men. Take me to the king, and I will tell him the meaning of his dream.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:25 - Arioch quickly took Daniel to the king and said, “I have found one of the captives from Judah who will tell the king the meaning of his dream!”
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:27 - Daniel replied, “There are no wise men, enchanters, magicians, or fortune-tellers who can reveal the king's secret.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:36 - “That was the dream. Now we will tell the king what it means.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:37 - Your Majesty, you are the greatest of kings. The God of heaven has given you sovereignty, power, strength, and honor.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:44 - “During the reigns of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed or conquered. It will crush all these kingdoms into nothingness, and it will stand forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:49 - At Daniel's request, the king appointed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego to be in charge of all the affairs of the province of Babylon, while Daniel remained in the king's court.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:13 - Then Nebuchadnezzar flew into a rage and ordered that Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego be brought before him. When they were brought in,
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:22 - And because the king, in his anger, had demanded such a hot fire in the furnace, the flames killed the soldiers as they threw the three men in.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:25 - “Look!” Nebuchadnezzar shouted. “I see four men, unbound, walking around in the fire unharmed! And the fourth looks like a god[fn]!”
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:26 - Then Nebuchadnezzar came as close as he could to the door of the flaming furnace and shouted: “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, servants of the Most High God, come out! Come here!”
So Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego stepped out of the fire.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:27 - Then the high officers, officials, governors, and advisers crowded around them and saw that the fire had not touched them. Not a hair on their heads was singed, and their clothing was not scorched. They didn't even smell of smoke!
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:28 - Then Nebuchadnezzar said, “Praise to the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego! He sent his angel to rescue his servants who trusted in him. They defied the king's command and were willing to die rather than serve or worship any god except their own God.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:29 - Therefore, I make this decree: If any people, whatever their race or nation or language, speak a word against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, they will be torn limb from limb, and their houses will be turned into heaps of rubble. There is no other god who can rescue like this!”
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:8 - At last Daniel came in before me, and I told him the dream. (He was named Belteshazzar after my god, and the spirit of the holy gods is in him.)
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:11 - The tree grew very tall and strong, reaching high into the heavens for all the world to see.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:12 - It had fresh green leaves, and it was loaded with fruit for all to eat. Wild animals lived in its shade, and birds nested in its branches. All the world was fed from this tree.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:15 - But leave the stump and the roots in the ground, bound with a band of iron and bronze and surrounded by tender grass. Now let him be drenched with the dew of heaven, and let him live with the wild animals among the plants of the field.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:21 - It had fresh green leaves and was loaded with fruit for all to eat. Wild animals lived in its shade, and birds nested in its branches.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:23 - “‘Then you saw a messenger, a holy one, coming down from heaven and saying, “Cut down the tree and destroy it. But leave the stump and the roots in the ground, bound with a band of iron and bronze and surrounded by tender grass. Let him be drenched with the dew of heaven. Let him live with the animals of the field for seven periods of time.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:25 - You will be driven from human society, and you will live in the fields with the wild animals. You will eat grass like a cow, and you will be drenched with the dew of heaven. Seven periods of time will pass while you live this way, until you learn that the Most High rules over the kingdoms of the world and gives them to anyone he chooses.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:31 - “While these words were still in his mouth, a voice called down from heaven, ‘O King Nebuchadnezzar, this message is for you! You are no longer ruler of this kingdom.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:33 - “That same hour the judgment was fulfilled, and Nebuchadnezzar was driven from human society. He ate grass like a cow, and he was drenched with the dew of heaven. He lived this way until his hair was as long as eagles' feathers and his nails were like birds' claws.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:35 - All the people of the earth are nothing compared to him. He does as he pleases among the angels of heaven and among the people of the earth. No one can stop him or say to him, ‘What do you mean by doing these things?'
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:37 - “Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and glorify and honor the King of heaven. All his acts are just and true, and he is able to humble the proud.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:2 - While Belshazzar was drinking the wine, he gave orders to bring in the gold and silver cups that his predecessor,[fn] Nebuchadnezzar, had taken from the Temple in Jerusalem. He wanted to drink from them with his nobles, his wives, and his concubines.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:3 - So they brought these gold cups taken from the Temple, the house of God in Jerusalem, and the king and his nobles, his wives, and his concubines drank from them.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:5 - Suddenly, they saw the fingers of a human hand writing on the plaster wall of the king's palace, near the lampstand. The king himself saw the hand as it wrote,
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:6 - and his face turned pale with fright. His knees knocked together in fear and his legs gave way beneath him.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:8 - But when all the king's wise men had come in, none of them could read the writing or tell him what it meant.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:10 - But when the queen mother heard what was happening, she hurried to the banquet hall. She said to Belshazzar, “Long live the king! Don't be so pale and frightened.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:11 - There is a man in your kingdom who has within him the spirit of the holy gods. During Nebuchadnezzar's reign, this man was found to have insight, understanding, and wisdom like that of the gods. Your predecessor, the king—your predecessor King Nebuchadnezzar—made him chief over all the magicians, enchanters, astrologers, and fortune-tellers of Babylon.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:13 - So Daniel was brought in before the king. The king asked him, “Are you Daniel, one of the exiles brought from Judah by my predecessor, King Nebuchadnezzar?
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:17 - Daniel answered the king, “Keep your gifts or give them to someone else, but I will tell you what the writing means.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:20 - But when his heart and mind were puffed up with arrogance, he was brought down from his royal throne and stripped of his glory.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:21 - He was driven from human society. He was given the mind of a wild animal, and he lived among the wild donkeys. He ate grass like a cow, and he was drenched with the dew of heaven, until he learned that the Most High God rules over the kingdoms of the world and appoints anyone he desires to rule over them.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:23 - For you have proudly defied the Lord of heaven and have had these cups from his Temple brought before you. You and your nobles and your wives and concubines have been drinking wine from them while praising gods of silver, gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone—gods that neither see nor hear nor know anything at all. But you have not honored the God who gives you the breath of life and controls your destiny!
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:10 - But when Daniel learned that the law had been signed, he went home and knelt down as usual in his upstairs room, with its windows open toward Jerusalem. He prayed three times a day, just as he had always done, giving thanks to his God.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:11 - Then the officials went together to Daniel's house and found him praying and asking for God's help.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:13 - Then they told the king, “That man Daniel, one of the captives from Judah, is ignoring you and your law. He still prays to his God three times a day.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:14 - Hearing this, the king was deeply troubled, and he tried to think of a way to save Daniel. He spent the rest of the day looking for a way to get Daniel out of this predicament.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:15 - In the evening the men went together to the king and said, “Your Majesty, you know that according to the law of the Medes and the Persians, no law that the king signs can be changed.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:17 - A stone was brought and placed over the mouth of the den. The king sealed the stone with his own royal seal and the seals of his nobles, so that no one could rescue Daniel.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:20 - When he got there, he called out in anguish, “Daniel, servant of the living God! Was your God, whom you serve so faithfully, able to rescue you from the lions?”
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:23 - The king was overjoyed and ordered that Daniel be lifted from the den. Not a scratch was found on him, for he had trusted in his God.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:24 - Then the king gave orders to arrest the men who had maliciously accused Daniel. He had them thrown into the lions' den, along with their wives and children. The lions leaped on them and tore them apart before they even hit the floor of the den.
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 6:28 - So Daniel prospered during the reign of Darius and the reign of Cyrus the Persian.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:2 - In my vision that night, I, Daniel, saw a great storm churning the surface of a great sea, with strong winds blowing from every direction.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:13 - As my vision continued that night, I saw someone like a son of man[fn] coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient One and was led into his presence.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:27 - Then the sovereignty, power, and greatness of all the kingdoms under heaven will be given to the holy people of the Most High. His kingdom will last forever, and all rulers will serve and obey him.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:28 - That was the end of the vision. I, Daniel, was terrified by my thoughts and my face was pale with fear, but I kept these things to myself.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:1 - [fn]During the third year of King Belshazzar's reign, I, Daniel, saw another vision, following the one that had already appeared to me.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:6 - headed toward the two-horned ram that I had seen standing beside the river, rushing at him in a rage.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:7 - The goat charged furiously at the ram and struck him, breaking off both his horns. Now the ram was helpless, and the goat knocked him down and trampled him. No one could rescue the ram from the goat's power.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:8 - The goat became very powerful. But at the height of his power, his large horn was broken off. In the large horn's place grew four prominent horns pointing in the four directions of the earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:10 - Its power reached to the heavens, where it attacked the heavenly army, throwing some of the heavenly beings and some of the stars to the ground and trampling them.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:25 - He will be a master of deception and will become arrogant; he will destroy many without warning. He will even take on the Prince of princes in battle, but he will be broken, though not by human power.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:27 - Then I, Daniel, was overcome and lay sick for several days. Afterward I got up and performed my duties for the king, but I was greatly troubled by the vision and could not understand it.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:1 - It was the first year of the reign of Darius the Mede, the son of Ahasuerus, who became king of the Babylonians.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:10 - We have not obeyed the LORD our God, for we have not followed the instructions he gave us through his servants the prophets.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:11 - All Israel has disobeyed your instruction and turned away, refusing to listen to your voice. “So now the solemn curses and judgments written in the Law of Moses, the servant of God, have been poured down on us because of our sin.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:12 - You have kept your word and done to us and our rulers exactly as you warned. Never has there been such a disaster as happened in Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:13 - Every curse written against us in the Law of Moses has come true. Yet we have refused to seek mercy from the LORD our God by turning from our sins and recognizing his truth.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:17 - “O our God, hear your servant's prayer! Listen as I plead. For your own sake, Lord, smile again on your desolate sanctuary.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:20 - I went on praying and confessing my sin and the sin of my people, pleading with the LORD my God for Jerusalem, his holy mountain.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:4 - On April 23,[fn] as I was standing on the bank of the great Tigris River,
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:12 - Then he said, “Don't be afraid, Daniel. Since the first day you began to pray for understanding and to humble yourself before your God, your request has been heard in heaven. I have come in answer to your prayer.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:13 - But for twenty-one days the spirit prince[fn] of the kingdom of Persia blocked my way. Then Michael, one of the archangels,[fn] came to help me, and I left him there with the spirit prince of the kingdom of Persia.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:17 - How can someone like me, your servant, talk to you, my lord? My strength is gone, and I can hardly breathe.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:2 - “Now then, I will reveal the truth to you. Three more Persian kings will reign, to be succeeded by a fourth, far richer than the others. He will use his wealth to stir up everyone to fight against the kingdom of Greece.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:4 - But at the height of his power, his kingdom will be broken apart and divided into four parts. It will not be ruled by the king's descendants, nor will the kingdom hold the authority it once had. For his empire will be uprooted and given to others.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:5 - “The king of the south will increase in power, but one of his own officials will become more powerful than he and will rule his kingdom with great strength.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:6 - “Some years later an alliance will be formed between the king of the north and the king of the south. The daughter of the king of the south will be given in marriage to the king of the north to secure the alliance, but she will lose her influence over him, and so will her father. She will be abandoned along with her supporters.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:7 - But when one of her relatives[fn] becomes king of the south, he will raise an army and enter the fortress of the king of the north and defeat him.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:8 - When he returns to Egypt, he will carry back their idols with him, along with priceless articles of gold and silver. For some years afterward he will leave the king of the north alone.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:9 - “Later the king of the north will invade the realm of the king of the south but will soon return to his own land.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:11 - “Then, in a rage, the king of the south will rally against the vast forces assembled by the king of the north and will defeat them.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:13 - “A few years later the king of the north will return with a fully equipped army far greater than before.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:14 - At that time there will be a general uprising against the king of the south. Violent men among your own people will join them in fulfillment of this vision, but they will not succeed.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:15 - Then the king of the north will come and lay siege to a fortified city and capture it. The best troops of the south will not be able to stand in the face of the onslaught.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:22 - Before him great armies will be swept away, including a covenant prince.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:25 - “Then he will stir up his courage and raise a great army against the king of the south. The king of the south will go to battle with a mighty army, but to no avail, for there will be plots against him.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:33 - “Wise leaders will give instruction to many, but these teachers will die by fire and sword, or they will be jailed and robbed.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:40 - “Then at the time of the end, the king of the south will attack the king of the north. The king of the north will storm out with chariots, charioteers, and a vast navy. He will invade various lands and sweep through them like a flood.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:43 - He will gain control over the gold, silver, and treasures of Egypt, and the Libyans and Ethiopians[fn] will be his servants.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:1 - “At that time Michael, the archangel[fn] who stands guard over your nation, will arise. Then there will be a time of anguish greater than any since nations first came into existence. But at that time every one of your people whose name is written in the book will be rescued.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:5 - Then I, Daniel, looked and saw two others standing on opposite banks of the river.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:6 - One of them asked the man dressed in linen, who was now standing above the river, “How long will it be until these shocking events are over?”
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:7 - The man dressed in linen, who was standing above the river, raised both his hands toward heaven and took a solemn oath by the One who lives forever, saying, “It will go on for a time, times, and half a time. When the shattering of the holy people has finally come to an end, all these things will have happened.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:11 - “From the time the daily sacrifice is stopped and the sacrilegious object that causes desecration[fn] is set up to be worshiped, there will be 1,290 days.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 1:1 - The LORD gave this message to Hosea son of Beeri during the years when Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah were kings of Judah, and Jeroboam son of Jehoash[fn] was king of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 1:2 - When the LORD first began speaking to Israel through Hosea, he said to him, “Go and marry a prostitute,[fn] so that some of her children will be conceived in prostitution. This will illustrate how Israel has acted like a prostitute by turning against the LORD and worshiping other gods.”
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 1:4 - And the LORD said, “Name the child Jezreel, for I am about to punish King Jehu's dynasty to avenge the murders he committed at Jezreel. In fact, I will bring an end to Israel's independence.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 1:5 - I will break its military power in the Jezreel Valley.”
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 1:6 - Soon Gomer became pregnant again and gave birth to a daughter. And the LORD said to Hosea, “Name your daughter Lo-ruhamah—‘Not loved'—for I will no longer show love to the people of Israel or forgive them.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 1:11 - Then the people of Judah and Israel will unite together. They will choose one leader for themselves, and they will return from exile together. What a day that will be—the day of Jezreel[fn]—when God will again plant his people in his land.
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 2:18 - On that day I will make a covenant
with all the wild animals and the birds of the sky
and the animals that scurry along the ground
so they will not harm you.
I will remove all weapons of war from the land,
all swords and bows,
so you can live unafraid
in peace and safety.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:3 - That is why your land is in mourning,
and everyone is wasting away.
Even the wild animals, the birds of the sky,
and the fish of the sea are disappearing.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:12 - They ask a piece of wood for advice!
They think a stick can tell them the future!
Longing after idols
has made them foolish.
They have played the prostitute,
serving other gods and deserting their God.
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 5:5 - “The arrogance of Israel testifies against her;
Israel and Ephraim will stumble under their load of guilt.
Judah, too, will fall with them.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:9 - One thing is certain, Israel[fn]:
On your day of punishment,
you will become a heap of rubble.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 6:10 - Yes, I have seen something horrible in Ephraim and Israel:
My people are defiled by prostituting themselves with other gods!
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 6:11 - “O Judah, a harvest of punishment is also waiting for you,
though I wanted to restore the fortunes of my people.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:12 - But as they fly about,
I will throw my net over them
and bring them down like a bird from the sky.
I will punish them for all the evil they do.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:1 - “Sound the alarm!
The enemy descends like an eagle on the people of the LORD,
for they have broken my covenant
and revolted against my law.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:14 - Israel has forgotten its Maker and built great palaces,
and Judah has fortified its cities.
Therefore, I will send down fire on their cities
and will burn up their fortresses.”
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:1 - O people of Israel,
do not rejoice as other nations do.
For you have been unfaithful to your God,
hiring yourselves out like prostitutes,
worshiping other gods on every threshing floor.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:3 - You may no longer stay here in the LORD's land.
Instead, you will return to Egypt,
and in Assyria you will eat food
that is ceremonially unclean.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:5 - What then will you do on festival days?
How will you observe the LORD's festivals?
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:9 - The things my people do are as depraved
as what they did in Gibeah long ago.
God will not forget.
He will surely punish them for their sins.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:15 - The LORD says, “All their wickedness began at Gilgal;
there I began to hate them.
I will drive them from my land
because of their evil actions.
I will love them no more
because all their leaders are rebels.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:5 - The people of Samaria tremble in fear
for what might happen to their calf idol at Beth-aven.[fn]
The people mourn and the priests wail,
because its glory will be stripped away.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:8 - And the pagan shrines of Aven,[fn] the place of Israel's sin, will crumble.
Thorns and thistles will grow up around their altars.
They will beg the mountains, “Bury us!”
and plead with the hills, “Fall on us!”
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:11 - “Israel[fn] is like a trained heifer treading out the grain—
an easy job she loves.
But I will put a heavy yoke on her tender neck.
I will force Judah to pull the plow
and Israel[fn] to break up the hard ground.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:14 - Now the terrors of war
will rise among your people.
All your fortifications will fall,
just as when Shalman destroyed Beth-arbel.
Even mothers and children
were dashed to death there.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:15 - You will share that fate, Bethel,
because of your great wickedness.
When the day of judgment dawns,
the king of Israel will be completely destroyed.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:9 - No, I will not unleash my fierce anger.
I will not completely destroy Israel,
for I am God and not a mere mortal.
I am the Holy One living among you,
and I will not come to destroy.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:4 - “I have been the LORD your God
ever since I brought you out of Egypt.
You must acknowledge no God but me,
for there is no other savior.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 14:9 - Let those who are wise understand these things.
Let those with discernment listen carefully.
The paths of the LORD are true and right,
and righteous people live by walking in them.
But in those paths sinners stumble and fall.
Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:1 - The LORD gave this message to Joel son of Pethuel.
Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:4 - After the cutting locusts finished eating the crops,
the swarming locusts took what was left!
After them came the hopping locusts,
and then the stripping locusts,[fn] too!
Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:12 - The grapevines have dried up,
and the fig trees have withered.
The pomegranate trees, palm trees, and apple trees—
all the fruit trees—have dried up.
And the people's joy has dried up with them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:19 - LORD, help us!
The fire has consumed the wilderness pastures,
and flames have burned up all the trees.
Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:2 - It is a day of darkness and gloom,
a day of thick clouds and deep blackness.
Suddenly, like dawn spreading across the mountains,
a great and mighty army appears.
Nothing like it has been seen before
or will ever be seen again.
Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:8 - They never jostle each other;
each moves in exactly the right position.
They break through defenses
without missing a step.
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 2:16 - Gather all the people—
the elders, the children, and even the babies.
Call the bridegroom from his quarters
and the bride from her private room.
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 BoxJoe 2:18 - Then the LORD will pity his people
and jealously guard the honor of his land.
Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:26 - Once again you will have all the food you want,
and you will praise the LORD your God,
who does these miracles for you.
Never again will my people be disgraced.
Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:27 - Then you will know that I am among my people Israel,
that I am the LORD your God, and there is no other.
Never again will my people be disgraced.
Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:2 - I will gather the armies of the world
into the valley of Jehoshaphat.[fn]
There I will judge them
for harming my people, my special possession,
for scattering my people among the nations,
and for dividing up my land.
Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:7 - “But I will bring them back from all the places to which you sold them, and I will pay you back for everything you have done.
Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:16 - The LORD's voice will roar from Zion
and thunder from Jerusalem,
and the heavens and the earth will shake.
But the LORD will be a refuge for his people,
a strong fortress for the people of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:1 - This message was given to Amos, a shepherd from the town of Tekoa in Judah. He received this message in visions two years before the earthquake, when Uzziah was king of Judah and Jeroboam II, the son of Jehoash,[fn] was king of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:2 - This is what he saw and heard:
“The LORD's voice will roar from Zion
and thunder from Jerusalem!
The lush pastures of the shepherds will dry up;
the grass on Mount Carmel will wither and die.”
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:6 - This is what the LORD says:
“The people of Gaza have sinned again and again,
and I will not let them go unpunished!
They sent whole villages into exile,
selling them as slaves to Edom.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:9 - This is what the LORD says:
“The people of Tyre have sinned again and again,
and I will not let them go unpunished!
They broke their treaty of brotherhood with Israel,
selling whole villages as slaves to Edom.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:7 - They trample helpless people in the dust
and shove the oppressed out of the way.
Both father and son sleep with the same woman,
corrupting my holy name.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:8 - At their religious festivals,
they lounge in clothing their debtors put up as security.
In the house of their gods,[fn]
they drink wine bought with unjust fines.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:4 - Does a lion ever roar in a thicket
without first finding a victim?
Does a young lion growl in its den
without first catching its prey?
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:12 - This is what the LORD says:
“A shepherd who tries to rescue a sheep from a lion's mouth
will recover only two legs or a piece of an ear.
So it will be for the Israelites in Samaria lying on luxurious beds,
and for the people of Damascus reclining on couches.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:14 - “On the very day I punish Israel for its sins,
I will destroy the pagan altars at Bethel.
The horns of the altar will be cut off
and fall to the ground.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:7 - “I kept the rain from falling
when your crops needed it the most.
I sent rain on one town
but withheld it from another.
Rain fell on one field,
while another field withered away.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:2 - “The virgin Israel has fallen,
never to rise again!
She lies abandoned on the ground,
with no one to help her up.”
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:5 - Don't worship at the pagan altars at Bethel;
don't go to the shrines at Gilgal or Beersheba.
For the people of Gilgal will be dragged off into exile,
and the people of Bethel will be reduced to nothing.”
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:15 - Hate evil and love what is good;
turn your courts into true halls of justice.
Perhaps even yet the LORD God of Heaven's Armies
will have mercy on the remnant of his people.[fn]
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 5:19 - In that day you will be like a man who runs from a lion—
only to meet a bear.
Escaping from the bear, he leans his hand against a wall in his house—
and he's bitten by a snake.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:20 - Yes, the day of the LORD will be dark and hopeless,
without a ray of joy or hope.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:26 - No, you served your pagan gods—Sakkuth your king god and Kaiwan your star god—the images you made for yourselves.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:1 - What sorrow awaits you who lounge in luxury in Jerusalem,[fn]
and you who feel secure in Samaria!
You are famous and popular in Israel,
and people go to you for help.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:10 - And when a relative who is responsible to dispose of the dead[fn] goes into the house to carry out the bodies, he will ask the last survivor, “Is anyone else with you?” When the person begins to swear, “No, by . . . ,” he will interrupt and say, “Stop! Don't even mention the name of the LORD.”)
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:14 - “O people of Israel, I am about to bring an enemy nation against you,”
says the LORD God of Heaven's Armies.
“They will oppress you throughout your land—
from Lebo-hamath in the north
to the Arabah Valley in the south.”
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:9 - The pagan shrines of your ancestors[fn] will be ruined, and the temples of Israel will be destroyed; I will bring the dynasty of King Jeroboam to a sudden end.”
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:3 - In that day the singing in the Temple will turn to wailing. Dead bodies will be scattered everywhere. They will be carried out of the city in silence. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken!”
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:14 - And those who swear by the shameful idols of Samaria—
who take oaths in the name of the god of Dan
and make vows in the name of the god of Beersheba[fn]
they will all fall down,
never to rise again.”
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:3 - Even if they hide at the very top of Mount Carmel,
I will search them out and capture them.
Even if they hide at the bottom of the ocean,
I will send the sea serpent after them to bite them.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:8 - “I, the Sovereign LORD,
am watching this sinful nation of Israel.
I will destroy it
from the face of the earth.
But I will never completely destroy the family of Israel,[fn]
says the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:9 - “For I will give the command
and will shake Israel along with the other nations
as grain is shaken in a sieve,
yet not one true kernel will be lost.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:11 - “In that day I will restore the fallen house[fn] of David.
I will repair its damaged walls.
From the ruins I will rebuild it
and restore its former glory.
Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:20 - The exiles of Israel will return to their land
and occupy the Phoenician coast as far north as Zarephath.
The captives from Jerusalem exiled in the north[fn]
will return home and resettle the towns of the Negev.
Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:1 - The LORD gave this message to Jonah son of Amittai:
Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:9 - Jonah answered, “I am a Hebrew, and I worship the LORD, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the land.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:14 - Then they cried out to the LORD, Jonah's God. “O LORD,” they pleaded, “don't make us die for this man's sin. And don't hold us responsible for his death. O LORD, you have sent this storm upon him for your own good reasons.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:15 - Then the sailors picked Jonah up and threw him into the raging sea, and the storm stopped at once!
Unchecked Copy BoxJon 2:7 - As my life was slipping away,
I remembered the LORD.
And my earnest prayer went out to you
in your holy Temple.
Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:6 - When the king of Nineveh heard what Jonah was saying, he stepped down from his throne and took off his royal robes. He dressed himself in burlap and sat on a heap of ashes.
Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:7 - Then the king and his nobles sent this decree throughout the city: “No one, not even the animals from your herds and flocks, may eat or drink anything at all.
Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:6 - And the LORD God arranged for a leafy plant to grow there, and soon it spread its broad leaves over Jonah's head, shading him from the sun. This eased his discomfort, and Jonah was very grateful for the plant.
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 1:1 - The LORD gave this message to Micah of Moresheth during the years when Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah were kings of Judah. The visions he saw concerned both Samaria and Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 1:3 - Look! The LORD is coming!
He leaves his throne in heaven
and tramples the heights of the earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 1:5 - And why is this happening?
Because of the rebellion of Israel[fn]
yes, the sins of the whole nation.
Who is to blame for Israel's rebellion?
Samaria, its capital city!
Where is the center of idolatry in Judah?
In Jerusalem, its capital!
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 1:14 - Send farewell gifts to Moresheth-gath[fn];
there is no hope of saving it.
The town of Aczib[fn]
has deceived the kings of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:11 - Suppose a prophet full of lies would say to you,
“I'll preach to you the joys of wine and alcohol!”
That's just the kind of prophet you would like!
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:12 - “Someday, O Israel, I will gather you;
I will gather the remnant who are left.
I will bring you together again like sheep in a pen,
like a flock in its pasture.
Yes, your land will again
be filled with noisy crowds!
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 3:3 - Yes, you eat my people's flesh,
strip off their skin,
and break their bones.
You chop them up
like meat for the cooking pot.
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 3:12 - Because of you, Mount Zion will be plowed like an open field;
Jerusalem will be reduced to ruins!
A thicket will grow on the heights
where the Temple now stands.
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 4:1 - In the last days, the mountain of the LORD's house
will be the highest of all—
the most important place on earth.
It will be raised above the other hills,
and people from all over the world will stream there to worship.
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 4:2 - People from many nations will come and say,
“Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD,
to the house of Jacob's God.
There he will teach us his ways,
and we will walk in his paths.”
For the LORD's teaching will go out from Zion;
his word will go out from Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:1 - [fn]Mobilize! Marshal your troops!
The enemy is laying siege to Jerusalem.
They will strike Israel's leader
in the face with a rod.
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:2 - [fn]But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah,
are only a small village among all the people of Judah.
Yet a ruler of Israel will come from you,
one whose origins are from the distant past.
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:4 - And he will stand to lead his flock with the LORD's strength,
in the majesty of the name of the LORD his God.
Then his people will live there undisturbed,
for he will be highly honored around the world.
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:6 - They will rule Assyria with drawn swords
and enter the gates of the land of Nimrod.
He will rescue us from the Assyrians
when they pour over the borders to invade our land.
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:7 - Then the remnant left in Israel[fn]
will take their place among the nations.
They will be like dew sent by the LORD
or like rain falling on the grass,
which no one can hold back
and no one can restrain.
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:8 - The remnant left in Israel
will take their place among the nations.
They will be like a lion among the animals of the forest,
like a strong young lion among flocks of sheep and goats,
pouncing and tearing as they go
with no rescuer in sight.
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 6:2 - And now, O mountains,
listen to the LORD's complaint!
He has a case against his people.
He will bring charges against Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 6:5 - Don't you remember, my people,
how King Balak of Moab tried to have you cursed
and how Balaam son of Beor blessed you instead?
And remember your journey from Acacia Grove[fn] to Gilgal,
when I, the LORD, did everything I could
to teach you about my faithfulness.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:12 - People from many lands will come and honor you—
from Assyria all the way to the towns of Egypt,
from Egypt all the way to the Euphrates River,[fn]
and from distant seas and mountains.
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:14 - O LORD, protect your people with your shepherd's staff;
lead your flock, your special possession.
Though they live alone in a thicket
on the heights of Mount Carmel,[fn]
let them graze in the fertile pastures of Bashan and Gilead
as they did long ago.
Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:1 - This message concerning Nineveh came as a vision to Nahum, who lived in Elkosh.
Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:4 - At his command the oceans dry up,
and the rivers disappear.
The lush pastures of Bashan and Carmel fade,
and the green forests of Lebanon wither.
Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:11 - Who is this wicked counselor of yours
who plots evil against the LORD?
Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:2 - Even though the destroyer has destroyed Judah,
the LORD will restore its honor.
Israel's vine has been stripped of branches,
but he will restore its splendor.
Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:9 - Loot the silver!
Plunder the gold!
There's no end to Nineveh's treasures—
its vast, uncounted wealth.
Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:16 - Your merchants have multiplied
until they outnumber the stars.
But like a swarm of locusts,
they strip the land and fly away.
Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:13 - But you are pure and cannot stand the sight of evil.
Will you wink at their treachery?
Should you be silent while the wicked
swallow up people more righteous than they?
Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:17 - You cut down the forests of Lebanon.
Now you will be cut down.
You destroyed the wild animals,
so now their terror will be yours.
You committed murder throughout the countryside
and filled the towns with violence.
Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:1 - This prayer was sung by the prophet Habakkuk[fn]:
Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:1 - The LORD gave this message to Zephaniah when Josiah son of Amon was king of Judah. Zephaniah was the son of Cushi, son of Gedaliah, son of Amariah, son of Hezekiah.
Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:3 - “I will sweep away people and animals alike.
I will sweep away the birds of the sky and the fish in the sea.
I will reduce the wicked to heaps of rubble,[fn]
and I will wipe humanity from the face of the earth,” says the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:4 - “I will crush Judah and Jerusalem with my fist
and destroy every last trace of their Baal worship.
I will put an end to all the idolatrous priests,
so that even the memory of them will disappear.
Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:5 - For they go up to their roofs
and bow down to the sun, moon, and stars.
They claim to follow the LORD,
but then they worship Molech,[fn] too.
Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:6 - And I will destroy those who used to worship me
but now no longer do.
They no longer ask for the LORD's guidance
or seek my blessings.”
Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:7 - Stand in silence in the presence of the Sovereign LORD,
for the awesome day of the LORD's judgment is near.
The LORD has prepared his people for a great slaughter
and has chosen their executioners.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:8 - “On that day of judgment,”
says the LORD,
“I will punish the leaders and princes of Judah
and all those following pagan customs.
Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:9 - Yes, I will punish those who participate in pagan worship ceremonies,
and those who fill their masters' houses with violence and deceit.
Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:11 - The LORD will terrify them
as he destroys all the gods in the land.
Then nations around the world will worship the LORD,
each in their own land.
Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:13 - The remnant of Israel will do no wrong;
they will never tell lies or deceive one another.
They will eat and sleep in safety,
and no one will make them afraid.”
Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:1 - On August 29[fn] of the second year of King Darius's reign, the LORD gave a message through the prophet Haggai to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Jeshua[fn] son of Jehozadak, the high priest.
Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:3 - Then the LORD sent this message through the prophet Haggai:
Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:12 - Then Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and the whole remnant of God's people began to obey the message from the LORD their God. When they heard the words of the prophet Haggai, whom the LORD their God had sent, the people feared the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:14 - So the LORD sparked the enthusiasm of Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the enthusiasm of Jeshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and the enthusiasm of the whole remnant of God's people. They began to work on the house of their God, the LORD of Heaven's Armies,
Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:15 - on September 21[fn] of the second year of King Darius's reign.
Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:1 - Then on October 17 of that same year,[fn] the LORD sent another message through the prophet Haggai.
Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:2 - “Say this to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Jeshua[fn] son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and to the remnant of God's people there in the land:
Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:4 - But now the LORD says: Be strong, Zerubbabel. Be strong, Jeshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest. Be strong, all you people still left in the land. And now get to work, for I am with you, says the LORD of Heaven's Armies.
Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:9 - The future glory of this Temple will be greater than its past glory, says the LORD of Heaven's Armies. And in this place I will bring peace. I, the LORD of Heaven's Armies, have spoken!”
Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:10 - On December 18[fn] of the second year of King Darius's reign, the LORD sent this message to the prophet Haggai:
Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:18 - “Think about this eighteenth day of December, the day[fn] when the foundation of the LORD's Temple was laid. Think carefully.
Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:20 - On that same day, December 18,[fn] the LORD sent this second message to Haggai:
Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:21 - “Tell Zerubbabel, the governor of Judah, that I am about to shake the heavens and the earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:23 - “But when this happens, says the LORD of Heaven's Armies, I will honor you, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, my servant. I will make you like a signet ring on my finger, says the LORD, for I have chosen you. I, the LORD of Heaven's Armies, have spoken!”
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:1 - In November[fn] of the second year of King Darius's reign, the LORD gave this message to the prophet Zechariah son of Berekiah and grandson of Iddo:
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 2:6 - The LORD says, “Come away! Flee from Babylon in the land of the north, for I have scattered you to the four winds.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 2:8 - After a period of glory, the LORD of Heaven's Armies sent me[fn] against the nations who plundered you. For he said, “Anyone who harms you harms my most precious possession.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 3:3 - Jeshua's clothing was filthy as he stood there before the angel.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:4 - And this is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies says: I am sending this curse into the house of every thief and into the house of everyone who swears falsely using my name. And my curse will remain in that house and completely destroy it—even its timbers and stones.”
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:8 - The angel said, “The woman's name is Wickedness,” and he pushed her back into the basket and closed the heavy lid again.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:9 - Then I looked up and saw two women flying toward us, gliding on the wind. They had wings like a stork, and they picked up the basket and flew into the sky.
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 6:10 - “Heldai, Tobijah, and Jedaiah will bring gifts of silver and gold from the Jews exiled in Babylon. As soon as they arrive, meet them at the home of Josiah son of Zephaniah.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 6:11 - Accept their gifts, and make a crown[fn] from the silver and gold. Then put the crown on the head of Jeshua[fn] son of Jehozadak, the high priest.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 6:13 - Yes, he will build the Temple of the LORD. Then he will receive royal honor and will rule as king from his throne. He will also serve as priest from his throne,[fn] and there will be perfect harmony between his two roles.'
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 6:15 - People will come from distant lands to rebuild the Temple of the LORD. And when this happens, you will know that my messages have been from the LORD of Heaven's Armies. All this will happen if you carefully obey what the LORD your God says.
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 7:10 - Do not oppress widows, orphans, foreigners, and the poor. And do not scheme against each other.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 7:12 - They made their hearts as hard as stone, so they could not hear the instructions or the messages that the LORD of Heaven's Armies had sent them by his Spirit through the earlier prophets. That is why the LORD of Heaven's Armies was so angry with them.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:6 - “This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies says: All this may seem impossible to you now, a small remnant of God's people. But is it impossible for me? says the LORD of Heaven's Armies.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:11 - “But now I will not treat the remnant of my people as I treated them before, says the LORD of Heaven's Armies.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:12 - For I am planting seeds of peace and prosperity among you. The grapevines will be heavy with fruit. The earth will produce its crops, and the heavens will release the dew. Once more I will cause the remnant in Judah and Israel to inherit these blessings.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:17 - Don't scheme against each other. Stop your love of telling lies that you swear are the truth. I hate all these things, says the LORD.”
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:1 - This is the message[fn] from the LORD against the land of Aram[fn] and the city of Damascus, for the eyes of humanity, including all the tribes of Israel, are on the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:7 - The people of Israel[fn] will become like mighty warriors,
and their hearts will be made happy as if by wine.
Their children, too, will see it and be glad;
their hearts will rejoice in the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:3 - Listen to the wailing of the shepherds,
for their rich pastures are destroyed.
Hear the young lions roaring,
for their thickets in the Jordan Valley are ruined.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:6 - Likewise, I will no longer have pity on the people of the land,” says the LORD. “I will let them fall into each other's hands and into the hands of their king. They will turn the land into a wilderness, and I will not rescue them.”
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:9 - So I told them, “I won't be your shepherd any longer. If you die, you die. If you are killed, you are killed. And let those who remain devour each other!”
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:14 - Then I took my other staff, Union, and cut it in two, showing that the bond of unity between Judah and Israel was broken.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:13 - the clan of Levi, and the clan of Shimei.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:1 - Watch, for the day of the LORD is coming when your possessions will be plundered right in front of you!
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:2 - I will gather all the nations to fight against Jerusalem. The city will be taken, the houses looted, and the women raped. Half the population will be taken into captivity, and the rest will be left among the ruins of the city.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:5 - You will flee through this valley, for it will reach across to Azal.[fn] Yes, you will flee as you did from the earthquake in the days of King Uzziah of Judah. Then the LORD my God will come, and all his holy ones with him.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:10 - All the land from Geba, north of Judah, to Rimmon, south of Jerusalem, will become one vast plain. But Jerusalem will be raised up in its original place and will be inhabited all the way from the Benjamin Gate over to the site of the old gate, then to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the king's winepresses.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:13 - On that day they will be terrified, stricken by the LORD with great panic. They will fight their neighbors hand to hand.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:20 - On that day even the harness bells of the horses will be inscribed with these words: HOLY TO THE LORD. And the cooking pots in the Temple of the LORD will be as sacred as the basins used beside the altar.
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:2 - “I have always loved you,” says the LORD.
But you retort, “Really? How have you loved us?”
And the LORD replies, “This is how I showed my love for you: I loved your ancestor Jacob,
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:5 - When you see the destruction for yourselves, you will say, ‘Truly, the LORD's greatness reaches far beyond Israel's borders!'”
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:9 - “Go ahead, beg God to be merciful to you! But when you bring that kind of offering, why should he show you any favor at all?” asks the LORD of Heaven's Armies.
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:8 - But you priests have left God's paths. Your instructions have caused many to stumble into sin. You have corrupted the covenant I made with the Levites,” says the LORD of Heaven's Armies.
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:16 - “For I hate divorce!” says the LORD, the God of Israel. “To divorce your wife is to overwhelm her with cruelty,[fn]” says the LORD of Heaven's Armies. “So guard your heart; do not be unfaithful to your wife.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:4 - Then once more the LORD will accept the offerings brought to him by the people of Judah and Jerusalem, as he did in the past.
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:10 - Bring all the tithes into the storehouse so there will be enough food in my Temple. If you do,” says the LORD of Heaven's Armies, “I will open the windows of heaven for you. I will pour out a blessing so great you won't have enough room to take it in! Try it! Put me to the test!
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:18 - Then you will again see the difference between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 4:4 - “Remember to obey the Law of Moses, my servant—all the decrees and regulations that I gave him on Mount Sinai[fn] for all Israel.
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Speech: Definite article
Parsing: Genitive Singular Neuter
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:2 - The earth was formless and empty, and darkness covered the deep waters. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:4 - And God saw that the light was good. Then he separated the light from the darkness.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:6 - Then God said, “Let there be a space between the waters, to separate the waters of the heavens from the waters of the earth.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:7 - And that is what happened. God made this space to separate the waters of the earth from the waters of the heavens.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:14 - Then God said, “Let lights appear in the sky to separate the day from the night. Let them be signs to mark the seasons, days, and years.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:18 - to govern the day and night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:5 - neither wild plants nor grains were growing on the earth. For the LORD God had not yet sent rain to water the earth, and there were no people to cultivate the soil.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:9 - The LORD God made all sorts of trees grow up from the ground—trees that were beautiful and that produced delicious fruit. In the middle of the garden he placed the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:16 - But the LORD God warned him, “You may freely eat the fruit of every tree in the garden—
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:17 - except the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. If you eat its fruit, you are sure to die.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:1 - The serpent was the shrewdest of all the wild animals the LORD God had made. One day he asked the woman, “Did God really say you must not eat the fruit from any of the trees in the garden?”
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 3:8 - When the cool evening breezes were blowing, the man[fn] and his wife heard the LORD God walking about in the garden. So they hid from the LORD God among the trees.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:11 - “Who told you that you were naked?” the LORD God asked. “Have you eaten from the tree whose fruit I commanded you not to eat?”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:12 - The man replied, “It was the woman you gave me who gave me the fruit, and I ate it.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:15 - And I will cause hostility between you and the woman,
and between your offspring and her offspring.
He will strike[fn] your head,
and you will strike his heel.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:17 - And to the man he said,
“Since you listened to your wife and ate from the tree
whose fruit I commanded you not to eat,
the ground is cursed because of you.
All your life you will struggle to scratch a living from it.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:19 - By the sweat of your brow
will you have food to eat
until you return to the ground
from which you were made.
For you were made from dust,
and to dust you will return.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:22 - Then the LORD God said, “Look, the human beings[fn] have become like us, knowing both good and evil. What if they reach out, take fruit from the tree of life, and eat it? Then they will live forever!”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:24 - After sending them out, the LORD God stationed mighty cherubim to the east of the Garden of Eden. And he placed a flaming sword that flashed back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:13 - Cain replied to the LORD, “My punishment[fn] is too great for me to bear!
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:14 - You have banished me from the land and from your presence; you have made me a homeless wanderer. Anyone who finds me will kill me!”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:15 - The LORD replied, “No, for I will give a sevenfold punishment to anyone who kills you.” Then the LORD put a mark on Cain to warn anyone who might try to kill him.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:18 - As the waters rose higher and higher above the ground, the boat floated safely on the surface.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:7 - and released a raven. The bird flew back and forth until the floodwaters on the earth had dried up.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:12 - He waited another seven days and then released the dove again. This time it did not come back.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:21 - And the LORD was pleased with the aroma of the sacrifice and said to himself, “I will never again curse the ground because of the human race, even though everything they think or imagine is bent toward evil from childhood. I will never again destroy all living things.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:6 - If anyone takes a human life, that person's life will also be taken by human hands. For God made human beings[fn] in his own image.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:11 - Yes, I am confirming my covenant with you. Never again will floodwaters kill all living creatures; never again will a flood destroy the earth.”
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 11:4 - Then they said, “Come, let's build a great city for ourselves with a tower that reaches into the sky. This will make us famous and keep us from being scattered all over the world.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:4 - This was the same place where Abram had built the altar, and there he worshiped the LORD again.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:10 - Lot took a long look at the fertile plains of the Jordan Valley in the direction of Zoar. The whole area was well watered everywhere, like the garden of the LORD or the beautiful land of Egypt. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:16 - After four generations your descendants will return here to this land, for the sins of the Amorites do not yet warrant their destruction.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:2 - So Sarai said to Abram, “The LORD has prevented me from having children. Go and sleep with my servant. Perhaps I can have children through her.” And Abram agreed with Sarai's proposal.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:3 - So Sarai, Abram's wife, took Hagar the Egyptian servant and gave her to Abram as a wife. (This happened ten years after Abram had settled in the land of Canaan.)
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:7 - The angel of the LORD found Hagar beside a spring of water in the wilderness, along the road to Shur.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:10 - Then he added, “I will give you more descendants than you can count.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:7 - “I will confirm my covenant with you and your descendants[fn] after you, from generation to generation. This is the everlasting covenant: I will always be your God and the God of your descendants after you.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:10 - This is the covenant that you and your descendants must keep: Each male among you must be circumcised.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:12 - From generation to generation, every male child must be circumcised on the eighth day after his birth. This applies not only to members of your family but also to the servants born in your household and the foreign-born servants whom you have purchased.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:14 - Any male who fails to be circumcised will be cut off from the covenant family for breaking the covenant.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:7 - Then Abraham ran out to the herd and chose a tender calf and gave it to his servant, who quickly prepared it.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:12 - So she laughed silently to herself and said, “How could a worn-out woman like me enjoy such pleasure, especially when my master—my husband—is also so old?”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:25 - Surely you wouldn't do such a thing, destroying the righteous along with the wicked. Why, you would be treating the righteous and the wicked exactly the same! Surely you wouldn't do that! Should not the Judge of all the earth do what is right?”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:4 - But before they retired for the night, all the men of Sodom, young and old, came from all over the city and surrounded the house.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:19 - “You have been so gracious to me and saved my life, and you have shown such great kindness. But I cannot go to the mountains. Disaster would catch up to me there, and I would soon die.
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 19:21 - “All right,” the angel said, “I will grant your request. I will not destroy the little village.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:22 - But hurry! Escape to it, for I can do nothing until you arrive there.” (This explains why that village was known as Zoar, which means “little place.”)
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:38 - When the younger daughter gave birth to a son, she named him Ben-ammi.[fn] He became the ancestor of the nation now known as the Ammonites.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:6 - In the dream God responded, “Yes, I know you are innocent. That's why I kept you from sinning against me, and why I did not let you touch her.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:16 - And he said to Sarah, “Look, I am giving your ‘brother' 1,000 pieces of silver[fn] in the presence of all these witnesses. This is to compensate you for any wrong I may have done to you. This will settle any claim against me, and your reputation is cleared.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:12 - But God told Abraham, “Do not be upset over the boy and your servant. Do whatever Sarah tells you, for Isaac is the son through whom your descendants will be counted.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:16 - Then she went and sat down by herself about a hundred yards[fn] away. “I don't want to watch the boy die,” she said, as she burst into tears.
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 21:20 - And God was with the boy as he grew up in the wilderness. He became a skillful archer,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:25 - Then Abraham complained to Abimelech about a well that Abimelech's servants had taken by force from Abraham's servants.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:6 - “Listen, my lord, you are an honored prince among us. Choose the finest of our tombs and bury her there. No one here will refuse to help you in this way.”
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 24:9 - So the servant took an oath by putting his hand under the thigh of his master, Abraham. He swore to follow Abraham's instructions.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:11 - He made the camels kneel beside a well just outside the town. It was evening, and the women were coming out to draw water.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:13 - See, I am standing here beside this spring, and the young women of the town are coming out to draw water.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:15 - Before he had finished praying, he saw a young woman named Rebekah coming out with her water jug on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel, who was the son of Abraham's brother Nahor and his wife, Milcah.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:21 - The servant watched her in silence, wondering whether or not the LORD had given him success in his mission.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:25 - Yes, we have plenty of straw and feed for the camels, and we have room for guests.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:33 - Then food was served. But Abraham's servant said, “I don't want to eat until I have told you why I have come.”
“All right,” Laban said, “tell us.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:43 - See, I am standing here beside this spring. This is my request. When a young woman comes to draw water, I will say to her, “Please give me a little drink of water from your jug.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:45 - “Before I had finished praying in my heart, I saw Rebekah coming out with her water jug on her shoulder. She went down to the spring and drew water. So I said to her, ‘Please give me a drink.'
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:24 - And when the time came to give birth, Rebekah discovered that she did indeed have twins!
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:29 - One day when Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau arrived home from the wilderness exhausted and hungry.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:30 - Esau said to Jacob, “I'm starved! Give me some of that red stew!” (This is how Esau got his other name, Edom, which means “red.”)
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:10 - “How could you do this to us?” Abimelech exclaimed. “One of my people might easily have taken your wife and slept with her, and you would have made us guilty of great sin.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:18 - He reopened the wells his father had dug, which the Philistines had filled in after Abraham's death. Isaac also restored the names Abraham had given them.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:20 - But then the shepherds from Gerar came and claimed the spring. “This is our water,” they said, and they argued over it with Isaac's herdsmen. So Isaac named the well Esek (which means “argument”).
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:32 - That very day Isaac's servants came and told him about a new well they had dug. “We've found water!” they exclaimed.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:1 - One day when Isaac was old and turning blind, he called for Esau, his older son, and said, “My son.”
“Yes, Father?” Esau replied.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:7 - ‘Bring me some wild game and prepare me a delicious meal. Then I will bless you in the LORD's presence before I die.'
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:10 - Then take the food to your father so he can eat it and bless you before he dies.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:33 - Isaac began to tremble uncontrollably and said, “Then who just served me wild game? I have already eaten it, and I blessed him just before you came. And yes, that blessing must stand!”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:41 - From that time on, Esau hated Jacob because their father had given Jacob the blessing. And Esau began to scheme: “I will soon be mourning my father's death. Then I will kill my brother, Jacob.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:42 - But Rebekah heard about Esau's plans. So she sent for Jacob and told him, “Listen, Esau is consoling himself by plotting to kill you.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:44 - Stay there with him until your brother cools off.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:10 - Meanwhile, Jacob left Beersheba and traveled toward Haran.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:15 - What's more, I am with you, and I will protect you wherever you go. One day I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have finished giving you everything I have promised you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:2 - He saw a well in the distance. Three flocks of sheep and goats lay in an open field beside it, waiting to be watered. But a heavy stone covered the mouth of the well.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:3 - It was the custom there to wait for all the flocks to arrive before removing the stone and watering the animals. Afterward the stone would be placed back over the mouth of the well.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:8 - “We can't water the animals until all the flocks have arrived,” they replied. “Then the shepherds move the stone from the mouth of the well, and we water all the sheep and goats.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:10 - And because Rachel was his cousin—the daughter of Laban, his mother's brother—and because the sheep and goats belonged to his uncle Laban, Jacob went over to the well and moved the stone from its mouth and watered his uncle's flock.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:35 - Once again Leah became pregnant and gave birth to another son. She named him Judah,[fn] for she said, “Now I will praise the LORD!” And then she stopped having children.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:9 - Meanwhile, Leah realized that she wasn't getting pregnant anymore, so she took her servant, Zilpah, and gave her to Jacob as a wife.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:38 - Then he placed these peeled branches in the watering troughs where the flocks came to drink, for that was where they mated.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:41 - Whenever the stronger females were ready to mate, Jacob would place the peeled branches in the watering troughs in front of them. Then they would mate in front of the branches.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:20 - Jacob outwitted Laban the Aramean, for they set out secretly and never told Laban they were leaving.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:4 - He told them, “Give this message to my master Esau: ‘Humble greetings from your servant Jacob. Until now I have been living with Uncle Laban,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:12 - But you promised me, ‘I will surely treat you kindly, and I will multiply your descendants until they become as numerous as the sands along the seashore—too many to count.'”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:25 - When the man saw that he would not win the match, he touched Jacob's hip and wrenched it out of its socket.
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 33:3 - Then Jacob went on ahead. As he approached his brother, he bowed to the ground seven times before him.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:14 - Please, my lord, go ahead of your servant. We will follow slowly, at a pace that is comfortable for the livestock and the children. I will meet you at Seir.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:5 - Soon Jacob heard that Shechem had defiled his daughter, Dinah. But since his sons were out in the fields herding his livestock, he said nothing until they returned.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:7 - Meanwhile, Jacob's sons had come in from the field as soon as they heard what had happened. They were shocked and furious that their sister had been raped. Shechem had done a disgraceful thing against Jacob's family,[fn] something that should never be done.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:17 - But if you don't agree to be circumcised, we will take her and be on our way.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:19 - Shechem wasted no time in acting on this request, for he wanted Jacob's daughter desperately. Shechem was a highly respected member of his family,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:22 - But they will consider staying here and becoming one people with us only if all of our men are circumcised, just as they are.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:20 - Jacob set up a stone monument over Rachel's grave, and it can be seen there to this day.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:27 - So Jacob returned to his father, Isaac, in Mamre, which is near Kiriath-arba (now called Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had both lived as foreigners.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:7 - There was not enough land to support them both because of all the livestock and possessions they had acquired.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:31 - These are the kings who ruled in the land of Edom before any king ruled over the Israelites[fn]:
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:6 - “Listen to this dream,” he said.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:18 - When Joseph's brothers saw him coming, they recognized him in the distance. As he approached, they made plans to kill him.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:9 - But Onan was not willing to have a child who would not be his own heir. So whenever he had intercourse with his brother's wife, he spilled the semen on the ground. This prevented her from having a child who would belong to his brother.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:17 - “I'll send you a young goat from my flock,” Judah promised.
“But what will you give me to guarantee that you will send the goat?” she asked.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:26 - Judah recognized them immediately and said, “She is more righteous than I am, because I didn't arrange for her to marry my son Shelah.” And Judah never slept with Tamar again.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:10 - She kept putting pressure on Joseph day after day, but he refused to sleep with her, and he kept out of her way as much as possible.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:23 - The warden had no more worries, because Joseph took care of everything. The LORD was with him and caused everything he did to succeed.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:5 - While they were in prison, Pharaoh's cup-bearer and baker each had a dream one night, and each dream had its own meaning.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:14 - And please remember me and do me a favor when things go well for you. Mention me to Pharaoh, so he might let me out of this place.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:17 - The top basket contained all kinds of pastries for Pharaoh, but the birds came and ate them from the basket on my head.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:14 - Pharaoh sent for Joseph at once, and he was quickly brought from the prison. After he shaved and changed his clothes, he went in and stood before Pharaoh.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:32 - As for having two similar dreams, it means that these events have been decreed by God, and he will soon make them happen.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:50 - During this time, before the first of the famine years, two sons were born to Joseph and his wife, Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, the priest of On.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:16 - One of you must go and get your brother. I'll keep the rest of you here in prison. Then we'll find out whether or not your story is true. By the life of Pharaoh, if it turns out that you don't have a younger brother, then I'll know you are spies.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:27 - But when they stopped for the night and one of them opened his sack to get grain for his donkey, he found his money in the top of his sack.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:35 - As they emptied out their sacks, there in each man's sack was the bag of money he had paid for the grain! The brothers and their father were terrified when they saw the bags of money.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:11 - So their father, Jacob, finally said to them, “If it can't be avoided, then at least do this. Pack your bags with the best products of this land. Take them down to the man as gifts—balm, honey, gum, aromatic resin, pistachio nuts, and almonds.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:18 - The brothers were terrified when they saw that they were being taken into Joseph's house. “It's because of the money someone put in our sacks last time we were here,” they said. “He plans to pretend that we stole it. Then he will seize us, make us slaves, and take our donkeys.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:25 - They were told they would be eating there, so they prepared their gifts for Joseph's arrival at noon.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:1 - When his brothers were ready to leave, Joseph gave these instructions to his palace manager: “Fill each of their sacks with as much grain as they can carry, and put each man's money back into his sack.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:33 - “So please, my lord, let me stay here as a slave instead of the boy, and let the boy return with his brothers.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:34 - For how can I return to my father if the boy is not with me? I couldn't bear to see the anguish this would cause my father!”
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 46:5 - So Jacob left Beersheba, and his sons took him to Egypt. They carried him and their little ones and their wives in the wagons Pharaoh had provided for them.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:30 - Finally, Jacob said to Joseph, “Now I am ready to die, since I have seen your face again and know you are still alive.”
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 47:29 - As the time of his death drew near, Jacob[fn] called for his son Joseph and said to him, “Please do me this favor. Put your hand under my thigh and swear that you will treat me with unfailing love by honoring this last request: Do not bury me in Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:5 - “Now I am claiming as my own sons these two boys of yours, Ephraim and Manasseh, who were born here in the land of Egypt before I arrived. They will be my sons, just as Reuben and Simeon are.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:7 - “Long ago, as I was returning from Paddan-aram, Rachel died in the land of Canaan. We were still on the way, some distance from Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem). So with great sorrow I buried her there beside the road to Ephrath.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:10 - Jacob was half blind because of his age and could hardly see. So Joseph brought the boys close to him, and Jacob kissed and embraced them.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:11 - Then Jacob said to Joseph, “I never thought I would see your face again, but now God has let me see your children, too!”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:32 - It is the plot of land and the cave that my grandfather Abraham bought from the Hittites.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:4 - When the period of mourning was over, Joseph approached Pharaoh's advisers and said, “Please do me this favor and speak to Pharaoh on my behalf.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:16 - So they sent this message to Joseph: “Before your father died, he instructed us
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:8 - “Yes, do!” the princess replied. So the girl went and called the baby's mother.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:10 - Later, when the boy was older, his mother brought him back to Pharaoh's daughter, who adopted him as her own son. The princess named him Moses,[fn] for she explained, “I lifted him out of the water.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:15 - And sure enough, Pharaoh heard what had happened, and he tried to kill Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh and went to live in the land of Midian.
When Moses arrived in Midian, he sat down beside a well.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:18 - When the girls returned to Reuel, their father, he asked, “Why are you back so soon today?”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:8 - The LORD said to Moses, “If they do not believe you and are not convinced by the first miraculous sign, they will be convinced by the second sign.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:9 - And if they don't believe you or listen to you even after these two signs, then take some water from the Nile River and pour it out on the dry ground. When you do, the water from the Nile will turn to blood on the ground.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:25 - But Moses' wife, Zipporah, took a flint knife and circumcised her son. She touched his feet[fn] with the foreskin and said, “Now you are a bridegroom of blood to me.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:26 - (When she said “a bridegroom of blood,” she was referring to the circumcision.) After that, the LORD left him alone.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:14 - Then they whipped the Israelite foremen they had put in charge of the work crews. “Why haven't you met your quotas either yesterday or today?” they demanded.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:14 - Then the LORD said to Moses, “Pharaoh's heart is stubborn,[fn] and he still refuses to let the people go.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:29 - Moses answered, “As soon as I leave you, I will pray to the LORD, and tomorrow the swarms of flies will disappear from you and your officials and all your people. But I am warning you, Pharaoh, don't lie to us again and refuse to let the people go to sacrifice to the LORD.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:17 - But you still lord it over my people and refuse to let them go.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:28 - Please beg the LORD to end this terrifying thunder and hail. We've had enough. I will let you go; you don't need to stay any longer.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:34 - But when Pharaoh saw that the rain, hail, and thunder had stopped, he and his officials sinned again, and Pharaoh again became stubborn.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:15 - For the locusts covered the whole country and darkened the land. They devoured every plant in the fields and all the fruit on the trees that had survived the hailstorm. Not a single leaf was left on the trees and plants throughout the land of Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:26 - All our livestock must go with us, too; not a hoof can be left behind. We must choose our sacrifices for the LORD our God from among these animals. And we won't know how we are to worship the LORD until we get there.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:7 - They are to take some of the blood and smear it on the sides and top of the doorframes of the houses where they eat the animal.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:13 - But the blood on your doorposts will serve as a sign, marking the houses where you are staying. When I see the blood, I will pass over you. This plague of death will not touch you when I strike the land of Egypt.
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 12:34 - The Israelites took their bread dough before yeast was added. They wrapped their kneading boards in their cloaks and carried them on their shoulders.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:43 - Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “These are the instructions for the festival of Passover. No outsiders are allowed to eat the Passover meal.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:22 - And the LORD did not remove the pillar of cloud or pillar of fire from its place in front of the people.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:5 - When word reached the king of Egypt that the Israelites had fled, Pharaoh and his officials changed their minds. “What have we done, letting all those Israelite slaves get away?” they asked.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:32 - Then Moses said, “This is what the LORD has commanded: Fill a two-quart container with manna to preserve it for your descendants. Then later generations will be able to see the food I gave you in the wilderness when I set you free from Egypt.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:33 - Moses said to Aaron, “Get a jar and fill it with two quarts of manna. Then put it in a sacred place before the LORD to preserve it for all future generations.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:34 - Aaron did just as the LORD had commanded Moses. He eventually placed it in the Ark of the Covenant—in front of the stone tablets inscribed with the terms of the covenant.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:2 - After breaking camp at Rephidim, they came to the wilderness of Sinai and set up camp there at the base of Mount Sinai.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:3 - Then Moses climbed the mountain to appear before God. The LORD called to him from the mountain and said, “Give these instructions to the family of Jacob; announce it to the descendants of Israel:
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:12 - Mark off a boundary all around the mountain. Warn the people, ‘Be careful! Do not go up on the mountain or even touch its boundaries. Anyone who touches the mountain will certainly be put to death.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:13 - No hand may touch the person or animal that crosses the boundary; instead, stone them or shoot them with arrows. They must be put to death.' However, when the ram's horn sounds a long blast, then the people may go up on the mountain.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:14 - So Moses went down to the people. He consecrated them for worship, and they washed their clothes.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:20 - The LORD came down on the top of Mount Sinai and called Moses to the top of the mountain. So Moses climbed the mountain.
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 20:20 - “Don't be afraid,” Moses answered them, “for God has come in this way to test you, and so that your fear of him will keep you from sinning!”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:14 - However, if someone deliberately kills another person, then the slayer must be dragged even from my altar and be put to death.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:1 - [fn]“If someone steals an ox[fn] or sheep and then kills or sells it, the thief must pay back five oxen for each ox stolen, and four sheep for each sheep stolen.
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 23:11 - but let the land be renewed and lie uncultivated during the seventh year. Then let the poor among you harvest whatever grows on its own. Leave the rest for wild animals to eat. The same applies to your vineyards and olive groves.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:13 - “Pay close attention to all my instructions. You must not call on the name of any other gods. Do not even speak their names.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:6 - Moses drained half the blood from these animals into basins. The other half he splattered against the altar.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:17 - To the Israelites at the foot of the mountain, the glory of the LORD appeared at the summit like a consuming fire.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:18 - Then make two cherubim from hammered gold, and place them on the two ends of the atonement cover.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:19 - Mold the cherubim on each end of the atonement cover, making it all of one piece of gold.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:20 - The cherubim will face each other and look down on the atonement cover. With their wings spread above it, they will protect it.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:22 - I will meet with you there and talk to you from above the atonement cover between the gold cherubim that hover over the Ark of the Covenant.[fn] From there I will give you my commands for the people of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:32 - Make it with six branches going out from the center stem, three on each side.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:37 - Then make the seven lamps for the lampstand, and set them so they reflect their light forward.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:4 - Put loops of blue yarn along the edge of the last curtain in each set.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:5 - The fifty loops along the edge of one curtain are to match the fifty loops along the edge of the other curtain.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:10 - Make fifty loops for one edge of each large curtain.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:13 - Allow 18 inches[fn] of remaining material to hang down over each side, so the Tabernacle is completely covered.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:18 - Make twenty of these frames to support the curtains on the south side of the Tabernacle.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:26 - “Make crossbars of acacia wood to link the frames, five crossbars for the north side of the Tabernacle
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:28 - The middle crossbar, attached halfway up the frames, will run all the way from one end of the Tabernacle to the other.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:33 - Hang the inner curtain from clasps, and put the Ark of the Covenant[fn] in the room behind it. This curtain will separate the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:34 - “Then put the Ark's cover—the place of atonement—on top of the Ark of the Covenant inside the Most Holy Place.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:35 - Place the table outside the inner curtain on the north side of the Tabernacle, and place the lampstand across the room on the south side.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:5 - Install the grating halfway down the side of the altar, under the ledge.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:7 - Insert the poles through the rings on the two sides of the altar.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:16 - “For the entrance to the courtyard, make a curtain that is 30 feet long.[fn] Make it from finely woven linen, and decorate it with beautiful embroidery in blue, purple, and scarlet thread. Support it with four posts, each securely set in its own base.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:21 - The lampstand will stand in the Tabernacle, in front of the inner curtain that shields the Ark of the Covenant.[fn] Aaron and his sons must keep the lamps burning in the LORD's presence all night. This is a permanent law for the people of Israel, and it must be observed from generation to generation.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:23 - Then make two gold rings and attach them to the top corners of the chestpiece.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:29 - “In this way, Aaron will carry the names of the tribes of Israel on the sacred chestpiece[fn] over his heart when he goes into the Holy Place. This will be a continual reminder that he represents the people when he comes before the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:30 - Insert the Urim and Thummim into the sacred chestpiece so they will be carried over Aaron's heart when he goes into the LORD's presence. In this way, Aaron will always carry over his heart the objects used to determine the LORD's will for his people whenever he goes in before the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:32 - with an opening for Aaron's head in the middle of it. Reinforce the opening with a woven collar[fn] so it will not tear.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:33 - Make pomegranates out of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and attach them to the hem of the robe, with gold bells between them.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:34 - The gold bells and pomegranates are to alternate all around the hem.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:38 - Aaron must wear it on his forehead so he may take on himself any guilt of the people of Israel when they consecrate their sacred offerings. He must always wear it on his forehead so the LORD will accept the people.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:43 - These must be worn whenever Aaron and his sons enter the Tabernacle[fn] or approach the altar in the Holy Place to perform their priestly duties. Then they will not incur guilt and die. This is a permanent law for Aaron and all his descendants after him.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:4 - “Present Aaron and his sons at the entrance of the Tabernacle,[fn] and wash them with water.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:7 - Then anoint him by pouring the anointing oil over his head.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:10 - “Bring the young bull to the entrance of the Tabernacle, where Aaron and his sons will lay their hands on its head.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:11 - Then slaughter the bull in the LORD's presence at the entrance of the Tabernacle.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:12 - Put some of its blood on the horns of the altar with your finger, and pour out the rest at the base of the altar.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:13 - Take all the fat around the internal organs, the long lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys and the fat around them, and burn it all on the altar.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:20 - Then slaughter it, and apply some of its blood to the right earlobes of Aaron and his sons. Also put it on the thumbs of their right hands and the big toes of their right feet. Splatter the rest of the blood against all sides of the altar.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:21 - Then take some of the blood from the altar and some of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it on Aaron and his sons and on their garments. In this way, they and their garments will be set apart as holy.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:22 - “Since this is the ram for the ordination of Aaron and his sons, take the fat of the ram, including the fat of the broad tail, the fat around the internal organs, the long lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys and the fat around them, along with the right thigh.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:23 - Then take one round loaf of bread, one thin cake mixed with olive oil, and one wafer from the basket of bread without yeast that was placed in the LORD's presence.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:27 - “Set aside the portions of the ordination ram that belong to Aaron and his sons. This includes the breast and the thigh that were lifted up before the LORD as a special offering.
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 29:30 - The descendant who succeeds him as high priest will wear these clothes for seven days as he ministers in the Tabernacle and the Holy Place.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:32 - Then Aaron and his sons will eat this meat, along with the bread in the basket, at the Tabernacle entrance.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:37 - Purify the altar, and consecrate it every day for seven days. After that, the altar will be absolutely holy, and whatever touches it will become 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 29:40 - With one of them, offer two quarts of choice flour mixed with one quart of pure oil of pressed olives; also, offer one quart of wine[fn] as a liquid offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:42 - “These burnt offerings are to be made each day from generation to generation. Offer them in the LORD's presence at the Tabernacle entrance; there I will meet with you and speak with you.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:44 - Yes, I will consecrate the Tabernacle and the altar, and I will consecrate Aaron and his sons to serve me as priests.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:6 - Place the incense altar just outside the inner curtain that shields the Ark of the Covenant,[fn] in front of the Ark's cover—the place of atonement—that covers the tablets inscribed with the terms of the covenant.[fn] I will meet with you there.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:10 - “Once a year Aaron must purify[fn] the altar by smearing its horns with blood from the offering made to purify the people from their sin. This will be a regular, annual event from generation to generation, for this is the LORD's most holy altar.”
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 30:15 - When this offering is given to the LORD to purify your lives, making you right with him,[fn] the rich must not give more than the specified amount, and the poor must not give less.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:16 - Receive this ransom money from the Israelites, and use it for the care of the Tabernacle.[fn] It will bring the Israelites to the LORD's attention, and it will purify your lives.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:18 - “Make a bronze washbasin with a bronze stand. Place it between the Tabernacle and the altar, and fill it with water.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:20 - They must wash with water whenever they go into the Tabernacle to appear before the LORD and when they approach the altar to burn up their special gifts to the LORD—or they will die!
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:21 - They must always wash their hands and feet, or they will die. This is a permanent law for Aaron and his descendants, to be observed from generation to generation.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:24 - and 12½ pounds of cassia[fn]—as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel. Also get one gallon of olive oil.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:26 - Use this sacred oil to anoint the Tabernacle, the Ark of the Covenant,
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:27 - the table and all its utensils, the lampstand and all its accessories, the incense altar,
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:36 - Grind some of the mixture into a very fine powder and put it in front of the Ark of the Covenant,[fn] where I will meet with you in the Tabernacle. You must treat this incense as most holy.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:7 - the Tabernacle;[fn]
the Ark of the Covenant;[fn]
the Ark's cover—the place of atonement;
all the furnishings of the Tabernacle;
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:11 - the anointing oil;
the fragrant incense for the Holy Place. The craftsmen must make everything as I have commanded you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:18 - When the LORD finished speaking with Moses on Mount Sinai, he gave him the two stone tablets inscribed with the terms of the covenant,[fn] written by the finger of God.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:1 - When the people saw how long it was taking Moses to come back down the mountain, they gathered around Aaron. “Come on,” they said, “make us some gods who can lead us. We don't know what happened to this fellow Moses, who brought us here from the land of Egypt.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:15 - Then Moses turned and went down the mountain. He held in his hands the two stone tablets inscribed with the terms of the covenant.[fn] They were inscribed on both sides, front and back.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:6 - So from the time they left Mount Sinai,[fn] the Israelites wore no more jewelry or fine clothes.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:8 - Whenever Moses went out to the Tent of Meeting, all the people would get up and stand in the entrances of their own tents. They would all watch Moses until he disappeared inside.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:2 - Be ready in the morning to climb up Mount Sinai and present yourself to me on the top of the mountain.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:3 - No one else may come with you. In fact, no one is to appear anywhere on the mountain. Do not even let the flocks or herds graze near the mountain.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:25 - “You must not offer the blood of my sacrificial offerings together with any baked goods containing yeast. And none of the meat of the Passover sacrifice may be kept over until the next morning.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:29 - When Moses came down Mount Sinai carrying the two stone tablets inscribed with the terms of the covenant,[fn] he wasn't aware that his face had become radiant because he had spoken to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:30 - So when Aaron and the people of Israel saw the radiance of Moses' face, they were afraid to come near him.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:34 - But whenever he went into the Tent of Meeting to speak with the LORD, he would remove the veil until he came out again. Then he would give the people whatever instructions the LORD had given him,
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:12 - the Ark and its carrying poles;
the Ark's cover—the place of atonement;
the inner curtain to shield the Ark;
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:14 - for light, the lampstand, its accessories, the lamp cups, and the olive oil for lighting;
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:17 - the curtains for the walls of the courtyard;
the posts and their bases;
the curtain for the entrance to the courtyard;
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:19 - the beautifully stitched garments for the priests to wear while ministering in the Holy Place—the sacred garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments for his sons to wear as they minister as priests.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:21 - All whose hearts were stirred and whose spirits were moved came and brought their sacred offerings to the LORD. They brought all the materials needed for the Tabernacle,[fn] for the performance of its rituals, and for the sacred garments.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:28 - They also brought spices and olive oil for the light, the anointing oil, and the fragrant incense.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:35 - The LORD has given them special skills as engravers, designers, embroiderers in blue, purple, and scarlet thread on fine linen cloth, and weavers. They excel as craftsmen and as designers.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:3 - Moses gave them the materials donated by the people of Israel as sacred offerings for the completion of the sanctuary. But the people continued to bring additional gifts each morning.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:4 - Finally the craftsmen who were working on the sanctuary left their work.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:6 - So Moses gave the command, and this message was sent throughout the camp: “Men and women, don't prepare any more gifts for the sanctuary. We have enough!” So the people stopped bringing their sacred offerings.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:34 - He overlaid the frames with gold and made gold rings to hold the crossbars. Then he overlaid the crossbars with gold as well.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:37 - Then he made another curtain for the entrance to the sacred tent. He made it of finely woven linen and embroidered it with exquisite designs using blue, purple, and scarlet thread.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:8 - He molded the cherubim on each end of the atonement cover, making it all of one piece of gold.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:13 - Then he cast four gold rings for the table and attached them at the four corners next to the four legs.
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 BoxExo 37:29 - Then he made the sacred anointing oil and the fragrant incense, using the techniques of a skilled incense maker.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:3 - Then he made all the altar utensils of bronze—the ash buckets, shovels, basins, meat forks, and firepans.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:4 - Next he made a bronze grating and installed it halfway down the side of the altar, under the ledge.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:8 - Bezalel made the bronze washbasin and its bronze stand from bronze mirrors donated by the women who served at the entrance of the Tabernacle.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:15 - The curtain on the left side was also 22½ feet long and was supported by three posts set into three bases.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:21 - This is an inventory of the materials used in building the Tabernacle of the Covenant.[fn] The Levites compiled the figures, as Moses directed, and Ithamar son of Aaron the priest served as recorder.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:24 - The people brought special offerings of gold totaling 2,193 pounds,[fn] as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel. This gold was used throughout the Tabernacle.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:27 - The hundred bases for the frames of the sanctuary walls and for the posts supporting the inner curtain required 7,500 pounds of silver, about 75 pounds for each base.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:29 - The people also brought as special offerings 5,310 pounds[fn] of bronze,
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:30 - which was used for casting the bases for the posts at the entrance to the Tabernacle, and for the bronze altar with its bronze grating and all the altar utensils.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:31 - Bronze was also used to make the bases for the posts that supported the curtains around the courtyard, the bases for the curtain at the entrance of the courtyard, and all the tent pegs for the Tabernacle and the courtyard.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:3 - He made gold thread by hammering out thin sheets of gold and cutting it into fine strands. With great skill and care, he worked it into the fine linen with the blue, purple, and scarlet thread.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:14 - Each stone represented one of the twelve sons of Israel, and the name of that tribe was engraved on it like a seal.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:16 - They also made two settings of gold filigree and two gold rings and attached them to the top corners of the chestpiece.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:17 - They tied the two gold cords to the rings on the chestpiece.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:19 - Then they made two more gold rings and attached them to the inside edges of the chestpiece next to the ephod.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:24 - They made pomegranates of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and attached them to the hem of the robe.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:26 - with bells and pomegranates alternating all around the hem. This robe was to be worn whenever the priest ministered before the LORD, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:30 - Finally, they made the sacred medallion—the badge of holiness—of pure gold. They engraved it like a seal with these words: HOLY TO THE LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:32 - And so at last the Tabernacle[fn] was finished. The Israelites had done everything just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:37 - the pure gold lampstand with its symmetrical lamp cups, all its accessories, and the olive oil for lighting;
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:40 - the curtains for the walls of the courtyard;
the posts and their bases;
the curtain for the entrance to the courtyard;
the ropes and tent pegs;
all the furnishings to be used in worship at the Tabernacle;
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:41 - the beautifully stitched garments for the priests to wear while ministering in the Holy Place—the sacred garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments for his sons to wear as they minister as priests.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:2 - “Set up the Tabernacle[fn] on the first day of the new year.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:3 - Place the Ark of the Covenant[fn] inside, and install the inner curtain to enclose the Ark within the Most Holy Place.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:5 - “Place the gold incense altar in front of the Ark of the Covenant. Then hang the curtain at the entrance of the Tabernacle.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:6 - Place the altar of burnt offering in front of the Tabernacle entrance.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:9 - “Take the anointing oil and anoint the Tabernacle and all its furnishings to consecrate them and make them holy.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:12 - “Present Aaron and his sons at the entrance of the Tabernacle, and wash them with water.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:21 - Then he brought the Ark of the Covenant into the Tabernacle and hung the inner curtain to shield it from view, just as the LORD had commanded him.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:22 - Next Moses placed the table in the Tabernacle, along the north side of the Holy Place, just outside the inner curtain.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:24 - He set the lampstand in the Tabernacle across from the table on the south side of the Holy Place.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:26 - He also placed the gold incense altar in the Tabernacle, in the Holy Place in front of the inner curtain.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:30 - Next Moses placed the washbasin between the Tabernacle and the altar. He filled it with water so the priests could wash themselves.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:33 - Then he hung the curtains forming the courtyard around the Tabernacle and the altar. And he set up the curtain at the entrance of the courtyard. So at last Moses finished the work.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:34 - Then the cloud covered the Tabernacle, and the glory of the LORD filled the Tabernacle.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:35 - Moses could no longer enter the Tabernacle because the cloud had settled down over it, and the glory of the LORD filled the Tabernacle.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:1 - The LORD called to Moses from the Tabernacle[fn] and said to him,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:3 - “If the animal you present as a burnt offering is from the herd, it must be a male with no defects. Bring it to the entrance of the Tabernacle so you[fn] may be accepted by the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:4 - Lay your hand on the animal's head, and the LORD will accept its death in your place to purify you, making you right with him.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:5 - Then slaughter the young bull in the LORD's presence, and Aaron's sons, the priests, will present the animal's blood by splattering it against all sides of the altar that stands at the entrance to the Tabernacle.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:8 - They will arrange the pieces of the offering, including the head and fat, on the wood burning on the altar.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:11 - Slaughter the animal on the north side of the altar in the LORD's presence, and Aaron's sons, the priests, will splatter its blood against all sides of the altar.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:12 - Then cut the animal in pieces, and the priests will arrange the pieces of the offering, including the head and fat, on the wood burning on the altar.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:15 - The priest will take the bird to the altar, wring off its head, and burn it on the altar. But first he must drain its blood against the side of the altar.
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 3:2 - Lay your hand on the animal's head, and slaughter it at the entrance of the Tabernacle.[fn] Then Aaron's sons, the priests, will splatter its blood against all sides of the altar.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:3 - The priest must present part of this peace offering as a special gift to the LORD. This includes all the fat around the internal organs,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:4 - the two kidneys and the fat around them near the loins, and the long lobe of the liver. These must be removed with the kidneys,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:5 - and Aaron's sons will burn them on top of the burnt offering on the wood burning on the altar. It is a special gift, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:8 - lay your hand on its head, and slaughter it in front of the Tabernacle. Aaron's sons will then splatter the sheep's blood against all sides of the altar.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:9 - The priest must present the fat of this peace offering as a special gift to the LORD. This includes the fat of the broad tail cut off near the backbone, all the fat around the internal organs,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:10 - the two kidneys and the fat around them near the loins, and the long lobe of the liver. These must be removed with the kidneys,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:13 - lay your hand on its head, and slaughter it in front of the Tabernacle. Aaron's sons will then splatter the goat's blood against all sides of the altar.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:15 - the two kidneys and the fat around them near the loins, and the long lobe of the liver. These must be removed with the kidneys,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:3 - “If the high priest[fn] sins, bringing guilt upon the entire community, he must give a sin offering for the sin he has committed. He must present to the LORD a young bull with no defects.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:4 - He must bring the bull to the LORD at the entrance of the Tabernacle,[fn] lay his hand on the bull's head, and slaughter it before the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:5 - The high priest will then take some of the bull's blood into the Tabernacle,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:6 - dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle it seven times before the LORD in front of the inner curtain of the sanctuary.
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 4:10 - just as he does with cattle offered as a peace offering, and burn them on the altar of burnt offerings.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:14 - When they become aware of their sin, the people must bring a young bull as an offering for their sin and present it before the Tabernacle.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:16 - The high priest will then take some of the bull's blood into the Tabernacle,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:17 - dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle it seven times before the LORD in front of the inner curtain.
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 4:25 - Then the priest will dip his finger in the blood of the sin offering and put it on the horns of the altar for burnt offerings. He will pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:29 - They must lay a hand on the head of the sin offering and slaughter it at the place where burnt offerings are slaughtered.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:30 - Then the priest will dip his finger in the blood and put it on the horns of the altar for burnt offerings. He will pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:33 - They must lay a hand on the head of the sin offering and slaughter it at the place where burnt offerings are slaughtered.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:34 - Then the priest will dip his finger in the blood of the sin offering and put it on the horns of the altar for burnt offerings. He will pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:35 - Then he must remove all the sheep's fat, just as he does with the fat of a sheep presented as a peace offering. He will burn the fat on the altar on top of the special gifts presented to the LORD. Through this process, the priest will purify the people from their sin, making them right with the LORD, and they will be forgiven.
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 6:9 - “Give Aaron and his sons the following instructions regarding the burnt offering. The burnt offering must be left on top of the altar until the next morning, and the fire on the altar must be kept burning all night.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:10 - In the morning, after the priest on duty has put on his official linen clothing and linen undergarments, he must clean out the ashes of the burnt offering and put them beside the altar.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:12 - Meanwhile, the fire on the altar must be kept burning; it must never go out. Each morning the priest will add fresh wood to the fire and arrange the burnt offering on it. He will then burn the fat of the peace offerings on it.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:14 - “These are the instructions regarding the grain offering. Aaron's sons must present this offering to the LORD in front of the altar.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:16 - Aaron and his sons may eat the rest of the flour, but it must be baked without yeast and eaten in a sacred place within the courtyard of the Tabernacle.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:20 - “On the day Aaron and his sons are anointed, they must present to the LORD a grain offering of two quarts[fn] of choice flour, half to be offered in the morning and half to be offered in the evening.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:26 - The priest who offers the sacrifice as a sin offering must eat his portion in a sacred place within the courtyard of the Tabernacle.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:27 - Anyone or anything that touches the sacrificial meat will become holy. If any of the sacrificial blood spatters on a person's clothing, the soiled garment must be washed in a sacred place.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:30 - But the offering for sin may not be eaten if its blood was brought into the Tabernacle as an offering for purification[fn] in the Holy Place. It must be completely burned with fire.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:2 - The animal sacrificed as a guilt offering must be slaughtered at the place where the burnt offerings are slaughtered, and its blood must be splattered against all sides of the altar.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:4 - the two kidneys and the fat around them near the loins, and the long lobe of the liver. These are to be removed with the kidneys,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:14 - One of each kind of bread must be presented as a gift to the LORD. It will then belong to the priest who splatters the blood of the peace offering against the altar.
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 7:29 - “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. When you present a peace offering to the LORD, bring part of it as a gift to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:30 - Present it to the LORD with your own hands as a special gift to the LORD. Bring the fat of the animal, together with the breast, and lift up the breast as a special offering to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:31 - Then the priest will burn the fat on the altar, but the breast will belong to Aaron and his descendants.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:32 - Give the right thigh of your peace offering to the priest as a gift.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:33 - The right thigh must always be given to the priest who offers the blood and the fat of the peace offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:34 - For I have reserved the breast of the special offering and the right thigh of the sacred offering for the priests. It is the permanent right of Aaron and his descendants to share in the peace offerings brought by the people of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:35 - This is their rightful share. The special gifts presented to the LORD have been reserved for Aaron and his descendants from the time they were set apart to serve the LORD as priests.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:37 - These are the instructions for the burnt offering, the grain offering, the sin offering, and the guilt offering, as well as the ordination offering and the peace offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:3 - and call the entire community of Israel together at the entrance of the Tabernacle.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:4 - So Moses followed the LORD's instructions, and the whole community assembled at the Tabernacle entrance.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:10 - Then Moses took the anointing oil and anointed the Tabernacle and everything in it, making them holy.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:12 - Then he poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron's head, anointing him and making him holy for his work.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:15 - and Moses slaughtered it. Moses took some of the blood, and with his finger he put it on the four horns of the altar to purify it. He poured out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar. Through this process, he made the altar holy by purifying it.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:16 - Then Moses took all the fat around the internal organs, the long lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys and the fat around them, and he burned it all on the altar.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:23 - and Moses slaughtered it. Then Moses took some of its blood and applied it to the lobe of Aaron's right ear, the thumb of his right hand, and the big toe of his right foot.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:24 - Next Moses presented Aaron's sons and applied some of the blood to the lobes of their right ears, the thumbs of their right hands, and the big toes of their right feet. He then splattered the rest of the blood against all sides of the altar.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:25 - Next Moses took the fat, including the fat of the broad tail, the fat around the internal organs, the long lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys and the fat around them, along with the right thigh.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:30 - Next Moses took some of the anointing oil and some of the blood that was on the altar, and he sprinkled them on Aaron and his garments and on his sons and their garments. In this way, he made Aaron and his sons and their garments holy.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:31 - Then Moses said to Aaron and his sons, “Boil the remaining meat of the offerings at the Tabernacle entrance, and eat it there, along with the bread that is in the basket of offerings for the ordination, just as I commanded when I said, ‘Aaron and his sons will eat it.'
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:33 - You must not leave the Tabernacle entrance for seven days, for that is when the ordination ceremony will be completed.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:34 - Everything we have done today was commanded by the LORD in order to purify you, making you right with him.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:35 - Now stay at the entrance of the Tabernacle day and night for seven days, and do everything the LORD requires. If you fail to do this, you will die, for this is what the LORD has commanded.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:5 - So the people presented all these things at the entrance of the Tabernacle,[fn] just as Moses had commanded. Then the whole community came forward and stood before the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:9 - His sons brought him the blood, and he dipped his finger in it and put it on the horns of the altar. He poured out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:10 - Then he burned on the altar the fat, the kidneys, and the long lobe of the liver from the sin offering, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:17 - He also presented the grain offering, burning a handful of the flour mixture on the altar, in addition to the regular burnt offering for the morning.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:18 - Then Aaron slaughtered the bull and the ram for the people's peace offering. His sons brought him the blood, and he splattered it against all sides of the altar.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:19 - Then he took the fat of the bull and the ram—the fat of the broad tail and from around the internal organs—along with the kidneys and the long lobes of the livers.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:22 - After that, Aaron raised his hands toward the people and blessed them. Then, after presenting the sin offering, the burnt offering, and the peace offering, he stepped down from the altar.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:23 - Then Moses and Aaron went into the Tabernacle, and when they came back out, they blessed the people again, and the glory of the LORD appeared to the whole community.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:24 - Fire blazed forth from the LORD's presence and consumed the burnt offering and the fat on the altar. When the people saw this, they shouted with joy and fell face down on the ground.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:7 - But you must not leave the entrance of the Tabernacle[fn] or you will die, for you have been anointed with the LORD's anointing oil.” So they did as Moses commanded.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:9 - “You and your descendants must never drink wine or any other alcoholic drink before going into the Tabernacle. If you do, you will die. This is a permanent law for you, and it must be observed from generation to generation.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:14 - But the breast and thigh that were lifted up as a special offering may be eaten in any place that is ceremonially clean. These parts have been given to you and your descendants as your portion of the peace offerings presented by the people of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:15 - You must lift up the thigh and breast as a special offering to the LORD, along with the fat of the special gifts. These parts will belong to you and your descendants as your permanent right, just as the LORD has commanded.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:18 - Since the animal's blood was not brought into the Holy Place, you should have eaten the meat in the sacred area as I ordered you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 12:6 - “When the time of purification is completed for either a son or a daughter, the woman must bring a one-year-old lamb for a burnt offering and a young pigeon or turtledove for a purification offering. She must bring her offerings to the priest at the entrance of the Tabernacle.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 12:7 - The priest will then present them to the LORD to purify her.[fn] Then she will be ceremonially clean again after her bleeding at childbirth. These are the instructions for a woman after the birth of a son or a daughter.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:3 - The priest will examine the affected area of the skin. If the hair in the affected area has turned white and the problem appears to be more than skin-deep, it is a serious skin disease, and the priest who examines it must pronounce the person ceremonially unclean.
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 13:7 - But if the rash continues to spread after the person has been examined by the priest and has been pronounced clean, the infected person must return to be examined again.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:10 - If the priest finds a white swelling on the skin, and some hair on the spot has turned white, and there is an open sore in the affected area,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:19 - but a white swelling or a reddish white spot develops in its place, that person must go to the priest to be examined.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:20 - If the priest examines it and finds it to be more than skin-deep, and if the hair in the affected area has turned white, the priest must pronounce the person ceremonially unclean. The boil has become a serious skin disease.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:21 - But if the priest finds no white hair on the affected area and the problem appears to be no more than skin-deep and has faded, the priest must quarantine the person for seven days.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:23 - But if the area grows no larger and does not spread, it is merely the scar from the boil, and the priest will pronounce the person ceremonially clean.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:24 - “If anyone has suffered a burn on the skin and the burned area changes color, becoming either reddish white or shiny white,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:25 - the priest must examine it. If he finds that the hair in the affected area has turned white and the problem appears to be more than skin-deep, a skin disease has broken out in the burn. The priest must then pronounce the person ceremonially unclean, for it is clearly a serious skin disease.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:26 - But if the priest finds no white hair on the affected area and the problem appears to be no more than skin-deep and has faded, the priest must quarantine the infected person for seven days.
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 13:31 - If the priest examines the scabby sore and finds that it is only skin-deep but there is no black hair on it, he must quarantine the person for seven days.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:32 - On the seventh day the priest must examine the sore again. If he finds that the scabby sore has not spread, and there is no yellow hair on it, and it appears to be only skin-deep,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:34 - On the seventh day he will examine the sore again. If it has not spread and appears to be no more than skin-deep, the priest will pronounce the person ceremonially clean. The person's clothing must be washed, and the person will be ceremonially clean.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:56 - But if the priest examines it and finds that the contaminated area has faded after being washed, he must cut the spot from the clothing, the fabric, or the leather.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:6 - He will take the live bird, the cedar stick, the scarlet yarn, and the hyssop branch, and dip them into the blood of the bird that was slaughtered over the fresh water.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:11 - Then the officiating priest will present that person for purification, along with the offerings, before the LORD at the entrance of the Tabernacle.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:12 - The priest will take one of the male lambs and the olive oil and present them as a guilt offering, lifting them up as a special offering before the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:14 - The priest will then take some of the blood of the guilt offering and apply it to the lobe of the right ear, the thumb of the right hand, and the big toe of the right foot of the person being purified.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:15 - “Then the priest will pour some of the olive oil into the palm of his own left hand.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:16 - He will dip his right finger into the oil in his palm and sprinkle some of it with his finger seven times before the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:17 - The priest will then apply some of the oil in his palm over the blood from the guilt offering that is on the lobe of the right ear, the thumb of the right hand, and the big toe of the right foot of the person being purified.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:23 - On the eighth day of the purification ceremony, the person being purified must bring the offerings to the priest in the LORD's presence at the entrance of the Tabernacle.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:24 - The priest will take the lamb for the guilt offering, along with the olive oil, and lift them up as a special offering to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:25 - Then the priest will slaughter the lamb for the guilt offering. He will take some of its blood and apply it to the lobe of the right ear, the thumb of the right hand, and the big toe of the right foot of the person being purified.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:26 - “The priest will also pour some of the olive oil into the palm of his own left hand.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:27 - He will dip his right finger into the oil in his palm and sprinkle some of it seven times before the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:28 - The priest will then apply some of the oil in his palm over the blood from the guilt offering that is on the lobe of the right ear, the thumb of the right hand, and the big toe of the right foot of the person being purified.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:29 - The priest will apply the oil remaining in his hand to the head of the person being purified. Through this process, the priest will purify the person before the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:36 - Before the priest goes in to inspect the house, he must have the house emptied so nothing inside will be pronounced ceremonially unclean.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:51 - He will take the cedar stick, the hyssop branch, the scarlet yarn, and the live bird, and dip them into the blood of the slaughtered bird and into the fresh water. Then he will sprinkle the house seven times.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:52 - When the priest has purified the house in exactly this way,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:56 - and a swelling on the skin, a rash, or discolored skin.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:57 - This procedure will determine whether a person or object is ceremonially clean or unclean.
“These are the instructions regarding skin diseases and mildew.”
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 15:6 - If you sit where the man with the discharge has sat, you must wash your clothes and bathe yourself in water, and you will remain unclean until evening.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:14 - On the eighth day he must get two turtledoves or two young pigeons and come before the LORD at the entrance of the Tabernacle[fn] and give his offerings to the priest.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:23 - This includes her bed or any other object she has sat on; you will be unclean until evening if you touch it.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:29 - On the eighth day she must bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons and present them to the priest at the entrance of the Tabernacle.
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 16:7 - Then he must take the two male goats and present them to the LORD at the entrance of the Tabernacle.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:10 - The other goat, the scapegoat chosen by lot to be sent away, will be kept alive, standing before the LORD. When it is sent away to Azazel in the wilderness, the people will be purified and made right with the LORD.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:12 - he will fill an incense burner with burning coals from the altar that stands before the LORD. Then he will take two handfuls of fragrant powdered incense and will carry the burner and the incense behind the inner curtain.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:13 - There in the LORD's presence he will put the incense on the burning coals so that a cloud of incense will rise over the Ark's cover—the place of atonement—that rests on the Ark of the Covenant.[fn] If he follows these instructions, he will not die.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:14 - Then he must take some of the blood of the bull, dip his finger in it, and sprinkle it on the east side of the atonement cover. He must sprinkle blood seven times with his finger in front of the atonement cover.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:15 - “Then Aaron must slaughter the first goat as a sin offering for the people and carry its blood behind the inner curtain. There he will sprinkle the goat's blood over the atonement cover and in front of it, just as he did with the bull's blood.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:16 - Through this process, he will purify[fn] the Most Holy Place, and he will do the same for the entire Tabernacle, because of the defiling sin and rebellion of the Israelites.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:17 - No one else is allowed inside the Tabernacle when Aaron enters it for the purification ceremony in the Most Holy Place. No one may enter until he comes out again after purifying himself, his family, and all the congregation of Israel, making them right with the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:18 - “Then Aaron will come out to purify the altar that stands before the LORD. He will do this by taking some of the blood from the bull and the goat and putting it on each of the horns of the altar.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:19 - Then he must sprinkle the blood with his finger seven times over the altar. In this way, he will cleanse it from Israel's defilement and make it holy.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:20 - “When Aaron has finished purifying the Most Holy Place and the Tabernacle and the altar, he must present the live goat.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:23 - “When Aaron goes back into the Tabernacle, he must take off the linen garments he was wearing when he entered the Most Holy Place, and he must leave the garments there.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:33 - and purify the Most Holy Place, the Tabernacle, the altar, the priests, and the entire congregation.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:4 - instead of bringing it to the entrance of the Tabernacle[fn] to present it as an offering to the LORD, that person will be as guilty as a murderer.[fn] Such a person has shed blood and will be cut off from the community.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:5 - The purpose of this rule is to stop the Israelites from sacrificing animals in the open fields. It will ensure that they bring their sacrifices to the priest at the entrance of the Tabernacle, so he can present them to the LORD as peace offerings.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:6 - Then the priest will be able to splatter the blood against the LORD's altar at the entrance of the Tabernacle, and he will burn the fat as a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:9 - but does not bring it to the entrance of the Tabernacle to offer it to the LORD, that person will be cut off from the community.
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 18:21 - “Do not permit any of your children to be offered as a sacrifice to Molech, for you must not bring shame on the name of your God. I am the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:21 - The man, however, must bring a ram as a guilt offering and present it to the LORD at the entrance of the Tabernacle.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:2 - “Give the people of Israel these instructions, which apply both to native Israelites and to the foreigners living in Israel.
“If any of them offer their children as a sacrifice to Molech, they must be put to death. The people of the community must stone them to death.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:3 - I myself will turn against them and cut them off from the community, because they have defiled my sanctuary and brought shame on my holy name by offering their children to Molech.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:4 - And if the people of the community ignore those who offer their children to Molech and refuse to execute them,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:18 - “If a man has sexual relations with a woman during her menstrual period, both of them must be cut off from the community, for together they have exposed the source of her blood flow.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:9 - “If a priest's daughter defiles herself by becoming a prostitute, she also defiles her father's holiness, and she must be burned to death.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:10 - “The high priest has the highest rank of all the priests. The anointing oil has been poured on his head, and he has been ordained to wear the priestly garments. He must never leave his hair uncombed[fn] or tear his clothing.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:13 - “The high priest may marry only a virgin.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:14 - He may not marry a widow, a woman who is divorced, or a woman who has defiled herself by prostitution. She must be a virgin from his own clan,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:17 - “Give the following instructions to Aaron: In all future generations, none of your descendants who has any defect will qualify to offer food to his God.
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 22:3 - Give them the following instructions.
“In all future generations, if any of your descendants is ceremonially unclean when he approaches the sacred offerings that the people of Israel consecrate to the LORD, he must be cut off from my presence. I am the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:4 - “If any of Aaron's descendants has a skin disease[fn] or any kind of discharge that makes him ceremonially unclean, he may not eat from the sacred offerings until he has been pronounced clean. He also becomes unclean by touching a corpse, or by having an emission of semen,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:32 - Do not bring shame on my holy name, for I will display my holiness among the people of Israel. I am the LORD who makes you holy.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:13 - With it you must present a grain offering consisting of four quarts[fn] of choice flour moistened with olive oil. It will be a special gift, a pleasing aroma to the LORD. You must also offer one quart[fn] of wine as a liquid offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:15 - “From the day after the Sabbath—the day you bring the bundle of grain to be lifted up as a special offering—count off seven full weeks.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:19 - Then you must offer one male goat as a sin offering and two one-year-old male lambs as a peace offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:20 - “The priest will lift up the two lambs as a special offering to the LORD, together with the loaves representing the first of your crops. These offerings, which are holy to the LORD, belong to the priests.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:3 - This is the lampstand that stands in the Tabernacle, in front of the inner curtain that shields the Ark of the Covenant.[fn] Aaron must keep the lamps burning in the LORD's presence all night. This is a permanent law for you, and it must be observed from generation to generation.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:5 - And don't store away the crops that grow on their own or gather the grapes from your unpruned vines. The land must have a year of complete rest.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:22 - When you plant your fields in the eighth year, you will still be eating from the large crop of the sixth year. In fact, you will still be eating from that large crop when the new crop is harvested in the ninth year.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:28 - But if the original owner cannot afford to buy back the land, it will remain with the new owner until the next Year of Jubilee. In the jubilee year, the land must be returned to the original owners so they can return to their family land.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:40 - Treat him instead as a hired worker or as a temporary resident who lives with you, and he will serve you only until the Year of Jubilee.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:50 - They will negotiate the price of their freedom with the person who bought them. The price will be based on the number of years from the time they were sold until the next Year of Jubilee—whatever it would cost to hire a worker for that period of time.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:51 - If many years still remain until the jubilee, they will repay the proper proportion of what they received when they sold themselves.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:13 - I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt so you would no longer be their slaves. I broke the yoke of slavery from your neck so you can walk with your heads held high.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:18 - “And if, in spite of all this, you still disobey me, I will punish you seven times over for your sins.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:44 - “But despite all this, I will not utterly reject or despise them while they are in exile in the land of their enemies. I will not cancel my covenant with them by wiping them out, for I am the LORD their God.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:45 - For their sakes I will remember my ancient covenant with their ancestors, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt in the sight of all the nations, that I might be their God. I am the LORD.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:15 - If the person who dedicated the house wants to buy it back, he must pay the value set by the priest, plus 20 percent. Then the house will again be his.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:19 - If the person who dedicated the field wants to buy it back, he must pay the value set by the priest, plus 20 percent. Then the field will again be legally his.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:30 - “One-tenth of the produce of the land, whether grain from the fields or fruit from the trees, belongs to the LORD and must be set apart to him as holy.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:1 - A year after Israel's departure from Egypt, the LORD spoke to Moses in the Tabernacle[fn] in the wilderness of Sinai. On the first day of the second month[fn] of that year he said,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:50 - Put the Levites in charge of the Tabernacle of the Covenant,[fn] along with all its furnishings and equipment. They must carry the Tabernacle and all its furnishings as you travel, and they must take care of it and camp around it.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:53 - But the Levites will camp around the Tabernacle of the Covenant to protect the community of Israel from the LORD's anger. The Levites are responsible to stand guard around the Tabernacle.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:2 - “When the Israelites set up camp, each tribe will be assigned its own area. The tribal divisions will camp beneath their family banners on all four sides of the Tabernacle,[fn] but at some distance from it.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:7 - They will serve Aaron and the whole community, performing their sacred duties in and around the Tabernacle.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:8 - They will also maintain all the furnishings of the sacred tent,[fn] serving in the Tabernacle on behalf of all the Israelites.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:10 - Appoint Aaron and his sons to carry out the duties of the priesthood. But any unauthorized person who goes too near the sanctuary must be put to death.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:25 - These two clans were responsible to care for the Tabernacle, including the sacred tent with its layers of coverings, the curtain at its entrance,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:38 - The area in front of the Tabernacle, in the east toward the sunrise,[fn] was reserved for the tents of Moses and of Aaron and his sons, who had the final responsibility for the sanctuary on behalf of the people of Israel. Anyone other than a priest or Levite who went too near the sanctuary was to be put to death.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:3 - List all the men between the ages of thirty and fifty who are eligible to serve in the Tabernacle.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:4 - “The duties of the Kohathites at the Tabernacle will relate to the most sacred objects.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:5 - When the camp moves, Aaron and his sons must enter the Tabernacle first to take down the inner curtain and cover the Ark of the Covenant[fn] with it.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:9 - “Next they must cover the lampstand with a blue cloth, along with its lamps, lamp snuffers, trays, and special jars of olive oil.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:14 - All the altar utensils—the firepans, meat forks, shovels, basins, and all the containers—must be placed on the cloth, and a covering of fine goatskin leather must be spread over them. Finally, they must put the carrying poles in place.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:15 - The camp will be ready to move when Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary and all the sacred articles. The Kohathites will come and carry these things to the next destination. But they must not touch the sacred objects, or they will die. So these are the things from the Tabernacle that the Kohathites must carry.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:16 - “Eleazar son of Aaron the priest will be responsible for the oil of the lampstand, the fragrant incense, the daily grain offering, and the anointing oil. In fact, Eleazar will be responsible for the entire Tabernacle and everything in it, including the sanctuary and its furnishings.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:23 - List all the men between the ages of thirty and fifty who are eligible to serve in the Tabernacle.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:25 - They must carry the curtains of the Tabernacle, the Tabernacle itself with its coverings, the outer covering of fine goatskin leather, and the curtain for the Tabernacle entrance.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:26 - They are also to carry the curtains for the courtyard walls that surround the Tabernacle and altar, the curtain across the courtyard entrance, the ropes, and all the equipment related to their use. The Gershonites are responsible for all these items.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:28 - So these are the duties assigned to the Gershonite clans at the Tabernacle. They will be directly responsible to Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:30 - List all the men between the ages of thirty and fifty who are eligible to serve in the Tabernacle.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:31 - “Their only duty at the Tabernacle will be to carry loads. They will carry the frames of the Tabernacle, the crossbars, the posts, and the bases;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:32 - also the posts for the courtyard walls with their bases, pegs, and ropes; and all the accessories and everything else related to their use. Assign the various loads to each man by name.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:33 - So these are the duties of the Merarite clans at the Tabernacle. They are directly responsible to Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:35 - The list included all the men between thirty and fifty years of age who were eligible for service in the Tabernacle,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:37 - So this was the total of all those from the Kohathite clans who were eligible to serve at the Tabernacle. Moses and Aaron listed them, just as the LORD had commanded through Moses.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:39 - The list included all the men between thirty and fifty years of age who were eligible for service in the Tabernacle,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:41 - So this was the total of all those from the Gershonite clans who were eligible to serve at the Tabernacle. Moses and Aaron listed them, just as the LORD had commanded.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:43 - The list included all the men between thirty and fifty years of age who were eligible for service in the Tabernacle,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:47 - All the men between thirty and fifty years of age who were eligible for service in the Tabernacle and for its transportation
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:15 - the husband must bring his wife to the priest. He must also bring an offering of two quarts[fn] of barley flour to be presented on her behalf. Do not mix it with olive oil or frankincense, for it is a jealousy offering—an offering to prove whether or not she is guilty.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:17 - He must take some holy water in a clay jar and pour into it dust he has taken from the Tabernacle floor.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:18 - When the priest has presented the woman before the LORD, he must unbind her hair and place in her hands the offering of proof—the jealousy offering to determine whether her husband's suspicions are justified. The priest will stand before her, holding the jar of bitter water that brings a curse to those who are guilty.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:19 - The priest will then put the woman under oath and say to her, ‘If no other man has had sex with you, and you have not gone astray and defiled yourself while under your husband's authority, may you be immune from the effects of this bitter water that brings on the curse.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:10 - On the eighth day they must bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons to the priest at the entrance of the Tabernacle.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:13 - “This is the ritual law for Nazirites. At the conclusion of their time of separation as Nazirites, they must each go to the entrance of the Tabernacle
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 6:19 - After the Nazirite's head has been shaved, the priest will take for each of them the boiled shoulder of the ram, and he will take from the basket a cake and a wafer made without yeast. He will put them all into the Nazirite's hands.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:20 - Then the priest will lift them up as a special offering before the LORD. These are holy portions for the priest, along with the breast of the special offering and the thigh of the sacred offering that are lifted up before the LORD. After this ceremony the Nazirites may again drink wine.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:5 - “Receive their gifts, and use these oxen and wagons for transporting the Tabernacle.[fn] Distribute them among the Levites according to the work they have to do.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:9 - But he gave none of the wagons or oxen to the Kohathite division, since they were required to carry the sacred objects of the Tabernacle on their shoulders.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:10 - The leaders also presented dedication gifts for the altar at the time it was anointed. They each placed their gifts before the altar.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:11 - The LORD said to Moses, “Let one leader bring his gift each day for the dedication of the altar.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:84 - So this was the dedication offering brought by the leaders of Israel at the time the altar was anointed: twelve silver platters, twelve silver basins, and twelve gold incense containers.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:88 - Twenty-four bulls, sixty rams, sixty male goats, and sixty one-year-old male lambs were donated for the peace offerings. This was the dedication offering for the altar after it was anointed.
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 8:3 - So Aaron did this. He set up the seven lamps so they reflected their light forward, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:9 - Then assemble the whole community of Israel, and present the Levites at the entrance of the Tabernacle.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:15 - After this, they may go into the Tabernacle to do their work, because you have purified them and presented them as a special offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:19 - And of all the Israelites, I have assigned the Levites to Aaron and his sons. They will serve in the Tabernacle on behalf of the Israelites and make sacrifices to purify[fn] the people so no plague will strike them when they approach the sanctuary.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:22 - After that the Levites went into the Tabernacle to perform their duties, assisting Aaron and his sons. So they carried out all the commands that the LORD gave Moses concerning the Levites.
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 8:26 - After retirement they may assist their fellow Levites by serving as guards at the Tabernacle, but they may not officiate in the service. This is how you must assign duties to the Levites.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:12 - They must not leave any of the lamb until the next morning, and they must not break any of its bones. They must follow all the normal regulations concerning the Passover.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:14 - And if foreigners living among you want to celebrate the Passover to the LORD, they must follow these same decrees and regulations. The same laws apply both to native-born Israelites and to the foreigners living among you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:15 - On the day the Tabernacle was set up, the cloud covered it.[fn] But from evening until morning the cloud over the Tabernacle looked like a pillar of fire.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:3 - When both trumpets are blown, everyone must gather before you at the entrance of the Tabernacle.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:11 - In the second year after Israel's departure from Egypt—on the twentieth day of the second month[fn]—the cloud lifted from the Tabernacle of the Covenant.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:33 - They marched for three days after leaving the mountain of the LORD, with the Ark of the LORD's Covenant moving ahead of them to show them where to stop and rest.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:16 - Then the LORD said to Moses, “Gather before me seventy men who are recognized as elders and leaders of Israel. Bring them to the Tabernacle[fn] to stand there with you.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:17 - I will come down and talk to you there. I will take some of the Spirit that is upon you, and I will put the Spirit upon them also. They will bear the burden of the people along with you, so you will not have to carry it alone.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:25 - And the LORD came down in the cloud and spoke to Moses. Then he gave the seventy elders the same Spirit that was upon Moses. And when the Spirit rested upon them, they prophesied. But this never happened again.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:4 - So immediately the LORD called to Moses, Aaron, and Miriam and said, “Go out to the Tabernacle,[fn] all three of you!” So the three of them went to the Tabernacle.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:5 - Then the LORD descended in the pillar of cloud and stood at the entrance of the Tabernacle.[fn] “Aaron and Miriam!” he called, and they stepped forward.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:10 - But the whole community began to talk about stoning Joshua and Caleb. Then the glorious presence of the LORD appeared to all the Israelites at the Tabernacle.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:40 - Then they got up early the next morning and went to the top of the range of hills. “Let's go,” they said. “We realize that we have sinned, but now we are ready to enter the land the LORD has promised us.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:44 - But the people defiantly pushed ahead toward the hill country, even though neither Moses nor the Ark of the LORD's Covenant left the camp.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:4 - When you present these offerings, you must also give the LORD a grain offering of two quarts[fn] of choice flour mixed with one quart[fn] of olive oil.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:5 - For each lamb offered as a burnt offering or a special sacrifice, you must also present one quart of wine as a liquid offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:6 - “If the sacrifice is a ram, give a grain offering of four quarts[fn] of choice flour mixed with a third of a gallon[fn] of olive oil,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:7 - and give a third of a gallon of wine as a liquid offering. This will be a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:9 - you must also give a grain offering of six quarts[fn] of choice flour mixed with two quarts[fn] of olive oil,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:10 - and give two quarts of wine as a liquid offering. This will be a special gift, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:18 - So each of these men prepared an incense burner, lit the fire, and placed incense on it. Then they all stood at the entrance of the Tabernacle[fn] with Moses and Aaron.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:19 - Meanwhile, Korah had stirred up the entire community against Moses and Aaron, and they all gathered at the Tabernacle entrance. Then the glorious presence of the LORD appeared to the whole community,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:40 - This would warn the Israelites that no unauthorized person—no one who was not a descendant of Aaron—should ever enter the LORD's presence to burn incense. If anyone did, the same thing would happen to him as happened to Korah and his followers. So the LORD's instructions to Moses were carried out.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:42 - As the community gathered to protest against Moses and Aaron, they turned toward the Tabernacle and saw that the cloud had covered it, and the glorious presence of the LORD appeared.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:43 - Moses and Aaron came and stood in front of the Tabernacle,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:46 - And Moses said to Aaron, “Quick, take an incense burner and place burning coals on it from the altar. Lay incense on it, and carry it out among the people to purify them and make them right with the LORD.[fn] The LORD's anger is blazing against them—the plague has already begun.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:50 - Then because the plague had stopped, Aaron returned to Moses at the entrance of the Tabernacle.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:4 - Place these staffs in the Tabernacle in front of the Ark containing the tablets of the Covenant,[fn] where I meet with you.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:7 - Moses placed the staffs in the LORD's presence in the Tabernacle of the Covenant.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:8 - When he went into the Tabernacle of the Covenant the next day, he found that Aaron's staff, representing the tribe of Levi, had sprouted, budded, blossomed, and produced ripe almonds!
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:2 - “Bring your relatives of the tribe of Levi—your ancestral tribe—to assist you and your sons as you perform the sacred duties in front of the Tabernacle of the Covenant.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:4 - The Levites must join you in fulfilling their responsibilities for the care and maintenance of the Tabernacle,[fn] but no unauthorized person may assist you.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:5 - “You yourselves must perform the sacred duties inside the sanctuary and at the altar. If you follow these instructions, the LORD's anger will never again blaze against the people of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:6 - I myself have chosen your fellow Levites from among the Israelites to be your special assistants. They are a gift to you, dedicated to the LORD for service in the Tabernacle.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:7 - But you and your sons, the priests, must personally handle all the priestly rituals associated with the altar and with everything behind the inner curtain. I am giving you the priesthood as your special privilege of service. Any unauthorized person who comes too near the sanctuary will be put to death.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:18 - The meat of these animals will be yours, just like the breast and right thigh that are presented by lifting them up as a special offering before the altar.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:21 - As for the tribe of Levi, your relatives, I will compensate them for their service in the Tabernacle. Instead of an allotment of land, I will give them the tithes from the entire land of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:22 - “From now on, no Israelites except priests or Levites may approach the Tabernacle. If they come too near, they will be judged guilty and will die.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:23 - Only the Levites may serve at the Tabernacle, and they will be held responsible for any offenses against it. This is a permanent law for you, to be observed from generation to generation. The Levites will receive no allotment of land among the Israelites,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:26 - “Give these instructions to the Levites: When you receive from the people of Israel the tithes I have assigned as your allotment, give a tenth of the tithes you receive—a tithe of the tithe—to the LORD as a sacred offering.
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 19:4 - Eleazar will take some of its blood on his finger and sprinkle it seven times toward the front of the Tabernacle.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:6 - Eleazar the priest must then take a stick of cedar,[fn] a hyssop branch, and some scarlet yarn and throw them into the fire where the heifer is burning.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:16 - And if someone in an open field touches the corpse of someone who was killed with a sword or who died a natural death, or if someone touches a human bone or a grave, that person will be defiled for seven days.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:18 - Then someone who is ceremonially clean must take a hyssop branch and dip it into the water. That person must sprinkle the water on the tent, on all the furnishings in the tent, and on the people who were in the tent; also on the person who touched a human bone, or touched someone who was killed or who died naturally, or touched a grave.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:21 - This is a permanent law for the people. Those who sprinkle the water of purification must afterward wash their clothes, and anyone who then touches the water used for purification will remain defiled until evening.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:6 - Moses and Aaron turned away from the people and went to the entrance of the Tabernacle,[fn] where they fell face down on the ground. Then the glorious presence of the LORD appeared to them,
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 20:24 - “The time has come for Aaron to join his ancestors in death. He will not enter the land I am giving the people of Israel, because the two of you rebelled against my instructions concerning the water at Meribah.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:28 - At the summit, Moses removed the priestly garments from Aaron and put them on Eleazar, Aaron's son. Then Aaron died there on top of the mountain, and Moses and Eleazar went back down.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:4 - Then the people of Israel set out from Mount Hor, taking the road to the Red Sea[fn] to go around the land of Edom. But the people grew impatient with the long journey,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:17 - There the Israelites sang this song:
“Spring up, O well!
Yes, sing its praises!
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:20 - After that they went to the valley in Moab where Pisgah Peak overlooks the wasteland.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:35 - And Israel killed King Og, his sons, and all his subjects; not a single survivor remained. Then Israel occupied their land.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:4 - The king of Moab said to the elders of Midian, “This mob will devour everything in sight, like an ox devours grass in the field!”
So Balak, king of Moab,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:7 - Water will flow from their buckets;
their offspring have all they need.
Their king will be greater than Agag;
their kingdom will be exalted.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:6 - Just then one of the Israelite men brought a Midianite woman into his tent, right before the eyes of Moses and all the people, as everyone was weeping at the entrance of the Tabernacle.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:2 - These women stood before Moses, Eleazar the priest, the tribal leaders, and the entire community at the entrance of the Tabernacle.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:24 - On each of the seven days of the festival, this is how you must prepare the food offering that is presented as a special gift, a pleasing aroma to the LORD. These will be offered in addition to the regular burnt offerings and liquid offerings.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:31 - Prepare these special burnt offerings, along with their liquid offerings, in addition to the regular burnt offering and its accompanying grain offering. Be sure that all the animals you sacrifice have no defects.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:2 - A man who makes a vow to the LORD or makes a pledge under oath must never break it. He must do exactly what he said he would do.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:16 - “These are the very ones who followed Balaam's advice and caused the people of Israel to rebel against the LORD at Mount Peor. They are the ones who caused the plague to strike the LORD's people.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:19 - And all of you who have killed anyone or touched a dead body must stay outside the camp for seven days. You must purify yourselves and your captives on the third and seventh days.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:22 - Anything made of gold, silver, bronze, iron, tin, or lead—
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:29 - Give this share of the army's half to Eleazar the priest as an offering to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:30 - From the half that belongs to the people of Israel, take one of every fifty of the prisoners and of the cattle, donkeys, sheep, goats, and other animals. Give this share to the Levites, who are in charge of maintaining the LORD's Tabernacle.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:42 - Half of the plunder belonged to the people of Israel, and Moses separated it from the half belonging to the fighting men.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:47 - From the half-share given to the people, Moses took one of every fifty prisoners and animals and gave them to the Levites, who maintained the LORD's Tabernacle. All this was done as the LORD had commanded Moses.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:54 - So Moses and Eleazar the priest accepted the gifts from the generals and captains and brought the gold to the Tabernacle[fn] as a reminder to the LORD that the people of Israel belong to him.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:24 - Go ahead and build towns for your families and pens for your flocks, but do everything you have promised.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:42 - Meanwhile, a man named Nobah captured the town of Kenath and its surrounding villages, and he renamed that area Nobah after himself.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:3 - They set out from the city of Rameses in early spring—on the fifteenth day of the first month[fn]—on the morning after the first Passover celebration. The people of Israel left defiantly, in full view of all the Egyptians.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:33 - They left Hor-haggidgad and camped at Jotbathah.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:41 - Meanwhile, the Israelites left Mount Hor and camped at Zalmonah.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:8 - then to Lebo-hamath, and on through Zedad
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:25 - The community must protect the slayer from the avenger and must escort the slayer back to live in the city of refuge to which he fled. There he must remain until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with the sacred oil.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:32 - And never accept a ransom payment from someone who has fled to a city of refuge, allowing a slayer to return to his property before the death of the high priest.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:33 - This will ensure that the land where you live will not be polluted, for murder pollutes the land. And no sacrifice except the execution of the murderer can purify the land from murder.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:20 - I said to you, ‘You have now reached the hill country of the Amorites that the LORD our God is giving us.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:3 - “So the LORD our God handed King Og and all his people over to us, and we killed them all. Not a single person survived.
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 4:12 - And the LORD spoke to you from the heart of the fire. You heard the sound of his words but didn't see his form; there was only a voice.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:15 - “But be very careful! You did not see the LORD's form on the day he spoke to you from the heart of the fire at Mount Sinai.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:33 - Has any nation ever heard the voice of God[fn] speaking from fire—as you did—and survived?
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:36 - He let you hear his voice from heaven so he could instruct you. He let you see his great fire here on earth so he could speak to you from it.
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 5:4 - At the mountain the LORD spoke to you face to face from the heart of the fire.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:5 - I stood as an intermediary between you and the LORD, for you were afraid of the fire and did not want to approach the mountain. He spoke to me, and I passed his words on to you. This is what he said:
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 5:22 - “The LORD spoke these words to all of you assembled there at the foot of the mountain. He spoke with a loud voice from the heart of the fire, surrounded by clouds and deep darkness. This was all he said at that time, and he wrote his words on two stone tablets and gave them to me.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:23 - “But when you heard the voice from the heart of the darkness, while the mountain was blazing with fire, all your tribal leaders and elders came to me.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:24 - They said, ‘Look, the LORD our God has shown us his glory and greatness, and we have heard his voice from the heart of the fire. Today we have seen that God can speak to us humans, and yet we live!
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:26 - Can any living thing hear the voice of the living God from the heart of the fire as we did and yet survive?
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:11 - “But that is the time to be careful! Beware that in your plenty you do not forget the LORD your God and disobey his commands, regulations, and decrees that I am giving you today.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:18 - Remember the LORD your God. He is the one who gives you power to be successful, in order to fulfill the covenant he confirmed to your ancestors with an oath.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:15 - “So while the mountain was blazing with fire I turned and came down, holding in my hands the two stone tablets inscribed with the terms of the covenant.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:21 - I took your sin—the calf you had made—and I melted it down in the fire and ground it into fine dust. Then I threw the dust into the stream that flows down the mountain.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:4 - Once again the LORD wrote the Ten Commandments[fn] on the tablets and gave them to me. They were the same words the LORD had spoken to you from the heart of the fire on the day you were assembled at the foot of the mountain.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:5 - Then I turned and came down the mountain and placed the tablets in the Ark of the Covenant, which I had made, just as the LORD commanded me. And the tablets are still there in the Ark.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:32 - you must be careful to obey all the decrees and regulations I am giving you today.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:1 - “These are the decrees and regulations you must be careful to obey when you live in the land that the LORD, the God of your ancestors, is giving you. You must obey them as long as you live.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:9 - because you have not yet arrived at the place of rest, the land the LORD your God is giving you as your special possession.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:17 - “But you may not eat your offerings in your hometown—neither the tithe of your grain and new wine and olive oil, nor the firstborn of your flocks and herds, nor any offering to fulfill a vow, nor your voluntary offerings, nor your sacred offerings.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:23 - But never consume the blood, for the blood is the life, and you must not consume the lifeblood with the meat.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:27 - You must offer the meat and blood of your burnt offerings on the altar of the LORD your God. The blood of your other sacrifices must be poured out on the altar of the LORD your God, but you may eat the meat.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:17 - Keep none of the plunder that has been set apart for destruction. Then the LORD will turn from his fierce anger and be merciful to you. He will have compassion on you and make you a large nation, just as he swore to your ancestors.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:22 - “You must set aside a tithe of your crops—one-tenth of all the crops you harvest each year.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:23 - Bring this tithe to the designated place of worship—the place the LORD your God chooses for his name to be honored—and eat it there in his presence. This applies to your tithes of grain, new wine, olive oil, and the firstborn males of your flocks and herds. Doing this will teach you always to fear the LORD your God.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:3 - This release from debt, however, applies only to your fellow Israelites—not to the foreigners living among you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:11 - After they have interpreted the law and declared their verdict, the sentence they impose must be fully executed; do not modify it in any way.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:4 - You must also give to the priests the first share of the grain, the new wine, the olive oil, and the wool at shearing time.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:5 - For example, suppose someone goes into the forest with a neighbor to cut wood. And suppose one of them swings an ax to chop down a tree, and the ax head flies off the handle, killing the other person. In such cases, the slayer may flee to one of the cities of refuge to live in safety.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:6 - “If the distance to the nearest city of refuge is too far, an enraged avenger might be able to chase down and kill the person who caused the death. Then the slayer would die unfairly, since he had never shown hostility toward the person who died.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:12 - In that case, the elders of the murderer's hometown must send agents to the city of refuge to bring him back and hand him over to the dead person's avenger to be put to death.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:23 - the body must not remain hanging from the tree overnight. You must bury the body that same day, for anyone who is hung[fn] is cursed in the sight of God. In this way, you will prevent the defilement of the land the LORD your God is giving you as your special possession.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:9 - “You must not plant any other crop between the rows of your vineyard. If you do, you are forbidden to use either the grapes from the vineyard or the other crop.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:6 - The first son she bears to him will be considered the son of the dead brother, so that his name will not be forgotten in Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:4 - The priest will then take the basket from your hand and set it before the altar of the LORD your God.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:26 - ‘Cursed is anyone who does not affirm and obey the terms of these instructions.'
And all the people will reply, ‘Amen.'
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:59 - then the LORD will overwhelm you and your children with indescribable plagues. These plagues will be intense and without relief, making you miserable and unbearably sick.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:6 - “The LORD your God will change your heart[fn] and the hearts of all your descendants, so that you will love him with all your heart and soul and so you may live!
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:14 - Then the LORD said to Moses, “The time has come for you to die. Call Joshua and present yourselves at the Tabernacle,[fn] so that I may commission him there.” So Moses and Joshua went and presented themselves at the Tabernacle.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:15 - And the LORD appeared to them in a pillar of cloud that stood at the entrance to the sacred tent.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:21 - And when great disasters come down on them, this song will stand as evidence against them, for it will never be forgotten by their descendants. I know the intentions of these people, even now before they have entered the land I swore to give them.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:51 - For both of you betrayed me with the Israelites at the waters of Meribah at Kadesh[fn] in the wilderness of Zin. You failed to demonstrate my holiness to the people of Israel there.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:26 - “There is no one like the God of Israel.[fn]
He rides across the heavens to help you,
across the skies in majestic splendor.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:8 - Study this Book of Instruction continually. Meditate on it day and night so you will be sure to obey everything written in it. Only then will you prosper and succeed in all you do.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:6 - (Actually, she had taken them up to the roof and hidden them beneath bundles of flax she had laid out.)
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:23 - Then the two spies came down from the hill country, crossed the Jordan River, and reported to Joshua all that had happened to them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:1 - Early the next morning Joshua and all the Israelites left Acacia Grove[fn] and arrived at the banks of the Jordan River, where they camped before crossing.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:8 - Give this command to the priests who carry the Ark of the Covenant: ‘When you reach the banks of the Jordan River, take a few steps into the river and stop there.'”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:15 - It was the harvest season, and the Jordan was overflowing its banks. But as soon as the feet of the priests who were carrying the Ark touched the water at the river's edge,
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:14 - That day the LORD made Joshua a great leader in the eyes of all the Israelites, and for the rest of his life they revered him as much as they had revered Moses.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:16 - “Command the priests carrying the Ark of the Covenant[fn] to come up out of the riverbed.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:23 - For the LORD your God dried up the river right before your eyes, and he kept it dry until you were all across, just as he did at the Red Sea[fn] when he dried it up until we had all crossed over.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:18 - “Do not take any of the things set apart for destruction, or you yourselves will be completely destroyed, and you will bring trouble on the camp of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:1 - But Israel violated the instructions about the things set apart for the LORD.[fn] A man named Achan had stolen some of these dedicated things, so the LORD was very angry with the Israelites. Achan was the son of Carmi, a descendant of Zimri[fn] son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:5 - chased the Israelites from the town gate as far as the quarries,[fn] and they killed about thirty-six who were retreating down the slope. The Israelites were paralyzed with fear at this turn of events, and their courage melted away.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:11 - Israel has sinned and broken my covenant! They have stolen some of the things that I commanded must be set apart for me. And they have not only stolen them but have lied about it and hidden the things among their own belongings.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:22 - Meanwhile, the Israelites who were inside the town came out and attacked the enemy from the rear. So the men of Ai were caught in the middle, with Israelite fighters on both sides. Israel attacked them, and not a single person survived or escaped.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:29 - Joshua impaled the king of Ai on a sharpened pole and left him there until evening. At sunset the Israelites took down the body, as Joshua commanded, and threw it in front of the town gate. They piled a great heap of stones over him that can still be seen today.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:15 - Then Joshua made a peace treaty with them and guaranteed their safety, and the leaders of the community ratified their agreement with a binding oath.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:27 - But that day he made the Gibeonites the woodcutters and water carriers for the community of Israel and for the altar of the LORD—wherever the LORD would choose to build it. And that is what they do to this day.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:18 - he issued this command: “Cover the opening of the cave with large rocks, and place guards at the entrance to keep the kings inside.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:22 - Then Joshua said, “Remove the rocks covering the opening of the cave, and bring the five kings to me.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:23 - So they brought the five kings out of the cave—the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:33 - During the attack on Lachish, King Horam of Gezer arrived with his army to help defend the town. But Joshua's men killed him and his army, leaving no survivors.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:5 - The kings joined forces and established their camp around the water near Merom to fight against Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:8 - And the LORD gave them victory over their enemies. The Israelites chased them as far as Greater Sidon and Misrephoth-maim, and eastward into the valley of Mizpah, until not one enemy warrior was left alive.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:1 - These are the kings east of the Jordan River who had been killed by the Israelites and whose land was taken. Their territory extended from the Arnon Gorge to Mount Hermon and included all the land east of the Jordan Valley.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:7 - The following is a list of the kings that Joshua and the Israelite armies defeated on the west side of the Jordan, from Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon to Mount Halak, which leads up to Seir. (Joshua gave this land to the tribes of Israel as their possession,
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 14:3 - Moses had already given a grant of land to the two and a half tribes on the east side of the Jordan River, but he had given the Levites no such allotment.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:5 - The eastern boundary extended along the Dead Sea to the mouth of the Jordan River. The northern boundary began at the bay where the Jordan River empties into the Dead Sea,
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:9 - From there the boundary extended from the top of the mountain to the spring at the waters of Nephtoah,[fn] and from there to the towns on Mount Ephron. Then it turned toward Baalah (that is, Kiriath-jearim).
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:1 - Now that the land was under Israelite control, the entire community of Israel gathered at Shiloh and set up the Tabernacle.[fn]
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 19:47 - But the tribe of Dan had trouble taking possession of their land,[fn] so they attacked the town of Laish.[fn] They captured it, slaughtered its people, and settled there. They renamed the town Dan after their ancestor.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:51 - These are the territories that Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the tribal leaders allocated as grants of land to the tribes of Israel by casting sacred lots in the presence of the LORD at the entrance of the Tabernacle[fn] at Shiloh. So the division of the land was completed.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:5 - The other families of the Kohathite clan were allotted ten towns from the tribes of Ephraim, Dan, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:6 - The clan of Gershon was allotted thirteen towns from the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:21 - Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim (a city of refuge for those who accidentally killed someone), Gezer,
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:25 - The half-tribe of Manasseh allotted the following towns with their pasturelands to the priests: Taanach and Gath-rimmon—two towns.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:27 - The descendants of Gershon, another clan within the tribe of Levi, received the following towns with their pasturelands from the half-tribe of Manasseh: Golan in Bashan (a city of refuge for those who accidentally killed someone) and Be-eshterah—two towns.
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 22:19 - “If you need the altar because the land you possess is defiled, then join us in the LORD's land, where the Tabernacle of the LORD is situated, and share our land with us. But do not rebel against the LORD or against us by building an altar other than the one true altar of the LORD our God.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:20 - Didn't divine anger fall on the entire community of Israel when Achan, a member of the clan of Zerah, sinned by stealing the things set apart for the LORD[fn]? He was not the only one who died because of his sin.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:26 - “So we decided to build the altar, not for burnt offerings or sacrifices,
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:27 - but as a memorial. It will remind our descendants and your descendants that we, too, have the right to worship the LORD at his sanctuary with our burnt offerings, sacrifices, and peace offerings. Then your descendants will not be able to say to ours, ‘You have no claim to the LORD.'
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 22:32 - Then Phinehas son of Eleazar, the priest, and the other leaders left the tribes of Reuben and Gad in Gilead and returned to the land of Canaan to tell the Israelites what had happened.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:33 - And all the Israelites were satisfied and praised God and spoke no more of war against Reuben and Gad.
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 23:11 - So be very careful to love the LORD your God.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:13 - then know for certain that the LORD your God will no longer drive them out of your land. Instead, they will be a snare and a trap to you, a whip for your backs and thorny brambles in your eyes, and you will vanish from this good land the LORD your God has given you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:3 - But I took your ancestor Abraham from the land beyond the Euphrates and led him into the land of Canaan. I gave him many descendants through his son Isaac.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:30 - They buried him in the land he had been allocated, at Timnath-serah in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:1 - After the death of Joshua, the Israelites asked the LORD, “Which tribe should go first to attack the Canaanites?”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:14 - When Acsah married Othniel, she urged him[fn] to ask her father for a field. As she got down off her donkey, Caleb asked her, “What's the matter?”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:1 - The angel of the LORD went up from Gilgal to Bokim and said to the Israelites, “I brought you out of Egypt into this land that I swore to give your ancestors, and I said I would never break my covenant with you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:3 - So now I declare that I will no longer drive out the people living in your land. They will be thorns in your sides,[fn] and their gods will be a constant temptation to you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:6 - After Joshua sent the people away, each of the tribes left to take possession of the land allotted to them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:9 - They buried him in the land he had been allocated, at Timnath-serah[fn] in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:17 - Yet Israel did not listen to the judges but prostituted themselves by worshiping other gods. How quickly they turned away from the path of their ancestors, who had walked in obedience to the LORD's commands.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:21 - I will no longer drive out the nations that Joshua left unconquered when he died.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:22 - I did this to test Israel—to see whether or not they would follow the ways of the LORD as their ancestors did.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:23 - That is why the LORD left those nations in place. He did not quickly drive them out or allow Joshua to conquer them all.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:2 - He did this to teach warfare to generations of Israelites who had no experience in battle.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:3 - These are the nations: the Philistines (those living under the five Philistine rulers), all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites living in the mountains of Lebanon from Mount Baal-hermon to Lebo-hamath.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:21 - Ehud reached with his left hand, pulled out the dagger strapped to his right thigh, and plunged it into the king's belly.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:23 - Then Ehud closed and locked the doors of the room and escaped down the latrine.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:24 - After Ehud was gone, the king's servants returned and found the doors to the upstairs room locked. They thought he might be using the latrine in the room,
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:25 - so they waited. But when the king didn't come out after a long delay, they became concerned and got a key. And when they opened the doors, they found their master dead on the floor.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:5 - She would sit under the Palm of Deborah, between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, and the Israelites would go to her for judgment.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:14 - Then Deborah said to Barak, “Get ready! This is the day the LORD will give you victory over Sisera, for the LORD is marching ahead of you.” So Barak led his 10,000 warriors down the slopes of Mount Tabor into battle.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:15 - When Barak attacked, the LORD threw Sisera and all his chariots and warriors into a panic. Sisera leaped down from his chariot and escaped on foot.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:19 - “Please give me some water,” he said. “I'm thirsty.” So she gave him some milk from a leather bag and covered him again.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:16 - Why did you sit at home among the sheepfolds—
to hear the shepherds whistle for their flocks?
Yes, in the tribe of Reuben
there was great indecision.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:4 - camping in the land and destroying crops as far away as Gaza. They left the Israelites with nothing to eat, taking all the sheep, goats, cattle, and donkeys.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:5 - These enemy hordes, coming with their livestock and tents, were as thick as locusts; they arrived on droves of camels too numerous to count. And they stayed until the land was stripped bare.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:11 - Then the angel of the LORD came and sat beneath the great tree at Ophrah, which belonged to Joash of the clan of Abiezer. Gideon son of Joash was threshing wheat at the bottom of a winepress to hide the grain from the Midianites.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:18 - Don't go away until I come back and bring my offering to you.”
He answered, “I will stay here until you return.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:26 - Then build an altar to the LORD your God here on this hilltop sanctuary, laying the stones carefully. Sacrifice the bull as a burnt offering on the altar, using as fuel the wood of the Asherah pole you cut down.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:3 - Therefore, tell the people, ‘Whoever is timid or afraid may leave this mountain[fn] and go home.'” So 22,000 of them went home, leaving only 10,000 who were willing to fight.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:5 - When Gideon took his warriors down to the water, the LORD told him, “Divide the men into two groups. In one group put all those who cup water in their hands and lap it up with their tongues like dogs. In the other group put all those who kneel down and drink with their mouths in the stream.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:6 - Only 300 of the men drank from their hands. All the others got down on their knees and drank with their mouths in the stream.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:15 - When Gideon heard the dream and its interpretation, he bowed in worship before the LORD.[fn] Then he returned to the Israelite camp and shouted, “Get up! For the LORD has given you victory over the Midianite hordes!”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:20 - Then all three groups blew their horns and broke their jars. They held the blazing torches in their left hands and the horns in their right hands, and they all shouted, “A sword for the LORD and for Gideon!”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:25 - They captured Oreb and Zeeb, the two Midianite commanders, killing Oreb at the rock of Oreb, and Zeeb at the winepress of Zeeb. And they continued to chase the Midianites. Afterward the Israelites brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon, who was by the Jordan River.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:1 - Then the people of Ephraim asked Gideon, “Why have you treated us this way? Why didn't you send for us when you first went out to fight the Midianites?” And they argued heatedly with Gideon.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:33 - As soon as Gideon died, the Israelites prostituted themselves by worshiping the images of Baal, making Baal-berith their god.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:7 - When Jotham heard about this, he climbed to the top of Mount Gerizim and shouted,
“Listen to me, citizens of Shechem!
Listen to me if you want God to listen to you!
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:8 - Once upon a time the trees decided to choose a king.
First they said to the olive tree,
‘Be our king!'
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:24 - God was punishing Abimelech for murdering Gideon's seventy sons, and the citizens of Shechem for supporting him in this treachery of murdering his brothers.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:37 - But again Gaal said, “No, people are coming down from the hills.[fn] And another group is coming down the road past the Diviners' Oak.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:41 - Abimelech returned to Arumah, and Zebul drove Gaal and his brothers out of Shechem.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:1 - After Abimelech died, Tola son of Puah, son of Dodo, was the next person to rescue Israel. He was from the tribe of Issachar but lived in the town of Shamir in the hill country of Ephraim.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:13 - Yet you have abandoned me and served other gods. So I will not rescue you anymore.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:27 - Therefore, I have not sinned against you. Rather, you have wronged me by attacking me. Let the LORD, who is judge, decide today which of us is right—Israel or Ammon.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:32 - So Jephthah led his army against the Ammonites, and the LORD gave him victory.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:33 - He crushed the Ammonites, devastating about twenty towns from Aroer to an area near Minnith and as far away as Abel-keramim. In this way Israel defeated the Ammonites.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:36 - And she said, “Father, if you have made a vow to the LORD, you must do to me what you have vowed, for the LORD has given you a great victory over your enemies, the Ammonites.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:3 - So when I realized you weren't coming, I risked my life and went to battle without you, and the LORD gave me victory over the Ammonites. So why have you now come to fight me?”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:6 - they would tell him to say “Shibboleth.” If he was from Ephraim, he would say “Sibboleth,” because people from Ephraim cannot pronounce the word correctly. Then they would take him and kill him at the shallow crossings of the Jordan. In all, 42,000 Ephraimites were killed at that time.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:12 - So Manoah asked him, “When your words come true, what kind of rules should govern the boy's life and work?”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:20 - As the flames from the altar shot up toward the sky, the angel of the LORD ascended in the fire. When Manoah and his wife saw this, they fell with their faces to the ground.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:12 - But the men of Judah told him, “We have come to tie you up and hand you over to the Philistines.”
“All right,” Samson said. “But promise that you won't kill me yourselves.”
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 16:6 - So Delilah said to Samson, “Please tell me what makes you so strong and what it would take to tie you up securely.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:9 - She had hidden some men in one of the inner rooms of her house, and she cried out, “Samson! The Philistines have come to capture you!” But Samson snapped the bowstrings as a piece of string snaps when it is burned by a fire. So the secret of his strength was not discovered.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:13 - Then Delilah said, “You've been making fun of me and telling me lies! Now tell me how you can be tied up securely.”
Samson replied, “If you were to weave the seven braids of my hair into the fabric on your loom and tighten it with the loom shuttle, I would become as weak as anyone else.”
So while he slept, Delilah wove the seven braids of his hair into the fabric.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:23 - The Philistine rulers held a great festival, offering sacrifices and praising their god, Dagon. They said, “Our god has given us victory over our enemy Samson!”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:27 - Now the temple was completely filled with people. All the Philistine rulers were there, and there were about 3,000 men and women on the roof who were watching as Samson amused them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:3 - He returned the money to her, and she said, “I now dedicate these silver coins to the LORD. In honor of my son, I will have an image carved and an idol cast.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:4 - So when he returned the money to his mother, she took 200 silver coins and gave them to a silversmith, who made them into an image and an idol. And these were placed in Micah's house.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:8 - He had left Bethlehem in search of another place to live, and as he traveled, he came to the hill country of Ephraim. He happened to stop at Micah's house as he was traveling through.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:1 - Now in those days Israel had no king. And the tribe of Dan was trying to find a place where they could settle, for they had not yet moved into the land assigned to them when the land was divided among the tribes of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:2 - So the men of Dan chose from their clans five capable warriors from the towns of Zorah and Eshtaol to scout out a land for them to settle in.
When these warriors arrived in the hill country of Ephraim, they came to Micah's house and spent the night there.
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 18:9 - The men replied, “Come on, let's attack them! We have seen the land, and it is very good. What are you waiting for? Don't hesitate to go and take possession of it.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:13 - Then they went on from there into the hill country of Ephraim and came to the house of Micah.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:15 - Then the five men turned off the road and went over to Micah's house, where the young Levite lived, and greeted him kindly.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:3 - her husband set out for Bethlehem to speak personally to her and persuade her to come back. He took with him a servant and a pair of donkeys. When he arrived at[fn] her father's house, her father saw him and welcomed him.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:5 - On the fourth day the man was up early, ready to leave, but the woman's father said to his son-in-law, “Have something to eat before you go.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:9 - Later, as the man and his concubine and servant were preparing to leave, his father-in-law said, “Look, it's almost evening. Stay the night and enjoy yourself. Tomorrow you can get up early and be on your way.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:15 - so they stopped there to spend the night. They rested in the town square, but no one took them in for the night.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:27 - When her husband opened the door to leave, there lay his concubine with her hands on the threshold.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:14 - Instead, they came from their towns and gathered at Gibeah to fight the Israelites.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:38 - They had arranged to send up a large cloud of smoke from the town as a signal.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:39 - When the Israelites saw the smoke, they turned and attacked Benjamin's warriors.
By that time Benjamin's warriors had killed about thirty Israelites, and they shouted, “We're defeating them as we did in the first battle!”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:3 - “O LORD, God of Israel,” they cried out, “why has this happened in Israel? Now one of our tribes is missing from Israel!”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:7 - How can we find wives for the few who remain, since we have sworn by the LORD not to give them our daughters in marriage?”
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:1 - In the days when the judges ruled in Israel, a severe famine came upon the land. So a man from Bethlehem in Judah left his home and went to live in the country of Moab, taking his wife and two sons with him.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:7 - With her two daughters-in-law she set out from the place where she had been living, and they took the road that would lead them back to Judah.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:12 - No, my daughters, return to your parents' homes, for I am too old to marry again. And even if it were possible, and I were to get married tonight and bear sons, then what?
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:13 - Would you wait for them to grow up and refuse to marry someone else? No, of course not, my daughters! Things are far more bitter for me than for you, because the LORD himself has raised his fist against me.”
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:16 - But Ruth replied, “Don't ask me to leave you and turn back. Wherever you go, I will go; wherever you live, I will live. Your people will be my people, and your God will be my God.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:18 - When Naomi saw that Ruth was determined to go with her, she said nothing more.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:19 - So the two of them continued on their journey. When they came to Bethlehem, the entire town was excited by their arrival. “Is it really Naomi?” the women asked.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:9 - See which part of the field they are harvesting, and then follow them. I have warned the young men not to treat you roughly. And when you are thirsty, help yourself to the water they have drawn from the well.”
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:10 - Ruth fell at his feet and thanked him warmly. “What have I done to deserve such kindness?” she asked. “I am only a foreigner.”
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:14 - At mealtime Boaz called to her, “Come over here, and help yourself to some food. You can dip your bread in the sour wine.” So she sat with his harvesters, and Boaz gave her some roasted grain to eat. She ate all she wanted and still had some left over.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:15 - When Ruth went back to work again, Boaz ordered his young men, “Let her gather grain right among the sheaves without stopping her.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:14 - So Ruth lay at Boaz's feet until the morning, but she got up before it was light enough for people to recognize each other. For Boaz had said, “No one must know that a woman was here at the threshing floor.”
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:18 - Then Naomi said to her, “Just be patient, my daughter, until we hear what happens. The man won't rest until he has settled things today.”
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:4 - I thought I should speak to you about it so that you can redeem it if you wish. If you want the land, then buy it here in the presence of these witnesses. But if you don't want it, let me know right away, because I am next in line to redeem it after you.”
The man replied, “All right, I'll redeem it.”
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:5 - Then Boaz told him, “Of course, your purchase of the land from Naomi also requires that you marry Ruth, the Moabite widow. That way she can have children who will carry on her husband's name and keep the land in the family.”
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:7 - Now in those days it was the custom in Israel for anyone transferring a right of purchase to remove his sandal and hand it to the other party. This publicly validated the transaction.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:10 - And with the land I have acquired Ruth, the Moabite widow of Mahlon, to be my wife. This way she can have a son to carry on the family name of her dead husband and to inherit the family property here in his hometown. You are all witnesses today.”
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:12 - And may the LORD give you descendants by this young woman who will be like those of our ancestor Perez, the son of Tamar and Judah.”
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 1:6 - So Peninnah would taunt Hannah and make fun of her because the LORD had kept her from having children.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:22 - But Hannah did not go. She told her husband, “Wait until the boy is weaned. Then I will take him to the Tabernacle and leave him there with the LORD permanently.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:23 - “Whatever you think is best,” Elkanah agreed. “Stay here for now, and may the LORD help you keep your promise.” So she stayed home and nursed the boy until he was weaned.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:25 - After sacrificing the bull, they brought the boy to Eli.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:27 - I asked the LORD to give me this boy, and he has granted my request.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:3 - “Stop acting so proud and haughty!
Don't speak with such arrogance!
For the LORD is a God who knows what you have done;
he will judge your actions.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:20 - Before they returned home, Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife and say, “May the LORD give you other children to take the place of this one she gave to the LORD.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:24 - You must stop, my sons! The reports I hear among the LORD's people are not good.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:28 - I chose your ancestor Aaron[fn] from among all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to offer sacrifices on my altar, to burn incense, and to wear the priestly vest[fn] as he served me. And I assigned the sacrificial offerings to you priests.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:33 - Those who survive will live in sadness and grief, and their children will die a violent death.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:19 - Eli's daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was pregnant and near her time of delivery. When she heard that the Ark of God had been captured and that her father-in-law and husband were dead, she went into labor and gave birth.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:8 - “Don't stop pleading with the LORD our God to save us from the Philistines!” they begged Samuel.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:7 - “Do everything they say to you,” the LORD replied, “for it is me they are rejecting, not you. They don't want me to be their king any longer.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:13 - Hurry and catch him before he goes up there to eat. The guests won't begin eating until he arrives to bless the food.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:14 - So they entered the town, and as they passed through the gates, Samuel was coming out toward them to go up to the place of worship.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:15 - Now the LORD had told Samuel the previous day,
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:1 - Then Samuel took a flask of olive oil and poured it over Saul's head. He kissed Saul and said, “I am doing this because the LORD has appointed you to be the ruler over Israel, his special possession.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:8 - Then go down to Gilgal ahead of me. I will join you there to sacrifice burnt offerings and peace offerings. You must wait for seven days until I arrive and give you further instructions.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:23 - “As for me, I will certainly not sin against the LORD by ending my prayers for you. And I will continue to teach you what is good and right.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:12 - So I said, ‘The Philistines are ready to march against us at Gilgal, and I haven't even asked for the LORD's help!' So I felt compelled to offer the burnt offering myself before you came.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:21 - (The charges were as follows: a quarter of an ounce of silver[fn] for sharpening a plowshare or a pick, and an eighth of an ounce[fn] for sharpening an ax, a sickle, or an ox goad.)
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:14 - They killed some twenty men in all, and their bodies were scattered over about half an acre.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:27 - But Jonathan had not heard his father's command, and he dipped the end of his stick into a piece of honeycomb and ate the honey. After he had eaten it, he felt refreshed.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:29 - “My father has made trouble for us all!” Jonathan exclaimed. “A command like that only hurts us. See how refreshed I am now that I have eaten this little bit of honey.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:34 - Then go out among the troops and tell them, ‘Bring the cattle, sheep, and goats here to me. Kill them here, and drain the blood before you eat them. Do not sin against the LORD by eating meat with the blood still in it.'”
So that night all the troops brought their animals and slaughtered them there.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:14 - “Then what is all the bleating of sheep and goats and the lowing of cattle I hear?” Samuel demanded.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:15 - “It's true that the army spared the best of the sheep, goats, and cattle,” Saul admitted. “But they are going to sacrifice them to the LORD your God. We have destroyed everything else.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:19 - Why haven't you obeyed the LORD? Why did you rush for the plunder and do what was evil in the LORD's sight?”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:21 - Then my troops brought in the best of the sheep, goats, cattle, and plunder to sacrifice to the LORD your God in Gilgal.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:26 - But Samuel replied, “I will not go back with you! Since you have rejected the LORD's command, he has rejected you as king of Israel.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:27 - As Samuel turned to go, Saul tried to hold him back and tore the hem of his robe.
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 16:11 - Then Samuel asked, “Are these all the sons you have?”
“There is still the youngest,” Jesse replied. “But he's out in the fields watching the sheep and goats.”
“Send for him at once,” Samuel said. “We will not sit down to eat until he arrives.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:13 - So as David stood there among his brothers, Samuel took the flask of olive oil he had brought and anointed David with the oil. And the Spirit of the LORD came powerfully upon David from that day on. Then Samuel returned to Ramah.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:3 - So the Philistines and Israelites faced each other on opposite hills, with the valley between them.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:7 - The shaft of his spear was as heavy and thick as a weaver's beam, tipped with an iron spearhead that weighed 15 pounds.[fn] His armor bearer walked ahead of him carrying a shield.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:35 - I go after it with a club and rescue the lamb from its mouth. If the animal turns on me, I catch it by the jaw and club it to death.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:11 - Then Saul sent troops to watch David's house. They were told to kill David when he came out the next morning. But Michal, David's wife, warned him, “If you don't escape tonight, you will be dead by morning.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:15 - But Saul sent the troops back to get David. He ordered, “Bring him to me in his bed so I can kill him!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:22 - Finally, Saul himself went to Ramah and arrived at the great well in Secu. “Where are Samuel and David?” he demanded.
“They are at Naioth in Ramah,” someone told him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:23 - But on the way to Naioth in Ramah the Spirit of God came even upon Saul, and he, too, began to prophesy all the way to Naioth!
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:9 - “Never!” Jonathan exclaimed. “You know that if I had the slightest notion my father was planning to kill you, I would tell you at once.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:24 - So David hid himself in the field, and when the new moon festival began, the king sat down to eat.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:33 - Then Saul hurled his spear at Jonathan, intending to kill him. So at last Jonathan realized that his father was really determined to kill David.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:38 - Hurry, hurry, don't wait.” So the boy quickly gathered up the arrows and ran back to his master.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:42 - At last Jonathan said to David, “Go in peace, for we have sworn loyalty to each other in the LORD's name. The LORD is the witness of a bond between us and our children forever.” Then David left, and Jonathan returned to the town.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:6 - Since there was no other food available, the priest gave him the holy bread—the Bread of the Presence that was placed before the LORD in the Tabernacle. It had just been replaced that day with fresh bread.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:13 - So David and his men—about 600 of them now—left Keilah and began roaming the countryside. Word soon reached Saul that David had escaped, so he didn't go to Keilah after all.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:15 - One day near Horesh, David received the news that Saul was on the way to Ziph to search for him and kill him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:26 - Saul and David were now on opposite sides of a mountain. Just as Saul and his men began to close in on David and his men,
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:3 - At the place where the road passes some sheepfolds, Saul went into a cave to relieve himself. But as it happened, David and his men were hiding farther back in that very cave!
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:8 - David came out and shouted after him, “My lord the king!” And when Saul looked around, David bowed low before him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:20 - As she was riding her donkey into a mountain ravine, she saw David and his men coming toward her.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:26 - “Now, my lord, as surely as the LORD lives and you yourself live, since the LORD has kept you from murdering and taking vengeance into your own hands, let all your enemies and those who try to harm you be as cursed as Nabal is.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:34 - For I swear by the LORD, the God of Israel, who has kept me from hurting you, that if you had not hurried out to meet me, not one of Nabal's men would still be alive tomorrow morning.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:36 - When Abigail arrived home, she found that Nabal was throwing a big party and was celebrating like a king. He was very drunk, so she didn't tell him anything about her meeting with David until dawn the next day.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:11 - The LORD forbid that I should kill the one he has anointed! But take his spear and that jug of water beside his head, and then let's get out of here!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:12 - So David took the spear and jug of water that were near Saul's head. Then he and Abishai got away without anyone seeing them or even waking up, because the LORD had put Saul's men into a deep sleep.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:13 - David climbed the hill opposite the camp until he was at a safe distance.
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 Box1Sa 27:1 - But David kept thinking to himself, “Someday Saul is going to get me. The best thing I can do is escape to the Philistines. Then Saul will stop hunting for me in Israelite territory, and I will finally be safe.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:11 - No one was left alive to come to Gath and tell where he had really been. This happened again and again while he was living among the Philistines.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:16 - But Samuel replied, “Why ask me, since the LORD has left you and has become your enemy?
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:8 - Then David asked the LORD, “Should I chase after this band of raiders? Will I catch them?”
And the LORD told him, “Yes, go after them. You will surely recover everything that was taken from you!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:21 - Then David returned to the brook Besor and met up with the 200 men who had been left behind because they were too exhausted to go with him. They went out to meet David and his men, and David greeted them joyfully.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:18 - and he commanded that it be taught to the people of Judah. It is known as the Song of the Bow, and it is recorded in The Book of Jashar.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:4 - Then the men of Judah came to David and anointed him king over the people of Judah.
When David heard that the men of Jabesh-gilead had buried Saul,
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:19 - and he began chasing Abner. He pursued him relentlessly, not stopping for anything.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:23 - But Asahel refused to turn back, so Abner thrust the butt end of his spear through Asahel's stomach, and the spear came out through his back. He stumbled to the ground and died there. And everyone who came by that spot stopped and stood still when they saw Asahel lying there.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:28 - So Joab blew the ram's horn, and his men stopped chasing the troops of Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:10 - I'm going to take Saul's kingdom and give it to David. I will establish the throne of David over Israel as well as Judah, all the way from Dan in the north to Beersheba in the south.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:11 - Ishbosheth didn't dare say another word because he was afraid of what Abner might do.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:12 - Then Abner sent messengers to David, saying, “Doesn't the entire land belong to you? Make a solemn pact with me, and I will help turn over all of Israel to you.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:19 - Abner also spoke with the men of Benjamin. Then he went to Hebron to tell David that all the people of Israel and Benjamin had agreed to support him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:26 - Joab then left David and sent messengers to catch up with Abner, asking him to return. They found him at the well of Sirah and brought him back, though David knew nothing about it.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:34 - Your hands were not bound;
your feet were not chained.
No, you were murdered—
the victim of a wicked plot.” All the people wept again for Abner.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:8 - When they arrived at Hebron, they presented Ishbosheth's head to David. “Look!” they exclaimed to the king. “Here is the head of Ishbosheth, the son of your enemy Saul who tried to kill you. Today the LORD has given my lord the king revenge on Saul and his entire family!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:22 - But after a while the Philistines returned and again spread out across the valley of Rephaim.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:24 - When you hear a sound like marching feet in the tops of the poplar trees, be on the alert! That will be the signal that the LORD is moving ahead of you to strike down the Philistine army.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:2 - He led them to Baalah of Judah[fn] to bring back the Ark of God, which bears the name of the LORD of Heaven's Armies,[fn] who is enthroned between the cherubim.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:6 - But when they arrived at the threshing floor of Nacon, the oxen stumbled, and Uzzah reached out his hand and steadied the Ark of God.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:10 - So David decided not to move the Ark of the LORD into the City of David. Instead, he took it to the house of Obed-edom of Gath.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:23 - So Michal, the daughter of Saul, remained childless throughout her entire life.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:5 - “Go and tell my servant David, ‘This is what the LORD has declared: Are you the one to build a house for me to live in?
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:8 - “Now go and say to my servant David, ‘This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies has declared: I took you from tending sheep in the pasture and selected you to be the leader of my people Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:10 - And I will provide a homeland for my people Israel, planting them in a secure place where they will never be disturbed. Evil nations won't oppress them as they've done in the past,
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:20 - “What more can I say to you? You know what your servant is really like, Sovereign LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:22 - “How great you are, O Sovereign LORD! There is no one like you. We have never even heard of another God like you!
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:23 - What other nation on earth is like your people Israel? What other nation, O God, have you redeemed from slavery to be your own people? You made a great name for yourself when you redeemed your people from Egypt. You performed awesome miracles and drove out the nations and gods that stood in their way.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:27 - “O LORD of Heaven's Armies, God of Israel, I have been bold enough to pray this prayer to you because you have revealed all this to your servant, saying, ‘I will build a house for you—a dynasty of kings!'
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:2 - David also conquered the land of Moab. He made the people lie down on the ground in a row, and he measured them off in groups with a length of rope. He measured off two groups to be executed for every one group to be spared. The Moabites who were spared became David's subjects and paid him tribute money.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:11 - King David dedicated all these gifts to the LORD, as he did with the silver and gold from the other nations he had defeated—
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:3 - the Ammonite commanders said to Hanun, their master, “Do you really think these men are coming here to honor your father? No! David has sent them to spy out the city so they can come in and conquer it!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:5 - When David heard what had happened, he sent messengers to tell the men, “Stay at Jericho until your beards grow out, and then come back.” For they felt deep shame because of their appearance.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:11 - “If the Arameans are too strong for me, then come over and help me,” Joab told his brother. “And if the Ammonites are too strong for you, I will come and help you.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:19 - When all the kings allied with Hadadezer saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they surrendered to Israel and became their subjects. After that, the Arameans were afraid to help the Ammonites.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:2 - Late one afternoon, after his midday rest, David got out of bed and was walking on the roof of the palace. As he looked out over the city, he noticed a woman of unusual beauty taking a bath.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:13 - Then David invited him to dinner and got him drunk. But even then he couldn't get Uriah to go home to his wife. Again he slept at the palace entrance with the king's palace guard.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:20 - But he might get angry and ask, ‘Why did the troops go so close to the city? Didn't they know there would be shooting from the walls?
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:21 - Wasn't Abimelech son of Gideon[fn] killed at Thebez by a woman who threw a millstone down on him from the wall? Why would you get so close to the wall?' Then tell him, ‘Uriah the Hittite was killed, too.'”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:22 - So the messenger went to Jerusalem and gave a complete report to David.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:24 - the archers on the wall shot arrows at us. Some of the king's men were killed, including Uriah the Hittite.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:3 - The poor man owned nothing but one little lamb he had bought. He raised that little lamb, and it grew up with his children. It ate from the man's own plate and drank from his cup. He cuddled it in his arms like a baby daughter.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:4 - One day a guest arrived at the home of the rich man. But instead of killing an animal from his own flock or herd, he took the poor man's lamb and killed it and prepared it for his guest.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:9 - Why, then, have you despised the word of the LORD and done this horrible deed? For you have murdered Uriah the Hittite with the sword of the Ammonites and stolen his wife.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:10 - From this time on, your family will live by the sword because you have despised me by taking Uriah's wife to be your own.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:16 - David begged God to spare the child. He went without food and lay all night on the bare ground.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:17 - The elders of his household pleaded with him to get up and eat with them, but he refused.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:21 - His advisers were amazed. “We don't understand you,” they told him. “While the child was still living, you wept and refused to eat. But now that the child is dead, you have stopped your mourning and are eating again.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:31 - He also made slaves of the people of Rabbah and forced them to labor with[fn] saws, iron picks, and iron axes, and to work in the brick kilns.[fn] That is how he dealt with the people of all the Ammonite towns. Then David and all the army returned to Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:2 - Amnon became so obsessed with Tamar that he became ill. She was a virgin, and Amnon thought he could never have her.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:5 - “Well,” Jonadab said, “I'll tell you what to do. Go back to bed and pretend you are ill. When your father comes to see you, ask him to let Tamar come and prepare some food for you. Tell him you'll feel better if she prepares it as you watch and feeds you with her own hands.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:11 - But as she was feeding him, he grabbed her and demanded, “Come to bed with me, my darling sister.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:14 - But Amnon wouldn't listen to her, and since he was stronger than she was, he raped her.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:16 - “No, no!” Tamar cried. “Sending me away now is worse than what you've already done to me.”
But Amnon wouldn't listen to her.
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 13:25 - The king replied, “No, my son. If we all came, we would be too much of a burden on you.” Absalom pressed him, but the king would not come, though he gave Absalom his blessing.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:34 - Meanwhile Absalom escaped.
Then the watchman on the Jerusalem wall saw a great crowd coming down the hill on the road from the west. He ran to tell the king, “I see a crowd of people coming from the Horonaim road along the side of the hill.”[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:39 - And King David,[fn] now reconciled to Amnon's death, longed to be reunited with his son Absalom.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:11 - Then she said, “Please swear to me by the LORD your God that you won't let anyone take vengeance against my son. I want no more bloodshed.”
“As surely as the LORD lives,” he replied, “not a hair on your son's head will be disturbed!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:13 - She replied, “Why don't you do as much for the people of God as you have promised to do for me? You have convicted yourself in making this decision, because you have refused to bring home your own banished son.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:14 - All of us must die eventually. Our lives are like water spilled out on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again. But God does not just sweep life away; instead, he devises ways to bring us back when we have been separated from him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:17 - Yes, my lord the king will give us peace of mind again.' I know that you are like an angel of God in discerning good from evil. May the LORD your God be with you.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:20 - He did it to place the matter before you in a different light. But you are as wise as an angel of God, and you understand everything that happens among us!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:29 - Then Absalom sent for Joab to ask him to intercede for him, but Joab refused to come. Absalom sent for him a second time, but again Joab refused to come.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:5 - When people tried to bow before him, Absalom wouldn't let them. Instead, he took them by the hand and kissed them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:14 - “Then we must flee at once, or it will be too late!” David urged his men. “Hurry! If we get out of the city before Absalom arrives, both we and the city of Jerusalem will be spared from disaster.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:20 - You arrived only recently, and should I force you today to wander with us? I don't even know where we will go. Go on back and take your kinsmen with you, and may the LORD show you his unfailing love and faithfulness.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:28 - I will stop at the shallows of the Jordan River[fn] and wait there for a report from you.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:2 - “What are these for?” the king asked Ziba.
Ziba replied, “The donkeys are for the king's people to ride on, and the bread and summer fruit are for the young men to eat. The wine is for those who become exhausted in the wilderness.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:13 - So David and his men continued down the road, and Shimei kept pace with them on a nearby hillside, cursing as he went and throwing stones at David and tossing dust into the air.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:17 - Jonathan and Ahimaaz had been staying at En-rogel so as not to be seen entering and leaving the city. Arrangements had been made for a servant girl to bring them the message they were to take to King David.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:20 - When Absalom's men arrived, they asked her, “Have you seen Ahimaaz and Jonathan?”
The woman replied, “They were here, but they crossed over the brook.” Absalom's men looked for them without success and returned to Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:22 - So David and all the people with him went across the Jordan River during the night, and they were all on the other bank before dawn.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:3 - But his men objected strongly. “You must not go,” they urged. “If we have to turn and run—and even if half of us die—it will make no difference to Absalom's troops; they will be looking only for you. You are worth 10,000 of us,[fn] and it is better that you stay here in the town and send help if we need it.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:5 - And the king gave this command to Joab, Abishai, and Ittai: “For my sake, deal gently with young Absalom.” And all the troops heard the king give this order to his commanders.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:16 - Then Joab blew the ram's horn, and his men returned from chasing the army of Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:29 - “What about young Absalom?” the king demanded. “Is he all right?”
Ahimaaz replied, “When Joab told me to come, there was a lot of commotion. But I didn't know what was happening.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:3 - They crept back into the town that day as though they were ashamed and had deserted in battle.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:6 - You seem to love those who hate you and hate those who love you. You have made it clear today that your commanders and troops mean nothing to you. It seems that if Absalom had lived and all of us had died, you would be pleased.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:7 - Now go out there and congratulate your troops, for I swear by the LORD that if you don't go out, not a single one of them will remain here tonight. Then you will be worse off than ever before.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:10 - Now Absalom, whom we anointed to rule over us, is dead. Why not ask David to come back and be our king again?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:11 - Then King David sent Zadok and Abiathar, the priests, to say to the elders of Judah, “Why are you the last ones to welcome back the king into his palace? For I have heard that all Israel is ready.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:12 - You are my relatives, my own tribe, my own flesh and blood! So why are you the last ones to welcome back the king?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:15 - So the king started back to Jerusalem. And when he arrived at the Jordan River, the people of Judah came to Gilgal to meet him and escort him across the river.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:18 - They crossed the shallows of the Jordan to bring the king's household across the river, helping him in every way they could. As the king was about to cross the river, Shimei fell down before him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:19 - “My lord the king, please forgive me,” he pleaded. “Forget the terrible thing your servant did when you left Jerusalem. May the king put it out of his mind.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:20 - I know how much I sinned. That is why I have come here today, the very first person in all Israel[fn] to greet my lord the king.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:28 - All my relatives and I could expect only death from you, my lord, but instead you have honored me by allowing me to eat at your own table! What more can I ask?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:43 - “But there are ten tribes in Israel,” the others replied. “So we have ten times as much right to the king as you do. What right do you have to treat us with such contempt? Weren't we the first to speak of bringing him back to be our king again?” The argument continued back and forth, and the men of Judah spoke even more harshly than the men of Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:5 - So Amasa went out to notify Judah, but it took him longer than the time he had been given.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:9 - “How are you, my cousin?” Joab said and took him by the beard with his right hand as though to kiss him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:13 - With Amasa's body out of the way, everyone went on with Joab to capture Sheba son of Bicri.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:16 - But a wise woman in the town called out to Joab, “Listen to me, Joab. Come over here so I can talk to you.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:21 - That's not my purpose. All I want is a man named Sheba son of Bicri from the hill country of Ephraim, who has revolted against King David. If you hand over this one man to me, I will leave the town in peace.”
“All right,” the woman replied, “we will throw his head over the wall to you.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:2 - So the king summoned the Gibeonites. They were not part of Israel but were all that was left of the nation of the Amorites. The people of Israel had sworn not to kill them, but Saul, in his zeal for Israel and Judah, had tried to wipe them out.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:19 - During another battle at Gob, Elhanan son of Jair[fn] from Bethlehem killed the brother of Goliath of Gath.[fn] The handle of his spear was as thick as a weaver's beam!
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:13 - A great brightness shone around him,
and burning coals[fn] blazed forth.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:8 - These are the names of David's mightiest warriors. The first was Jashobeam the Hacmonite,[fn] who was leader of the Three[fn]—the three mightiest warriors among David's men. He once used his spear to kill 800 enemy warriors in a single battle.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:17 - “The LORD forbid that I should drink this!” he exclaimed. “This water is as precious as the blood of these men[fn] who risked their lives to bring it to me.” So David did not drink it. These are examples of the exploits of the Three.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:16 - But as the angel was preparing to destroy Jerusalem, the LORD relented and said to the death angel, “Stop! That is enough!” At that moment the angel of the LORD was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:21 - “Why have you come, my lord the king?” Araunah asked.
David replied, “I have come to buy your threshing floor and to build an altar to the LORD there, so that he will stop the plague.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:39 - There Zadok the priest took the flask of olive oil from the sacred tent and anointed Solomon with the oil. Then they sounded the ram's horn and all the people shouted, “Long live King Solomon!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:48 - and he said, ‘Praise the LORD, the God of Israel, who today has chosen a successor to sit on my throne while I am still alive to see it.'”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:50 - Adonijah was afraid of Solomon, so he rushed to the sacred tent and grabbed on to the horns of the altar.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:51 - Word soon reached Solomon that Adonijah had seized the horns of the altar in fear, and that he was pleading, “Let King Solomon swear today that he will not kill me!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:53 - So King Solomon summoned Adonijah, and they brought him down from the altar. He came and bowed respectfully before King Solomon, who dismissed him, saying, “Go on home.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:3 - Observe the requirements of the LORD your God, and follow all his ways. Keep the decrees, commands, regulations, and laws written in the Law of Moses so that you will be successful in all you do and wherever you go.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:27 - So Solomon deposed Abiathar from his position as priest of the LORD, thereby fulfilling the prophecy the LORD had given at Shiloh concerning the descendants of Eli.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:28 - Joab had not joined Absalom's earlier rebellion, but he had joined Adonijah's rebellion. So when Joab heard about Adonijah's death, he ran to the sacred tent of the LORD and grabbed on to the horns of the altar.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:29 - When this was reported to King Solomon, he sent Benaiah son of Jehoiada to execute him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:33 - May their blood be on Joab and his descendants forever, and may the LORD grant peace forever to David, his descendants, his dynasty, and his throne.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:40 - he saddled his donkey and went to Gath to search for them. When he found them, he brought them back to Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:9 - Give me an understanding heart so that I can govern your people well and know the difference between right and wrong. For who by himself is able to govern this great people of yours?”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:11 - So God replied, “Because you have asked for wisdom in governing my people with justice and have not asked for a long life or wealth or the death of your enemies—
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:15 - Then Solomon woke up and realized it had been a dream. He returned to Jerusalem and stood before the Ark of the Lord's Covenant, where he sacrificed burnt offerings and peace offerings. Then he invited all his officials to a great banquet.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:28 - When all Israel heard the king's decision, the people were in awe of the king, for they saw the wisdom God had given him for rendering justice.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:3 - “You know that my father, David, was not able to build a Temple to honor the name of the LORD his God because of the many wars waged against him by surrounding nations. He could not build until the LORD gave him victory over all his enemies.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:9 - My servants will bring the logs from the Lebanon mountains to the Mediterranean Sea[fn] and make them into rafts and float them along the coast to whatever place you choose. Then we will break the rafts apart so you can carry the logs away. You can pay me by supplying me with food for my household.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:15 - The entire inside, from floor to ceiling, was paneled with wood. He paneled the walls and ceilings with cedar, and he used planks of cypress for the floors.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:16 - He partitioned off an inner sanctuary—the Most Holy Place—at the far end of the Temple. It was 30 feet deep and was paneled with cedar from floor to ceiling.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:19 - He prepared the inner sanctuary at the far end of the Temple, where the Ark of the LORD's Covenant would be placed.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:21 - Then Solomon overlaid the rest of the Temple's interior with solid gold, and he made gold chains to protect the entrance[fn] to the Most Holy Place.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:24 - The wingspan of each of the cherubim was 15 feet, each wing being 7½ feet[fn] long.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:26 - each was 15 feet tall.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:27 - He placed them side by side in the inner sanctuary of the Temple. Their outspread wings reached from wall to wall, while their inner wings touched at the center of the room.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:31 - For the entrance to the inner sanctuary, he made double doors of wild olive wood with five-sided doorposts.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:36 - The walls of the inner courtyard were built so that there was one layer of cedar beams between every three layers of finished stone.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:5 - All the doorways and doorposts[fn] had rectangular frames and were arranged in sets of three, facing each other.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:7 - Solomon also built the throne room, known as the Hall of Justice, where he sat to hear legal matters. It was paneled with cedar from floor to ceiling.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:9 - From foundation to eaves, all these buildings were built from huge blocks of high-quality stone, cut with saws and trimmed to exact measure on all sides.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:14 - He was half Israelite, since his mother was a widow from the tribe of Naphtali, and his father had been a craftsman in bronze from Tyre. Huram was extremely skillful and talented in any work in bronze, and he came to do all the metal work for King Solomon.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:16 - For the tops of the pillars he cast bronze capitals, each 7½ feet[fn] tall.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:21 - Huram set the pillars at the entrance of the Temple, one toward the south and one toward the north. He named the one on the south Jakin, and the one on the north Boaz.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:23 - Then Huram cast a great round basin, 15 feet across from rim to rim, called the Sea. It was 7½ feet deep and about 45 feet in circumference.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:24 - It was encircled just below its rim by two rows of decorative gourds. There were about six gourds per foot[fn] all the way around, and they were cast as part of the basin.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:39 - He set five water carts on the south side of the Temple and five on the north side. The great bronze basin called the Sea was placed near the southeast corner of the Temple.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:41 - 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 Box1Ki 7:49 - the lampstands of solid gold, five on the south and five on the north, in front of the Most Holy Place;
the flower decorations, lamps, and tongs—all of gold;
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:1 - Solomon then summoned to Jerusalem the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes—the leaders of the ancestral families of the Israelites. They were to bring the Ark of the LORD's Covenant to the Temple from its location in the City of David, also known as Zion.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:4 - The priests and Levites brought up the Ark of the LORD along with the special tent[fn] and all the sacred items that had been in it.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:8 - These poles were so long that their ends could be seen from the Temple's main room—the Holy Place—but not from the outside. They are still there to this day.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:16 - ‘From the day I brought my people Israel out of Egypt, I have never chosen a city among any of the tribes of Israel as the place where a Temple should be built to honor my name. But I have chosen David to be king over my people Israel.'”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:18 - But the LORD told him, ‘You wanted to build the Temple to honor my name. Your intention is good,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:22 - Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in front of the entire community of Israel. He lifted his hands toward heaven,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:25 - “And now, O LORD, God of Israel, carry out the additional promise you made to your servant David, my father. For you said to him, ‘If your descendants guard their behavior and faithfully follow me as you have done, one of them will always sit on the throne of Israel.'
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:29 - May you watch over this Temple night and day, this place where you have said, ‘My name will be there.' May you always hear the prayers I make toward this place.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:31 - “If someone wrongs another person and is required to take an oath of innocence in front of your altar in this Temple,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:32 - then hear from heaven and judge between your servants—the accuser and the accused. Punish the guilty as they deserve. Acquit the innocent because of their innocence.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:53 - For when you brought our ancestors out of Egypt, O Sovereign LORD, you told your servant Moses that you had set Israel apart from all the nations of the earth to be your own special possession.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:54 - When Solomon finished making these prayers and petitions to the LORD, he stood up in front of the altar of the LORD, where he had been kneeling with his hands raised toward heaven.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:58 - May he give us the desire to do his will in everything and to obey all the commands, decrees, and regulations that he gave our ancestors.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:59 - And may these words that I have prayed in the presence of the LORD be before him constantly, day and night, so that the LORD our God may give justice to me and to his people Israel, according to each day's needs.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:64 - That same day the king consecrated the central area of the courtyard in front of the LORD's Temple. He offered burnt offerings, grain offerings, and the fat of peace offerings there, because the bronze altar in the LORD's presence was too small to hold all the burnt offerings, grain offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:3 - The LORD said to him, “I have heard your prayer and your petition. I have set this Temple apart to be holy—this place you have built where my name will be honored forever. I will always watch over it, for it is dear to my heart.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:4 - “As for you, if you will follow me with integrity and godliness, as David your father did, obeying all my commands, decrees, and regulations,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:12 - But when Hiram came from Tyre to see the towns Solomon had given him, he was not at all pleased with them.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:15 - This is the account of the forced labor that King Solomon conscripted to build the LORD's Temple, the royal palace, the supporting terraces,[fn] the wall of Jerusalem, and the cities of Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:26 - King Solomon also built a fleet of ships at Ezion-geber, a port near Elath[fn] in the land of Edom, along the shore of the Red Sea.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:9 - Praise the LORD your God, who delights in you and has placed you on the throne of Israel. Because of the LORD's eternal love for Israel, he has made you king so you can rule with justice and righteousness.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:14 - Each year Solomon received about 25 tons[fn] of gold.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:24 - People from every nation came to consult him and to hear the wisdom God had given him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:2 - The LORD had clearly instructed the people of Israel, ‘You must not marry them, because they will turn your hearts to their gods.' Yet Solomon insisted on loving them anyway.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:14 - Then the LORD raised up Hadad the Edomite, a member of Edom's royal family, to be Solomon's adversary.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:30 - and Ahijah took hold of the new cloak he was wearing and tore it into twelve pieces.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:33 - For Solomon has[fn] abandoned me and worshiped Ashtoreth, the goddess of the Sidonians; Chemosh, the god of Moab; and Molech, the god of the Ammonites. He has not followed my ways and done what is pleasing in my sight. He has not obeyed my decrees and regulations as David his father did.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:36 - His son will have one tribe so that the descendants of David my servant will continue to reign, shining like a lamp in Jerusalem, the city I have chosen to be the place for my name.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:38 - If you listen to what I tell you and follow my ways and do whatever I consider to be right, and if you obey my decrees and commands, as my servant David did, then I will always be with you. I will establish an enduring dynasty for you as I did for David, and I will give Israel to you.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:18 - King Rehoboam sent Adoniram,[fn] who was in charge of the labor force, to restore order, but the people of Israel stoned him to death. When this news reached King Rehoboam, he quickly jumped into his chariot and fled to Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:21 - When Rehoboam arrived at Jerusalem, he mobilized the men of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin—180,000 select troops—to fight against the men of Israel and to restore the kingdom to himself.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:24 - ‘This is what the LORD says: Do not fight against your relatives, the Israelites. Go back home, for what has happened is my doing!'” So they obeyed the message of the LORD and went home, as the LORD had commanded.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:32 - And Jeroboam instituted a religious festival in Bethel, held on the fifteenth day of the eighth month,[fn] in imitation of the annual Festival of Shelters in Judah. There at Bethel he himself offered sacrifices to the calves he had made, and he appointed priests for the pagan shrines he had made.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:33 - So on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, a day that he himself had designated, Jeroboam offered sacrifices on the altar at Bethel. He instituted a religious festival for Israel, and he went up to the altar to burn incense.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:1 - At the LORD's command, a man of God from Judah went to Bethel, arriving there just as Jeroboam was approaching the altar to burn incense.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:4 - When King Jeroboam heard the man of God speaking against the altar at Bethel, he pointed at him and shouted, “Seize that man!” But instantly the king's hand became paralyzed in that position, and he couldn't pull it back.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:5 - At the same time a wide crack appeared in the altar, and the ashes poured out, just as the man of God had predicted in his message from the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:6 - The king cried out to the man of God, “Please ask the LORD your God to restore my hand again!” So the man of God prayed to the LORD, and the king's hand was restored and he could move it again.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:16 - “No, I cannot,” he replied. “I am not allowed to eat or drink anything here in this place.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:25 - People who passed by saw the body lying in the road and the lion standing beside it, and they went and reported it in Bethel, where the old prophet lived.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:29 - So the prophet laid the body of the man of God on the donkey and took it back to the town to mourn over him and bury him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:32 - For the message the LORD told him to proclaim against the altar in Bethel and against the pagan shrines in the towns of Samaria will certainly come true.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:9 - Asa began to rule over Judah in the twentieth year of Jeroboam's reign in Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:13 - He even deposed his grandmother Maacah from her position as queen mother because she had made an obscene Asherah pole. He cut down her obscene pole and burned it in the Kidron Valley.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:17 - King Baasha of Israel invaded Judah and fortified Ramah in order to prevent anyone from entering or leaving King Asa's territory in Judah.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:21 - As soon as Baasha of Israel heard what was happening, he abandoned his project of fortifying Ramah and withdrew to Tirzah.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:23 - The rest of the events in Asa's reign—the extent of his power, everything he did, and the names of the cities he built—are recorded in The Book of the History of the Kings of Judah. In his old age his feet became diseased.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:29 - He immediately slaughtered all the descendants of King Jeroboam, so that not one of the royal family was left, just as the LORD had promised concerning Jeroboam by the prophet Ahijah from Shiloh.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:2 - “I lifted you out of the dust to make you ruler of my people Israel, but you have followed the evil example of Jeroboam. You have provoked my anger by causing my people Israel to sin.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:7 - The message from the LORD against Baasha and his family came through the prophet Jehu son of Hanani. It was delivered because Baasha had done what was evil in the LORD's sight (just as the family of Jeroboam had done), and also because Baasha had destroyed the family of Jeroboam. The LORD's anger was provoked by Baasha's sins.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:13 - This happened because of all the sins Baasha and his son Elah had committed, and because of the sins they led Israel to commit. They provoked the anger of the LORD, the God of Israel, with their worthless idols.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:19 - For he, too, had done what was evil in the LORD's sight. He followed the example of Jeroboam in all the sins he had committed and led Israel to commit.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:21 - But now the people of Israel were split into two factions. Half the people tried to make Tibni son of Ginath their king, while the other half supported Omri.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:24 - Then Omri bought the hill now known as Samaria from its owner, Shemer, for 150 pounds of silver.[fn] He built a city on it and called the city Samaria in honor of Shemer.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:26 - He followed the example of Jeroboam son of Nebat in all the sins he had committed and led Israel to commit. The people provoked the anger of the LORD, the God of Israel, with their worthless idols.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:28 - When Omri died, he was buried in Samaria. Then his son Ahab became the next king.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:31 - And as though it were not enough to follow the example of Jeroboam, he married Jezebel, the daughter of King Ethbaal of the Sidonians, and he began to bow down in worship of Baal.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:33 - Then he set up an Asherah pole. He did more to provoke the anger of the LORD, the God of Israel, than any of the other kings of Israel before him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:9 - “Go and live in the village of Zarephath, near the city of Sidon. I have instructed a widow there to feed you.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:14 - For this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: There will always be flour and olive oil left in your containers until the time when the LORD sends rain and the crops grow again!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:16 - There was always enough flour and olive oil left in the containers, just as the LORD had promised through Elijah.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:18 - Then she said to Elijah, “O man of God, what have you done to me? Have you come here to point out my sins and kill my son?”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:20 - Then Elijah cried out to the LORD, “O LORD my God, why have you brought tragedy to this widow who has opened her home to me, causing her son to die?”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:21 - And he stretched himself out over the child three times and cried out to the LORD, “O LORD my God, please let this child's life return to him.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:23 - Then Elijah brought him down from the upper room and gave him to his mother. “Look!” he said. “Your son is alive!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:2 - So Elijah went to appear before Ahab.
Meanwhile, the famine had become very severe in Samaria.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:6 - So they divided the land between them. Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:9 - “Oh, sir,” Obadiah protested, “what harm have I done to you that you are sending me to my death at the hands of Ahab?
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:22 - Then Elijah said to them, “I am the only prophet of the LORD who is left, but Baal has 450 prophets.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:26 - So they prepared one of the bulls and placed it on the altar. Then they called on the name of Baal from morning until noontime, shouting, “O Baal, answer us!” But there was no reply of any kind. Then they danced, hobbling around the altar they had made.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:29 - They raved all afternoon until the time of the evening sacrifice, but still there was no sound, no reply, no response.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:32 - and he used the stones to rebuild the altar in the name of the LORD. Then he dug a trench around the altar large enough to hold about three gallons.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:35 - and the water ran around the altar and even filled the trench.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:42 - So Ahab went to eat and drink. But Elijah climbed to the top of Mount Carmel and bowed low to the ground and prayed with his face between his knees.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:8 - The king of Israel replied to Jehoshaphat, “There is one more man who could consult the LORD for us, but I hate him. He never prophesies anything but trouble for me! His name is Micaiah son of Imlah.”
Jehoshaphat replied, “That's not the way a king should talk! Let's hear what he has to say.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:25 - And Micaiah replied, “You will find out soon enough when you are trying to hide in some secret room!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:27 - Give them this order from the king: ‘Put this man in prison, and feed him nothing but bread and water until I return safely from the battle!'”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:35 - The battle raged all that day, and the king remained propped up in his chariot facing the Arameans. The blood from his wound ran down to the floor of his chariot, and as evening arrived he died.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:43 - Jehoshaphat was a good king, following the example of his father, Asa. He did what was pleasing in the LORD's sight. [fn]During his reign, however, he failed to remove all the pagan shrines, and the people still offered sacrifices and burned incense there.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:9 - Then he sent an army captain with fifty soldiers to arrest him. They found him sitting on top of a hill. The captain said to him, “Man of God, the king has commanded you to come down with us.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:13 - Elisha picked up Elijah's cloak, which had fallen when he was taken up. Then Elisha returned to the bank of the Jordan River.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:13 - “Why are you coming to me?”[fn] Elisha asked the king of Israel. “Go to the pagan prophets of your father and mother!”
But King Joram of Israel said, “No! For it was the LORD who called us three kings here—only to be defeated by the king of Moab!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:21 - Meanwhile, when the people of Moab heard about the three armies marching against them, they mobilized every man who was old enough to strap on a sword, and they stationed themselves along their border.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:25 - They destroyed the towns, covered their good land with stones, stopped up all the springs, and cut down all the good trees. Finally, only Kir-hareseth and its stone walls were left, but men with slings surrounded and attacked it.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:27 - Then the king of Moab took his oldest son, who would have been the next king, and sacrificed him as a burnt offering on the wall. So there was great anger against Israel,[fn] and the Israelites withdrew and returned to their own land.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:8 - One day Elisha went to the town of Shunem. A wealthy woman lived there, and she urged him to come to her home for a meal. After that, whenever he passed that way, he would stop there for something to eat.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:24 - So she saddled the donkey and said to the servant, “Hurry! Don't slow down unless I tell you to.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:29 - Then Elisha said to Gehazi, “Get ready to travel[fn]; take my staff and go! Don't talk to anyone along the way. Go quickly and lay the staff on the child's face.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:30 - But the boy's mother said, “As surely as the LORD lives and you yourself live, I won't go home unless you go with me.” So Elisha returned with her.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:31 - Gehazi hurried on ahead and laid the staff on the child's face, but nothing happened. There was no sign of life. He returned to meet Elisha and told him, “The child is still dead.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:34 - Then he lay down on the child's body, placing his mouth on the child's mouth, his eyes on the child's eyes, and his hands on the child's hands. And as he stretched out on him, the child's body began to grow warm again!
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:39 - One of the young men went out into the field to gather herbs and came back with a pocketful of wild gourds. He shredded them and put them into the pot without realizing they were poisonous.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:40 - Some of the stew was served to the men. But after they had eaten a bite or two they cried out, “Man of God, there's poison in this stew!” So they would not eat it.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:7 - When the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes in dismay and said, “This man sends me a leper to heal! Am I God, that I can give life and take it away? I can see that he's just trying to pick a fight with me.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:20 - But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha, the man of God, said to himself, “My master should not have let this Aramean get away without accepting any of his gifts. As surely as the LORD lives, I will chase after him and get something from him.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:21 - So Gehazi set off after Naaman.
When Naaman saw Gehazi running after him, he climbed down from his chariot and went to meet him. “Is everything all right?” Naaman asked.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:26 - But Elisha asked him, “Don't you realize that I was there in spirit when Naaman stepped down from his chariot to meet you? Is this the time to receive money and clothing, olive groves and vineyards, sheep and cattle, and male and female servants?
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:2 - Let's go down to the Jordan River, where there are plenty of logs. There we can build a new place for us to meet.”
“All right,” he told them, “go ahead.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:17 - Then Elisha prayed, “O LORD, open his eyes and let him see!” The LORD opened the young man's eyes, and when he looked up, he saw that the hillside around Elisha was filled with horses and chariots of fire.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:23 - So the king made a great feast for them and then sent them home to their master. After that, the Aramean raiders stayed away from the land of Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:26 - One day as the king of Israel was walking along the wall of the city, a woman called to him, “Please help me, my lord the king!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:30 - When the king heard this, he tore his clothes in despair. And as the king walked along the wall, the people could see that he was wearing burlap under his robe next to his skin.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:6 - For the Lord had caused the Aramean army to hear the clatter of speeding chariots and the galloping of horses and the sounds of a great army approaching. “The king of Israel has hired the Hittites and Egyptians[fn] to attack us!” they cried to one another.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:29 - he returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds he had received at Ramoth.[fn] Because Joram was wounded, King Ahaziah of Judah went to Jezreel to visit him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:1 - Meanwhile, Elisha the prophet had summoned a member of the group of prophets. “Get ready to travel,”[fn] he told him, “and take this flask of olive oil with you. Go to Ramoth-gilead,
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:3 - and pour the oil over his head. Say to him, ‘This is what the LORD says: I anoint you to be the king over Israel.' Then open the door and run for your life!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:15 - But King Joram[fn] was wounded in the fighting and returned to Jezreel to recover from his wounds.) So Jehu told the men with him, “If you want me to be king, don't let anyone leave town and go to Jezreel to report what we have done.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:23 - Then King Joram turned the horses around[fn] and fled, shouting to King Ahaziah, “Treason, Ahaziah!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:33 - “Throw her down!” Jehu yelled. So they threw her out the window, and her blood spattered against the wall and on the horses. And Jehu trampled her body under his horses' hooves.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:10 - You can be sure that the message of the LORD that was spoken concerning Ahab's family will not fail. The LORD declared through his servant Elijah that this would happen.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:17 - When Jehu arrived in Samaria, he killed everyone who was left there from Ahab's family, just as the LORD had promised through Elijah.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:24 - So they were all inside the temple to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings. Now Jehu had stationed eighty of his men outside the building and had warned them, “If you let anyone escape, you will pay for it with your own life.”
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 11:11 - The palace guards stationed themselves around the king, with their weapons ready. They formed a line from the south side of the Temple around to the north side and all around the altar.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:17 - Then Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king and the people that they would be the LORD's people. He also made a covenant between the king and the people.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:8 - So the priests agreed not to accept any more money from the people, and they also agreed to let others take responsibility for repairing the Temple.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:12 - the masons, and the stonecutters. They also used the money to buy the timber and the finished stone needed for repairing the LORD's Temple, and they paid any other expenses related to the Temple's restoration.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:13 - The money brought to the Temple was not used for making silver bowls, lamp snuffers, basins, trumpets, or other articles of gold or silver for the Temple of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:4 - Then Jehoahaz prayed for the LORD's help, and the LORD heard his prayer, for he could see how severely the king of Aram was oppressing Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:23 - But the LORD was gracious and merciful to the people of Israel, and they were not totally destroyed. He pitied them because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. And to this day he still has not completely destroyed them or banished them from his presence.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:10 - King Ahaz then went to Damascus to meet with King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria. While he was there, he took special note of the altar. Then he sent a model of the altar to Uriah the priest, along with its design in full detail.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:14 - Then King Ahaz removed the old bronze altar from its place in front of the LORD's Temple, between the entrance and the new altar, and placed it on the north side of the new altar.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:11 - They offered sacrifices on all the hilltops, just like the nations the LORD had driven from the land ahead of them. So the people of Israel had done many evil things, arousing the LORD's anger.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:15 - They rejected his decrees and the covenant he had made with their ancestors, and they despised all his warnings. They worshiped worthless idols, so they became worthless themselves. They followed the example of the nations around them, disobeying the LORD's command not to imitate them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:17 - They even sacrificed their own sons and daughters in the fire.[fn] They consulted fortune-tellers and practiced sorcery and sold themselves to evil, arousing the LORD's anger.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:18 - Because the LORD was very angry with Israel, he swept them away from his presence. Only the tribe of Judah remained in the land.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:22 - “But perhaps you will say to me, ‘We are trusting in the LORD our God!' But isn't he the one who was insulted by Hezekiah? Didn't Hezekiah tear down his shrines and altars and make everyone in Judah and Jerusalem worship only at the altar here in Jerusalem?
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:25 - What's more, do you think we have invaded your land without the LORD's direction? The LORD himself told us, ‘Attack this land and destroy it!'”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:26 - Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah, Shebna, and Joah said to the Assyrian chief of staff, “Please speak to us in Aramaic, for we understand it well. Don't speak in Hebrew,[fn] for the people on the wall will hear.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:27 - But Sennacherib's chief of staff replied, “Do you think my master sent this message only to you and your master? He wants all the people to hear it, for when we put this city under siege, they will suffer along with you. They will be so hungry and thirsty that they will eat their own dung and drink their own urine.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:4 - But perhaps the LORD your God has heard the Assyrian chief of staff,[fn] sent by the king to defy the living God, and will punish him for his words. Oh, pray for those of us who are left!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:11 - You know perfectly well what the kings of Assyria have done wherever they have gone. They have completely destroyed everyone who stood in their way! Why should you be any different?
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:13 - Hezekiah received the Babylonian envoys and showed them everything in his treasure-houses—the silver, the gold, the spices, and the aromatic oils. He also took them to see his armory and showed them everything in his royal treasuries! There was nothing in his palace or kingdom that Hezekiah did not show them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:6 - Manasseh also sacrificed his own son in the fire.[fn] He practiced sorcery and divination, and he consulted with mediums and psychics. He did much that was evil in the LORD's sight, arousing his anger.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:7 - Manasseh even made a carved image of Asherah and set it up in the Temple, the very place where the LORD had told David and his son Solomon: “My name will be honored forever in this Temple and in Jerusalem—the city I have chosen from among all the tribes of Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:8 - If the Israelites will be careful to obey my commands—all the laws my servant Moses gave them—I will not send them into exile from this land that I gave their ancestors.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:9 - But the people refused to listen, and Manasseh led them to do even more evil than the pagan nations that the LORD had destroyed when the people of Israel entered the land.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:16 - Manasseh also murdered many innocent people until Jerusalem was filled from one end to the other with innocent blood. This was in addition to the sin that he caused the people of Judah to commit, leading them to do evil in the LORD's sight.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:5 - Entrust this money to the men assigned to supervise the Temple's restoration. Then they can use it to pay workers to repair the Temple of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:6 - They will need to hire carpenters, builders, and masons. Also have them buy the timber and the finished stone needed to repair the Temple.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:11 - When the king heard what was written in the Book of the Law, he tore his clothes in despair.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:13 - “Go to the Temple and speak to the LORD for me and for the people and for all Judah. Inquire about the words written in this scroll that has been found. For the LORD's great anger is burning against us because our ancestors have not obeyed the words in this scroll. We have not been doing everything it says we must do.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:16 - ‘This is what the LORD says: I am going to bring disaster on this city[fn] and its people. All the words written in the scroll that the king of Judah has read will come true.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:19 - You were sorry and humbled yourself before the LORD when you heard what I said against this city and its people—that this land would be cursed and become desolate. You tore your clothing in despair and wept before me in repentance. And I have indeed heard you, says the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:2 - And the king went up to the Temple of the LORD with all the people of Judah and Jerusalem, along with the priests and the prophets—all the people from the least to the greatest. There the king read to them the entire Book of the Covenant that had been found in the LORD's Temple.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:3 - The king took his place of authority beside the pillar and renewed the covenant in the LORD's presence. He pledged to obey the LORD by keeping all his commands, laws, and decrees with all his heart and soul. In this way, he confirmed all the terms of the covenant that were written in the scroll, and all the people pledged themselves to the covenant.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:4 - Then the king instructed Hilkiah the high priest and the priests of the second rank and the Temple gatekeepers to remove from the LORD's Temple all the articles that were used to worship Baal, Asherah, and all the powers of the heavens. The king had all these things burned outside Jerusalem on the terraces of the Kidron Valley, and he carried the ashes away to Bethel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:10 - Then the king defiled the altar of Topheth in the valley of Ben-Hinnom, so no one could ever again use it to sacrifice a son or daughter in the fire[fn] as an offering to Molech.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:12 - Josiah tore down the altars that the kings of Judah had built on the palace roof above the upper room of Ahaz. The king destroyed the altars that Manasseh had built in the two courtyards of the LORD's Temple. He smashed them to bits[fn] and scattered the pieces in the Kidron Valley.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:13 - The king also desecrated the pagan shrines east of Jerusalem, to the south of the Mount of Corruption, where King Solomon of Israel had built shrines for Ashtoreth, the detestable goddess of the Sidonians; and for Chemosh, the detestable god of the Moabites; and for Molech,[fn] the vile god of the Ammonites.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:24 - Josiah also got rid of the mediums and psychics, the household gods, the idols,[fn] and every other kind of detestable practice, both in Jerusalem and throughout the land of Judah. He did this in obedience to the laws written in the scroll that Hilkiah the priest had found in the LORD's Temple.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:27 - For the LORD said, “I will also banish Judah from my presence just as I have banished Israel. And I will reject my chosen city of Jerusalem and the Temple where my name was to be honored.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:33 - Pharaoh Neco put Jehoahaz in prison at Riblah in the land of Hamath to prevent him from ruling[fn] in Jerusalem. He also demanded that Judah pay 7,500 pounds of silver and 75 pounds of gold[fn] as tribute.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:35 - In order to get the silver and gold demanded as tribute by Pharaoh Neco, Jehoiakim collected a tax from the people of Judah, requiring them to pay in proportion to their wealth.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:2 - Then the LORD sent bands of Babylonian,[fn] Aramean, Moabite, and Ammonite raiders against Judah to destroy it, just as the LORD had promised through his prophets.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:2 - Jerusalem was kept under siege until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah's reign.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:11 - Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, then took as exiles the rest of the people who remained in the city, the defectors who had declared their allegiance to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the population.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:17 - Each of the pillars was 27 feet[fn] tall. The bronze capital on top of each pillar was 7½ feet[fn] high and was decorated with a network of bronze pomegranates all the way around.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:25 - But in midautumn of that year,[fn] Ishmael son of Nethaniah and grandson of Elishama, who was of the royal family, went to Mizpah with ten men and killed Gedaliah. He also killed all the Judeans and Babylonians who were with Gedaliah at Mizpah.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:10 - Cush was also the ancestor of Nimrod, who was the first heroic warrior on earth.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:10 - He was the one who prayed to the God of Israel, “Oh, that you would bless me and expand my territory! Please be with me in all that I do, and keep me from all trouble and pain!” And God granted him his request.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:39 - and they traveled to the region of Gerar,[fn] in the east part of the valley, seeking pastureland for their flocks.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:11 - Each of them was the leader of an ancestral clan. From these clans the total number of mighty warriors ready for war was 17,200.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:22 - Their father, Ephraim, mourned for them a long time, and his relatives came to comfort him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:40 - Each of these descendants of Asher was the head of an ancestral clan. They were all select men—mighty warriors and outstanding leaders. The total number of men available for military service was 26,000, as listed in their genealogical records.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:23 - These gatekeepers and their descendants, by their divisions, were responsible for guarding the entrance to the house of the LORD when that house was a tent.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:25 - Their relatives in the villages came regularly to share their duties for seven-day periods.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:29 - Others were responsible for the furnishings, the items in the sanctuary, and the supplies, such as choice flour, wine, olive oil, frankincense, and spices.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:30 - But it was the priests who blended the spices.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:31 - Mattithiah, a Levite and the oldest son of Shallum the Korahite, was entrusted with baking the bread used in the offerings.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:32 - And some members of the clan of Kohath were in charge of preparing the bread to be set on the table each Sabbath day.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 10:8 - The next day, when the Philistines went out to strip the dead, they found the bodies of Saul and his sons on Mount Gilboa.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 10:9 - So they stripped off Saul's armor and cut off his head. Then they proclaimed the good news of Saul's death before their idols and to the people throughout the land of Philistia.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 10:13 - So Saul died because he was unfaithful to the LORD. He failed to obey the LORD's command, and he even consulted a medium
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:10 - These are the leaders of David's mighty warriors. Together with all Israel, they decided to make David their king, just as the LORD had promised concerning Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:18 - So the Three broke through the Philistine lines, drew some water from the well by the gate in Bethlehem, and brought it back to David. But David refused to drink it. Instead, he poured it out as an offering to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:19 - “God forbid that I should drink this!” he exclaimed. “This water is as precious as the blood of these men[fn] who risked their lives to bring it to me.” So David did not drink it. These are examples of the exploits of the Three.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:17 - David went out to meet them and said, “If you have come in peace to help me, we are friends. But if you have come to betray me to my enemies when I am innocent, then may the God of our ancestors see it and punish you.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:23 - These are the numbers of armed warriors who joined David at Hebron. They were all eager to see David become king instead of Saul, just as the LORD had promised.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:31 - From the half-tribe of Manasseh west of the Jordan, 18,000 men were designated by name to help David become king.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:38 - All these men came in battle array to Hebron with the single purpose of making David the king over all Israel. In fact, everyone in Israel agreed that David should be their king.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:4 - The whole assembly agreed to this, for the people could see it was the right thing to do.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:5 - So David summoned all Israel, from the Shihor Brook of Egypt in the south all the way to the town of Lebo-hamath in the north, to join in bringing the Ark of God from Kiriath-jearim.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:6 - Then David and all Israel went to Baalah of Judah (also called Kiriath-jearim) to bring back the Ark of God, which bears the name[fn] of the LORD who is enthroned between the cherubim.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:9 - But when they arrived at the threshing floor of Nacon,[fn] the oxen stumbled, and Uzzah reached out his hand to steady the Ark.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:1 - Then King Hiram of Tyre sent messengers to David, along with cedar timber, and stonemasons and carpenters to build him a palace.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:15 - When you hear a sound like marching feet in the tops of the poplar trees, go out and attack! That will be the signal that God is moving ahead of you to strike down the Philistine army.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:3 - Then David summoned all Israel to Jerusalem to bring the Ark of the LORD to the place he had prepared for it.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:14 - So the priests and the Levites purified themselves in order to bring the Ark of the LORD, the God of Israel, to Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:16 - David also ordered the Levite leaders to appoint a choir of Levites who were singers and musicians to sing joyful songs to the accompaniment of harps, lyres, and cymbals.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:19 - The musicians Heman, Asaph, and Ethan were chosen to sound the bronze cymbals.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:21 - Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-edom, Jeiel, and Azaziah were chosen to play the lyres.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:25 - Then David and the elders of Israel and the generals of the army[fn] went to the house of Obed-edom to bring the Ark of the LORD's Covenant up to Jerusalem with a great celebration.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:7 - On that day David gave to Asaph and his fellow Levites this song of thanksgiving to the LORD:
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:12 - Remember the wonders he has performed,
his miracles, and the rulings he has given,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:21 - Yet he did not let anyone oppress them.
He warned kings on their behalf:
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:35 - Cry out, “Save us, O God of our salvation!
Gather and rescue us from among the nations,
so we can thank your holy name
and rejoice and praise you.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:40 - They sacrificed the regular burnt offerings to the LORD each morning and evening on the altar set aside for that purpose, obeying everything written in the Law of the LORD, as he had commanded Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:41 - David also appointed Heman, Jeduthun, and the others chosen by name to give thanks to the LORD, for “his faithful love endures forever.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:42 - They used their trumpets, cymbals, and other instruments to accompany their songs of praise to God.[fn] And the sons of Jeduthun were appointed as gatekeepers.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:43 - Then all the people returned to their homes, and David turned and went home to bless his own family.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:4 - “Go and tell my servant David, ‘This is what the LORD has declared: You are not the one to build a house for me to live in.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:6 - Yet no matter where I have gone with the Israelites, I have never once complained to Israel's leaders,[fn] the shepherds of my people. I have never asked them, “Why haven't you built me a beautiful cedar house?”'
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:7 - “Now go and say to my servant David, ‘This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies has declared: I took you from tending sheep in the pasture and selected you to be the leader of my people Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:9 - And I will provide a homeland for my people Israel, planting them in a secure place where they will never be disturbed. Evil nations won't oppress them as they've done in the past,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:18 - “What more can I say to you about the way you have honored me? You know what your servant is really like.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:21 - What other nation on earth is like your people Israel? What other nation, O God, have you redeemed from slavery to be your own people? You made a great name for yourself when you redeemed your people from Egypt. You performed awesome miracles and drove out the nations that stood in their way.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:25 - “O my God, I have been bold enough to pray to you because you have revealed to your servant that you will build a house for him—a dynasty of kings!
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:27 - And now, it has pleased you to bless the house of your servant, so that it will continue forever before you. For when you grant a blessing, O LORD, it is an eternal blessing!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:10 - he sent his son Joram[fn] to congratulate King David for his successful campaign. Hadadezer and Toi had been enemies and were often at war. Joram presented David with many gifts of gold, silver, and bronze.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:11 - King David dedicated all these gifts to the LORD, along with the silver and gold he had taken from the other nations—from Edom, Moab, Ammon, Philistia, and Amalek.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:2 - David said, “I am going to show loyalty to Hanun because his father, Nahash, was always loyal to me.” So David sent messengers to express sympathy to Hanun about his father's death.
But when David's ambassadors arrived in the land of Ammon,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:3 - the Ammonite commanders said to Hanun, “Do you really think these men are coming here to honor your father? No! David has sent them to spy out the land so they can come in and conquer it!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:5 - When David heard what had happened to the men, he sent messengers to tell them, “Stay at Jericho until your beards grow out, and then come back.” For they felt deep shame because of their appearance.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:6 - When the people of Ammon realized how seriously they had angered David, Hanun and the Ammonites sent 75,000 pounds[fn] of silver to hire chariots and charioteers from Aram-naharaim, Aram-maacah, and Zobah.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:10 - When Joab saw that he would have to fight on both the front and the rear, he chose some of Israel's elite troops and placed them under his personal command to fight the Arameans in the fields.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:19 - When Hadadezer's allies saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they surrendered to David and became his subjects. After that, the Arameans were no longer willing to help the Ammonites.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:1 - Satan rose up against Israel and caused David to take a census of the people of Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:7 - God was very displeased with the census, and he punished Israel for it.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:15 - And God sent an angel to destroy Jerusalem. But just as the angel was preparing to destroy it, the LORD relented and said to the death angel, “Stop! That is enough!” At that moment the angel of the LORD was standing by the threshing floor of Araunah[fn] the Jebusite.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:17 - And David said to God, “I am the one who called for the census! I am the one who has sinned and done wrong! But these people are as innocent as sheep—what have they done? O LORD my God, let your anger fall against me and my family, but do not destroy your people.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:18 - Then the angel of the LORD told Gad to instruct David to go up and build an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:24 - But King David replied to Araunah, “No, I insist on buying it for the full price. I will not take what is yours and give it to the LORD. I will not present burnt offerings that have cost me nothing!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:30 - But David was not able to go there to inquire of God, because he was terrified by the drawn sword of the angel of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:2 - So David gave orders to call together the foreigners living in Israel, and he assigned them the task of preparing finished stone for building the Temple of God.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:5 - David said, “My son Solomon is still young and inexperienced. And since the Temple to be built for the LORD must be a magnificent structure, famous and glorious throughout the world, I will begin making preparations for it now.” So David collected vast amounts of building materials before his death.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:6 - Then David sent for his son Solomon and instructed him to build a Temple for the LORD, the God of Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:7 - “My son, I wanted to build a Temple to honor the name of the LORD my God,” David told him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:12 - And may the LORD give you wisdom and understanding, that you may obey the Law of the LORD your God as you rule over Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:13 - For you will be successful if you carefully obey the decrees and regulations that the LORD gave to Israel through Moses. Be strong and courageous; do not be afraid or lose heart!
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:19 - Now seek the LORD your God with all your heart and soul. Build the sanctuary of the LORD God so that you can bring the Ark of the LORD's Covenant and the holy vessels of God into the Temple built to honor the LORD's name.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:5 - Another 4,000 will work as gatekeepers, and 4,000 will praise the LORD with the musical instruments I have made.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:13 - The sons of Amram were Aaron and Moses. Aaron and his descendants were set apart to dedicate the most holy things, to offer sacrifices in the LORD's presence, to serve the LORD, and to pronounce blessings in his name forever.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:28 - The work of the Levites was to assist the priests, the descendants of Aaron, as they served at the house of the LORD. They also took care of the courtyards and side rooms, helped perform the ceremonies of purification, and served in many other ways in the house of God.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:30 - And each morning and evening they stood before the LORD to sing songs of thanks and praise to him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:32 - And so, under the supervision of the priests, the Levites watched over the Tabernacle and the Temple[fn] and faithfully carried out their duties of service at the house of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:19 - Each group carried out its appointed duties in the house of the LORD according to the procedures established by their ancestor Aaron in obedience to the commands of the LORD, the God of Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:27 - These men dedicated some of the plunder they had gained in battle to maintain the house of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:29 - From the clan of Izhar came Kenaniah. He and his sons were given administrative responsibilities[fn] over Israel as officials and judges.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:28 - Baal-hanan from Geder was in charge of the king's olive groves and sycamore-fig trees in the foothills of Judah.[fn] Joash was responsible for the supplies of olive oil.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:3 - but God said to me, ‘You must not build a temple to honor my name, for you are a warrior and have shed much blood.'
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:4 - “Yet the LORD, the God of Israel, has chosen me from among all my father's family to be king over Israel forever. For he has chosen the tribe of Judah to rule, and from among the families of Judah he chose my father's family. And from among my father's sons the LORD was pleased to make me king over all Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:7 - And if he continues to obey my commands and regulations as he does now, I will make his kingdom last forever.'
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:18 - He designated the amount of refined gold for the altar of incense. Finally, he gave him a plan for the LORD's “chariot”—the gold cherubim[fn] whose wings were stretched out over the Ark of the LORD's Covenant.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:19 - “Every part of this plan,” David told Solomon, “was given to me in writing from the hand of the LORD.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:20 - Then David continued, “Be strong and courageous, and do the work. Don't be afraid or discouraged, for the LORD God, my God, is with you. He will not fail you or forsake you. He will see to it that all the work related to the Temple of the LORD is finished correctly.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:4 - I am donating more than 112 tons of gold[fn] from Ophir and 262 tons of refined silver[fn] to be used for overlaying the walls of the buildings
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:9 - The people rejoiced over the offerings, for they had given freely and wholeheartedly to the LORD, and King David was filled with joy.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:19 - Give my son Solomon the wholehearted desire to obey all your commands, laws, and decrees, and to do everything necessary to build this Temple, for which I have made these preparations.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:3 - Then he led the entire assembly to the place of worship in Gibeon, for God's Tabernacle[fn] was located there. (This was the Tabernacle that Moses, the LORD's servant, had made in the wilderness.)
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:1 - [fn]Solomon decided to build a Temple to honor the name of the LORD, and also a royal palace for himself.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:3 - Solomon also sent this message to King Hiram[fn] at Tyre: “Send me cedar logs as you did for my father, David, when he was building his palace.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:4 - I am about to build a Temple to honor the name of the LORD my God. It will be a place set apart to burn fragrant incense before him, to display the special sacrificial bread, and to sacrifice burnt offerings each morning and evening, on the Sabbaths, at new moon celebrations, and at the other appointed festivals of the LORD our God. He has commanded Israel to do these things forever.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:6 - But who can really build him a worthy home? Not even the highest heavens can contain him! So who am I to consider building a Temple for him, except as a place to burn sacrifices to him?
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:7 - “So send me a master craftsman who can work with gold, silver, bronze, and iron, as well as with purple, scarlet, and blue cloth. He must be a skilled engraver who can work with the craftsmen of Judah and Jerusalem who were selected by my father, David.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:1 - So Solomon began to build the Temple of the LORD in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the LORD had appeared to David, his father. The Temple was built on the threshing floor of Araunah[fn] the Jebusite, the site that David had selected.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:3 - These are the dimensions Solomon used for the foundation of the Temple of God (using the old standard of measurement).[fn] It was 90 feet long and 30 feet wide.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:6 - He also made ten smaller basins for washing the utensils for the burnt offerings. He set five on the south side and five on the north. But the priests washed themselves in the Sea.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:11 - Huram-abi also made the necessary washbasins, shovels, and bowls.
So at last Huram-abi completed everything King Solomon had assigned him to make for the Temple of God:
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 4:20 - the lampstands and their lamps of solid gold, to burn in front of the Most Holy Place as prescribed;
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:2 - Solomon then summoned to Jerusalem the elders of Israel and all the heads of tribes—the leaders of the ancestral families of Israel. They were to bring the Ark of the LORD's Covenant to the Temple from its location in the City of David, also known as Zion.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:5 - The priests and Levites brought up the Ark along with the special tent[fn] and all the sacred items that had been in it.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:6 - There, before the Ark, King Solomon and the entire community of Israel sacrificed so many sheep, goats, and cattle that no one could keep count!
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:9 - These poles were so long that their ends could be seen from the Temple's main room—the Holy Place[fn]—but not from the outside. They are still there to this day.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:12 - And the Levites who were musicians—Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and all their sons and brothers—were dressed in fine linen robes and stood at the east side of the altar playing cymbals, lyres, and harps. They were joined by 120 priests who were playing trumpets.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:13 - The trumpeters and singers performed together in unison to praise and give thanks to the LORD. Accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and other instruments, they raised their voices and praised the LORD with these words:
“He is good!
His faithful love endures forever!” At that moment a thick cloud filled the Temple of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:14 - The priests could not continue their service because of the cloud, for the glorious presence of the LORD filled the Temple of God.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:1 - Then Solomon prayed, “O LORD, you have said that you would live in a thick cloud of darkness.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:2 - Now I have built a glorious Temple for you, a place where you can live forever!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:5 - ‘From the day I brought my people out of the land of Egypt, I have never chosen a city among any of the tribes of Israel as the place where a Temple should be built to honor my name. Nor have I chosen a king to lead my people Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:7 - Then Solomon said, “My father, David, wanted to build this Temple to honor the name of the LORD, the God of Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:8 - But the LORD told him, ‘You wanted to build the Temple to honor my name. Your intention is good,
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:12 - Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in front of the entire community of Israel, and he lifted his hands in prayer.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:16 - “And now, O LORD, God of Israel, carry out the additional promise you made to your servant David, my father. For you said to him, ‘If your descendants guard their behavior and faithfully follow my Law as you have done, one of them will always sit on the throne of Israel.'
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:19 - Nevertheless, listen to my prayer and my plea, O LORD my God. Hear the cry and the prayer that your servant is making to you.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:20 - May you watch over this Temple day and night, this place where you have said you would put your name. May you always hear the prayers I make toward this place.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:22 - “If someone wrongs another person and is required to take an oath of innocence in front of your altar at this Temple,
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:23 - then hear from heaven and judge between your servants—the accuser and the accused. Pay back the guilty as they deserve. Acquit the innocent because of their innocence.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:33 - then hear from heaven where you live, and grant what they ask of you. In this way, all the people of the earth will come to know and fear you, just as your own people Israel do. They, too, will know that this Temple I have built honors your name.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:6 - The priests took their assigned positions, and so did the Levites who were singing, “His faithful love endures forever!” They accompanied the singing with music from the instruments King David had made for praising the LORD. Across from the Levites, the priests blew the trumpets, while all Israel stood.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:9 - On the eighth day they had a closing ceremony, for they had celebrated the dedication of the altar for seven days and the Festival of Shelters for seven days.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:11 - So Solomon finished the Temple of the LORD, as well as the royal palace. He completed everything he had planned to do in the construction of the Temple and the palace.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:16 - For I have chosen this Temple and set it apart to be holy—a place where my name will be honored forever. I will always watch over it, for it is dear to my heart.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:6 - He also rebuilt Baalath and other supply centers and constructed towns where his chariots and horses[fn] could be stationed. He built everything he desired in Jerusalem and Lebanon and throughout his entire realm.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:13 - He offered the sacrifices for the Sabbaths, the new moon festivals, and the three annual festivals—the Passover celebration, the Festival of Harvest,[fn] and the Festival of Shelters—as Moses had commanded.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:14 - In assigning the priests to their duties, Solomon followed the regulations of his father, David. He also assigned the Levites to lead the people in praise and to assist the priests in their daily duties. And he assigned the gatekeepers to their gates by their divisions, following the commands of David, the man of God.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:1 - When the queen of Sheba heard of Solomon's fame, she came to Jerusalem to test him with hard questions. She arrived with a large group of attendants and a great caravan of camels loaded with spices, large quantities of gold, and precious jewels. When she met with Solomon, she talked with him about everything she had on her mind.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:6 - I didn't believe what was said until I arrived here and saw it with my own eyes. In fact, I had not heard the half of your great wisdom! It is far beyond what I was told.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:8 - Praise the LORD your God, who delights in you and has placed you on the throne as king to rule for him. Because God loves Israel and desires this kingdom to last forever, he has made you king over them so you can rule with justice and righteousness.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:13 - Each year Solomon received about 25 tons[fn] of gold.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:6 - Then King Rehoboam discussed the matter with the older men who had counseled his father, Solomon. “What is your advice?” he asked. “How should I answer these people?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:18 - King Rehoboam sent Adoniram,[fn] who was in charge of the labor force, to restore order, but the people of Israel stoned him to death. When this news reached King Rehoboam, he quickly jumped into his chariot and fled to Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:1 - When Rehoboam arrived at Jerusalem, he mobilized the men of Judah and Benjamin—180,000 select troops—to fight against Israel and to restore the kingdom to himself.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:4 - ‘This is what the LORD says: Do not fight against your relatives. Go back home, for what has happened is my doing!'” So they obeyed the message of the LORD and did not fight against Jeroboam.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:14 - The Levites even abandoned their pasturelands and property and moved to Judah and Jerusalem, because Jeroboam and his sons would not allow them to serve the LORD as priests.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:16 - From all the tribes of Israel, those who sincerely wanted to worship the LORD, the God of Israel, followed the Levites to Jerusalem, where they could offer sacrifices to the LORD, the God of their ancestors.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:3 - He came with 1,200 chariots, 60,000 horses,[fn] and a countless army of foot soldiers, including Libyans, Sukkites, and Ethiopians.[fn]
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 13:12 - So you see, God is with us. He is our leader. His priests blow their trumpets and lead us into battle against you. O people of Israel, do not fight against the LORD, the God of your ancestors, for you will not succeed!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:16 - King Asa even deposed his grandmother[fn] Maacah from her position as queen mother because she had made an obscene Asherah pole. He cut down her obscene pole, broke it up, and burned it in the Kidron Valley.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:1 - In the thirty-sixth year of Asa's reign, King Baasha of Israel invaded Judah and fortified Ramah in order to prevent anyone from entering or leaving King Asa's territory in Judah.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:5 - As soon as Baasha of Israel heard what was happening, he abandoned his project of fortifying Ramah and stopped all work on it.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:2 - A few years later he went to Samaria to visit Ahab, who prepared a great banquet for him and his officials. They butchered great numbers of sheep, goats, and cattle for the feast. Then Ahab enticed Jehoshaphat to join forces with him to recover Ramoth-gilead.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:7 - The king of Israel replied to Jehoshaphat, “There is one more man who could consult the LORD for us, but I hate him. He never prophesies anything but trouble for me! His name is Micaiah son of Imlah.”
Jehoshaphat replied, “That's not the way a king should talk! Let's hear what he has to say.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:12 - Meanwhile, the messenger who went to get Micaiah said to him, “Look, all the prophets are promising victory for the king. Be sure that you agree with them and promise success.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:23 - Then Zedekiah son of Kenaanah walked up to Micaiah and slapped him across the face. “Since when did the Spirit of the LORD leave me to speak to you?” he demanded.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:24 - And Micaiah replied, “You will find out soon enough when you are trying to hide in some secret room!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:26 - Give them this order from the king: ‘Put this man in prison, and feed him nothing but bread and water until I return safely from the battle!'”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:31 - So when the Aramean chariot commanders saw Jehoshaphat in his royal robes, they went after him. “There is the king of Israel!” they shouted. But Jehoshaphat called out, and the LORD saved him. God helped him by turning the attackers away from him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:34 - The battle raged all that day, and the king of Israel propped himself up in his chariot facing the Arameans. In the evening, just as the sun was setting, he died.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:12 - O our God, won't you stop them? We are powerless against this mighty army that is about to attack us. We do not know what to do, but we are looking to you for help.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:23 - The armies of Moab and Ammon turned against their allies from Mount Seir and killed every one of them. After they had destroyed the army of Seir, they began attacking each other.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:32 - Jehoshaphat was a good king, following the ways of his father, Asa. He did what was pleasing in the LORD's sight.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:36 - Together they built a fleet of trading ships[fn] at the port of Ezion-geber.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:37 - Then Eliezer son of Dodavahu from Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat. He said, “Because you have allied yourself with King Ahaziah, the LORD will destroy your work.” So the ships met with disaster and never put out to sea.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:3 - Ahaziah also followed the evil example of King Ahab's family, for his mother encouraged him in doing wrong.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:4 - He did what was evil in the LORD's sight, just as Ahab's family had done. They even became his advisers after the death of his father, and they led him to ruin.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:6 - he returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds he had received at Ramoth.[fn] Because Joram was wounded, King Ahaziah[fn] of Judah went to Jezreel to visit him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:9 - Then Jehu's men searched for Ahaziah, and they found him hiding in the city of Samaria. They brought him to Jehu, who killed him. Ahaziah was given a decent burial because the people said, “He was the grandson of Jehoshaphat—a man who sought the LORD with all his heart.” But none of the surviving members of Ahaziah's family was capable of ruling the kingdom.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:8 - So the Levites and all the people of Judah did everything as Jehoiada the priest ordered. The commanders took charge of the men reporting for duty that Sabbath, as well as those who were going off duty. Jehoiada the priest did not let anyone go home after their shift ended.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:10 - He stationed all the people around the king, with their weapons ready. They formed a line from the south side of the Temple around to the north side and all around the altar.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:6 - So the king called for Jehoiada the high priest and asked him, “Why haven't you demanded that the Levites go out and collect the Temple taxes from the towns of Judah and from Jerusalem? Moses, the servant of the LORD, levied this tax on the community of Israel in order to maintain the Tabernacle of the Covenant.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:14 - When all the repairs were finished, they brought the remaining money to the king and Jehoiada. It was used to make various articles for the Temple of the LORD—articles for worship services and for burnt offerings, including ladles and other articles made of gold and silver. And the burnt offerings were sacrificed continually in the Temple of the LORD during the lifetime of Jehoiada the priest.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:12 - They captured another 10,000 and took them to the top of a cliff and threw them off, dashing them to pieces on the rocks below.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:13 - Meanwhile, the hired troops that Amaziah had sent home raided several of the towns of Judah between Samaria and Beth-horon. They killed 3,000 people and carried off great quantities of plunder.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:16 - But the king interrupted him and said, “Since when have I made you the king's counselor? Be quiet now before I have you killed!”
So the prophet stopped with this warning: “I know that God has determined to destroy you because you have done this and have refused to accept my counsel.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:20 - But Amaziah refused to listen, for God was determined to destroy him for turning to the gods of Edom.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:23 - King Jehoash of Israel captured Judah's king, Amaziah son of Joash and grandson of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh. Then he brought him to Jerusalem, where he demolished 600 feet[fn] of Jerusalem's wall, from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:15 - And he built structures on the walls of Jerusalem, designed by experts to protect those who shot arrows and hurled large stones[fn] from the towers and the corners of the wall. His fame spread far and wide, for the LORD gave him marvelous help, and he became very powerful.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:16 - But when he had become powerful, he also became proud, which led to his downfall. He sinned against the LORD his God by entering the sanctuary of the LORD's Temple and personally burning incense on the incense altar.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:18 - They confronted King Uzziah and said, “It is not for you, Uzziah, to burn incense to the LORD. That is the work of the priests alone, the descendants of Aaron who are set apart for this work. Get out of the sanctuary, for you have sinned. The LORD God will not honor you for this!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:19 - Uzziah, who was holding an incense burner, became furious. But as he was standing there raging at the priests before the incense altar in the LORD's Temple, leprosy[fn] suddenly broke out on his forehead.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:22 - Even during this time of trouble, King Ahaz continued to reject the LORD.
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 29:35 - There was an abundance of burnt offerings, along with the usual liquid offerings, and a great deal of fat from the many peace offerings.
So the Temple of the LORD was restored to service.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:12 - At the same time, God's hand was on the people in the land of Judah, giving them all one heart to obey the orders of the king and his officials, who were following the word of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:13 - So a huge crowd assembled at Jerusalem in midspring[fn] to celebrate the Festival of Unleavened Bread.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:17 - Since many of the people had not purified themselves, the Levites had to slaughter their Passover lamb for them, to set them apart for the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:2 - Hezekiah then organized the priests and Levites into divisions to offer the burnt offerings and peace offerings, and to worship and give thanks and praise to the LORD at the gates of the Temple.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:2 - When Hezekiah realized that Sennacherib also intended to attack Jerusalem,
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:7 - “Be strong and courageous! Don't be afraid or discouraged because of the king of Assyria or his mighty army, for there is a power far greater on our side!
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:8 - He may have a great army, but they are merely men. We have the LORD our God to help us and to fight our battles for us!” Hezekiah's words greatly encouraged the people.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:11 - Hezekiah has said, ‘The LORD our God will rescue us from the king of Assyria.' Surely Hezekiah is misleading you, sentencing you to death by famine and thirst!
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 32:15 - Don't let Hezekiah deceive you! Don't let him fool you like this! I say it again—no god of any nation or kingdom has ever yet been able to rescue his people from me or my ancestors. How much less will your God rescue you from my power!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:18 - The Assyrian officials who brought the letters shouted this in Hebrew[fn] to the people gathered on the walls of the city, trying to terrify them so it would be easier to capture the city.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:30 - He blocked up the upper spring of Gihon and brought the water down through a tunnel to the west side of the City of David. And so he succeeded in everything he did.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:31 - However, when ambassadors arrived from Babylon to ask about the remarkable events that had taken place in the land, God withdrew from Hezekiah in order to test him and to see what was really in his heart.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:6 - Manasseh also sacrificed his own sons in the fire[fn] in the valley of Ben-Hinnom. He practiced sorcery, divination, and witchcraft, and he consulted with mediums and psychics. He did much that was evil in the LORD's sight, arousing his anger.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:8 - If the Israelites will be careful to obey my commands—all the laws, decrees, and regulations given through Moses—I will not send them into exile from this land that I set aside for your ancestors.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:9 - But Manasseh led the people of Judah and Jerusalem to do even more evil than the pagan nations that the LORD had destroyed when the people of Israel entered the land.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:16 - Then he restored the altar of the LORD and sacrificed peace offerings and thanksgiving offerings on it. He also encouraged the people of Judah to worship the LORD, the God of Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:19 - Manasseh's prayer, the account of the way God answered him, and an account of all his sins and unfaithfulness are recorded in The Record of the Seers.[fn] It includes a list of the locations where he built pagan shrines and set up Asherah poles and idols before he humbled himself and repented.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:3 - During the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, Josiah began to seek the God of his ancestor David. Then in the twelfth year he began to purify Judah and Jerusalem, destroying all the pagan shrines, the Asherah poles, and the carved idols and cast images.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:8 - In the eighteenth year of his reign, after he had purified the land and the Temple, Josiah appointed Shaphan son of Azaliah, Maaseiah the governor of Jerusalem, and Joah son of Joahaz, the royal historian, to repair the Temple of the LORD his God.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:21 - “Go to the Temple and speak to the LORD for me and for all the remnant of Israel and Judah. Inquire about the words written in the scroll that has been found. For the LORD's great anger has been poured out on us because our ancestors have not obeyed the word of the LORD. We have not been doing everything this scroll says we must do.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:26 - “But go to the king of Judah who sent you to seek the LORD and tell him: ‘This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says concerning the message you have just heard:
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:31 - The king took his place of authority beside the pillar and renewed the covenant in the LORD's presence. He pledged to obey the LORD by keeping all his commands, laws, and decrees with all his heart and soul. He promised to obey all the terms of the covenant that were written in the scroll.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:33 - So Josiah removed all detestable idols from the entire land of Israel and required everyone to worship the LORD their God. And throughout the rest of his lifetime, they did not turn away from the LORD, the God of their ancestors.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:3 - He issued this order to the Levites, who were to teach all Israel and who had been set apart to serve the LORD: “Put the holy Ark in the Temple that was built by Solomon son of David, the king of Israel. You no longer need to carry it back and forth on your shoulders. Now spend your time serving the LORD your God and his people Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:6 - Slaughter the Passover lambs, purify yourselves, and prepare to help those who come. Follow all the directions that the LORD gave through Moses.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:12 - They divided the burnt offerings among the people by their family groups, so they could offer them to the LORD as prescribed in the Book of Moses. They did the same with the cattle.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:16 - The entire ceremony for the LORD's Passover was completed that day. All the burnt offerings were sacrificed on the altar of the LORD, as King Josiah had commanded.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:19 - This Passover celebration took place in the eighteenth year of Josiah's reign.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:22 - But Josiah refused to listen to Neco, to whom God had indeed spoken, and he would not turn back. Instead, he disguised himself and led his army into battle on the plain of Megiddo.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:24 - So they lifted Josiah out of his chariot and placed him in another chariot. Then they brought him back to Jerusalem, where he died. He was buried there in the royal cemetery. And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:2 - Jehoahaz[fn] was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:4 - The king of Egypt then installed Eliakim, the brother of Jehoahaz, as the next king of Judah and Jerusalem, and he changed Eliakim's name to Jehoiakim. Then Neco took Jehoahaz to Egypt as a prisoner.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:5 - Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. He did what was evil in the sight of the LORD his God.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:13 - He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, even though he had taken an oath of loyalty in God's name. Zedekiah was a hard and stubborn man, refusing to turn to the LORD, the God of Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:14 - Likewise, all the leaders of the priests and the people became more and more unfaithful. They followed all the pagan practices of the surrounding nations, desecrating the Temple of the LORD that had been consecrated in Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:15 - The LORD, the God of their ancestors, repeatedly sent his prophets to warn them, for he had compassion on his people and his Temple.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:21 - So the message of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah was fulfilled. The land finally enjoyed its Sabbath rest, lying desolate until the seventy years were fulfilled, just as the prophet had said.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 1:1 - In the first year of King Cyrus of Persia,[fn] the LORD fulfilled the prophecy he had given through Jeremiah.[fn] He stirred the heart of Cyrus to put this proclamation in writing and to send it throughout his kingdom:
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 1:2 - “This is what King Cyrus of Persia says: “The LORD, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth. He has appointed me to build him a Temple at Jerusalem, which is in Judah.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 1:5 - Then God stirred the hearts of the priests and Levites and the leaders of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin to go to Jerusalem to rebuild the Temple of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:59 - Another group returned at this time from the towns of Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Kerub, Addan, and Immer. However, they could not prove that they or their families were descendants of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:63 - The governor told them not to eat the priests' share of food from the sacrifices until a priest could consult the LORD about the matter by using the Urim and Thummim—the sacred lots.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:68 - When they arrived at the Temple of the LORD in Jerusalem, some of the family leaders made voluntary offerings toward the rebuilding of God's Temple on its original site,
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:69 - and each leader gave as much as he could. The total of their gifts came to 61,000 gold coins,[fn] 6,250 pounds[fn] of silver, and 100 robes for the priests.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:2 - Then Jeshua son of Jehozadak[fn] joined his fellow priests and Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel with his family in rebuilding the altar of the God of Israel. They wanted to sacrifice burnt offerings on it, as instructed in the Law of Moses, the man of God.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:8 - The construction of the Temple of God began in midspring,[fn] during the second year after they arrived in Jerusalem. The work force was made up of everyone who had returned from exile, including Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, Jeshua son of Jehozadak and his fellow priests, and all the Levites. The Levites who were twenty years old or older were put in charge of rebuilding the LORD's Temple.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:10 - When the builders completed the foundation of the LORD's Temple, the priests put on their robes and took their places to blow their trumpets. And the Levites, descendants of Asaph, clashed their cymbals to praise the LORD, just as King David had prescribed.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:12 - But many of the older priests, Levites, and other leaders who had seen the first Temple wept aloud when they saw the new Temple's foundation. The others, however, were shouting for joy.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:3 - But Zerubbabel, Jeshua, and the other leaders of Israel replied, “You may have no part in this work. We alone will build the Temple for the LORD, the God of Israel, just as King Cyrus of Persia commanded us.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:4 - Then the local residents tried to discourage and frighten the people of Judah to keep them from their work.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:5 - They bribed agents to work against them and to frustrate their plans. This went on during the entire reign of King Cyrus of Persia and lasted until King Darius of Persia took the throne.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:3 - But Tattenai, governor of the province west of the Euphrates River,[fn] and Shethar-bozenai and their colleagues soon arrived in Jerusalem and asked, “Who gave you permission to rebuild this Temple and restore this structure?”
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:8 - “Moreover, I hereby decree that you are to help these elders of the Jews as they rebuild this Temple of God. You must pay the full construction costs, without delay, from my taxes collected in the province west of the Euphrates River so that the work will not be interrupted.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:21 - The Passover meal was eaten by the people of Israel who had returned from exile and by the others in the land who had turned from their immoral customs to worship the LORD, the God of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:11 - King Artaxerxes had given a copy of the following letter to Ezra, the priest and scribe who studied and taught the commands and decrees of the LORD to Israel:
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:18 - Any silver and gold that is left over may be used in whatever way you and your colleagues feel is the will of your God.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:27 - Praise the LORD, the God of our ancestors, who made the king want to beautify the Temple of the LORD in Jerusalem!
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:17 - I sent them to Iddo, the leader of the Levites at Casiphia, to ask him and his relatives and the Temple servants to send us ministers for the Temple of God at Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:21 - And there by the Ahava Canal, I gave orders for all of us to fast and humble ourselves before our God. We prayed that he would give us a safe journey and protect us, our children, and our goods as we traveled.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:30 - So the priests and the Levites accepted the task of transporting these treasures of silver and gold to the Temple of our God in Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:31 - We broke camp at the Ahava Canal on April 19[fn] and started off to Jerusalem. And the gracious hand of our God protected us and saved us from enemies and bandits along the way.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:8 - “But now we have been given a brief moment of grace, for the LORD our God has allowed a few of us to survive as a remnant. He has given us security in this holy place. Our God has brightened our eyes and granted us some relief from our slavery.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:9 - For we were slaves, but in his unfailing love our God did not abandon us in our slavery. Instead, he caused the kings of Persia to treat us favorably. He revived us so we could rebuild the Temple of our God and repair its ruins. He has given us a protective wall in Judah and Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:5 - So Ezra stood up and demanded that the leaders of the priests and the Levites and all the people of Israel swear that they would do as Shecaniah had said. And they all swore a solemn oath.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:7 - Then a proclamation was made throughout Judah and Jerusalem that all the exiles should come to Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:9 - Within three days, all the people of Judah and Benjamin had gathered in Jerusalem. This took place on December 19,[fn] and all the people were sitting in the square before the Temple of God. They were trembling both because of the seriousness of the matter and because it was raining.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:10 - Then Ezra the priest stood and said to them: “You have committed a terrible sin. By marrying pagan women, you have increased Israel's guilt.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:13 - Then they added, “This isn't something that can be done in a day or two, for many of us are involved in this extremely sinful affair. And this is the rainy season, so we cannot stay out here much longer.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:14 - Let our leaders act on behalf of us all. Let everyone who has a pagan wife come at a scheduled time, accompanied by the leaders and judges of his city, so that the fierce anger of our God concerning this affair may be turned away from us.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:19 - They vowed to divorce their wives, and they each acknowledged their guilt by offering a ram as a guilt offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:6 - listen to my prayer! Look down and see me praying night and day for your people Israel. I confess that we have sinned against you. Yes, even my own family and I have sinned!
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:12 - I slipped out during the night, taking only a few others with me. I had not told anyone about the plans God had put in my heart for Jerusalem. We took no pack animals with us except the donkey I was riding.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:8 - Next was Uzziel son of Harhaiah, a goldsmith by trade, who also worked on the wall. Beyond him was Hananiah, a manufacturer of perfumes. They left out a section of Jerusalem as they built the Broad Wall.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:26 - with the Temple servants living on the hill of Ophel, who repaired the wall as far as a point across from the Water Gate to the east and the projecting tower.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:27 - Then came the people of Tekoa, who repaired another section across from the great projecting tower and over to the wall of Ophel.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:13 - So I placed armed guards behind the lowest parts of the wall in the exposed areas. I stationed the people to stand guard by families, armed with swords, spears, and bows.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:19 - Then I explained to the nobles and officials and all the people, “The work is very spread out, and we are widely separated from each other along the wall.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:11 - You must restore their fields, vineyards, olive groves, and homes to them this very day. And repay the interest you charged when you lent them money, grain, new wine, and olive oil.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:16 - I also devoted myself to working on the wall and refused to acquire any land. And I required all my servants to spend time working on the wall.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:9 - They were just trying to intimidate us, imagining that they could discourage us and stop the work. So I continued the work with even greater determination.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:71 - The other leaders gave to the treasury a total of 20,000 gold coins[fn] and some 2,750 pounds[fn] of silver for the work.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:1 - [fn]all the people assembled with a unified purpose at the square just inside the Water Gate. They asked Ezra the scribe to bring out the Book of the Law of Moses, which the LORD had given for Israel to obey.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:3 - He faced the square just inside the Water Gate from early morning until noon and read aloud to everyone who could understand. All the people listened closely to the Book of the Law.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:16 - So the people went out and cut branches and used them to build shelters on the roofs of their houses, in their courtyards, in the courtyards of God's Temple, or in the squares just inside the Water Gate and the Ephraim Gate.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:12 - You led our ancestors by a pillar of cloud during the day and a pillar of fire at night so that they could find their way.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:17 - They refused to obey and did not remember the miracles you had done for them. Instead, they became stubborn and appointed a leader to take them back to their slavery in Egypt! But you are a God of forgiveness, gracious and merciful, slow to become angry, and rich in unfailing love. You did not abandon them,
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:29 - joined their leaders and bound themselves with an oath. They swore a curse on themselves if they failed to obey the Law of God as issued by his servant Moses. They solemnly promised to carefully follow all the commands, regulations, and decrees of the LORD our Lord:
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:30 - “We promise not to let our daughters marry the pagan people of the land, and not to let our sons marry their daughters.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:31 - “We also promise that if the people of the land should bring any merchandise or grain to be sold on the Sabbath or on any other holy day, we will refuse to buy it. Every seventh year we will let our land rest, and we will cancel all debts owed to us.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:32 - “In addition, we promise to obey the command to pay the annual Temple tax of one-eighth of an ounce of silver[fn] for the care of the Temple of our God.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:33 - This will provide for the Bread of the Presence; for the regular grain offerings and burnt offerings; for the offerings on the Sabbaths, the new moon celebrations, and the annual festivals; for the holy offerings; and for the sin offerings to make atonement for Israel. It will provide for everything necessary for the work of the Temple of our God.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:39 - The people and the Levites must bring these offerings of grain, new wine, and olive oil to the storerooms and place them in the sacred containers near the ministering priests, the gatekeepers, and the singers. “We promise together not to neglect the Temple of our God.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:27 - For the dedication of the new wall of Jerusalem, the Levites throughout the land were asked to come to Jerusalem to assist in the ceremonies. They were to take part in the joyous occasion with their songs of thanksgiving and with the music of cymbals, harps, and lyres.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:31 - I led the leaders of Judah to the top of the wall and organized two large choirs to give thanks. One of the choirs proceeded southward[fn] along the top of the wall to the Dung Gate.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:37 - At the Fountain Gate they went straight up the steps on the ascent of the city wall toward the City of David. They passed the house of David and then proceeded to the Water Gate on the east.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:38 - The second choir giving thanks went northward[fn] around the other way to meet them. I followed them, together with the other half of the people, along the top of the wall past the Tower of the Ovens to the Broad Wall,
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:5 - had converted a large storage room and placed it at Tobiah's disposal. The room had previously been used for storing the grain offerings, the frankincense, various articles for the Temple, and the tithes of grain, new wine, and olive oil (which were prescribed for the Levites, the singers, and the gatekeepers), as well as the offerings for the priests.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:8 - I became very upset and threw all of Tobiah's belongings out of the room.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:12 - And once more all the people of Judah began bringing their tithes of grain, new wine, and olive oil to the Temple storerooms.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:15 - In those days I saw men of Judah treading out their winepresses on the Sabbath. They were also bringing in grain, loading it on donkeys, and bringing their wine, grapes, figs, and all sorts of produce to Jerusalem to sell on the Sabbath. So I rebuked them for selling their produce on that day.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:17 - So I confronted the nobles of Judah. “Why are you profaning the Sabbath in this evil way?” I asked.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:19 - Then I commanded that the gates of Jerusalem should be shut as darkness fell every Friday evening,[fn] not to be opened until the Sabbath ended. I sent some of my own servants to guard the gates so that no merchandise could be brought in on the Sabbath day.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:21 - But I spoke sharply to them and said, “What are you doing out here, camping around the wall? If you do this again, I will arrest you!” And that was the last time they came on the Sabbath.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:22 - Then I commanded the Levites to purify themselves and to guard the gates in order to preserve the holiness of the Sabbath. Remember this good deed also, O my God! Have compassion on me according to your great and unfailing love.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:8 - Mordecai gave Hathach a copy of the decree issued in Susa that called for the death of all Jews. He asked Hathach to show it to Esther and explain the situation to her. He also asked Hathach to direct her to go to the king to beg for mercy and plead for her people.
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 5:14 - So Haman's wife, Zeresh, and all his friends suggested, “Set up a sharpened pole that stands seventy-five feet[fn] tall, and in the morning ask the king to impale Mordecai on it. When this is done, you can go on your merry way to the banquet with the king.” This pleased Haman, and he ordered the pole set up.
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 7:7 - Then the king jumped to his feet in a rage and went out into the palace garden.
Haman, however, stayed behind to plead for his life with Queen Esther, for he knew that the king intended to kill him.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:10 - So they impaled Haman on the pole he had set up for Mordecai, and the king's anger subsided.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:8 - Now go ahead and send a message to the Jews in the king's name, telling them whatever you want, and seal it with the king's signet ring. But remember that whatever has already been written in the king's name and sealed with his signet ring can never be revoked.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:9 - So on June 25[fn] the king's secretaries were summoned, and a decree was written exactly as Mordecai dictated. It was sent to the Jews and to the highest officers, the governors, and the nobles of all the 127 provinces stretching from India to Ethiopia.[fn] The decree was written in the scripts and languages of all the peoples of the empire, including that of the Jews.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:15 - when the Sabeans raided us. They stole all the animals and killed all the farmhands. I am the only one who escaped to tell you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:16 - While he was still speaking, another messenger arrived with this news: “The fire of God has fallen from heaven and burned up your sheep and all the shepherds. I am the only one who escaped to tell you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:17 - While he was still speaking, a third messenger arrived with this news: “Three bands of Chaldean raiders have stolen your camels and killed your servants. I am the only one who escaped to tell you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:19 - Suddenly, a powerful wind swept in from the wilderness and hit the house on all sides. The house collapsed, and all your children are dead. I am the only one who escaped to tell you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:11 - When three of Job's friends heard of the tragedy he had suffered, they got together and traveled from their homes to comfort and console him. Their names were Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:2 - “How long will you go on like this?
You sound like a blustering wind.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:12 - While they are still flowering, not ready to be cut,
they begin to wither more quickly than grass.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:15 - Even if I were right, I would have no defense.
I could only plead for mercy.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:21 - before I leave—never to return—
for the land of darkness and utter gloom.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:18 - I have prepared my case;
I will be proved innocent.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:20 - “O God, grant me these two things,
and then I will be able to face you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:19 - as water wears away the stones
and floods wash away the soil,
so you destroy people's hope.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:4 - “Don't you realize that from the beginning of time,
ever since people were first placed on the earth,
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:24 - When they were discouraged, I smiled at them.
My look of approval was precious to them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:11 - For God has cut my bowstring.
He has humbled me,
so they have thrown off all restraint.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:23 - That would be better than facing God's judgment.
For if the majesty of God opposes me, what hope is there?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:34 - Have I feared the crowd
or the contempt of the masses,
so that I kept quiet and stayed indoors?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:6 - Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite said,
“I am young and you are old,
so I held back from telling you what I think.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:24 - he will be gracious and say,
‘Rescue him from the grave,
for I have found a ransom for his life.'
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:28 - God rescued me from the grave,
and now my life is filled with light.'
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:8 - He chooses evil people as companions.
He spends his time with wicked men.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:22 - No darkness is thick enough
to hide the wicked from his eyes.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:28 - They cause the poor to cry out, catching God's attention.
He hears the cries of the needy.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:26 - Who makes the rain fall on barren land,
in a desert where no one lives?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:27 - Who sends rain to satisfy the parched ground
and make the tender grass spring up?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:6 - Then the LORD answered Job from the whirlwind:
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 4:6 - Many people say, “Who will show us better times?”
Let your face smile on us, LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 5:7 - Because of your unfailing love, I can enter your house;
I will worship at your Temple with deepest awe.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:4 - Return, O LORD, and rescue me.
Save me because of your unfailing love.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:2 - You have taught children and infants
to tell of your strength,[fn]
silencing your enemies
and all who oppose you.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:7 - the flocks and the herds
and all the wild animals,
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:9 - Like lions crouched in hiding,
they wait to pounce on the helpless.
Like hunters they capture the helpless
and drag them away in nets.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:11 - The wicked think, “God isn't watching us!
He has closed his eyes and won't even see what we do!”
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:14 - But you see the trouble and grief they cause.
You take note of it and punish them.
The helpless put their trust in you.
You defend the orphans.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:18 - You will bring justice to the orphans and the oppressed,
so mere people can no longer terrify them.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 11:2 - The wicked are stringing their bows
and fitting their arrows on the bowstrings.
They shoot from the shadows
at those whose hearts are right.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 11:6 - He will rain down blazing coals and burning sulfur on the wicked,
punishing them with scorching winds.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 13:5 - But I trust in your unfailing love.
I will rejoice because you have rescued me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:2 - The LORD looks down from heaven
on the entire human race;
he looks to see if anyone is truly wise,
if anyone seeks God.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:5 - LORD, you alone are my inheritance, my cup of blessing.
You guard all that is mine.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:11 - You will show me the way of life,
granting me the joy of your presence
and the pleasures of living with you forever.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:14 - May the words of my mouth
and the meditation of my heart
be pleasing to you,
O LORD, my rock and my redeemer.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 21:6 - You have endowed him with eternal blessings
and given him the joy of your presence.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 21:9 - You will throw them in a flaming furnace
when you appear.
The LORD will consume them in his anger;
fire will devour them.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 23:3 - He renews my strength.
He guides me along right paths,
bringing honor to his name.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:11 - For the honor of your name, O LORD,
forgive my many, many sins.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:14 - The LORD is a friend to those who fear him.
He teaches them his covenant.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 26:7 - singing a song of thanksgiving
and telling of all your wonders.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:1 - A psalm of David.

The LORD is my light and my salvation—
so why should I be afraid?
The LORD is my fortress, protecting me from danger,
so why should I tremble?
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:2 - When evil people come to devour me,
when my enemies and foes attack me,
they will stumble and fall.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:4 - The one thing I ask of the LORD
the thing I seek most—
is to live in the house of the LORD all the days of my life,
delighting in the LORD's perfections
and meditating in his Temple.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:13 - Yet I am confident I will see the LORD's goodness
while I am here in the land of the living.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:2 - Turn your ear to listen to me;
rescue me quickly.
Be my rock of protection,
a fortress where I will be safe.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:3 - You are my rock and my fortress.
For the honor of your name, lead me out of this danger.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:13 - I have heard the many rumors about me,
and I am surrounded by terror.
My enemies conspire against me,
plotting to take my life.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:20 - You hide them in the shelter of your presence,
safe from those who conspire against them.
You shelter them in your presence,
far from accusing tongues.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:3 - When I refused to confess my sin,
my body wasted away,
and I groaned all day long.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:5 - He loves whatever is just and good;
the unfailing love of the LORD fills the earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:6 - The LORD merely spoke,
and the heavens were created.
He breathed the word,
and all the stars were born.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:13 - Then keep your tongue from speaking evil
and your lips from telling lies!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:16 - But the LORD turns his face against those who do evil;
he will erase their memory from the earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:1 - For the choir director: A psalm of David, the servant of the LORD.

Sin whispers to the wicked, deep within their hearts.
They have no fear of God at all.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:2 - In their blind conceit,
they cannot see how wicked they really are.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:3 - Everything they say is crooked and deceitful.
They refuse to act wisely or do good.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:14 - The wicked draw their swords
and string their bows
to kill the poor and the oppressed,
to slaughter those who do right.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:32 - The wicked wait in ambush for the godly,
looking for an excuse to kill them.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:34 - Put your hope in the LORD.
Travel steadily along his path.
He will honor you by giving you the land.
You will see the wicked destroyed.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:13 - Leave me alone so I can smile again
before I am gone and exist no more.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:8 - I take joy in doing your will, my God,
for your instructions are written on my heart.”
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:12 - For troubles surround me—
too many to count!
My sins pile up so high
I can't see my way out.
They outnumber the hairs on my head.
I have lost all courage.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:13 - Please, LORD, rescue me!
Come quickly, LORD, and help me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:14 - May those who try to destroy me
be humiliated and put to shame.
May those who take delight in my trouble
be turned back in disgrace.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 41:6 - They visit me as if they were my friends,
but all the while they gather gossip,
and when they leave, they spread it everywhere.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 41:8 - “He has some fatal disease,” they say.
“He will never get out of that bed!”
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:5 - Why am I discouraged?
Why is my heart so sad?
I will put my hope in God!
I will praise him again—
my Savior and
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:11 - Why am I discouraged?
Why is my heart so sad?
I will put my hope in God!
I will praise him again—
my Savior and my God!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:3 - They did not conquer the land with their swords;
it was not their own strong arm that gave them victory.
It was your right hand and strong arm
and the blinding light from your face that helped them,
for you loved them.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:15 - We can't escape the constant humiliation;
shame is written across our faces.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:20 - If we had forgotten the name of our God
or spread our hands in prayer to foreign gods,
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:26 - Rise up! Help us!
Ransom us because of your unfailing love.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:11 - For your royal husband delights in your beauty;
honor him, for he is your lord.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:17 - I will bring honor to your name in every generation.
Therefore, the nations will praise you forever and ever.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:11 - Do not banish me from your presence,
and don't take your Holy Spirit[fn] from me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:12 - Restore to me the joy of your salvation,
and make me willing to obey you.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 53:2 - God looks down from heaven
on the entire human race;
he looks to see if anyone is truly wise,
if anyone seeks God.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 54:2 - Listen to my prayer, O God.
Pay attention to my plea.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:21 - His words are as smooth as butter,
but in his heart is war.
His words are as soothing as lotion,
but underneath are daggers!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 56:13 - For you have rescued me from death;
you have kept my feet from slipping.
So now I can walk in your presence, O God,
in your life-giving light.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:9 - God will sweep them away, both young and old,
faster than a pot heats over burning thorns.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:1 - For the choir director: A psalm[fn] of David, regarding the time Saul sent soldiers to watch David's house in order to kill him. To be sung to the tune “Do Not Destroy!”

Rescue me from my enemies, O God.
Protect me from those who have come to destroy me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:5 - O LORD God of Heaven's Armies, the God of Israel,
wake up and punish those hostile nations.
Show no mercy to wicked traitors.
Interlude
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:15 - They scavenge for food
but go to sleep unsatisfied.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 60:4 - But you have raised a banner for those who fear you—
a rallying point in the face of attack.
Interlude
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 61:8 - Then I will sing praises to your name forever
as I fulfill my vows each day.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:9 - Common people are as worthless as a puff of wind,
and the powerful are not what they appear to be.
If you weigh them on the scales,
together they are lighter than a breath of air.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 63:2 - I have seen you in your sanctuary
and gazed upon your power and glory.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 64:4 - They shoot from ambush at the innocent,
attacking suddenly and fearlessly.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 64:5 - They encourage each other to do evil
and plan how to set their traps in secret.
“Who will ever notice?” they ask.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 65:9 - You take care of the earth and water it,
making it rich and fertile.
The river of God has plenty of water;
it provides a bountiful harvest of grain,
for you have ordered it so.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 67:2 - May your ways be known throughout the earth,
your saving power among people everywhere.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:18 - When you ascended to the heights,
you led a crowd of captives.
You received gifts from the people,
even from those who rebelled against you.
Now the LORD God will live among us there.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:20 - Our God is a God who saves!
The Sovereign LORD rescues us from death.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:30 - Rebuke these enemy nations—
these wild animals lurking in the reeds,
this herd of bulls among the weaker calves.
Make them bring bars of silver in humble tribute.
Scatter the nations that delight in war.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:3 - I am exhausted from crying for help;
my throat is parched.
My eyes are swollen with weeping,
waiting for my God to help me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:13 - But I keep praying to you, LORD,
hoping this time you will show me favor.
In your unfailing love, O God,
answer my prayer with your sure salvation.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:14 - Rescue me from the mud;
don't let me sink any deeper!
Save me from those who hate me,
and pull me from these deep waters.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:23 - Let their eyes go blind so they cannot see,
and make their bodies shake continually.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:29 - I am suffering and in pain.
Rescue me, O God, by your saving power.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:3 - Be my rock of safety
where I can always hide.
Give the order to save me,
for you are my rock and my fortress.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:15 - Long live the king!
May the gold of Sheba be given to him.
May the people always pray for him
and bless him all day long.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:16 - So I tried to understand why the wicked prosper.
But what a difficult task it is!
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 74:7 - They burned your sanctuary to the ground.
They defiled the place that bears your name.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:13 - You split the sea by your strength
and smashed the heads of the sea monsters.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 76:9 - You stand up to judge those who do evil, O God,
and to rescue the oppressed of the earth.
Interlude
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:7 - Has the Lord rejected me forever?
Will he never again be kind to me?
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:9 - Has God forgotten to be gracious?
Has he slammed the door on his compassion?
Interlude
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:1 - A psalm[fn] of Asaph.

O my people, listen to my instructions.
Open your ears to what I am saying,
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:5 - For he issued his laws to Jacob;
he gave his instructions to Israel.
He commanded our ancestors
to teach them to their children,
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:18 - They stubbornly tested God in their hearts,
demanding the foods they craved.
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 79:9 - Help us, O God of our salvation!
Help us for the glory of your name.
Save us and forgive our sins
for the honor of your name.
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 80:16 - For we are chopped up and burned by our enemies.
May they perish at the sight of your frown.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:11 - Teach me your ways, O LORD,
that I may live according to your truth!
Grant me purity of heart,
so that I may honor you.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:9 - You rule the oceans.
You subdue their storm-tossed waves.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:15 - Happy are those who hear the joyful call to worship,
for they will walk in the light of your presence, LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:22 - His enemies will not defeat him,
nor will the wicked overpower him.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:2 - Before the mountains were born,
before you gave birth to the earth and the world,
from beginning to end, you are God.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:8 - You spread out our sins before you—
our secret sins—and you see them all.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:14 - Satisfy us each morning with your unfailing love,
so we may sing for joy to the end of our lives.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:7 - Though a thousand fall at your side,
though ten thousand are dying around you,
these evils will not touch you.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:11 - For he will order his angels
to protect you wherever you go.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:1 - A psalm. A song to be sung on the Sabbath Day.

It is good to give thanks to the LORD,
to sing praises to the Most High.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:2 - It is good to proclaim your unfailing love in the morning,
your faithfulness in the evening,
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:15 - They will declare, “The LORD is just!
He is my rock!
There is no evil in him!”
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 93:1 - The LORD is king! He is robed in majesty.
Indeed, the LORD is robed in majesty and armed with strength.
The world stands firm
and cannot be shaken.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:13 - You give them relief from troubled times
until a pit is dug to capture the wicked.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 98:3 - He has remembered his promise to love and be faithful to Israel.
The ends of the earth have seen the victory of our God.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 101:6 - I will search for faithful people
to be my companions.
Only those who are above reproach
will be allowed to serve me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:4 - My heart is sick, withered like grass,
and I have lost my appetite.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:13 - You will arise and have mercy on Jerusalem[fn]
and now is the time to pity her,
now is the time you promised to help.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:20 - to hear the groans of the prisoners,
to release those condemned to die.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:21 - And so the LORD's fame will be celebrated in Zion,
his praises in Jerusalem,
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:22 - when multitudes gather together
and kingdoms come to worship the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:18 - of those who are faithful to his covenant,
of those who obey his commandments!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:20 - Praise the LORD, you angels,
you mighty ones who carry out his plans,
listening for each of his commands.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:14 - You cause grass to grow for the livestock
and plants for people to use.
You allow them to produce food from the earth—
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:15 - wine to make them glad,
olive oil to soothe their skin,
and bread to give them strength.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:16 - The trees of the LORD are well cared for—
the cedars of Lebanon that he planted.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:5 - Remember the wonders he has performed,
his miracles, and the rulings he has given,
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:19 - Until the time came to fulfill his dreams,[fn]
the LORD tested Joseph's character.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:22 - He could instruct the king's aides as he pleased
and teach the king's advisers.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:25 - Then he turned the Egyptians against the Israelites,
and they plotted against the LORD's servants.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:39 - The LORD spread a cloud above them as a covering
and gave them a great fire to light the darkness.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:5 - Let me share in the prosperity of your chosen ones.
Let me rejoice in the joy of your people;
let me praise you with those who are your heritage.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:7 - Our ancestors in Egypt
were not impressed by the LORD's miraculous deeds.
They soon forgot his many acts of kindness to them.
Instead, they rebelled against him at the Red Sea.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:8 - Even so, he saved them—
to defend the honor of his name
and to demonstrate his mighty power.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:23 - So he declared he would destroy them.
But Moses, his chosen one, stepped between the LORD and the people.
He begged him to turn from his anger and not destroy them.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:26 - Therefore, he solemnly swore
that he would kill them in the wilderness,
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:27 - that he would scatter their descendants among the nations,
exiling them to distant lands.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:45 - He remembered his covenant with them
and relented because of his unfailing love.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:47 - Save us, O LORD our God!
Gather us back from among the nations,
so we can thank your holy name
and rejoice and praise you.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:7 - He led them straight to safety,
to a city where they could live.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:4 - I love them, but they try to destroy me with accusations
even as I am praying for them!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:16 - For he refused all kindness to others;
he persecuted the poor and needy,
and he hounded the brokenhearted to death.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:21 - But deal well with me, O Sovereign LORD,
for the sake of your own reputation!
Rescue me
because you are so faithful and good.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:31 - For he stands beside the needy,
ready to save them from those who condemn them.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 111:6 - He has shown his great power to his people
by giving them the lands of other nations.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 113:8 - He sets them among princes,
even the princes of his own people!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:13 - My enemies did their best to kill me,
but the LORD rescued me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:27 - The LORD is God, shining upon us.
Take the sacrifice and bind it with cords on the altar.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:5 - Oh, that my actions would consistently
reflect your decrees!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:13 - I have recited aloud
all the regulations you have given us.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:20 - I am always overwhelmed
with a desire for your regulations.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:37 - Turn my eyes from worthless things,
and give me life through your word.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:43 - Do not snatch your word of truth from me,
for your regulations are my only hope.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:55 - I reflect at night on who you are, O LORD;
therefore, I obey your instructions.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:58 - With all my heart I want your blessings.
Be merciful as you promised.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:60 - I will hurry, without delay,
to obey your commands.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:62 - I rise at midnight to thank you
for your just regulations.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:64 - O LORD, your unfailing love fills the earth;
teach me your decrees.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:67 - I used to wander off until you disciplined me;
but now I closely follow your word.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:72 - Your instructions are more valuable to me
than millions in gold and silver.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:76 - Now let your unfailing love comfort me,
just as you promised me, your servant.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:88 - In your unfailing love, spare my life;
then I can continue to obey your laws.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:95 - Though the wicked hide along the way to kill me,
I will quietly keep my mind on your laws.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:106 - I've promised it once, and I'll promise it again:
I will obey your righteous regulations.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:108 - LORD, accept my offering of praise,
and teach me your regulations.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:112 - I am determined to keep your decrees
to the very end.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:126 - LORD, it is time for you to act,
for these evil people have violated your instructions.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:148 - I stay awake through the night,
thinking about your promise.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:173 - Give me a helping hand,
for I have chosen to follow your commandments.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 122:4 - All the tribes of Israel—the LORD's people—
make their pilgrimage here.
They come to give thanks to the name of the LORD,
as the law requires of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 126:2 - We were filled with laughter,
and we sang for joy.
And the other nations said,
“What amazing things the LORD has done for them.”
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 126:3 - Yes, the LORD has done amazing things for us!
What joy!
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 129:3 - My back is covered with cuts,
as if a farmer had plowed long furrows.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 129:6 - May they be as useless as grass on a rooftop,
turning yellow when only half grown,
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:8 - Arise, O LORD, and enter your resting place,
along with the Ark, the symbol of your power.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 133:2 - For harmony is as precious as the anointing oil
that was poured over Aaron's head,
that ran down his beard
and onto the border of his robe.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 138:1 - A psalm of David.

I give you thanks, O LORD, with all my heart;
I will sing your praises before the gods.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 138:4 - Every king in all the earth will thank you, LORD,
for all of them will hear your words.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:7 - I can never escape from your Spirit!
I can never get away from your presence!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:9 - Let my enemies be destroyed
by the very evil they have planned for me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:4 - Don't let me drift toward evil
or take part in acts of wickedness.
Don't let me share in the delicacies
of those who do wrong.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 142:7 - Bring me out of prison
so I can thank you.
The godly will crowd around me,
for you are good to me.”
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 143:10 - Teach me to do your will,
for you are my God.
May your gracious Spirit lead me forward
on a firm footing.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 143:11 - For the glory of your name, O LORD, preserve my life.
Because of your faithfulness, bring me out of this distress.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 145:7 - Everyone will share the story of your wonderful goodness;
they will sing with joy about your righteousness.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 145:12 - They will tell about your mighty deeds
and about the majesty and glory of your reign.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 149:7 - to execute vengeance on the nations
and punishment on the peoples,
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 149:8 - to bind their kings with shackles
and their leaders with iron chains,
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 149:9 - to execute the judgment written against them.
This is the glorious privilege of his faithful ones.
Praise the LORD!
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:16 - They rush to commit evil deeds.
They hurry to commit murder.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:8 - He guards the paths of the just
and protects those who are faithful to him.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:13 - These men turn from the right way
to walk down dark paths.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:16 - Wisdom will save you from the immoral woman,
from the seductive words of the promiscuous woman.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:16 - She offers you long life in her right hand,
and riches and honor in her left.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:18 - Let your wife be a fountain of blessing for you.
Rejoice in the wife of your youth.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:24 - It will keep you from the immoral woman,
from the smooth tongue of a promiscuous woman.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:8 - My advice is wholesome.
There is nothing devious or crooked in it.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:24 - I was born before the oceans were created,
before the springs bubbled forth their waters.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:25 - Before the mountains were formed,
before the hills, I was born—
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:9 - Instruct the wise,
and they will be even wiser.
Teach the righteous,
and they will learn even more.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:12 - If you become wise, you will be the one to benefit.
If you scorn wisdom, you will be the one to suffer.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:23 - From a wise mind comes wise speech;
the words of the wise are persuasive.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:16 - It is senseless to pay tuition to educate a fool,
since he has no heart for learning.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:13 - Those who shut their ears to the cries of the poor
will be ignored in their own time of need.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:14 - The mouth of an immoral woman is a dangerous trap;
those who make the LORD angry will fall into it.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:21 - In this way, you may know the truth
and take an accurate report to those who sent you.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:32 - Then, as I looked and thought about it,
I learned this lesson:
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:9 - God detests the prayers
of a person who ignores the law.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:7 - O God, I beg two favors from you;
let me have them before I die.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:7 - Rivers run into the sea, but the sea is never full. Then the water returns again to the rivers and flows out again to the sea.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:8 - Everything is wearisome beyond description. No matter how much we see, we are never satisfied. No matter how much we hear, we are not content.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:13 - I devoted myself to search for understanding and to explore by wisdom everything being done under heaven. I soon discovered that God has dealt a tragic existence to the human race.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:15 - What is wrong cannot be made right.
What is missing cannot be recovered.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:17 - So I set out to learn everything from wisdom to madness and folly. But I learned firsthand that pursuing all this is like chasing the wind.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:3 - After much thought, I decided to cheer myself with wine. And while still seeking wisdom, I clutched at foolishness. In this way, I tried to experience the only happiness most people find during their brief life in this world.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:6 - I built reservoirs to collect the water to irrigate my many flourishing groves.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:11 - But as I looked at everything I had worked so hard to accomplish, it was all so meaningless—like chasing the wind. There was nothing really worthwhile anywhere.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:12 - So I decided to compare wisdom with foolishness and madness (for who can do this better than I, the king?[fn]).
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:13 - I thought, “Wisdom is better than foolishness, just as light is better than darkness.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:20 - So I gave up in despair, questioning the value of all my hard work in this world.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:26 - God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy to those who please him. But if a sinner becomes wealthy, God takes the wealth away and gives it to those who please him. This, too, is meaningless—like chasing the wind.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:2 - A time to be born and a time to die.
A time to plant and a time to harvest.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:3 - A time to kill and a time to heal.
A time to tear down and a time to build up.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:4 - A time to cry and a time to laugh.
A time to grieve and a time to dance.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:5 - A time to scatter stones and a time to gather stones.
A time to embrace and a time to turn away.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:6 - A time to search and a time to quit searching.
A time to keep and a time to throw away.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:7 - A time to tear and a time to mend.
A time to be quiet and a time to speak.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:8 - A time to love and a time to hate.
A time for war and a time for peace.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:10 - I have seen the burden God has placed on us all.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:12 - So I concluded there is nothing better than to be happy and enjoy ourselves as long as we can.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:15 - What is happening now has happened before, and what will happen in the future has happened before, because God makes the same things happen over and over again.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:18 - I also thought about the human condition—how God proves to people that they are like animals.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:19 - For people and animals share the same fate—both breathe[fn] and both must die. So people have no real advantage over the animals. How meaningless!
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:21 - For who can prove that the human spirit goes up and the spirit of animals goes down into the earth?
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:22 - So I saw that there is nothing better for people than to be happy in their work. That is why we are here! No one will bring us back from death to enjoy life after we die.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:4 - Then I observed that most people are motivated to success because they envy their neighbors. But this, too, is meaningless—like chasing the wind.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:10 - If one person falls, the other can reach out and help. But someone who falls alone is in real trouble.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:13 - It is better to be a poor but wise youth than an old and foolish king who refuses all advice.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:14 - Such a youth could rise from poverty and succeed. He might even become king, though he has been in prison.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:1 - [fn]As you enter the house of God, keep your ears open and your mouth shut. It is evil to make mindless offerings to God.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:2 - [fn]Don't make rash promises, and don't be hasty in bringing matters before God. After all, God is in heaven, and you are here on earth. So let your words be few.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:4 - When you make a promise to God, don't delay in following through, for God takes no pleasure in fools. Keep all the promises you make to him.
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 5:11 - The more you have, the more people come to help you spend it. So what good is wealth—except perhaps to watch it slip through your fingers!
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:12 - People who work hard sleep well, whether they eat little or much. But the rich seldom get a good night's sleep.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:15 - We all come to the end of our lives as naked and empty-handed as on the day we were born. We can't take our riches with us.
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 6:2 - 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 BoxEcc 7:9 - Control your temper,
for anger labels you a fool.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:12 - Wisdom and money can get you almost anything,
but only wisdom can save your life.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:13 - Accept the way God does things,
for who can straighten what he has made crooked?
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:25 - I searched everywhere, determined to find wisdom and to understand the reason for things. I was determined to prove to myself that wickedness is stupid and that foolishness is madness.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:27 - “This is my conclusion,” says the Teacher. “I discovered this after looking at the matter from every possible angle.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:8 - None of us can hold back our spirit from departing. None of us has the power to prevent the day of our death. There is no escaping that obligation, that dark battle. And in the face of death, wickedness will certainly not rescue the wicked.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:9 - I have thought deeply about all that goes on here under the sun, where people have the power to hurt each other.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:11 - When a crime is not punished quickly, people feel it is safe to do wrong.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:15 - So I recommend having fun, because there is nothing better for people in this world than to eat, drink, and enjoy life. That way they will experience some happiness along with all the hard work God gives them under the sun.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:16 - In my search for wisdom and in my observation of people's burdens here on earth, I discovered that there is ceaseless activity, day and night.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:17 - I realized that no one can discover everything God is doing under the sun. Not even the wisest people discover everything, no matter what they claim.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:10 - Whatever you do, do well. For when you go to the grave,[fn] there will be no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:15 - Fools are so exhausted by a little work
that they can't even find their way home.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:19 - A party gives laughter,
wine gives happiness,
and money gives everything!
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:1 - Send your grain across the seas,
and in time, profits will flow back to you.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:5 - Just as you cannot understand the path of the wind or the mystery of a tiny baby growing in its mother's womb,[fn] so you cannot understand the activity of God, who does all things.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:7 - Light is sweet; how pleasant to see a new day dawning.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:8 - When people live to be very old, let them rejoice in every day of life. But let them also remember there will be many dark days. Everything still to come is meaningless.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:4 - Remember him before the door to life's opportunities is closed and the sound of work fades. Now you rise at the first chirping of the birds, but then all their sounds will grow faint.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:6 - Yes, remember your Creator now while you are young, before the silver cord of life snaps and the golden bowl is broken. Don't wait until the water jar is smashed at the spring and the pulley is broken at the well.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:10 - The Teacher sought to find just the right words to express truths clearly.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:11 - We will make for you earrings of gold
and beads of silver.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:1 - Young Woman
I am the spring crocus blooming on the Sharon Plain,[fn]
the lily of the valley.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:14 - Young Man
My dove is hiding behind the rocks,
behind an outcrop on the cliff.
Let me see your face;
let me hear your voice.
For your voice is pleasant,
and your face is lovely.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:2 - Your teeth are as white as sheep,
recently shorn and freshly washed.
Your smile is flawless,
each tooth matched with its twin.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:5 - I jumped up to open the door for my love,
and my hands dripped with perfume.
My fingers dripped with lovely myrrh
as I pulled back the bolt.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:13 - His cheeks are like gardens of spices
giving off fragrance.
His lips are like lilies,
perfumed with myrrh.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:2 - Young Woman
My lover has gone down to his garden,
to his spice beds,
to browse in the gardens
and gather the lilies.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:6 - Your teeth are as white as sheep
that are freshly washed.
Your smile is flawless,
each tooth matched with its twin.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:9 - The very look on their faces gives them away.
They display their sin like the people of Sodom
and don't even try to hide it.
They are doomed!
They have brought destruction upon themselves.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:19 - earrings, bracelets, and veils;
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:24 - Instead of smelling of sweet perfume, she will stink.
She will wear a rope for a sash,
and her elegant hair will fall out.
She will wear rough burlap instead of rich robes.
Shame will replace her beauty.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 4:2 - But in that day, the branch[fn] of the LORD
will be beautiful and glorious;
the fruit of the land will be the pride and glory
of all who survive in Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 4:5 - Then the LORD will provide shade for Mount Zion
and all who assemble there.
He will provide a canopy of cloud during the day
and smoke and flaming fire at night,
covering the glorious land.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:2 - He plowed the land, cleared its stones,
and planted it with the best vines.
In the middle he built a watchtower
and carved a winepress in the nearby rocks.
Then he waited for a harvest of sweet grapes,
but the grapes that grew were bitter.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:4 - What more could I have done for my vineyard
that I have not already done?
When I expected sweet grapes,
why did my vineyard give me bitter grapes?
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:6 - I will make it a wild place
where the vines are not pruned and the ground is not hoed,
a place overgrown with briers and thorns.
I will command the clouds
to drop no rain on it.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:7 - The nation of Israel is the vineyard of the LORD of Heaven's Armies.
The people of Judah are his pleasant garden.
He expected a crop of justice,
but instead he found oppression.
He expected to find righteousness,
but instead he heard cries of violence.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:14 - The grave[fn] is licking its lips in anticipation,
opening its mouth wide.
The great and the lowly
and all the drunken mob will be swallowed up.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:4 - Tell him to stop worrying. Tell him he doesn't need to fear the fierce anger of those two burned-out embers, King Rezin of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:16 - For before the child is that old, the lands of the two kings you fear so much will both be deserted.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:16 - Preserve the teaching of God;
entrust his instructions to those who follow me.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:4 - You will stumble along as prisoners
or lie among the dead.
But even then the LORD's anger will not be satisfied.
His fist is still poised to strike.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:7 - But the king of Assyria will not understand that he is my tool;
his mind does not work that way.
His plan is simply to destroy,
to cut down nation after nation.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:24 - So this is what the Lord, the LORD of Heaven's Armies, says: “O my people in Zion, do not be afraid of the Assyrians when they oppress you with rod and club as the Egyptians did long ago.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:32 - The enemy stops at Nob for the rest of that day.
He shakes his fist at beautiful Mount Zion, the mountain of Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:4 - He will give justice to the poor
and make fair decisions for the exploited.
The earth will shake at the force of his word,
and one breath from his mouth will destroy the wicked.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:9 - Nothing will hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain,
for as the waters fill the sea,
so the earth will be filled with people who know the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:11 - In that day the Lord will reach out his hand a second time
to bring back the remnant of his people—
those who remain in Assyria and northern Egypt;
in southern Egypt, Ethiopia,[fn] and Elam;
in Babylonia,[fn] Hamath, and all the distant coastlands.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 12:3 - With joy you will drink deeply
from the fountain of salvation!
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:5 - They come from distant countries,
from beyond the farthest horizons.
They are the LORD's weapons to carry out his anger.
With them he will destroy the whole land.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:25 - I will break the Assyrians when they are in Israel;
I will trample them on my mountains.
My people will no longer be their slaves
nor bow down under their heavy loads.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:28 - This message came to me the year King Ahaz died:[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:31 - Wail at the gates! Weep in the cities!
Melt with fear, you Philistines!
A powerful army comes like smoke from the north.
Each soldier rushes forward eager to fight.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 15:8 - A cry of distress echoes through the land of Moab
from one end to the other—
from Eglaim to Beer-elim.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:3 - The fortified towns of Israel[fn] will also be destroyed,
and the royal power of Damascus will end.
All that remains of Syria[fn]
will share the fate of Israel's departed glory,”
declares the LORD of Heaven's Armies.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 18:2 - that sends ambassadors
in swift boats down the river.
Go, swift messengers!
Take a message to a tall, smooth-skinned people,
who are feared far and wide
for their conquests and destruction,
and whose land is divided by rivers.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:1 - In the year when King Sargon of Assyria sent his commander in chief to capture the Philistine city of Ashdod,[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:4 - That's why I said, “Leave me alone to weep;
do not try to comfort me.
Let me cry for my people
as I watch them being destroyed.”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:10 - You survey the houses and tear some down
for stone to strengthen the walls.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:12 - The high walls of Moab will be demolished.
They will be brought down to the ground,
down into the dust.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:17 - Just as a pregnant woman
writhes and cries out in pain as she gives birth,
so were we in your presence, LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:1 - What sorrow awaits the proud city of Samaria—
the glorious crown of the drunks of Israel.[fn]
It sits at the head of a fertile valley,
but its glorious beauty will fade like a flower.
It is the pride of a people
brought down by wine.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:4 - It sits at the head of a fertile valley,
but its glorious beauty will fade like a flower.
Whoever sees it will snatch it up,
as an early fig is quickly picked and eaten.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:11 - All the future events in this vision are like a sealed book to them. When you give it to those who can read, they will say, “We can't read it because it is sealed.”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:14 - Because of this, I will once again astound these hypocrites
with amazing wonders.
The wisdom of the wise will pass away,
and the intelligence of the intelligent will disappear.”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:2 - For without consulting me,
you have gone down to Egypt for help.
You have put your trust in Pharaoh's protection.
You have tried to hide in his shade.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:23 - Then the LORD will bless you with rain at planting time. There will be wonderful harvests and plenty of pastureland for your livestock.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:28 - His hot breath pours out like a flood
up to the neck of his enemies.
He will sift out the proud nations for destruction.
He will bridle them and lead them away to ruin.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:6 - For fools speak foolishness
and make evil plans.
They practice ungodliness
and spread false teachings about the LORD.
They deprive the hungry of food
and give no water to the thirsty.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:11 - You Assyrians produce nothing but dry grass and stubble.
Your own breath will turn to fire and consume you.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:2 - For the LORD is enraged against the nations.
His fury is against all their armies.
He will completely destroy[fn] them,
dooming them to slaughter.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:3 - Their dead will be left unburied,
and the stench of rotting bodies will fill the land.
The mountains will flow with their blood.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:7 - Even men as strong as wild oxen will die—
the young men alongside the veterans.
The land will be soaked with blood
and the soil enriched with fat.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:1 - In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah's reign,[fn] King Sennacherib of Assyria came to attack the fortified towns of Judah and conquered them.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:35 - ‘For my own honor and for the sake of my servant David,
I will defend this city and protect it.'”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:14 - Delirious, I chattered like a swallow or a crane,
and then I moaned like a mourning dove.
My eyes grew tired of looking to heaven for help.
I am in trouble, Lord. Help me!”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 39:2 - Hezekiah was delighted with the Babylonian envoys and showed them everything in his treasure-houses—the silver, the gold, the spices, and the aromatic oils. He also took them to see his armory and showed them everything in his royal treasuries! There was nothing in his palace or kingdom that Hezekiah did not show them.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:9 - Everything I prophesied has come true,
and now I will prophesy again.
I will tell you the future before it happens.”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:7 - Who is like me?
Let him step forward and prove to you his power.
Let him do as I have done since ancient times
when I established a people and explained its future.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:18 - Such stupidity and ignorance!
Their eyes are closed, and they cannot see.
Their minds are shut, and they cannot think.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:23 - I have sworn by my own name;
I have spoken the truth,
and I will never go back on my word:
Every knee will bend to me,
and every tongue will confess allegiance to me.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:3 - Long ago I told you what was going to happen.
Then suddenly I took action,
and all my predictions came true.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:9 - Yet for my own sake and for the honor of my name,
I will hold back my anger and not wipe you out.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:14 - Have any of your idols ever told you this?
Come, all of you, and listen:
The LORD has chosen Cyrus as his ally.
He will use him to put an end to the empire of Babylon
and to destroy the Babylonian[fn] armies.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:17 - This is what the LORD says—
your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel:
“I am the LORD your God,
who teaches you what is good for you
and leads you along the paths you should follow.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:5 - And now the LORD speaks—
the one who formed me in my mother's womb to be his servant,
who commissioned me to bring Israel back to him.
The LORD has honored me,
and my God has given me strength.
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 49:8 - This is what the LORD says:
“At just the right time, I will respond to you.[fn]
On the day of salvation I will help you.
I will protect you and give you to the people
as my covenant with them.
Through you I will reestablish the land of Israel
and assign it to its own people again.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:15 - “Never! Can a mother forget her nursing child?
Can she feel no love for the child she has borne?
But even if that were possible,
I would not forget you!
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:1 - This is what the LORD says:
“Was your mother sent away because I divorced her?
Did I sell you as slaves to my creditors?
No, you were sold because of your sins.
And your mother, too, was taken because of your sins.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:2 - Why was no one there when I came?
Why didn't anyone answer when I called?
Is it because I have no power to rescue?
No, that is not the reason!
For I can speak to the sea and make it dry up!
I can turn rivers into deserts covered with dying fish.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:4 - The Sovereign LORD has given me his words of wisdom,
so that I know how to comfort the weary.
Morning by morning he wakens me
and opens my understanding to his will.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:11 - But watch out, you who live in your own light
and warm yourselves by your own fires.
This is the reward you will receive from me:
You will soon fall down in great torment.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:13 - Yet you have forgotten the LORD, your Creator,
the one who stretched out the sky like a canopy
and laid the foundations of the earth.
Will you remain in constant dread of human oppressors?
Will you continue to fear the anger of your enemies?
Where is their fury and anger now?
It is gone!
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 55:11 - It is the same with my word.
I send it out, and it always produces fruit.
It will accomplish all I want it to,
and it will prosper everywhere I send it.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:6 - “I will also bless the foreigners who commit themselves to the LORD,
who serve him and love his name,
who worship him and do not desecrate the Sabbath day of rest,
and who hold fast to my covenant.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:7 - I will bring them to my holy mountain of Jerusalem
and will fill them with joy in my house of prayer.
I will accept their burnt offerings and sacrifices,
because my Temple will be called a house of prayer for all nations.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:2 - For those who follow godly paths
will rest in peace when they die.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:7 - Share your food with the hungry,
and give shelter to the homeless.
Give clothes to those who need them,
and do not hide from relatives who need your help.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:13 - “Keep the Sabbath day holy.
Don't pursue your own interests on that day,
but enjoy the Sabbath
and speak of it with delight as the LORD's holy day.
Honor the Sabbath in everything you do on that day,
and don't follow your own desires or talk idly.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:1 - Listen! The LORD's arm is not too weak to save you,
nor is his ear too deaf to hear you call.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:2 - It's your sins that have cut you off from God.
Because of your sins, he has turned away
and will not listen anymore.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:15 - Yes, truth is gone,
and anyone who renounces evil is attacked.
The LORD looked and was displeased
to find there was no justice.
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 60:20 - Your sun will never set;
your moon will not go down.
For the LORD will be your everlasting light.
Your days of mourning will come to an end.
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 63:17 - LORD, why have you allowed us to turn from your path?
Why have you given us stubborn hearts so we no longer fear you?
Return and help us, for we are your servants,
the tribes that are your special possession.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:18 - How briefly your holy people possessed your holy place,
and now our enemies have destroyed it.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:22 - Unlike the past, invaders will not take their houses
and confiscate their vineyards.
For my people will live as long as trees,
and my chosen ones will have time to enjoy their hard-won gains.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:5 - “I knew you before I formed you in your mother's womb.
Before you were born I set you apart
and appointed you as my prophet to the nations.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:8 - And don't be afraid of the people, for I will be with you and will protect you. I, the LORD, have spoken!”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:9 - Then the LORD reached out and touched my mouth and said,
“Look, I have put my words in your mouth!
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:12 - And the LORD said, “That's right, and it means that I am watching,[fn] and I will certainly carry out all my plans.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:17 - “Get up and prepare for action.
Go out and tell them everything I tell you to say.
Do not be afraid of them,
or I will make you look foolish in front of them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:19 - They will fight you, but they will fail.
For I am with you, and I will take care of you.
I, the LORD, have spoken!”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:2 - “Go and shout this message to Jerusalem. This is what the LORD says:
“I remember how eager you were to please me
as a young bride long ago,
how you loved me and followed me
even through the barren wilderness.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:7 - “And when I brought you into a fruitful land
to enjoy its bounty and goodness,
you defiled my land and
corrupted the possession I had promised you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:18 - “What have you gained by your alliances with Egypt
and your covenants with Assyria?
What good to you are the streams of the Nile[fn]
or the waters of the Euphrates River?[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:33 - “How you plot and scheme to win your lovers.
Even an experienced prostitute could learn from you!
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:36 - First here, then there—
you flit from one ally to another asking for help.
But your new friends in Egypt will let you down,
just as Assyria did before.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:1 - “O Israel,” says the LORD,
“if you wanted to return to me, you could.
You could throw away your detestable idols
and stray away no more.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:7 - A lion stalks from its den,
a destroyer of nations.
It has left its lair and is headed your way.
It's going to devastate your land!
Your towns will lie in ruins,
with no one living in them anymore.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:22 - “My people are foolish
and do not know me,” says the LORD.
“They are stupid children
who have no understanding.
They are clever enough at doing wrong,
but they have no idea how to do right!”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:9 - Do you really think you can steal, murder, commit adultery, lie, and burn incense to Baal and all those other new gods of yours,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:10 - and then come here and stand before me in my Temple and chant, “We are safe!”—only to go right back to all those evils again?
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:16 - “Pray no more for these people, Jeremiah. Do not weep or pray for them, and don't beg me to help them, for I will not listen to you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:18 - No wonder I am so angry! Watch how the children gather wood and the fathers build sacrificial fires. See how the women knead dough and make cakes to offer to the Queen of Heaven. And they pour out liquid offerings to their other idol gods!
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:30 - “The people of Judah have sinned before my very eyes,” says the LORD. “They have set up their abominable idols right in the Temple that bears my name, defiling it.
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 8:5 - Then why do these people stay on their self-destructive path?
Why do the people of Jerusalem refuse to turn back?
They cling tightly to their lies
and will not turn around.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:5 - They all fool and defraud each other;
no one tells the truth.
With practiced tongues they tell lies;
they wear themselves out with all their sinning.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:8 - For their tongues shoot lies like poisoned arrows.
They speak friendly words to their neighbors
while scheming in their heart to kill them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:16 - I will scatter them around the world, in places they and their ancestors never heard of, and even there I will chase them with the sword until I have destroyed them completely.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:21 - For death has crept in through our windows
and has entered our mansions.
It has killed off the flower of our youth:
Children no longer play in the streets,
and young men no longer gather in the squares.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:22 - This is what the LORD says:
“Bodies will be scattered across the fields like clumps of manure,
like bundles of grain after the harvest.
No one will be left to bury them.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:22 - Listen! Hear the terrifying roar of great armies
as they roll down from the north.
The towns of Judah will be destroyed
and become a haunt for jackals.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:5 - I said this so I could keep my promise to your ancestors to give you a land flowing with milk and honey—the land you live in today.'”
Then I replied, “Amen, LORD! May it be so.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:10 - They have returned to the sins of their forefathers. They have refused to listen to me and are worshiping other gods. Israel and Judah have both broken the covenant I made with their ancestors.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:17 - “I, the LORD of Heaven's Armies, who planted this olive tree, have ordered it destroyed. For the people of Israel and Judah have done evil, arousing my anger by burning incense to Baal.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:19 - I was like a lamb being led to the slaughter. I had no idea that they were planning to kill me! “Let's destroy this man and all his words,” they said. “Let's cut him down, so his name will be forgotten forever.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:2 - You have planted them,
and they have taken root and prospered.
Your name is on their lips,
but you are far from their hearts.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:9 - My chosen people act like speckled vultures,[fn]
but they themselves are surrounded by vultures.
Bring on the wild animals to pick their corpses clean!
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:16 - And if these nations truly learn the ways of my people, and if they learn to swear by my name, saying, ‘As surely as the LORD lives' (just as they taught my people to swear by the name of Baal), then they will be given a place among my people.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:6 - A long time afterward the LORD said to me, “Go back to the Euphrates and get the loincloth I told you to hide there.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:10 - These wicked people refuse to listen to me. They stubbornly follow their own desires and worship other gods. Therefore, they will become like this loincloth—good for nothing!
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:11 - As a loincloth clings to a man's waist, so I created Judah and Israel to cling to me, says the LORD. They were to be my people, my pride, my glory—an honor to my name. But they would not listen to me.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:16 - Give glory to the LORD your God
before it is too late.
Acknowledge him before he brings darkness upon you,
causing you to stumble and fall on the darkening mountains.
For then, when you look for light,
you will find only terrible darkness and gloom.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:25 - This is your allotment,
the portion I have assigned to you,”
says the LORD,
“for you have forgotten me,
putting your trust in false gods.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:20 - They will fight against you like an attacking army,
but I will make you as secure as a fortified wall of bronze.
They will not conquer you,
for I am with you to protect and rescue you.
I, the LORD, have spoken!
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:5 - This is what the LORD says: “Do not go to funerals to mourn and show sympathy for these people, for I have removed my protection and peace from them. I have taken away my unfailing love and my mercy.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:8 - “And do not go to their feasts and parties. Do not eat and drink with them at all.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:12 - And you are even worse than your ancestors! You stubbornly follow your own evil desires and refuse to listen to me.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:10 - But I, the LORD, search all hearts
and examine secret motives.
I give all people their due rewards,
according to what their actions deserve.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:23 - but they did not listen or obey. They stubbornly refused to pay attention or accept my discipline.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:24 - “‘But if you obey me, says the LORD, and do not carry on your trade at the gates or work on the Sabbath day, and if you keep it holy,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:26 - And from all around Jerusalem, from the towns of Judah and Benjamin, from the western foothills[fn] and the hill country and the Negev, the people will come with their burnt offerings and sacrifices. They will bring their grain offerings, frankincense, and thanksgiving offerings to the LORD's Temple.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:27 - “‘But if you do not listen to me and refuse to keep the Sabbath holy, and if on the Sabbath day you bring loads of merchandise through the gates of Jerusalem just as on other days, then I will set fire to these gates. The fire will spread to the palaces, and no one will be able to put out the roaring flames.'”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:4 - But the jar he was making did not turn out as he had hoped, so he crushed it into a lump of clay again and started over.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:6 - “O Israel, can I not do to you as this potter has done to his clay? As the clay is in the potter's hand, so are you in my hand.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:7 - If I announce that a certain nation or kingdom is to be uprooted, torn down, and destroyed,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:8 - but then that nation renounces its evil ways, I will not destroy it as I had planned.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:9 - And if I announce that I will plant and build up a certain nation or kingdom,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:10 - but then that nation turns to evil and refuses to obey me, I will not bless it as I said I would.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:15 - But my people are not so reliable, for they have deserted me;
they burn incense to worthless idols.
They have stumbled off the ancient highways
and walk in muddy paths.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:16 - Therefore, their land will become desolate,
a monument to their stupidity.
All who pass by will be astonished
and will shake their heads in amazement.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:19 - LORD, hear me and help me!
Listen to what my enemies are saying.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:20 - Should they repay evil for good?
They have dug a pit to kill me,
though I pleaded for them
and tried to protect them from your anger.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:5 - They have built pagan shrines to Baal, and there they burn their sons as sacrifices to Baal. I have never commanded such a horrible deed; it never even crossed my mind to command such a thing!
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:12 - This is what I will do to this place and its people, says the LORD. I will cause this city to become defiled like Topheth.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:14 - Then Jeremiah returned from Topheth, the garbage dump where he had delivered this message, and he stopped in front of the Temple of the LORD. He said to the people there,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:15 - “This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘I will bring disaster upon this city and its surrounding towns as I promised, because you have stubbornly refused to listen to me.'”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:2 - So he arrested Jeremiah the prophet and had him whipped and put in stocks at the Benjamin Gate of the LORD's Temple.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:18 - Why was I ever born?
My entire life has been filled
with trouble, sorrow, and shame.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:4 - ‘This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I will make your weapons useless against the king of Babylon and the Babylonians[fn] who are outside your walls attacking you. In fact, I will bring your enemies right into the heart of this city.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:17 - “But you! You have eyes only for greed and dishonesty!
You murder the innocent,
oppress the poor, and reign ruthlessly.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:30 - This is what the LORD says:
‘Let the record show that this man Jehoiachin was childless.
He is a failure,
for none of his children will succeed him on the throne of David
to rule over Judah.'
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:14 - But now I see that the prophets of Jerusalem are even worse!
They commit adultery and love dishonesty.
They encourage those who are doing evil
so that no one turns away from their sins.
These prophets are as wicked
as the people of Sodom and Gomorrah once were.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:27 - By telling these false dreams, they are trying to get my people to forget me, just as their ancestors did by worshiping the idols of Baal.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 24:7 - I will give them hearts that recognize me as the LORD. They will be my people, and I will be their God, for they will return to me wholeheartedly.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:6 - Do not provoke my anger by worshiping idols you made with your own hands. Then I will not harm you.'
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:18 - I went to Jerusalem and the other towns of Judah, and their kings and officials drank from the cup. From that day until this, they have been a desolate ruin, an object of horror, contempt, and cursing.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:3 - Perhaps they will listen and turn from their evil ways. Then I will change my mind about the disaster I am ready to pour out on them because of their sins.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:4 - “Say to them, ‘This is what the LORD says: If you will not listen to me and obey my word I have given you,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:19 - But did King Hezekiah and the people kill him for saying this? No, they turned from their sins and worshiped the LORD. They begged him for mercy. Then the LORD changed his mind about the terrible disaster he had pronounced against them. So we are about to do ourselves great harm.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:24 - Nevertheless, Ahikam son of Shaphan stood up for Jeremiah and persuaded the court not to turn him over to the mob to be killed.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:6 - He said, “Amen! May your prophecies come true! I hope the LORD does everything you say. I hope he does bring back from Babylon the treasures of this Temple and all the captives.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:10 - This is what the LORD says: “You will be in Babylon for seventy years. But then I will come and do for you all the good things I have promised, and I will bring you home again.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:11 - For I know the plans I have for you,” says the LORD. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:32 - I will punish him and his family. None of his descendants will see the good things I will do for my people, for he has incited you to rebel against me. I, the LORD, have spoken!'”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:19 - I turned away from God,
but then I was sorry.
I kicked myself for my stupidity!
I was thoroughly ashamed of all I did in my younger days.'
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:28 - In the past I deliberately uprooted and tore down this nation. I overthrew it, destroyed it, and brought disaster upon it. But in the future I will just as deliberately plant it and build it up. I, the LORD, have spoken!
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:35 - They have built pagan shrines to Baal in the valley of Ben-Hinnom, and there they sacrifice their sons and daughters to Molech. I have never commanded such a horrible deed; it never even crossed my mind to command such a thing. What an incredible evil, causing Judah to sin so greatly!
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:41 - I will find joy doing good for them and will faithfully and wholeheartedly replant them in this land.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:44 - Yes, fields will once again be bought and sold—deeds signed and sealed and witnessed—in the land of Benjamin and here in Jerusalem, in the towns of Judah and in the hill country, in the foothills of Judah[fn] and in the Negev, too. For someday I will restore prosperity to them. I, the LORD, have spoken!”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:2 - “This is what the LORD says—the LORD who made the earth, who formed and established it, whose name is the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:5 - You expect to fight the Babylonians,[fn] but the men of this city are already as good as dead, for I have determined to destroy them in my terrible anger. I have abandoned them because of all their wickedness.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:3 - You will not escape his grasp but will be captured and taken to meet the king of Babylon face to face. Then you will be exiled to Babylon.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:8 - This message came to Jeremiah from the LORD after King Zedekiah made a covenant with the people, proclaiming freedom for the slaves.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:9 - He had ordered all the people to free their Hebrew slaves—both men and women. No one was to keep a fellow Judean in bondage.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:10 - The officials and all the people had obeyed the king's command,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:15 - Recently you repented and did what was right, following my command. You freed your slaves and made a solemn covenant with me in the Temple that bears my name.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:16 - But now you have shrugged off your oath and defiled my name by taking back the men and women you had freed, forcing them to be slaves once again.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:17 - “Therefore, this is what the LORD says: Since you have not obeyed me by setting your countrymen free, I will set you free to be destroyed by war, disease, and famine. You will be an object of horror to all the nations of the earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 35:9 - We haven't built houses or owned vineyards or farms or planted crops.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 35:13 - “This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies, the God of Israel, says: Go and say to the people in Judah and Jerusalem, ‘Come and learn a lesson about how to obey me.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 35:15 - Time after time I sent you prophets, who told you, “Turn from your wicked ways, and start doing things right. Stop worshiping other gods so that you might live in peace here in the land I have given to you and your ancestors.” But you would not listen to me or obey me.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:8 - Baruch did as Jeremiah told him and read these messages from the LORD to the people at the Temple.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:11 - When Micaiah son of Gemariah and grandson of Shaphan heard the messages from the LORD,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:28 - “Get another scroll, and write everything again just as you did on the scroll King Jehoiakim burned.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:32 - So Jeremiah took another scroll and dictated again to his secretary, Baruch. He wrote everything that had been on the scroll King Jehoiakim had burned in the fire. Only this time he added much more!
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:7 - “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: The king of Judah sent you to ask me what is going to happen. Tell him, ‘Pharaoh's army is about to return to Egypt, though he came here to help you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:12 - Jeremiah started to leave the city on his way to the territory of Benjamin, to claim his share of the property among his relatives there.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:9 - “My lord the king,” he said, “these men have done a very evil thing in putting Jeremiah the prophet into the cistern. He will soon die of hunger, for almost all the bread in the city is gone.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:5 - If you decide to stay, then return to Gedaliah son of Ahikam and grandson of Shaphan. He has been appointed governor of Judah by the king of Babylon. Stay there with the people he rules. But it's up to you; go wherever you like.”
Then Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, gave Jeremiah some food and money and let him go.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:5 - eighty men arrived from Shechem, Shiloh, and Samaria to worship at the Temple of the LORD. They had shaved off their beards, torn their clothes, and cut themselves, and had brought along grain offerings and frankincense.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:17 - They took them all to the village of Geruth-kimham near Bethlehem, where they prepared to leave for Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:11 - Do not fear the king of Babylon anymore,' says the LORD. ‘For I am with you and will save you and rescue you from his power.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 43:3 - Baruch son of Neriah has convinced you to say this, because he wants us to stay here and be killed by the Babylonians[fn] or be carried off into exile.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:12 - I will take this remnant of Judah—those who were determined to come here and live in Egypt—and I will consume them. They will fall here in Egypt, killed by war and famine. All will die, from the least to the greatest. They will be an object of damnation, horror, cursing, and mockery.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:14 - Of that remnant who fled to Egypt, hoping someday to return to Judah, there will be no survivors. Even though they long to return home, only a handful will do so.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:17 - We will do whatever we want. We will burn incense and pour out liquid offerings to the Queen of Heaven just as much as we like—just as we, and our ancestors, and our kings and officials have always done in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. For in those days we had plenty to eat, and we were well off and had no troubles!
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:21 - “Do you think the LORD did not know that you and your ancestors, your kings and officials, and all the people were burning incense to idols in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:27 - For I will watch over you to bring you disaster and not good. Everyone from Judah who is now living in Egypt will suffer war and famine until all of you are dead.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:10 - For this is the day of the Lord, the LORD of Heaven's Armies,
a day of vengeance on his enemies.
The sword will devour until it is satisfied,
yes, until it is drunk with your blood!
The Lord, the LORD of Heaven's Armies, will receive a sacrifice today
in the north country beside the Euphrates River.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:13 - Then the LORD gave the prophet Jeremiah this message about King Nebuchadnezzar's plans to attack Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 47:4 - “The time has come for the Philistines to be destroyed,
along with their allies from Tyre and Sidon.
Yes, the LORD is destroying the remnant of the Philistines,
those colonists from the island of Crete.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:37 - I myself will go with Elam's enemies to shatter it.
In my fierce anger, I will bring great disaster
upon the people of Elam,” says the LORD.
“Their enemies will chase them with the sword
until I have destroyed them completely.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:28 - Listen to the people who have escaped from Babylon,
as they tell in Jerusalem
how the LORD our God has taken vengeance
against those who destroyed his Temple.
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 51:29 - The earth trembles and writhes in pain,
for everything the LORD has planned against Babylon stands unchanged.
Babylon will be left desolate without a single inhabitant.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:30 - Her mightiest warriors no longer fight.
They stay in their barracks, their courage gone.
They have become like women.
The invaders have burned the houses
and broken down the city gates.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:31 - The news is passed from one runner to the next
as the messengers hurry to tell the king
that his city has been captured.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:44 - And I will punish Bel, the god of Babylon,
and make him vomit up all he has eaten.
The nations will no longer come and worship him.
The wall of Babylon has fallen!
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:62 - Then say, ‘LORD, you have said that you will destroy Babylon so that neither people nor animals will remain here. She will lie empty and abandoned forever.'
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:63 - When you have finished reading the scroll, tie it to a stone and throw it into the Euphrates River.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:7 - 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 BoxJer 52:22 - The bronze capital on top of each pillar was 7½ feet[fn] high and was decorated with a network of bronze pomegranates all the way around.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:23 - There were 96 pomegranates on the sides, and a total of 100 on the network around the top.
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:11 - Her people groan as they search for bread.
They have sold their treasures for food to stay alive.
“O LORD, look,” she mourns,
“and see how I am despised.
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:15 - “The Lord has treated my mighty men
with contempt.
At his command a great army has come
to crush my young warriors.
The Lord has trampled his beloved city[fn]
like grapes are trampled in a winepress.
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:8 - The LORD was determined
to destroy the walls of beautiful Jerusalem.
He made careful plans for their destruction,
then did what he had planned.
Therefore, the ramparts and walls
have fallen down before him.
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:14 - Your prophets have said
so many foolish things, false to the core.
They did not save you from exile
by pointing out your sins.
Instead, they painted false pictures,
filling you with false hope.
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:34 - If people crush underfoot
all the prisoners of the land,
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:35 - if they deprive others of their rights
in defiance of the Most High,
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:49 - My tears flow endlessly;
they will not stop
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:15 - “Get away!” the people shouted at them.
“You're defiled! Don't touch us!”
So they fled to distant lands
and wandered among foreign nations,
but none would let them stay.
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:18 - We couldn't go into the streets
without danger to our lives.
Our end was near; our days were numbered.
We were doomed!
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:4 - As I looked, I saw a great storm coming from the north, driving before it a huge cloud that flashed with lightning and shone with brilliant light. There was fire inside the cloud, and in the middle of the fire glowed something like gleaming amber.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:9 - The wings of each living being touched the wings of the beings beside it. Each one moved straight forward in any direction without turning around.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:11 - Each had two pairs of outstretched wings—one pair stretched out to touch the wings of the living beings on either side of it, and the other pair covered its body.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:13 - The living beings looked like bright coals of fire or brilliant torches, and lightning seemed to flash back and forth among them.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:20 - The spirit of the living beings was in the wheels. So wherever the spirit went, the wheels and the living beings also went.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:23 - Beneath this surface the wings of each living being stretched out to touch the others' wings, and each had two wings covering its body.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:25 - As they stood with wings lowered, a voice spoke from beyond the crystal surface above them.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:26 - Above this surface was something that looked like a throne made of blue lapis lazuli. And on this throne high above was a figure whose appearance resembled a man.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:28 - All around him was a glowing halo, like a rainbow shining in the clouds on a rainy day. This is what the glory of the LORD looked like to me. When I saw it, I fell face down on the ground, and I heard someone's voice speaking to me.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:8 - But look, I have made you as obstinate and hard-hearted as they are.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:14 - The Spirit lifted me up and took me away. I went in bitterness and turmoil, but the LORD's hold on me was strong.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:18 - If I warn the wicked, saying, ‘You are under the penalty of death,' but you fail to deliver the warning, they will die in their sins. And I will hold you responsible for their deaths.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:21 - But if you warn righteous people not to sin and they listen to you and do not sin, they will live, and you will have saved yourself, too.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:8 - I will tie you up with ropes so you won't be able to turn from side to side until the days of your siege have been completed.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:9 - “Now go and get some wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet, and emmer wheat, and mix them together in a storage jar. Use them to make bread for yourself during the 390 days you will be lying on your side.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:11 - Then measure out a jar[fn] of water for each day, and drink it at set times.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:14 - Then I said, “O Sovereign LORD, must I be defiled by using human dung? For I have never been defiled before. From the time I was a child until now I have never eaten any animal that died of sickness or was killed by other animals. I have never eaten any meat forbidden by the law.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:4 - Then take some of these hairs out and throw them into the fire, burning them up. A fire will then spread from this remnant and destroy all of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:21 - I will give it as plunder to foreigners,
to the most wicked of nations,
and they will defile it.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:6 - “Son of man,” he said, “do you see what they are doing? Do you see the detestable sins the people of Israel are committing to drive me from my Temple? But come, and you will see even more detestable sins than these!”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:11 - Seventy leaders of Israel were standing there with Jaazaniah son of Shaphan in the center. Each of them held an incense burner, from which a cloud of incense rose above their heads.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:16 - Then he brought me into the inner courtyard of the LORD's Temple. At the entrance to the sanctuary, between the entry room and the bronze altar, there were about twenty-five men with their backs to the sanctuary of the LORD. They were facing east, bowing low to the ground, worshiping the sun!
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:17 - “Have you seen this, son of man?” he asked. “Is it nothing to the people of Judah that they commit these detestable sins, leading the whole nation into violence, thumbing their noses at me, and provoking my anger?
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:2 - Six men soon appeared from the upper gate that faces north, each carrying a deadly weapon in his hand. With them was a man dressed in linen, who carried a writer's case at his side. They all went into the Temple courtyard and stood beside the bronze altar.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 10:1 - In my vision I saw what appeared to be a throne of blue lapis lazuli above the crystal surface over the heads of the cherubim.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 10:4 - Then the glory of the LORD rose up from above the cherubim and went over to the door of the Temple. The Temple was filled with this cloud of glory, and the courtyard glowed brightly with the glory of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 10:7 - Then one of the cherubim reached out his hand and took some live coals from the fire burning among them. He put the coals into the hands of the man in linen clothing, and the man took them and went out.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 10:16 - When the cherubim moved, the wheels moved with them. When they lifted their wings to fly, the wheels stayed beside them.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:5 - Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon me, and he told me to say, “This is what the LORD says to the people of Israel: I know what you are saying, for I know every thought that comes into your minds.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:23 - Then the glory of the LORD went up from the city and stopped above the mountain to the east.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:2 - “Son of man, you live among rebels who have eyes but refuse to see. They have ears but refuse to hear. For they are a rebellious people.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:12 - “Even Zedekiah will leave Jerusalem at night through a hole in the wall, taking only what he can carry with him. He will cover his face, and his eyes will not see the land he is leaving.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:6 - Instead, they have told lies and made false predictions. They say, ‘This message is from the LORD,' even though the LORD never sent them. And yet they expect him to fulfill their prophecies!
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:18 - This is what the Sovereign LORD says: What sorrow awaits you women who are ensnaring the souls of my people, young and old alike. You tie magic charms on their wrists and furnish them with magic veils. Do you think you can trap others without bringing destruction on yourselves?
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:19 - You bring shame on me among my people for a few handfuls of barley or a piece of bread. By lying to my people who love to listen to lies, you kill those who should not die, and you promise life to those who should not live.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:22 - You have discouraged the righteous with your lies, but I didn't want them to be sad. And you have encouraged the wicked by promising them life, even though they continue in their sins.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:7 - I, the LORD, will answer all those, both Israelites and foreigners, who reject me and set up idols in their hearts and so fall into sin, and who then come to a prophet asking for my advice.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:13 - “Son of man, suppose the people of a country were to sin against me, and I lifted my fist to crush them, cutting off their food supply and sending a famine to destroy both people and animals.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:19 - “Or suppose I were to pour out my fury by sending an epidemic into the land, and the disease killed people and animals alike.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:21 - “Now this is what the Sovereign LORD says: How terrible it will be when all four of these dreadful punishments fall upon Jerusalem—war, famine, wild animals, and disease—destroying all her people and animals.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 15:3 - Can its wood be used for making things, like pegs to hang up pots and pans?
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 15:7 - And I will see to it that if they escape from one fire, they will fall into another. When I turn against them, you will know that I am the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:5 - No one had the slightest interest in you; no one pitied you or cared for you. On the day you were born, you were unwanted, dumped in a field and left to die.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:6 - “But I came by and saw you there, helplessly kicking about in your own blood. As you lay there, I said, ‘Live!'
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:17 - You took the very jewels and gold and silver ornaments I had given you and made statues of men and worshiped them. This is adultery against me!
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:26 - Then you added lustful Egypt to your lovers, provoking my anger with your increasing promiscuity.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:33 - Prostitutes charge for their services—but not you! You give gifts to your lovers, bribing them to come and have sex with you.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:57 - But now your greater wickedness has been exposed to all the world, and you are the one who is scorned—by Edom[fn] and all her neighbors and by Philistia.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:59 - “Now this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I will give you what you deserve, for you have taken your solemn vows lightly by breaking your covenant.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:5 - He also took a seedling from the land
and planted it in fertile soil.
He placed it beside a broad river,
where it could grow like a willow tree.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:6 - It took root there and
grew into a low, spreading vine.
Its branches turned up toward the eagle,
and its roots grew down into the ground.
It produced strong branches
and put out shoots.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:7 - But then another great eagle came
with broad wings and full plumage.
So the vine now sent its roots and branches
toward him for water,
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:8 - even though it was already planted in good soil
and had plenty of water
so it could grow into a splendid vine
and produce rich leaves and luscious fruit.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:9 - “So now the Sovereign LORD asks:
Will this vine grow and prosper?
No! I will pull it up, roots and all!
I will cut off its fruit
and let its leaves wither and die.
I will pull it up easily
without a strong arm or a large army.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:13 - He made a treaty with a member of the royal family and forced him to take an oath of loyalty. He also exiled Israel's most influential leaders,
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:14 - so Israel would not become strong again and revolt. Only by keeping her treaty with Babylon could Israel survive.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:15 - “Nevertheless, this man of Israel's royal family rebelled against Babylon, sending ambassadors to Egypt to request a great army and many horses. Can Israel break her sworn treaties like that and get away with it?
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:17 - Pharaoh and all his mighty army will fail to help Israel when the king of Babylon lays siege to Jerusalem again and destroys many lives.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:18 - For the king of Israel disregarded his treaty and broke it after swearing to obey; therefore, he will not escape.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:24 - And all the trees will know that it is I, the LORD, who cuts the tall tree down and makes the short tree grow tall. It is I who makes the green tree wither and gives the dead tree new life. I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will do what I said!”
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 19:3 - She raised one of her cubs
to become a strong young lion.
He learned to hunt and devour prey,
and he became a man-eater.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:6 - I took a solemn oath that day that I would bring them out of Egypt to a land I had discovered and explored for them—a good land, a land flowing with milk and honey, the best of all lands anywhere.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:8 - “But they rebelled against me and would not listen. They did not get rid of the vile images they were obsessed with, or forsake the idols of Egypt. Then I threatened to pour out my fury on them to satisfy my anger while they were still in Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:9 - But I didn't do it, for I acted to protect the honor of my name. I would not allow shame to be brought on my name among the surrounding nations who saw me reveal myself by bringing the Israelites out of Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:12 - And I gave them my Sabbath days of rest as a sign between them and me. It was to remind them that I am the LORD, who had set them apart to be holy.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:13 - “But the people of Israel rebelled against me, and they refused to obey my decrees there in the wilderness. They wouldn't obey my regulations even though obedience would have given them life. They also violated my Sabbath days. So I threatened to pour out my fury on them, and I made plans to utterly consume them in the wilderness.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:15 - But I took a solemn oath against them in the wilderness. I swore I would not bring them into the land I had given them, a land flowing with milk and honey, the most beautiful place on earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:17 - Nevertheless, I took pity on them and held back from destroying them in the wilderness.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:20 - and keep my Sabbath days holy, for they are a sign to remind you that I am the LORD your God.'
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:21 - “But their children, too, rebelled against me. They refused to keep my decrees and follow my regulations, even though obedience would have given them life. And they also violated my Sabbath days. So again I threatened to pour out my fury on them in the wilderness.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:23 - But I took a solemn oath against them in the wilderness. I swore I would scatter them among all the nations
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:28 - for when I brought them into the land I had promised them, they offered sacrifices on every high hill and under every green tree they saw! They roused my fury as they offered up sacrifices to their gods. They brought their perfumes and incense and poured out their liquid offerings to them.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:32 - “You say, ‘We want to be like the nations all around us, who serve idols of wood and stone.' But what you have in mind will never happen.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:40 - For on my holy mountain, the great mountain of Israel, says the Sovereign LORD, the people of Israel will someday worship me, and I will accept them. There I will require that you bring me all your offerings and choice gifts and sacrifices.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:42 - Then when I have brought you home to the land I promised with a solemn oath to give to your ancestors, you will know that I am the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:11 - Yes, the sword is now being sharpened and polished;
it is being prepared for the executioner.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:19 - “Son of man, make a map and trace two routes on it for the sword of Babylon's king to follow. Put a signpost on the road that comes out of Babylon where the road forks into two—
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:20 - one road going to Ammon and its capital, Rabbah, and the other to Judah and fortified Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:21 - The king of Babylon now stands at the fork, uncertain whether to attack Jerusalem or Rabbah. He calls his magicians to look for omens. They cast lots by shaking arrows from the quiver. They inspect the livers of animal sacrifices.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:22 - The omen in his right hand says, ‘Jerusalem!' With battering rams his soldiers will go against the gates, shouting for the kill. They will put up siege towers and build ramps against the walls.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:24 - “Therefore, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Again and again you remind me of your sin and your guilt. You don't even try to hide it! In everything you do, your sins are obvious for all to see. So now the time of your punishment has come!
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:29 - Your prophets have given false visions,
and your fortune-tellers have told lies.
The sword will fall on the necks of the wicked
for whom the day of final reckoning has come.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:3 - and give her this message from the Sovereign LORD: O city of murderers, doomed and damned—city of idols,[fn] filthy and foul—
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:20 - Just as copper, iron, lead, and tin are melted down in a furnace, I will melt you down in the heat of my fury.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:27 - Your leaders are like wolves who tear apart their victims. They actually destroy people's lives for money!
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:30 - “I looked for someone who might rebuild the wall of righteousness that guards the land. I searched for someone to stand in the gap in the wall so I wouldn't have to destroy the land, but I found no one.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:31 - So now I will pour out my fury on them, consuming them with the fire of my anger. I will heap on their heads the full penalty for all their sins. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken!”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:19 - Yet she turned to even greater prostitution, remembering her youth when she was a prostitute in Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:32 - “Yes, this is what the Sovereign LORD says:
“You will drink from your sister's cup of terror,
a cup that is large and deep.
It is filled to the brim
with scorn and derision.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:35 - “And because you have forgotten me and turned your back on me, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: You must bear the consequences of all your lewdness and prostitution.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:39 - On the very day that they sacrificed their children to their idols, they boldly came into my Temple to worship! They came in and defiled my house.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:44 - And that is what they did. They had sex with Oholah and Oholibah, these shameless prostitutes.
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 24:8 - So I will splash her blood on a rock
for all to see,
an expression of my anger
and vengeance against her.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:14 - “I, the LORD, have spoken! The time has come, and I won't hold back. I will not change my mind, and I will have no pity on you. You will be judged on the basis of all your wicked actions, says the Sovereign LORD.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:26 - And on that day a survivor from Jerusalem will come to you in Babylon and tell you what has happened.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:15 - “This is what the Sovereign LORD says: The people of Philistia have acted against Judah out of bitter revenge and long-standing contempt.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:10 - The hooves of his horses will choke the city with dust, and the noise of the charioteers and chariot wheels will shake your walls as they storm through your broken gates.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:5 - You were like a great ship
built of the finest cypress from Senir.[fn]
They took a cedar from Lebanon
to make a mast for you.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:7 - Your sails were made of Egypt's finest linen,
and they flew as a banner above you.
You stood beneath blue and purple awnings
made bright with dyes from the coasts of Elishah.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:33 - The merchandise you traded
satisfied the desires of many nations.
Kings at the ends of the earth
were enriched by your trade.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:14 - I ordained and anointed you
as the mighty angelic guardian.[fn]
You had access to the holy mountain of God
and walked among the stones of fire.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:17 - Your heart was filled with pride
because of all your beauty.
Your wisdom was corrupted
by your love of splendor.
So I threw you to the ground
and exposed you to the curious gaze of kings.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:5 - I will leave you and all your fish
stranded in the wilderness to die.
You will lie unburied on the open ground,
for I have given you as food to the wild animals and birds.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:9 - The land of Egypt will become a desolate wasteland, and the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD.
“Because you said, ‘The Nile River is mine; I made it,'
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:15 - It will be the lowliest of all the nations, never again great enough to rise above its neighbors.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:21 - “Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt. His arm has not been put in a cast so that it may heal. Neither has it been bound up with a splint to make it strong enough to hold a sword.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:4 - Deep springs watered it
and helped it to grow tall and luxuriant.
The water flowed around it like a river,
streaming to all the trees nearby.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:5 - This great tree towered high,
higher than all the other trees around it.
It prospered and grew long thick branches
because of all the water at its roots.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:6 - The birds nested in its branches,
and in its shade all the wild animals gave birth.
All the great nations of the world
lived in its shadow.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:15 - “This is what the Sovereign LORD says: When Assyria went down to the grave,[fn] I made the deep springs mourn. I stopped its rivers and dried up its abundant water. I clothed Lebanon in black and caused the trees of the field to wilt.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:5 - I will scatter your flesh on the hills
and fill the valleys with your bones.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:6 - I will drench the earth with your gushing blood
all the way to the mountains,
filling the ravines to the brim.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:22 - “Assyria lies there surrounded by the graves of its army, those who were slaughtered by the sword.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:24 - “Elam lies there surrounded by the graves of all its hordes, those who were slaughtered by the sword. They struck terror in the hearts of people everywhere, but now they have descended as outcasts to the world below. Now they lie in the pit and share the shame of those who have gone before them.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:26 - “Meshech and Tubal are there, surrounded by the graves of all their hordes. They once struck terror in the hearts of people everywhere. But now they are outcasts, all slaughtered by the sword.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:8 - If I announce that some wicked people are sure to die and you fail to tell them to change their ways, then they will die in their sins, and I will hold you responsible for their deaths.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:9 - But if you warn them to repent and they don't repent, they will die in their sins, but you will have saved yourself.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:15 - For instance, they might give back a debtor's security, return what they have stolen, and obey my life-giving laws, no longer doing what is evil. If they do this, then they will surely live and not die.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:27 - “Say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: As surely as I live, those living in the ruins will die by the sword. And I will send wild animals to eat those living in the open fields. Those hiding in the forts and caves will die of disease.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:8 - As surely as I live, says the Sovereign LORD, you abandoned my flock and left them to be attacked by every wild animal. And though you were my shepherds, you didn't search for my sheep when they were lost. You took care of yourselves and left the sheep to starve.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:10 - This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I now consider these shepherds my enemies, and I will hold them responsible for what has happened to my flock. I will take away their right to feed the flock, and I will stop them from feeding themselves. I will rescue my flock from their mouths; the sheep will no longer be their prey.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:26 - I will bless my people and their homes around my holy hill. And in the proper season I will send the showers they need. There will be showers of blessing.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 35:5 - “Your eternal hatred for the people of Israel led you to butcher them when they were helpless, when I had already punished them for all their sins.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:3 - Therefore, son of man, give the mountains of Israel this message from the Sovereign LORD: Your enemies have attacked you from all directions, making you the property of many nations and the object of much mocking and slander.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:5 - This is what the Sovereign LORD says: My jealous anger burns against these nations, especially Edom, because they have shown utter contempt for me by gleefully taking my land for themselves as plunder.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:8 - “But the mountains of Israel will produce heavy crops of fruit for my people—for they will be coming home again soon!
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:13 - “This is what the Sovereign LORD says: The other nations taunt you, saying, ‘Israel is a land that devours its own people and robs them of their children!'
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:30 - I will give you great harvests from your fruit trees and fields, and never again will the surrounding nations be able to scoff at your land for its famines.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:37 - “This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I am ready to hear Israel's prayers and to increase their numbers like a flock.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:1 - The LORD took hold of me, and I was carried away by the Spirit of the LORD to a valley filled with bones.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:2 - He led me all around among the bones that covered the valley floor. They were scattered everywhere across the ground and were completely dried out.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:13 - When this happens, O my people, you will know that I am the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:17 - Now hold them together in your hand as if they were one piece of wood.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:12 - I will go to those formerly desolate cities that are now filled with people who have returned from exile in many nations. I will capture vast amounts of plunder, for the people are rich with livestock and other possessions now. They think the whole world revolves around them!'
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:13 - But Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish will ask, ‘Do you really think the armies you have gathered can rob them of silver and gold? Do you think you can drive away their livestock and seize their goods and carry off plunder?'
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:17 - “This is what the Sovereign LORD asks: Are you the one I was talking about long ago, when I announced through Israel's prophets that in the future I would bring you against my people?
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:20 - All living things—the fish in the sea, the birds of the sky, the animals of the field, the small animals that scurry along the ground, and all the people on earth—will quake in terror at my presence. Mountains will be thrown down; cliffs will crumble; walls will fall to the earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:4 - You and your army and your allies will all die on the mountains. I will feed you to the vultures and wild animals.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:5 - You will fall in the open fields, for I have spoken, says the Sovereign LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:10 - They won't need to cut wood from the fields or forests, for these weapons will give them all the fuel they need. They will plunder those who planned to plunder them, and they will rob those who planned to rob them, says the Sovereign LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:17 - “And now, son of man, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Call all the birds and wild animals. Say to them: Gather together for my great sacrificial feast. Come from far and near to the mountains of Israel, and there eat flesh and drink blood!
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:4 - He said to me, “Son of man, watch and listen. Pay close attention to everything I show you. You have been brought here so I can show you many things. Then you will return to the people of Israel and tell them everything you have seen.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:9 - It was 14 feet[fn] across, with supporting columns 3½ feet[fn] thick. This entry room was at the inner end of the gateway structure, facing toward the Temple.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:13 - Then he measured the entire width of the gateway, measuring the distance between the back walls of facing guard alcoves; this distance was 43¾ feet.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:14 - He measured the dividing walls all along the inside of the gateway up to the entry room of the gateway; this distance was 105 feet.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:19 - Then the man measured across the Temple's outer courtyard between the outer and inner gateways; the distance was 175 feet.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:25 - It had windows along the walls as the others did, and there was an entry room where the gateway passage opened into the outer courtyard. And like the others, the gateway passage was 87½ feet long and 43¾ feet wide between the back walls of facing guard alcoves.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:34 - Its entry room faced into the outer courtyard. It had palm tree decorations on its columns, and there were eight steps leading to its entrance.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:40 - Outside the entry room, on each side of the stairs going up to the north entrance, were two more tables.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:43 - There were hooks, each 3 inches[fn] long, fastened to the foyer walls. The sacrificial meat was laid on the tables.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:46 - The room beside the south inner gate is for the priests in charge of the altar—the descendants of Zadok—for they alone of all the Levites may approach the LORD to minister to him.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:48 - Then he brought me to the entry room of the Temple. He measured the walls on either side of the opening to the entry room, and they were 8¾ feet thick. The entrance itself was 24½ feet wide, and the walls on each side of the entrance were an additional 5¼ feet long.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:49 - The entry room was 35 feet[fn] wide and 21 feet[fn] deep. There were ten steps leading up to it, with a column on each side.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:1 - After that, the man brought me into the sanctuary of the Temple. He measured the walls on either side of its doorway, and they were 10½ feet[fn] thick.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:3 - Then he went beyond the sanctuary into the inner room. He measured the walls on either side of its entrance, and they were 3½ feet[fn] thick. The entrance was 10½ feet wide, and the walls on each side of the entrance were 12¼ feet[fn] long.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:6 - These side rooms were built in three levels, one above the other, with thirty rooms on each level. The supports for these side rooms rested on exterior ledges on the Temple wall; they did not extend into the wall.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:11 - Two doors opened from the side rooms into the terrace yard, which was 8¾ feet wide. One door faced north and the other south.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:16 - were all paneled with wood, as were the frames of the recessed windows. The inner walls of the Temple were paneled with wood above and below the windows.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:20 - from the floor to the top of the walls, including the outer wall of the sanctuary.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:25 - The doors leading into the sanctuary were decorated with carved cherubim and palm trees, just as on the walls. And there was a wooden roof at the front of the entry room to the Temple.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:26 - On both sides of the entry room were recessed windows decorated with carved palm trees. The side rooms along the outside wall also had roofs.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:1 - Then the man led me out of the Temple courtyard by way of the north gateway. We entered the outer courtyard and came to a group of rooms against the north wall of the inner courtyard.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:5 - Each of the two upper levels of rooms was narrower than the one beneath it because the upper levels had to allow space for walkways in front of them.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:9 - There was an eastern entrance from the outer courtyard to these rooms.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:10 - On the south[fn] side of the Temple there were two blocks of rooms just south of the inner courtyard between the Temple and the outer courtyard. These rooms were arranged just like the rooms on the north.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:12 - So there was an entrance in the wall facing the doors of the inner block of rooms, and another on the east at the end of the interior walkway.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:16 - He measured the east side with his measuring rod, and it was 875 feet long.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:17 - Then he measured the north side, and it was also 875 feet.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:18 - The south side was also 875 feet,
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:19 - and the west side was also 875 feet.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:20 - So the area was 875 feet on each side with a wall all around it to separate what was holy from what was common.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:3 - This vision was just like the others I had seen, first by the Kebar River and then when he came to destroy Jerusalem. I fell face down on the ground.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:7 - The LORD said to me, “Son of man, this is the place of my throne and the place where I will rest my feet. I will live here forever among the people of Israel. They and their kings will not defile my holy name any longer by their adulterous worship of other gods or by honoring the relics of their kings who have died.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:12 - And this is the basic law of the Temple: absolute holiness! The entire top of the mountain where the Temple is built is holy. Yes, this is the basic law of the Temple.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:13 - “These are the measurements of the altar[fn]: There is a gutter all around the altar 21 inches deep and 21 inches wide,[fn] with a curb 9 inches[fn] wide around its edge. And this is the height[fn] of the altar:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:14 - From the gutter the altar rises 3½ feet[fn] to a lower ledge that surrounds the altar and is 21 inches[fn] wide. From the lower ledge the altar rises 7 feet[fn] to the upper ledge that is also 21 inches wide.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:15 - The top of the altar, the hearth, rises another 7 feet higher, with a horn rising up from each of the four corners.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:18 - Then he said to me, “Son of man, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: These will be the regulations for the burning of offerings and the sprinkling of blood when the altar is built.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:19 - At that time, the Levitical priests of the family of Zadok, who minister before me, are to be given a young bull for a sin offering, says the Sovereign LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:20 - You will take some of its blood and smear it on the four horns of the altar, the four corners of the upper ledge, and the curb that runs around that ledge. This will cleanse and make atonement for the altar.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:27 - On the eighth day, and on each day afterward, the priests will sacrifice on the altar the burnt offerings and peace offerings of the people. Then I will accept you. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken!”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:3 - Only the prince himself may sit inside this gateway to feast in the LORD's presence. But he may come and go only through the entry room of the gateway.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:7 - You have brought uncircumcised foreigners into my sanctuary—people who have no heart for God. In this way, you defiled my Temple even as you offered me my food, the fat and blood of sacrifices. In addition to all your other detestable sins, you have broken my covenant.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:8 - Instead of safeguarding my sacred rituals, you have hired foreigners to take charge of my sanctuary.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:11 - They may still be Temple guards and gatekeepers, and they may slaughter the animals brought for burnt offerings and be present to help the people.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:13 - They may not approach me to minister as priests. They may not touch any of my holy things or the holy offerings, for they must bear the shame of all the detestable sins they have committed.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:15 - “However, the Levitical priests of the family of Zadok continued to minister faithfully in the Temple when Israel abandoned me for idols. These men will serve as my ministers. They will stand in my presence and offer the fat and blood of the sacrifices, says the Sovereign LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:16 - They alone will enter my sanctuary and approach my table to serve me. They will fulfill all my requirements.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:22 - They may choose their wives only from among the virgins of Israel or the widows of the priests. They may not marry other widows or divorced women.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:24 - “They will serve as judges to resolve any disagreements among my people. Their decisions must be based on my regulations. And the priests themselves must obey my instructions and decrees at all the sacred festivals, and see to it that the Sabbaths are set apart as holy days.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:25 - “A priest must not defile himself by being in the presence of a dead person unless it is his father, mother, child, brother, or unmarried sister. In such cases it is permitted.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:27 - The first day he returns to work and enters the inner courtyard and the sanctuary, he must offer a sin offering for himself, says the Sovereign LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:30 - The first of the ripe fruits and all the gifts brought to the LORD will go to the priests. The first samples of each grain harvest and the first of your flour must also be given to the priests so the LORD will bless your homes.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:5 - The strip of sacred land next to it, also 8⅓ miles long and 3⅓ miles wide, will be a living area for the Levites who work at the Temple. It will be their possession and a place for their towns.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:11 - The homer[fn] will be your standard unit for measuring volume. The ephah and the bath[fn] will each measure one-tenth of a homer.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:13 - “You must give this tax to the prince: one bushel of wheat or barley for every 60[fn] you harvest,
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:14 - one percent of your olive oil,[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:15 - and one sheep or goat for every 200 in your flocks in Israel. These will be the grain offerings, burnt offerings, and peace offerings that will make atonement for the people who bring them, says the Sovereign LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:17 - The prince will be required to provide offerings that are given at the religious festivals, the new moon celebrations, the Sabbath days, and all other similar occasions. He will provide the sin offerings, burnt offerings, grain offerings, liquid offerings, and peace offerings to purify the people of Israel, making them right with the LORD.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:18 - “This is what the Sovereign LORD says: In early spring, on the first day of each new year,[fn] sacrifice a young bull with no defects to purify the Temple.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:19 - The priest will take blood from this sin offering and put it on the doorposts of the Temple, the four corners of the upper ledge of the altar, and the gateposts at the entrance to the inner courtyard.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:2 - The prince will enter the entry room of the gateway from the outside. Then he will stand by the gatepost while the priest offers his burnt offering and peace offering. He will bow down in worship inside the gateway passage and then go back out the way he came. The gateway will not be closed until evening.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:8 - “The prince must enter the gateway through the entry room, and he must leave the same way.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:12 - When the prince offers a voluntary burnt offering or peace offering to the LORD, the east gateway to the inner courtyard will be opened for him, and he will offer his sacrifices as he does on Sabbath days. Then he will leave, and the gateway will be shut behind him.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:14 - With the lamb, a grain offering must also be given to the LORD—about three quarts of flour with a third of a gallon of olive oil[fn] to moisten the choice flour. This will be a permanent law for you.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:17 - But if the prince gives a gift of land from his inheritance to one of his servants, the servant may keep it only until the Year of Jubilee, which comes every fiftieth year.[fn] At that time the land will return to the prince. But when the prince gives gifts to his sons, those gifts will be permanent.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:20 - He explained, “This is where the priests will cook the meat from the guilt offerings and sin offerings and bake the flour from the grain offerings into bread. They will do it here to avoid carrying the sacrifices through the outer courtyard and endangering the people by transmitting holiness to them.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:1 - In my vision, the man brought me back to the entrance of the Temple. There I saw a stream flowing east from beneath the door of the Temple and passing to the right of the altar on its south side.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:2 - The man brought me outside the wall through the north gateway and led me around to the eastern entrance. There I could see the water flowing out through the south side of the east gateway.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:7 - When I returned, I was surprised by the sight of many trees growing on both sides of the river.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:12 - Fruit trees of all kinds will grow along both sides of the river. The leaves of these trees will never turn brown and fall, and there will always be fruit on their branches. There will be a new crop every month, for they are watered by the river flowing from the Temple. The fruit will be for food and the leaves for healing.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:14 - Otherwise each tribe will receive an equal share. I took a solemn oath and swore that I would give this land to your ancestors, and it will now come to you as your possession.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:18 - Outside the city there will be a farming area that stretches 3⅓ miles to the east and 3⅓ miles to the west[fn] along the border of the sacred area. This farmland will produce food for the people working in the city.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:3 - Then the king ordered Ashpenaz, his chief of staff, to bring to the palace some of the young men of Judah's royal family and other noble families, who had been brought to Babylon as captives.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:16 - So after that, the attendant fed them only vegetables instead of the food and wine provided for the others.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:2 - He called in his magicians, enchanters, sorcerers, and astrologers,[fn] and he demanded that they tell him what he had dreamed. As they stood before the king,
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:3 - he said, “I have had a dream that deeply troubles me, and I must know what it means.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:18 - He urged them to ask the God of heaven to show them his mercy by telling them the secret, so they would not be executed along with the other wise men of Babylon.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:30 - And it is not because I am wiser than anyone else that I know the secret of your dream, but because God wants you to understand what was in your heart.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:35 - The whole statue was crushed into small pieces of iron, clay, bronze, silver, and gold. Then the wind blew them away without a trace, like chaff on a threshing floor. But the rock that knocked the statue down became a great mountain that covered the whole earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:43 - This mixture of iron and clay also shows that these kingdoms will try to strengthen themselves by forming alliances with each other through intermarriage. But they will not hold together, just as iron and clay do not mix.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:6 - Anyone who refuses to obey will immediately be thrown into a blazing furnace.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:11 - That decree also states that those who refuse to obey must be thrown into a blazing furnace.
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 3:16 - Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego replied, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we do not need to defend ourselves before you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:17 - If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God whom we serve is able to save us. He will rescue us from your power, Your Majesty.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:19 - Nebuchadnezzar was so furious with Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego that his face became distorted with rage. He commanded that the furnace be heated seven times hotter than usual.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:20 - Then he ordered some of the strongest men of his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego and throw them into the blazing furnace.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:21 - So they tied them up and threw them into the furnace, fully dressed in their pants, turbans, robes, and other garments.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:23 - So Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, securely tied, fell into the roaring flames.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:24 - But suddenly, Nebuchadnezzar jumped up in amazement and exclaimed to his advisers, “Didn't we tie up three men and throw them into the furnace?”
“Yes, Your Majesty, we certainly did,” they replied.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:25 - “Look!” Nebuchadnezzar shouted. “I see four men, unbound, walking around in the fire unharmed! And the fourth looks like a god[fn]!”
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:26 - Then Nebuchadnezzar came as close as he could to the door of the flaming furnace and shouted: “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, servants of the Most High God, come out! Come here!”
So Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego stepped out of the fire.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:27 - Then the high officers, officials, governors, and advisers crowded around them and saw that the fire had not touched them. Not a hair on their heads was singed, and their clothing was not scorched. They didn't even smell of smoke!
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:6 - So I issued an order calling in all the wise men of Babylon, so they could tell me what my dream meant.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:9 - “I said to him, ‘Belteshazzar, chief of the magicians, I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in you and that no mystery is too great for you to solve. Now tell me what my dream means.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:26 - But the stump and roots of the tree were left in the ground. This means that you will receive your kingdom back again when you have learned that heaven rules.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:2 - While Belshazzar was drinking the wine, he gave orders to bring in the gold and silver cups that his predecessor,[fn] Nebuchadnezzar, had taken from the Temple in Jerusalem. He wanted to drink from them with his nobles, his wives, and his concubines.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:7 - The king shouted for the enchanters, astrologers,[fn] and fortune-tellers to be brought before him. He said to these wise men of Babylon, “Whoever can read this writing and tell me what it means will be dressed in purple robes of royal honor and will have a gold chain placed around his neck. He will become the third highest ruler in the kingdom!”
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:20 - But when his heart and mind were puffed up with arrogance, he was brought down from his royal throne and stripped of his glory.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:26 - This is what these words mean:
Mene means ‘numbered'—God has numbered the days of your reign and has brought it to an end.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:1 - [fn]Darius the Mede decided to divide the kingdom into 120 provinces, and he appointed a high officer to rule over each province.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:2 - The king also chose Daniel and two others as administrators to supervise the high officers and protect the king's interests.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:7 - We are all in agreement—we administrators, officials, high officers, advisers, and governors—that the king should make a law that will be strictly enforced. Give orders that for the next thirty days any person who prays to anyone, divine or human—except to you, Your Majesty—will be thrown into the den of lions.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:14 - Hearing this, the king was deeply troubled, and he tried to think of a way to save Daniel. He spent the rest of the day looking for a way to get Daniel out of this predicament.
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 7:19 - Then I wanted to know the true meaning of the fourth beast, the one so different from the others and so terrifying. It had devoured and crushed its victims with iron teeth and bronze claws, trampling their remains beneath its feet.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:20 - I also asked about the ten horns on the fourth beast's head and the little horn that came up afterward and destroyed three of the other horns. This horn had seemed greater than the others, and it had human eyes and a mouth that was boasting arrogantly.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:25 - He will defy the Most High and oppress the holy people of the Most High. He will try to change their sacred festivals and laws, and they will be placed under his control for a time, times, and half a time.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:26 - “But then the court will pass judgment, and all his power will be taken away and completely destroyed.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:3 - As I looked up, I saw a ram with two long horns standing beside the river.[fn] One of the horns was longer than the other, even though it had grown later than the other one.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:7 - The goat charged furiously at the ram and struck him, breaking off both his horns. Now the ram was helpless, and the goat knocked him down and trampled him. No one could rescue the ram from the goat's power.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:9 - Then from one of the prominent horns came a small horn whose power grew very great. It extended toward the south and the east and toward the glorious land of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:22 - The four prominent horns that replaced the one large horn show that the Greek Empire will break into four kingdoms, but none as great as the first.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:1 - It was the first year of the reign of Darius the Mede, the son of Ahasuerus, who became king of the Babylonians.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:3 - So I turned to the Lord God and pleaded with him in prayer and fasting. I also wore rough burlap and sprinkled myself with ashes.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:7 - “Lord, you are in the right; but as you see, our faces are covered with shame. This is true of all of us, including the people of Judah and Jerusalem and all Israel, scattered near and far, wherever you have driven us because of our disloyalty to you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:8 - O LORD, we and our kings, princes, and ancestors are covered with shame because we have sinned against you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:11 - All Israel has disobeyed your instruction and turned away, refusing to listen to your voice. “So now the solemn curses and judgments written in the Law of Moses, the servant of God, have been poured down on us because of our sin.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:13 - Every curse written against us in the Law of Moses has come true. Yet we have refused to seek mercy from the LORD our God by turning from our sins and recognizing his truth.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:20 - I went on praying and confessing my sin and the sin of my people, pleading with the LORD my God for Jerusalem, his holy mountain.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:23 - The moment you began praying, a command was given. And now I am here to tell you what it was, for you are very precious to God. Listen carefully so that you can understand the meaning of your vision.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:24 - “A period of seventy sets of seven[fn] has been decreed for your people and your holy city to finish their rebellion, to put an end to their sin, to atone for their guilt, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to confirm the prophetic vision, and to anoint the Most Holy Place.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:25 - Now listen and understand! Seven sets of seven plus sixty-two sets of seven[fn] will pass from the time the command is given to rebuild Jerusalem until a ruler—the Anointed One[fn]—comes. Jerusalem will be rebuilt with streets and strong defenses,[fn] despite the perilous times.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:12 - Then he said, “Don't be afraid, Daniel. Since the first day you began to pray for understanding and to humble yourself before your God, your request has been heard in heaven. I have come in answer to your prayer.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 10:20 - He replied, “Do you know why I have come? Soon I must return to fight against the spirit prince of the kingdom of Persia, and after that the spirit prince of the kingdom of Greece[fn] will come.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:6 - “Some years later an alliance will be formed between the king of the north and the king of the south. The daughter of the king of the south will be given in marriage to the king of the north to secure the alliance, but she will lose her influence over him, and so will her father. She will be abandoned along with her supporters.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:7 - But when one of her relatives[fn] becomes king of the south, he will raise an army and enter the fortress of the king of the north and defeat him.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:14 - At that time there will be a general uprising against the king of the south. Violent men among your own people will join them in fulfillment of this vision, but they will not succeed.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:15 - Then the king of the north will come and lay siege to a fortified city and capture it. The best troops of the south will not be able to stand in the face of the onslaught.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:17 - He will make plans to come with the might of his entire kingdom and will form an alliance with the king of the south. He will give him a daughter in marriage in order to overthrow the kingdom from within, but his plan will fail.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:35 - And some of the wise will fall victim to persecution. In this way, they will be refined and cleansed and made pure until the time of the end, for the appointed time is still to come.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:44 - “But then news from the east and the north will alarm him, and he will set out in great anger to destroy and obliterate many.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:3 - Those who are wise will shine as bright as the sky, and those who lead many to righteousness will shine like the stars forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:5 - Then I, Daniel, looked and saw two others standing on opposite banks of the river.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:6 - One of them asked the man dressed in linen, who was now standing above the river, “How long will it be until these shocking events are over?”
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:7 - The man dressed in linen, who was standing above the river, raised both his hands toward heaven and took a solemn oath by the One who lives forever, saying, “It will go on for a time, times, and half a time. When the shattering of the holy people has finally come to an end, all these things will have happened.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:11 - “From the time the daily sacrifice is stopped and the sacrilegious object that causes desecration[fn] is set up to be worshiped, there will be 1,290 days.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:9 - “But now I will take back the ripened grain and new wine
I generously provided each harvest season.
I will take away the wool and linen clothing
I gave her to cover her nakedness.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:6 - My people are being destroyed
because they don't know me.
Since you priests refuse to know me,
I refuse to recognize you as my priests.
Since you have forgotten the laws of your God,
I will forget to bless your children.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:10 - They will eat and still be hungry.
They will play the prostitute and gain nothing from it,
for they have deserted the LORD
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 5:6 - When they come with their flocks and herds
to offer sacrifices to the LORD,
they will not find him,
because he has withdrawn from them.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 6:3 - Oh, that we might know the LORD!
Let us press on to know him.
He will respond to us as surely as the arrival of dawn
or the coming of rains in early spring.”
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:2 - Its people don't realize
that I am watching them.
Their sinful deeds are all around them,
and I see them all.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:4 - They are all adulterers,
always aflame with lust.
They are like an oven that is kept hot
while the baker is kneading the dough.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:7 - “They have planted the wind
and will harvest the whirlwind.
The stalks of grain wither
and produce nothing to eat.
And even if there is any grain,
foreigners will eat it.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:10 - But though they have sold themselves to many allies,
I will now gather them together for judgment.
Then they will writhe
under the burden of the great king.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:7 - The time of Israel's punishment has come;
the day of payment is here.
Soon Israel will know this all too well.
Because of your great sin and hostility,
you say, “The prophets are crazy
and the inspired men are fools!”
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:13 - I have watched Israel become as beautiful as Tyre.
But now Israel will bring out her children for slaughter.”
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:15 - The LORD says, “All their wickedness began at Gilgal;
there I began to hate them.
I will drive them from my land
because of their evil actions.
I will love them no more
because all their leaders are rebels.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:12 - I said, ‘Plant the good seeds of righteousness,
and you will harvest a crop of love.
Plow up the hard ground of your hearts,
for now is the time to seek the LORD,
that he may come
and shower righteousness upon you.'
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:9 - No, I will not unleash my fierce anger.
I will not completely destroy Israel,
for I am God and not a mere mortal.
I am the Holy One living among you,
and I will not come to destroy.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:2 - Now the LORD is bringing charges against Judah.
He is about to punish Jacob[fn] for all his deceitful ways,
and pay him back for all he has done.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:2 - Now they continue to sin by making silver idols,
images shaped skillfully with human hands.
“Sacrifice to these,” they cry,
“and kiss the calf idols!”
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:4 - “I have been the LORD your God
ever since I brought you out of Egypt.
You must acknowledge no God but me,
for there is no other savior.
Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:20 - Even the wild animals cry out to you
because the streams have dried up,
and fire has consumed the wilderness pastures.
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 BoxJoe 2:21 - Don't be afraid, my people.
Be glad now and rejoice,
for the LORD has done great things.
Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:22 - Don't be afraid, you animals of the field,
for the wilderness pastures will soon be green.
The trees will again be filled with fruit;
fig trees and grapevines will be loaded down once more.
Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:28 - [fn]“Then, after doing all those things,
I will pour out my Spirit upon all people.
Your sons and daughters will prophesy.
Your old men will dream dreams,
and your young men will see visions.
Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:29 - In those days I will pour out my Spirit
even on servants—men and women alike.
Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:12 - “Let the nations be called to arms.
Let them march to the valley of Jehoshaphat.
There I, the LORD, will sit
to pronounce judgment on them all.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:6 - This is what the LORD says:
“The people of Gaza have sinned again and again,
and I will not let them go unpunished!
They sent whole villages into exile,
selling them as slaves to Edom.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:11 - This is what the LORD says:
“The people of Edom have sinned again and again,
and I will not let them go unpunished!
They chased down their relatives, the Israelites, with swords,
showing them no mercy.
In their rage, they slashed them continually
and were unrelenting in their anger.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:4 - This is what the LORD says:
“The people of Judah have sinned again and again,
and I will not let them go unpunished!
They have rejected the instruction of the LORD,
refusing to obey his decrees.
They have been led astray by the same lies
that deceived their ancestors.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:8 - At their religious festivals,
they lounge in clothing their debtors put up as security.
In the house of their gods,[fn]
they drink wine bought with unjust fines.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:10 - It was I who rescued you from Egypt
and led you through the desert for forty years,
so you could possess the land of the Amorites.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:5 - Does a bird ever get caught in a trap
that has no bait?
Does a trap spring shut
when there's nothing to catch?
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:14 - “On the very day I punish Israel for its sins,
I will destroy the pagan altars at Bethel.
The horns of the altar will be cut off
and fall to the ground.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:4 - “Go ahead and offer sacrifices to the idols at Bethel.
Keep on disobeying at Gilgal.
Offer sacrifices each morning,
and bring your tithes every three days.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:8 - People staggered from town to town looking for water,
but there was never enough.
But still you would not return to me,”
says the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:12 - “Therefore, I will bring upon you all the disasters I have announced.
Prepare to meet your God in judgment, you people of Israel!”
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:2 - “The virgin Israel has fallen,
never to rise again!
She lies abandoned on the ground,
with no one to help her up.”
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:10 - And when a relative who is responsible to dispose of the dead[fn] goes into the house to carry out the bodies, he will ask the last survivor, “Is anyone else with you?” When the person begins to swear, “No, by . . . ,” he will interrupt and say, “Stop! Don't even mention the name of the LORD.”)
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:14 - “O people of Israel, I am about to bring an enemy nation against you,”
says the LORD God of Heaven's Armies.
“They will oppress you throughout your land—
from Lebo-hamath in the north
to the Arabah Valley in the south.”
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 7:8 - And the LORD said to me, “Amos, what do you see?”
I answered, “A plumb line.”
And the Lord replied, “I will test my people with this plumb line. I will no longer ignore all their sins.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:13 - Don't bother us with your prophecies here in Bethel. This is the king's sanctuary and the national place of worship!”
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:2 - “What do you see, Amos?” he asked.
I replied, “A basket full of ripe fruit.”
Then the LORD said, “Like this fruit, Israel is ripe for punishment! I will not delay their punishment again.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:5 - You can't wait for the Sabbath day to be over
and the religious festivals to end
so you can get back to cheating the helpless.
You measure out grain with dishonest measures
and cheat the buyer with dishonest scales.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:6 - And you mix the grain you sell
with chaff swept from the floor.
Then you enslave poor people
for one piece of silver or a pair of sandals.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:11 - “The time is surely coming,” says the Sovereign LORD,
“when I will send a famine on the land—
not a famine of bread or water
but of hearing the words of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:1 - Then I saw a vision of the Lord standing beside the altar. He said,
“Strike the tops of the Temple columns,
so that the foundation will shake.
Bring down the roof
on the heads of the people below.
I will kill with the sword those who survive.
No one will escape!
Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:14 - You should not have stood at the crossroads,
killing those who tried to escape.
You should not have captured the survivors
and handed them over in their terrible time of trouble.
Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:21 - Those who have been rescued[fn] will go up to[fn] Mount Zion in Jerusalem
to rule over the mountains of Edom.
And the LORD himself will be king!”
Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:3 - But Jonah got up and went in the opposite direction to get away from the LORD. He went down to the port of Joppa, where he found a ship leaving for Tarshish. He bought a ticket and went on board, hoping to escape from the LORD by sailing to Tarshish.
Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:5 - Fearing for their lives, the desperate sailors shouted to their gods for help and threw the cargo overboard to lighten the ship.
But all this time Jonah was sound asleep down in the hold.
Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:13 - Instead, the sailors rowed even harder to get the ship to the land. But the stormy sea was too violent for them, and they couldn't make it.
Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:17 - [fn]Now the LORD had arranged for a great fish to swallow Jonah. And Jonah was inside the fish for three days and three nights.
Unchecked Copy BoxJon 2:1 - [fn]Then Jonah prayed to the LORD his God from inside the fish.
Unchecked Copy BoxJon 2:4 - Then I said, ‘O LORD, you have driven me from your presence.
Yet I will look once more toward your holy Temple.'
Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:4 - On the day Jonah entered the city, he shouted to the crowds: “Forty days from now Nineveh will be destroyed!”
Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:10 - When God saw what they had done and how they had put a stop to their evil ways, he changed his mind and did not carry out the destruction he had threatened.
Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:2 - So he complained to the LORD about it: “Didn't I say before I left home that you would do this, LORD? That is why I ran away to Tarshish! I knew that you are a merciful and compassionate God, slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love. You are eager to turn back from destroying people.
Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:6 - And the LORD God arranged for a leafy plant to grow there, and soon it spread its broad leaves over Jonah's head, shading him from the sun. This eased his discomfort, and Jonah was very grateful for the plant.
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:4 - In that day your enemies will make fun of you
by singing this song of despair about you:
“We are finished,
completely ruined!
God has confiscated our land,
taking it from us.
He has given our fields
to those who betrayed us.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:8 - Yet to this very hour
my people rise against me like an enemy!
You steal the shirts right off the backs
of those who trusted you,
making them as ragged as men
returning from battle.
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 3:1 - I said, “Listen, you leaders of Israel!
You are supposed to know right from wrong,
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 3:8 - But as for me, I am filled with power—
with the Spirit of the LORD.
I am filled with justice and strength
to boldly declare Israel's sin and rebellion.
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 4:7 - Those who are weak will survive as a remnant;
those who were exiles will become a strong nation.
Then I, the LORD, will rule from Jerusalem[fn]
as their king forever.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:2 - [fn]But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah,
are only a small village among all the people of Judah.
Yet a ruler of Israel will come from you,
one whose origins are from the distant past.
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:4 - And he will stand to lead his flock with the LORD's strength,
in the majesty of the name of the LORD his God.
Then his people will live there undisturbed,
for he will be highly honored around the world.
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 6:8 - No, O people, the LORD has told you what is good,
and this is what he requires of you:
to do what is right, to love mercy,
and to walk humbly with your God.
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 6:13 - “Therefore, I will wound you!
I will bring you to ruin for all your sins.
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:1 - How miserable I am!
I feel like the fruit picker after the harvest
who can find nothing to eat.
Not a cluster of grapes or a single early fig
can be found to satisfy my hunger.
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:5 - Don't trust anyone—
not your best friend or even your wife!
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:9 - I will be patient as the LORD punishes me,
for I have sinned against him.
But after that, he will take up my case
and give me justice for all I have suffered from my enemies.
The LORD will bring me into the light,
and I will see his righteousness.
Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:14 - And this is what the LORD says concerning the Assyrians in Nineveh:
“You will have no more children to carry on your name.
I will destroy all the idols in the temples of your gods.
I am preparing a grave for you
because you are despicable!”
Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:15 - [fn]Look! A messenger is coming over the mountains with good news!
He is bringing a message of peace.
Celebrate your festivals, O people of Judah,
and fulfill all your vows,
for your wicked enemies will never invade your land again.
They will be completely destroyed!
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 1:6 - I am raising up the Babylonians,[fn]
a cruel and violent people.
They will march across the world
and conquer other lands.
Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:12 - O LORD my God, my Holy One, you who are eternal—
surely you do not plan to wipe us out?
O LORD, our Rock, you have sent these Babylonians to correct us,
to punish us for our many sins.
Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:1 - I will climb up to my watchtower
and stand at my guardpost.
There I will wait to see what the LORD says
and how he[fn] will answer my complaint.
Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:9 - “What sorrow awaits you who build big houses
with money gained dishonestly!
You believe your wealth will buy security,
putting your family's nest beyond the reach of danger.
Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:14 - For as the waters fill the sea,
the earth will be filled with an awareness
of the glory of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:18 - “What good is an idol carved by man,
or a cast image that deceives you?
How foolish to trust in your own creation—
a god that can't even talk!
Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:13 - You went out to rescue your chosen people,
to save your anointed ones.
You crushed the heads of the wicked
and stripped their bones from head to toe.
Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:16 - I trembled inside when I heard this;
my lips quivered with fear.
My legs gave way beneath me,[fn]
and I shook in terror.
I will wait quietly for the coming day
when disaster will strike the people who invade us.
Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:19 - The Sovereign LORD is my strength!
He makes me as surefooted as a deer,[fn]
able to tread upon the heights. (For the choir director: This prayer is to be accompanied by stringed instruments.)
Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:2 - Gather before judgment begins,
before your time to repent is blown away like chaff.
Act now, before the fierce fury of the LORD falls
and the terrible day of the LORD's anger begins.
Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:6 - “I have wiped out many nations,
devastating their fortress walls and towers.
Their streets are now deserted;
their cities lie in silent ruin.
There are no survivors—
none at all.
Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:8 - Therefore, be patient,” says the LORD.
“Soon I will stand and accuse these evil nations.
For I have decided to gather the kingdoms of the earth
and pour out my fiercest anger and fury on them.
All the earth will be devoured
by the fire of my jealousy.
Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:9 - “Then I will purify the speech of all people,
so that everyone can worship the LORD together.
Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:11 - On that day you will no longer need to be ashamed,
for you will no longer be rebels against me.
I will remove all proud and arrogant people from among you.
There will be no more haughtiness on my holy mountain.
Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:12 - Those who are left will be the lowly and humble,
for it is they who trust in the name of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:2 - “This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies says: The people are saying, ‘The time has not yet come to rebuild the house of the LORD.'”
Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:4 - “Why are you living in luxurious houses while my house lies in ruins?
Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:9 - The future glory of this Temple will be greater than its past glory, says the LORD of Heaven's Armies. And in this place I will bring peace. I, the LORD of Heaven's Armies, have spoken!”
Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:12 - ‘If one of you is carrying some meat from a holy sacrifice in his robes and his robe happens to brush against some bread or stew, wine or olive oil, or any other kind of food, will it also become holy?'”
The priests replied, “No.”
Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:15 - Look at what was happening to you before you began to lay the foundation of the LORD's Temple.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:4 - Don't be like your ancestors who would not listen or pay attention when the earlier prophets said to them, ‘This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies says: Turn from your evil ways, and stop all your evil practices.'
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:6 - But everything I said through my servants the prophets happened to your ancestors, just as I said. As a result, they repented and said, ‘We have received what we deserved from the LORD of Heaven's Armies. He has done what he said he would do.'”
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:10 - The rider standing among the myrtle trees then explained, “They are the ones the LORD has sent out to patrol the earth.”
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:21 - “What are these men coming to do?” I asked.
The angel replied, “These four horns—these nations—scattered and humbled Judah. Now these blacksmiths have come to terrify those nations and throw them down and destroy them.”
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 3:1 - Then the angel showed me Jeshua[fn] the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD. The Accuser, Satan,[fn] was there at the angel's right hand, making accusations against Jeshua.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:3 - And I see two olive trees, one on each side of the bowl.”
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:7 - Nothing, not even a mighty mountain, will stand in Zerubbabel's way; it will become a level plain before him! And when Zerubbabel sets the final stone of the Temple in place, the people will shout: ‘May God bless it! May God bless it!'[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:7 - Then the heavy lead cover was lifted off the basket, and there was a woman sitting inside it.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:8 - The angel said, “The woman's name is Wickedness,” and he pushed her back into the basket and closed the heavy lid again.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 6:7 - The powerful horses were eager to set out to patrol the earth. And the LORD said, “Go and patrol the earth!” So they left at once on their patrol.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 7:2 - The people of Bethel had sent Sharezer and Regemmelech,[fn] along with their attendants, to seek the LORD's favor.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 7:11 - “Your ancestors refused to listen to this message. They stubbornly turned away and put their fingers in their ears to keep from hearing.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 7:12 - They made their hearts as hard as stone, so they could not hear the instructions or the messages that the LORD of Heaven's Armies had sent them by his Spirit through the earlier prophets. That is why the LORD of Heaven's Armies was so angry with them.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:14 - “For this is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies says: I was determined to punish you when your ancestors angered me, and I did not change my mind, says the LORD of Heaven's Armies.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:15 - But now I am determined to bless Jerusalem and the people of Judah. So don't be afraid.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:21 - The people of one city will say to the people of another, ‘Come with us to Jerusalem to ask the LORD to bless us. Let's worship the LORD of Heaven's Armies. I'm determined to go.'
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:22 - Many peoples and powerful nations will come to Jerusalem to seek the LORD of Heaven's Armies and to ask for his blessing.
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 9:8 - I will guard my Temple
and protect it from invading armies.
I am watching closely to ensure
that no more foreign oppressors overrun my people's land.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:10 - Then I took my staff called Favor and cut it in two, showing that I had revoked the covenant I had made with all the nations.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:14 - Then I took my other staff, Union, and cut it in two, showing that the bond of unity between Judah and Israel was broken.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:9 - For on that day I will begin to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:4 - On that day his feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, east of Jerusalem. And the Mount of Olives will split apart, making a wide valley running from east to west. Half the mountain will move toward the north and half toward the south.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:16 - In the end, the enemies of Jerusalem who survive the plague will go up to Jerusalem each year to worship the King, the LORD of Heaven's Armies, and to celebrate the Festival of Shelters.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:17 - Any nation in the world that refuses to come to Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of Heaven's Armies, will have no rain.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:18 - If the people of Egypt refuse to attend the festival, the LORD will punish them with the same plague that he sends on the other nations who refuse to go.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:19 - Egypt and the other nations will all be punished if they don't go to celebrate the Festival of Shelters.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:20 - On that day even the harness bells of the horses will be inscribed with these words: HOLY TO THE LORD. And the cooking pots in the Temple of the LORD will be as sacred as the basins used beside the altar.
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:2 - Listen to me and make up your minds to honor my name,” says the LORD of Heaven's Armies, “or I will bring a terrible curse against you. I will curse even the blessings you receive. Indeed, I have already cursed them, because you have not taken my warning to heart.
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:4 - Then at last you will know it was I who sent you this warning so that my covenant with the Levites can continue,” says the LORD of Heaven's Armies.
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:10 - Are we not all children of the same Father? Are we not all created by the same God? Then why do we betray each other, violating the covenant of our ancestors?
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:10 - Bring all the tithes into the storehouse so there will be enough food in my Temple. If you do,” says the LORD of Heaven's Armies, “I will open the windows of heaven for you. I will pour out a blessing so great you won't have enough room to take it in! Try it! Put me to the test!
T-GS
Occurrences: 15 times in 12 verses
Speech: Definite article
Parsing: Genitive Singular
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:12 - So the Israelites set out from the wilderness of Sinai and traveled on from place to place until the cloud stopped in the wilderness of Paran.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:28 - So Balak took Balaam to the top of Mount Peor, overlooking the wasteland.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:1 - Now some men from Ziph came to Saul at Gibeah to tell him, “David is hiding on the hill of Hakilah, which overlooks Jeshimon.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:3 - Saul camped along the road beside the hill of Hakilah, near Jeshimon, where David was hiding. When David learned that Saul had come after him into the wilderness,
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:10 - “Where did you make your raid today?” Achish would ask.
And David would reply, “Against the south of Judah, the Jerahmeelites, and the Kenites.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:14 - We were on our way back from raiding the Kerethites in the Negev, the territory of Judah, and the land of Caleb, and we had just burned Ziklag.”
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 8:3 - As I looked up, I saw a ram with two long horns standing beside the river.[fn] One of the horns was longer than the other, even though it had grown later than the other one.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:6 - headed toward the two-horned ram that I had seen standing beside the river, rushing at him in a rage.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:16 - And I heard a human voice calling out from the Ulai River, “Gabriel, tell this man the meaning of his vision.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:16 - “The king of the north will march onward unopposed; none will be able to stop him. He will pause in the glorious land of Israel,[fn] intent on destroying it.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:41 - He will enter the glorious land of Israel,[fn] and many nations will fall, but Moab, Edom, and the best part of Ammon will escape.
R-GSM
Occurrences: 1 time in 1 verse
Speech: Relative Pronoun
Parsing: Genitive Singular Masculine
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:1 - These are the words of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah, one of the priests from the town of Anathoth in the land of Benjamin.
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