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T-DSF

Occurrences: 2743 times in 2301 verses

Speech: Definite article

Parsing: Dative Singular Feminine

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Gen 2:2 - On the seventh day God had finished his work of creation, so he rested[fn] from all his work.

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Gen 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?”

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Gen 3:4 - “You won't die!” the serpent replied to the woman.

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Gen 3:13 - Then the LORD God asked the woman, “What have you done?”
“The serpent deceived me,” she replied. “That's why I ate it.”

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Gen 3:14 - Then the LORD God said to the serpent,
“Because you have done this, you are cursed
more than all animals, domestic and wild.
You will crawl on your belly,
groveling in the dust as long as you live.

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Gen 3:16 - Then he said to the woman,
“I will sharpen the pain of your pregnancy,
and in pain you will give birth.
And you will desire to control your husband,
but he will rule over you.[fn]”

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Gen 3:21 - And the LORD God made clothing from animal skins for Adam and his wife.

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Gen 4:19 - Lamech married two women. The first was named Adah, and the second was Zillah.

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Gen 6:5 - The LORD observed the extent of human wickedness on the earth, and he saw that everything they thought or imagined was consistently and totally evil.

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Gen 6:9 - This is the account of Noah and his family. Noah was a righteous man, the only blameless person living on earth at the time, and he walked in close fellowship with God.

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Gen 6:14 - “Build a large boat[fn] from cypress wood[fn] and waterproof it with tar, inside and out. Then construct decks and stalls throughout its interior.

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Gen 7:1 - When everything was ready, the LORD said to Noah, “Go into the boat with all your family, for among all the people of the earth, I can see that you alone are righteous.

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Gen 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.

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Gen 7:13 - That very day Noah had gone into the boat with his wife and his sons—Shem, Ham, and Japheth—and their wives.

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Gen 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.

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Gen 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.

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Gen 8:5 - Two and a half months later,[fn] as the waters continued to go down, other mountain peaks became visible.

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Gen 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.

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Gen 9:10 - and with all the animals that were on the boat with you—the birds, the livestock, and all the wild animals—every living creature on earth.

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Gen 9:13 - I have placed my rainbow in the clouds. It is the sign of my covenant with you and with all the earth.

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Gen 9:14 - When I send clouds over the earth, the rainbow will appear in the clouds,

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Gen 9:16 - When I see the rainbow in the clouds, I will remember the eternal covenant between God and every living creature on earth.”

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Gen 10:5 - Their descendants became the seafaring peoples that spread out to various lands, each identified by its own language, clan, and national identity.

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Gen 10:10 - He built his kingdom in the land of Babylonia,[fn] with the cities of Babylon, Erech, Akkad, and Calneh.

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Gen 11:28 - But Haran died in Ur of the Chaldeans, the land of his birth, while his father, Terah, was still living.

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Gen 11:29 - Meanwhile, Abram and Nahor both married. The name of Abram's wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife was Milcah. (Milcah and her sister Iscah were daughters of Nahor's brother Haran.)

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Gen 12:9 - Then Abram continued traveling south by stages toward the Negev.

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Gen 12:11 - As he was approaching the border of Egypt, Abram said to his wife, Sarai, “Look, you are a very beautiful woman.

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Gen 14:1 - About this time war broke out in the region. King Amraphel of Babylonia,[fn] King Arioch of Ellasar, King Kedorlaomer of Elam, and King Tidal of Goiim

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Gen 14:5 - One year later Kedorlaomer and his allies arrived and defeated the Rephaites at Ashteroth-karnaim, the Zuzites at Ham, the Emites at Shaveh-kiriathaim,

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Gen 14:6 - and the Horites at Mount Seir, as far as El-paran at the edge of the wilderness.

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Gen 14:8 - Then the rebel kings of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, Zeboiim, and Bela (also called Zoar) prepared for battle in the valley of the Dead Sea.[fn]

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Gen 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.

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Gen 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—

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Gen 16:7 - The angel of the LORD found Hagar beside a spring of water in the wilderness, along the road to Shur.

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Gen 16:11 - And the angel also said, “You are now pregnant and will give birth to a son. You are to name him Ishmael (which means ‘God hears'), for the LORD has heard your cry of distress.

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Gen 17:14 - Any male who fails to be circumcised will be cut off from the covenant family for breaking the covenant.”

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Gen 17:17 - Then Abraham bowed down to the ground, but he laughed to himself in disbelief. “How could I become a father at the age of 100?” he thought. “And how can Sarah have a baby when she is ninety years old?”

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Gen 18:1 - The LORD appeared again to Abraham near the oak grove belonging to Mamre. One day Abraham was sitting at the entrance to his tent during the hottest part of the day.

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Gen 18:9 - “Where is Sarah, your wife?” the visitors asked.
“She's inside the tent,” Abraham replied.

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Gen 18:10 - Then one of them said, “I will return to you about this time next year, and your wife, Sarah, will have a son!”
Sarah was listening to this conversation from the tent.

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Gen 18:14 - Is anything too hard for the LORD? I will return about this time next year, and Sarah will have a son.”

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Gen 18:24 - Suppose you find fifty righteous people living there in the city—will you still sweep it away and not spare it for their sakes?

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Gen 18:26 - And the LORD replied, “If I find fifty righteous people in Sodom, I will spare the entire city for their sake.”

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Gen 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.”

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Gen 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.

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Gen 19:17 - When they were safely out of the city, one of the angels ordered, “Run for your lives! And don't look back or stop anywhere in the valley! Escape to the mountains, or you will be swept away!”

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Gen 19:31 - One day the older daughter said to her sister, “There are no men left anywhere in this entire area, so we can't get married like everyone else. And our father will soon be too old to have children.

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Gen 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.

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Gen 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.”

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Gen 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.

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Gen 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.”

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Gen 21:1 - The LORD kept his word and did for Sarah exactly what he had promised.

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Gen 21:4 - Eight days after Isaac was born, Abraham circumcised him as God had commanded.

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Gen 21:18 - Go to him and comfort him, for I will make a great nation from his descendants.”

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Gen 21:20 - And God was with the boy as he grew up in the wilderness. He became a skillful archer,

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Gen 21:21 - and he settled in the wilderness of Paran. His mother arranged for him to marry a woman from the land of Egypt.

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Gen 21:23 - “Swear to me in God's name that you will never deceive me, my children, or any of my descendants. I have been loyal to you, so now swear that you will be loyal to me and to this country where you are living as a foreigner.”

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Gen 21:34 - And Abraham lived as a foreigner in Philistine country for a long time.

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Gen 22:4 - On the third day of their journey, Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance.

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Gen 23:8 - and said, “Since you are willing to help me in this way, be so kind as to ask Ephron son of Zohar

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Gen 23:19 - Then Abraham buried his wife, Sarah, there in Canaan, in the cave of Machpelah, near Mamre (also called Hebron).

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Gen 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.

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Gen 24:16 - Rebekah was very beautiful and old enough to be married, but she was still a virgin. She went down to the spring, filled her jug, and came up again.

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Gen 24:29 - Now Rebekah had a brother named Laban, who ran out to meet the man at the spring.

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Gen 24:37 - And my master made me take an oath. He said, ‘Do not allow my son to marry one of these local Canaanite women.

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Gen 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.'

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Gen 24:53 - Then he brought out silver and gold jewelry and clothing and presented them to Rebekah. He also gave expensive presents to her brother and mother.

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Gen 24:62 - Meanwhile, Isaac, whose home was in the Negev, had returned from Beer-lahai-roi.

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Gen 25:23 - And the LORD told her, “The sons in your womb will become two nations. From the very beginning, the two nations will be rivals. One nation will be stronger than the other; and your older son will serve your younger son.”

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Gen 25:24 - And when the time came to give birth, Rebekah discovered that she did indeed have twins!

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Gen 26:2 - The LORD appeared to Isaac and said, “Do not go down to Egypt, but do as I tell you.

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Gen 26:3 - Live here as a foreigner in this land, and I will be with you and bless you. I hereby confirm that I will give all these lands to you and your descendants,[fn] just as I solemnly promised Abraham, your father.

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Gen 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.”

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Gen 26:12 - When Isaac planted his crops that year, he harvested a hundred times more grain than he planted, for the LORD blessed him.

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Gen 26:17 - So Isaac moved away to the Gerar Valley, where he set up their tents and settled down.

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Gen 26:19 - Isaac's servants also dug in the Gerar Valley and discovered a well of fresh water.

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Gen 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.”

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Gen 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.

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Gen 26:33 - So Isaac named the well Shibah (which means “oath”). And to this day the town that grew up there is called Beersheba (which means “well of the oath”).

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Gen 26:35 - But Esau's wives made life miserable for Isaac and Rebekah.

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Gen 27:14 - So Jacob went out and got the young goats for his mother. Rebekah took them and prepared a delicious meal, just the way Isaac liked it.

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Gen 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.”

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Gen 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.”

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Gen 27:46 - Then Rebekah said to Isaac, “I'm sick and tired of these local Hittite women! I would rather die than see Jacob marry one of them.”

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Gen 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.

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Gen 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.”

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Gen 28:19 - He named that place Bethel (which means “house of God”), although it was previously called Luz.

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Gen 28:20 - Then Jacob made this vow: “If God will indeed be with me and protect me on this journey, and if he will provide me with food and clothing,

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Gen 29:11 - Then Jacob kissed Rachel, and he wept aloud.

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Gen 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.

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Gen 29:16 - Now Laban had two daughters. The older daughter was named Leah, and the younger one was Rachel.

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Gen 29:17 - There was no sparkle in Leah's eyes,[fn] but Rachel had a beautiful figure and a lovely face.

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Gen 29:24 - (Laban had given Leah a servant, Zilpah, to be her maid.)

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Gen 29:29 - (Laban gave Rachel a servant, Bilhah, to be her maid.)

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Gen 30:2 - Then Jacob became furious with Rachel. “Am I God?” he asked. “He's the one who has kept you from having children!”

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Gen 30:8 - Rachel named him Naphtali,[fn] for she said, “I have struggled hard with my sister, and I'm winning!”

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Gen 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.”

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Gen 30:27 - “Please listen to me,” Laban replied. “I have become wealthy, for[fn] the LORD has blessed me because of you.

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Gen 30:33 - In the future, when you check on the animals you have given me as my wages, you'll see that I have been honest. If you find in my flock any goats without speckles or spots, or any sheep that are not black, you will know that I have stolen them from you.”

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Gen 30:35 - But that very day Laban went out and removed the male goats that were streaked and spotted, all the female goats that were speckled and spotted or had white patches, and all the black sheep. He placed them in the care of his own sons,

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Gen 31:6 - You know how hard I have worked for your father,

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Gen 31:18 - and he drove all his livestock in front of him. He packed all the belongings he had acquired in Paddan-aram and set out for the land of Canaan, where his father, Isaac, lived.

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Gen 31:22 - Three days later, Laban was told that Jacob had fled.

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Gen 31:41 - Yes, for twenty years I slaved in your house! I worked for fourteen years earning your two daughters, and then six more years for your flock. And you changed my wages ten times!

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Gen 32:10 - I am not worthy of all the unfailing love and faithfulness you have shown to me, your servant. When I left home and crossed the Jordan River, I owned nothing except a walking stick. Now my household fills two large camps!

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Gen 32:21 - So the gifts were sent on ahead, while Jacob himself spent that night in the camp.

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Gen 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.”

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Gen 33:16 - So Esau turned around and started back to Seir that same day.

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Gen 34:3 - But then he fell in love with her, and he tried to win her affection with tender words.

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Gen 34:8 - Hamor tried to speak with Jacob and his sons. “My son Shechem is truly in love with your daughter,” he said. “Please let him marry her.

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Gen 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,

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Gen 34:25 - But three days later, when their wounds were still sore, two of Jacob's sons, Simeon and Levi, who were Dinah's full brothers, took their swords and entered the town without opposition. Then they slaughtered every male there,

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Gen 34:28 - They seized all the flocks and herds and donkeys—everything they could lay their hands on, both inside the town and outside in the fields.

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Gen 34:29 - They looted all their wealth and plundered their houses. They also took all their little children and wives and led them away as captives.

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Gen 34:31 - “But why should we let him treat our sister like a prostitute?” they retorted angrily.

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Gen 35:3 - We are now going to Bethel, where I will build an altar to the God who answered my prayers when I was in distress. He has been with me wherever I have gone.”

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Gen 35:19 - So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).

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Gen 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:

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Gen 36:21 - Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. These were the Horite clan leaders, the descendants of Seir, who lived in the land of Edom.

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Gen 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.)

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Gen 36:32 - Bela son of Beor, who ruled in Edom from his city of Dinhabah.

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Gen 36:35 - When Husham died, Hadad son of Bedad became king in his place and ruled from the city of Avith. He was the one who defeated the Midianites in the land of Moab.

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Gen 36:39 - When Baal-hanan son of Acbor died, Hadad[fn] became king in his place and ruled from the city of Pau. His wife was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred and granddaughter of Me-zahab.

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Gen 36:43 - Magdiel, and Iram. These are the leaders of the clans of Edom, listed according to their settlements in the land they occupied. They all descended from Esau, the ancestor of the Edomites.

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Gen 37:1 - So Jacob settled again in the land of Canaan, where his father had lived as a foreigner.

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Gen 37:22 - “Why should we shed any blood? Let's just throw him into this empty cistern here in the wilderness. Then he'll die without our laying a hand on him.” Reuben was secretly planning to rescue Joseph and return him to his father.

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Gen 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.

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Gen 38:13 - Someone told Tamar, “Look, your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep.”

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Gen 38:18 - “What kind of guarantee do you want?” he replied.
She answered, “Leave me your identification seal and its cord and the walking stick you are carrying.” So Judah gave them to her. Then he had intercourse with her, and she became pregnant.

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Gen 38:27 - When the time came for Tamar to give birth, it was discovered that she was carrying twins.

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Gen 38:30 - Then the baby with the scarlet string on his wrist was born, and he was named Zerah.[fn]

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Gen 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,

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Gen 39:8 - But Joseph refused. “Look,” he told her, “my master trusts me with everything in his entire household.

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Gen 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.”

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Gen 39:11 - One day, however, no one else was around when he went in to do his work.

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Gen 39:14 - she called out to her servants. Soon all the men came running. “Look!” she said. “My husband has brought this Hebrew slave here to make fools of us! He came into my room to rape me, but I screamed.

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Gen 40:4 - They remained in prison for quite some time, and the captain of the guard assigned them to Joseph, who looked after them.

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Gen 40:7 - “Why do you look so worried today?” he asked them.

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Gen 40:10 - The vine had three branches that began to bud and blossom, and soon it produced clusters of ripe grapes.

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Gen 40:11 - I was holding Pharaoh's wine cup in my hand, so I took a cluster of grapes and squeezed the juice into the cup. Then I placed the cup in Pharaoh's hand.”

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Gen 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.

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Gen 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.”

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Gen 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.

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Gen 41:57 - And people from all around came to Egypt to buy grain from Joseph because the famine was severe throughout the world.

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Gen 42:18 - On the third day Joseph said to them, “I am a God-fearing man. If you do as I say, you will live.

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Gen 42:19 - If you really are honest men, choose one of your brothers to remain in prison. The rest of you may go home with grain for your starving families.

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Gen 42:34 - But you must bring your youngest brother back to me. Then I will know you are honest men and not spies. Then I will give you back your brother, and you may trade freely in the land.'”

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Gen 42:38 - But Jacob replied, “My son will not go down with you. His brother Joseph is dead, and he is all I have left. If anything should happen to him on your journey, you would send this grieving, white-haired man to his grave.[fn]”

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Gen 44:20 - And we responded, ‘Yes, my lord, we have a father who is an old man, and his youngest son is a child of his old age. His full brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother's children, and his father loves him very much.'

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Gen 44:29 - Now if you take his brother away from me, and any harm comes to him, you will send this grieving, white-haired man to his grave.[fn]'

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Gen 45:24 - So Joseph sent his brothers off, and as they left, he called after them, “Don't quarrel about all this along the way!”

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Gen 46:18 - These were the sons of Zilpah, the servant given to Leah by her father, Laban. The number of Jacob's descendants through Zilpah was sixteen.

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Gen 46:25 - These were the sons of Bilhah, the servant given to Rachel by her father, Laban. The number of Jacob's descendants through Bilhah was seven.

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Gen 47:4 - We have come to live here in Egypt for a while, for there is no pasture for our flocks in Canaan. The famine is very severe there. So please, we request permission to live in the region of Goshen.”

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Gen 47:6 - choose any place in the entire land of Egypt for them to live. Give them the best land of Egypt. Let them live in the region of Goshen. And if any of them have special skills, put them in charge of my livestock, too.”

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Gen 47:11 - So Joseph assigned the best land of Egypt—the region of Rameses—to his father and his brothers, and he settled them there, just as Pharaoh had commanded.

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Gen 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.

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Gen 47:24 - Then when you harvest it, one-fifth of your crop will belong to Pharaoh. You may keep the remaining four-fifths as seed for your fields and as food for you, your households, and your little ones.”

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Gen 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.”

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Gen 48:13 - Then he positioned the boys in front of Jacob. With his right hand he directed Ephraim toward Jacob's left hand, and with his left hand he put Manasseh at Jacob's right hand.

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Gen 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.

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Gen 49:6 - May I never join in their meetings;
may I never be a party to their plans.
For in their anger they murdered men,
and they crippled oxen just for sport.

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Gen 49:11 - He ties his foal to a grapevine,
the colt of his donkey to a choice vine.
He washes his clothes in wine,
his robes in the blood of grapes.

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Gen 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.

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Gen 50:25 - Then Joseph made the sons of Israel swear an oath, and he said, “When God comes to help you and lead you back, you must take my bones with you.”

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Gen 50:26 - So Joseph died at the age of 110. The Egyptians embalmed him, and his body was placed in a coffin in Egypt.

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Exo 1:14 - They made their lives bitter, forcing them to mix mortar and make bricks and do all the work in the fields. They were ruthless in all their demands.

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Exo 1:15 - Then Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, gave this order to the Hebrew midwives, Shiphrah and Puah:

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Exo 2:6 - When the princess opened it, she saw the baby. The little boy was crying, and she felt sorry for him. “This must be one of the Hebrew children,” she said.

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Exo 2:7 - Then the baby's sister approached the princess. “Should I go and find one of the Hebrew women to nurse the baby for you?” she asked.

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Exo 2:12 - After looking in all directions to make sure no one was watching, Moses killed the Egyptian and hid the body in the sand.

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Exo 2:13 - The next day, when Moses went out to visit his people again, he saw two Hebrew men fighting. “Why are you beating up your friend?” Moses said to the one who had started the fight.

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Exo 4:2 - Then the LORD asked him, “What is that in your hand?”
“A shepherd's staff,” Moses replied.

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Exo 4:4 - Then the LORD told him, “Reach out and grab its tail.” So Moses reached out and grabbed it, and it turned back into a shepherd's staff in his hand.

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Exo 4:17 - And take your shepherd's staff with you, and use it to perform the miraculous signs I have shown you.”

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Exo 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.

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Exo 4:24 - On the way to Egypt, at a place where Moses and his family had stopped for the night, the LORD confronted him and was about to kill him.

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Exo 5:1 - After this presentation to Israel's leaders, Moses and Aaron went and spoke to Pharaoh. They told him, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Let my people go so they may hold a festival in my honor in the wilderness.”

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Exo 5:19 - The Israelite foremen could see that they were in serious trouble when they were told, “You must not reduce the number of bricks you make each day.”

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Exo 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.

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Exo 7:16 - Then announce to him, ‘The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to tell you, “Let my people go, so they can worship me in the wilderness.” Until now, you have refused to listen to him.

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Exo 7:17 - So this is what the LORD says: “I will show you that I am the LORD.” Look! I will strike the water of the Nile with this staff in my hand, and the river will turn to blood.

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Exo 7:20 - So Moses and Aaron did just as the LORD commanded them. As Pharaoh and all of his officials watched, Aaron raised his staff and struck the water of the Nile. Suddenly, the whole river turned to blood!

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Exo 8:5 - [fn]Then the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Raise the staff in your hand over all the rivers, canals, and ponds of Egypt, and bring up frogs over all the land.'”

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Exo 8:16 - So the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Raise your staff and strike the ground. The dust will turn into swarms of gnats throughout the land of Egypt.'”

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Exo 8:17 - So Moses and Aaron did just as the LORD had commanded them. When Aaron raised his hand and struck the ground with his staff, gnats infested the entire land, covering the Egyptians and their animals. All the dust in the land of Egypt turned into gnats.

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Exo 8:20 - Then the LORD told Moses, “Get up early in the morning and stand in Pharaoh's way as he goes down to the river. Say to him, ‘This is what the LORD says: Let my people go, so they can worship me.

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Exo 8:22 - But this time I will spare the region of Goshen, where my people live. No flies will be found there. Then you will know that I am the LORD and that I am present even in the heart of your land.

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Exo 8:23 - I will make a clear distinction between[fn] my people and your people. This miraculous sign will happen tomorrow.'”

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Exo 8:25 - Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron. “All right! Go ahead and offer sacrifices to your God,” he said. “But do it here in this land.”

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Exo 8:28 - “All right, go ahead,” Pharaoh replied. “I will let you go into the wilderness to offer sacrifices to the LORD your God. But don't go too far away. Now hurry and pray for me.”

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Exo 9:5 - The LORD has already set the time for the plague to begin. He has declared that he will strike the land tomorrow.'”

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Exo 9:6 - And the LORD did just as he had said. The next morning all the livestock of the Egyptians died, but the Israelites didn't lose a single animal.

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Exo 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.

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Exo 9:16 - But I have spared you for a purpose—to show you my power[fn] and to spread my fame throughout the earth.

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Exo 9:21 - But those who paid no attention to the word of the LORD left theirs out in the open.

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Exo 9:24 - Never in all the history of Egypt had there been a storm like that, with such devastating hail and continuous lightning.

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Exo 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.

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Exo 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.

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Exo 12:4 - If a family is too small to eat a whole animal, let them share with another family in the neighborhood. Divide the animal according to the size of each family and how much they can eat.

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Exo 12:8 - That same night they must roast the meat over a fire and eat it along with bitter salad greens and bread made without yeast.

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Exo 12:12 - On that night I will pass through the land of Egypt and strike down every firstborn son and firstborn male animal in the land of Egypt. I will execute judgment against all the gods of Egypt, for I am the LORD!

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Exo 12:17 - “Celebrate this Festival of Unleavened Bread, for it will remind you that I brought your forces out of the land of Egypt on this very day. This festival will be a permanent law for you; celebrate this day from generation to generation.

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Exo 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.

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Exo 12:51 - On that very day the LORD brought the people of Israel out of the land of Egypt like an army.

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Exo 13:4 - On this day in early spring, in the month of Abib,[fn] you have been set free.

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Exo 13:6 - For seven days the bread you eat must be made without yeast. Then on the seventh day, celebrate a feast to the LORD.

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Exo 13:8 - “On the seventh day you must explain to your children, ‘I am celebrating what the LORD did for me when I left Egypt.'

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Exo 14:3 - Then Pharaoh will think, ‘The Israelites are confused. They are trapped in the wilderness!'

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Exo 14:4 - And once again I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and he will chase after you.[fn] I have planned this in order to display my glory through Pharaoh and his whole army. After this the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD!” So the Israelites camped there as they were told.

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Exo 14:11 - and they said to Moses, “Why did you bring us out here to die in the wilderness? Weren't there enough graves for us in Egypt? What have you done to us? Why did you make us leave Egypt?

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Exo 14:12 - Didn't we tell you this would happen while we were still in Egypt? We said, ‘Leave us alone! Let us be slaves to the Egyptians. It's better to be a slave in Egypt than a corpse in the wilderness!'”

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Exo 14:16 - Pick up your staff and raise your hand over the sea. Divide the water so the Israelites can walk through the middle of the sea on dry ground.

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Exo 14:17 - And I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they will charge in after the Israelites. My great glory will be displayed through Pharaoh and his troops, his chariots, and his charioteers.

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Exo 14:24 - But just before dawn the LORD looked down on the Egyptian army from the pillar of fire and cloud, and he threw their forces into total confusion.

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Exo 14:30 - That is how the LORD rescued Israel from the hand of the Egyptians that day. And the Israelites saw the bodies of the Egyptians washed up on the seashore.

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Exo 15:9 - “The enemy boasted, ‘I will chase them
and catch up with them.
I will plunder them
and consume them.
I will flash my sword;
my powerful hand will destroy them.'

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Exo 15:13 - “With your unfailing love you lead
the people you have redeemed.
In your might, you guide them
to your sacred home.

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Exo 15:20 - Then Miriam the prophet, Aaron's sister, took a tambourine and led all the women as they played their tambourines and danced.

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Exo 15:22 - Then Moses led the people of Israel away from the Red Sea, and they moved out into the desert of Shur. They traveled in this desert for three days without finding any water.

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Exo 16:1 - Then the whole community of Israel set out from Elim and journeyed into the wilderness of Sin,[fn] between Elim and Mount Sinai. They arrived there on the fifteenth day of the second month, one month after leaving the land of Egypt.[fn]

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Exo 16:5 - On the sixth day they will gather food, and when they prepare it, there will be twice as much as usual.”

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Exo 16:22 - On the sixth day, they gathered twice as much as usual—four quarts[fn] for each person instead of two. Then all the leaders of the community came and asked Moses for an explanation.

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Exo 16:26 - You may gather the food for six days, but the seventh day is the Sabbath. There will be no food on the ground that day.”

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Exo 16:27 - Some of the people went out anyway on the seventh day, but they found no food.

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Exo 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.”

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Exo 16:30 - So the people did not gather any food on the seventh day.

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Exo 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.”

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Exo 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.

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Exo 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.”

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Exo 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.

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Exo 19:1 - Exactly two months after the Israelites left Egypt,[fn] they arrived in the wilderness of Sinai.

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Exo 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.

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Exo 19:16 - On the morning of the third day, thunder roared and lightning flashed, and a dense cloud came down on the mountain. There was a long, loud blast from a ram's horn, and all the people trembled.

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Exo 20:4 - “You must not make for yourself an idol of any kind or an image of anything in the heavens or on the earth or in the sea.

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Exo 20:10 - but the seventh day is a Sabbath day of rest dedicated to the LORD your God. On that day no one in your household may do any work. This includes you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, your livestock, and any foreigners living among you.

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Exo 20:11 - For in six days the LORD made the heavens, the earth, the sea, and everything in them; but on the seventh day he rested. That is why the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy.

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Exo 22:4 - If someone steals an ox or a donkey or a sheep and it is found in the thief's possession, then the thief must pay double the value of the stolen animal.

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Exo 22:30 - “You must also give me the firstborn of your cattle, sheep, and goats. But leave the newborn animal with its mother for seven days; then give it to me on the eighth day.

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Exo 23:12 - “You have six days each week for your ordinary work, but on the seventh day you must stop working. This gives your ox and your donkey a chance to rest. It also allows your slaves and the foreigners living among you to be refreshed.

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Exo 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.

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Exo 23:20 - “See, I am sending an angel before you to protect you on your journey and lead you safely to the place I have prepared for you.

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Exo 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.

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Exo 23:33 - They must not live in your land, or they will cause you to sin against me. If you serve their gods, you will be caught in the trap of idolatry.”

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Exo 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.

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Exo 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.

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Exo 25:2 - “Tell the people of Israel to bring me their sacred offerings. Accept the contributions from all whose hearts are moved to offer them.

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Exo 25:25 - Decorate it with a 3-inch border[fn] all around, and run a gold molding along the border.

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Exo 25:34 - Craft the center stem of the lampstand with four lamp cups shaped like almond blossoms, complete with buds and petals.

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Exo 26:3 - Join five of these curtains together to make one long curtain, then join the other five into a second long curtain.

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Exo 26:4 - Put loops of blue yarn along the edge of the last curtain in each set.

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Exo 26:5 - The fifty loops along the edge of one curtain are to match the fifty loops along the edge of the other curtain.

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Exo 26:6 - Then make fifty gold clasps and fasten the long curtains together with the clasps. In this way, the Tabernacle will be made of one continuous piece.

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Exo 26:14 - Complete the tent covering with a protective layer of tanned ram skins and a layer of fine goatskin leather.

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Exo 26:15 - “For the framework of the Tabernacle, construct frames of acacia wood.

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Exo 26:18 - Make twenty of these frames to support the curtains on the south side of the Tabernacle.

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Exo 27:4 - Make a bronze grating for it, and attach four bronze rings at its four corners.

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Exo 27:9 - “Then make the courtyard for the Tabernacle, enclosed with curtains made of finely woven linen. On the south side, make the curtains 150 feet long.[fn]

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Exo 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.

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Exo 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.

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Exo 28:3 - Instruct all the skilled craftsmen whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom. Have them make garments for Aaron that will distinguish him as a priest set apart for my service.

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Exo 29:17 - Cut the ram into pieces, and wash off the internal organs and the legs. Set them alongside the head and the other pieces of the body,

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Exo 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.

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Exo 30:12 - “Whenever you take a census of the people of Israel, each man who is counted must pay a ransom for himself to the LORD. Then no plague will strike the people as you count them.

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Exo 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.

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Exo 31:15 - You have six days each week for your ordinary work, but the seventh day must be a Sabbath day of complete rest, a holy day dedicated to the LORD. Anyone who works on the Sabbath must be put to death.

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Exo 31:17 - It is a permanent sign of my covenant with the people of Israel. For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, but on the seventh day he stopped working and was refreshed.'”

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Exo 32:4 - Then Aaron took the gold, melted it down, and molded it into the shape of a calf. When the people saw it, they exclaimed, “O Israel, these are the gods who brought you out of the land of Egypt!”

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Exo 32:6 - The people got up early the next morning to sacrifice burnt offerings and peace offerings. After this, they celebrated with feasting and drinking, and they indulged in pagan revelry.

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Exo 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!

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Exo 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!”

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Exo 32:19 - When they came near the camp, Moses saw the calf and the dancing, and he burned with anger. He threw the stone tablets to the ground, smashing them at the foot of the mountain.

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Exo 32:28 - The Levites obeyed Moses' command, and about 3,000 people died that day.

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Exo 33:3 - Go up to this land that flows with milk and honey. But I will not travel among you, for you are a stubborn and rebellious people. If I did, I would surely destroy you along the way.”

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Exo 33:19 - The LORD replied, “I will make all my goodness pass before you, and I will call out my name, Yahweh,[fn] before you. For I will show mercy to anyone I choose, and I will show compassion to anyone I choose.

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Exo 33:22 - As my glorious presence passes by, I will hide you in the crevice of the rock and cover you with my hand until I have passed by.

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Exo 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.

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Exo 34:21 - “You have six days each week for your ordinary work, but on the seventh day you must stop working, even during the seasons of plowing and harvest.

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Exo 35:2 - You have six days each week for your ordinary work, but the seventh day must be a Sabbath day of complete rest, a holy day dedicated to the LORD. Anyone who works on that day must be put to death.

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Exo 35:3 - You must not even light a fire in any of your homes on the Sabbath.”

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Exo 35:5 - Take a sacred offering for the LORD. Let those with generous hearts present the following gifts to the LORD:
gold, silver, and bronze;

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Exo 35:10 - “Come, all of you who are gifted craftsmen. Construct everything that the LORD has commanded:

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Exo 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.

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Exo 35:22 - Both men and women came, all whose hearts were willing. They brought to the LORD their offerings of gold—brooches, earrings, rings from their fingers, and necklaces. They presented gold objects of every kind as a special offering to the LORD.

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Exo 35:25 - All the women who were skilled in sewing and spinning prepared blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine linen cloth.

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Exo 35:26 - All the women who were willing used their skills to spin the goat hair into yarn.

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Exo 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.

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Exo 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.

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Exo 36:1 - “The LORD has gifted Bezalel, Oholiab, and the other skilled craftsmen with wisdom and ability to perform any task involved in building the sanctuary. Let them construct and furnish the Tabernacle, just as the LORD has commanded.”

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Exo 36:2 - So Moses summoned Bezalel and Oholiab and all the others who were specially gifted by the LORD and were eager to get to work.

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Exo 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.

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Exo 36:8 - The skilled craftsmen made ten curtains of finely woven linen for the Tabernacle. Then Bezalel[fn] decorated the curtains with blue, purple, and scarlet thread and with skillfully embroidered cherubim.

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Exo 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.

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Exo 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.

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Exo 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]

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Exo 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.

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Exo 40:26 - He also placed the gold incense altar in the Tabernacle, in the Holy Place in front of the inner curtain.

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Exo 40:36 - Now whenever the cloud lifted from the Tabernacle, the people of Israel would set out on their journey, following it.

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Lev 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.

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Lev 4:11 - But he must take whatever is left of the bull—its hide, meat, head, legs, internal organs, and dung—

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Lev 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.

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Lev 6:15 - The priest on duty will take from the grain offering a handful of the choice flour moistened with olive oil, together with all the frankincense. He will burn this representative portion on the altar as a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

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Lev 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.

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Lev 7:16 - “If you bring an offering to fulfill a vow or as a voluntary offering, the meat must be eaten on the same day the sacrifice is offered, but whatever is left over may be eaten on the second day.

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Lev 7:18 - If any of the meat from the peace offering is eaten on the third day, the person who presented it will not be accepted by the LORD. You will receive no credit for offering it. By then the meat will be contaminated; if you eat it, you will be punished for your sin.

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Lev 7:26 - No matter where you live, you must never consume the blood of any bird or animal.

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Lev 7:38 - The LORD gave these instructions to Moses on Mount Sinai when he commanded the Israelites to present their offerings to the LORD in the wilderness of Sinai.

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Lev 8:5 - Moses announced to them, “This is what the LORD has commanded us to do!”

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Lev 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.'

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Lev 8:34 - Everything we have done today was commanded by the LORD in order to purify you, making you right with him.[fn]

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Lev 9:1 - After the ordination ceremony, on the eighth day, Moses called together Aaron and his sons and the elders of Israel.

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Lev 9:3 - Then tell the Israelites, ‘Take a male goat for a sin offering, and take a calf and a lamb, both a year old and without defects, for a burnt offering.

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Lev 10:3 - Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the LORD meant when he said,
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Lev 12:3 - On the eighth day the boy's foreskin must be circumcised.

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Lev 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.

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Lev 13:5 - On the seventh day the priest will make another examination. If he finds the affected area has not changed and the problem has not spread on the skin, the priest will quarantine the person for seven more days.

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Lev 13:6 - On the seventh day the priest will make another examination. If he finds the affected area has faded and has not spread, the priest will pronounce the person ceremonially clean. It was only a rash. The person's clothing must be washed, and the person will be ceremonially clean.

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Lev 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,

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Lev 13:27 - On the seventh day the priest must examine the person again. If the affected area has spread on the skin, the priest must pronounce that person ceremonially unclean, for it is clearly a serious skin disease.

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Lev 13:29 - “If anyone, either a man or woman, has a sore on the head or chin,

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Lev 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,

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Lev 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.

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Lev 13:44 - the man is indeed infected with a skin disease and is unclean. The priest must pronounce him ceremonially unclean because of the sore on his head.

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Lev 13:49 - If the contaminated area in the clothing, the animal hide, the fabric, or the leather article has turned greenish or reddish, it is contaminated with mildew and must be shown to the priest.

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Lev 13:51 - On the seventh day the priest must inspect it again. If the contaminated area has spread, the clothing or fabric or leather is clearly contaminated by a serious mildew and is ceremonially unclean.

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Lev 13:53 - “But if the priest examines it and finds that the contaminated area has not spread in the clothing, the fabric, or the leather,

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Lev 13:55 - Then the priest must examine the object again. If he finds that the contaminated area has not changed color after being washed, even if it did not spread, the object is defiled. It must be completely burned up, whether the contaminated spot[fn] is on the inside or outside.

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Lev 13:57 - If the spot later reappears on the clothing, the fabric, or the leather article, the mildew is clearly spreading, and the contaminated object must be burned up.

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Lev 14:9 - On the seventh day they must again shave all the hair from their heads, including the hair of the beard and eyebrows. They must also wash their clothes and bathe themselves in water. Then they will be ceremonially clean.

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Lev 14:10 - “On the eighth day each person being purified must bring two male lambs and a one-year-old female lamb, all with no defects, along with a grain offering of six quarts[fn] of choice flour moistened with olive oil, and a cup[fn] of olive oil.

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Lev 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.

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Lev 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.

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Lev 14:27 - He will dip his right finger into the oil in his palm and sprinkle some of it seven times before the LORD.

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Lev 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.

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Lev 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.”

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Lev 14:35 - The owner of such a house must then go to the priest and say, ‘It appears that my house has some kind of mildew.'

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Lev 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.

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Lev 14:39 - On the seventh day the priest must return for another inspection. If he finds that the mildew on the walls of the house has spread,

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Lev 14:43 - “But if the mildew reappears after all the stones have been replaced and the house has been scraped and replastered,

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Lev 14:44 - the priest must return and inspect the house again. If he finds that the mildew has spread, the walls are clearly contaminated with a serious mildew, and the house is defiled.

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Lev 14:47 - and all who sleep or eat in the house must wash their clothing.

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Lev 14:48 - “But if the priest returns for his inspection and finds that the mildew has not reappeared in the house after the fresh plastering, he will pronounce it clean because the mildew is clearly gone.

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Lev 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.

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Lev 15:19 - “Whenever a woman has her menstrual period, she will be ceremonially unclean for seven days. Anyone who touches her during that time will be unclean until evening.

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Lev 15:20 - Anything on which the woman lies or sits during the time of her period will be unclean.

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Lev 15:23 - This includes her bed or any other object she has sat on; you will be unclean until evening if you touch it.

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Lev 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.

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Lev 15:33 - or a woman during her menstrual period. It applies to any man or woman who has a bodily discharge, and to a man who has sexual intercourse with a woman who is ceremonially unclean.”

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Lev 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.

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Lev 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.

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Lev 16:30 - On that day offerings of purification will be made for you,[fn] and you will be purified in the LORD's presence from all your sins.

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Lev 17:3 - “If any native Israelite sacrifices a bull[fn] or a lamb or a goat anywhere inside or outside the camp

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Lev 17:13 - “And if any native Israelite or foreigner living among you goes hunting and kills an animal or bird that is approved for eating, he must drain its blood and cover it with earth.

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Lev 19:2 - “Give the following instructions to the entire community of Israel. You must be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy.

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Lev 19:6 - The sacrifice must be eaten on the same day you offer it or on the next day. Whatever is left over until the third day must be completely burned up.

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Lev 19:7 - If any of the sacrifice is eaten on the third day, it will be contaminated, and I will not accept it.

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Lev 19:17 - “Do not nurse hatred in your heart for any of your relatives.[fn] Confront people directly so you will not be held guilty for their sin.

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Lev 19:33 - “Do not take advantage of foreigners who live among you in your land.

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Lev 21:3 - or his virgin sister who depends on him because she has no husband.

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Lev 22:27 - “When a calf or lamb or goat is born, it must be left with its mother for seven days. From the eighth day on, it will be acceptable as a special gift to the LORD.

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Lev 22:30 - Eat the entire sacrificial animal on the day it is presented. Do not leave any of it until the next morning. I am the LORD.

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Lev 23:3 - “You have six days each week for your ordinary work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath day of complete rest, an official day for holy assembly. It is the LORD's Sabbath day, and it must be observed wherever you live.

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Lev 23:5 - “The LORD's Passover begins at sundown on the fourteenth day of the first month.[fn]

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Lev 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.

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Lev 23:11 - On the day after the Sabbath, the priest will lift it up before the LORD so it may be accepted on your behalf.

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Lev 23:12 - On that same day you must sacrifice a one-year-old male lamb with no defects as a burnt offering to the LORD.

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Lev 23:21 - That same day will be proclaimed an official day for holy assembly, a day on which you do no ordinary work. This is a permanent law for you, and it must be observed from generation to generation wherever you live.[fn]

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Lev 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.

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Lev 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.

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Lev 23:29 - All who do not deny themselves that day will be cut off from God's people.

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Lev 23:30 - And I will destroy anyone among you who does any work on that day.

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Lev 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.

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Lev 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.

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Lev 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.

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Lev 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.

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Lev 24:8 - Every Sabbath day this bread must be laid out before the LORD. The bread is to be received from the people of Israel as a requirement of the eternal covenant.

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Lev 24:10 - One day a man who had an Israelite mother and an Egyptian father came out of his tent and got into a fight with one of the Israelite men.

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Lev 25:4 - but during the seventh year the land must have a Sabbath year of complete rest. It is the LORD's Sabbath. Do not plant your fields or prune your vineyards during that year.

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Lev 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.

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Lev 25:6 - But you may eat whatever the land produces on its own during its Sabbath. This applies to you, your male and female servants, your hired workers, and the temporary residents who live with you.

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Lev 25:7 - Your livestock and the wild animals in your land will also be allowed to eat what the land produces.

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Lev 25:9 - Then on the Day of Atonement in the fiftieth year,[fn] blow the ram's horn loud and long throughout the land.

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Lev 25:26 - If there is no close relative to buy the land, but the person who sold it gets enough money to buy it back,

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Lev 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.

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Lev 25:30 - But if it is not bought back within a year, the sale of the house within the walled town cannot be reversed. It will become the permanent property of the buyer. It will not be returned to the original owner in the Year of Jubilee.

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Lev 25:31 - But a house in a village—a settlement without fortified walls—will be treated like property in the countryside. Such a house may be bought back at any time, and it must be returned to the original owner in the Year of Jubilee.

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Lev 25:33 - And any property that is sold by the Levites—all houses within the Levitical towns—must be returned in the Year of Jubilee. After all, the houses in the towns reserved for the Levites are the only property they own in all Israel.

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Lev 25:41 - At that time he and his children will no longer be obligated to you, and they will return to their clans and go back to the land originally allotted to their ancestors.

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Lev 25:45 - You may also purchase the children of temporary residents who live among you, including those who have been born in your land. You may treat them as your property,

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Lev 26:1 - “Do not make idols or set up carved images, or sacred pillars, or sculptured stones in your land so you may worship them. I am the LORD your God.

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Lev 26:6 - “I will give you peace in the land, and you will be able to sleep with no cause for fear. I will rid the land of wild animals and keep your enemies out of your land.

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Lev 26:34 - Then at last the land will enjoy its neglected Sabbath years as it lies desolate while you are in exile in the land of your enemies. Then the land will finally rest and enjoy the Sabbaths it missed.

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Lev 26:36 - “And for those of you who survive, I will demoralize you in the land of your enemies. You will live in such fear that the sound of a leaf driven by the wind will send you fleeing. You will run as though fleeing from a sword, and you will fall even when no one pursues you.

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Lev 26:39 - Those of you who survive will waste away in your enemies' lands because of their sins and the sins of their ancestors.

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Lev 26:41 - When I have turned their hostility back on them and brought them to the land of their enemies, then at last their stubborn hearts will be humbled, and they will pay for their sins.

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Lev 26:43 - For the land must be abandoned to enjoy its years of Sabbath rest as it lies deserted. At last the people will pay for their sins, for they have continually rejected my regulations and despised my decrees.

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Lev 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.

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Lev 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.

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Lev 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.

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Num 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,

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Num 1:19 - just as the LORD had commanded Moses. So Moses recorded their names in the wilderness of Sinai.

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Num 1:52 - Each tribe of Israel will camp in a designated area with its own family banner.

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Num 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.

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Num 3:14 - The LORD spoke again to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai. He said,

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Num 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,

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Num 4:3 - List all the men between the ages of thirty and fifty who are eligible to serve in the Tabernacle.[fn]

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Num 4:4 - “The duties of the Kohathites at the Tabernacle will relate to the most sacred objects.

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Num 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.

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Num 4:23 - List all the men between the ages of thirty and fifty who are eligible to serve in the Tabernacle.

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Num 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.

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Num 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;

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Num 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.”

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Num 4:35 - The list included all the men between thirty and fifty years of age who were eligible for service in the Tabernacle,

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Num 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.

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Num 4:39 - The list included all the men between thirty and fifty years of age who were eligible for service in the Tabernacle,

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Num 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.

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Num 4:47 - All the men between thirty and fifty years of age who were eligible for service in the Tabernacle and for its transportation

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Num 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.

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Num 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.

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Num 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.

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Num 6:9 - “If someone falls dead beside them, the hair they have dedicated will be defiled. They must wait for seven days and then shave their heads. Then they will be cleansed from their defilement.

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Num 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]

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Num 6:11 - The priest will offer one of the birds for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering. In this way, he will purify them[fn] from the guilt they incurred through contact with the dead body. Then they must reaffirm their commitment and let their hair begin to grow again.

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Num 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.

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Num 7:12 - On the first day Nahshon son of Amminadab, leader of the tribe of Judah, presented his offering.

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Num 7:18 - On the second day Nethanel son of Zuar, leader of the tribe of Issachar, presented his offering.

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Num 7:24 - On the third day Eliab son of Helon, leader of the tribe of Zebulun, presented his offering.

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Num 7:30 - On the fourth day Elizur son of Shedeur, leader of the tribe of Reuben, presented his offering.

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Num 7:36 - On the fifth day Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai, leader of the tribe of Simeon, presented his offering.

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Num 7:42 - On the sixth day Eliasaph son of Deuel, leader of the tribe of Gad, presented his offering.

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Num 7:48 - On the seventh day Elishama son of Ammihud, leader of the tribe of Ephraim, presented his offering.

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Num 7:54 - On the eighth day Gamaliel son of Pedahzur, leader of the tribe of Manasseh, presented his offering.

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Num 7:60 - On the ninth day Abidan son of Gideoni, leader of the tribe of Benjamin, presented his offering.

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Num 7:66 - On the tenth day Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai, leader of the tribe of Dan, presented his offering.

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Num 7:72 - On the eleventh day Pagiel son of Ocran, leader of the tribe of Asher, presented his offering.

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Num 7:78 - On the twelfth day Ahira son of Enan, leader of the tribe of Naphtali, presented his offering.

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Num 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.”

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Num 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.

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Num 8:24 - “This is the rule the Levites must follow: They must begin serving in the Tabernacle at the age of twenty-five,

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Num 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.”

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Num 9:1 - A year after Israel's departure from Egypt, the LORD spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai. In the first month[fn] of that year he said,

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Num 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.”

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Num 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.

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Num 9:6 - But some of the men had been ceremonially defiled by touching a dead body, so they could not celebrate the Passover that day. They came to Moses and Aaron that day

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Num 9:11 - They must offer the Passover sacrifice one month later, at twilight on the fourteenth day of the second month.[fn] They must eat the Passover lamb at that time with bitter salad greens and bread made without yeast.

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Num 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.”

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Num 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.

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Num 10:6 - When you sound the signal a second time, the tribes camped on the south will follow. You must sound short blasts as the signal for moving on.

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Num 10:9 - “When you arrive in your own land and go to war against your enemies who attack you, sound the alarm with the trumpets. Then the LORD your God will remember you and rescue you from your enemies.

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Num 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.

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Num 10:31 - “Please don't leave us,” Moses pleaded. “You know the places in the wilderness where we should camp. Come, be our guide.

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Num 10:36 - And when the Ark was set down, he would say, “Return, O LORD, to the countless thousands of Israel!”

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Num 11:8 - The people would go out and gather it from the ground. They made flour by grinding it with hand mills or pounding it in mortars. Then they boiled it in a pot and made it into flat cakes. These cakes tasted like pastries baked with olive oil.

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Num 11:26 - Two men, Eldad and Medad, had stayed behind in the camp. They were listed among the elders, but they had not gone out to the Tabernacle. Yet the Spirit rested upon them as well, so they prophesied there in the camp.

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Num 11:27 - A young man ran and reported to Moses, “Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp!”

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Num 12:16 - Then they left Hazeroth and camped in the wilderness of Paran.

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Num 13:17 - Moses gave the men these instructions as he sent them out to explore the land: “Go north through the Negev into the hill country.

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Num 13:26 - to Moses, Aaron, and the whole community of Israel at Kadesh in the wilderness of Paran. They reported to the whole community what they had seen and showed them the fruit they had taken from the land.

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Num 13:29 - The Amalekites live in the Negev, and the Hittites, Jebusites, and Amorites live in the hill country. The Canaanites live along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea[fn] and along the Jordan Valley.”

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Num 14:2 - Their voices rose in a great chorus of protest against Moses and Aaron. “If only we had died in Egypt, or even here in the wilderness!” they complained.

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Num 14:13 - But Moses objected. “What will the Egyptians think when they hear about it?” he asked the LORD. “They know full well the power you displayed in rescuing your people from Egypt.

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Num 14:16 - ‘The LORD was not able to bring them into the land he swore to give them, so he killed them in the wilderness.'

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Num 14:22 - not one of these people will ever enter that land. They have all seen my glorious presence and the miraculous signs I performed both in Egypt and in the wilderness, but again and again they have tested me by refusing to listen to my voice.

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Num 14:25 - Now turn around, and don't go on toward the land where the Amalekites and Canaanites live. Tomorrow you must set out for the wilderness in the direction of the Red Sea.[fn]”

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Num 14:29 - You will all drop dead in this wilderness! Because you complained against me, every one of you who is twenty years old or older and was included in the registration will die.

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Num 14:32 - But as for you, you will drop dead in this wilderness.

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Num 14:33 - And your children will be like shepherds, wandering in the wilderness for forty years. In this way, they will pay for your faithlessness, until the last of you lies dead in the wilderness.

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Num 14:35 - I, the LORD, have spoken! I will certainly do these things to every member of the community who has conspired against me. They will be destroyed here in this wilderness, and here they will die!”

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Num 14:37 - were struck dead with a plague before the LORD.

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Num 15:14 - And if any foreigners visit you or live among you and want to present a special gift as a pleasing aroma to the LORD, they must follow these same procedures.

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Num 15:32 - One day while the people of Israel were in the wilderness, they discovered a man gathering wood on the Sabbath day.

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Num 15:33 - The people who found him doing this took him before Moses, Aaron, and the rest of the community.

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Num 16:13 - Isn't it enough that you brought us out of Egypt, a land flowing with milk and honey, to kill us here in this wilderness, and that you now treat us like your subjects?

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Num 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,

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Num 16:24 - “Then tell all the people to get away from the tents of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.”

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Num 16:26 - “Quick!” he told the people. “Get away from the tents of these wicked men, and don't touch anything that belongs to them. If you do, you will be destroyed for their sins.”

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Num 16:41 - But the very next morning the whole community of Israel began muttering again against Moses and Aaron, saying, “You have killed the LORD's people!”

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Num 16:49 - But 14,700 people died in that plague, in addition to those who had died in the affair involving Korah.

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Num 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.

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Num 17:7 - Moses placed the staffs in the LORD's presence in the Tabernacle of the Covenant.[fn]

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Num 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!

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Num 18:13 - All the first crops of their land that the people present to the LORD belong to you. Any member of your family who is ceremonially clean may eat this food.

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Num 18:20 - And the LORD said to Aaron, “You priests will receive no allotment of land or share of property among the people of Israel. I am your share and your allotment.

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Num 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.

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Num 18:31 - You Levites and your families may eat this food anywhere you wish, for it is your compensation for serving in the Tabernacle.

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Num 19:5 - As Eleazar watches, the heifer must be burned—its hide, meat, blood, and dung.

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Num 19:9 - Then someone who is ceremonially clean will gather up the ashes of the heifer and deposit them in a purified place outside the camp. They will be kept there for the community of Israel to use in the water for the purification ceremony. This ceremony is performed for the removal of sin.

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Num 19:12 - They must purify themselves on the third and seventh days with the water of purification; then they will be purified. But if they do not do this on the third and seventh days, they will continue to be unclean even after the seventh day.

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Num 19:14 - “This is the ritual law that applies when someone dies inside a tent: All those who enter that tent and those who were inside when the death occurred will be ceremonially unclean for seven days.

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Num 19:19 - On the third and seventh days the person who is ceremonially clean must sprinkle the water on those who are defiled. Then on the seventh day the people being cleansed must wash their clothes and bathe themselves, and that evening they will be cleansed of their defilement.

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Num 20:2 - There was no water for the people to drink at that place, so they rebelled against Moses and Aaron.

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Num 20:3 - The people blamed Moses and said, “If only we had died in the LORD's presence with our brothers!

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Num 20:11 - Then Moses raised his hand and struck the rock twice with the staff, and water gushed out. So the entire community and their livestock drank their fill.

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Num 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,

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Num 21:5 - and they began to speak against God and Moses. “Why have you brought us out of Egypt to die here in the wilderness?” they complained. “There is nothing to eat here and nothing to drink. And we hate this horrible manna!”

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Num 21:11 - Then they went on to Iye-abarim, in the wilderness on the eastern border of Moab.

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Num 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.

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Num 21:18 - Sing of this well,
which princes dug,
which great leaders hollowed out
with their scepters and staffs.” Then the Israelites left the wilderness and proceeded on through Mattanah,

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Num 21:22 - “Let us travel through your land. We will be careful not to go through your fields and vineyards. We won't even drink water from your wells. We will stay on the king's road until we have passed through your territory.”

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Num 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,

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Num 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.

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Num 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.

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Num 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.

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Num 22:29 - “You have made me look like a fool!” Balaam shouted. “If I had a sword with me, I would kill you!”

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Num 22:31 - Then the LORD opened Balaam's eyes, and he saw the angel of the LORD standing in the roadway with a drawn sword in his hand. Balaam bowed his head and fell face down on the ground before him.

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Num 22:34 - Then Balaam confessed to the angel of the LORD, “I have sinned. I didn't realize you were standing in the road to block my way. I will return home if you are against my going.”

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Num 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

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Num 25:9 - but not before 24,000 people had died.

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Num 25:15 - The woman's name was Cozbi; she was the daughter of Zur, the leader of a Midianite clan.

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Num 25:18 - because they assaulted you with deceit and tricked you into worshiping Baal of Peor, and because of Cozbi, the daughter of a Midianite leader, who was killed at the time of the plague because of what happened at Peor.”

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Num 26:9 - and Eliab was the father of Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. This Dathan and Abiram are the same community leaders who conspired with Korah against Moses and Aaron, rebelling against the LORD.

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Num 26:61 - But Nadab and Abihu died when they burned before the LORD the wrong kind of fire, different than he had commanded.

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Num 26:64 - Not one person on this list had been among those listed in the previous registration taken by Moses and Aaron in the wilderness of Sinai.

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Num 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.

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Num 27:3 - “Our father died in the wilderness,” they said. “He was not among Korah's followers, who rebelled against the LORD; he died because of his own sin. But he had no sons.

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Num 27:8 - “And give the following instructions to the people of Israel: If a man dies and has no son, then give his inheritance to his daughters.

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Num 27:14 - for you both rebelled against my instructions in the wilderness of Zin. When the people of Israel rebelled, you failed to demonstrate my holiness to them at the waters.” (These are the waters of Meribah at Kadesh[fn] in the wilderness of Zin.)

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Num 28:9 - “On the Sabbath day, sacrifice two one-year-old male lambs with no defects. They must be accompanied by a grain offering of four quarts[fn] of choice flour moistened with olive oil, and a liquid offering.

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Num 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.

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Num 28:26 - “At the Festival of Harvest,[fn] when you present the first of your new grain to the LORD, you must call an official day for holy assembly, and you may do no ordinary work on that day.

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Num 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.

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Num 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.

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Num 29:13 - On the first day of the festival, you must present a burnt offering as a special gift, a pleasing aroma to the LORD. It will consist of thirteen young bulls, two rams, and fourteen one-year-old male lambs, all with no defects.

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Num 29:17 - “On the second day of this seven-day festival, sacrifice twelve young bulls, two rams, and fourteen one-year-old male lambs, all with no defects.

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Num 29:20 - “On the third day of the festival, sacrifice eleven young bulls, two rams, and fourteen one-year-old male lambs, all with no defects.

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Num 29:23 - “On the fourth day of the festival, sacrifice ten young bulls, two rams, and fourteen one-year-old male lambs, all with no defects.

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Num 29:26 - “On the fifth day of the festival, sacrifice nine young bulls, two rams, and fourteen one-year-old male lambs, all with no defects.

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Num 29:29 - “On the sixth day of the festival, sacrifice eight young bulls, two rams, and fourteen one-year-old male lambs, all with no defects.

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Num 29:32 - “On the seventh day of the festival, sacrifice seven young bulls, two rams, and fourteen one-year-old male lambs, all with no defects.

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Num 29:35 - “On the eighth day of the festival, proclaim another holy day. You must do no ordinary work on that day.

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Num 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,

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Num 30:14 - But if he does not object on the day he hears of it, then he is agreeing to all her vows and pledges.

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Num 31:3 - So Moses said to the people, “Choose some men, and arm them to fight the LORD's war of revenge against Midian.

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Num 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.

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Num 31:17 - So kill all the boys and all the women who have had intercourse with a man.

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Num 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.

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Num 31:24 - On the seventh day you must wash your clothes and be purified. Then you may return to the camp.”

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Num 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.”

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Num 32:10 - Then the LORD was very angry with them, and he vowed,

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Num 32:13 - “The LORD was angry with Israel and made them wander in the wilderness for forty years until the entire generation that sinned in the LORD's sight had died.

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Num 32:15 - If you turn away from him like this and he abandons them again in the wilderness, you will be responsible for destroying this entire nation!”

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Num 32:24 - Go ahead and build towns for your families and pens for your flocks, but do everything you have promised.”

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Num 32:30 - But if they refuse to arm themselves and cross over with you, then they must accept land with the rest of you in the land of Canaan.”

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Num 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.

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Num 33:15 - They left Rephidim and camped in the wilderness of Sinai.

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Num 33:36 - They left Ezion-geber and camped at Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.

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Num 33:52 - you must drive out all the people living there. You must destroy all their carved and molten images and demolish all their pagan shrines.

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Num 35:21 - Or if someone hates another person and hits him with a fist and he dies, it is murder. In such cases, the avenger must put the murderer to death when they meet.

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Num 35:28 - The slayer should have stayed inside the city of refuge until the death of the high priest. But after the death of the high priest, the slayer may return to his own property.

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Num 36:7 - None of the territorial land may pass from tribe to tribe, for all the land given to each tribe must remain within the tribe to which it was first allotted.

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Num 36:9 - No grant of land may pass from one tribe to another; each tribe of Israel must keep its allotted portion of land.”

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Deu 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.

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Deu 1:31 - And you saw how the LORD your God cared for you all along the way as you traveled through the wilderness, just as a father cares for his child. Now he has brought you to this place.'

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Deu 1:33 - who goes before you looking for the best places to camp, guiding you with a pillar of fire by night and a pillar of cloud by day.

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Deu 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.'”

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Deu 2:27 - ‘Let us travel through your land. We will stay on the main road and won't turn off into the fields on either side.

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Deu 2:30 - “But King Sihon of Heshbon refused to allow us to pass through, because the LORD your God made Sihon stubborn and defiant so he could help you defeat him, as he has now done.

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Deu 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.

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Deu 2:37 - However, we avoided the land of the Ammonites all along the Jabbok River and the towns in the hill country—all the places the LORD our God had commanded us to leave alone.

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Deu 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.

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Deu 3:11 - (King Og of Bashan was the last survivor of the giant Rephaites. His bed was made of iron and was more than thirteen feet long and six feet wide.[fn] It can still be seen in the Ammonite city of Rabbah.)

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Deu 4:4 - But all of you who were faithful to the LORD your God are still alive today—every one of you.

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Deu 4:5 - “Look, I now teach you these decrees and regulations just as the LORD my God commanded me, so that you may obey them in the land you are about to enter and occupy.

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Deu 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.'

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Deu 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.

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Deu 4:20 - Remember that the LORD rescued you from the iron-smelting furnace of Egypt in order to make you his very own people and his special possession, which is what you are today.

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Deu 4:22 - You will cross the Jordan to occupy the land, but I will not. Instead, I will die here on the east side of the river.

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Deu 4:29 - But from there you will search again for the LORD your God. And if you search for him with all your heart and soul, you will find him.

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Deu 4:37 - Because he loved your ancestors, he chose to bless their descendants, and he personally brought you out of Egypt with a great display of power.

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Deu 4:39 - “So remember this and keep it firmly in mind: The LORD is God both in heaven and on earth, and there is no other.

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Deu 4:43 - These were the cities: Bezer on the wilderness plateau for the tribe of Reuben; Ramoth in Gilead for the tribe of Gad; Golan in Bashan for the tribe of Manasseh.

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Deu 4:45 - These are the laws, decrees, and regulations that Moses gave to the people of Israel when they left Egypt,

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Deu 5:1 - Moses called all the people of Israel together and said, “Listen carefully, Israel. Hear the decrees and regulations I am giving you today, so you may learn them and obey them!

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Deu 5:8 - “You must not make for yourself an idol of any kind, or an image of anything in the heavens or on the earth or in the sea.

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Deu 5:14 - but the seventh day is a Sabbath day of rest dedicated to the LORD your God. On that day no one in your household may do any work. This includes you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, your oxen and donkeys and other livestock, and any foreigners living among you. All your male and female servants must rest as you do.

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Deu 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!

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Deu 5:31 - But you stand here with me so I can give you all my commands, decrees, and regulations. You must teach them to the people so they can obey them in the land I am giving them as their possession.'”

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Deu 6:1 - “These are the commands, decrees, and regulations that the LORD your God commanded me to teach you. You must obey them in the land you are about to enter and occupy,

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Deu 6:4 - “Listen, O Israel! The LORD is our God, the LORD alone.[fn]

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Deu 6:6 - And you must commit yourselves wholeheartedly to these commands that I am giving you today.

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Deu 7:17 - Perhaps you will think to yourselves, ‘How can we ever conquer these nations that are so much more powerful than we are?'

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Deu 8:2 - Remember how the LORD your God led you through the wilderness for these forty years, humbling you and testing you to prove your character, and to find out whether or not you would obey his commands.

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Deu 8:5 - Think about it: Just as a parent disciplines a child, the LORD your God disciplines you for your own good.

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Deu 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.

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Deu 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.

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Deu 8:17 - He did all this so you would never say to yourself, ‘I have achieved this wealth with my own strength and energy.'

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Deu 9:4 - “After the LORD your God has done this for you, don't say in your hearts, ‘The LORD has given us this land because we are such good people!' No, it is because of the wickedness of the other nations that he is pushing them out of your way.

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Deu 9:7 - “Remember and never forget how angry you made the LORD your God out in the wilderness. From the day you left Egypt until now, you have been constantly rebelling against him.

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Deu 9:26 - I prayed to the LORD and said, ‘O Sovereign LORD, do not destroy them. They are your own people. They are your special possession, whom you redeemed from Egypt by your mighty power and your strong hand.

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Deu 9:28 - If you destroy these people, the Egyptians will say, “The Israelites died because the LORD wasn't able to bring them to the land he had promised to give them.” Or they might say, “He destroyed them because he hated them; he deliberately took them into the wilderness to slaughter them.”

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Deu 9:29 - But they are your people and your special possession, whom you brought out of Egypt by your great strength and powerful arm.'

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Deu 11:3 - They didn't see the miraculous signs and wonders he performed in Egypt against Pharaoh and all his land.

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Deu 11:5 - “Your children didn't see how the LORD cared for you in the wilderness until you arrived here.

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Deu 11:14 - then he will send the rains in their proper seasons—the early and late rains—so you can bring in your harvests of grain, new wine, and olive oil.

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Deu 12:29 - “When the LORD your God goes ahead of you and destroys the nations and you drive them out and live in their land,

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Deu 13:15 - you must attack that town and completely destroy[fn] all its inhabitants, as well as all the livestock.

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Deu 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.

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Deu 15:4 - “There should be no poor among you, for the LORD your God will greatly bless you in the land he is giving you as a special possession.

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Deu 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.

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Deu 15:9 - Do not be mean-spirited and refuse someone a loan because the year for canceling debts is close at hand. If you refuse to make the loan and the needy person cries out to the LORD, you will be considered guilty of sin.

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Deu 15:10 - Give generously to the poor, not grudgingly, for the LORD your God will bless you in everything you do.

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Deu 16:4 - Let no yeast be found in any house throughout your land for those seven days. And when you sacrifice the Passover lamb on the evening of the first day, do not let any of the meat remain until the next morning.

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Deu 16:8 - For the next six days you may not eat any bread made with yeast. On the seventh day proclaim another holy day in honor of the LORD your God, and no work may be done on that day.

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Deu 16:14 - This festival will be a happy time of celebrating with your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, and the Levites, foreigners, orphans, and widows from your towns.

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Deu 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.

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Deu 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.

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Deu 17:16 - “The king must not build up a large stable of horses for himself or send his people to Egypt to buy horses, for the LORD has told you, ‘You must never return to Egypt.'

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Deu 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.'

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Deu 18:21 - “But you may wonder, ‘How will we know whether or not a prophecy is from the LORD?'

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Deu 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.

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Deu 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.

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Deu 19:10 - That way you will prevent the death of innocent people in the land the LORD your God is giving you as your special possession. You will not be held responsible for the death of innocent people.

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Deu 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.

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Deu 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.'

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Deu 20:14 - But you may keep for yourselves all the women, children, livestock, and other plunder. You may enjoy the plunder from your enemies that the LORD your God has given you.

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Deu 21:1 - “When you are in the land the LORD your God is giving you, someone may be found murdered in a field, and you don't know who committed the murder.

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Deu 21:4 - They must lead it down to a valley that has not been plowed or planted and that has a stream running through it. There in the valley they must break the young cow's neck.

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Deu 21:6 - “The elders of the town must wash their hands over the young cow whose neck was broken.

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Deu 21:11 - And suppose you see among the captives a beautiful woman, and you are attracted to her and want to marry her.

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Deu 21:13 - and change the clothes she was wearing when she was captured. She will stay in your home, but let her mourn for her father and mother for a full month. Then you may marry her, and you will be her husband and she will be your wife.

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Deu 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.

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Deu 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.

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Deu 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!

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Deu 22:6 - “If you happen to find a bird's nest in a tree or on the ground, and there are young ones or eggs in it with the mother sitting in the nest, do not take the mother with the young.

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Deu 22:8 - “When you build a new house, you must build a railing around the edge of its flat roof. That way you will not be considered guilty of murder if someone falls from the roof.

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Deu 22:16 - Her father must say to them, ‘I gave my daughter to this man to be his wife, and now he has turned against her.

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Deu 22:17 - He has accused her of shameful conduct, saying, “I discovered that your daughter was not a virgin.” But here is the proof of my daughter's virginity.' Then they must spread her bed sheet before the elders.

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Deu 22:20 - “But suppose the man's accusations are true, and he can show that she was not a virgin.

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Deu 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.

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Deu 22:26 - Do nothing to the young woman; she has committed no crime worthy of death. She is as innocent as a murder victim.

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Deu 23:4 - These nations did not welcome you with food and water when you came out of Egypt. Instead, they hired Balaam son of Beor from Pethor in distant Aram-naharaim to curse you.

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Deu 23:7 - “Do not detest the Edomites or the Egyptians, because the Edomites are your relatives and you lived as foreigners among the Egyptians.

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Deu 23:14 - The camp must be holy, for the LORD your God moves around in your camp to protect you and to defeat your enemies. He must not see any shameful thing among you, or he will turn away from you.

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Deu 24:5 - “A newly married man must not be drafted into the army or be given any other official responsibilities. He must be free to spend one year at home, bringing happiness to the wife he has married.

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Deu 24:8 - “In all cases involving serious skin diseases,[fn] be careful to follow the instructions of the Levitical priests; obey all the commands I have given them.

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Deu 24:9 - Remember what the LORD your God did to Miriam as you were coming from Egypt.

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Deu 24:16 - “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.

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Deu 24:19 - “When you are harvesting your crops and forget to bring in a bundle of grain from your field, don't go back to get it. Leave it for the foreigners, orphans, and widows. Then the LORD your God will bless you in all you do.

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Deu 24:20 - When you beat the olives from your olive trees, don't go over the boughs twice. Leave the remaining olives for the foreigners, orphans, and widows.

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Deu 24:21 - When you gather the grapes in your vineyard, don't glean the vines after they are picked. Leave the remaining grapes for the foreigners, orphans, and widows.

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Deu 25:14 - and you must use full and honest measures.

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Deu 25:17 - “Never forget what the Amalekites did to you as you came from Egypt.

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Deu 25:18 - They attacked you when you were exhausted and weary, and they struck down those who were straggling behind. They had no fear of God.

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Deu 25:19 - Therefore, when the LORD your God has given you rest from all your enemies in the land he is giving you as a special possession, you must destroy the Amalekites and erase their memory from under heaven. Never forget this!

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Deu 26:11 - Afterward you may go and celebrate because of all the good things the LORD your God has given to you and your household. Remember to include the Levites and the foreigners living among you in the celebration.

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Deu 26:12 - “Every third year you must offer a special tithe of your crops. In this year of the special tithe you must give your tithes to the Levites, foreigners, orphans, and widows, so that they will have enough to eat in your towns.

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Deu 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.

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Deu 26:16 - “Today the LORD your God has commanded you to obey all these decrees and regulations. So be careful to obey them wholeheartedly.

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Deu 27:9 - Then Moses and the Levitical priests addressed all Israel as follows: “O Israel, be quiet and listen! Today you have become the people of the LORD your God.

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Deu 27:11 - That same day Moses also gave this charge to the people:

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Deu 28:12 - The LORD will send rain at the proper time from his rich treasury in the heavens and will bless all the work you do. You will lend to many nations, but you will never need to borrow from them.

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Deu 28:22 - The LORD will strike you with wasting diseases, fever, and inflammation, with scorching heat and drought, and with blight and mildew. These disasters will pursue you until you die.

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Deu 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.

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Deu 28:52 - They will attack your cities until all the fortified walls in your land—the walls you trusted to protect you—are knocked down. They will attack all the towns in the land the LORD your God has given you.

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Deu 28:53 - “The siege and terrible distress of the enemy's attack will be so severe that you will eat the flesh of your own sons and daughters, whom the LORD your God has given you.

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Deu 28:55 - He will refuse to share with them the flesh he is devouring—the flesh of one of his own children—because he has nothing else to eat during the siege and terrible distress that your enemy will inflict on all your towns.

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Deu 28:57 - She will hide from them the afterbirth and the new baby she has borne, so that she herself can secretly eat them. She will have nothing else to eat during the siege and terrible distress that your enemy will inflict on all your towns.

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Deu 28:66 - Your life will constantly hang in the balance. You will live night and day in fear, unsure if you will survive.

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Deu 28:68 - Then the LORD will send you back to Egypt in ships, to a destination I promised you would never see again. There you will offer to sell yourselves to your enemies as slaves, but no one will buy you.”

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Deu 29:2 - [fn]Moses summoned all the Israelites and said to them, “You have seen with your own eyes everything the LORD did in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh and to all his servants and to his whole country—

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Deu 29:5 - For forty years I led you through the wilderness, yet your clothes and sandals did not wear out.

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Deu 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.

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Deu 29:19 - “Those who hear the warnings of this curse should not congratulate themselves, thinking, ‘I am safe, even though I am following the desires of my own stubborn heart.' This would lead to utter ruin!

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Deu 29:24 - “And all the surrounding nations will ask, ‘Why has the LORD done this to this land? Why was he so angry?'

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Deu 30:14 - No, the message is very close at hand; it is on your lips and in your heart so that you can obey it.

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Deu 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.

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Deu 31:4 - “The LORD will destroy the nations living in the land, just as he destroyed Sihon and Og, the kings of the Amorites.

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Deu 31:10 - Then Moses gave them this command: “At the end of every seventh year, the Year of Release, during the Festival of Shelters,

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Deu 31:17 - Then my anger will blaze forth against them. I will abandon them, hiding my face from them, and they will be devoured. Terrible trouble will come down on them, and on that day they will say, ‘These disasters have come down on us because God is no longer among us!'

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Deu 31:18 - At that time I will hide my face from them on account of all the evil they commit by worshiping other gods.

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Deu 31:22 - So that very day Moses wrote down the words of the song and taught it to the Israelites.

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Deu 32:40 - Now I raise my hand to heaven
and declare, “As surely as I live,

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Deu 32:44 - So Moses came with Joshua[fn] son of Nun and recited all the words of this song to the people.

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Deu 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.

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Deu 32:48 - That same day the LORD said to Moses,

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Deu 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.

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Deu 33:9 - The Levites obeyed your word
and guarded your covenant.
They were more loyal to you
than to their own parents.
They ignored their relatives
and did not acknowledge their own children.

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Deu 34:11 - The LORD sent him to perform all the miraculous signs and wonders in the land of Egypt against Pharaoh, and all his servants, and his entire land.

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Jos 1:14 - Your wives, children, and livestock may remain here in the land Moses assigned to you on the east side of the Jordan River. But your strong warriors, fully armed, must lead the other tribes across the Jordan to help them conquer their territory. Stay with them

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Jos 2:6 - (Actually, she had taken them up to the roof and hidden them beneath bundles of flax she had laid out.)

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Jos 2:11 - No wonder our hearts have melted in fear! No one has the courage to fight after hearing such things. For the LORD your God is the supreme God of the heavens above and the earth below.

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Jos 2:19 - If they go out into the street and are killed, it will not be our fault. But if anyone lays a hand on people inside this house, we will accept the responsibility for their death.

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Jos 3:7 - The LORD told Joshua, “Today I will begin to make you a great leader in the eyes of all the Israelites. They will know that I am with you, just as I was with Moses.

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Jos 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.'”

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Jos 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.

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Jos 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.

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Jos 5:4 - Joshua had to circumcise them because all the men who were old enough to fight in battle when they left Egypt had died in the wilderness.

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Jos 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.

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Jos 5:8 - After all the males had been circumcised, they rested in the camp until they were healed.

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Jos 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.

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Jos 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]

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Jos 5:11 - The very next day they began to eat unleavened bread and roasted grain harvested from the land.

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Jos 5:13 - When Joshua was near the town of Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him with sword in hand. Joshua went up to him and demanded, “Are you friend or foe?”

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Jos 6:5 - When you hear the priests give one long blast on the rams' horns, have all the people shout as loud as they can. Then the walls of the town will collapse, and the people can charge straight into the town.”

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Jos 6:12 - Joshua got up early the next morning, and the priests again carried the Ark of the LORD.

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Jos 6:15 - On the seventh day the Israelites got up at dawn and marched around the town as they had done before. But this time they went around the town seven times.

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Jos 6:16 - The seventh time around, as the priests sounded the long blast on their horns, Joshua commanded the people, “Shout! For the LORD has given you the town!

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Jos 6:21 - They completely destroyed everything in it with their swords—men and women, young and old, cattle, sheep, goats, and donkeys.

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Jos 6:26 - At that time Joshua invoked this curse:
“May the curse of the LORD fall on anyone
who tries to rebuild the town of Jericho.
At the cost of his firstborn son,
he will lay its foundation.
At the cost of his youngest son,
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Jos 7:21 - Among the plunder I saw a beautiful robe from Babylon,[fn] 200 silver coins,[fn] and a bar of gold weighing more than a pound.[fn] I wanted them so much that I took them. They are hidden in the ground beneath my tent, with the silver buried deeper than the rest.”

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Jos 8:2 - You will destroy them as you destroyed Jericho and its king. But this time you may keep the plunder and the livestock for yourselves. Set an ambush behind the town.”

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Jos 8:17 - There was not a man left in Ai or Bethel[fn] who did not chase after the Israelites, and the town was left wide open.

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Jos 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.

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Jos 8:24 - When the Israelite army finished chasing and killing all the men of Ai in the open fields, they went back and finished off everyone inside.

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Jos 8:25 - So the entire population of Ai, including men and women, was wiped out that day—12,000 in all.

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Jos 8:27 - Only the livestock and the treasures of the town were not destroyed, for the Israelites kept these as plunder for themselves, as the LORD had commanded Joshua.

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Jos 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.

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Jos 9:3 - But when the people of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai,

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Jos 9:12 - “This bread was hot from the ovens when we left our homes. But now, as you can see, it is dry and moldy.

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Jos 9:19 - But the leaders replied, “Since we have sworn an oath in the presence of the LORD, the God of Israel, we cannot touch them.

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Jos 9:21 - Let them live.” So they made them woodcutters and water carriers for the entire community, as the Israelite leaders directed.

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Jos 9:26 - So Joshua did not allow the people of Israel to kill them.

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Jos 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.

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Jos 10:21 - Then the Israelites returned safely to Joshua in the camp at Makkedah. After that, no one dared to speak even a word against Israel.

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Jos 10:28 - That same day Joshua captured and destroyed the town of Makkedah. He killed everyone in it, including the king, leaving no survivors. He destroyed them all, and he killed the king of Makkedah as he had killed the king of Jericho.

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Jos 10:32 - Here again, the LORD gave them Lachish. Joshua took it on the second day and killed everyone in it, just as he had done at Libnah.

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Jos 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.

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Jos 10:35 - They captured it that day and killed everyone in it. He completely destroyed everyone, just as he had done at Lachish.

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Jos 10:39 - He captured the town, its king, and all of its surrounding villages. He completely destroyed everyone in it, leaving no survivors. He did to Debir and its king just what he had done to Hebron and to Libnah and its king.

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Jos 11:7 - So Joshua and all his fighting men traveled to the water near Merom and attacked suddenly.

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Jos 12:2 - King Sihon of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, was defeated. His kingdom included Aroer, on the edge of the Arnon Gorge, and extended from the middle of the Arnon Gorge to the Jabbok River, which serves as a border for the Ammonites. This territory included the southern half of the territory of Gilead.

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Jos 12:8 - including the hill country, the western foothills,[fn] the Jordan Valley, the mountain slopes, the Judean wilderness, and the Negev. The people who lived in this region were the Hittites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.) These are the kings Israel defeated:

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Jos 13:12 - and all the territory of King Og of Bashan, who had reigned in Ashtaroth and Edrei. King Og was the last of the Rephaites, for Moses had attacked them and driven them out.

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Jos 13:15 - Moses had assigned the following area to the clans of the tribe of Reuben.

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Jos 13:16 - Their territory extended from Aroer on the edge of the Arnon Gorge (including the town in the middle of the gorge) to the plain beyond Medeba.

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Jos 13:17 - It included Heshbon and the other towns on the plain—Dibon, Bamoth-baal, Beth-baal-meon,

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Jos 13:22 - The Israelites had also killed Balaam son of Beor, who used magic to tell the future.

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Jos 13:30 - Their territory extended from Mahanaim, including all of Bashan, all the former kingdom of King Og, and the sixty towns of Jair in Bashan.

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Jos 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.

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Jos 14:4 - The descendants of Joseph had become two separate tribes—Manasseh and Ephraim. And the Levites were given no land at all, only towns to live in with surrounding pasturelands for their livestock and all their possessions.

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Jos 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.'

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Jos 14:10 - “Now, as you can see, the LORD has kept me alive and well as he promised for all these forty-five years since Moses made this promise—even while Israel wandered in the wilderness. Today I am eighty-five years old.

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Jos 14:12 - So give me the hill country that the LORD promised me. You will remember that as scouts we found the descendants of Anak living there in great, walled towns. But if the LORD is with me, I will drive them out of the land, just as the LORD said.”

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Jos 15:7 - From that point it went through the valley of Achor to Debir, turning north toward Gilgal, which is across from the slopes of Adummim on the south side of the valley. From there the boundary extended to the springs at En-shemesh and on to En-rogel.

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Jos 15:33 - The following towns situated in the western foothills[fn] were also given to Judah: Eshtaol, Zorah, Ashnah,

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Jos 15:48 - Judah also received the following towns in the hill country: Shamir, Jattir, Socoh,

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Jos 16:10 - They did not drive the Canaanites out of Gezer, however, so the people of Gezer live as slaves among the people of Ephraim to this day.

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Jos 17:1 - The next allotment of land was given to the half-tribe of Manasseh, the descendants of Joseph's older son. Makir, the firstborn son of Manasseh, was the father of Gilead. Because his descendants were experienced soldiers, the regions of Gilead and Bashan on the east side of the Jordan had already been given to them.

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Jos 17:12 - But the descendants of Manasseh were unable to occupy these towns. They could not drive out the Canaanites who continued to live there.

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Jos 17:16 - The descendants of Joseph responded, “It's true that the hill country is not large enough for us. But all the Canaanites in the lowlands have iron chariots, both those in Beth-shan and its surrounding settlements and those in the valley of Jezreel. They are too strong for us.”

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Jos 20:7 - The following cities were designated as cities of refuge: Kedesh of Galilee, in the hill country of Naphtali; Shechem, in the hill country of Ephraim; and Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), in the hill country of Judah.

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Jos 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.

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Jos 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.

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Jos 21:32 - From the tribe of Naphtali they received the following towns with their pasturelands: Kedesh in Galilee (a city of refuge for those who accidentally killed someone), Hammoth-dor, and Kartan—three towns.

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Jos 21:36 - From the tribe of Reuben they received the following towns with their pasturelands: Bezer, Jahaz,[fn]

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Jos 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,

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Jos 21:42 - Every one of these towns had pasturelands surrounding it.

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Jos 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,

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Jos 22:17 - Was our sin at Peor not enough? To this day we are not fully cleansed of it, even after the plague that struck the entire community of the LORD.

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Jos 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.”

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Jos 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.”

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Jos 23:14 - “Soon I will die, going the way of everything on earth. Deep in your hearts you know that every promise of the LORD your God has come true. Not a single one has failed!

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Jos 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.

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Jos 24:7 - When your ancestors cried out to the LORD, I put darkness between you and the Egyptians. I brought the sea crashing down on the Egyptians, drowning them. With your very own eyes you saw what I did. Then you lived in the wilderness for many years.

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Jos 24:12 - And I sent terror[fn] ahead of you to drive out the two kings of the Amorites. It was not your swords or bows that brought you victory.

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Jos 24:17 - For the LORD our God is the one who rescued us and our ancestors from slavery in the land of Egypt. He performed mighty miracles before our very eyes. As we traveled through the wilderness among our enemies, he preserved us.

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Jos 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.

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Jos 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.

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Jos 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.

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Jdg 1:27 - The tribe of Manasseh failed to drive out the people living in Beth-shan,[fn] Taanach, Dor, Ibleam, Megiddo, and all their surrounding settlements, because the Canaanites were determined to stay in that region.

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Jdg 2:13 - They abandoned the LORD to serve Baal and the images of Ashtoreth.

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Jdg 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,

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Jdg 3:30 - So Moab was conquered by Israel that day, and there was peace in the land for eighty years.

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Jdg 4:7 - And I will call out Sisera, commander of Jabin's army, along with his chariots and warriors, to the Kishon River. There I will give you victory over him.”

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Jdg 4:18 - Jael went out to meet Sisera and said to him, “Come into my tent, sir. Come in. Don't be afraid.” So he went into her tent, and she covered him with a blanket.

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Jdg 4:20 - “Stand at the door of the tent,” he told her. “If anybody comes and asks you if there is anyone here, say no.”

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Jdg 4:21 - But when Sisera fell asleep from exhaustion, Jael quietly crept up to him with a hammer and tent peg in her hand. Then she drove the tent peg through his temple and into the ground, and so he died.

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Jdg 4:22 - When Barak came looking for Sisera, Jael went out to meet him. She said, “Come, and I will show you the man you are looking for.” So he followed her into the tent and found Sisera lying there dead, with the tent peg through his temple.

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Jdg 4:23 - So on that day Israel saw God defeat Jabin, the Canaanite king.

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Jdg 5:1 - On that day Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam sang this song:

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Jdg 5:4 - “LORD, when you set out from Seir
and marched across the fields of Edom,
the earth trembled,
and the cloudy skies poured down rain.

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Jdg 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.

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Jdg 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.”

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Jdg 6:12 - The angel of the LORD appeared to him and said, “Mighty hero, the LORD is with you!”

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Jdg 6:14 - Then the LORD turned to him and said, “Go with the strength you have, and rescue Israel from the Midianites. I am sending you!”

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Jdg 6:21 - Then the angel of the LORD touched the meat and bread with the tip of the staff in his hand, and fire flamed up from the rock and consumed all he had brought. And the angel of the LORD disappeared.

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Jdg 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.

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Jdg 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.”

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Jdg 6:32 - From then on Gideon was called Jerub-baal, which means “Let Baal defend himself,” because he broke down Baal's altar.

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Jdg 6:33 - Soon afterward the armies of Midian, Amalek, and the people of the east formed an alliance against Israel and crossed the Jordan, camping in the valley of Jezreel.

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Jdg 6:36 - Then Gideon said to God, “If you are truly going to use me to rescue Israel as you promised,

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Jdg 6:37 - prove it to me in this way. I will put a wool fleece on the threshing floor tonight. If the fleece is wet with dew in the morning but the ground is dry, then I will know that you are going to help me rescue Israel as you promised.”

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Jdg 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.

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Jdg 6:40 - So that night God did as Gideon asked. The fleece was dry in the morning, but the ground was covered with dew.

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Jdg 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.

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Jdg 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.”

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Jdg 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.

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Jdg 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.

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Jdg 7:9 - That night the LORD said, “Get up! Go down into the Midianite camp, for I have given you victory over them!

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Jdg 7:11 - Listen to what the Midianites are saying, and you will be greatly encouraged. Then you will be eager to attack.”
So Gideon took Purah and went down to the edge of the enemy camp.

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Jdg 7:12 - The armies of Midian, Amalek, and the people of the east had settled in the valley like a swarm of locusts. Their camels were like grains of sand on the seashore—too many to count!

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Jdg 7:13 - Gideon crept up just as a man was telling his companion about a dream. The man said, “I had this dream, and in my dream a loaf of barley bread came tumbling down into the Midianite camp. It hit a tent, turned it over, and knocked it flat!”

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Jdg 7:18 - As soon as I and those with me blow the rams' horns, blow your horns, too, all around the entire camp, and shout, ‘For the LORD and for Gideon!'”

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Jdg 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!”

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Jdg 7:22 - When the 300 Israelites blew their rams' horns, the LORD caused the warriors in the camp to fight against each other with their swords. Those who were not killed fled to places as far away as Beth-shittah near Zererah and to the border of Abel-meholah near Tabbath.

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Jdg 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.

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Jdg 8:6 - But the officials of Succoth replied, “Catch Zebah and Zalmunna first, and then we will feed your army.”

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Jdg 8:7 - So Gideon said, “After the LORD gives me victory over Zebah and Zalmunna, I will return and tear your flesh with the thorns and briers from the wilderness.”

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Jdg 8:15 - Gideon then returned to Succoth and said to the leaders, “Here are Zebah and Zalmunna. When we were here before, you taunted me, saying, ‘Catch Zebah and Zalmunna first, and then we will feed your exhausted army.'”

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Jdg 9:6 - Then all the leading citizens of Shechem and Beth-millo called a meeting under the oak beside the pillar[fn] at Shechem and made Abimelech their king.

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Jdg 9:8 - Once upon a time the trees decided to choose a king.
First they said to the olive tree,
‘Be our king!'

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Jdg 9:10 - “Then they said to the fig tree,
‘You be our king!'

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Jdg 9:12 - “Then they said to the grapevine,
‘You be our king!'

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Jdg 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.'”

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Jdg 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.

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Jdg 9:25 - The citizens of Shechem set an ambush for Abimelech on the hilltops and robbed everyone who passed that way. But someone warned Abimelech about their plot.

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Jdg 9:35 - Gaal was standing at the city gates when Abimelech and his army came out of hiding.

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Jdg 9:42 - The next day the people of Shechem went out into the fields to battle. When Abimelech heard about it,

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Jdg 9:45 - The battle went on all day before Abimelech finally captured the city. He killed the people, leveled the city, and scattered salt all over the ground.

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Jdg 9:48 - so he led his forces to Mount Zalmon. He took an ax and chopped some branches from a tree, then put them on his shoulder. “Quick, do as I have done!” he told his men.

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Jdg 10:4 - His thirty sons rode around on thirty donkeys, and they owned thirty towns in the land of Gilead, which are still called the Towns of Jair.[fn]

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Jdg 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).

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Jdg 10:15 - But the Israelites pleaded with the LORD and said, “We have sinned. Punish us as you see fit, only rescue us today from our enemies.”

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Jdg 10:17 - At that time the armies of Ammon had gathered for war and were camped in Gilead, and the people of Israel assembled and camped at Mizpah.

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Jdg 11:12 - Then Jephthah sent messengers to the king of Ammon, asking, “Why have you come out to fight against my land?”

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Jdg 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.”

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Jdg 11:16 - When the people of Israel arrived at Kadesh on their journey from Egypt after crossing the Red Sea,[fn]

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Jdg 11:18 - “Finally, they went around Edom and Moab through the wilderness. They traveled along Moab's eastern border and camped on the other side of the Arnon River. But they never once crossed the Arnon River into Moab, for the Arnon was the border of Moab.

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Jdg 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,

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Jdg 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?”

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Jdg 12:7 - Jephthah judged Israel for six years. When he died, he was buried in one of the towns of Gilead.

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Jdg 13:10 - So she quickly ran and told her husband, “The man who appeared to me the other day is here again!”

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Jdg 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.

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Jdg 14:2 - When he returned home, he told his father and mother, “A young Philistine woman in Timnah caught my eye. I want to marry her. Get her for me.”

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Jdg 14:6 - At that moment the Spirit of the LORD came powerfully upon him, and he ripped the lion's jaws apart with his bare hands. He did it as easily as if it were a young goat. But he didn't tell his father or mother about it.

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Jdg 14:7 - When Samson arrived in Timnah, he talked with the woman and was very pleased with her.

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Jdg 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?”

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Jdg 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?”

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Jdg 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.

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Jdg 14:18 - So before sunset of the seventh day, the men of the town came to Samson with their answer:
“What is sweeter than honey?
What is stronger than a lion?” Samson replied, “If you hadn't plowed with my heifer, you wouldn't have solved my riddle!”

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Jdg 15:15 - Then he found the jawbone of a recently killed donkey. He picked it up and killed 1,000 Philistines with it.

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Jdg 16:29 - Then Samson put his hands on the two center pillars that held up the temple. Pushing against them with both hands,

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Jdg 16:30 - he prayed, “Let me die with the Philistines.” And the temple crashed down on the Philistine rulers and all the people. So he killed more people when he died than he had during his entire lifetime.

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Jdg 17:2 - One day he said to his mother, “I heard you place a curse on the person who stole 1,100 pieces[fn] of silver from you. Well, I have the money. I was the one who took it.”
“The LORD bless you for admitting it,” his mother replied.

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Jdg 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.”

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Jdg 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.

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Jdg 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.

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Jdg 18:10 - When you get there, you will find the people living carefree lives. God has given us a spacious and fertile land, lacking in nothing!”

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Jdg 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.

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Jdg 18:29 - They renamed the town Dan after their ancestor, Israel's son, but it had originally been called Laish.

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Jdg 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.

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Jdg 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.”

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Jdg 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.

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Jdg 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.

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Jdg 19:17 - When he saw the travelers sitting in the town square, he asked them where they were from and where they were going.

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Jdg 19:19 - even though we have everything we need. We have straw and feed for our donkeys and plenty of bread and wine for ourselves.”

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Jdg 19:20 - “You are welcome to stay with me,” the old man said. “I will give you anything you might need. But whatever you do, don't spend the night in the square.”

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Jdg 19:22 - While they were enjoying themselves, a crowd of troublemakers from the town surrounded the house. They began beating at the door and shouting to the old man, “Bring out the man who is staying with you so we can have sex with him.”

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Jdg 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.

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Jdg 20:9 - Instead, this is what we will do to Gibeah; we will draw lots to decide who will attack it.

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Jdg 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.”

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Jdg 20:15 - In all, 26,000 of their warriors armed with swords arrived in Gibeah to join the 700 elite troops who lived there.

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Jdg 20:21 - But Benjamin's warriors, who were defending the town, came out and killed 22,000 Israelites on the battlefield that day.

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Jdg 20:22 - But the Israelites encouraged each other and took their positions again at the same place they had fought the previous day.

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Jdg 20:24 - So the next day they went out again to fight against the men of Benjamin,

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Jdg 20:25 - but the men of Benjamin killed another 18,000 Israelites, all of whom were experienced with the sword.

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Jdg 20:26 - Then all the Israelites went up to Bethel and wept in the presence of the LORD and fasted until evening. They also brought burnt offerings and peace offerings to the LORD.

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Jdg 20:29 - So the Israelites set an ambush all around Gibeah.

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Jdg 20:30 - They went out on the third day and took their positions at the same place as before.

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Jdg 20:35 - So the LORD helped Israel defeat Benjamin, and that day the Israelites killed 25,100 of Benjamin's warriors, all of whom were experienced swordsmen.

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Jdg 20:46 - So that day the tribe of Benjamin lost 25,000 strong warriors armed with swords,

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Jdg 20:47 - leaving only 600 men who escaped to the rock of Rimmon, where they lived for four months.

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Jdg 21:4 - Early the next morning the people built an altar and presented their burnt offerings and peace offerings on it.

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Jdg 21:5 - Then they said, “Who among the tribes of Israel did not join us at Mizpah when we held our assembly in the presence of the LORD?” At that time they had taken a solemn oath in the LORD's presence, vowing that anyone who refused to come would be put to death.

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Jdg 21:13 - The Israelite assembly sent a peace delegation to the remaining people of Benjamin who were living at the rock of Rimmon.

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Jdg 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.

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Rth 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.

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Rth 1:2 - The man's name was Elimelech, and his wife was Naomi. Their two sons were Mahlon and Kilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem in the land of Judah. And when they reached Moab, they settled there.

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Rth 1:4 - The two sons married Moabite women. One married a woman named Orpah, and the other a woman named Ruth. But about ten years later,

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Rth 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.

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Rth 1:11 - But Naomi replied, “Why should you go on with me? Can I still give birth to other sons who could grow up to be your husbands?

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Rth 2:1 - Now there was a wealthy and influential man in Bethlehem named Boaz, who was a relative of Naomi's husband, Elimelech.

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Rth 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.

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Rth 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.”

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Rth 2:20 - “May the LORD bless him!” Naomi told her daughter-in-law. “He is showing his kindness to us as well as to your dead husband.[fn] That man is one of our closest relatives, one of our family redeemers.”

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Rth 3:2 - Boaz is a close relative of ours, and he's been very kind by letting you gather grain with his young women. Tonight he will be winnowing barley at the threshing floor.

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Rth 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.

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Rth 4:11 - Then the elders and all the people standing in the gate replied, “We are witnesses! May the LORD make this woman who is coming into your home like Rachel and Leah, from whom all the nation of Israel descended! May you prosper in Ephrathah and be famous in Bethlehem.

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Rth 4:17 - The neighbor women said, “Now at last Naomi has a son again!” And they named him Obed. He became the father of Jesse and the grandfather of David.

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1Sa 1:2 - Elkanah had two wives, Hannah and Peninnah. Peninnah had children, but Hannah did not.

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1Sa 1:4 - On the days Elkanah presented his sacrifice, he would give portions of the meat to Peninnah and each of her children.

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1Sa 1:5 - And though he loved Hannah, he would give her only one choice portion[fn] because the LORD had given her no children.

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1Sa 1:11 - And she made this vow: “O LORD of Heaven's Armies, if you will look upon my sorrow and answer my prayer and give me a son, then I will give him back to you. He will be yours for his entire lifetime, and as a sign that he has been dedicated to the LORD, his hair will never be cut.[fn]”

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1Sa 1:13 - Seeing her lips moving but hearing no sound, he thought she had been drinking.

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1Sa 2:10 - Those who fight against the LORD will be shattered.
He thunders against them from heaven;
the LORD judges throughout the earth.
He gives power to his king;
he increases the strength[fn] of his anointed one.”

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1Sa 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,

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1Sa 2:14 - the servant would stick the fork into the pot and demand that whatever it brought up be given to Eli's sons. All the Israelites who came to worship at Shiloh were treated this way.

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1Sa 2:35 - “Then I will raise up a faithful priest who will serve me and do what I desire. I will establish his family, and they will be priests to my anointed kings forever.

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1Sa 3:2 - One night Eli, who was almost blind by now, had gone to bed.

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1Sa 3:12 - I am going to carry out all my threats against Eli and his family, from beginning to end.

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1Sa 4:2 - The Philistines attacked and defeated the army of Israel, killing 4,000 men.

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1Sa 4:8 - Help! Who can save us from these mighty gods of Israel? They are the same gods who destroyed the Egyptians with plagues when Israel was in the wilderness.

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1Sa 4:12 - A man from the tribe of Benjamin ran from the battlefield and arrived at Shiloh later that same day. He had torn his clothes and put dust on his head to show his grief.

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1Sa 5:6 - Then the LORD's heavy hand struck the people of Ashdod and the nearby villages with a plague of tumors.[fn]

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1Sa 5:9 - But when the Ark arrived at Gath, the LORD's heavy hand fell on its men, young and old; he struck them with a plague of tumors, and there was a great panic.

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1Sa 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.

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1Sa 6:2 - Then the Philistines called in their priests and diviners and asked them, “What should we do about the Ark of the LORD? Tell us how to return it to its own country.”

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1Sa 6:7 - “Now build a new cart, and find two cows that have just given birth to calves. Make sure the cows have never been yoked to a cart. Hitch the cows to the cart, but shut their calves away from them in a pen.

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1Sa 6:10 - So these instructions were carried out. Two cows were hitched to the cart, and their newborn calves were shut up in a pen.

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1Sa 6:12 - And sure enough, without veering off in other directions, the cows went straight along the road toward Beth-shemesh, lowing as they went. The Philistine rulers followed them as far as the border of Beth-shemesh.

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1Sa 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.

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1Sa 6:16 - The five Philistine rulers watched all this and then returned to Ekron that same day.

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1Sa 7:6 - So they gathered at Mizpah and, in a great ceremony, drew water from a well and poured it out before the LORD. They also went without food all day and confessed that they had sinned against the LORD. (It was at Mizpah that Samuel became Israel's judge.)

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1Sa 7:10 - Just as Samuel was sacrificing the burnt offering, the Philistines arrived to attack Israel. But the LORD spoke with a mighty voice of thunder from heaven that day, and the Philistines were thrown into such confusion that the Israelites defeated them.

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1Sa 8:5 - “Look,” they told him, “you are now old, and your sons are not like you. Give us a king to judge us like all the other nations have.”

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1Sa 8:18 - When that day comes, you will beg for relief from this king you are demanding, but then the LORD will not help you.”

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1Sa 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.”

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1Sa 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!”

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1Sa 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.”

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1Sa 9:19 - “I am the seer!” Samuel replied. “Go up to the place of worship ahead of me. We will eat there together, and in the morning I'll tell you what you want to know and send you on your way.

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1Sa 9:24 - So the cook brought in the meat and placed it before Saul. “Go ahead and eat it,” Samuel said. “I was saving it for you even before I invited these others!” So Saul ate with Samuel that day.

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1Sa 9:25 - When they came down from the place of worship and returned to town, Samuel took Saul up to the roof of the house and prepared a bed for him there.[fn]

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1Sa 10:9 - As Saul turned and started to leave, God gave him a new heart, and all Samuel's signs were fulfilled that day.

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1Sa 11:11 - But before dawn the next morning, Saul arrived, having divided his army into three detachments. He launched a surprise attack against the Ammonites and slaughtered them the whole morning. The remnant of their army was so badly scattered that no two of them were left together.

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1Sa 11:13 - But Saul replied, “No one will be executed today, for today the LORD has rescued Israel!”

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1Sa 12:5 - “The LORD and his anointed one are my witnesses today,” Samuel declared, “that my hands are clean.”
“Yes, he is a witness,” they replied.

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1Sa 12:18 - So Samuel called to the LORD, and the LORD sent thunder and rain that day. And all the people were terrified of the LORD and of Samuel.

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1Sa 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.)

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1Sa 14:15 - Suddenly, panic broke out in the Philistine army, both in the camp and in the field, including even the outposts and raiding parties. And just then an earthquake struck, and everyone was terrified.

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1Sa 14:18 - Then Saul shouted to Ahijah, “Bring the ephod here!” For at that time Ahijah was wearing the ephod in front of the Israelites.[fn]

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1Sa 14:19 - But while Saul was talking to the priest, the confusion in the Philistine camp grew louder and louder. So Saul said to the priest, “Never mind; let's get going!”[fn]

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1Sa 14:23 - So the LORD saved Israel that day, and the battle continued to rage even beyond Beth-aven.

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1Sa 14:24 - Now the men of Israel were pressed to exhaustion that day, because Saul had placed them under an oath, saying, “Let a curse fall on anyone who eats before evening—before I have full revenge on my enemies.” So no one ate anything all day,

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1Sa 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]

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1Sa 14:31 - They chased and killed the Philistines all day from Micmash to Aijalon, growing more and more faint.

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1Sa 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.

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1Sa 14:37 - So Saul asked God, “Should we go after the Philistines? Will you help us defeat them?” But God made no reply that day.

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1Sa 14:43 - “Tell me what you have done,” Saul demanded of Jonathan.
“I tasted a little honey,” Jonathan admitted. “It was only a little bit on the end of my stick. Does that deserve death?”

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1Sa 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.

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1Sa 14:49 - Saul's sons included Jonathan, Ishbosheth,[fn] and Malkishua. He also had two daughters: Merab, who was older, and Michal.

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1Sa 14:50 - Saul's wife was Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz. The commander of Saul's army was Abner, the son of Saul's uncle Ner.

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1Sa 15:2 - This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies has declared: I have decided to settle accounts with the nation of Amalek for opposing Israel when they came from Egypt.

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1Sa 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.

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1Sa 16:2 - But Samuel asked, “How can I do that? If Saul hears about it, he will kill me.”
“Take a heifer with you,” the LORD replied, “and say that you have come to make a sacrifice to the LORD.

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1Sa 16:4 - So Samuel did as the LORD instructed. When he arrived at Bethlehem, the elders of the town came trembling to meet him. “What's wrong?” they asked. “Do you come in peace?”

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1Sa 16:16 - Let us find a good musician to play the harp whenever the tormenting spirit troubles you. He will play soothing music, and you will soon be well again.”

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1Sa 16:23 - And whenever the tormenting spirit from God troubled Saul, David would play the harp. Then Saul would feel better, and the tormenting spirit would go away.

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1Sa 17:2 - Saul countered by gathering his Israelite troops near the valley of Elah.

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1Sa 17:10 - I defy the armies of Israel today! Send me a man who will fight me!”

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1Sa 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.

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1Sa 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!

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1Sa 17:52 - Then the men of Israel and Judah gave a great shout of triumph and rushed after the Philistines, chasing them as far as Gath[fn] and the gates of Ekron. The bodies of the dead and wounded Philistines were strewn all along the road from Shaaraim, as far as Gath and Ekron.

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1Sa 19:5 - Have you forgotten about the time he risked his life to kill the Philistine giant and how the LORD brought a great victory to all Israel as a result? You were certainly happy about it then. Why should you murder an innocent man like David? There is no reason for it at all!”

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1Sa 19:9 - But one day when Saul was sitting at home, with spear in hand, the tormenting spirit[fn] from the LORD suddenly came upon him again. As David played his harp,

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1Sa 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.”

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1Sa 19:17 - “Why have you betrayed me like this and let my enemy escape?” Saul demanded of Michal.
“I had to,” Michal replied. “He threatened to kill me if I didn't help him.”

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1Sa 20:6 - If your father asks where I am, tell him I asked permission to go home to Bethlehem for an annual family sacrifice.

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1Sa 20:19 - The day after tomorrow, toward evening, go to the place where you hid before, and wait there by the stone pile.[fn]

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1Sa 20:26 - Saul didn't say anything about it that day, for he said to himself, “Something must have made David ceremonially unclean.”

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1Sa 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?”

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1Sa 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.”

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1Sa 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.

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1Sa 20:36 - “Start running,” he told the boy, “so you can find the arrows as I shoot them.” So the boy ran, and Jonathan shot an arrow beyond him.

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1Sa 21:1 - [fn]David went to the town of Nob to see Ahimelech the priest. Ahimelech trembled when he saw him. “Why are you alone?” he asked. “Why is no one with you?”

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1Sa 21:7 - Now Doeg the Edomite, Saul's chief herdsman, was there that day, having been detained before the LORD.[fn]

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1Sa 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!”

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1Sa 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!”

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1Sa 21:10 - So David escaped from Saul and went to King Achish of Gath.

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1Sa 21:12 - David heard these comments and was very afraid of what King Achish of Gath might do to him.

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1Sa 21:13 - So he pretended to be insane, scratching on doors and drooling down his beard.

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1Sa 22:4 - So David's parents stayed in Moab with the king during the entire time David was living in his stronghold.

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1Sa 22:5 - One day the prophet Gad told David, “Leave the stronghold and return to the land of Judah.” So David went to the forest of Hereth.

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1Sa 22:6 - The news of his arrival in Judah soon reached Saul. At the time, the king was sitting beneath the tamarisk tree on the hill at Gibeah, holding his spear and surrounded by his officers.

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1Sa 22:18 - Then the king said to Doeg, “You do it.” So Doeg the Edomite turned on them and killed them that day, eighty-five priests in all, still wearing their priestly garments.

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1Sa 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.

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1Sa 22:23 - Stay here with me, and don't be afraid. I will protect you with my own life, for the same person wants to kill us both.”

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1Sa 23:1 - One day news came to David that the Philistines were at Keilah stealing grain from the threshing floors.

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1Sa 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!”

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1Sa 23:6 - Now when Abiathar son of Ahimelech fled to David at Keilah, he brought the ephod with him.

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1Sa 23:14 - David now stayed in the strongholds of the wilderness and in the hill country of Ziph. Saul hunted him day after day, but God didn't let Saul find him.

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1Sa 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.

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1Sa 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.

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1Sa 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.

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1Sa 23:25 - When David heard that Saul and his men were searching for him, he went even farther into the wilderness to the great rock, and he remained there in the wilderness of Maon. But Saul kept after him in the wilderness.

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1Sa 24:1 - [fn]After Saul returned from fighting the Philistines, he was told that David had gone into the wilderness of En-gedi.

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1Sa 24:10 - This very day you can see with your own eyes it isn't true. For the LORD placed you at my mercy back there in the cave. Some of my men told me to kill you, but I spared you. For I said, ‘I will never harm the king—he is the LORD's anointed one.'

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1Sa 24:11 - Look, my father, at what I have in my hand. It is a piece of the hem of your robe! I cut it off, but I didn't kill you. This proves that I am not trying to harm you and that I have not sinned against you, even though you have been hunting for me to kill me.

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1Sa 25:2 - There was a wealthy man from Maon who owned property near the town of Carmel. He had 3,000 sheep and 1,000 goats, and it was sheep-shearing time.

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1Sa 25:3 - This man's name was Nabal, and his wife, Abigail, was a sensible and beautiful woman. But Nabal, a descendant of Caleb, was crude and mean in all his dealings.

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1Sa 25:4 - When David heard that Nabal was shearing his sheep,

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1Sa 25:7 - I am told that it is sheep-shearing time. While your shepherds stayed among us near Carmel, we never harmed them, and nothing was ever stolen from them.

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1Sa 25:14 - Meanwhile, one of Nabal's servants went to Abigail and told her, “David sent messengers from the wilderness to greet our master, but he screamed insults at them.

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1Sa 25:21 - David had just been saying, “A lot of good it did to help this fellow. We protected his flocks in the wilderness, and nothing he owned was lost or stolen. But he has repaid me evil for good.

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1Sa 25:32 - David replied to Abigail, “Praise the LORD, the God of Israel, who has sent you to meet me today!

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1Sa 26:2 - So Saul took 3,000 of Israel's elite troops and went to hunt him down in the wilderness of Ziph.

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1Sa 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,

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1Sa 26:21 - Then Saul confessed, “I have sinned. Come back home, my son, and I will no longer try to harm you, for you valued my life today. I have been a fool and very, very wrong.”

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1Sa 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.”

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1Sa 27:6 - So Achish gave him the town of Ziklag (which still belongs to the kings of Judah to this day),

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1Sa 28:18 - The LORD has done this to you today because you refused to carry out his fierce anger against the Amalekites.

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1Sa 28:21 - When the woman saw how distraught he was, she said, “Sir, I obeyed your command at the risk of my life.

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1Sa 28:24 - The woman had been fattening a calf, so she hurried out and killed it. She took some flour, kneaded it into dough and baked unleavened bread.

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1Sa 29:1 - The entire Philistine army now mobilized at Aphek, and the Israelites camped at the spring in Jezreel.

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1Sa 29:6 - So Achish finally summoned David and said to him, “I swear by the LORD that you have been a trustworthy ally. I think you should go with me into battle, for I've never found a single flaw in you from the day you arrived until today. But the other Philistine rulers won't hear of it.

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1Sa 29:10 - Now get up early in the morning, and leave with your men as soon as it gets light.”

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1Sa 30:1 - Three days later, when David and his men arrived home at their town of Ziklag, they found that the Amalekites had made a raid into the Negev and Ziklag; they had crushed Ziklag and burned it to the ground.

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1Sa 30:17 - David and his men rushed in among them and slaughtered them throughout that night and the entire next day until evening. None of the Amalekites escaped except 400 young men who fled on camels.

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1Sa 31:6 - So Saul, his three sons, his armor bearer, and his troops all died together that same day.

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1Sa 31:8 - The next day, when the Philistines went out to strip the dead, they found the bodies of Saul and his three sons on Mount Gilboa.

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2Sa 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.

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2Sa 1:23 - How beloved and gracious were Saul and Jonathan!
They were together in life and in death.
They were swifter than eagles,
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2Sa 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]

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2Sa 2:17 - A fierce battle followed that day, and Abner and the men of Israel were defeated by the forces of David.

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2Sa 2:28 - So Joab blew the ram's horn, and his men stopped chasing the troops of Israel.

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2Sa 3:9 - May God strike me and even kill me if I don't do everything I can to help David get what the LORD has promised him!

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2Sa 3:37 - So everyone in Judah and all Israel understood that David was not responsible for Abner's murder.

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2Sa 3:38 - Then King David said to his officials, “Don't you realize that a great commander has fallen today in Israel?

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2Sa 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.

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2Sa 5:8 - On the day of the attack, David said to his troops, “I hate those ‘lame' and ‘blind' Jebusites.[fn] Whoever attacks them should strike by going into the city through the water tunnel.[fn]” That is the origin of the saying, “The blind and the lame may not enter the house.”[fn]

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2Sa 5:9 - So David made the fortress his home, and he called it the City of David. He extended the city, starting at the supporting terraces[fn] and working inward.

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2Sa 5:22 - But after a while the Philistines returned and again spread out across the valley of Rephaim.

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2Sa 6:4 - carrying the Ark of God. Ahio walked in front of the Ark.

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2Sa 6:9 - David was now afraid of the LORD, and he asked, “How can I ever bring the Ark of the LORD back into my care?”

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2Sa 6:16 - But as the Ark of the LORD entered the City of David, Michal, the daughter of Saul, looked down from her window. When she saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD, she was filled with contempt for him.

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2Sa 6:23 - So Michal, the daughter of Saul, remained childless throughout her entire life.

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2Sa 7:3 - Nathan replied to the king, “Go ahead and do whatever you have in mind, for the LORD is with you.”

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2Sa 7:4 - But that same night the LORD said to Nathan,

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2Sa 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]

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2Sa 8:6 - Then he placed several army garrisons in Damascus, the Aramean capital, and the Arameans became David's subjects and paid him tribute money. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.

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2Sa 8:14 - He placed army garrisons throughout Edom, and all the Edomites became David's subjects. In fact, the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.

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2Sa 10:8 - The Ammonite troops came out and drew up their battle lines at the entrance of the city gate, while the Arameans from Zobah and Rehob and the men from Tob and Maacah positioned themselves to fight in the open fields.

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2Sa 11:9 - But Uriah didn't go home. He slept that night at the palace entrance with the king's palace guard.

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2Sa 11:12 - “Well, stay here today,” David told him, “and tomorrow you may return to the army.” So Uriah stayed in Jerusalem that day and the next.

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2Sa 12:18 - Then on the seventh day the child died. David's advisers were afraid to tell him. “He wouldn't listen to reason while the child was ill,” they said. “What drastic thing will he do when we tell him the child is dead?”

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2Sa 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.

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2Sa 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!”

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2Sa 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]

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2Sa 14:6 - My two sons had a fight out in the field. And since no one was there to stop it, one of them was killed.

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2Sa 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!”

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2Sa 15:4 - I wish I were the judge. Then everyone could bring their cases to me for judgment, and I would give them justice!”

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2Sa 15:11 - He took 200 men from Jerusalem with him as guests, but they knew nothing of his intentions.

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2Sa 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]

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2Sa 15:30 - David walked up the road to the Mount of Olives, weeping as he went. His head was covered and his feet were bare as a sign of mourning. And the people who were with him covered their heads and wept as they climbed the hill.

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2Sa 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.”

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2Sa 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!”

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2Sa 16:12 - And perhaps the LORD will see that I am being wronged and will bless me because of these curses today.”

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2Sa 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.

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2Sa 17:8 - You know your father and his men; they are mighty warriors. Right now they are as enraged as a mother bear who has been robbed of her cubs. And remember that your father is an experienced man of war. He won't be spending the night among the troops.

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2Sa 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.

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2Sa 17:18 - But a boy spotted them at En-rogel, and he told Absalom about it. So they quickly escaped to Bahurim, where a man hid them down inside a well in his courtyard.

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2Sa 17:29 - honey, butter, sheep, goats, and cheese for David and those who were with him. For they said, “You must all be very hungry and tired and thirsty after your long march through the wilderness.”

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2Sa 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.”

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2Sa 18:7 - and the Israelite troops were beaten back by David's men. There was a great slaughter that day, and 20,000 men laid down their lives.

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2Sa 18:8 - The battle raged all across the countryside, and more men died because of the forest than were killed by the sword.

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2Sa 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.

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2Sa 18:10 - One of David's men saw what had happened and told Joab, “I saw Absalom dangling from a great tree.”

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2Sa 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.”

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2Sa 18:14 - “Enough of this nonsense,” Joab said. Then he took three daggers and plunged them into Absalom's heart as he dangled, still alive, in the great tree.

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2Sa 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.

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2Sa 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.”

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2Sa 18:26 - the watchman saw another man running toward them. He shouted down, “Here comes another one!”
The king replied, “He also will have news.”

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2Sa 19:2 - As all the people heard of the king's deep grief for his son, the joy of that day's victory was turned into deep sadness.

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2Sa 19:3 - They crept back into the town that day as though they were ashamed and had deserted in battle.

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2Sa 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.

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2Sa 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.

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2Sa 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.”

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2Sa 20:1 - There happened to be a troublemaker there named Sheba son of Bicri, a man from the tribe of Benjamin. Sheba blew a ram's horn and began to chant:
“Down with the dynasty of David!
We have no interest in the son of Jesse.
Come on, you men of Israel,
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2Sa 20:10 - Amasa didn't notice the dagger in his left hand, and Joab stabbed him in the stomach with it so that his insides gushed out onto the ground. Joab did not need to strike again, and Amasa soon died. Joab and his brother Abishai left him lying there and continued after Sheba.

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2Sa 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.'

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2Sa 20:22 - Then the woman went to all the people with her wise advice, and they cut off Sheba's head and threw it out to Joab. So he blew the ram's horn and called his troops back from the attack. They all returned to their homes, and Joab returned to the king at Jerusalem.

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2Sa 20:23 - Now Joab was the commander of the army of Israel. Benaiah son of Jehoiada was captain of the king's bodyguard.

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2Sa 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.

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2Sa 22:9 - Smoke poured from his nostrils;
fierce flames leaped from his mouth.
Glowing coals blazed forth from him.

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2Sa 22:16 - Then at the command of the LORD,
at the blast of his breath,
the bottom of the sea could be seen,
and the foundations of the earth were laid bare.

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2Sa 23:10 - He killed Philistines until his hand was too tired to lift his sword, and the LORD gave him a great victory that day. The rest of the army did not return until it was time to collect the plunder!

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2Sa 23:13 - Once during the harvest, when David was at the cave of Adullam, the Philistine army was camped in the valley of Rephaim. The Three (who were among the Thirty—an elite group among David's fighting men) went down to meet him there.

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2Sa 23:14 - David was staying in the stronghold at the time, and a Philistine detachment had occupied the town of Bethlehem.

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2Sa 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.”

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2Sa 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.

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2Sa 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.

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2Sa 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.

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2Sa 24:8 - Having gone through the entire land for nine months and twenty days, they returned to Jerusalem.

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2Sa 24:13 - So Gad came to David and asked him, “Will you choose three[fn] years of famine throughout your land, three months of fleeing from your enemies, or three days of severe plague throughout your land? Think this over and decide what answer I should give the LORD who sent me.”

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2Sa 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.

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2Sa 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.”

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2Sa 24:25 - David built an altar there to the LORD and sacrificed burnt offerings and peace offerings. And the LORD answered his prayer for the land, and the plague on Israel was stopped.

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1Ki 1:6 - Now his father, King David, had never disciplined him at any time, even by asking, “Why are you doing that?” Adonijah had been born next after Absalom, and he was very handsome.

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1Ki 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?'

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1Ki 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.'

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1Ki 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.”

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1Ki 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!”

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1Ki 1:40 - And all the people followed Solomon into Jerusalem, playing flutes and shouting for joy. The celebration was so joyous and noisy that the earth shook with the sound.

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1Ki 2:5 - “And there is something else. You know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me when he murdered my two army commanders, Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether. He pretended that it was an act of war, but it was done in a time of peace,[fn] staining his belt and sandals with innocent blood.[fn]

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1Ki 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.

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1Ki 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.

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1Ki 2:22 - “How can you possibly ask me to give Abishag to Adonijah?” King Solomon demanded. “You might as well ask me to give him the kingdom! You know that he is my older brother, and that he has Abiathar the priest and Joab son of Zeruiah on his side.”

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1Ki 2:25 - So King Solomon ordered Benaiah son of Jehoiada to execute him, and Adonijah was put to death.

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1Ki 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.”

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1Ki 2:34 - So Benaiah son of Jehoiada returned to the sacred tent and killed Joab, and he was buried at his home in the wilderness.

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1Ki 2:37 - On the day you so much as cross the Kidron Valley, you will surely die; and your blood will be on your own head.”

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1Ki 3:14 - And if you follow me and obey my decrees and my commands as your father, David, did, I will give you a long life.”

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1Ki 3:18 - Three days later this woman also had a baby. We were alone; there were only two of us in the house.

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1Ki 3:27 - Then the king said, “Do not kill the child, but give him to the woman who wants him to live, for she is his mother!”

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1Ki 4:13 - Ben-geber, in Ramoth-gilead, including the Towns of Jair (named for Jair of the tribe of Manasseh[fn]) in Gilead, and in the Argob region of Bashan, including sixty large fortified towns with bronze bars on their gates.

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1Ki 4:16 - Baana son of Hushai, in Asher and in Aloth.

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1Ki 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]

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1Ki 7:8 - Solomon's living quarters surrounded a courtyard behind this hall, and they were constructed the same way. He also built similar living quarters for Pharaoh's daughter, whom he had married.

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1Ki 7:30 - Each of these carts had four bronze wheels and bronze axles. There were supporting posts for the bronze basins at the corners of the carts; these supports were decorated on each side with carvings of wreaths.

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1Ki 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

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1Ki 8:9 - Nothing was in the Ark except the two stone tablets that Moses had placed in it at Mount Sinai,[fn] where the LORD made a covenant with the people of Israel when they left the land of Egypt.

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1Ki 8:21 - And I have prepared a place there for the Ark, which contains the covenant that the LORD made with our ancestors when he brought them out of Egypt.”

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1Ki 8:23 - and he prayed, “O LORD, God of Israel, there is no God like you in all of heaven above or on the earth below. You keep your covenant and show unfailing love to all who walk before you in wholehearted devotion.

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1Ki 8:47 - But in that land of exile, they might turn to you in repentance and pray, ‘We have sinned, done evil, and acted wickedly.'

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1Ki 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—

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1Ki 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.

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1Ki 8:65 - Then Solomon and all Israel celebrated the Festival of Shelters[fn] in the presence of the LORD our God. A large congregation had gathered from as far away as Lebo-hamath in the north and the Brook of Egypt in the south. The celebration went on for fourteen days in all—seven days for the dedication of the altar and seven days for the Festival of Shelters.[fn]

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1Ki 8:66 - After the festival was over,[fn] Solomon sent the people home. They blessed the king and went to their homes joyful and glad because the LORD had been good to his servant David and to his people Israel.

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1Ki 9:8 - And though this Temple is impressive now, all who pass by will be appalled and will shake their heads in amazement. They will ask, ‘Why did the LORD do such terrible things to this land and to this Temple?'

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1Ki 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.)

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1Ki 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.

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1Ki 9:20 - There were still some people living in the land who were not Israelites, including Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.

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1Ki 9:27 - Hiram sent experienced crews of sailors to sail the ships with Solomon's men.

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1Ki 10:2 - She arrived in Jerusalem 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.

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1Ki 10:6 - She exclaimed to the king, “Everything I heard in my country about your achievements[fn] and wisdom is true!

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1Ki 10:7 - 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 it! Your wisdom and prosperity are far beyond what I was told.

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1Ki 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.

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1Ki 10:22 - The king had a fleet of trading ships[fn] that sailed with Hiram's fleet. Once every three years the ships returned, loaded with gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.[fn]

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1Ki 10:24 - People from every nation came to consult him and to hear the wisdom God had given him.

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1Ki 10:27 - The king made silver as plentiful in Jerusalem as stone. And valuable cedar timber was as common as the sycamore-fig trees that grow in the foothills of Judah.[fn]

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1Ki 11:5 - Solomon worshiped Ashtoreth, the goddess of the Sidonians, and Molech,[fn] the detestable god of the Ammonites.

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1Ki 11:15 - Years before, David had defeated Edom. Joab, his army commander, had stayed to bury some of the Israelite soldiers who had died in battle. While there, they killed every male in Edom.

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1Ki 11:16 - Joab and the army of Israel had stayed there for six months, killing them.

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1Ki 11:29 - One day as Jeroboam was leaving Jerusalem, the prophet Ahijah from Shiloh met him along the way. Ahijah was wearing a new cloak. The two of them were alone in a field,

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1Ki 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.

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1Ki 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.

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1Ki 12:7 - The older counselors replied, “If you are willing to be a servant to these people today and give them a favorable answer, they will always be your loyal subjects.”

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1Ki 12:12 - Three days later Jeroboam and all the people returned to hear Rehoboam's decision, just as the king had ordered.

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1Ki 12:26 - Jeroboam thought to himself, “Unless I am careful, the kingdom will return to the dynasty of David.

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1Ki 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.

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1Ki 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.

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1Ki 13:3 - That same day the man of God gave a sign to prove his message. He said, “The LORD has promised to give this sign: This altar will split apart, and its ashes will be poured out on the ground.”

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1Ki 13:9 - For the LORD gave me this command: ‘You must not eat or drink anything while you are there, and do not return to Judah by the same way you came.'”

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1Ki 13:10 - So he left Bethel and went home another way.

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1Ki 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.

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1Ki 13:17 - For the LORD gave me this command: ‘You must not eat or drink anything while you are there, and do not return to Judah by the same way you came.'”

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1Ki 13:24 - and the man of God started off again. But as he was traveling along, a lion came out and killed him. His body lay there on the road, with the donkey and the lion standing beside it.

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1Ki 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.

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1Ki 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.

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1Ki 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.

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1Ki 14:24 - There were even male and female shrine prostitutes throughout the land. The people imitated the detestable practices of the pagan nations the LORD had driven from the land ahead of the Israelites.

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1Ki 15:27 - Then Baasha son of Ahijah, from the tribe of Issachar, plotted against Nadab and assassinated him while he and the Israelite army were laying siege to the Philistine town of Gibbethon.

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1Ki 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.

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1Ki 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.”

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1Ki 16:16 - When they heard that Zimri had committed treason and had assassinated the king, that very day they chose Omri, commander of the army, as the new king of Israel.

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1Ki 16:28 - When Omri died, he was buried in Samaria. Then his son Ahab became the next king.

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1Ki 17:11 - As she was going to get it, he called to her, “Bring me a bite of bread, too.”

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1Ki 17:12 - But she said, “I swear by the LORD your God that I don't have a single piece of bread in the house. And I have only a handful of flour left in the jar and a little cooking oil in the bottom of the jug. I was just gathering a few sticks to cook this last meal, and then my son and I will die.”

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1Ki 17:23 - Then Elijah brought him down from the upper room and gave him to his mother. “Look!” he said. “Your son is alive!”

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1Ki 18:7 - As Obadiah was walking along, he suddenly saw Elijah coming toward him. Obadiah recognized him at once and bowed low to the ground before him. “Is it really you, my lord Elijah?” he asked.

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1Ki 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!

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1Ki 19:1 - When Ahab got home, he told Jezebel everything Elijah had done, including the way he had killed all the prophets of Baal.

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1Ki 19:4 - Then he went on alone into the wilderness, traveling all day. He sat down under a solitary broom tree and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, LORD,” he said. “Take my life, for I am no better than my ancestors who have already died.”

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1Ki 19:8 - So he got up and ate and drank, and the food gave him enough strength to travel forty days and forty nights to Mount Sinai,[fn] the mountain of God.

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1Ki 19:13 - When Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his cloak and went out and stood at the entrance of the cave.
And a voice said, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”

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1Ki 20:29 - The two armies camped opposite each other for seven days, and on the seventh day the battle began. The Israelites killed 100,000 Aramean foot soldiers in one day.

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1Ki 21:8 - So she wrote letters in Ahab's name, sealed them with his seal, and sent them to the elders and other leaders of the town where Naboth lived.

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1Ki 21:11 - So the elders and other town leaders followed the instructions Jezebel had written in the letters.

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1Ki 21:23 - “And regarding Jezebel, the LORD says, ‘Dogs will eat Jezebel's body at the plot of land in Jezreel.[fn]'

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1Ki 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.”

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1Ki 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.

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1Ki 22:25 - And Micaiah replied, “You will find out soon enough when you are trying to hide in some secret room!”

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1Ki 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.

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1Ki 22:42 - Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-five years. His mother was Azubah, the daughter of Shilhi.

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2Ki 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.

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2Ki 1:3 - But the angel of the LORD told Elijah, who was from Tishbe, “Go and confront the messengers of the king of Samaria and ask them, ‘Is there no God in Israel? Why are you going to Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, to ask whether the king will recover?

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2Ki 1:6 - They replied, “A man came up to us and told us to go back to the king and give him this message. ‘This is what the LORD says: Is there no God in Israel? Why are you sending men to Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, to ask whether you will recover? Therefore, because you have done this, you will never leave the bed you are lying on; you will surely die.'”

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2Ki 1:16 - And Elijah said to the king, “This is what the LORD says: Why did you send messengers to Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, to ask whether you will recover? Is there no God in Israel to answer your question? Therefore, because you have done this, you will never leave the bed you are lying on; you will surely die.”

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2Ki 2:23 - Elisha left Jericho and went up to Bethel. As he was walking along the road, a group of boys from the town began mocking and making fun of him. “Go away, baldy!” they chanted. “Go away, baldy!”

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2Ki 3:3 - Nevertheless, he continued in the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had committed and led the people of Israel to commit.

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2Ki 3:4 - King Mesha of Moab was a sheep breeder. He used to pay the king of Israel an annual tribute of 100,000 lambs and the wool of 100,000 rams.

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2Ki 3:6 - So King Joram promptly mustered the army of Israel and marched from Samaria.

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2Ki 3:9 - The king of Edom and his troops joined them, and all three armies traveled along a roundabout route through the wilderness for seven days. But there was no water for the men or their animals.

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2Ki 4:2 - “What can I do to help you?” Elisha asked. “Tell me, what do you have in the house?”
“Nothing at all, except a flask of olive oil,” she replied.

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2Ki 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.”

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2Ki 4:35 - Elisha got up, walked back and forth across the room once, and then stretched himself out again on the child. This time the boy sneezed seven times and opened his eyes!

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2Ki 4:38 - Elisha now returned to Gilgal, and there was a famine in the land. One day as the group of prophets was seated before him, he said to his servant, “Put a large pot on the fire, and make some stew for the rest of the group.”

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2Ki 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.”

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2Ki 5:5 - “Go and visit the prophet,” the king of Aram told him. “I will send a letter of introduction for you to take to the king of Israel.” So Naaman started out, carrying as gifts 750 pounds of silver, 150 pounds of gold,[fn] and ten sets of clothing.

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2Ki 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.”

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2Ki 6:29 - So we cooked my son and ate him. Then the next day I said to her, ‘Kill your son so we can eat him,' but she has hidden her son.”

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2Ki 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.”

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2Ki 7:4 - “We will starve if we stay here, but with the famine in the city, we will starve if we go back there. So we might as well go out and surrender to the Aramean army. If they let us live, so much the better. But if they kill us, we would have died anyway.”

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2Ki 7:7 - So they panicked and ran into the night, abandoning their tents, horses, donkeys, and everything else, as they fled for their lives.

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2Ki 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.

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2Ki 7:18 - The man of God had said to the king, “By this time tomorrow in the markets of Samaria, five quarts of choice flour will cost one piece of silver, and ten quarts of barley grain will cost one piece of silver.”

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2Ki 7:20 - And so it was, for the people trampled him to death at the gate!

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2Ki 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?'”

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2Ki 8:9 - So Hazael loaded down forty camels with the finest products of Damascus as a gift for Elisha. He went to him and said, “Your servant Ben-hadad, the king of Aram, has sent me to ask, ‘Will I recover from this illness?'”

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2Ki 8:15 - But the next day Hazael took a blanket, soaked it in water, and held it over the king's face until he died. Then Hazael became the next king of Aram.

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2Ki 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,

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2Ki 9:10 - Dogs will eat Ahab's wife Jezebel at the plot of land in Jezreel, and no one will bury her.” Then the young prophet opened the door and ran.

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2Ki 9:16 - Then Jehu got into a chariot and rode to Jezreel to find King Joram, who was lying there wounded. King Ahaziah of Judah was there, too, for he had gone to visit him.

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2Ki 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.

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2Ki 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:

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2Ki 9:26 - ‘I solemnly swear that I will repay him here on this plot of land, says the LORD, for the murder of Naboth and his sons that I saw yesterday.' So throw him out on Naboth's property, just as the LORD said.”

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2Ki 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]

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2Ki 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.

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2Ki 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.'”

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2Ki 10:12 - Then Jehu set out for Samaria. Along the way, while he was at Beth-eked of the Shepherds,

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2Ki 10:15 - When Jehu left there, he met Jehonadab son of Recab, who was coming to meet him. After they had greeted each other, Jehu said to him, “Are you as loyal to me as I am to you?”
“Yes, I am,” Jehonadab replied.
“If you are,” Jehu said, “then give me your hand.” So Jehonadab put out his hand, and Jehu helped him into the chariot.

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2Ki 10:30 - Nonetheless the LORD said to Jehu, “You have done well in following my instructions to destroy the family of Ahab. Therefore, your descendants will be kings of Israel down to the fourth generation.”

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2Ki 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.

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2Ki 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.

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2Ki 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!”

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2Ki 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.

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2Ki 13:20 - Then Elisha died and was buried.
Groups of Moabite raiders used to invade the land each spring.

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2Ki 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.

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2Ki 14:13 - King Jehoash of Israel captured Judah's king, Amaziah son of Joash and grandson of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh. Then he marched to Jerusalem, where he demolished 600 feet[fn] of Jerusalem's wall, from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate.

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2Ki 15:2 - He was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-two years. His mother was Jecoliah from Jerusalem.

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2Ki 15:20 - Menahem extorted the money from the rich of Israel, demanding that each of them pay fifty pieces[fn] of silver to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned from attacking Israel and did not stay in the land.

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2Ki 16:6 - At that time the king of Edom[fn] recovered the town of Elath for Edom.[fn] He drove out the people of Judah and sent Edomites[fn] to live there, as they do to this day.

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2Ki 17:5 - Then the king of Assyria invaded the entire land, and for three years he besieged the city of Samaria.

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2Ki 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.

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2Ki 18:2 - He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother was Abijah,[fn] the daughter of Zechariah.

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2Ki 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]

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2Ki 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?

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2Ki 19:3 - 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.

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2Ki 19:7 - Listen! I myself will move against him,[fn] and the king will receive a message that he is needed at home. So he will return to his land, where I will have him killed with a sword.'”

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2Ki 19:26 - That is why their people have so little power
and are so frightened and confused.
They are as weak as grass,
as easily trampled as tender green shoots.
They are like grass sprouting on a housetop,
scorched before it can grow lush and tall.

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2Ki 19:28 - And because of your raging against me
and your arrogance, which I have heard for myself,
I will put my hook in your nose
and my bit in your mouth.
I will make you return
by the same road on which you came.”

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2Ki 19:33 - The king will return to his own country
by the same road on which he came.
He will not enter this city,
says the LORD.

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2Ki 19:35 - That night the angel of the LORD went out to the Assyrian camp and killed 185,000 Assyrian soldiers. When the surviving Assyrians[fn] woke up the next morning, they found corpses everywhere.

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2Ki 20:4 - But before Isaiah had left the middle courtyard,[fn] this message came to him from the LORD:

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2Ki 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.

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2Ki 20:8 - Meanwhile, Hezekiah had said to Isaiah, “What sign will the LORD give to prove that he will heal me and that I will go to the Temple of the LORD three days from now?”

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2Ki 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.

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2Ki 21:1 - Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-five years. His mother was Hephzibah.

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2Ki 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.

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2Ki 21:5 - He built these altars for all the powers of the heavens in both courtyards of the LORD's Temple.

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2Ki 21:19 - Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem two years. His mother was Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz from Jotbah.

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2Ki 22:1 - Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-one years. His mother was Jedidah, the daughter of Adaiah from Bozkath.

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2Ki 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.

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2Ki 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.

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2Ki 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.

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2Ki 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.

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2Ki 23:8 - Josiah brought to Jerusalem all the priests who were living in other towns of Judah. He also defiled the pagan shrines, where they had offered sacrifices—all the way from Geba to Beersheba. He destroyed the shrines at the entrance to the gate of Joshua, the governor of Jerusalem. This gate was located to the left of the city gate as one enters the city.

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2Ki 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.

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2Ki 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.

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2Ki 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.

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2Ki 23:31 - Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. His mother was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah from Libnah.

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2Ki 23:36 - Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. His mother was Zebidah, the daughter of Pedaiah from Rumah.

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2Ki 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.

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2Ki 24:8 - Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. His mother was Nehushta, the daughter of Elnathan from Jerusalem.

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2Ki 24:18 - Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. His mother was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah from Libnah.

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2Ki 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.

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2Ki 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.

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2Ki 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.

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2Ki 25:24 - Gedaliah vowed to them that the Babylonian officials meant them no harm. “Don't be afraid of them. Live in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and all will go well for you,” he promised.

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2Ki 25:30 - So the Babylonian king gave him a regular food allowance as long as he lived.

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1Ch 1:43 - These are the kings who ruled in the land of Edom before any king ruled over the Israelites[fn]: Bela son of Beor, who ruled from his city of Dinhabah.

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1Ch 1:46 - When Husham died, Hadad son of Bedad became king in his place and ruled from the city of Avith. He was the one who destroyed the Midianite army in the land of Moab.

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1Ch 1:50 - When Baal-hanan died, Hadad became king in his place and ruled from the city of Pau.[fn] His wife was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred and granddaughter of Me-zahab.

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1Ch 2:22 - Segub was the father of Jair, who ruled twenty-three towns in the land of Gilead.

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1Ch 3:1 - These are the sons of David who were born in Hebron:
The oldest was Amnon, whose mother was Ahinoam from Jezreel.
The second was Daniel, whose mother was Abigail from Carmel.

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1Ch 3:3 - The fifth was Shephatiah, whose mother was Abital.
The sixth was Ithream, whose mother was Eglah, David's wife.

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1Ch 3:5 - The sons born to David in Jerusalem included Shammua,[fn] Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon. Their mother was Bathsheba,[fn] the daughter of Ammiel.

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1Ch 4:23 - They were the pottery makers who lived in Netaim and Gederah. They lived there and worked for the king.

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1Ch 5:7 - Beerah's[fn] relatives are listed in their genealogical records by their clans: Jeiel (the leader), Zechariah,

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1Ch 5:11 - Next to the Reubenites, the descendants of Gad lived in the land of Bashan as far east as Salecah.

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1Ch 5:23 - The half-tribe of Manasseh was very large and spread through the land from Bashan to Baal-hermon, Senir, and Mount Hermon.

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1Ch 6:15 - who went into exile when the LORD sent the people of Judah and Jerusalem into captivity under Nebuchadnezzar.

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1Ch 6:31 - David assigned the following men to lead the music at the house of the LORD after the Ark was placed there.

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1Ch 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.

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1Ch 6:62 - The descendants of Gershon received by sacred lots thirteen towns from the territories of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and from the Bashan area of Manasseh, east of the Jordan.

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1Ch 6:76 - From the territory of Naphtali, they were given Kedesh in Galilee, Hammon, and Kiriathaim, each with its pasturelands.

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1Ch 6:78 - From the territory of Reuben, east of the Jordan River opposite Jericho, they received Bezer (a desert town), Jahaz,[fn]

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1Ch 7:21 - Zabad, Shuthelah, Ezer, and Elead. These two were killed trying to steal livestock from the local farmers near Gath.

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1Ch 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.

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1Ch 9:22 - In all, there were 212 gatekeepers in those days, and they were listed according to the genealogies in their villages. David and Samuel the seer had appointed their ancestors because they were reliable men.

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1Ch 9:31 - Mattithiah, a Levite and the oldest son of Shallum the Korahite, was entrusted with baking the bread used in the offerings.

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1Ch 10:6 - So Saul and his three sons died there together, bringing his dynasty to an end.

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1Ch 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.

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1Ch 11:7 - David made the fortress his home, and that is why it is called the City of David.

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1Ch 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.

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1Ch 11:15 - Once when David was at the rock near the cave of Adullam, the Philistine army was camped in the valley of Rephaim. The Three (who were among the Thirty—an elite group among David's fighting men) went down to meet him there.

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1Ch 11:16 - David was staying in the stronghold at the time, and a Philistine detachment had occupied the town of Bethlehem.

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1Ch 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.”

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1Ch 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.

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1Ch 12:21 - They helped David chase down bands of raiders, for they were all brave and able warriors who became commanders in his army.

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1Ch 13:2 - Then he addressed the entire assembly of Israel as follows: “If you approve and if it is the will of the LORD our God, let us send messages to all the Israelites throughout the land, including the priests and Levites in their towns and pasturelands. Let us invite them to come and join us.

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1Ch 13:12 - David was now afraid of God, and he asked, “How can I ever bring the Ark of God back into my care?”

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1Ch 14:9 - The Philistines arrived and made a raid in the valley of Rephaim.

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1Ch 14:13 - But after a while the Philistines returned and raided the valley again.

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1Ch 14:17 - So David's fame spread everywhere, and the LORD caused all the nations to fear David.

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1Ch 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.

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1Ch 15:29 - But as the Ark of the LORD's Covenant entered the City of David, Michal, the daughter of Saul, looked down from her window. When she saw King David skipping about and laughing with joy, she was filled with contempt for him.

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1Ch 16:7 - On that day David gave to Asaph and his fellow Levites this song of thanksgiving to the LORD:

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1Ch 16:14 - He is the LORD our God.
His justice is seen throughout the land.

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1Ch 16:39 - Meanwhile, David stationed Zadok the priest and his fellow priests at the Tabernacle of the LORD at the place of worship in Gibeon, where they continued to minister before the LORD.

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1Ch 17:2 - Nathan replied to David, “Do whatever you have in mind, for God is with you.”

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1Ch 17:3 - But that same night God said to Nathan,

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1Ch 18:6 - Then he placed several army garrisons[fn] in Damascus, the Aramean capital, and the Arameans became David's subjects and paid him tribute money. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.

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1Ch 18:13 - He placed army garrisons in Edom, and all the Edomites became David's subjects. In fact, the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.

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1Ch 20:1 - In the spring of the year,[fn] when kings normally go out to war, Joab led the Israelite army in successful attacks against the land of the Ammonites. In the process he laid siege to the city of Rabbah. However, David stayed behind in Jerusalem.

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1Ch 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.”

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1Ch 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.

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1Ch 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.

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1Ch 21:29 - At that time the Tabernacle of the LORD and the altar of burnt offering that Moses had made in the wilderness were located at the place of worship in Gibeon.

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1Ch 26:8 - All of these descendants of Obed-edom, including their sons and grandsons—sixty-two of them in all—were very capable men, well qualified for their work.

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1Ch 27:21 -

Manasseh in Gilead (east)	Iddo son of Zechariah
Benjamin	Jaasiel son of Abner

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1Ch 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.

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1Ch 29:1 - Then King David turned to the entire assembly and said, “My son Solomon, whom God has clearly chosen as the next king of Israel, is still young and inexperienced. The work ahead of him is enormous, for the Temple he will build is not for mere mortals—it is for the LORD God himself!

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1Ch 29:20 - Then David said to the whole assembly, “Give praise to the LORD your God!” And the entire assembly praised the LORD, the God of their ancestors, and they bowed low and knelt before the LORD and the king.

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1Ch 29:21 - The next day they brought 1,000 bulls, 1,000 rams, and 1,000 male lambs as burnt offerings to the LORD. They also brought liquid offerings and many other sacrifices on behalf of all Israel.

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1Ch 29:22 - They feasted and drank in the LORD's presence with great joy that day.
And again they crowned David's son Solomon as their new king. They anointed him before the LORD as their leader, and they anointed Zadok as priest.

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2Ch 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.)

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2Ch 1:6 - There in front of the Tabernacle, Solomon went up to the bronze altar in the LORD's presence and sacrificed 1,000 burnt offerings on it.

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2Ch 1:7 - That night God appeared to Solomon and said, “What do you want? Ask, and I will give it to you!”

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2Ch 1:11 - God said to Solomon, “Because your greatest desire is to help your people, and you did not ask for wealth, riches, fame, or even the death of your enemies or a long life, but rather you asked for wisdom and knowledge to properly govern my people—

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2Ch 1:15 - The king made silver and gold as plentiful in Jerusalem as stone. And valuable cedar timber was as common as the sycamore-fig trees that grow in the foothills of Judah.[fn]

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2Ch 2:1 - [fn]Solomon decided to build a Temple to honor the name of the LORD, and also a royal palace for himself.

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2Ch 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.

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2Ch 2:12 - Praise the LORD, the God of Israel, who made the heavens and the earth! He has given King David a wise son, gifted with skill and understanding, who will build a Temple for the LORD and a royal palace for himself.

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2Ch 2:14 - His mother is from the tribe of Dan in Israel, and his father is from Tyre. He is skillful at making things from gold, silver, bronze, and iron, and he also works with stone and wood. He can work with purple, blue, and scarlet cloth and fine linen. He is also an engraver and can follow any design given to him. He will work with your craftsmen and those appointed by my lord David, your father.

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2Ch 4:3 - It was encircled just below its rim by two rows of figures that resembled oxen. There were about six oxen per foot[fn] all the way around, and they were cast as part of the basin.

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2Ch 4:9 - He then built a courtyard for the priests, and also the large outer courtyard. He made doors for the courtyard entrances and overlaid them with bronze.

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2Ch 4:12 - the two pillars;
the two bowl-shaped capitals on top of the pillars;
the two networks of interwoven chains that decorated the capitals;

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2Ch 5:3 - So all the men of Israel assembled before the king at the annual Festival of Shelters, which is held in early autumn.[fn]

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2Ch 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.

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2Ch 5:10 - Nothing was in the Ark except the two stone tablets that Moses had placed in it at Mount Sinai,[fn] where the LORD made a covenant with the people of Israel when they left Egypt.

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2Ch 6:37 - But in that land of exile, they might turn to you in repentance and pray, ‘We have sinned, done evil, and acted wickedly.'

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2Ch 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.

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2Ch 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.

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2Ch 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.

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2Ch 7:13 - At times I might shut up the heavens so that no rain falls, or command grasshoppers to devour your crops, or send plagues among you.

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2Ch 7:15 - My eyes will be open and my ears attentive to every prayer made in this place.

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2Ch 7:21 - And though this Temple is impressive now, all who pass by will be appalled. They will ask, ‘Why did the LORD do such terrible things to this land and to this Temple?'

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2Ch 8:4 - He rebuilt Tadmor in the wilderness and built towns in the region of Hamath as supply centers.

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2Ch 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.

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2Ch 8:8 - These were descendants of the nations whom the people of Israel had not destroyed. So Solomon conscripted them for his labor force, and they serve in the labor force to this day.

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2Ch 8:9 - But Solomon did not conscript any of the Israelites for his labor force. Instead, he assigned them to serve as fighting men, officers in his army, commanders of his chariots, and charioteers.

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2Ch 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.

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2Ch 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.

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2Ch 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.

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2Ch 9:5 - She exclaimed to the king, “Everything I heard in my country about your achievements[fn] and wisdom is true!

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2Ch 9:12 - King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba whatever she asked for—gifts of greater value than the gifts she had given him. Then she and all her attendants returned to their own land.

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2Ch 9:27 - The king made silver as plentiful in Jerusalem as stone. And valuable cedar timber was as common as the sycamore-fig trees that grow in the foothills of Judah.[fn]

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2Ch 10:7 - The older counselors replied, “If you are good to these people and do your best to please them and give them a favorable answer, they will always be your loyal subjects.”

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2Ch 10:12 - Three days later Jeroboam and all the people returned to hear Rehoboam's decision, just as the king had ordered.

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2Ch 11:5 - Rehoboam remained in Jerusalem and fortified various towns for the defense of Judah.

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2Ch 12:13 - King Rehoboam firmly established himself in Jerusalem and continued to rule. 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, a woman from Ammon.

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2Ch 13:2 - He reigned in Jerusalem three years. His mother was Maacah,[fn] the daughter of Uriel from Gibeah.
Then war broke out between Abijah and Jeroboam.

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2Ch 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.

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2Ch 13:18 - So Judah defeated Israel on that occasion because they trusted in the LORD, the God of their ancestors.

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2Ch 14:10 - so Asa deployed his armies for battle in the valley north of Mareshah.[fn]

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2Ch 15:7 - But as for you, be strong and courageous, for your work will be rewarded.”

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2Ch 15:11 - On that day they sacrificed to the LORD 700 cattle and 7,000 sheep and goats from the plunder they had taken in the battle.

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2Ch 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.

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2Ch 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.”

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2Ch 16:12 - In the thirty-ninth year of his reign, Asa developed a serious foot disease. Yet even with the severity of his disease, he did not seek the LORD's help but turned only to his physicians.

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2Ch 17:12 - So Jehoshaphat became more and more powerful and built fortresses and storage cities throughout Judah.

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2Ch 17:13 - He stored numerous supplies in Judah's towns and stationed an army of seasoned troops at Jerusalem.

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2Ch 17:19 - These were the troops stationed in Jerusalem to serve the king, besides those Jehoshaphat stationed in the fortified towns throughout Judah.

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2Ch 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.

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2Ch 18:24 - And Micaiah replied, “You will find out soon enough when you are trying to hide in some secret room!”

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2Ch 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.

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2Ch 20:6 - He prayed, “O LORD, God of our ancestors, you alone are the God who is in heaven. You are ruler of all the kingdoms of the earth. You are powerful and mighty; no one can stand against you!

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2Ch 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.

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2Ch 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.

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2Ch 20:31 - So Jehoshaphat ruled over the land of Judah. He was thirty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-five years. His mother was Azubah, the daughter of Shilhi.

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2Ch 21:14 - So now the LORD is about to strike you, your people, your children, your wives, and all that is yours with a heavy blow.

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2Ch 22:2 - Ahaziah was twenty-two[fn] years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem one year. His mother was Athaliah, a granddaughter of King Omri.

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2Ch 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.

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2Ch 24:1 - Joash was seven years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem forty years. His mother was Zibiah from Beersheba.

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2Ch 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.

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2Ch 24:18 - They decided to abandon the Temple of the LORD, the God of their ancestors, and they worshiped Asherah poles and idols instead! Because of this sin, divine anger fell on Judah and Jerusalem.

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2Ch 25:1 - Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother was Jehoaddin[fn] from Jerusalem.

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2Ch 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]

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2Ch 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!”

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2Ch 25:10 - So Amaziah discharged the hired troops and sent them back to Ephraim. This made them very angry with Judah, and they returned home in a great rage.

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2Ch 26:3 - Uzziah was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-two years. His mother was Jecoliah from Jerusalem.

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2Ch 26:10 - He also constructed forts in the wilderness and dug many water cisterns, because he kept great herds of livestock in the foothills of Judah[fn] and on the plains. He was also a man who loved the soil. He had many workers who cared for his farms and vineyards, both on the hillsides and in the fertile valleys.

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2Ch 26:14 - Uzziah provided the entire army with shields, spears, helmets, coats of mail, bows, and sling stones.

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2Ch 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.

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2Ch 29:1 - Hezekiah was twenty-five years old when he became the king of Judah, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.

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2Ch 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.

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2Ch 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.”

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2Ch 29:31 - Then Hezekiah declared, “Now that you have consecrated yourselves to the LORD, bring your sacrifices and thanksgiving offerings to the Temple of the LORD.” So the people brought their sacrifices and thanksgiving offerings, and all whose hearts were willing brought burnt offerings, too.

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2Ch 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.

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2Ch 30:24 - King Hezekiah gave the people 1,000 bulls and 7,000 sheep and goats for offerings, and the officials donated 1,000 bulls and 10,000 sheep and goats. Meanwhile, many more priests purified themselves.

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2Ch 31:4 - In addition, he required the people in Jerusalem to bring a portion of their goods to the priests and Levites, so they could devote themselves fully to the Law of the LORD.

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2Ch 32:10 - “This is what King Sennacherib of Assyria says: What are you trusting in that makes you think you can survive my siege of Jerusalem?

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2Ch 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.

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2Ch 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.

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2Ch 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.

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2Ch 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.

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2Ch 33:5 - He built these altars for all the powers of the heavens in both courtyards of the LORD's Temple.

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2Ch 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]

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2Ch 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.

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2Ch 36:22 - 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:

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2Ch 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!”

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Ezr 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.

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Ezr 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!

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Ezr 6:2 - But it was at the fortress at Ecbatana in the province of Media that a scroll was found. This is what it said: “Memorandum:

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Ezr 6:15 - The Temple was completed on March 12,[fn] during the sixth year of King Darius's reign.

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Ezr 6:19 - On April 21[fn] the returned exiles celebrated Passover.

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Ezr 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.

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Ezr 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.

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Ezr 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.”

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Ezr 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.

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Ezr 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.

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Ezr 9:2 - For the men of Israel have married women from these people and have taken them as wives for their sons. So the holy race has become polluted by these mixed marriages. Worse yet, the leaders and officials have led the way in this outrage.”

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Ezr 9:5 - At the time of the sacrifice, I stood up from where I had sat in mourning with my clothes torn. I fell to my knees and lifted my hands to the LORD my God.

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Ezr 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.

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Ezr 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.

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Ezr 9:13 - “Now we are being punished because of our wickedness and our great guilt. But we have actually been punished far less than we deserve, for you, our God, have allowed some of us to survive as a remnant.

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Ezr 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.

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Ezr 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.”

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Neh 1:3 - They said to me, “Things are not going well for those who returned to the province of Judah. They are in great trouble and disgrace. The wall of Jerusalem has been torn down, and the gates have been destroyed by fire.”

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Neh 1:10 - “The people you rescued by your great power and strong hand are your servants.

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Neh 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.

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Neh 4:18 - All the builders had a sword belted to their side. The trumpeter stayed with me to sound the alarm.

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Neh 8:7 - The Levites—Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, and Pelaiah—then instructed the people in the Law while everyone remained in their places.

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Neh 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.

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Neh 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.

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Neh 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.

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Neh 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.

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Neh 9:21 - For forty years you sustained them in the wilderness, and they lacked nothing. Their clothes did not wear out, and their feet did not swell!

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Neh 9:25 - Our ancestors captured fortified cities and fertile land. They took over houses full of good things, with cisterns already dug and vineyards and olive groves and fruit trees in abundance. So they ate until they were full and grew fat and enjoyed themselves in all your blessings.

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Neh 9:35 - Even while they had their own kingdom, they did not serve you, though you showered your goodness on them. You gave them a large, fertile land, but they refused to turn from their wickedness.

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Neh 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.

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Neh 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.

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Neh 12:43 - Many sacrifices were offered on that joyous day, for God had given the people cause for great joy. The women and children also participated in the celebration, and the joy of the people of Jerusalem could be heard far away.

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Neh 12:44 - On that day men were appointed to be in charge of the storerooms for the offerings, the first part of the harvest, and the tithes. They were responsible to collect from the fields outside the towns the portions required by the Law for the priests and Levites. For all the people of Judah took joy in the priests and Levites and their work.

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Neh 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]

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Neh 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.

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Neh 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.

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Est 1:2 - At that time Xerxes ruled his empire from his royal throne at the fortress of Susa.

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Est 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—

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Est 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?”

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Est 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!”

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Est 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.

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Est 2:19 - Even after all the young women had been transferred to the second harem[fn] and Mordecai had become a palace official,[fn]

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Est 2:23 - When an investigation was made and Mordecai's story was found to be true, the two men were impaled on a sharpened pole. This was all recorded in The Book of the History of King Xerxes' Reign.

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Est 3:2 - All the king's officials would bow down before Haman to show him respect whenever he passed by, for so the king had commanded. But Mordecai refused to bow down or show him respect.

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Est 3:3 - Then the palace officials at the king's gate asked Mordecai, “Why are you disobeying the king's command?”

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Est 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.

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Est 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.

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Est 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.

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Est 4:13 - Mordecai sent this reply to Esther: “Don't think for a moment that because you're in the palace you will escape when all other Jews are killed.

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Est 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.

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Est 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.

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Est 5:13 - Then he added, “But this is all worth nothing as long as I see Mordecai the Jew just sitting there at the palace gate.”

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Est 6:4 - “Who is that in the outer court?” the king inquired. As it happened, Haman had just arrived in the outer court of the palace to ask the king to impale Mordecai on the pole he had prepared.

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Est 6:5 - So the attendants replied to the king, “Haman is out in the court.”
“Bring him in,” the king ordered.

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Est 6:10 - “Excellent!” the king said to Haman. “Quick! Take the robes and my horse, and do just as you have said for Mordecai the Jew, who sits at the gate of the palace. Leave out nothing you have suggested!”

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Est 6:13 - When Haman told his wife, Zeresh, and all his friends what had happened, his wise advisers and his wife said, “Since Mordecai—this man who has humiliated you—is of Jewish birth, you will never succeed in your plans against him. It will be fatal to continue opposing him.”

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Est 7:1 - So the king and Haman went to Queen Esther's banquet.

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Est 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!”

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Est 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.

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Est 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.

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Est 8:5 - Esther said, “If it please the king, and if I have found favor with him, and if he thinks it is right, and if I am pleasing to him, let there be a decree that reverses the orders of Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite, who ordered that Jews throughout all the king's provinces should be destroyed.

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Est 8:6 - For how can I endure to see my people and my family slaughtered and destroyed?”

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Est 8:12 - The day chosen for this event throughout all the provinces of King Xerxes was March 7 of the next year.[fn]

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Est 8:13 - A copy of this decree was to be issued as law in every province and proclaimed to all peoples, so that the Jews would be ready to take revenge on their enemies on the appointed day.

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Est 9:2 - The Jews gathered in their cities throughout all the king's provinces to attack anyone who tried to harm them. But no one could make a stand against them, for everyone was afraid of them.

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Est 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.

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Est 9:6 - In the fortress of Susa itself, the Jews killed 500 men.

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Est 9:11 - That very day, when the king was informed of the number of people killed in the fortress of Susa,

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Est 9:12 - he called for Queen Esther. He said, “The Jews have killed 500 men in the fortress of Susa alone, as well as Haman's ten sons. If they have done that here, what has happened in the rest of the provinces? But now, what more do you want? It will be granted to you; tell me and I will do it.”

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Est 9:15 - Then the Jews at Susa gathered together on March 8[fn] and killed 300 more men, and again they took no plunder.

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Est 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.

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Est 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.

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Est 9:18 - (The Jews at Susa killed their enemies on March 7 and again on March 8, then rested on March 9,[fn] making that their day of feasting and gladness.)

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Est 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.

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Est 9:20 - Mordecai recorded these events and sent letters to the Jews near and far, throughout all the provinces of King Xerxes,

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Est 9:26 - That is why this celebration is called Purim, because it is the ancient word for casting lots.
So because of Mordecai's letter and because of what they had experienced,

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Est 10:3 - Mordecai the Jew became the prime minister, with authority next to that of King Xerxes himself. He was very great among the Jews, who held him in high esteem, because he continued to work for the good of his people and to speak up for the welfare of all their descendants.

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Job 1:1 - There once was a man named Job who lived in the land of Uz. He was blameless—a man of complete integrity. He feared God and stayed away from evil.

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Job 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.

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Job 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.”

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Job 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.

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Job 1:13 - One day when Job's sons and daughters were feasting at the oldest brother's house,

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Job 5:13 - He traps the wise in their own cleverness
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Job 7:13 - I think, ‘My bed will comfort me,
and sleep will ease my misery,'

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Job 9:21 - “I am innocent,
but it makes no difference to me—
I despise my life.

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Job 10:1 - “I am disgusted with my life.
Let me complain freely.
My bitter soul must complain.

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Job 16:18 - “O earth, do not conceal my blood.
Let it cry out on my behalf.

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Job 17:3 - “You must defend my innocence, O God,
since no one else will stand up for me.

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Job 17:5 - They betray their friends for their own advantage,
so let their children faint with hunger.

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Job 18:10 - A noose lies hidden on the ground.
A rope is stretched across their path.

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Job 18:15 - The homes of the wicked will burn down;
burning sulfur rains on their houses.

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Job 18:19 - They will have neither children nor grandchildren,
nor any survivor in the place where they lived.

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Job 26:6 - The underworld[fn] is naked in God's presence.
The place of destruction[fn] is uncovered.

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Job 28:24 - for he looks throughout the whole earth
and sees everything under the heavens.

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Job 29:21 - “Everyone listened to my advice.
They were silent as they waited for me to speak.

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Job 31:15 - For God created both me and my servants.
He created us both in the womb.

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Job 33:23 - “But if an angel from heaven appears—
a special messenger to intercede for a person
and declare that he is upright—

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Job 37:23 - We cannot imagine the power of the Almighty;
but even though he is just and righteous,
he does not destroy us.

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Job 39:17 - For God has deprived her of wisdom.
He has given her no understanding.

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Job 42:15 - In all the land no women were as lovely as the daughters of Job. And their father put them into his will along with their brothers.

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Job 42:17 - Then he died, an old man who had lived a long, full life.

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Psa 3:2 - So many are saying,
“God will never rescue him!”
Interlude[fn]

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Psa 5:2 - Listen to my cry for help, my King and my God,
for I pray to no one but you.

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Psa 5:8 - Lead me in the right path, O LORD,
or my enemies will conquer me.
Make your way plain for me to follow.

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Psa 6:1 - For the choir director: A psalm of David, to be accompanied by an eight-stringed instrument.[fn]

O LORD, don't rebuke me in your anger
or discipline me in your rage.

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Psa 7:10 - God is my shield,
saving those whose hearts are true and right.

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Psa 8:1 - For the choir director: A psalm of David, to be accompanied by a stringed instrument.[fn]

O LORD, our Lord, your majestic name fills the earth!
Your glory is higher than the heavens.

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Psa 8:9 - O LORD, our Lord, your majestic name fills the earth!

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Psa 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.

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Psa 10:10 - Their helpless victims are crushed;
they fall beneath the strength of the wicked.

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Psa 11:1 - For the choir director: A psalm of David.

I trust in the LORD for protection.
So why do you say to me,
“Fly like a bird to the mountains for safety!

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Psa 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.

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Psa 12:6 - The LORD's promises are pure,
like silver refined in a furnace,
purified seven times over.

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Psa 16:3 - The godly people in the land
are my true heroes!
I take pleasure in them!

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Psa 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]

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Psa 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.

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Psa 17:7 - Show me your unfailing love in wonderful ways.
By your mighty power you rescue
those who seek refuge from their enemies.

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Psa 17:11 - They track me down and surround me,
watching for the chance to throw me to the ground.

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Psa 17:14 - By the power of your hand, O LORD,
destroy those who look to this world for their reward.
But satisfy the hunger of your treasured ones.
May their children have plenty,
leaving an inheritance for their descendants.

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Psa 19:2 - Day after day they continue to speak;
night after night they make him known.

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Psa 21:1 - For the choir director: A psalm of David.

How the king rejoices in your strength, O LORD!
He shouts with joy because you give him victory.

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Psa 21:13 - Rise up, O LORD, in all your power.
With music and singing we celebrate your mighty acts.

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Psa 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.

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Psa 24:4 - Only those whose hands and hearts are pure,
who do not worship idols
and never tell lies.

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Psa 25:11 - For the honor of your name, O LORD,
forgive my many, many sins.

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Psa 26:3 - For I am always aware of your unfailing love,
and I have lived according to your truth.

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Psa 27:6 - Then I will hold my head high
above my enemies who surround me.
At his sanctuary I will offer sacrifices with shouts of joy,
singing and praising the LORD with music.

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Psa 27:11 - Teach me how to live, O LORD.
Lead me along the right path,
for my enemies are waiting for me.

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Psa 30:4 - Sing to the LORD, all you godly ones!
Praise his holy name.

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Psa 30:6 - When I was prosperous, I said,
“Nothing can stop me now!”

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Psa 31:1 - For the choir director: A psalm of David.

O LORD, I have come to you for protection;
don't let me be disgraced.
Save me, for you do what is right.

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Psa 31:22 - In panic I cried out,
“I am cut off from the LORD!”
But you heard my cry for mercy
and answered my call for help.

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Psa 32:11 - So rejoice in the LORD and be glad, all you who obey him!
Shout for joy, all you whose hearts are pure!

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Psa 35:3 - Lift up your spear and javelin
against those who pursue me.
Let me hear you say,
“I will give you victory!”

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Psa 35:8 - So let sudden ruin come upon them!
Let them be caught in the trap they set for me!
Let them be destroyed in the pit they dug for me.

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Psa 35:12 - They repay me evil for good.
I am sick with despair.

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Psa 35:23 - Wake up! Rise to my defense!
Take up my case, my God and my Lord.

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Psa 35:25 - Don't let them say, “Look, we got what we wanted!
Now we will eat him alive!”

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Psa 36:4 - They lie awake at night, hatching sinful plots.
Their actions are never good.
They make no attempt to turn from evil.

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Psa 36:10 - Pour out your unfailing love on those who love you;
give justice to those with honest hearts.

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Psa 37:7 - Be still in the presence of the LORD,
and wait patiently for him to act.
Don't worry about evil people who prosper
or fret about their wicked schemes.

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Psa 37:14 - The wicked draw their swords
and string their bows
to kill the poor and the oppressed,
to slaughter those who do right.

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Psa 38:1 - A psalm of David, asking God to remember him.

O LORD, don't rebuke me in your anger
or discipline me in your rage!

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Psa 38:3 - Because of your anger, my whole body is sick;
my health is broken because of my sins.

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Psa 38:7 - A raging fever burns within me,
and my health is broken.

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Psa 39:3 - The more I thought about it,
the hotter I got,
igniting a fire of words:

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Psa 40:10 - I have not kept the good news of your justice hidden in my heart;
I have talked about your faithfulness and saving power.
I have told everyone in the great assembly
of your unfailing love and faithfulness.

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Psa 41:2 - The LORD protects them
and keeps them alive.
He gives them prosperity in the land
and rescues them from their enemies.

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Psa 41:3 - The LORD nurses them when they are sick
and restores them to health.

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Psa 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.

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Psa 45:3 - Put on your sword, O mighty warrior!
You are so glorious, so majestic!

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Psa 45:9 - Kings' daughters are among your noble women.
At your right side stands the queen,
wearing jewelry of finest gold from Ophir!

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Psa 46:3 - Let the oceans roar and foam.
Let the mountains tremble as the waters surge!
Interlude

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Psa 46:10 - “Be still, and know that I am God!
I will be honored by every nation.
I will be honored throughout the world.”

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Psa 49:6 - They trust in their wealth
and boast of great riches.

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Psa 49:18 - In this life they consider themselves fortunate
and are applauded for their success.

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Psa 51:18 - Look with favor on Zion and help her;
rebuild the walls of Jerusalem.

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Psa 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.”

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Psa 54:1 - For the choir director: A psalm[fn] of David, regarding the time the Ziphites came and said to Saul, “We know where David is hiding.” To be accompanied by stringed instruments.

Come with great power, O God, and rescue me!
Defend me with your might.

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Psa 54:5 - May the evil plans of my enemies be turned against them.
Do as you promised and put an end to them.

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Psa 55:2 - Please listen and answer me,
for I am overwhelmed by my troubles.

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Psa 55:7 - I would fly far away
to the quiet of the wilderness.
Interlude

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Psa 55:9 - Confuse them, Lord, and frustrate their plans,
for I see violence and conflict in the city.

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Psa 56:8 - You keep track of all my sorrows.[fn]
You have collected all my tears in your bottle.
You have recorded each one in your book.

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Psa 57:1 - For the choir director: A psalm[fn] of David, regarding the time he fled from Saul and went into the cave. To be sung to the tune “Do Not Destroy!”

Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy!
I look to you for protection.
I will hide beneath the shadow of your wings
until the danger passes by.

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Psa 58:2 - No! You plot injustice in your hearts.
You spread violence throughout the land.

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Psa 58:11 - Then at last everyone will say,
“There truly is a reward for those who live for God;
surely there is a God who judges justly here on earth.”

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Psa 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.

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Psa 59:12 - Because of the sinful things they say,
because of the evil that is on their lips,
let them be captured by their pride,
their curses, and their lies.

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Psa 59:16 - But as for me, I will sing about your power.
Each morning I will sing with joy about your unfailing love.
For you have been my refuge,
a place of safety when I am in distress.

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Psa 60:5 - Now rescue your beloved people.
Answer and save us by your power.

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Psa 61:1 - For the choir director: A psalm of David, to be accompanied by stringed instruments.

O God, listen to my cry!
Hear my prayer!

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Psa 62:4 - They plan to topple me from my high position.
They delight in telling lies about me.
They praise me to my face
but curse me in their hearts.
Interlude

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Psa 63:1 - A psalm of David, regarding a time when David was in the wilderness of Judah.

O God, you are my God;
I earnestly search for you.
My soul thirsts for you;
my whole body longs for you
in this parched and weary land
where there is no water.

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Psa 63:4 - I will praise you as long as I live,
lifting up my hands to you in prayer.

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Psa 63:7 - Because you are my helper,
I sing for joy in the shadow of your wings.

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Psa 64:10 - The godly will rejoice in the LORD
and find shelter in him.
And those who do what is right
will praise him.

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Psa 65:6 - You formed the mountains by your power
and armed yourself with mighty strength.

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Psa 66:7 - For by his great power he rules forever.
He watches every movement of the nations;
let no rebel rise in defiance.
Interlude

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Psa 66:14 - yes, the sacred vows that I made
when I was in deep trouble.

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Psa 66:16 - Come and listen, all you who fear God,
and I will tell you what he did for me.

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Psa 66:19 - But God did listen!
He paid attention to my prayer.

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Psa 67:2 - May your ways be known throughout the earth,
your saving power among people everywhere.

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Psa 67:4 - Let the whole world sing for joy,
because you govern the nations with justice
and guide the people of the whole world.
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Psa 68:7 - O God, when you led your people out from Egypt,
when you marched through the dry wasteland,
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Psa 68:9 - You sent abundant rain, O God,
to refresh the weary land.

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Psa 68:10 - There your people finally settled,
and with a bountiful harvest, O God,
you provided for your needy people.

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Psa 68:28 - Summon your might, O God.
Display your power, O God, as you have in the past.

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Psa 68:33 - Sing to the one who rides across the ancient heavens,
his mighty voice thundering from the sky.

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Psa 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.

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Psa 69:18 - Come and redeem me;
free me from my enemies.

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Psa 71:2 - Save me and rescue me,
for you do what is right.
Turn your ear to listen to me,
and set me free.

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Psa 71:18 - Now that I am old and gray,
do not abandon me, O God.
Let me proclaim your power to this new generation,
your mighty miracles to all who come after me.

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Psa 72:16 - May there be abundant grain throughout the land,
flourishing even on the hilltops.
May the fruit trees flourish like the trees of Lebanon,
and may the people thrive like grass in a field.

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Psa 73:1 - A psalm of Asaph.

Truly God is good to Israel,
to those whose hearts are pure.

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Psa 73:4 - They seem to live such painless lives;
their bodies are so healthy and strong.

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Psa 73:15 - If I had really spoken this way to others,
I would have been a traitor to your people.

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Psa 73:20 - When you arise, O Lord,
you will laugh at their silly ideas
as a person laughs at dreams in the morning.

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Psa 73:24 - You guide me with your counsel,
leading me to a glorious destiny.

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Psa 74:8 - Then they thought, “Let's destroy everything!”
So they burned down all the places where God was worshiped.

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Psa 74:13 - You split the sea by your strength
and smashed the heads of the sea monsters.

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Psa 76:1 - For the choir director: A psalm of Asaph. A song to be accompanied by stringed instruments.

God is honored in Judah;
his name is great in Israel.

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Psa 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.

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Psa 77:9 - Has God forgotten to be gracious?
Has he slammed the door on his compassion?
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Psa 77:18 - Your thunder roared from the whirlwind;
the lightning lit up the world!
The earth trembled and shook.

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Psa 77:19 - Your road led through the sea,
your pathway through the mighty waters—
a pathway no one knew was there!

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Psa 78:26 - He released the east wind in the heavens
and guided the south wind by his mighty power.

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Psa 78:36 - But all they gave him was lip service;
they lied to him with their tongues.

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Psa 78:37 - Their hearts were not loyal to him.
They did not keep his covenant.

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Psa 78:40 - Oh, how often they rebelled against him in the wilderness
and grieved his heart in that dry wasteland.

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Psa 78:46 - He gave their crops to caterpillars;
their harvest was consumed by locusts.

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Psa 78:47 - He destroyed their grapevines with hail
and shattered their sycamore-figs with sleet.

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Psa 78:50 - He turned his anger against them;
he did not spare the Egyptians' lives
but ravaged them with the plague.

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Psa 78:69 - There he built his sanctuary as high as the heavens,
as solid and enduring as the earth.

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Psa 78:72 - He cared for them with a true heart
and led them with skillful hands.

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Psa 83:9 - Do to them as you did to the Midianites
and as you did to Sisera and Jabin at the Kishon River.

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Psa 83:10 - They were destroyed at Endor,
and their decaying corpses fertilized the soil.

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Psa 83:15 - chase them with your fierce storm;
terrify them with your tempest.

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Psa 84:5 - What joy for those whose strength comes from the LORD,
who have set their minds on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem.

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Psa 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.

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Psa 85:9 - Surely his salvation is near to those who fear him,
so our land will be filled with his glory.

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Psa 86:6 - Listen closely to my prayer, O LORD;
hear my urgent cry.

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Psa 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.

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Psa 88:11 - Can those in the grave declare your unfailing love?
Can they proclaim your faithfulness in the place of destruction?[fn]

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Psa 89:16 - They rejoice all day long in your wonderful reputation.
They exult in your righteousness.

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Psa 89:17 - You are their glorious strength.
It pleases you to make us strong.

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Psa 89:33 - But I will never stop loving him
nor fail to keep my promise to him.

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Psa 89:49 - Lord, where is your unfailing love?
You promised it to David with a faithful pledge.

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Psa 90:7 - We wither beneath your anger;
we are overwhelmed by your fury.

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Psa 90:9 - We live our lives beneath your wrath,
ending our years with a groan.

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Psa 90:12 - Teach us to realize the brevity of life,
so that we may grow in wisdom.

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Psa 94:15 - Judgment will again be founded on justice,
and those with virtuous hearts will pursue it.

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Psa 94:19 - When doubts filled my mind,
your comfort gave me renewed hope and cheer.

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Psa 95:4 - He holds in his hands the depths of the earth
and the mightiest mountains.

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Psa 95:8 - The LORD says, “Don't harden your hearts as Israel did at Meribah,
as they did at Massah in the wilderness.

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Psa 95:10 - For forty years I was angry with them, and I said,
‘They are a people whose hearts turn away from me.
They refuse to do what I tell them.'

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Psa 95:11 - So in my anger I took an oath:
‘They will never enter my place of rest.'”

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Psa 96:13 - before the LORD, for he is coming!
He is coming to judge the earth.
He will judge the world with justice,
and the nations with his truth.

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Psa 97:4 - His lightning flashes out across the world.
The earth sees and trembles.

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Psa 97:11 - Light shines on the godly,
and joy on those whose hearts are right.

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Psa 97:12 - May all who are godly rejoice in the LORD
and praise his holy name!

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Psa 102:5 - Because of my groaning,
I am reduced to skin and bones.

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Psa 102:16 - For the LORD will rebuild Jerusalem.
He will appear in his glory.

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Psa 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—

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Psa 104:33 - I will sing to the LORD as long as I live.
I will praise my God to my last breath!

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Psa 105:7 - He is the LORD our God.
His justice is seen throughout the land.

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Psa 105:32 - He sent them hail instead of rain,
and lightning flashed over the land.

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Psa 105:35 - They ate up everything green in the land,
destroying all the crops in their fields.

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Psa 105:36 - Then he killed the oldest son in each Egyptian home,
the pride and joy of each family.

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Psa 105:38 - Egypt was glad when they were gone,
for they feared them greatly.

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Psa 106:4 - Remember me, LORD, when you show favor to your people;
come near and rescue me.

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Psa 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.

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Psa 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]

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Psa 106:9 - He commanded the Red Sea[fn] to dry up.
He led Israel across the sea as if it were a desert.

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Psa 106:14 - In the wilderness their desires ran wild,
testing God's patience in that dry wasteland.

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Psa 106:16 - The people in the camp were jealous of Moses
and envious of Aaron, the LORD's holy priest.

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Psa 106:18 - Fire fell upon their followers;
a flame consumed the wicked.

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Psa 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.

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Psa 106:26 - Therefore, he solemnly swore
that he would kill them in the wilderness,

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Psa 106:43 - Again and again he rescued them,
but they chose to rebel against him,
and they were finally destroyed by their sin.

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Psa 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.

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Psa 107:4 - Some wandered in the wilderness,
lost and homeless.

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Psa 107:29 - He calmed the storm to a whisper
and stilled the waves.

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Psa 108:1 - A song. A psalm of David.

My heart is confident in you, O God;
no wonder I can sing your praises with all my heart!

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Psa 108:6 - Now rescue your beloved people.
Answer and save us by your power.

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Psa 109:16 - For he refused all kindness to others;
he persecuted the poor and needy,
and he hounded the brokenhearted to death.

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Psa 112:2 - Their children will be successful everywhere;
an entire generation of godly people will be blessed.

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Psa 113:6 - He stoops to look down
on heaven and on earth.

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Psa 115:1 - Not to us, O LORD, not to us,
but to your name goes all the glory
for your unfailing love and faithfulness.

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Psa 115:3 - Our God is in the heavens,
and he does as he wishes.

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Psa 116:11 - In my anxiety I cried out to you,
“These people are all liars!”

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Psa 119:11 - I have hidden your word in my heart,
that I might not sin against you.

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Psa 119:14 - I have rejoiced in your laws
as much as in riches.

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Psa 119:19 - I am only a foreigner in the land.
Don't hide your commands from me!

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Psa 119:37 - Turn my eyes from worthless things,
and give me life through your word.[fn]

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Psa 119:40 - I long to obey your commandments!
Renew my life with your goodness.

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Psa 119:50 - Your promise revives me;
it comforts me in all my troubles.

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Psa 119:68 - You are good and do only good;
teach me your decrees.

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Psa 119:87 - They almost finished me off,
but I refused to abandon your commandments.

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Psa 119:91 - Your regulations remain true to this day,
for everything serves your plans.

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Psa 119:92 - If your instructions hadn't sustained me with joy,
I would have died in my misery.

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Psa 122:7 - O Jerusalem, may there be peace within your walls
and prosperity in your palaces.

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Psa 125:4 - O LORD, do good to those who are good,
whose hearts are in tune with you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 135:6

Psa 135:6 - The LORD does whatever pleases him
throughout all heaven and earth,
and on the seas and in their depths.

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Psa 136:16 - Give thanks to him who led his people through the wilderness.
His faithful love endures forever.

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Psa 136:23 - He remembered us in our weakness.
His faithful love endures forever.

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Psa 138:2 - I bow before your holy Temple as I worship.
I praise your name for your unfailing love and faithfulness;
for your promises are backed
by all the honor of your name.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 139:11

Psa 139:11 - I could ask the darkness to hide me
and the light around me to become night—

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 141:1

Psa 141:1 - A psalm of David.

O LORD, I am calling to you. Please hurry!
Listen when I cry to you for help!

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Psa 143:1 - A psalm of David.

Hear my prayer, O LORD;
listen to my plea!
Answer me because you are faithful and righteous.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 143:11

Psa 143:11 - For the glory of your name, O LORD, preserve my life.
Because of your faithfulness, bring me out of this distress.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 144:12

Psa 144:12 - May our sons flourish in their youth
like well-nurtured plants.
May our daughters be like graceful pillars,
carved to beautify a palace.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 145:7

Psa 145:7 - Everyone will share the story of your wonderful goodness;
they will sing with joy about your righteousness.

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Psa 146:4 - When they breathe their last, they return to the earth,
and all their plans die with them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 147:8

Psa 147:8 - He covers the heavens with clouds,
provides rain for the earth,
and makes the grass grow in mountain pastures.

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Psa 147:10 - He takes no pleasure in the strength of a horse
or in human might.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 147:15

Psa 147:15 - He sends his orders to the world—
how swiftly his word flies!

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 1:19

Pro 1:19 - Such is the fate of all who are greedy for money;
it robs them of life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 1:26

Pro 1:26 - So I will laugh when you are in trouble!
I will mock you when disaster overtakes you—

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 2:3

Pro 2:3 - Cry out for insight,
and ask for understanding.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 2:10

Pro 2:10 - For wisdom will enter your heart,
and knowledge will fill you with joy.

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Pro 3:16 - She offers you long life in her right hand,
and riches and honor in her left.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 3:19

Pro 3:19 - By wisdom the LORD founded the earth;
by understanding he created the heavens.

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Pro 4:9 - She will place a lovely wreath on your head;
she will present you with a beautiful crown.”

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Pro 5:19 - She is a loving deer, a graceful doe.
Let her breasts satisfy you always.
May you always be captivated by her love.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:8

Pro 6:8 - they labor hard all summer,
gathering food for the winter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:32

Pro 6:32 - But the man who commits adultery is an utter fool,
for he destroys himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:1

Pro 10:1 - The proverbs of Solomon:
A wise child[fn] brings joy to a father;
a foolish child brings grief to a mother.

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Pro 11:6 - The godliness of good people rescues them;
the ambition of treacherous people traps them.

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Pro 11:17 - Your kindness will reward you,
but your cruelty will destroy you.

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Pro 14:32 - The wicked are crushed by disaster,
but the godly have a refuge when they die.

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Pro 14:35 - A king rejoices in wise servants
but is angry with those who disgrace him.

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Pro 17:25 - Foolish children[fn] bring grief to their father
and bitterness to the one who gave them birth.

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Pro 18:7 - The mouths of fools are their ruin;
they trap themselves with their lips.

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Pro 19:3 - People ruin their lives by their own foolishness
and then are angry at the LORD.

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Pro 19:18 - Discipline your children while there is hope.
Otherwise you will ruin their lives.

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Pro 22:25 - or you will learn to be like them
and endanger your soul.

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Pro 23:4 - Don't wear yourself out trying to get rich.
Be wise enough to know when to quit.

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Pro 24:14 - In the same way, wisdom is sweet to your soul.
If you find it, you will have a bright future,
and your hopes will not be cut short.

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Pro 26:11 - As a dog returns to its vomit,
so a fool repeats his foolishness.

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Pro 26:24 - People may cover their hatred with pleasant words,
but they're deceiving you.

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Pro 26:25 - They pretend to be kind, but don't believe them.
Their hearts are full of many evils.[fn]

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Pro 27:14 - A loud and cheerful greeting early in the morning
will be taken as a curse!

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Pro 28:17 - A murderer's tormented conscience will drive him into the grave.
Don't protect him!

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Pro 28:28 - When the wicked take charge, people go into hiding.
When the wicked meet disaster, the godly flourish.

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Pro 29:17 - Discipline your children, and they will give you peace of mind
and will make your heart glad.

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Pro 30:15 - The leech has two suckers
that cry out, “More, more!”[fn]
There are three things that are never satisfied—
no, four that never say, “Enough!”:

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Pro 31:25 - She is clothed with strength and dignity,
and she laughs without fear of the future.

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Ecc 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.

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Ecc 2:2 - So I said, “Laughter is silly. What good does it do to seek pleasure?”

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Ecc 2:13 - I thought, “Wisdom is better than foolishness, just as light is better than darkness.

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Ecc 2:20 - So I gave up in despair, questioning the value of all my hard work in this world.

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Ecc 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.

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Ecc 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.

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Ecc 6:12 - In the few days of our meaningless lives, who knows how our days can best be spent? Our lives are like a shadow. Who can tell what will happen on this earth after we are gone?

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Ecc 7:19 - One wise person is stronger than ten leading citizens of a town!

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Ecc 7:20 - Not a single person on earth is always good and never sins.

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Ecc 7:23 - I have always tried my best to let wisdom guide my thoughts and actions. I said to myself, “I am determined to be wise.” But it didn't work.

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Ecc 7:27 - “This is my conclusion,” says the Teacher. “I discovered this after looking at the matter from every possible angle.

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Ecc 8:10 - I have seen wicked people buried with honor. Yet they were the very ones who frequented the Temple and are now praised[fn] in the same city where they committed their crimes! This, too, is meaningless.

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Ecc 9:9 - Live happily with the woman you love through all the meaningless days of life that God has given you under the sun. The wife God gives you is your reward for all your earthly toil.

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Ecc 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.

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Ecc 12:5 - Remember him before you become fearful of falling and worry about danger in the streets; before your hair turns white like an almond tree in bloom, and you drag along without energy like a dying grasshopper, and the caperberry no longer inspires sexual desire. Remember him before you near the grave, your everlasting home, when the mourners will weep at your funeral.

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Sng 1:9 - You are as exciting, my darling,
as a mare among Pharaoh's stallions.

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Sng 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.

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Sng 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.

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Sng 2:12 - The flowers are springing up,
the season of singing birds[fn] has come,
and the cooing of turtledoves fills the air.

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Sng 3:2 - So I said to myself, “I will get up and roam the city,
searching in all its streets and squares.
I will search for the one I love.”
So I searched everywhere but did not find him.

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Sng 3:3 - The watchmen stopped me as they made their rounds,
and I asked, “Have you seen the one I love?”

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Sng 5:7 - The night watchmen found me
as they made their rounds.
They beat and bruised me
and stripped off my veil,
those watchmen on the walls.

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Sng 6:9 - I would still choose my dove, my perfect one—
the favorite of her mother,
dearly loved by the one who bore her.
The young women see her and praise her;
even queens and royal concubines sing her praises:

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Sng 6:13 - Young Women of Jerusalem
[fn]Return, return to us, O maid of Shulam.
Come back, come back, that we may see you again.

Young Man
Why do you stare at this young woman of Shulam,
as she moves so gracefully between two lines of dancers?[fn]

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Sng 8:7 - Many waters cannot quench love,
nor can rivers drown it.
If a man tried to buy love
with all his wealth,
his offer would be utterly scorned.

The Young Woman's Brothers

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Sng 8:8 - We have a little sister
too young to have breasts.
What will we do for our sister
if someone asks to marry her?

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Sng 8:13 - Young Man
O my darling, lingering in the gardens,
your companions are fortunate to hear your voice.
Let me hear it, too!

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Sng 8:14 - Young Woman
Come away, my love! Be like a gazelle
or a young stag on the mountains of spices.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 2:11

Isa 2:11 - Human pride will be brought down,
and human arrogance will be humbled.
Only the LORD will be exalted
on that day of judgment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 2:17

Isa 2:17 - Human pride will be humbled,
and human arrogance will be brought down.
Only the LORD will be exalted
on that day of judgment.

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Isa 2:20 - On that day of judgment they will abandon the gold and silver idols
they made for themselves to worship.
They will leave their gods to the rodents and bats,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 3:7

Isa 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!”

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Isa 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.

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Isa 3:16 - The LORD says, “Beautiful Zion[fn] is haughty:
craning her elegant neck,
flirting with her eyes,
walking with dainty steps,
tinkling her ankle bracelets.

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Isa 3:18 - On that day of judgment
the Lord will strip away everything that makes her beautiful:
ornaments, headbands, crescent necklaces,

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Isa 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.

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Isa 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.

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Isa 5:30 - They will roar over their victims on that day of destruction
like the roaring of the sea.
If someone looks across the land,
only darkness and distress will be seen;
even the light will be darkened by clouds.

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Isa 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.

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Isa 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]

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Isa 7:18 - In that day the LORD will whistle for the army of southern Egypt and for the army of Assyria. They will swarm around you like flies and bees.

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Isa 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]

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Isa 7:21 - In that day a farmer will be fortunate to have a cow and two sheep or goats left.

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Isa 7:23 - In that day the lush vineyards, now worth 1,000 pieces of silver,[fn] will become patches of briers and thorns.

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Isa 8:11 - The LORD has given me a strong warning not to think like everyone else does. He said,

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Isa 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.

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Isa 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?

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Isa 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.

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Isa 10:10 - Yes, we have finished off many a kingdom
whose gods were greater than those in Jerusalem and Samaria.

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Isa 10:13 - He boasts,
“By my own powerful arm I have done this.
With my own shrewd wisdom I planned it.
I have broken down the defenses of nations
and carried off their treasures.
I have knocked down their kings like a bull.

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Isa 10:14 - I have robbed their nests of riches
and gathered up kingdoms as a farmer gathers eggs.
No one can even flap a wing against me
or utter a peep of protest.”

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Isa 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.

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Isa 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.

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Isa 10:23 - Yes, the Lord, the LORD of Heaven's Armies,
has already decided to destroy the entire land.[fn]

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Isa 10:26 - The LORD of Heaven's Armies will lash them with his whip, as he did when Gideon triumphed over the Midianites at the rock of Oreb, or when the LORD's staff was raised to drown the Egyptian army in the sea.

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Isa 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]

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Isa 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.

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Isa 10:33 - But look! The Lord, the LORD of Heaven's Armies,
will chop down the mighty tree of Assyria with great power!
He will cut down the proud.
That lofty tree will be brought down.

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Isa 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]

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Isa 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.

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Isa 12:1 - In that day you will sing:
“I will praise you, O LORD!
You were angry with me, but not any more.
Now you comfort me.

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Isa 12:4 - In that wonderful day you will sing:
“Thank the LORD! Praise his name!
Tell the nations what he has done.
Let them know how mighty he is!

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Isa 12:5 - Sing to the LORD, for he has done wonderful things.
Make known his praise around the world.

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Isa 13:2 - “Raise a signal flag on a bare hilltop.
Call up an army against Babylon.
Wave your hand to encourage them
as they march into the palaces of the high and mighty.

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Isa 13:11 - “I, the LORD, will punish the world for its evil
and the wicked for their sin.
I will crush the arrogance of the proud
and humble the pride of the mighty.

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Isa 13:13 - For I will shake the heavens.
The earth will move from its place
when the LORD of Heaven's Armies displays his wrath
in the day of his fierce anger.”

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Isa 14:3 - In that wonderful day when the LORD gives his people rest from sorrow and fear, from slavery and chains,

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Isa 14:4 - you will taunt the king of Babylon. You will say,
“The mighty man has been destroyed.
Yes, your insolence[fn] is ended.

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Isa 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]

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Isa 15:5 - My heart weeps for Moab.
Its people flee to Zoar and Eglath-shelishiyah.
Weeping, they climb the road to Luhith.
Their cries of distress can be heard all along the road to Horonaim.

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Isa 16:7 - The entire land of Moab weeps.
Yes, everyone in Moab mourns
for the cakes of raisins from Kir-hareseth.
They are all gone now.

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Isa 17:4 - “In that day Israel's[fn] glory will grow dim;
its robust body will waste away.

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Isa 17:7 - Then at last the people will look to their Creator
and turn their eyes to the Holy One of Israel.

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Isa 17:9 - Their largest cities will be like a deserted forest,
like the land the Hivites and Amorites abandoned[fn]
when the Israelites came here so long ago.
It will be utterly desolate.

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Isa 17:11 - They may sprout on the day you set them out;
yes, they may blossom on the very morning you plant them,
but you will never pick any grapes from them.
Your only harvest will be a load of grief and unrelieved pain.

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Isa 18:4 - For the LORD has told me this:
“I will watch quietly from my dwelling place—
as quietly as the heat rises on a summer day,
or as the morning dew forms during the harvest.”

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Isa 19:16 - In that day the Egyptians will be as weak as women. They will cower in fear beneath the upraised fist of the LORD of Heaven's Armies.

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Isa 19:18 - In that day five of Egypt's cities will follow the LORD of Heaven's Armies. They will even begin to speak Hebrew, the language of Canaan. One of these cities will be Heliopolis, the City of the Sun.[fn]

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Isa 19:19 - In that day there will be an altar to the LORD in the heart of Egypt, and there will be a monument to the LORD at its border.

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Isa 19:21 - The LORD will make himself known to the Egyptians. Yes, they will know the LORD and will give their sacrifices and offerings to him. They will make a vow to the LORD and will keep it.

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Isa 19:23 - In that day Egypt and Assyria will be connected by a highway. The Egyptians and Assyrians will move freely between their lands, and they will both worship God.

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Isa 19:24 - And Israel will be their ally. The three will be together, and Israel will be a blessing to them.

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Isa 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.'”

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Isa 21:13 - This message came to me concerning Arabia:
O caravans from Dedan,
hide in the deserts of Arabia.

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Isa 22:8 - Judah's defenses have been stripped away.
You run to the armory[fn] for your weapons.

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Isa 22:10 - You survey the houses and tear some down
for stone to strengthen the walls.

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Isa 22:12 - At that time the Lord, the LORD of Heaven's Armies,
called you to weep and mourn.
He told you to shave your heads in sorrow for your sins
and to wear clothes of burlap to show your remorse.

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Isa 22:20 - And then I will call my servant Eliakim son of Hilkiah to replace you.

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Isa 22:25 - But the LORD of Heaven's Armies also says: “The time will come when I will pull out the nail that seemed so firm. It will come out and fall to the ground. Everything it supports will fall with it. I, the LORD, have spoken!”

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Isa 23:2 - Mourn in silence, you people of the coast
and you merchants of Sidon.
Your traders crossed the sea,

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Isa 23:6 - Send word now to Tarshish!
Wail, you people who live in distant lands!

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Isa 23:15 - For seventy years, the length of a king's life, Tyre will be forgotten. But then the city will come back to life as in the song about the prostitute:

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Isa 24:6 - Therefore, a curse consumes the earth.
Its people must pay the price for their sin.
They are destroyed by fire,
and only a few are left alive.

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Isa 24:13 - Throughout the earth the story is the same—
only a remnant is left,
like the stray olives left on the tree
or the few grapes left on the vine after harvest.

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Isa 24:14 - But all who are left shout and sing for joy.
Those in the west praise the LORD's majesty.

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Isa 25:9 - In that day the people will proclaim,
“This is our God!
We trusted in him, and he saved us!
This is the LORD, in whom we trusted.
Let us rejoice in the salvation he brings!”

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Isa 26:1 - In that day, everyone in the land of Judah will sing this song:
Our city is strong!
We are surrounded by the walls of God's salvation.

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Isa 26:8 - LORD, we show our trust in you by obeying your laws;
our heart's desire is to glorify your name.

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Isa 26:17 - Just as a pregnant woman
writhes and cries out in pain as she gives birth,
so were we in your presence, LORD.

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Isa 26:19 - But those who die in the LORD will live;
their bodies will rise again!
Those who sleep in the earth
will rise up and sing for joy!
For your life-giving light will fall like dew
on your people in the place of the dead!

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Isa 27:1 - In that day the LORD will take his terrible, swift sword and punish Leviathan,[fn] the swiftly moving serpent, the coiling, writhing serpent. He will kill the dragon of the sea.

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Isa 27:2 - “In that day,
sing about the fruitful vineyard.

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Isa 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.

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Isa 27:13 - In that day the great trumpet will sound. Many who were dying in exile in Assyria and Egypt will return to Jerusalem to worship the LORD on his holy mountain.

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Isa 28:2 - For the Lord will send a mighty army against it.
Like a mighty hailstorm and a torrential rain,
they will burst upon it like a surging flood
and smash it to the ground.

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Isa 28:5 - Then at last the LORD of Heaven's Armies
will himself be Israel's glorious crown.
He will be the pride and joy
of the remnant of his people.

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Isa 28:21 - The LORD will come as he did against the Philistines at Mount Perazim
and against the Amorites at Gibeon.
He will come to do a strange thing;
he will come to do an unusual deed:

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Isa 29:18 - In that day the deaf will hear words read from a book,
and the blind will see through the gloom and darkness.

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Isa 30:6 - This message came to me concerning the animals in the Negev:
The caravan moves slowly
across the terrible desert to Egypt—
donkeys weighed down with riches
and camels loaded with treasure—
all to pay for Egypt's protection.
They travel through the wilderness,
a place of lionesses and lions,
a place where vipers and poisonous snakes live.
All this, and Egypt will give you nothing in return.

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Isa 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.

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Isa 30:25 - In that day, when your enemies are slaughtered and the towers fall, there will be streams of water flowing down every mountain and hill.

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Isa 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.

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Isa 30:31 - At the LORD's command, the Assyrians will be shattered.
He will strike them down with his royal scepter.

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Isa 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.

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Isa 31:7 - I know the glorious day will come when each of you will throw away the gold idols and silver images your sinful hands have made.

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Isa 32:16 - Justice will rule in the wilderness
and righteousness in the fertile field.

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Isa 32:19 - Even if the forest should be destroyed
and the city torn down,

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Isa 34:6 - The sword of the LORD is drenched with blood
and covered with fat—
with the blood of lambs and goats,
with the fat of rams prepared for sacrifice.
Yes, the LORD will offer a sacrifice in the city of Bozrah.
He will make a mighty slaughter in Edom.

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Isa 35:4 - Say to those with fearful hearts,
“Be strong, and do not fear,
for your God is coming to destroy your enemies.
He is coming to save you.”

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Isa 35:6 - The lame will leap like a deer,
and those who cannot speak will sing for joy!
Springs will gush forth in the wilderness,
and streams will water the wasteland.

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Isa 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]

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Isa 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.

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Isa 37:7 - Listen! I myself will move against him,[fn] and the king will receive a message that he is needed at home. So he will return to his land, where I will have him killed with a sword.'”

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Isa 37:29 - And because of your raging against me
and your arrogance, which I have heard for myself,
I will put my hook in your nose
and my bit in your mouth.
I will make you return
by the same road on which you came.”

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Isa 37:31 - And you who are left in Judah,
who have escaped the ravages of the siege,
will put roots down in your own soil
and grow up and flourish.

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Isa 37:34 - The king will return to his own country
by the same road on which he came.
He will not enter this city,'
says the LORD.

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Isa 38:12 - My life has been blown away
like a shepherd's tent in a storm.
It has been cut short,
as when a weaver cuts cloth from a loom.
Suddenly, my life was over.

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Isa 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!

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Isa 40:9 - O Zion, messenger of good news,
shout from the mountaintops!
Shout it louder, O Jerusalem.[fn]
Shout, and do not be afraid.
Tell the towns of Judah,
“Your God is coming!”

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Isa 40:12 - Who else has held the oceans in his hand?
Who has measured off the heavens with his fingers?
Who else knows the weight of the earth
or has weighed the mountains and hills on a scale?

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Isa 41:10 - Don't be afraid, for I am with you.
Don't be discouraged, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you and help you.
I will hold you up with my victorious right hand.

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Isa 43:7 - Bring all who claim me as their God,
for I have made them for my glory.
It was I who created them.'”

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Isa 43:19 - For I am about to do something new.
See, I have already begun! Do you not see it?
I will make a pathway through the wilderness.
I will create rivers in the dry wasteland.

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Isa 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.

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Isa 44:18 - Such stupidity and ignorance!
Their eyes are closed, and they cannot see.
Their minds are shut, and they cannot think.

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Isa 44:19 - The person who made the idol never stops to reflect,
“Why, it's just a block of wood!
I burned half of it for heat
and used it to bake my bread and roast my meat.
How can the rest of it be a god?
Should I bow down to worship a piece of wood?”

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Isa 44:20 - The poor, deluded fool feeds on ashes.
He trusts something that can't help him at all.
Yet he cannot bring himself to ask,
“Is this idol that I'm holding in my hand a lie?”

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Isa 44:27 - When I speak to the rivers and say, ‘Dry up!'
they will be dry.

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Isa 45:10 - How terrible it would be if a newborn baby said to its father,
‘Why was I born?'
or if it said to its mother,
‘Why did you make me this way?'”

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Isa 45:12 - I am the one who made the earth
and created people to live on it.
With my hands I stretched out the heavens.
All the stars are at my command.

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Isa 46:8 - “Do not forget this! Keep it in mind!
Remember this, you guilty ones.

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Isa 47:7 - You said, ‘I will reign forever as queen of the world!'
You did not reflect on your actions
or think about their consequences.

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Isa 47:8 - “Listen to this, you pleasure-loving kingdom,
living at ease and feeling secure.
You say, ‘I am the only one, and there is no other.
I will never be a widow or lose my children.'

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Isa 47:9 - Well, both these things will come upon you in a moment:
widowhood and the loss of your children.
Yes, these calamities will come upon you,
despite all your witchcraft and magic.

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Isa 47:10 - “You felt secure in your wickedness.
‘No one sees me,' you said.
But your ‘wisdom' and ‘knowledge' have led you astray,
and you said, ‘I am the only one, and there is no other.'

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Isa 47:12 - “Now use your magical charms!
Use the spells you have worked at all these years!
Maybe they will do you some good.
Maybe they can make someone afraid of you.

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Isa 47:15 - And all your friends,
those with whom you've done business since childhood,
will go their own ways,
turning a deaf ear to your cries.

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Isa 49:2 - He made my words of judgment as sharp as a sword.
He has hidden me in the shadow of his hand.
I am like a sharp arrow in his quiver.

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Isa 49:21 - Then you will think to yourself,
‘Who has given me all these descendants?
For most of my children were killed,
and the rest were carried away into exile.
I was left here all alone.
Where did all these people come from?
Who bore these children?
Who raised them for me?'”

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Isa 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.

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Isa 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.

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Isa 51:7 - “Listen to me, you who know right from wrong,
you who cherish my law in your hearts.
Do not be afraid of people's scorn,
nor fear their insults.

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Isa 51:23 - Instead, I will hand that cup to your tormentors,
those who said, ‘We will trample you into the dust
and walk on your backs.'”

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Isa 52:6 - But I will reveal my name to my people, and they will come to know its power. Then at last they will recognize that I am the one who speaks to them.”

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Isa 52:8 - The watchmen shout and sing with joy,
for before their very eyes
they see the LORD returning to Jerusalem.[fn]

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Isa 53:1 - Who has believed our message?
To whom has the LORD revealed his powerful arm?

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Isa 53:6 - All of us, like sheep, have strayed away.
We have left God's paths to follow our own.
Yet the LORD laid on him
the sins of us all.

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Isa 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.

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Isa 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.

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Isa 54:5 - For your Creator will be your husband;
the LORD of Heaven's Armies is his name!
He is your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel,
the God of all the earth.

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Isa 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.

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Isa 56:11 - Like greedy dogs, they are never satisfied.
They are ignorant shepherds,
all following their own path
and intent on personal gain.

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Isa 57:1 - Good people pass away;
the godly often die before their time.
But no one seems to care or wonder why.
No one seems to understand
that God is protecting them from the evil to come.

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Isa 57:13 - Let's see if your idols can save you
when you cry to them for help.
Why, a puff of wind can knock them down!
If you just breathe on them, they fall over!
But whoever trusts in me will inherit the land
and possess my holy mountain.”

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Isa 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.

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Isa 59:16 - He was amazed to see that no one intervened
to help the oppressed.
So he himself stepped in to save them with his strong arm,
and his justice sustained him.

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Isa 60:3 - All nations will come to your light;
mighty kings will come to see your radiance.

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Isa 60:5 - Your eyes will shine,
and your heart will thrill with joy,
for merchants from around the world will come to you.
They will bring you the wealth of many lands.

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Isa 60:18 - Violence will disappear from your land;
the desolation and destruction of war will end.
Salvation will surround you like city walls,
and praise will be on the lips of all who enter there.

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Isa 61:1 - The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is upon me,
for the LORD has anointed me
to bring good news to the poor.
He has sent me to comfort the brokenhearted
and to proclaim that captives will be released
and prisoners will be freed.[fn]

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Isa 62:4 - Never again will you be called “The Forsaken City”[fn]
or “The Desolate Land.”[fn]
Your new name will be “The City of God's Delight”[fn]
and “The Bride of God,”[fn]
for the LORD delights in you
and will claim you as his bride.

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Isa 62:11 - The LORD has sent this message to every land:
“Tell the people of Israel,[fn]
‘Look, your Savior is coming.
See, he brings his reward with him as he comes.'”

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Isa 63:6 - I crushed the nations in my anger
and made them stagger and fall to the ground,
spilling their blood upon the earth.”

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Isa 63:12 - Where is the one whose power was displayed
when Moses lifted up his hand—
the one who divided the sea before them,
making himself famous forever?

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Isa 65:11 - “But because the rest of you have forsaken the LORD
and have forgotten his Temple,
and because you have prepared feasts to honor the god of Fate
and have offered mixed wine to the god of Destiny,

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Isa 66:5 - Hear this message from the LORD,
all you who tremble at his words:
“Your own people hate you
and throw you out for being loyal to my name.
‘Let the LORD be honored!' they scoff.
‘Be joyful in him!'
But they will be put to shame.

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Isa 66:16 - The LORD will punish the world by fire
and by his sword.
He will judge the earth,
and many will be killed by him.

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Jer 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]

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Jer 1:18 - For see, today I have made you strong
like a fortified city that cannot be captured,
like an iron pillar or a bronze wall.
You will stand against the whole land—
the kings, officials, priests, and people of Judah.

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Jer 2:6 - They did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD
who brought us safely out of Egypt
and led us through the barren wilderness—
a land of deserts and pits,
a land of drought and death,
where no one lives or even travels?'

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Jer 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.

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Jer 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]

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Jer 2:20 - “Long ago I broke the yoke that oppressed you
and tore away the chains of your slavery,
but still you said,
‘I will not serve you.'
On every hill and under every green tree,
you have prostituted yourselves by bowing down to idols.

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Jer 2:24 - You are like a wild donkey,
sniffing the wind at mating time.
Who can restrain her lust?
Those who desire her don't need to search,
for she goes running to them!

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Jer 2:28 - But why not call on these gods you have made?
When trouble comes, let them save you if they can!
For you have as many gods
as there are towns in Judah.

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Jer 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.”

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Jer 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.”

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Jer 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.

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Jer 5:19 - “And when your people ask, ‘Why did the LORD our God do all this to us?' you must reply, ‘You rejected him and gave yourselves to foreign gods in your own land. Now you will serve foreigners in a land that is not your own.'

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Jer 5:22 - Have you no respect for me?
Why don't you tremble in my presence?
I, the LORD, define the ocean's sandy shoreline
as an everlasting boundary that the waters cannot cross.
The waves may toss and roar,
but they can never pass the boundaries I set.

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Jer 5:24 - They do not say from the heart,
‘Let us live in awe of the LORD our God,
for he gives us rain each spring and fall,
assuring us of a harvest when the time is right.'

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Jer 6:3 - Enemies will surround you, like shepherds camped around the city.
Each chooses a place for his troops to devour.

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Jer 6:5 - ‘Well then, let's attack at night
and destroy her palaces!'”

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Jer 6:15 - Are they ashamed of their disgusting actions?
Not at all—they don't even know how to blush!
Therefore, they will lie among the slaughtered.
They will be brought down when I punish them,”
says the LORD.

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Jer 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,

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Jer 7:14 - So just as I destroyed Shiloh, I will now destroy this Temple that bears my name, this Temple that you trust in for help, this place that I gave to you and your ancestors.

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Jer 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!

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Jer 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!

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Jer 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.

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Jer 9:2 - [fn]Oh, that I could go away and forget my people
and live in a travelers' shack in the desert.
For they are all adulterers—
a pack of treacherous liars.

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Jer 9:23 - This is what the LORD says:
“Don't let the wise boast in their wisdom,
or the powerful boast in their power,
or the rich boast in their riches.

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Jer 9:26 - the Egyptians, Edomites, Ammonites, Moabites, the people who live in the desert in remote places,[fn] and yes, even the people of Judah. And like all these pagan nations, the people of Israel also have uncircumcised hearts.”

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Jer 10:12 - But God made the earth by his power,
and he preserves it by his wisdom.
With his own understanding
he stretched out the heavens.

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Jer 11:13 - Look now, people of Judah; you have as many gods as you have towns. You have as many altars of shame—altars for burning incense to your god Baal—as there are streets in Jerusalem.

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Jer 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.”

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Jer 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!

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Jer 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.

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Jer 13:4 - “Take the linen loincloth you are wearing, and go to the Euphrates River.[fn] Hide it there in a hole in the rocks.”

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Jer 13:22 - You may ask yourself,
“Why is all this happening to me?”
It is because of your many sins!
That is why you have been stripped
and raped by invading armies.

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Jer 15:10 - Then I said,
“What sorrow is mine, my mother.
Oh, that I had died at birth!
I am hated everywhere I go.
I am neither a lender who threatens to foreclose
nor a borrower who refuses to pay—
yet they all curse me.”

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Jer 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]”

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Jer 16:3 - For this is what the LORD says about the children born here in this city and about their mothers and fathers:

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Jer 17:6 - They are like stunted shrubs in the desert,
with no hope for the future.
They will live in the barren wilderness,
in an uninhabited salty land.

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Jer 17:21 - This is what the LORD says: Listen to my warning! Stop carrying on your trade at Jerusalem's gates on the Sabbath day.

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Jer 17:22 - Do not do your work on the Sabbath, but make it a holy day. I gave this command to your ancestors,

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Jer 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,

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Jer 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.'”

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Jer 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!

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Jer 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.'

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Jer 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.'”

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Jer 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,

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Jer 21:6 - I will send a terrible plague upon this city, and both people and animals will die.

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Jer 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.'

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Jer 21:9 - Everyone who stays in Jerusalem will die from war, famine, or disease, but those who go out and surrender to the Babylonians will live. Their reward will be life!

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Jer 22:8 - “People from many nations will pass by the ruins of this city and say to one another, ‘Why did the LORD destroy such a great city?'

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Jer 22:21 - I warned you when you were prosperous,
but you replied, ‘Don't bother me.'
You have been that way since childhood—
you simply will not obey me!

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Jer 23:15 - Therefore, this is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies says concerning the prophets:
“I will feed them with bitterness
and give them poison to drink.
For it is because of Jerusalem's prophets
that wickedness has filled this land.”

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Jer 23:22 - If they had stood before me and listened to me,
they would have spoken my words,
and they would have turned my people
from their evil ways and deeds.

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Jer 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.

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Jer 24:8 - “But the bad figs,” the LORD said, “represent King Zedekiah of Judah, his officials, all the people left in Jerusalem, and those who live in Egypt. I will treat them like bad figs, too rotten to eat.

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Jer 25:24 - I gave it to the kings of Arabia, the kings of the nomadic tribes of the desert,

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Jer 26:17 - Then some of the wise old men stood and spoke to all the people assembled there.

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Jer 27:5 - With my great strength and powerful arm I made the earth and all its people and every animal. I can give these things of mine to anyone I choose.

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Jer 29:1 - Jeremiah wrote a letter from Jerusalem to the elders, priests, prophets, and all the people who had been exiled to Babylon by King Nebuchadnezzar.

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Jer 29:22 - Their terrible fate will become proverbial, so that the Judean exiles will curse someone by saying, ‘May the LORD make you like Zedekiah and Ahab, whom the king of Babylon burned alive!'

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Jer 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.

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Jer 31:24 - Townspeople and farmers and shepherds alike will live together in peace and happiness.

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Jer 31:30 - All people will die for their own sins—those who eat the sour grapes will be the ones whose mouths will pucker.

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Jer 31:32 - This covenant will not be like the one I made with their ancestors when I took them by the hand and brought them out of the land of Egypt. They broke that covenant, though I loved them as a husband loves his wife,” says the LORD.

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Jer 32:12 - and I handed them to Baruch son of Neriah and grandson of Mahseiah. I did all this in the presence of my cousin Hanamel, the witnesses who had signed the deed, and all the men of Judah who were there in the courtyard of the guardhouse.

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Jer 32:15 - For this is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘Someday people will again own property here in this land and will buy and sell houses and vineyards and fields.'”

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Jer 32:17 - “O Sovereign LORD! You made the heavens and earth by your strong hand and powerful arm. Nothing is too hard for you!

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Jer 32:29 - The Babylonians outside the walls will come in and set fire to the city. They will burn down all these houses where the people provoked my anger by burning incense to Baal on the rooftops and by pouring out liquid offerings to other gods.

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Jer 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!

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Jer 32:41 - I will find joy doing good for them and will faithfully and wholeheartedly replant them in this land.

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Jer 32:43 - Fields will again be bought and sold in this land about which you now say, ‘It has been ravaged by the Babylonians, a desolate land where people and animals have all disappeared.'

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Jer 33:1 - While Jeremiah was still confined in the courtyard of the guard, the LORD gave him this second message:

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Jer 34:10 - The officials and all the people had obeyed the king's command,

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Jer 34:13 - “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I made a covenant with your ancestors long ago when I rescued them from their slavery in Egypt.

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Jer 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.

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Jer 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.

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Jer 37:21 - So King Zedekiah commanded that Jeremiah not be returned to the dungeon. Instead, he was imprisoned in the courtyard of the guard in the royal palace. The king also commanded that Jeremiah be given a loaf of fresh bread every day as long as there was any left in the city. So Jeremiah was put in the palace prison.

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Jer 38:2 - “This is what the LORD says: ‘Everyone who stays in Jerusalem will die from war, famine, or disease, but those who surrender to the Babylonians[fn] will live. Their reward will be life. They will live!'

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Jer 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!”

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Jer 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.

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Jer 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,

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Jer 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.”

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Jer 38:13 - they pulled him out. So Jeremiah was returned to the courtyard of the guard—the palace prison—where he remained.

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Jer 38:28 - And Jeremiah remained a prisoner in the courtyard of the guard until the day Jerusalem was captured.

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Jer 39:3 - All the officers of the Babylonian army came in and sat in triumph at the Middle Gate: Nergal-sharezer of Samgar, and Nebo-sarsekim,[fn] a chief officer, and Nergal-sharezer, the king's adviser, and all the other officers.

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Jer 39:15 - The LORD had given the following message to Jeremiah while he was still in prison:

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Jer 39:17 - but I will rescue you from those you fear so much.

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Jer 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.

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Jer 40:7 - The leaders of the Judean guerrilla bands in the countryside heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam as governor over the poor people who were left behind in Judah—the men, women, and children who hadn't been exiled to Babylon.

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Jer 40:9 - Gedaliah vowed to them that the Babylonians[fn] meant them no harm. “Don't be afraid to serve them. Live in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and all will go well for you,” he promised.

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Jer 40:11 - When the Judeans in Moab, Ammon, Edom, and the other nearby countries heard that the king of Babylon had left a few people in Judah and that Gedaliah was the governor,

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Jer 41:4 - The next day, before anyone had heard about Gedaliah's murder,

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Jer 41:18 - They were afraid of what the Babylonians[fn] would do when they heard that Ishmael had killed Gedaliah, the governor appointed by the Babylonian king.

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Jer 42:10 - ‘Stay here in this land. If you do, I will build you up and not tear you down; I will plant you and not uproot you. For I am sorry about all the punishment I have had to bring upon you.

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Jer 42:13 - “But if you refuse to obey the LORD your God, and if you say, ‘We will not stay here;

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Jer 42:17 - That is the fate awaiting every one of you who insists on going to live in Egypt. Yes, you will die from war, famine, and disease. None of you will escape the disaster I will bring upon you there.'

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Jer 43:5 - Johanan and the other leaders took with them all the people who had returned from the nearby countries to which they had fled.

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Jer 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!

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Jer 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.”

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Jer 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!”

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Jer 44:22 - It was because the LORD could no longer bear all the disgusting things you were doing that he made your land an object of cursing—a desolate ruin without inhabitants—as it is today.

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Jer 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!'

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Jer 46:2 - This message concerning Egypt was given in the fourth year of the reign of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, the king of Judah, on the occasion of the battle of Carchemish[fn] when Pharaoh Neco, king of Egypt, and his army were defeated beside the Euphrates River by King Nebuchadnezzar[fn] of Babylon.

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Jer 46:11 - “Go up to Gilead to get medicine,
O virgin daughter of Egypt!
But your many treatments
will bring you no healing.

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Jer 46:18 - “As surely as I live,” says the King,
whose name is the LORD of Heaven's Armies,
“one is coming against Egypt
who is as tall as Mount Tabor,
or as Mount Carmel by the sea!

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Jer 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]

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Jer 48:1 - This message was given concerning Moab. This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies, the God of Israel, says:
“What sorrow awaits the city of Nebo;
it will soon lie in ruins.
The city of Kiriathaim will be humiliated and captured;
the fortress will be humiliated and broken down.

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Jer 48:9 - Oh, that Moab had wings
so she could fly away,[fn]
for her towns will be left empty,
with no one living in them.

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Jer 48:11 - “From his earliest history, Moab has lived in peace,
never going into exile.
He is like wine that has been allowed to settle.
He has not been poured from flask to flask,
and he is now fragrant and smooth.

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Jer 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.

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Jer 49:7 - This message was given concerning Edom. This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies says:
“Is there no wisdom in Teman?
Is no one left to give wise counsel?

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Jer 49:22 - Look! The enemy swoops down like an eagle,
spreading his wings over Bozrah.
Even the mightiest warriors will be in anguish
like a woman in labor.

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Jer 49:23 - This message was given concerning Damascus. This is what the LORD says:
“The towns of Hamath and Arpad are struck with fear,
for they have heard the news of their destruction.
Their hearts are troubled
like a wild sea in a raging storm.

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Jer 49:28 - This message was given concerning Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor, which were attacked by King Nebuchadnezzar[fn] of Babylon. This is what the LORD says:
“Advance against Kedar!
Destroy the warriors from the East!

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Jer 49:30 - Run for your lives,” says the LORD.
“Hide yourselves in deep caves, you people of Hazor,
for King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon has plotted against you
and is preparing to destroy you.

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Jer 51:6 - Flee from Babylon! Save yourselves!
Don't get trapped in her punishment!
It is the LORD's time for vengeance;
he will repay her in full.

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Jer 51:8 - But suddenly Babylon, too, has fallen.
Weep for her.
Give her medicine.
Perhaps she can yet be healed.

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Jer 51:15 - The LORD made the earth by his power,
and he preserves it by his wisdom.
With his own understanding
he stretched out the heavens.

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Jer 51:24 - “I will repay Babylon
and the people of Babylonia[fn]
for all the wrong they have done
to my people in Jerusalem,” says the LORD.

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Jer 51:39 - And while they lie inflamed with all their wine,
I will prepare a different kind of feast for them.
I will make them drink until they fall asleep,
and they will never wake up again,”
says the LORD.

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Jer 51:52 - “Yes,” says the LORD, “but the time is coming
when I will destroy Babylon's idols.
The groans of her wounded people
will be heard throughout the land.

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Jer 52:1 - Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. His mother was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah from Libnah.

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Jer 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.

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Jer 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.

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Jer 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]

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Lam 1:19 - “I begged my allies for help,
but they betrayed me.
My priests and leaders
starved to death in the city,
even as they searched for food
to save their lives.

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Lam 2:5 - Yes, the Lord has vanquished Israel
like an enemy.
He has destroyed her palaces
and demolished her fortresses.
He has brought unending sorrow and tears
upon beautiful Jerusalem.

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Lam 4:20 - Our king—the LORD's anointed, the very life of our nation—
was caught in their snares.
We had thought that his shadow
would protect us against any nation on earth!

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Eze 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.

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Eze 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.

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Eze 3:6 - No, I am not sending you to people with strange and difficult speech. If I did, they would listen!

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Eze 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.

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Eze 3:19 - If you warn them and they refuse to repent and keep on sinning, they will die in their sins. But you will have saved yourself because you obeyed me.

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Eze 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.

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Eze 5:3 - Keep just a bit of the hair and tie it up in your robe.

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Eze 5:6 - but she has rebelled against my regulations and decrees and has been even more wicked than the surrounding nations. She has refused to obey the regulations and decrees I gave her to follow.

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Eze 6:6 - Wherever you live there will be desolation, and I will destroy your pagan shrines. Your altars will be demolished, your idols will be smashed, your places of worship will be torn down, and all the religious objects you have made will be destroyed.

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Eze 6:9 - Then when they are exiled among the nations, they will remember me. They will recognize how hurt I am by their unfaithful hearts and lustful eyes that long for their idols. Then at last they will hate themselves for all their detestable sins.

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Eze 6:11 - “This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Clap your hands in horror, and stamp your feet. Cry out because of all the detestable sins the people of Israel have committed. Now they are going to die from war and famine and disease.

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Eze 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.

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Eze 7:15 - There is war outside the city
and disease and famine within.
Those outside the city walls
will be killed by enemy swords.
Those inside the city
will die of famine and disease.

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Eze 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.

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Eze 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.

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Eze 9:11 - Then the man in linen clothing, who carried the writer's case, reported back and said, “I have done as you commanded.”

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Eze 11:2 - The Spirit said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who are planning evil and giving wicked counsel in this city.

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Eze 11:6 - You have murdered many in this city and filled its streets with the dead.

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Eze 12:13 - Then I will throw my net over him and capture him in my snare. I will bring him to Babylon, the land of the Babylonians,[fn] though he will never see it, and he will die there.

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Eze 14:14 - Even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were there, their righteousness would save no one but themselves, says the Sovereign LORD.

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Eze 14:20 - As surely as I live, says the Sovereign LORD, even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were there, they wouldn't be able to save their own sons or daughters. They alone would be saved by their righteousness.

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Eze 16:2 - “Son of man, confront Jerusalem with her detestable sins.

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Eze 16:3 - Give her this message from the Sovereign LORD: You are nothing but a Canaanite! Your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite.

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Eze 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.

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Eze 16:14 - Your fame soon spread throughout the world because of your beauty. I dressed you in my splendor and perfected your beauty, says the Sovereign LORD.

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Eze 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.

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Eze 16:34 - So you are the opposite of other prostitutes. You pay your lovers instead of their paying you!

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Eze 16:36 - This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Because you have poured out your lust and exposed yourself in prostitution to all your lovers, and because you have worshiped detestable idols,[fn] and because you have slaughtered your children as sacrifices to your gods,

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Eze 17:3 - Give them this message from the Sovereign LORD:
“A great eagle with broad wings and long feathers,
covered with many-colored plumage,
came to Lebanon.
He seized the top of a cedar tree

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Eze 17:20 - I will throw my net over him and capture him in my snare. I will bring him to Babylon and put him on trial for this treason against me.

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Eze 18:11 - And that son does all the evil things his father would never do—he worships idols on the mountains, commits adultery,

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Eze 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.

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Eze 18:22 - All their past sins will be forgotten, and they will live because of the righteous things they have done.

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Eze 19:4 - Then the nations heard about him,
and he was trapped in their pit.
They led him away with hooks
to the land of Egypt.

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Eze 19:13 - Now the vine is transplanted to the wilderness,
where the ground is hard and dry.

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Eze 20:5 - Give them this message from the Sovereign LORD: When I chose Israel—when I revealed myself to the descendants of Jacob in Egypt—I took a solemn oath that I, the LORD, would be their God.

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Eze 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.

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Eze 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.

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Eze 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.

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Eze 20:17 - Nevertheless, I took pity on them and held back from destroying them in the wilderness.

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Eze 20:18 - “Then I warned their children not to follow in their parents' footsteps, defiling themselves with their idols.

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Eze 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.

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Eze 20:23 - But I took a solemn oath against them in the wilderness. I swore I would scatter them among all the nations

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Eze 20:36 - I will judge you there just as I did your ancestors in the wilderness after bringing them out of Egypt, says the Sovereign LORD.

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Eze 21:7 - When they ask why you are groaning, tell them, ‘I groan because of the terrifying news I have heard. When it comes true, the boldest heart will melt with fear; all strength will disappear. Every spirit will faint; strong knees will become as weak as water. And the Sovereign LORD says: It is coming! It's on its way!'”

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Eze 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.

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Eze 21:30 - “Now return the sword to its sheath,
for in your own country,
the land of your birth,
I will pass judgment upon you.

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Eze 23:3 - They became prostitutes in Egypt. Even as young girls, they allowed men to fondle their breasts.

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Eze 23:16 - When she saw these paintings, she longed to give herself to them, so she sent messengers to Babylonia to invite them to come to her.

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Eze 23:17 - So they came and committed adultery with her, defiling her in the bed of love. After being defiled, however, she rejected them in disgust.

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Eze 23:31 - Because you have followed in your sister's footsteps, I will force you to drink the same cup of terror she drank.

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Eze 24:25 - Then the LORD said to me, “Son of man, on the day I take away their stronghold—their joy and glory, their heart's desire, their dearest treasure—I will also take away their sons and daughters.

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Eze 24:26 - And on that day a survivor from Jerusalem will come to you in Babylon and tell you what has happened.

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Eze 24:27 - And when he arrives, your voice will suddenly return so you can talk to him, and you will be a symbol for these people. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”

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Eze 25:4 - I will allow nomads from the eastern deserts to overrun your country. They will set up their camps among you and pitch their tents on your land. They will harvest all your fruit and drink the milk from your livestock.

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Eze 25:14 - I will accomplish this by the hand of my people of Israel. They will carry out my vengeance with anger, and Edom will know that this vengeance is from me. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken!

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Eze 26:15 - “This is what the Sovereign LORD says to Tyre: The whole coastline will tremble at the sound of your fall, as the screams of the wounded echo in the continuing slaughter.

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Eze 27:3 - that mighty gateway to the sea, the trading center of the world. Give Tyre this message from the Sovereign LORD:
“You boasted, O Tyre,
‘My beauty is perfect!'

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Eze 27:10 - “Men from distant Persia, Lydia, and Libya[fn] served in your great army. They hung their shields and helmets on your walls, giving you great honor.

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Eze 27:27 - Everything is lost—
your riches and wares,
your sailors and pilots,
your ship builders, merchants, and warriors.
On the day of your ruin,
everyone on board sinks into the depths of the sea.

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Eze 27:30 - They cry aloud over you
and weep bitterly.
They throw dust on their heads
and roll in ashes.

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Eze 28:3 - You regard yourself as wiser than Daniel
and think no secret is hidden from you.

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Eze 28:4 - With your wisdom and understanding you have amassed great wealth—
gold and silver for your treasuries.

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Eze 28:5 - Yes, your wisdom has made you very rich,
and your riches have made you very proud.

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Eze 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.

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Eze 29:7 - When Israel leaned on you,
you splintered and broke
and stabbed her in the armpit.
When she put her weight on you, you gave way,
and her back was thrown out of joint.

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Eze 29:14 - I will restore the prosperity of Egypt and bring its people back to the land of Pathros in southern Egypt from which they came. But Egypt will remain an unimportant, minor kingdom.

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Eze 29:18 - “Son of man, the army of King Nebuchadnezzar[fn] of Babylon fought so hard against Tyre that the warriors' heads were rubbed bare and their shoulders were raw and blistered. Yet Nebuchadnezzar and his army won no plunder to compensate them for all their work.

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Eze 29:19 - Therefore, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon. He will carry off its wealth, plundering everything it has so he can pay his army.

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Eze 29:21 - “And the day will come when I will cause the ancient glory of Israel to revive,[fn] and then, Ezekiel, your words will be respected. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”

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Eze 30:4 - A sword will come against Egypt,
and those who are slaughtered will cover the ground.
Its wealth will be carried away
and its foundations destroyed.
The land of Ethiopia[fn] will be ravished.

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Eze 30:9 - At that time I will send swift messengers in ships
to terrify the complacent Ethiopians.
Great panic will come upon them
on that day of Egypt's certain destruction.
Watch for it!
It is sure to come!

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Eze 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.

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Eze 32:2 - “Son of man, mourn for Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and give him this message:
“You think of yourself as a strong young lion among the nations,
but you are really just a sea monster,
heaving around in your own rivers,
stirring up mud with your feet.

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Eze 32:15 - And when I destroy Egypt
and strip you of everything you own
and strike down all your people,
then you will know that I am the LORD.

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Eze 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.

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Eze 33:3 - When the watchman sees the enemy coming, he sounds the alarm to warn the people.

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Eze 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.'

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Eze 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.

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Eze 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.

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Eze 33:13 - When I tell righteous people that they will live, but then they sin, expecting their past righteousness to save them, then none of their righteous acts will be remembered. I will destroy them for their sins.

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Eze 34:25 - “I will make a covenant of peace with my people and drive away the dangerous animals from the land. Then they will be able to camp safely in the wildest places and sleep in the woods without fear.

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Eze 35:14 - “This is what the Sovereign LORD says: The whole world will rejoice when I make you desolate.

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Eze 36:17 - “Son of man, when the people of Israel were living in their own land, they defiled it by the evil way they lived. To me their conduct was as unclean as a woman's menstrual cloth.

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Eze 37:17 - Now hold them together in your hand as if they were one piece of wood.

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Eze 37:19 - say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I will take Ephraim and the northern tribes and join them to Judah. I will make them one piece of wood in my hand.'

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Eze 37:20 - “Then hold out the pieces of wood you have inscribed, so the people can see them.

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Eze 37:22 - I will unify them into one nation on the mountains of Israel. One king will rule them all; no longer will they be divided into two nations or into two kingdoms.

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Eze 38:10 - “This is what the Sovereign LORD says: At that time evil thoughts will come to your mind, and you will devise a wicked scheme.

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Eze 38:14 - “Therefore, son of man, prophesy against Gog. Give him this message from the Sovereign LORD: When my people are living in peace in their land, then you will rouse yourself.[fn]

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Eze 38:18 - But this is what the Sovereign LORD says: When Gog invades the land of Israel, my fury will boil over!

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Eze 38:19 - In my jealousy and blazing anger, I promise a mighty shaking in the land of Israel on that day.

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Eze 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.

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Eze 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.

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Eze 40:3 - As he brought me nearer, I saw a man whose face shone like bronze standing beside a gateway entrance. He was holding in his hand a linen measuring cord and a measuring rod.

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Eze 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.

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Eze 40:20 - The man measured the gateway on the north just like the one on the east.

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Eze 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.

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Eze 40:44 - Inside the inner courtyard were two rooms,[fn] one beside the north gateway, facing south, and the other beside the south[fn] gateway, facing north.

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Eze 41:24 - each with two swinging doors.

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Eze 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.

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Eze 43:22 - “On the second day, sacrifice as a sin offering a young male goat that has no physical defects. Then cleanse and make atonement for the altar again, just as you did with the young bull.

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Eze 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.

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Eze 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.

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Eze 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.

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Eze 46:1 - “This is what the Sovereign LORD says: The east gateway of the inner courtyard will be closed during the six workdays each week, but it will be open on Sabbath days and the days of new moon celebrations.

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Eze 46:4 - “Each Sabbath day the prince will present to the LORD a burnt offering of six lambs and one ram, all with no defects.

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Eze 46:6 - At the new moon celebrations, he will bring one young bull, six lambs, and one ram, all with no defects.

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Eze 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.

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Eze 47:3 - Measuring as he went, he took me along the stream for 1,750 feet[fn] and then led me across. The water was up to my ankles.

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Eze 47:7 - When I returned, I was surprised by the sight of many trees growing on both sides of the river.

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Eze 47:11 - But the marshes and swamps will not be purified; they will still be salty.

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Eze 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.

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Eze 48:15 - “An additional strip of land 8⅓ miles long by 1⅔ miles wide,[fn] south of the sacred Temple area, will be allotted for public use—homes, pasturelands, and common lands, with a city at the center.

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Eze 48:17 - Open lands will surround the city for 150 yards[fn] in every direction.

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Dan 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]”

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Dan 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.

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Dan 1:20 - Whenever the king consulted them in any matter requiring wisdom and balanced judgment, he found them ten times more capable than any of the magicians and enchanters in his entire kingdom.

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Dan 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.

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Dan 2:38 - He has made you the ruler over all the inhabited world and has put even the wild animals and birds under your control. You are the head of gold.

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Dan 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.

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Dan 3:5 - When you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipes, and other musical instruments,[fn] bow to the ground to worship King Nebuchadnezzar's gold statue.

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Dan 3:6 - Anyone who refuses to obey will immediately be thrown into a blazing furnace.”

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Dan 3:7 - So at the sound of the musical instruments,[fn] all the people, whatever their race or nation or language, bowed to the ground and worshiped the gold statue that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.

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Dan 3:11 - That decree also states that those who refuse to obey must be thrown into a blazing furnace.

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Dan 3:12 - But there are some Jews—Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego—whom you have put in charge of the province of Babylon. They pay no attention to you, Your Majesty. They refuse to serve your gods and do not worship the gold statue you have set up.”

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Dan 3:14 - Nebuchadnezzar said to them, “Is it true, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, that you refuse to serve my gods or to worship the gold statue I have set up?

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Dan 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?”

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Dan 3:18 - But even if he doesn't, we want to make it clear to you, Your Majesty, that we will never serve your gods or worship the gold statue you have set up.”

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Dan 3:30 - Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego to even higher positions in the province of Babylon.

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Dan 4:1 - [fn]King Nebuchadnezzar sent this message to the people of every race and nation and language throughout the world: “Peace and prosperity to you!

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Dan 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.

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Dan 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.”

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Dan 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.

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Dan 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?'

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Dan 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.

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Dan 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,

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Dan 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!”

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Dan 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.

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Dan 5:16 - I am told that you can give interpretations and solve difficult problems. If you can read these words and tell me their meaning, you will be clothed in purple robes of royal honor, and you will have a gold chain placed around your neck. You will become the third highest ruler in the kingdom.”

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Dan 5:29 - Then at Belshazzar's command, Daniel was dressed in purple robes, a gold chain was hung around his neck, and he was proclaimed the third highest ruler in the kingdom.

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Dan 5:30 - That very night Belshazzar, the Babylonian[fn] king, was killed.[fn]

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Dan 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.

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Dan 6:25 - Then King Darius sent this message to the people of every race and nation and language throughout the world: “Peace and prosperity to you!

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Dan 6:28 - So Daniel prospered during the reign of Darius and the reign of Cyrus the Persian.[fn]

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Dan 7:15 - I, Daniel, was troubled by all I had seen, and my visions terrified me.

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Dan 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.

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Dan 7:23 - Then he said to me, “This fourth beast is the fourth world power that will rule the earth. It will be different from all the others. It will devour the whole world, trampling and crushing everything in its path.

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Dan 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.

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Dan 8:2 - In this vision I was at the fortress of Susa, in the province of Elam, standing beside the Ulai River.[fn]

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Dan 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.

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Dan 8:24 - He will become very strong, but not by his own power. He will cause a shocking amount of destruction and succeed in everything he does. He will destroy powerful leaders and devastate the holy people.

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Dan 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.

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Dan 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.

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Dan 9:21 - As I was praying, Gabriel, whom I had seen in the earlier vision, came swiftly to me at the time of the evening sacrifice.

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Dan 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.

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Dan 10:1 - In the third year of the reign of King Cyrus of Persia,[fn] Daniel (also known as Belteshazzar) had another vision. He understood that the vision concerned events certain to happen in the future—times of war and great hardship.

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Dan 10:11 - And the man said to me, “Daniel, you are very precious to God, so listen carefully to what I have to say to you. Stand up, for I have been sent to you.” When he said this to me, I stood up, still trembling.

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Dan 10:16 - Then the one who looked like a man[fn] touched my lips, and I opened my mouth and began to speak. I said to the one standing in front of me, “I am filled with anguish because of the vision I have seen, my lord, and I am very weak.

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Dan 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]

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Dan 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.

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Dan 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.

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Hos 1:5 - I will break its military power in the Jezreel Valley.”

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Hos 2:1 - [fn]“In that day you will call your brothers Ammi—‘My people.' And you will call your sisters Ruhamah—‘The ones I love.'[fn]

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Hos 2:8 - She doesn't realize it was I who gave her everything she has—
the grain, the new wine, the olive oil;
I even gave her silver and gold.
But she gave all my gifts to Baal.

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Hos 2:16 - When that day comes,” says the LORD,
“you will call me ‘my husband'
instead of ‘my master.'[fn]

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Hos 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.

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Hos 2:21 - “In that day, I will answer,”
says the LORD.
“I will answer the sky as it pleads for clouds.
And the sky will answer the earth with rain.

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Hos 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.

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Hos 6:2 - In just a short time he will restore us,
so that we may live in his presence.

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Hos 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.”

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Hos 7:1 - “I want to heal Israel,[fn] but its sins are too great.
Samaria is filled with liars.
Thieves are on the inside
and bandits on the outside!

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Hos 7:2 - Its people don't realize
that I am watching them.
Their sinful deeds are all around them,
and I see them all.

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Hos 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]

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Hos 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.

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Hos 10:6 - This idol will be carted away to Assyria,
a gift to the great king there.
Ephraim will be ridiculed and Israel will be shamed,
because its people have trusted in this idol.

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Hos 12:3 - Even in the womb,
Jacob struggled with his brother;
when he became a man,
he even fought with God.

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Hos 13:1 - When the tribe of Ephraim spoke,
the people shook with fear,
for that tribe was important in Israel.
But the people of Ephraim sinned by worshiping Baal
and thus sealed their destruction.

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Hos 13:5 - I took care of you in the wilderness,
in that dry and thirsty land.

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Hos 13:9 - “You are about to be destroyed, O Israel—
yes, by me, your only helper.

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Joe 2:7 - The attackers march like warriors
and scale city walls like soldiers.
Straight forward they march,
never breaking rank.

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Joe 3:14 - Thousands upon thousands are waiting in the valley of decision.
There the day of the LORD will soon arrive.

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Joe 3:18 - In that day the mountains will drip with sweet wine,
and the hills will flow with milk.
Water will fill the streambeds of Judah,
and a fountain will burst forth from the LORD's Temple,
watering the arid valley of acacias.[fn]

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Joe 3:19 - But Egypt will become a wasteland
and Edom will become a wilderness,
because they attacked the people of Judah
and killed innocent people in their land.

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Amo 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.

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Amo 2:16 - On that day the most courageous of your fighting men
will drop their weapons and run for their lives,”
says the LORD.

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Amo 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.

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Amo 4:10 - “I sent plagues on you
like the plagues I sent on Egypt long ago.
I killed your young men in war
and led all your horses away.[fn]
The stench of death filled the air!
But still you would not return to me,”
says the LORD.

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Amo 5:25 - “Was it to me you were bringing sacrifices and offerings during the forty years in the wilderness, Israel?

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Amo 6:6 - You drink wine by the bowlful
and perfume yourselves with fragrant lotions.
You care nothing about the ruin of your nation.[fn]

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Amo 6:13 - And you brag about your conquest of Lo-debar.[fn]
You boast, “Didn't we take Karnaim[fn] by our own strength?”

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Amo 7:7 - Then he showed me another vision. I saw the Lord standing beside a wall that had been built using a plumb line. He was using a plumb line to see if it was still straight.

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Amo 7:17 - But this is what the LORD says:
‘Your wife will become a prostitute in this city,
and your sons and daughters will be killed.
Your land will be divided up,
and you yourself will die in a foreign land.
And the people of Israel will certainly become captives in exile,
far from their homeland.'”

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Amo 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!”

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Amo 8:9 - “In that day,” says the Sovereign LORD,
“I will make the sun go down at noon
and darken the earth while it is still day.

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Amo 8:13 - Beautiful girls and strong young men
will grow faint in that day,
thirsting for the LORD's word.

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Amo 9:4 - Even if their enemies drive them into exile,
I will command the sword to kill them there.
I am determined to bring disaster upon them
and not to help them.”

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Amo 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.

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Oba 1:1 - This is the vision that the Sovereign LORD revealed to Obadiah concerning the land of Edom.
We have heard a message from the LORD
that an ambassador was sent to the nations to say,
“Get ready, everyone!
Let's assemble our armies and attack Edom!”

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Oba 1:8 - At that time not a single wise person
will be left in the whole land of Edom,”
says the LORD.
“For on the mountains of Edom
I will destroy everyone who has understanding.

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Oba 1:19 - “Then my people living in the Negev
will occupy the mountains of Edom.
Those living in the foothills of Judah[fn]
will possess the Philistine plains
and take over the fields of Ephraim and Samaria.
And the people of Benjamin
will occupy the land of Gilead.

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Jon 1:4 - But the LORD hurled a powerful wind over the sea, causing a violent storm that threatened to break the ship apart.

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Jon 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.

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Jon 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.

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Jon 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.

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Jon 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.

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Jon 4:5 - Then Jonah went out to the east side of the city and made a shelter to sit under as he waited to see what would happen to the city.

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Jon 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.

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Jon 4:7 - But God also arranged for a worm! The next morning at dawn the worm ate through the stem of the plant so that it withered away.

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Jon 4:9 - Then God said to Jonah, “Is it right for you to be angry because the plant died?”
“Yes,” Jonah retorted, “even angry enough to die!”

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Mic 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.

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Mic 2:1 - What sorrow awaits you who lie awake at night,
thinking up evil plans.
You rise at dawn and hurry to carry them out,
simply because you have the power to do so.

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Mic 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]”

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Mic 4:6 - “In that coming day,” says the LORD,
“I will gather together those who are lame,
those who have been exiles,
and those whom I have filled with grief.

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Mic 4:8 - As for you, Jerusalem,
the citadel of God's people,[fn]
your royal might and power
will come back to you again.
The kingship will be restored
to my precious Jerusalem.

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Mic 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.

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Mic 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.

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Mic 5:10 - “In that day,” says the LORD,
“I will slaughter your horses
and destroy your chariots.

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Mic 6:9 - Fear the LORD if you are wise!
His voice calls to everyone in Jerusalem:
“The armies of destruction are coming;
the LORD is sending them.[fn]

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Nah 2:1 - [fn]Your enemy is coming to crush you, Nineveh.
Man the ramparts! Watch the roads!
Prepare your defenses! Call out your forces!

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Nah 2:5 - The king shouts to his officers;
they stumble in their haste,
rushing to the walls to set up their defenses.

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Nah 3:4 - All this because Nineveh,
the beautiful and faithless city,
mistress of deadly charms,
enticed the nations with her beauty.
She taught them all her magic,
enchanting people everywhere.

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Nah 3:19 - There is no healing for your wound;
your injury is fatal.
All who hear of your destruction
will clap their hands for joy.
Where can anyone be found
who has not suffered from your continual cruelty?

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Hab 1:16 - Then they will worship their nets
and burn incense in front of them.
“These nets are the gods who have made us rich!”
they will claim.

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Hab 3:11 - The sun and moon stood still in the sky
as your brilliant arrows flew
and your glittering spear flashed.

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Hab 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.)

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Zep 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.

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Zep 1:9 - Yes, I will punish those who participate in pagan worship ceremonies,
and those who fill their masters' houses with violence and deceit.

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Zep 1:10 - “On that day,” says the LORD,
“a cry of alarm will come from the Fish Gate
and echo throughout the New Quarter of the city.[fn]
And a great crash will sound from the hills.

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Zep 1:12 - “I will search with lanterns in Jerusalem's darkest corners
to punish those who sit complacent in their sins.
They think the LORD will do nothing to them,
either good or bad.

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Zep 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.

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Zep 3:16 - On that day the announcement to Jerusalem will be,
“Cheer up, Zion! Don't be afraid!

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Zep 3:17 - For the LORD your God is living among you.
He is a mighty savior.
He will take delight in you with gladness.
With his love, he will calm all your fears.[fn]
He will rejoice over you with joyful songs.”

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Zep 3:19 - And I will deal severely with all who have oppressed you.
I will save the weak and helpless ones;
I will bring together
those who were chased away.
I will give glory and fame to my former exiles,
wherever they have been mocked and shamed.

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Hag 1:15 - on September 21[fn] of the second year of King Darius's reign.

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Hag 2:3 - ‘Does anyone remember this house—this Temple—in its former splendor? How, in comparison, does it look to you now? It must seem like nothing at all!

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Hag 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!”

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Zec 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.

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Zec 2:1 - [fn]When I looked again, I saw a man with a measuring line in his hand.

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Zec 2:11 - Many nations will join themselves to the LORD on that day, and they, too, will be my people. I will live among you, and you will know that the LORD of Heaven's Armies sent me to you.

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Zec 3:10 - “And on that day, says the LORD of Heaven's Armies, each of you will invite your neighbor to sit with you peacefully under your own grapevine and fig tree.”

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Zec 5:6 - “What is it?” I asked.
He replied, “It is a basket for measuring grain,[fn] and it's filled with the sins[fn] of everyone throughout the land.”

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Zec 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.

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Zec 8:4 - “This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies says: Once again old men and women will walk Jerusalem's streets with their canes and will sit together in the city squares.

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Zec 9:16 - On that day the LORD their God will rescue his people,
just as a shepherd rescues his sheep.
They will sparkle in his land
like jewels in a crown.

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Zec 11:11 - That was the end of my covenant with them. The suffering flock was watching me, and they knew that the LORD was speaking through my actions.

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Zec 12:2 - I will make Jerusalem like an intoxicating drink that makes the nearby nations stagger when they send their armies to besiege Jerusalem and Judah.

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Zec 12:3 - On that day I will make Jerusalem an immovable rock. All the nations will gather against it to try to move it, but they will only hurt themselves.

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Zec 12:4 - “On that day,” says the LORD, “I will cause every horse to panic and every rider to lose his nerve. I will watch over the people of Judah, but I will blind all the horses of their enemies.

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Zec 12:6 - “On that day I will make the clans of Judah like a flame that sets a woodpile ablaze or like a burning torch among sheaves of grain. They will burn up all the neighboring nations right and left, while the people living in Jerusalem remain secure.

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Zec 12:8 - On that day the LORD will defend the people of Jerusalem; the weakest among them will be as mighty as King David! And the royal descendants will be like God, like the angel of the LORD who goes before them!

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Zec 12:9 - For on that day I will begin to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.

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Zec 12:11 - The sorrow and mourning in Jerusalem on that day will be like the great mourning for Hadad-rimmon in the valley of Megiddo.

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Zec 13:1 - “On that day a fountain will be opened for the dynasty of David and for the people of Jerusalem, a fountain to cleanse them from all their sins and impurity.

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Zec 13:2 - “And on that day,” says the LORD of Heaven's Armies, “I will erase idol worship throughout the land, so that even the names of the idols will be forgotten. I will remove from the land both the false prophets and the spirit of impurity that came with them.

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Zec 13:4 - “On that day people will be ashamed to claim the prophetic gift. No one will pretend to be a prophet by wearing prophet's clothes.

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Zec 13:8 - Two-thirds of the people in the land
will be cut off and die,” says the LORD.
“But one-third will be left in the land.

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Zec 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.

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Zec 14:6 - On that day the sources of light will no longer shine,[fn]

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Zec 14:8 - On that day life-giving waters will flow out from Jerusalem, half toward the Dead Sea and half toward the Mediterranean,[fn] flowing continuously in both summer and winter.

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Zec 14:9 - And the LORD will be king over all the earth. On that day there will be one LORD—his name alone will be worshiped.

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Zec 14:13 - On that day they will be terrified, stricken by the LORD with great panic. They will fight their neighbors hand to hand.

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Zec 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.

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Zec 14:21 - In fact, every cooking pot in Jerusalem and Judah will be holy to the LORD of Heaven's Armies. All who come to worship will be free to use any of these pots to boil their sacrifices. And on that day there will no longer be traders[fn] in the Temple of the LORD of Heaven's Armies.

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Mal 3:2 - “But who will be able to endure it when he comes? Who will be able to stand and face him when he appears? For he will be like a blazing fire that refines metal, or like a strong soap that bleaches clothes.

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Mal 4:3 - On the day when I act, you will tread upon the wicked as if they were dust under your feet,” says the LORD of Heaven's Armies.

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Occurrences: 2 times in 2 verses

Speech: Demonstrative Pronoun

Parsing: Dative Feminine Singular

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Isa 8:11 - The LORD has given me a strong warning not to think like everyone else does. He said,

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