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T-DSM

Occurrences: 3974 times in 3079 verses

Speech: Definite article

Parsing: Dative Singular Masculine

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Gen 2:9 - The LORD God made all sorts of trees grow up from the ground—trees that were beautiful and that produced delicious fruit. In the middle of the garden he placed the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

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Gen 2:11 - The first branch, called the Pishon, flowed around the entire land of Havilah, where gold is found.

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Gen 2:13 - The second branch, called the Gihon, flowed around the entire land of Cush.

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Gen 2:15 - The LORD God placed the man in the Garden of Eden to tend and watch over it.

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Gen 2:16 - But the LORD God warned him, “You may freely eat the fruit of every tree in the garden—

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Gen 2:20 - He gave names to all the livestock, all the birds of the sky, and all the wild animals. But still there was no helper just right for him.

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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 3:2 - “Of course we may eat fruit from the trees in the garden,” the woman replied.

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Gen 3:6 - The woman was convinced. She saw that the tree was beautiful and its fruit looked delicious, and she wanted the wisdom it would give her. So she took some of the fruit and ate it. Then she gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it, too.

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Gen 3:8 - When the cool evening breezes were blowing, the man[fn] and his wife heard the LORD God walking about in the garden. So they hid from the LORD God among the trees.

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Gen 3:10 - He replied, “I heard you walking in the garden, so I hid. I was afraid because I was naked.”

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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 3:17 - And to the man he said,
“Since you listened to your wife and ate from the tree
whose fruit I commanded you not to eat,
the ground is cursed because of you.
All your life you will struggle to scratch a living from it.

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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 4:3 - When it was time for the harvest, Cain presented some of his crops as a gift to the LORD.

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Gen 4:6 - “Why are you so angry?” the LORD asked Cain. “Why do you look so dejected?

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Gen 4:15 - The LORD replied, “No, for I will give a sevenfold punishment to anyone who kills you.” Then the LORD put a mark on Cain to warn anyone who might try to kill him.

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Gen 4:18 - Enoch had a son named Irad. Irad became the father of[fn] Mehujael. Mehujael became the father of Methushael. Methushael became the father of Lamech.

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Gen 4:21 - His brother's name was Jubal, the first of all who play the harp and flute.

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Gen 4:26 - When Seth grew up, he had a son and named him Enosh. At that time people first began to worship the LORD by name.

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Gen 5:22 - After the birth of Methuselah, Enoch lived in close fellowship with God for another 300 years, and he had other sons and daughters.

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Gen 5:24 - walking in close fellowship with God. Then one day he disappeared, because God took him.

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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 7:16 - A male and female of each kind entered, just as God had commanded Noah. Then the LORD closed the door behind them.

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Gen 8:4 - exactly five months from the time the flood began,[fn] the boat came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.

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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 8:14 - Two more months went by,[fn] and at last the earth was dry!

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Gen 8:15 - Then God said to Noah,

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Gen 8:20 - Then Noah built an altar to the LORD, and there he sacrificed as burnt offerings the animals and birds that had been approved for that purpose.[fn]

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Gen 9:8 - Then God told Noah and his sons,

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Gen 9:17 - Then God said to Noah, “Yes, this rainbow is the sign of the covenant I am confirming with all the creatures on earth.”

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Gen 9:21 - One day he drank some wine he had made, and he became drunk and lay naked inside his tent.

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Gen 9:27 - May God expand the territory of Japheth!
May Japheth share the prosperity of Shem,[fn]
and may Canaan be his servant.”

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Gen 10:21 - Sons were also born to Shem, the older brother of Japheth.[fn] Shem was the ancestor of all the descendants of Eber.

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Gen 10:25 - Eber had two sons. The first was named Peleg (which means “division”), for during his lifetime the people of the world were divided into different language groups. His brother's name was Joktan.

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Gen 11:3 - They began saying to each other, “Let's make bricks and harden them with fire.” (In this region bricks were used instead of stone, and tar was used for mortar.)

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Gen 12:1 - The LORD had said to Abram, “Leave your native country, your relatives, and your father's family, and go to the land that I will show you.

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Gen 12:7 - Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your descendants.[fn]” And Abram built an altar there and dedicated it to the LORD, who had appeared to him.

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Gen 12:8 - After that, Abram traveled south and set up camp in the hill country, with Bethel to the west and Ai to the east. There he built another altar and dedicated it to the LORD, and he worshiped the LORD.

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Gen 12:16 - Then Pharaoh gave Abram many gifts because of her—sheep, goats, cattle, male and female donkeys, male and female servants, and camels.

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Gen 13:5 - Lot, who was traveling with Abram, had also become very wealthy with flocks of sheep and goats, herds of cattle, and many tents.

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Gen 13:8 - Finally Abram said to Lot, “Let's not allow this conflict to come between us or our herdsmen. After all, we are close relatives!

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Gen 13:14 - After Lot had gone, the LORD said to Abram, “Look as far as you can see in every direction—north and south, east and west.

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Gen 14:4 - For twelve years they had been subject to King Kedorlaomer, but in the thirteenth year they rebelled against him.

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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 14:19 - Melchizedek blessed Abram with this blessing:
“Blessed be Abram by God Most High,
Creator of heaven and earth.

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Gen 15:6 - And Abram believed the LORD, and the LORD counted him as righteous because of his faith.

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Gen 15:12 - As the sun was going down, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and a terrifying darkness came down over him.

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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 16:3 - So Sarai, Abram's wife, took Hagar the Egyptian servant and gave her to Abram as a wife. (This happened ten years after Abram had settled in the land of Canaan.)

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Gen 16:15 - So Hagar gave Abram a son, and Abram named him Ishmael.

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Gen 16:16 - Abram was eighty-six years old when Ishmael was born.

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Gen 17:1 - When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am El-Shaddai—‘God Almighty.' Serve me faithfully and live a blameless life.

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Gen 17:15 - Then God said to Abraham, “Regarding Sarai, your wife—her name will no longer be Sarai. From now on her name will be Sarah.[fn]

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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 17:19 - But God replied, “No—Sarah, your wife, will give birth to a son for you. You will name him Isaac,[fn] and I will confirm my covenant with him and his descendants as an everlasting covenant.

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Gen 17:21 - But my covenant will be confirmed with Isaac, who will be born to you and Sarah about this time next year.”

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Gen 17:23 - On that very day Abraham took his son, Ishmael, and every male in his household, including those born there and those he had bought. Then he circumcised them, cutting off their foreskins, just as God had told him.

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Gen 17:26 - Both Abraham and his son, Ishmael, were circumcised on that same day,

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Gen 18:7 - Then Abraham ran out to the herd and chose a tender calf and gave it to his servant, who quickly prepared it.

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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 18:19 - I have singled him out so that he will direct his sons and their families to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just. Then I will do for Abraham all that I have promised.”

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Gen 18:33 - When the LORD had finished his conversation with Abraham, he went on his way, and Abraham returned to his tent.

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Gen 20:7 - Now return the woman to her husband, and he will pray for you, for he is a prophet. Then you will live. But if you don't return her to him, you can be sure that you and all your people will die.”

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Gen 20:10 - Whatever possessed you to do such a thing?”

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Gen 20:11 - Abraham replied, “I thought, ‘This is a godless place. They will want my wife and will kill me to get her.'

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Gen 20:14 - Then Abimelech took some of his sheep and goats, cattle, and male and female servants, and he presented them to Abraham. He also returned his wife, Sarah, to him.

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Gen 20:15 - Then Abimelech said, “Look over my land and choose any place where you would like to live.”

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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 20:18 - For the LORD had caused all the women to be infertile because of what happened with Abraham's wife, Sarah.

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Gen 21:2 - She became pregnant, and she gave birth to a son for Abraham in his old age. This happened at just the time God had said it would.

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Gen 21:7 - Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse a baby? Yet I have given Abraham a son in his old age!”

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Gen 21:9 - But Sarah saw Ishmael—the son of Abraham and her Egyptian servant Hagar—making fun of her son, Isaac.[fn]

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Gen 21:10 - So she turned to Abraham and demanded, “Get rid of that slave woman and her son. He is not going to share the inheritance with my son, Isaac. I won't have it!”

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Gen 21:12 - But God told Abraham, “Do not be upset over the boy and your servant. Do whatever Sarah tells you, for Isaac is the son through whom your descendants will be counted.

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Gen 21:22 - About this time, Abimelech came with Phicol, his army commander, to visit Abraham. “God is obviously with you, helping you in everything you do,” Abimelech said.

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Gen 21:27 - Abraham then gave some of his sheep, goats, and cattle to Abimelech, and they made a treaty.

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Gen 21:29 - Abimelech asked, “Why have you set these seven apart from the others?”

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Gen 22:6 - So Abraham placed the wood for the burnt offering on Isaac's shoulders, while he himself carried the fire and the knife. As the two of them walked on together,

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Gen 22:20 - Soon after this, Abraham heard that Milcah, his brother Nahor's wife, had borne Nahor eight sons.

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Gen 22:23 - (Bethuel became the father of Rebekah.) In addition to these eight sons from Milcah,

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Gen 23:7 - Then Abraham bowed low before the Hittites

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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 23:13 - and he replied to Ephron as everyone listened. “No, listen to me. I will buy it from you. Let me pay the full price for the field so I can bury my dead there.”

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Gen 23:14 - Ephron answered Abraham,

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Gen 23:16 - So Abraham agreed to Ephron's price and paid the amount he had suggested—400 pieces of silver, weighed according to the market standard. The Hittite elders witnessed the transaction.

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Gen 23:17 - So Abraham bought the plot of land belonging to Ephron at Machpelah, near Mamre. This included the field itself, the cave that was in it, and all the surrounding trees.

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Gen 23:18 - It was transferred to Abraham as his permanent possession in the presence of the Hittite elders at the city gate.

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Gen 23:20 - So the field and the cave were transferred from the Hittites to Abraham for use as a permanent burial place.

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Gen 24:2 - One day Abraham said to his oldest servant, the man in charge of his household, “Take an oath by putting your hand under my thigh.

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Gen 24:3 - Swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and earth, that you will not allow my son to marry one of these local Canaanite women.

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Gen 24:4 - Go instead to my homeland, to my relatives, and find a wife there for my son Isaac.”

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Gen 24:7 - For the LORD, the God of heaven, who took me from my father's house and my native land, solemnly promised to give this land to my descendants.[fn] He will send his angel ahead of you, and he will see to it that you find a wife there for my son.

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Gen 24:14 - This is my request. I will ask one of them, ‘Please give me a drink from your jug.' If she says, ‘Yes, have a drink, and I will water your camels, too!'—let her be the one you have selected as Isaac's wife. This is how I will know that you have shown unfailing love to my master.”

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Gen 24:23 - “Whose daughter are you?” he asked. “And please tell me, would your father have any room to put us up for the night?”

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Gen 24:24 - “I am the daughter of Bethuel,” she replied. “My grandparents are Nahor and Milcah.

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Gen 24:36 - “When Sarah, my master's wife, was very old, she gave birth to my master's son, and my master has given him everything he owns.

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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 24:38 - Go instead to my father's house, to my relatives, and find a wife there for my son.'

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Gen 24:39 - “But I said to my master, ‘What if I can't find a young woman who is willing to go back with me?'

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Gen 24:40 - He responded, ‘The LORD, in whose presence I have lived, will send his angel with you and will make your mission successful. Yes, you must find a wife for my son from among my relatives, from my father's family.

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Gen 24:44 - If she says, “Yes, have a drink, and I will draw water for your camels, too,” let her be the one you have selected to be the wife of my master's son.'

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Gen 24:48 - “Then I bowed low and worshiped the LORD. I praised the LORD, the God of my master, Abraham, because he had led me straight to my master's niece to be his son's wife.

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Gen 24:51 - Here is Rebekah; take her and go. Yes, let her be the wife of your master's son, as the LORD has directed.”

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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 24:65 - “Who is that man walking through the fields to meet us?” she asked the servant.
And he replied, “It is my master.” So Rebekah covered her face with her veil.

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Gen 24:66 - Then the servant told Isaac everything he had done.

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Gen 25:5 - Abraham gave everything he owned to his son Isaac.

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Gen 25:12 - This is the account of the family of Ishmael, the son of Abraham through Hagar, Sarah's Egyptian servant.

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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 25:30 - Esau said to Jacob, “I'm starved! Give me some of that red stew!” (This is how Esau got his other name, Edom, which means “red.”)

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Gen 25:31 - “All right,” Jacob replied, “but trade me your rights as the firstborn son.”

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Gen 25:33 - But Jacob said, “First you must swear that your birthright is mine.” So Esau swore an oath, thereby selling all his rights as the firstborn to his brother, Jacob.

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Gen 25:34 - Then Jacob gave Esau some bread and lentil stew. Esau ate the meal, then got up and left. He showed contempt for his rights as the firstborn.

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Gen 26:1 - A severe famine now struck the land, as had happened before in Abraham's time. So Isaac moved to Gerar, where Abimelech, king of the Philistines, lived.

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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 26:11 - Then Abimelech issued a public proclamation: “Anyone who touches this man or his wife will be put to death!”

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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 26:15 - So the Philistines filled up all of Isaac's wells with dirt. These were the wells that had been dug by the servants of his father, Abraham.

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Gen 26:31 - Early the next morning, they each took a solemn oath not to interfere with each other. Then Isaac sent them home again, and they left him in peace.

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

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Gen 27:5 - But Rebekah overheard what Isaac had said to his son Esau. So when Esau left to hunt for the wild game,

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Gen 27:9 - Go out to the flocks, and bring me two fine young goats. I'll use them to prepare your father's favorite dish.

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Gen 27:10 - Then take the food to your father so he can eat it and bless you before he dies.”

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Gen 27:15 - Then she took Esau's favorite clothes, which were there in the house, and gave them to her younger son, Jacob.

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Gen 27:18 - So Jacob took the food to his father. “My father?” he said.
“Yes, my son,” Isaac answered. “Who are you—Esau or Jacob?”

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Gen 27:19 - Jacob replied, “It's Esau, your firstborn son. I've done as you told me. Here is the wild game. Now sit up and eat it so you can give me your blessing.”

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Gen 27:20 - Isaac asked, “How did you find it so quickly, my son?”
“The LORD your God put it in my path!” Jacob replied.

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Gen 27:21 - Then Isaac said to Jacob, “Come closer so I can touch you and make sure that you really are Esau.”

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Gen 27:31 - Esau prepared a delicious meal and brought it to his father. Then he said, “Sit up, my father, and eat my wild game so you can give me your blessing.”

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Gen 27:36 - Esau exclaimed, “No wonder his name is Jacob, for now he has cheated me twice.[fn] First he took my rights as the firstborn, and now he has stolen my blessing. Oh, haven't you saved even one blessing for me?”

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Gen 27:37 - Isaac said to Esau, “I have made Jacob your master and have declared that all his brothers will be his servants. I have guaranteed him an abundance of grain and wine—what is left for me to give you, my son?”

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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 28:4 - May God pass on to you and your descendants[fn] the blessings he promised to Abraham. May you own this land where you are now living as a foreigner, for God gave this land to Abraham.”

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Gen 28:11 - At sundown he arrived at a good place to set up camp and stopped there for the night. Jacob found a stone to rest his head against and lay down to sleep.

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Gen 28:16 - Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, “Surely the LORD is in this place, and I wasn't even aware of it!”

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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 29:13 - As soon as Laban heard that his nephew Jacob had arrived, he ran out to meet him. He embraced and kissed him and brought him home. When Jacob had told him his story,

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Gen 29:15 - Laban said to him, “You shouldn't work for me without pay just because we are relatives. Tell me how much your wages should be.”

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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 29:25 - But when Jacob woke up in the morning—it was Leah! “What have you done to me?” Jacob raged at Laban. “I worked seven years for Rachel! Why have you tricked me?”

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Gen 29:26 - “It's not our custom here to marry off a younger daughter ahead of the firstborn,” Laban replied.

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Gen 29:32 - So Leah became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Reuben,[fn] for she said, “The LORD has noticed my misery, and now my husband will love me.”

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Gen 29:33 - She soon became pregnant again and gave birth to another son. She named him Simeon,[fn] for she said, “The LORD heard that I was unloved and has given me another son.”

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Gen 29:34 - Then she became pregnant a third time and gave birth to another son. She named him Levi,[fn] for she said, “Surely this time my husband will feel affection for me, since I have given him three sons!”

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Gen 30:1 - When Rachel saw that she wasn't having any children for Jacob, she became jealous of her sister. She pleaded with Jacob, “Give me children, or I'll die!”

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Gen 30:3 - Then Rachel told him, “Take my maid, Bilhah, and sleep with her. She will bear children for me,[fn] and through her I can have a family, too.”

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Gen 30:5 - Bilhah became pregnant and presented him with a son.

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Gen 30:7 - Then Bilhah became pregnant again and gave Jacob a second son.

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Gen 30:9 - Meanwhile, Leah realized that she wasn't getting pregnant anymore, so she took her servant, Zilpah, and gave her to Jacob as a wife.

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Gen 30:10 - Soon Zilpah presented him with a son.

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Gen 30:12 - Then Zilpah gave Jacob a second son.

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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 30:17 - And God answered Leah's prayers. She became pregnant again and gave birth to a fifth son for Jacob.

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Gen 30:18 - She named him Issachar,[fn] for she said, “God has rewarded me for giving my servant to my husband as a wife.”

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Gen 30:19 - Then Leah became pregnant again and gave birth to a sixth son for Jacob.

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Gen 30:20 - She named him Zebulun,[fn] for she said, “God has given me a good reward. Now my husband will treat me with respect, for I have given him six sons.”

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Gen 30:23 - She became pregnant and gave birth to a son. “God has removed my disgrace,” she said.

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Gen 30:25 - Soon after Rachel had given birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Please release me so I can go home to my own country.

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Gen 30:30 - You had little indeed before I came, but your wealth has increased enormously. The LORD has blessed you through everything I've done. But now, what about me? When can I start providing for my own family?”

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Gen 30:41 - Whenever the stronger females were ready to mate, Jacob would place the peeled branches in the watering troughs in front of them. Then they would mate in front of the branches.

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

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Gen 31:10 - “One time during the mating season, I had a dream and saw that the male goats mating with the females were streaked, speckled, and spotted.

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Gen 31:14 - Rachel and Leah responded, “That's fine with us! We won't inherit any of our father's wealth anyway.

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

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Gen 31:26 - “What do you mean by deceiving me like this?” Laban demanded. “How dare you drag my daughters away like prisoners of war?

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Gen 31:31 - “I rushed away because I was afraid,” Jacob answered. “I thought you would take your daughters from me by force.

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Gen 31:33 - Laban went first into Jacob's tent to search there, then into Leah's, and then the tents of the two servant wives—but he found nothing. Finally, he went into Rachel's tent.

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Gen 31:35 - she said to her father, “Please, sir, forgive me if I don't get up for you. I'm having my monthly period.” So Laban continued his search, but he could not find the household idols.

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Gen 31:36 - Then Jacob became very angry, and he challenged Laban. “What's my crime?” he demanded. “What have I done wrong to make you chase after me as though I were a criminal?

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Gen 31:43 - Then Laban replied to Jacob, “These women are my daughters, these children are my grandchildren, and these flocks are my flocks—in fact, everything you see is mine. But what can I do now about my daughters and their children?

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Gen 31:48 - Then Laban declared, “This pile of stones will stand as a witness to remind us of the covenant we have made today.” This explains why it was called Galeed—“Witness Pile.”

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Gen 32:4 - He told them, “Give this message to my master Esau: ‘Humble greetings from your servant Jacob. Until now I have been living with Uncle Laban,

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Gen 32:5 - and now I own cattle, donkeys, flocks of sheep and goats, and many servants, both men and women. I have sent these messengers to inform my lord of my coming, hoping that you will be friendly to me.'”

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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 32:13 - Jacob stayed where he was for the night. Then he selected these gifts from his possessions to present to his brother, Esau:

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Gen 32:17 - He gave these instructions to the men leading the first group: “When my brother, Esau, meets you, he will ask, ‘Whose servants are you? Where are you going? Who owns these animals?'

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Gen 32:18 - You must reply, ‘They belong to your servant Jacob, but they are a gift for his master Esau. Look, he is coming right behind us.'”

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Gen 32:19 - Jacob gave the same instructions to the second and third herdsmen and to all who followed behind the herds: “You must say the same thing to Esau when you meet him.

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Gen 32:31 - The sun was rising as Jacob left Peniel,[fn] and he was limping because of the injury to his hip.

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Gen 34:1 - One day Dinah, the daughter of Jacob and Leah, went to visit some of the young women who lived in the area.

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Gen 34:13 - But since Shechem had defiled their sister, Dinah, Jacob's sons responded deceitfully to Shechem and his father, Hamor.

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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 35:1 - Then God said to Jacob, “Get ready and move to Bethel and settle there. Build an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother, Esau.”

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Gen 35:2 - So Jacob told everyone in his household, “Get rid of all your pagan idols, purify yourselves, and put on clean clothing.

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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 35:4 - So they gave Jacob all their pagan idols and earrings, and he buried them under the great tree near Shechem.

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Gen 35:14 - Jacob set up a stone pillar to mark the place where God had spoken to him. Then he poured wine over it as an offering to God and anointed the pillar with olive oil.

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Gen 35:16 - Leaving Bethel, Jacob and his clan moved on toward Ephrath. But Rachel went into labor while they were still some distance away. Her labor pains were intense.

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Gen 35:17 - After a very hard delivery, the midwife finally exclaimed, “Don't be afraid—you have another son!”

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Gen 36:4 - Adah gave birth to a son named Eliphaz for Esau. Basemath gave birth to a son named Reuel.

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Gen 36:12 - Timna, the concubine of Esau's son Eliphaz, gave birth to a son named Amalek. These are the descendants of Esau's wife Adah.

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Gen 36:14 - Esau also had sons through Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon. Their names were Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.

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Gen 37:9 - Soon Joseph had another dream, and again he told his brothers about it. “Listen, I have had another dream,” he said. “The sun, moon, and eleven stars bowed low before me!”

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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 37:29 - Some time later, Reuben returned to get Joseph out of the cistern. When he discovered that Joseph was missing, he tore his clothes in grief.

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Gen 37:32 - They sent the beautiful robe to their father with this message: “Look at what we found. Doesn't this robe belong to your son?”

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Gen 37:36 - Meanwhile, the Midianite traders[fn] arrived in Egypt, where they sold Joseph to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt. Potiphar was captain of the palace guard.

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Gen 38:1 - About this time, Judah left home and moved to Adullam, where he stayed with a man named Hirah.

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Gen 38:6 - In the course of time, Judah arranged for his firstborn son, Er, to marry a young woman named Tamar.

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Gen 38:8 - Then Judah said to Er's brother Onan, “Go and marry Tamar, as our law requires of the brother of a man who has died. You must produce an heir for your brother.”

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Gen 38:9 - But Onan was not willing to have a child who would not be his own heir. So whenever he had intercourse with his brother's wife, he spilled the semen on the ground. This prevented her from having a child who would belong to his brother.

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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 38:24 - About three months later, Judah was told, “Tamar, your daughter-in-law, has acted like a prostitute. And now, because of this, she's pregnant.”
“Bring her out, and let her be burned!” Judah demanded.

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Gen 38:26 - Judah recognized them immediately and said, “She is more righteous than I am, because I didn't arrange for her to marry my son Shelah.” And Judah never slept with Tamar again.

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Gen 39:2 - The LORD was with Joseph, so he succeeded in everything he did as he served in the home of his Egyptian master.

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Gen 39:5 - From the day Joseph was put in charge of his master's household and property, the LORD began to bless Potiphar's household for Joseph's sake. All his household affairs ran smoothly, and his crops and livestock flourished.

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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 39:10 - She kept putting pressure on Joseph day after day, but he refused to sleep with her, and he kept out of her way as much as possible.

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Gen 40:1 - Some time later, Pharaoh's chief cup-bearer and chief baker offended their royal master.

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Gen 40:2 - Pharaoh became angry with these two officials,

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Gen 40:3 - and he put them in the prison where Joseph was, in the palace of the captain of the guard.

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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 40:5 - While they were in prison, Pharaoh's cup-bearer and baker each had a dream one night, and each dream had its own meaning.

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

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Gen 40:9 - So the chief cup-bearer told Joseph his dream first. “In my dream,” he said, “I saw a grapevine in front of me.

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Gen 40:16 - When the chief baker saw that Joseph had given the first dream such a positive interpretation, he said to Joseph, “I had a dream, too. In my dream there were three baskets of white pastries stacked on my head.

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Gen 41:8 - The next morning Pharaoh was very disturbed by the dreams. So he called for all the magicians and wise men of Egypt. When Pharaoh told them his dreams, not one of them could tell him what they meant.

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Gen 41:10 - “Some time ago, you were angry with the chief baker and me, and you imprisoned us in the palace of the captain of the guard.

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Gen 41:15 - Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I had a dream last night, and no one here can tell me what it means. But I have heard that when you hear about a dream you can interpret it.”

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Gen 41:16 - “It is beyond my power to do this,” Joseph replied. “But God can tell you what it means and set you at ease.”

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Gen 41:17 - So Pharaoh told Joseph his dream. “In my dream,” he said, “I was standing on the bank of the Nile River,

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Gen 41:22 - “Then I fell asleep again, and I had another dream. This time I saw seven heads of grain, full and beautiful, growing on a single stalk.

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Gen 41:25 - Joseph responded, “Both of Pharaoh's dreams mean the same thing. God is telling Pharaoh in advance what he is about to do.

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Gen 41:28 - “This will happen just as I have described it, for God has revealed to Pharaoh in advance what he is about to do.

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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 41:39 - Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Since God has revealed the meaning of the dreams to you, clearly no one else is as intelligent or wise as you are.

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Gen 41:40 - You will be in charge of my court, and all my people will take orders from you. Only I, sitting on my throne, will have a rank higher than yours.”

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Gen 41:41 - Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I hereby put you in charge of the entire land of Egypt.”

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Gen 41:44 - And Pharaoh said to him, “I am Pharaoh, but no one will lift a hand or foot in the entire land of Egypt without your approval.”

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Gen 41:50 - During this time, before the first of the famine years, two sons were born to Joseph and his wife, Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, the priest of On.

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Gen 42:6 - Since Joseph was governor of all Egypt and in charge of selling grain to all the people, it was to him that his brothers came. When they arrived, they bowed before him with their faces to the ground.

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Gen 42:28 - “Look!” he exclaimed to his brothers. “My money has been returned; it's here in my sack!” Then their hearts sank. Trembling, they said to each other, “What has God done to us?”

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Gen 42:35 - As they emptied out their sacks, there in each man's sack was the bag of money he had paid for the grain! The brothers and their father were terrified when they saw the bags of money.

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Gen 42:37 - Then Reuben said to his father, “You may kill my two sons if I don't bring Benjamin back to you. I'll be responsible for him, and I promise to bring him back.”

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Gen 43:6 - “Why were you so cruel to me?” Jacob[fn] moaned. “Why did you tell him you had another brother?”

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Gen 43:11 - So their father, Jacob, finally said to them, “If it can't be avoided, then at least do this. Pack your bags with the best products of this land. Take them down to the man as gifts—balm, honey, gum, aromatic resin, pistachio nuts, and almonds.

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Gen 43:16 - When Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the manager of his household, “These men will eat with me this noon. Take them inside the palace. Then go slaughter an animal, and prepare a big feast.”

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Gen 43:19 - The brothers approached the manager of Joseph's household and spoke to him at the entrance to the palace.

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Gen 43:21 - But as we were returning home, we stopped for the night and opened our sacks. Then we discovered that each man's money—the exact amount paid—was in the top of his sack! Here it is; we have brought it back with us.

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Gen 43:28 - “Yes,” they replied. “Our father, your servant, is alive and well.” And they bowed low again.

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Gen 43:30 - Then Joseph hurried from the room because he was overcome with emotion for his brother. He went into his private room, where he broke down and wept.

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Gen 44:1 - When his brothers were ready to leave, Joseph gave these instructions to his palace manager: “Fill each of their sacks with as much grain as they can carry, and put each man's money back into his sack.

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Gen 44:4 - But when they had gone only a short distance and were barely out of the city, Joseph said to his palace manager, “Chase after them and stop them. When you catch up with them, ask them, ‘Why have you repaid my kindness with such evil?

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Gen 44:9 - If you find his cup with any one of us, let that man die. And all the rest of us, my lord, will be your slaves.”

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Gen 44:12 - The palace manager searched the brothers' sacks, from the oldest to the youngest. And the cup was found in Benjamin's sack!

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Gen 44:16 - Judah answered, “Oh, my lord, what can we say to you? How can we explain this? How can we prove our innocence? God is punishing us for our sins. My lord, we have all returned to be your slaves—all of us, not just our brother who had your cup in his sack.”

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Gen 44:18 - Then Judah stepped forward and said, “Please, my lord, let your servant say just one word to you. Please, do not be angry with me, even though you are as powerful as Pharaoh himself.

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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 44:22 - But we said to you, ‘My lord, the boy cannot leave his father, for his father would die.'

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Gen 45:1 - Joseph could stand it no longer. There were many people in the room, and he said to his attendants, “Out, all of you!” So he was alone with his brothers when he told them who he was.

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Gen 45:13 - Go tell my father of my honored position here in Egypt. Describe for him everything you have seen, and then bring my father here quickly.”

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Gen 45:14 - Weeping with joy, he embraced Benjamin, and Benjamin did the same.

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Gen 45:22 - And he gave each of them new clothes—but to Benjamin he gave five changes of clothes and 300 pieces[fn] of silver.

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Gen 45:23 - He also sent his father ten male donkeys loaded with the finest products of Egypt, and ten female donkeys loaded with grain and bread and other supplies he would need on his journey.

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Gen 46:1 - So Jacob[fn] set out for Egypt with all his possessions. And when he came to Beersheba, he offered sacrifices to the God of his father, Isaac.

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Gen 46:15 - These were the sons of Leah and Jacob who were born in Paddan-aram, in addition to their daughter, Dinah. The number of Jacob's descendants (male and female) through Leah was thirty-three.

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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 46:22 - These were the sons of Rachel and Jacob. The number of Jacob's descendants through Rachel was fourteen.

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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 46:29 - Joseph prepared his chariot and traveled to Goshen to meet his father, Jacob. When Joseph arrived, he embraced his father and wept, holding him for a long time.

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Gen 46:31 - And Joseph said to his brothers and to his father's entire family, “I will go to Pharaoh and tell him, ‘My brothers and my father's entire family have come to me from the land of Canaan.

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Gen 47:1 - Then Joseph went to see Pharaoh and told him, “My father and my brothers have arrived from the land of Canaan. They have come with all their flocks and herds and possessions, and they are now in the region of Goshen.”

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Gen 47:3 - And Pharaoh asked the brothers, “What is your occupation?”
They replied, “We, your servants, are shepherds, just like our ancestors.

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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 47:5 - Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Now that your father and brothers have joined you here,

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Gen 47:8 - “How old are you?” Pharaoh asked him.

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Gen 47:9 - Jacob replied, “I have traveled this earth for 130 hard years. But my life has been short compared to the lives of my ancestors.”

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Gen 47:12 - And Joseph provided food for his father and his brothers in amounts appropriate to the number of their dependents, including the smallest children.

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Gen 47:17 - So they brought their livestock to Joseph in exchange for food. In exchange for their horses, flocks of sheep and goats, herds of cattle, and donkeys, Joseph provided them with food for another year.

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Gen 47:20 - So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh. All the Egyptians sold him their fields because the famine was so severe, and soon all the land belonged to Pharaoh.

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Gen 47:23 - Then Joseph said to the people, “Look, today I have bought you and your land for Pharaoh. I will provide you with seed so you can plant the fields.

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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 47:26 - Joseph then issued a decree still in effect in the land of Egypt, that Pharaoh should receive one-fifth of all the crops grown on his land. Only the land belonging to the priests was not given to Pharaoh.

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Gen 47:30 - When I die, please take my body out of Egypt and bury me with my ancestors.”
So Joseph promised, “I will do as you ask.”

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Gen 48:1 - One day not long after this, word came to Joseph, “Your father is failing rapidly.” So Joseph went to visit his father, and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.

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Gen 48:2 - When Joseph arrived, Jacob was told, “Your son Joseph has come to see you.” So Jacob[fn] gathered his strength and sat up in his bed.

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Gen 48:3 - Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty[fn] appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me.

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Gen 48:9 - “Yes,” Joseph told him, “these are the sons God has given me here in Egypt.”
And Jacob said, “Bring them closer to me, so I can bless them.”

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Gen 48:18 - “No, my father,” he said. “This one is the firstborn. Put your right hand on his head.”

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Gen 48:21 - Then Jacob said to Joseph, “Look, I am about to die, but God will be with you and will take you back to Canaan, the land of your ancestors.

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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 49:29 - Then Jacob instructed them, “Soon I will die and join my ancestors. Bury me with my father and grandfather in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite.

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Gen 50:10 - When they arrived at the threshing floor of Atad, near the Jordan River, they held a very great and solemn memorial service, with a seven-day period of mourning for Joseph's father.

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Exo 1:1 - These are the names of the sons of Israel (that is, Jacob) who moved to Egypt with their father, each with his family:

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Exo 1:11 - So the Egyptians made the Israelites their slaves. They appointed brutal slave drivers over them, hoping to wear them down with crushing labor. They forced them to build the cities of Pithom and Rameses as supply centers for the king.

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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 1:19 - “The Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women,” the midwives replied. “They are more vigorous and have their babies so quickly that we cannot get there in time.”

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Exo 1:22 - Then Pharaoh gave this order to all his people: “Throw every newborn Hebrew boy into the Nile River. But you may let the girls live.”

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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 2:16 - Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters who came as usual to draw water and fill the water troughs for their father's flocks.

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Exo 2:21 - Moses accepted the invitation, and he settled there with him. In time, Reuel gave Moses his daughter Zipporah to be his wife.

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Exo 3:12 - God answered, “I will be with you. And this is your sign that I am the one who has sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, you will worship God at this very mountain.”

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Exo 3:18 - “The elders of Israel will accept your message. Then you and the elders must go to the king of Egypt and tell him, ‘The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. So please let us take a three-day journey into the wilderness to offer sacrifices to the LORD, our God.'

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Exo 3:21 - And I will cause the Egyptians to look favorably on you. They will give you gifts when you go so you will not leave empty-handed.

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Exo 4:10 - But Moses pleaded with the LORD, “O Lord, I'm not very good with words. I never have been, and I'm not now, even though you have spoken to me. I get tongue-tied, and my words get tangled.”

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Exo 4:22 - Then you will tell him, ‘This is what the LORD says: Israel is my firstborn son.

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Exo 4:28 - Moses then told Aaron everything the LORD had commanded him to say. And he told him about the miraculous signs the LORD had commanded him to perform.

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Exo 5:3 - But Aaron and Moses persisted. “The God of the Hebrews has met with us,” they declared. “So let us take a three-day journey into the wilderness so we can offer sacrifices to the LORD our God. If we don't, he will kill us with a plague or with the sword.”

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Exo 5:7 - “Do not supply any more straw for making bricks. Make the people get it themselves!

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Exo 5:8 - But still require them to make the same number of bricks as before. Don't reduce the quota. They are lazy. That's why they are crying out, ‘Let us go and offer sacrifices to our God.'

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Exo 5:17 - But Pharaoh shouted, “You're just lazy! Lazy! That's why you're saying, ‘Let us go and offer sacrifices to the LORD.'

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Exo 6:1 - Then the LORD told Moses, “Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh. When he feels the force of my strong hand, he will let the people go. In fact, he will force them to leave his land!”

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Exo 6:8 - I will bring you into the land I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I will give it to you as your very own possession. I am the LORD!'”

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Exo 7:9 - “Pharaoh will demand, ‘Show me a miracle.' When he does this, say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and throw it down in front of Pharaoh, and it will become a serpent.[fn]'”

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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 7:18 - The fish in it will die, and the river will stink. The Egyptians will not be able to drink any water from the Nile.'”

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Exo 7:19 - Then the LORD said to Moses: “Tell Aaron, ‘Take your staff and raise your hand over the waters of Egypt—all its rivers, canals, ponds, and all the reservoirs. Turn all the water to blood. Everywhere in Egypt the water will turn to blood, even the water stored in wooden bowls and stone pots.'”

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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 7:21 - The fish in the river died, and the water became so foul that the Egyptians couldn't drink it. There was blood everywhere throughout the land of Egypt.

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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 8:9 - “You set the time!” Moses replied. “Tell me when you want me to pray for you, your officials, and your people. Then you and your houses will be rid of the frogs. They will remain only in the Nile River.”

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Exo 8:11 - The frogs will leave you and your houses, your officials, and your people. They will remain only in the Nile River.”

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Exo 8:19 - “This is the finger of God!” the magicians exclaimed to Pharaoh. But Pharaoh's heart remained hard. He wouldn't listen to them, just as the LORD had predicted.

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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 8:26 - But Moses replied, “That wouldn't be right. The Egyptians detest the sacrifices that we offer to the LORD our God. Look, if we offer our sacrifices here where the Egyptians can see us, they will stone us.

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Exo 8:27 - We must take a three-day trip into the wilderness to offer sacrifices to the LORD our God, just as he has commanded us.”

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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 9:4 - But the LORD will again make a distinction between the livestock of the Israelites and that of the Egyptians. Not a single one of Israel's animals will die!

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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 9:35 - Because his heart was hard, Pharaoh refused to let the people leave, just as the LORD had predicted through Moses.

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Exo 10:7 - Pharaoh's officials now came to Pharaoh and appealed to him. “How long will you let this man hold us hostage? Let the men go to worship the LORD their God! Don't you realize that Egypt lies in ruins?”

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Exo 10:8 - So Moses and Aaron were brought back to Pharaoh. “All right,” he told them, “go and worship the LORD your God. But who exactly will be going with you?”

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Exo 10:11 - Never! Only the men may go and worship the LORD, since that is what you requested.” And Pharaoh threw them out of the palace.

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Exo 10:24 - Finally, Pharaoh called for Moses. “Go and worship the LORD,” he said. “But leave your flocks and herds here. You may even take your little ones with you.”

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Exo 10:25 - “No,” Moses said, “you must provide us with animals for sacrifices and burnt offerings to the LORD our God.

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Exo 10:26 - All our livestock must go with us, too; not a hoof can be left behind. We must choose our sacrifices for the LORD our God from among these animals. And we won't know how we are to worship the LORD until we get there.”

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Exo 11:3 - (Now the LORD had caused the Egyptians to look favorably on the people of Israel. And Moses was considered a very great man in the land of Egypt, respected by Pharaoh's officials and the Egyptian people alike.)

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Exo 12:28 - So the people of Israel did just as the LORD had commanded through Moses and Aaron.

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Exo 12:29 - And that night at midnight, the LORD struck down all the firstborn sons in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn son of Pharaoh, who sat on his throne, to the firstborn son of the prisoner in the dungeon. Even the firstborn of their livestock were killed.

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Exo 12:31 - Pharaoh sent for Moses and Aaron during the night. “Get out!” he ordered. “Leave my people—and take the rest of the Israelites with you! Go and worship the LORD as you have requested.

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Exo 12:36 - The LORD caused the Egyptians to look favorably on the Israelites, and they gave the Israelites whatever they asked for. So they stripped the Egyptians of their wealth!

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Exo 12:42 - On this night the LORD kept his promise to bring his people out of the land of Egypt. So this night belongs to him, and it must be commemorated every year by all the Israelites, from generation to generation.

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Exo 12:49 - This instruction applies to everyone, whether a native-born Israelite or a foreigner living among you.”

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Exo 12:50 - So all the people of Israel followed all the LORD's commands to Moses and Aaron.

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Exo 13:5 - You must celebrate this event in this month each year after the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Hivites, and Jebusites. (He swore to your ancestors that he would give you this land—a land flowing with milk and honey.)

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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 13:12 - you must present all firstborn sons and firstborn male animals to the LORD, for they belong to him.

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Exo 13:15 - Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, so the LORD killed all the firstborn males throughout the land of Egypt, both people and animals. That is why I now sacrifice all the firstborn males to the LORD—except that the firstborn sons are always bought back.'

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Exo 13:17 - When Pharaoh finally let the people go, God did not lead them along the main road that runs through Philistine territory, even though that was the shortest route to the Promised Land. God said, “If the people are faced with a battle, they might change their minds and return to 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 14:5 - When word reached the king of Egypt that the Israelites had fled, Pharaoh and his officials changed their minds. “What have we done, letting all those Israelite slaves get away?” they asked.

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Exo 14:31 - When the people of Israel saw the mighty power that the LORD had unleashed against the Egyptians, they were filled with awe before him. They put their faith in the LORD and in his servant Moses.

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Exo 15:1 - Then Moses and the people of Israel sang this song to the LORD:
“I will sing to the LORD,
for he has triumphed gloriously;
he has hurled both horse and rider
into the sea.

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Exo 15:21 - And Miriam sang this song:
“Sing to the LORD,
for he has triumphed gloriously;
he has hurled both horse and rider
into the sea.”

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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 16:4 - Then the LORD said to Moses, “Look, I'm going to rain down food from heaven for you. Each day the people can go out and pick up as much food as they need for that day. I will test them in this to see whether or not they will follow my instructions.

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Exo 16:7 - In the morning you will see the glory of the LORD, because he has heard your complaints, which are against him, not against us. What have we done that you should complain about us?”

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Exo 16:15 - The Israelites were puzzled when they saw it. “What is it?” they asked each other. They had no idea what it was.
And Moses told them, “It is the food the LORD has given you to eat.

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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 16:23 - He told them, “This is what the LORD commanded: Tomorrow will be a day of complete rest, a holy Sabbath day set apart for the LORD. So bake or boil as much as you want today, and set aside what is left for tomorrow.”

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Exo 16:25 - Moses said, “Eat this food today, for today is a Sabbath day dedicated to the LORD. There will be no food on the ground today.

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Exo 16:34 - Aaron did just as the LORD had commanded Moses. He eventually placed it in the Ark of the Covenant—in front of the stone tablets inscribed with the terms of the covenant.[fn]

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Exo 17:1 - At the LORD's command, the whole community of Israel left the wilderness of Sin[fn] and moved from place to place. Eventually they camped at Rephidim, but there was no water there for the people to drink.

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Exo 17:4 - Then Moses cried out to the LORD, “What should I do with these people? They are ready to stone me!”

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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 17:10 - So Joshua did what Moses had commanded and fought the army of Amalek. Meanwhile, Moses, Aaron, and Hur climbed to the top of a nearby hill.

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Exo 18:1 - Moses' father-in-law, Jethro, the priest of Midian, heard about everything God had done for Moses and his people, the Israelites. He heard especially about how the LORD had rescued them from Egypt.

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Exo 18:3 - (Moses' first son was named Gershom,[fn] for Moses had said when the boy was born, “I have been a foreigner in a foreign land.”

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Exo 18:7 - So Moses went out to meet his father-in-law. He bowed low and kissed him. They asked about each other's welfare and then went into Moses' tent.

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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 18:12 - Then Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, brought a burnt offering and sacrifices to God. Aaron and all the elders of Israel came out and joined him in a sacrificial meal in God's presence.

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Exo 18:14 - When Moses' father-in-law saw all that Moses was doing for the people, he asked, “What are you really accomplishing here? Why are you trying to do all this alone while everyone stands around you from morning till evening?”

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Exo 18:15 - Moses replied, “Because the people come to me to get a ruling from God.

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Exo 18:19 - Now listen to me, and let me give you a word of advice, and may God be with you. You should continue to be the people's representative before God, bringing their disputes to him.

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Exo 19:3 - Then Moses climbed the mountain to appear before God. The LORD called to him from the mountain and said, “Give these instructions to the family of Jacob; announce it to the descendants of Israel:

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Exo 19:10 - Then the LORD told Moses, “Go down and prepare the people for my arrival. Consecrate them today and tomorrow, and have them wash their clothing.

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Exo 19:15 - He told them, “Get ready for the third day, and until then abstain from having sexual intercourse.”

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Exo 19:21 - Then the LORD told Moses, “Go back down and warn the people not to break through the boundaries to see the LORD, or they will die.

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Exo 19:22 - Even the priests who regularly come near to the LORD must purify themselves so that the LORD does not break out and destroy them.”

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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 20:17 - “You must not covet your neighbor's house. You must not covet your neighbor's wife, male or female servant, ox or donkey, or anything else that belongs to your neighbor.”

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Exo 20:22 - And the LORD said to Moses, “Say this to the people of Israel: You saw for yourselves that I spoke to you from heaven.

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Exo 21:2 - “If you buy a Hebrew slave, he may serve for no more than six years. Set him free in the seventh year, and he will owe you nothing for his freedom.

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Exo 21:4 - “If his master gave him a wife while he was a slave and they had sons or daughters, then only the man will be free in the seventh year, but his wife and children will still belong to his master.

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Exo 21:8 - If she does not satisfy her owner, he must allow her to be bought back again. But he is not allowed to sell her to foreigners, since he is the one who broke the contract with her.

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Exo 21:9 - But if the slave's owner arranges for her to marry his son, he may no longer treat her as a slave but as a daughter.

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Exo 21:14 - However, if someone deliberately kills another person, then the slayer must be dragged even from my altar and be put to death.

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Exo 21:29 - But suppose the ox had a reputation for goring, and the owner had been informed but failed to keep it under control. If the ox then kills someone, it must be stoned, and the owner must also be put to death.

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Exo 21:32 - But if the ox gores a slave, either male or female, the animal's owner must pay the slave's owner thirty silver coins,[fn] and the ox must be stoned.

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Exo 21:34 - The owner of the pit must pay full compensation to the owner of the animal, but then he gets to keep the dead animal.

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Exo 21:36 - But if the ox had a reputation for goring, yet its owner failed to keep it under control, he must pay full compensation—a live ox for the dead one—but he may keep the dead ox.

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Exo 22:7 - “Suppose someone leaves money or goods with a neighbor for safekeeping, and they are stolen from the neighbor's house. If the thief is caught, the compensation is double the value of what was stolen.

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Exo 22:9 - “Suppose there is a dispute between two people who both claim to own a particular ox, donkey, sheep, article of clothing, or any lost property. Both parties must come before God, and the person whom God declares[fn] guilty must pay double compensation to the other.

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Exo 22:10 - “Now suppose someone leaves a donkey, ox, sheep, or any other animal with a neighbor for safekeeping, but it dies or is injured or gets away, and no one sees what happened.

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Exo 22:12 - But if the animal was indeed stolen, the guilty person must pay compensation to the owner.

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Exo 22:17 - But if her father refuses to let him marry her, the man must still pay him an amount equal to the bride price of a virgin.

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Exo 22:25 - “If you lend money to any of my people who are in need, do not charge interest as a money lender would.

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Exo 22:31 - “You must be my holy people. Therefore, do not eat any animal that has been torn up and killed by wild animals. Throw it to the dogs.

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Exo 23:4 - “If you come upon your enemy's ox or donkey that has strayed away, take it back to its owner.

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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 23:25 - “You must serve only the LORD your God. If you do, I[fn] will bless you with food and water, and I will protect you from illness.

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Exo 24:1 - Then the LORD instructed Moses: “Come up here to me, and bring along Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and seventy of Israel's elders. All of you must worship from a distance.

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Exo 24:3 - Then Moses went down to the people and repeated all the instructions and regulations the LORD had given him. All the people answered with one voice, “We will do everything the LORD has commanded.”

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Exo 24:5 - Then he sent some of the young Israelite men to present burnt offerings and to sacrifice bulls as peace offerings to the LORD.

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Exo 24:11 - And though these nobles of Israel gazed upon God, he did not destroy them. In fact, they ate a covenant meal, eating and drinking in his presence!

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Exo 25:33 - Each of the six branches will have three lamp cups shaped like almond blossoms, complete with buds and petals.

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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 26:17 - with two pegs under each frame. Make all the frames identical.

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Exo 26:19 - Also make forty silver bases—two bases under each frame, with the pegs fitting securely into the bases.

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Exo 26:21 - with their forty silver bases, two bases under each frame.

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Exo 26:25 - So there will be eight frames at the rear of the Tabernacle, set in sixteen silver bases—two bases under each frame.

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Exo 26:26 - “Make crossbars of acacia wood to link the frames, five crossbars for the north side of the Tabernacle

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Exo 26:27 - and five for the south side. Also make five crossbars for the rear of the Tabernacle, which will face west.

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Exo 26:34 - “Then put the Ark's cover—the place of atonement—on top of the Ark of the Covenant inside the Most Holy Place.

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Exo 28:2 - Make sacred garments for Aaron that are glorious and beautiful.

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Exo 29:12 - Put some of its blood on the horns of the altar with your finger, and pour out the rest at the base of the altar.

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Exo 29:40 - With one of them, offer two quarts of choice flour mixed with one quart of pure oil of pressed olives; also, offer one quart of wine[fn] as a liquid offering.

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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 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 31:18 - When the LORD finished speaking with Moses on Mount Sinai, he gave him the two stone tablets inscribed with the terms of the covenant,[fn] written by the finger of God.

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Exo 32:11 - But Moses tried to pacify the LORD his God. “O LORD!” he said. “Why are you so angry with your own people whom you brought from the land of Egypt with such great power and such a strong hand?

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Exo 32:21 - Finally, he turned to Aaron and demanded, “What did these people do to you to make you bring such terrible sin upon them?”

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Exo 32:29 - Then Moses told the Levites, “Today you have ordained yourselves[fn] for the service of the LORD, for you obeyed him even though it meant killing your own sons and brothers. Today you have earned a blessing.”

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Exo 33:1 - The LORD said to Moses, “Get going, you and the people you brought up from the land of Egypt. Go up to the land I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I told them, ‘I will give this land to your descendants.'

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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 34:27 - Then the LORD said to Moses, “Write down all these instructions, for they represent the terms of the covenant I am making with you and with Israel.”

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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 36:34 - He overlaid the frames with gold and made gold rings to hold the crossbars. Then he overlaid the crossbars with gold as well.

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Exo 38:22 - Bezalel son of Uri, grandson of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made everything just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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Exo 39:1 - The craftsmen made beautiful sacred garments of blue, purple, and scarlet cloth—clothing for Aaron to wear while ministering in the Holy Place, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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Exo 39:5 - The decorative sash was made of the same materials: finely woven linen embroidered with gold and with blue, purple, and scarlet thread, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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Exo 39:7 - He fastened these stones on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod as a reminder that the priest represents the people of Israel. All this was done just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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Exo 39:21 - They attached the bottom rings of the chestpiece to the rings on the ephod with blue cords. In this way, the chestpiece was held securely to the ephod above the decorative sash. All this was done just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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Exo 39:26 - with bells and pomegranates alternating all around the hem. This robe was to be worn whenever the priest ministered before the LORD, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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Exo 39:29 - The sashes were made of finely woven linen and embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet thread, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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Exo 39:31 - They attached the medallion with a blue cord to Aaron's turban, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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Exo 39:32 - And so at last the Tabernacle[fn] was finished. The Israelites had done everything just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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Exo 39:42 - So the people of Israel followed all of the LORD's instructions to Moses.

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Exo 39:43 - Then Moses inspected all their work. When he found it had been done just as the LORD had commanded him, he blessed them.

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Exo 40:17 - So the Tabernacle was set up on the first day of the first month of the second year.

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Exo 40:19 - Then he spread the coverings over the Tabernacle framework and put on the protective layers, just as the LORD had commanded him.

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Exo 40:21 - Then he brought the Ark of the Covenant into the Tabernacle and hung the inner curtain to shield it from view, just as the LORD had commanded him.

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Exo 40:23 - And he arranged the Bread of the Presence on the table before the LORD, just as the LORD had commanded him.

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Exo 40:25 - Then he lit the lamps in the LORD's presence, just as the LORD had commanded him.

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Exo 40:27 - On it he burned the fragrant incense, just as the LORD had commanded him.

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Exo 40:30 - Next Moses placed the washbasin between the Tabernacle and the altar. He filled it with water so the priests could wash themselves.

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Lev 1:2 - “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. When you present an animal as an offering to the LORD, you may take it from your herd of cattle or your flock of sheep and goats.

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Lev 1:9 - But the internal organs and the legs must first be washed with water. Then the priest will burn the entire sacrifice on the altar as a burnt offering. It is a special gift, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

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Lev 1:10 - “If the animal you present as a burnt offering is from the flock, it may be either a sheep or a goat, but it must be a male with no defects.

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Lev 1:13 - But the internal organs and the legs must first be washed with water. Then the priest will burn the entire sacrifice on the altar as a burnt offering. It is a special gift, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

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Lev 1:14 - “If you present a bird as a burnt offering to the LORD, choose either a turtledove or a young pigeon.

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Lev 1:17 - Then, grasping the bird by its wings, the priest will tear the bird open, but without tearing it apart. Then he will burn it as a burnt offering on the wood burning on the altar. It is a special gift, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

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Lev 2:1 - “When you present grain as an offering to the LORD, the offering must consist of choice flour. You are to pour olive oil on it, sprinkle it with frankincense,

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Lev 2:2 - and bring it to Aaron's sons, the priests. The priest will scoop out a handful of the flour moistened with oil, together with all the frankincense, and burn this representative portion on the altar. It is a special gift, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

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Lev 2:8 - “No matter how a grain offering for the LORD has been prepared, bring it to the priest, who will present it at the altar.

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Lev 2:13 - Season all your grain offerings with salt to remind you of God's eternal covenant. Never forget to add salt to your grain offerings.

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Lev 2:14 - “If you present a grain offering to the LORD from the first portion of your harvest, bring fresh grain that is coarsely ground and roasted on a fire.

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Lev 3:1 - “If you present an animal from the herd as a peace offering to the LORD, it may be a male or a female, but it must have no defects.

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Lev 3:6 - “If you present an animal from the flock as a peace offering to the LORD, it may be a male or a female, but it must have no defects.

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Lev 3:9 - The priest must present the fat of this peace offering as a special gift to the LORD. This includes the fat of the broad tail cut off near the backbone, all the fat around the internal organs,

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Lev 3:16 - and the priest will burn them on the altar. It is a special gift of food, a pleasing aroma to the LORD. All the fat belongs to the LORD.

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Lev 4:3 - “If the high priest[fn] sins, bringing guilt upon the entire community, he must give a sin offering for the sin he has committed. He must present to the LORD a young bull with no defects.

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Lev 4:25 - Then the priest will dip his finger in the blood of the sin offering and put it on the horns of the altar for burnt offerings. He will pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar.

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Lev 4:30 - Then the priest will dip his finger in the blood and put it on the horns of the altar for burnt offerings. He will pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar.

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Lev 4:34 - Then the priest will dip his finger in the blood of the sin offering and put it on the horns of the altar for burnt offerings. He will pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar.

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Lev 5:13 - Through this process, the priest will purify those who are guilty of any of these sins, making them right with the LORD, and they will be forgiven. The rest of the flour will belong to the priest, just as with the grain offering.”

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Lev 5:15 - “If one of you commits a sin by unintentionally defiling the LORD's sacred property, you must bring a guilt offering to the LORD. The offering must be your own ram with no defects, or you may buy one of equal value with silver, as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel.[fn]

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Lev 5:16 - You must make restitution for the sacred property you have harmed by paying for the loss, plus an additional 20 percent. When you give the payment to the priest, he will purify you with the ram sacrificed as a guilt offering, making you right with the LORD, and you will be forgiven.

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Lev 6:6 - As a guilt offering to the LORD, you must bring to the priest your own ram with no defects, or you may buy one of equal value.

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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 7:5 - and the priests will burn them on the altar as a special gift presented to the LORD. This is the guilt offering.

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Lev 7:9 - Any grain offering that has been baked in an oven, prepared in a pan, or cooked on a griddle belongs to the priest who presents it.

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Lev 7:14 - One of each kind of bread must be presented as a gift to the LORD. It will then belong to the priest who splatters the blood of the peace offering against the altar.

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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 7:32 - Give the right thigh of your peace offering to the priest as a gift.

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Lev 7:34 - For I have reserved the breast of the special offering and the right thigh of the sacred offering for the priests. It is the permanent right of Aaron and his descendants to share in the peace offerings brought by the people of Israel.

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Lev 7:35 - This is their rightful share. The special gifts presented to the LORD have been reserved for Aaron and his descendants from the time they were set apart to serve the LORD as priests.

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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 8:9 - He placed the turban on Aaron's head and attached the gold medallion—the badge of holiness—to the front of the turban, just as the LORD had commanded him.

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Lev 8:13 - Next Moses presented Aaron's sons. He clothed them in their tunics, tied their sashes around them, and put their special head coverings on them, just as the LORD had commanded him.

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Lev 8:15 - and Moses slaughtered it. Moses took some of the blood, and with his finger he put it on the four horns of the altar to purify it. He poured out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar. Through this process, he made the altar holy by purifying it.[fn]

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Lev 8:17 - He took the rest of the bull, including its hide, meat, and dung, and burned it on a fire outside the camp, just as the LORD had commanded him.

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Lev 8:21 - After washing the internal organs and the legs with water, Moses burned the entire ram on the altar as a burnt offering. It was a pleasing aroma, a special gift presented to the LORD, just as the LORD had commanded him.

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Lev 8:28 - Moses then took all the offerings back from them and burned them on the altar on top of the burnt offering. This was the ordination offering. It was a pleasing aroma, a special gift presented to the LORD.

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Lev 8:29 - Then Moses took the breast and lifted it up as a special offering to the LORD. This was Moses' portion of the ram of ordination, just as the LORD had commanded him.

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Lev 8:36 - So Aaron and his sons did everything the LORD had commanded through Moses.

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Lev 9:7 - Then Moses said to Aaron, “Come to the altar and sacrifice your sin offering and your burnt offering to purify yourself and the people. Then present the offerings of the people to purify them, making them right with the LORD,[fn] just as he has commanded.”

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Lev 9:10 - Then he burned on the altar the fat, the kidneys, and the long lobe of the liver from the sin offering, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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Lev 9:21 - Aaron then lifted up the breasts and right thighs as a special offering to the LORD, just as Moses had commanded.

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Lev 9:23 - Then Moses and Aaron went into the Tabernacle, and when they came back out, they blessed the people again, and the glory of the LORD appeared to the whole community.

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Lev 10:8 - Then the LORD said to Aaron,

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Lev 10:15 - You must lift up the thigh and breast as a special offering to the LORD, along with the fat of the special gifts. These parts will belong to you and your descendants as your permanent right, just as the LORD has commanded.”

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Lev 13:7 - But if the rash continues to spread after the person has been examined by the priest and has been pronounced clean, the infected person must return to be examined again.

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Lev 13:19 - but a white swelling or a reddish white spot develops in its place, that person must go to the priest to be examined.

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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 13:49 - 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 14:4 - he will perform a purification ceremony, using two live birds that are ceremonially clean, a stick of cedar,[fn] some scarlet yarn, and a hyssop branch.

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Lev 14:13 - He will then slaughter the male lamb in the sacred area where sin offerings and burnt offerings are slaughtered. As with the sin offering, the guilt offering belongs to the priest. It is a most holy offering.

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Lev 14:16 - He will dip his right finger into the oil in his palm and sprinkle some of it with his finger seven times before the LORD.

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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 14:35 - 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 14:52 - When the priest has purified the house in exactly this way,

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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 15:33 - 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 16:8 - He is to cast sacred lots to determine which goat will be reserved as an offering to the LORD and which will carry the sins of the people to the wilderness of Azazel.

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Lev 16:9 - Aaron will then present as a sin offering the goat chosen by lot for the LORD.

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Lev 16:14 - Then he must take some of the blood of the bull, dip his finger in it, and sprinkle it on the east side of the atonement cover. He must sprinkle blood seven times with his finger in front of the atonement cover.

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Lev 16:19 - Then he must sprinkle the blood with his finger seven times over the altar. In this way, he will cleanse it from Israel's defilement and make it holy.

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Lev 16:29 - “On the tenth day of the appointed month in early autumn,[fn] you must deny yourselves.[fn] Neither native-born Israelites nor foreigners living among you may do any kind of work. This is a permanent law for you.

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Lev 16:34 - This is a permanent law for you, to purify the people of Israel from their sins, making them right with the LORD once each year.”
Moses followed all these instructions exactly as the LORD had commanded him.

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Lev 17:4 - instead of bringing it to the entrance of the Tabernacle[fn] to present it as an offering to the LORD, that person will be as guilty as a murderer.[fn] Such a person has shed blood and will be cut off from the community.

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Lev 17:5 - The purpose of this rule is to stop the Israelites from sacrificing animals in the open fields. It will ensure that they bring their sacrifices to the priest at the entrance of the Tabernacle, so he can present them to the LORD as peace offerings.

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Lev 17:9 - but does not bring it to the entrance of the Tabernacle to offer it to the LORD, that person will be cut off from the community.

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Lev 19:5 - “When you sacrifice a peace offering to the LORD, offer it properly so you[fn] will be accepted by God.

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Lev 19:10 - It is the same with your grape crop—do not strip every last bunch of grapes from the vines, and do not pick up the grapes that fall to the ground. Leave them for the poor and the foreigners living among you. I am the LORD your God.

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Lev 19:21 - The man, however, must bring a ram as a guilt offering and present it to the LORD at the entrance of the Tabernacle.[fn]

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Lev 19:22 - The priest will then purify him[fn] before the LORD with the ram of the guilt offering, and the man's sin will be forgiven.

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Lev 19:24 - In the fourth year the entire crop must be consecrated to the LORD as a celebration of praise.

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Lev 21:2 - The only exceptions are his closest relatives—his mother or father, son or daughter, brother,

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Lev 21:4 - But a priest must not defile himself and make himself unclean for someone who is related to him only by marriage.

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Lev 21:6 - They must be set apart as holy to their God and must never bring shame on the name of God. They must be holy, for they are the ones who present the special gifts to the LORD, gifts of food for their God.

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Lev 21:7 - “Priests may not marry a woman defiled by prostitution, and they may not marry a woman who is divorced from her husband, for the priests are set apart as holy to their God.

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Lev 21:15 - so that he will not dishonor his descendants among his clan, for I am the LORD who makes him holy.”

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Lev 21:21 - No descendant of Aaron who has a defect may approach the altar to present special gifts to the LORD. Since he has a defect, he may not approach the altar to offer food to his God.

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Lev 22:3 - Give them the following instructions.
“In all future generations, if any of your descendants is ceremonially unclean when he approaches the sacred offerings that the people of Israel consecrate to the LORD, he must be cut off from my presence. I am the LORD.

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Lev 22:14 - “Any such person who eats the sacred offerings without realizing it must pay the priest for the amount eaten, plus an additional 20 percent.

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Lev 22:15 - The priests must not let the Israelites defile the sacred offerings brought to the LORD

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Lev 22:18 - “Give Aaron and his sons and all the Israelites these instructions, which apply both to native Israelites and to the foreigners living among you.
“If you present a gift as a burnt offering to the LORD, whether it is to fulfill a vow or is a voluntary offering,

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Lev 22:21 - “If you present a peace offering to the LORD from the herd or the flock, whether it is to fulfill a vow or is a voluntary offering, you must offer a perfect animal. It may have no defect of any kind.

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Lev 22:22 - You must not offer an animal that is blind, crippled, or injured, or that has a wart, a skin sore, or scabs. Such animals must never be offered on the altar as special gifts to the LORD.

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Lev 22:24 - If an animal has damaged testicles or is castrated, you may not offer it to the LORD. You must never do this in your own land,

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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 23:4 - “In addition to the Sabbath, these are the LORD's appointed festivals, the official days for holy assembly that are to be celebrated at their proper times each year.

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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 23:8 - For seven days you must present special gifts to the LORD. On the seventh day the people must again stop all their ordinary work to observe an official day for holy assembly.”

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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 23:13 - With it you must present a grain offering consisting of four quarts[fn] of choice flour moistened with olive oil. It will be a special gift, a pleasing aroma to the LORD. You must also offer one quart[fn] of wine as a liquid offering.

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Lev 23:14 - Do not eat any bread or roasted grain or fresh kernels on that day until you bring this offering to your God. This is a permanent law for you, and it must be observed from generation to generation wherever you live.

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Lev 23:16 - Keep counting until the day after the seventh Sabbath, fifty days later. Then present an offering of new grain to the LORD.

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Lev 23:17 - From wherever you live, bring two loaves of bread to be lifted up before the LORD as a special offering. Make these loaves from four quarts of choice flour, and bake them with yeast. They will be an offering to the LORD from the first of your crops.

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Lev 23:18 - Along with the bread, present seven one-year-old male lambs with no defects, one young bull, and two rams as burnt offerings to the LORD. These burnt offerings, together with the grain offerings and liquid offerings, will be a special gift, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

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Lev 23:20 - “The priest will lift up the two lambs as a special offering to the LORD, together with the loaves representing the first of your crops. These offerings, which are holy to the LORD, belong to the priests.

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Lev 23:22 - “When you harvest the crops of your land, do not harvest the grain along the edges of your fields, and do not pick up what the harvesters drop. Leave it for the poor and the foreigners living among you. I am the LORD your God.”

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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 23:34 - “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 23:36 - For seven days you must present special gifts to the LORD. The eighth day is another holy day on which you present your special gifts to the LORD. This will be a solemn occasion, and no ordinary work may be done that day.

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Lev 23:37 - (“These are the LORD's appointed festivals. Celebrate them each year as official days for holy assembly by presenting special gifts to the LORD—burnt offerings, grain offerings, sacrifices, and liquid offerings—each on its proper day.

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Lev 23:38 - These festivals must be observed in addition to the LORD's regular Sabbath days, and the offerings are in addition to your personal gifts, the offerings you give to fulfill your vows, and the voluntary offerings you present to the LORD.)

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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 23:41 - You must observe this festival to the LORD for seven days every year. This is a permanent law for you, and it must be observed in the appointed month[fn] from generation to generation.

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Lev 24:7 - Put some pure frankincense near each row to serve as a representative offering, a special gift presented to the LORD.

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Lev 24:9 - The loaves of bread will belong to Aaron and his descendants, who must eat them in a sacred place, for they are most holy. It is the permanent right of the priests to claim this portion of the special gifts presented to the LORD.”

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Lev 24:19 - “Anyone who injures another person must be dealt with according to the injury inflicted—

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Lev 24:20 - a fracture for a fracture, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. Whatever anyone does to injure another person must be paid back in kind.

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Lev 24:22 - “This same standard applies both to native-born Israelites and to the foreigners living among you. I am the LORD your God.”

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Lev 24:23 - After Moses gave all these instructions to the Israelites, they took the blasphemer outside the camp and stoned him to death. The Israelites did just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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Lev 25:2 - “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. When you have entered the land I am giving you, the land itself must observe a Sabbath rest before the LORD every seventh year.

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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 25:6 - 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 25:9 - 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 25:14 - “When you make an agreement with your neighbor to buy or sell property, you must not take advantage of each other.

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Lev 25:27 - he then has the right to redeem it from the one who bought it. The price of the land will be discounted according to the number of years until the next Year of Jubilee. In this way the original owner can then return to the land.

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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 25:43 - Show your fear of God by not treating them harshly.

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Lev 25:47 - “Suppose a foreigner or temporary resident becomes rich while living among you. If any of your fellow Israelites fall into poverty and are forced to sell themselves to such a foreigner or to a member of his family,

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Lev 25:53 - The foreigner must treat them as workers hired on a yearly basis. You must not allow a foreigner to treat any of your fellow Israelites harshly.

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Lev 27:2 - “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. If anyone makes a special vow to dedicate someone to the LORD by paying the value of that person,

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Lev 27:3 - here is the scale of values to be used. A man between the ages of twenty and sixty is valued at fifty shekels[fn] of silver, as measured by the sanctuary shekel.

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Lev 27:9 - “If your vow involves giving an animal that is acceptable as an offering to the LORD, any gift to the LORD will be considered holy.

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Lev 27:11 - If your vow involves an unclean animal—one that is not acceptable as an offering to the LORD—then you must bring the animal to the priest.

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Lev 27:14 - “If someone dedicates a house to the LORD, the priest will come to assess its value. The priest's assessment will be final, whether high or low.

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Lev 27:16 - “If someone dedicates to the LORD a piece of his family property, its value will be assessed according to the amount of seed required to plant it—fifty shekels of silver for a field planted with five bushels of barley seed.[fn]

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Lev 27:21 - When the field is released in the Year of Jubilee, it will be holy, a field specially set apart[fn] for the LORD. It will become the property of the priests.

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Lev 27:22 - “If someone dedicates to the LORD a field he has purchased but which is not part of his family property,

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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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Lev 27:24 - In the Year of Jubilee the field must be returned to the person from whom he purchased it, the one who inherited it as family property.

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Lev 27:26 - “You may not dedicate a firstborn animal to the LORD, for the firstborn of your cattle, sheep, and goats already belong to him.

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Lev 27:28 - “However, anything specially set apart for the LORD—whether a person, an animal, or family property—must never be sold or bought back. Anything devoted in this way has been set apart as holy, and it belongs to the LORD.

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Lev 27:30 - “One-tenth of the produce of the land, whether grain from the fields or fruit from the trees, belongs to the LORD and must be set apart to him as holy.

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Lev 27:32 - Count off every tenth animal from your herds and flocks and set them apart for the LORD as holy.

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Lev 27:34 - These are the commands that the LORD gave through Moses on Mount Sinai for the Israelites.

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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 1:54 - So the Israelites did everything just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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Num 2:33 - But as the LORD had commanded, the Levites were not included in this registration.

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Num 2:34 - So the people of Israel did everything as the LORD had commanded Moses. Each clan and family set up camp and marched under their banners exactly as the LORD had instructed them.

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Num 3:1 - This is the family line of Aaron and Moses as it was recorded when the LORD spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai:

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Num 3:21 - The descendants of Gershon were composed of the clans descended from Libni and Shimei.

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Num 3:27 - The descendants of Kohath were composed of the clans descended from Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.

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Num 3:33 - The descendants of Merari were composed of the clans descended from Mahli and Mushi.

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Num 3:51 - And Moses gave the silver for the redemption to Aaron and his sons, just as the LORD had commanded.

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Num 4:49 - When their names were recorded, as the LORD had commanded through Moses, each man was assigned his task and told what to carry.
And so the registration was completed, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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Num 5:4 - So the Israelites did as the LORD had commanded Moses and removed such people from the camp.

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Num 5:8 - But if the person who was wronged is dead, and there are no near relatives to whom restitution can be made, the payment belongs to the LORD and must be given to the priest. Those who are guilty must also bring a ram as a sacrifice, and they will be purified and made right with the LORD.[fn]

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Num 5:9 - All the sacred offerings that the Israelites bring to a priest will belong to him.

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Num 5:10 - Each priest may keep all the sacred donations that he receives.”

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Num 5:27 - If she has defiled herself by being unfaithful to her husband, the water that brings on the curse will cause bitter suffering. Her abdomen will swell and her womb will shrink,[fn] and her name will become a curse among her people.

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Num 6:20 - Then the priest will lift them up as a special offering before the LORD. These are holy portions for the priest, along with the breast of the special offering and the thigh of the sacred offering that are lifted up before the LORD. After this ceremony the Nazirites may again drink wine.

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Num 7:85 - Each silver platter weighed 3¼ pounds, and each silver basin weighed 1¾ pounds. The total weight of the silver was 60 pounds[fn] (as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel).

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Num 8:2 - “Give Aaron the following instructions: When you set up the seven lamps in the lampstand, place them so their light shines forward in front of the lampstand.”

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Num 8:3 - So Aaron did this. He set up the seven lamps so they reflected their light forward, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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Num 8:4 - The entire lampstand, from its base to its decorative blossoms, was made of beaten gold. It was built according to the exact design the LORD had shown Moses.

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Num 8:20 - So Moses, Aaron, and the whole community of Israel dedicated the Levites, carefully following all the LORD's instructions to Moses.

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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 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 9:5 - 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 9:11 - 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 9:17 - Whenever the cloud lifted from over the sacred tent, the people of Israel would break camp and follow it. And wherever the cloud settled, the people of Israel would set up camp.

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Num 10:11 - In the second year after Israel's departure from Egypt—on the twentieth day of the second month[fn]—the cloud lifted from the Tabernacle of the Covenant.[fn]

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Num 10:29 - One day Moses said to his brother-in-law, Hobab son of Reuel the Midianite, “We are on our way to the place the LORD promised us, for he said, ‘I will give it to you.' Come with us and we will treat you well, for the LORD has promised wonderful blessings for Israel!”

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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 11:13 - Where am I supposed to get meat for all these people? They keep whining to me, saying, ‘Give us meat to eat!'

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Num 11:18 - “And say to the people, ‘Purify yourselves, for tomorrow you will have meat to eat. You were whining, and the LORD heard you when you cried, “Oh, for some meat! We were better off in Egypt!” Now the LORD will give you meat, and you will have to eat it.

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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 12:7 - But not with my servant Moses.
Of all my house, he is the one I trust.

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Num 14:4 - Then they plotted among themselves, “Let's choose a new leader and go back to Egypt!”

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Num 14:14 - Now if you destroy them, the Egyptians will send a report to the inhabitants of this land, who have already heard that you live among your people. They know, LORD, that you have appeared to your people face to face and that your pillar of cloud hovers over them. They know that you go before them in the pillar of cloud by day and the pillar of fire by night.

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Num 14:19 - In keeping with your magnificent, unfailing love, please pardon the sins of this people, just as you have forgiven them ever since they left Egypt.”

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Num 15:5 - For each lamb offered as a burnt offering or a special sacrifice, you must also present one quart of wine as a liquid offering.

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Num 15:6 - “If the sacrifice is a ram, give a grain offering of four quarts[fn] of choice flour mixed with a third of a gallon[fn] of olive oil,

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Num 15:11 - “Each sacrifice of a bull, ram, lamb, or young goat should be prepared in this way.

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Num 15:12 - Follow these instructions with each offering you present.

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Num 15:16 - The same instructions and regulations will apply both to you and to the foreigners living among you.”

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Num 15:26 - The whole community of Israel will be forgiven, including the foreigners living among you, for all the people were involved in the sin.

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Num 15:29 - These same instructions apply both to native-born Israelites and to the foreigners living among you.

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Num 15:36 - So the whole community took the man outside the camp and stoned him to death, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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Num 15:40 - The tassels will help you remember that you must obey all my commands and be holy to your God.

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Num 16:47 - Aaron did as Moses told him and ran out among the people. The plague had already begun to strike down the people, but Aaron burned the incense and purified[fn] the people.

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Num 17:6 - So Moses gave the instructions to the people of Israel, and each of the twelve tribal leaders, including Aaron, brought Moses a staff.

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Num 17:11 - So Moses did as the LORD commanded him.

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Num 18:11 - “All the sacred offerings and special offerings presented to me when the Israelites lift them up before the altar also belong to you. I have given them to you and to your sons and daughters as your permanent share. Any member of your family who is ceremonially clean may eat of these offerings.

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Num 18:12 - “I also give you the harvest gifts brought by the people as offerings to the LORD—the best of the olive oil, new wine, and grain.

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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 18:28 - You must present one-tenth of the tithe received from the Israelites as a sacred offering to the LORD. This is the LORD's sacred portion, and you must present it to Aaron the priest.

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Num 19:17 - “To remove the defilement, put some of the ashes from the burnt purification offering in a jar, and pour fresh water over them.

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Num 20:1 - In the first month of the year,[fn] the whole community of Israel arrived in the wilderness of Zin and camped at Kadesh. While they were there, Miriam died and was buried.

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Num 20:21 - Because Edom refused to allow Israel to pass through their country, Israel was forced to turn around.

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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 21:23 - But King Sihon refused to let them cross his territory. Instead, he mobilized his entire army and attacked Israel in the wilderness, engaging them in battle at Jahaz.

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Num 21:29 - What sorrow awaits you, O people of Moab!
You are finished, O worshipers of Chemosh!
Chemosh has left his sons as refugees,
his daughters as captives of Sihon, the Amorite king.

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Num 21:34 - The LORD said to Moses, “Do not be afraid of him, for I have handed him over to you, along with all his people and his land. Do the same to him as you did to King Sihon of the Amorites, who ruled in Heshbon.”

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Num 22:2 - Balak son of Zippor, the Moabite king, had seen everything the Israelites did to the Amorites.

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Num 22:28 - Then the LORD gave the donkey the ability to speak. “What have I done to you that deserves your beating me three times?” it asked Balaam.

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Num 22:30 - “But I am the same donkey you have ridden all your life,” the donkey answered. “Have I ever done anything like this before?”
“No,” Balaam admitted.

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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 22:40 - where the king sacrificed cattle and sheep. He sent portions of the meat to Balaam and the officials who were with him.

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Num 23:1 - Then Balaam said to King Balak, “Build me seven altars here, and prepare seven young bulls and seven rams for me to sacrifice.”

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Num 23:4 - and God met him there. Balaam said to him, “I have prepared seven altars and have sacrificed a young bull and a ram on each altar.”

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Num 23:16 - And the LORD met Balaam and gave him a message. Then he said, “Go back to Balak and give him my message.”

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Num 23:23 - No curse can touch Jacob;
no magic has any power against Israel.
For now it will be said of Jacob,
‘What wonders God has done for Israel!'

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Num 23:26 - But Balaam replied to Balak, “Didn't I tell you that I can do only what the LORD tells me?”

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Num 23:27 - Then King Balak said to Balaam, “Come, I will take you to one more place. Perhaps it will please God to let you curse them from there.”

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Num 24:22 - But the Kenites will be destroyed
when Assyria[fn] takes you captive.”

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Num 25:3 - In this way, Israel joined in the worship of Baal of Peor, causing the LORD's anger to blaze against his people.

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Num 25:4 - The LORD issued the following command to Moses: “Seize all the ringleaders and execute them before the LORD in broad daylight, so his fierce anger will turn away from the people of Israel.”

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Num 25:5 - So Moses ordered Israel's judges, “Each of you must put to death the men under your authority who have joined in worshiping Baal of Peor.”

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Num 25:11 - “Phinehas son of Eleazar and grandson of Aaron the priest has turned my anger away from the Israelites by being as zealous among them as I was. So I stopped destroying all Israel as I had intended to do in my zealous anger.

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Num 25:13 - In this covenant, I give him and his descendants a permanent right to the priesthood, for in his zeal for me, his God, he purified the people of Israel, making them right with me.[fn]”

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Num 26:4 - “List all the men of Israel twenty years old and older, just as the LORD commanded Moses.”
This is the record of all the descendants of Israel who came out of Egypt.

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Num 26:5 - These were the clans descended from the sons of Reuben, Jacob's[fn] oldest son: The Hanochite clan, named after their ancestor Hanoch.
The Palluite clan, named after their ancestor Pallu.

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Num 26:6 - The Hezronite clan, named after their ancestor Hezron.
The Carmite clan, named after their ancestor Carmi.

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Num 26:10 - But the earth opened up its mouth and swallowed them with Korah, and fire devoured 250 of their followers. This served as a warning to the entire nation of Israel.

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Num 26:12 - These were the clans descended from the sons of Simeon: The Jemuelite clan, named after their ancestor Jemuel.[fn]
The Jaminite clan, named after their ancestor Jamin.
The Jakinite clan, named after their ancestor Jakin.

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Num 26:13 - The Zoharite clan, named after their ancestor Zohar.[fn]
The Shaulite clan, named after their ancestor Shaul.

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Num 26:15 - These were the clans descended from the sons of Gad: The Zephonite clan, named after their ancestor Zephon.
The Haggite clan, named after their ancestor Haggi.
The Shunite clan, named after their ancestor Shuni.

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Num 26:16 - The Oznite clan, named after their ancestor Ozni.
The Erite clan, named after their ancestor Eri.

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Num 26:17 - The Arodite clan, named after their ancestor Arodi.[fn]
The Arelite clan, named after their ancestor Areli.

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Num 26:20 - These were the clans descended from Judah's surviving sons: The Shelanite clan, named after their ancestor Shelah.
The Perezite clan, named after their ancestor Perez.
The Zerahite clan, named after their ancestor Zerah.

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Num 26:21 - These were the subclans descended from the Perezites: The Hezronites, named after their ancestor Hezron.
The Hamulites, named after their ancestor Hamul.

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Num 26:22 - These were the clans of Judah. Their registered troops numbered 76,500.

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Num 26:23 - These were the clans descended from the sons of Issachar: The Tolaite clan, named after their ancestor Tola.
The Puite clan, named after their ancestor Puah.[fn]

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Num 26:24 - The Jashubite clan, named after their ancestor Jashub.
The Shimronite clan, named after their ancestor Shimron.

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Num 26:26 - These were the clans descended from the sons of Zebulun: The Seredite clan, named after their ancestor Sered.
The Elonite clan, named after their ancestor Elon.
The Jahleelite clan, named after their ancestor Jahleel.

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Num 26:29 - These were the clans descended from Manasseh: The Makirite clan, named after their ancestor Makir.
The Gileadite clan, named after their ancestor Gilead, Makir's son.

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Num 26:30 - These were the subclans descended from the Gileadites: The Iezerites, named after their ancestor Iezer.
The Helekites, named after their ancestor Helek.

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Num 26:31 - The Asrielites, named after their ancestor Asriel.
The Shechemites, named after their ancestor Shechem.

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Num 26:32 - The Shemidaites, named after their ancestor Shemida.
The Hepherites, named after their ancestor Hepher.

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Num 26:33 - (One of Hepher's descendants, Zelophehad, had no sons, but his daughters' names were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.)

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Num 26:35 - These were the clans descended from the sons of Ephraim: The Shuthelahite clan, named after their ancestor Shuthelah.
The Bekerite clan, named after their ancestor Beker.
The Tahanite clan, named after their ancestor Tahan.

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Num 26:36 - This was the subclan descended from the Shuthelahites: The Eranites, named after their ancestor Eran.

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Num 26:38 - These were the clans descended from the sons of Benjamin: The Belaite clan, named after their ancestor Bela.
The Ashbelite clan, named after their ancestor Ashbel.
The Ahiramite clan, named after their ancestor Ahiram.

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Num 26:39 - The Shuphamite clan, named after their ancestor Shupham.[fn]
The Huphamite clan, named after their ancestor Hupham.

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Num 26:40 - These were the subclans descended from the Belaites: The Ardites, named after their ancestor Ard.[fn]
The Naamites, named after their ancestor Naaman.

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Num 26:42 - These were the clans descended from the sons of Dan: The Shuhamite clan, named after their ancestor Shuham.

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Num 26:44 - These were the clans descended from the sons of Asher: The Imnite clan, named after their ancestor Imnah.
The Ishvite clan, named after their ancestor Ishvi.
The Beriite clan, named after their ancestor Beriah.

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Num 26:45 - These were the subclans descended from the Beriites: The Heberites, named after their ancestor Heber.
The Malkielites, named after their ancestor Malkiel.

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Num 26:48 - These were the clans descended from the sons of Naphtali: The Jahzeelite clan, named after their ancestor Jahzeel.
The Gunite clan, named after their ancestor Guni.

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Num 26:49 - The Jezerite clan, named after their ancestor Jezer.
The Shillemite clan, named after their ancestor Shillem.

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Num 26:57 - This is the record of the Levites who were counted according to their clans: The Gershonite clan, named after their ancestor Gershon.
The Kohathite clan, named after their ancestor Kohath.
The Merarite clan, named after their ancestor Merari.

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Num 26:59 - and Amram's wife was named Jochebed. She also was a descendant of Levi, born among the Levites in the land of Egypt. Amram and Jochebed became the parents of Aaron, Moses, and their sister, Miriam.

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Num 26:60 - To Aaron were born Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

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Num 27:9 - And if he has no daughter either, transfer his inheritance to his brothers.

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Num 27:10 - If he has no brothers, give his inheritance to his father's brothers.

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Num 27:11 - But if his father has no brothers, give his inheritance to the nearest relative in his clan. This is a legal requirement for the people of Israel, just as the LORD commanded Moses.”

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Num 27:23 - Moses laid his hands on him and commissioned him to lead the people, just as the LORD had commanded through Moses.

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Num 28:7 - Along with it you must present the proper liquid offering of one quart of alcoholic drink with each lamb, poured out in the Holy Place as an offering to the LORD.

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Num 28:11 - “On the first day of each month, present an extra burnt offering to the LORD of two young bulls, one ram, and seven one-year-old male lambs, all with no defects.

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Num 28:12 - These must be accompanied by grain offerings of choice flour moistened with olive oil—six quarts[fn] with each bull, four quarts with the ram,

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Num 28:13 - and two quarts with each lamb. This burnt offering will be a special gift, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

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Num 28:14 - You must also present a liquid offering with each sacrifice: two quarts[fn] of wine for each bull, a third of a gallon[fn] for the ram, and one quart[fn] for each lamb. Present this monthly burnt offering on the first day of each month throughout the year.

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Num 28:16 - “On the fourteenth day of the first month,[fn] you must celebrate the LORD's Passover.

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Num 28:20 - These will be accompanied by grain offerings of choice flour moistened with olive oil—six quarts with each bull, four quarts with the ram,

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Num 28:21 - and two quarts with each of the seven lambs.

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Num 28:28 - These will be accompanied by grain offerings of choice flour moistened with olive oil—six quarts with each bull, four quarts with the ram,

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Num 28:29 - and two quarts with each of the seven lambs.

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Num 29:1 - “Celebrate the Festival of Trumpets each year on the first day of the appointed month in early autumn.[fn] You must call an official day for holy assembly, and you may do no ordinary work.

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Num 29:3 - These must be accompanied by grain offerings of choice flour moistened with olive oil—six quarts[fn] with the bull, four quarts[fn] with the ram,

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Num 29:4 - and two quarts[fn] with each of the seven lambs.

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Num 29:9 - These offerings must be accompanied by the prescribed grain offerings of choice flour moistened with olive oil—six quarts of choice flour with the bull, four quarts of choice flour with the ram,

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Num 29:10 - and two quarts of choice flour with each of the seven lambs.

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Num 29:14 - Each of these offerings must be accompanied by a grain offering of choice flour moistened with olive oil—six quarts for each of the thirteen bulls, four quarts for each of the two rams,

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Num 29:15 - and two quarts for each of the fourteen lambs.

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Num 29:37 - Each of these offerings must be accompanied by its prescribed grain offering and liquid offering.

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Num 29:40 - [fn]So Moses gave all of these instructions to the people of Israel as the LORD had commanded him.

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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 30:10 - “But suppose a woman is married and living in her husband's home when she makes a vow or binds herself with a pledge.

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Num 30:16 - These are the regulations the LORD gave Moses concerning relationships between a man and his wife, and between a father and a young daughter who still lives at home.

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Num 31:7 - They attacked Midian as the LORD had commanded Moses, and they killed all the men.

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Num 31:21 - Then Eleazar the priest said to the men who were in the battle, “The LORD has given Moses this legal requirement:

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Num 31:29 - Give this share of the army's half to Eleazar the priest as an offering to the LORD.

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Num 31:31 - So Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD commanded Moses.

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Num 31:41 - Moses gave all the LORD's share to Eleazar the priest, just as the LORD had directed him.

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Num 31:47 - From the half-share given to the people, Moses took one of every fifty prisoners and animals and gave them to the Levites, who maintained the LORD's Tabernacle. All this was done as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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Num 32:11 - ‘Of all those I rescued from Egypt, no one who is twenty years old or older will ever see the land I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, for they have not obeyed me wholeheartedly.

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Num 32:19 - But we do not claim any of the land on the other side of the Jordan. We would rather live here on the east side and accept this as our grant of land.”

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Num 32:32 - We will cross the Jordan into Canaan fully armed to fight for the LORD, but our property will be here on this side of the Jordan.”

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Num 32:33 - So Moses assigned land to the tribes of Gad, Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph. He gave them the territory of King Sihon of the Amorites and the land of King Og of Bashan—the whole land with its cities and surrounding lands.

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Num 32:40 - So Moses gave Gilead to the Makirites, descendants of Manasseh, and they settled there.

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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 33:14 - They left Alush and camped at Rephidim, where there was no water for the people to drink.

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Num 33:38 - While they were at the foot of Mount Hor, Aaron the priest was directed by the LORD to go up the mountain, and there he died. This happened in midsummer, on the first day of the fifth month[fn] of the fortieth year after Israel's departure from Egypt.

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Num 33:44 - They left Oboth and camped at Iye-abarim on the border of Moab.

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Num 34:13 - Then Moses told the Israelites, “This territory is the homeland you are to divide among yourselves by sacred lot. The LORD has commanded that the land be divided among the nine and a half remaining tribes.

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Num 35:6 - “Six of the towns you give the Levites will be cities of refuge, where a person who has accidentally killed someone can flee for safety. In addition, give them forty-two other towns.

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Num 35:14 - three on the east side of the Jordan River and three on the west in the land of Canaan.

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Num 35:15 - These cities are for the protection of Israelites, foreigners living among you, and traveling merchants. Anyone who accidentally kills someone may flee there for safety.

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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 36:2 - They said, “Sir, the LORD instructed you to divide the land by sacred lot among the people of Israel. You were told by the LORD to give the grant of land owned by our brother Zelophehad to his daughters.

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Deu 1:3 - But forty years after the Israelites left Egypt, on the first day of the eleventh month,[fn] Moses addressed the people of Israel, telling them everything the LORD had commanded him to say.

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Deu 1:8 - Look, I am giving all this land to you! Go in and occupy it, for it is the land the LORD swore to give to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and to all their descendants.'”

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Deu 1:9 - Moses continued, “At that time I told you, ‘You are too great a burden for me to carry all by myself.

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Deu 1:16 - “At that time I instructed the judges, ‘You must hear the cases of your fellow Israelites and the foreigners living among you. Be perfectly fair in your decisions

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Deu 1:18 - “At that time I gave you instructions about everything you were to do.

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Deu 1:32 - “But even after all he did, you refused to trust the LORD your God,

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Deu 1:38 - Instead, your assistant, Joshua son of Nun, will lead the people into the land. Encourage him, for he will lead Israel as they take possession of it.

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Deu 2:4 - Give these orders to the people: “You will pass through the country belonging to your relatives the Edomites, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. The Edomites will feel threatened, so be careful.

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Deu 2:34 - We conquered all his towns and completely destroyed[fn] everyone—men, women, and children. Not a single person was spared.

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Deu 3:4 - We conquered all sixty of his towns—the entire Argob region in his kingdom of Bashan. Not a single town escaped our conquest.

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Deu 3:8 - “So we took the land of the two Amorite kings east of the Jordan River—all the way from the Arnon Gorge to Mount Hermon.

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Deu 3:12 - “When we took possession of this land, I gave to the tribes of Reuben and Gad the territory beyond Aroer along the Arnon Gorge, plus half of the hill country of Gilead with its towns.

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Deu 3:15 - I gave Gilead to the clan of Makir.

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Deu 3:16 - But I also gave part of Gilead to the tribes of Reuben and Gad. The area I gave them extended from the middle of the Arnon Gorge in the south to the Jabbok River on the Ammonite frontier.

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Deu 3:18 - “At that time I gave this command to the tribes that would live east of the Jordan: ‘Although the LORD your God has given you this land as your property, all your fighting men must cross the Jordan ahead of your Israelite relatives, armed and ready to assist them.

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Deu 3:20 - When the LORD has given security to the rest of the Israelites, as he has to you, and when they occupy the land the LORD your God is giving them across the Jordan River, then you may all return here to the land I have given you.'

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Deu 3:21 - “At that time I gave Joshua this charge: ‘You have seen for yourself everything the LORD your God has done to these two kings. He will do the same to all the kingdoms on the west side of the Jordan.

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Deu 3:23 - “At that time I pleaded with the LORD and said,

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Deu 3:24 - ‘O Sovereign LORD, you have only begun to show your greatness and the strength of your hand to me, your servant. Is there any god in heaven or on earth who can perform such great and mighty deeds as you do?

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Deu 4:3 - “You saw for yourself what the LORD did to you at Baal-peor. There the LORD your God destroyed everyone who had worshiped Baal, the god of Peor.

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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 4:14 - It was at that time that the LORD commanded me to teach you his decrees and regulations so you would obey them in the land you are about to enter and occupy.

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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 5:5 - I stood as an intermediary between you and the LORD, for you were afraid of the fire and did not want to approach the mountain. He spoke to me, and I passed his words on to you. This is what he said:

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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 5:21 - “You must not covet your neighbor's wife. You must not covet your neighbor's house or land, male or female servant, ox or donkey, or anything else that belongs to your neighbor.

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Deu 6:10 - “The LORD your God will soon bring you into the land he swore to give you when he made a vow to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. It is a land with large, prosperous cities that you did not build.

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Deu 6:16 - You must not test the LORD your God as you did when you complained at Massah.

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Deu 6:21 - “Then you must tell them, ‘We were Pharaoh's slaves in Egypt, but the LORD brought us out of Egypt with his strong hand.

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Deu 6:22 - The LORD did miraculous signs and wonders before our eyes, dealing terrifying blows against Egypt and Pharaoh and all his people.

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Deu 7:3 - You must not intermarry with them. Do not let your daughters and sons marry their sons and daughters,

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Deu 7:6 - For you are a holy people, who belong to the LORD your God. Of all the people on earth, the LORD your God has chosen you to be his own special treasure.

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Deu 7:18 - But don't be afraid of them! Just remember what the LORD your God did to Pharaoh and to all the land of Egypt.

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Deu 7:25 - “You must burn their idols in fire, and you must not covet the silver or gold that covers them. You must not take it or it will become a trap to you, for it is detestable to the LORD your God.

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Deu 9:5 - It is not because you are so good or have such integrity that you are about to occupy their land. The LORD your God will drive these nations out ahead of you only because of their wickedness, and to fulfill the oath he swore to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

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Deu 9:10 - The LORD gave me the two tablets on which God had written with his own finger all the words he had spoken to you from the heart of the fire when you were assembled at the mountain.

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Deu 9:19 - I feared that the furious anger of the LORD, which turned him against you, would drive him to destroy you. But again he listened to me.

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Deu 9:20 - The LORD was so angry with Aaron that he wanted to destroy him, too. But I prayed for Aaron, and the LORD spared him.

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Deu 9:22 - “You also made the LORD angry at Taberah,[fn] Massah,[fn] and Kibroth-hattaavah.[fn]

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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 9:29 - 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 10:1 - “At that time the LORD said to me, ‘Chisel out two stone tablets like the first ones. Also make a wooden Ark—a sacred chest to store them in. Come up to me on the mountain,

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Deu 10:8 - At that time the LORD set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the Ark of the LORD's Covenant, and to stand before the LORD as his ministers, and to pronounce blessings in his name. These are their duties to this day.

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Deu 10:10 - “As for me, I stayed on the mountain in the LORD's presence for forty days and nights, as I had done the first time. And once again the LORD listened to my pleas and agreed not to destroy you.

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Deu 10:12 - “And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you? He requires only that you fear the LORD your God, and live in a way that pleases him, and love him and serve him with all your heart and soul.

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Deu 11:6 - They didn't see what he did to Dathan and Abiram (the sons of Eliab, a descendant of Reuben) when the earth opened its mouth in the Israelite camp and swallowed them, along with their households and tents and every living thing that belonged to them.

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Deu 12:4 - “Do not worship the LORD your God in the way these pagan peoples worship their gods.

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Deu 12:11 - you must bring everything I command you—your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, your sacred offerings, and your offerings to fulfill a vow—to the designated place of worship, the place the LORD your God chooses for his name to be honored.

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Deu 12:18 - You must eat these in the presence of the LORD your God at the place he will choose. Eat them there with your children, your servants, and the Levites who live in your towns, celebrating in the presence of the LORD your God in all you do.

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Deu 12:31 - You must not worship the LORD your God the way the other nations worship their gods, for they perform for their gods every detestable act that the LORD hates. They even burn their sons and daughters as sacrifices to their gods.

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Deu 14:2 - You have been set apart as holy to the LORD your God, and he has chosen you from all the nations of the earth to be his own special treasure.

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Deu 14:21 - “You must not eat anything that has died a natural death. You may give it to a foreigner living in your town, or you may sell it to a stranger. But do not eat it yourselves, for you are set apart as holy to the LORD your God.
“You must not cook a young goat in its mother's milk.

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Deu 14:23 - Bring this tithe to the designated place of worship—the place the LORD your God chooses for his name to be honored—and eat it there in his presence. This applies to your tithes of grain, new wine, olive oil, and the firstborn males of your flocks and herds. Doing this will teach you always to fear the LORD your God.

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Deu 14:28 - “At the end of every third year, bring the entire tithe of that year's harvest and store it in the nearest town.

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Deu 15:2 - This is how it must be done. Everyone must cancel the loans they have made to their fellow Israelites. They must not demand payment from their neighbors or relatives, for the LORD's time of release has arrived.

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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 15:11 - There will always be some in the land who are poor. That is why I am commanding you to share freely with the poor and with other Israelites in need.

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Deu 15:19 - “You must set aside for the LORD your God all the firstborn males from your flocks and herds. Do not use the firstborn of your herds to work your fields, and do not shear the firstborn of your flocks.

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Deu 15:20 - Instead, you and your family must eat these animals in the presence of the LORD your God each year at the place he chooses.

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Deu 15:21 - But if this firstborn animal has any defect, such as lameness or blindness, or if anything else is wrong with it, you must not sacrifice it to the LORD your God.

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Deu 16:1 - “In honor of the LORD your God, celebrate the Passover each year in the early spring, in the month of Abib,[fn] for that was the month in which the LORD your God brought you out of Egypt by night.

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Deu 16:2 - Your Passover sacrifice may be from either the flock or the herd, and it must be sacrificed to the LORD your God at the designated place of worship—the place he chooses for his name to be honored.

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Deu 16:6 - You must offer it only at the designated place of worship—the place the LORD your God chooses for his name to be honored. Sacrifice it there in the evening as the sun goes down on the anniversary of your exodus from Egypt.

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Deu 16:7 - Roast the lamb and eat it in the place the LORD your God chooses. Then you may go back to your tents 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 16:10 - Then celebrate the Festival of Harvest[fn] to honor the LORD your God. Bring him a voluntary offering in proportion to the blessings you have received from him.

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Deu 16:11 - This is a time to celebrate before the LORD your God at the designated place of worship he will choose for his name to be honored. Celebrate with your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, the Levites from your towns, and the foreigners, orphans, and widows who live among you.

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Deu 16:15 - For seven days you must celebrate this festival to honor the LORD your God at the place he chooses, for it is he who blesses you with bountiful harvests and gives you success in all your work. This festival will be a time of great joy for all.

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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 17:1 - “Never sacrifice sick or defective cattle, sheep, or goats to the LORD your God, for he detests such gifts.

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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 18:3 - “These are the parts the priests may claim as their share from the cattle, sheep, and goats that the people bring as offerings: the shoulder, the cheeks, and the stomach.

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Deu 18:12 - Anyone who does these things is detestable to the LORD. It is because the other nations have done these detestable things that the LORD your God will drive them out ahead of you.

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Deu 19:12 - In that case, the elders of the murderer's hometown must send agents to the city of refuge to bring him back and hand him over to the dead person's avenger to be put to death.

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Deu 20:2 - When you prepare for battle, the priest must come forward to speak to the troops.

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Deu 20:5 - “Then the officers of the army must address the troops and say, ‘Has anyone here just built a new house but not yet dedicated it? If so, you may go home! You might be killed in the battle, and someone else would dedicate your house.

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Deu 20:6 - Has anyone here just planted a vineyard but not yet eaten any of its fruit? If so, you may go home! You might die in battle, and someone else would eat the first fruit.

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Deu 20:7 - Has anyone here just become engaged to a woman but not yet married her? Well, you may go home and get married! You might die in the battle, and someone else would marry her.'

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Deu 20:19 - “When you are attacking a town and the war drags on, you must not cut down the trees with your axes. You may eat the fruit, but do not cut down the trees. Are the trees your enemies, that you should attack them?

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Deu 21:3 - When the nearest town has been determined, that town's elders must select from the herd a young cow that has never been trained or yoked to a plow.

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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 21:8 - O LORD, forgive your people Israel whom you have redeemed. Do not charge your people with the guilt of murdering an innocent person.' Then they will be absolved of the guilt of this person's blood.

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Deu 21:16 - When the man divides his inheritance, he may not give the larger inheritance to his younger son, the son of the wife he loves, as if he were the firstborn son.

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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 22:5 - “A woman must not put on men's clothing, and a man must not wear women's clothing. Anyone who does this is detestable in the sight of the LORD your God.

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Deu 22:11 - “You must not wear clothing made of wool and linen woven together.

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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 22:19 - They must also fine him 100 pieces of silver,[fn] which he must pay to the woman's father because he publicly accused a virgin of Israel of shameful conduct. The woman will then remain the man's wife, and he may never divorce her.

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Deu 22:27 - Since the man raped her out in the country, it must be assumed that she screamed, but there was no one to rescue her.

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Deu 22:29 - he must pay her father fifty pieces of silver.[fn] Then he must marry the young woman because he violated her, and he may never divorce her as long as he lives.

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Deu 23:15 - “If slaves should escape from their masters and take refuge with you, you must not hand them over to their masters.

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Deu 23:18 - When you are bringing an offering to fulfill a vow, you must not bring to the house of the LORD your God any offering from the earnings of a prostitute, whether a man[fn] or a woman, for both are detestable to the LORD your God.

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Deu 23:19 - “Do not charge interest on the loans you make to a fellow Israelite, whether you loan money, or food, or anything else.

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Deu 23:20 - You may charge interest to foreigners, but you may not charge interest to Israelites, so that the LORD your God may bless you in everything you do in the land you are about to enter and occupy.

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Deu 23:21 - “When you make a vow to the LORD your God, be prompt in fulfilling whatever you promised him. For the LORD your God demands that you promptly fulfill all your vows, or you will be guilty of sin.

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Deu 23:23 - But once you have voluntarily made a vow, be careful to fulfill your promise to the LORD your God.

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Deu 24:10 - “If you lend anything to your neighbor, do not enter his house to pick up the item he is giving as security.

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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 25:9 - the widow must walk over to him in the presence of the elders, pull his sandal from his foot, and spit in his face. Then she must declare, ‘This is what happens to a man who refuses to provide his brother with children.'

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Deu 25:13 - “You must use accurate scales when you weigh out merchandise,

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Deu 25:16 - All who cheat with dishonest weights and measures are detestable to the LORD your God.

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Deu 26:3 - Go to the priest in charge at that time and say to him, ‘With this gift I acknowledge to the LORD your God that I have entered the land he swore to our ancestors he would give us.'

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Deu 26:8 - So the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a strong hand and powerful arm, with overwhelming terror, and with miraculous signs and wonders.

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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 26:14 - I have not eaten any of it while in mourning; I have not handled it while I was ceremonially unclean; and I have not offered any of it to the dead. I have obeyed the LORD my God and have done everything you commanded me.

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Deu 26:19 - And if you do, he will set you high above all the other nations he has made. Then you will receive praise, honor, and renown. You will be a nation that is holy to the LORD your God, just as he promised.”

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Deu 27:5 - “Then build an altar there to the LORD your God, using natural, uncut stones. You must not shape the stones with an iron tool.

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Deu 27:6 - Build the altar of uncut stones, and use it to offer burnt offerings to the LORD your God.

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Deu 27:7 - Also sacrifice peace offerings on it, and celebrate by feasting there before the LORD your God.

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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 28:47 - If you do not serve the LORD your God with joy and enthusiasm for the abundant benefits you have received,

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Deu 28:54 - The most tenderhearted man among you will have no compassion for his own brother, his beloved wife, and his surviving children.

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Deu 28:56 - The most tender and delicate woman among you—so delicate she would not so much as touch the ground with her foot—will be selfish toward the husband she loves and toward her own son or daughter.

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Deu 29:8 - We took their land and gave it to the tribes of Reuben and Gad and to the half-tribe of Manasseh as their grant of land.

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Deu 29:20 - The LORD will never pardon such people. Instead his anger and jealousy will burn against them. All the curses written in this book will come down on them, and the LORD will erase their names from under heaven.

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Deu 29:29 - “The LORD our God has secrets known to no one. We are not accountable for them, but we and our children are accountable forever for all that he has revealed to us, so that we may obey all the terms of these instructions.

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Deu 30:12 - It is not kept in heaven, so distant that you must ask, ‘Who will go up to heaven and bring it down so we can hear it and obey?'

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Deu 31:11 - you must read this Book of Instruction to all the people of Israel when they assemble before the LORD your God at the place he chooses.

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Deu 32:3 - I will proclaim the name of the LORD;
how glorious is our God!

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Deu 33:5 - The LORD became king in Israel[fn]—
when the leaders of the people assembled,
when the tribes of Israel gathered as one.”

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Deu 33:8 - Moses said this about the tribe of Levi:
“O LORD, you have given your Thummim and Urim—the sacred lots—
to your faithful servants the Levites.[fn]
You put them to the test at Massah
and struggled with them at the waters of Meribah.

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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 33:10 - They teach your regulations to Jacob;
they give your instructions to Israel.
They present incense before you
and offer whole burnt offerings on the altar.

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Deu 33:12 - Moses said this about the tribe of Benjamin:
“The people of Benjamin are loved by the LORD
and live in safety beside him.
He surrounds them continuously
and preserves them from every harm.”

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Deu 33:13 - Moses said this about the tribes of Joseph:
“May their land be blessed by the LORD
with the precious gift of dew from the heavens
and water from beneath the earth;

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Deu 33:16 - with the best gifts of the earth and its bounty,
and the favor of the one who appeared in the burning bush.
May these blessings rest on Joseph's head,
crowning the brow of the prince among his brothers.

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Deu 33:18 - Moses said this about the tribes of Zebulun and Issachar[fn]:
“May the people of Zebulun prosper in their travels.
May the people of Issachar prosper at home in their tents.

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Deu 33:20 - Moses said this about the tribe of Gad:
“Blessed is the one who enlarges Gad's territory!
Gad is poised there like a lion
to tear off an arm or a head.

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Deu 33:22 - Moses said this about the tribe of Dan:
“Dan is a lion's cub,
leaping out from Bashan.”

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Deu 33:23 - Moses said this about the tribe of Naphtali:
“O Naphtali, you are rich in favor
and full of the LORD's blessings;
may you possess the west and the south.”

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Deu 33:24 - Moses said this about the tribe of Asher:
“May Asher be blessed above other sons;
may he be esteemed by his brothers;
may he bathe his feet in olive oil.

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Deu 34:9 - Now Joshua son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom, for Moses had laid his hands on him. So the people of Israel obeyed him, doing just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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Jos 1:1 - After the death of Moses the LORD's servant, the LORD spoke to Joshua son of Nun, Moses' assistant. He said,

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Jos 1:3 - I promise you what I promised Moses: ‘Wherever you set foot, you will be on land I have given you—

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Jos 1:6 - “Be strong and courageous, for you are the one who will lead these people to possess all the land I swore to their ancestors I would give them.

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Jos 1:11 - “Go through the camp and tell the people to get their provisions ready. In three days you will cross the Jordan River and take possession of the land the LORD your God is giving you.”

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Jos 1:12 - Then Joshua called together the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh. He told them,

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Jos 1:16 - They answered Joshua, “We will do whatever you command us, and we will go wherever you send us.

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Jos 2:2 - But someone told the king of Jericho, “Some Israelites have come here tonight to spy out the land.”

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Jos 2:10 - For we have heard how the LORD made a dry path for you through the Red Sea[fn] when you left Egypt. And we know what you did to Sihon and Og, the two Amorite kings east of the Jordan River, whose people you completely destroyed.[fn]

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Jos 2:12 - “Now swear to me by the LORD that you will be kind to me and my family since I have helped you. Give me some guarantee that

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Jos 2:17 - Before they left, the men told her, “We will be bound by the oath we have taken only if you follow these instructions.

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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 2:20 - If you betray us, however, we are not bound by this oath in any way.”

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Jos 3:3 - giving these instructions to the people: “When you see the Levitical priests carrying the Ark of the Covenant of the LORD your God, move out from your positions and follow them.

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Jos 3:5 - Then Joshua told the people, “Purify yourselves, for tomorrow the LORD will do great wonders among you.”

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Jos 3:8 - Give this command to the priests who carry the Ark of the Covenant: ‘When you reach the banks of the Jordan River, take a few steps into the river and stop there.'”

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Jos 4:1 - When all the people had crossed the Jordan, the LORD said to Joshua,

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Jos 4:7 - Then you can tell them, ‘They remind us that the Jordan River stopped flowing when the Ark of the LORD's Covenant went across.' These stones will stand as a memorial among the people of Israel forever.”

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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 4:9 - Joshua also set up another pile of twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan, at the place where the priests who carried the Ark of the Covenant were standing. And they are there to this day.

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Jos 4:10 - The priests who were carrying the Ark stood in the middle of the river until all of the LORD's commands that Moses had given to Joshua were carried out. Meanwhile, the people hurried across the riverbed.

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Jos 4:15 - The LORD had said to Joshua,

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Jos 5:2 - At that time the LORD told Joshua, “Make flint knives and circumcise this second generation of Israelites.[fn]”

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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 5:12 - No manna appeared on the day they first ate from the crops of the land, and it was never seen again. So from that time on the Israelites ate from the crops of Canaan.

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Jos 5:14 - “Neither one,” he replied. “I am the commander of the LORD's army.”
At this, Joshua fell with his face to the ground in reverence. “I am at your command,” Joshua said. “What do you want your servant to do?”

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Jos 6:7 - Then he gave orders to the people: “March around the town, and the armed men will lead the way in front of the Ark of the LORD.”

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Jos 6:10 - “Do not shout; do not even talk,” Joshua commanded. “Not a single word from any of you until I tell you to shout. Then shout!”

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Jos 6:17 - Jericho and everything in it must be completely destroyed[fn] as an offering to the LORD. Only Rahab the prostitute and the others in her house will be spared, for she protected our spies.

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Jos 6:19 - Everything made from silver, gold, bronze, or iron is sacred to the LORD and must be brought into his treasury.”

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Jos 6:25 - So Joshua spared Rahab the prostitute and her relatives who were with her in the house, because she had hidden the spies Joshua sent to Jericho. And she lives among the Israelites to this day.

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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,
he will set up its gates.”

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Jos 7:7 - Then Joshua cried out, “Oh, Sovereign LORD, why did you bring us across the Jordan River if you are going to let the Amorites kill us? If only we had been content to stay on the other side!

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Jos 7:19 - Then Joshua said to Achan, “My son, give glory to the LORD, the God of Israel, by telling the truth. Make your confession and tell me what you have done. Don't hide it from me.”

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Jos 7:20 - Achan replied, “It is true! I have sinned against the LORD, the God of Israel.

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Jos 7:25 - Then Joshua said to Achan, “Why have you brought trouble on us? The LORD will now bring trouble on you.” And all the Israelites stoned Achan and his family and burned their bodies.

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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 8:27 - 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 8:30 - Then Joshua built an altar to the LORD, the God of Israel, on Mount Ebal.

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Jos 8:31 - He followed the commands that Moses the LORD's servant had written in the Book of Instruction: “Make me an altar from stones that are uncut and have not been shaped with iron tools.”[fn] Then on the altar they presented burnt offerings and peace offerings to the LORD.

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Jos 8:34 - Joshua then read to them all the blessings and curses Moses had written in the Book of Instruction.

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Jos 8:35 - Every word of every command that Moses had ever given was read to the entire assembly of Israel, including the women and children and the foreigners who lived among them.

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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 9:10 - We have also heard what he did to the two Amorite kings east of the Jordan River—King Sihon of Heshbon and King Og of Bashan (who lived in Ashtaroth).

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Jos 9:23 - May you be cursed! From now on you will always be servants who cut wood and carry water for the house of my God.”

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Jos 9:24 - They replied, “We did it because we—your servants—were clearly told that the LORD your God commanded his servant Moses to give you this entire land and to destroy all the people living in it. So we feared greatly for our lives because of you. That is why we have done this.

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Jos 10:11 - As the Amorites retreated down the road from Beth-horon, the LORD destroyed them with a terrible hailstorm from heaven that continued until they reached Azekah. The hail killed more of the enemy than the Israelites killed with the sword.

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Jos 10:14 - There has never been a day like this one before or since, when the LORD answered such a prayer. Surely the LORD fought for Israel that day!

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Jos 10:17 - When Joshua heard that they had been found,

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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 10:30 - There, too, the LORD gave them the town and its king. He killed everyone in it, leaving no survivors. Then Joshua killed the king of Libnah as he had killed the king of Jericho.

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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 10:42 - Joshua conquered all these kings and their land in a single campaign, for the LORD, the God of Israel, was fighting for his people.

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Jos 11:10 - Joshua then turned back and captured Hazor and killed its king. (Hazor had at one time been the capital of all these kingdoms.)

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Jos 11:15 - As the LORD had commanded his servant Moses, so Moses commanded Joshua. And Joshua did as he was told, carefully obeying all the commands that the LORD had given to Moses.

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Jos 11:21 - During this period Joshua destroyed all the descendants of Anak, who lived in the hill country of Hebron, Debir, Anab, and the entire hill country of Judah and Israel. He killed them all and completely destroyed their towns.

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Jos 11:23 - So Joshua took control of the entire land, just as the LORD had instructed Moses. He gave it to the people of Israel as their special possession, dividing the land among the tribes. So the land finally had rest from war.

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Jos 12:6 - Moses, the servant of the LORD, and the Israelites had destroyed the people of King Sihon and King Og. And Moses gave their land as a possession to the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.

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Jos 13:3 - and the larger territory of the Canaanites, extending from the stream of Shihor on the border of Egypt, northward to the boundary of Ekron. It includes the territory of the five Philistine rulers of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron. The land of the Avvites

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Jos 13:6 - and all the hill country from Lebanon to Misrephoth-maim, including all the land of the Sidonians.
“I myself will drive these people out of the land ahead of the Israelites. So be sure to give this land to Israel as a special possession, just as I have commanded you.

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Jos 13:8 - Half the tribe of Manasseh and the tribes of Reuben and Gad had already received their grants of land on the east side of the Jordan, for Moses, the servant of the LORD, had previously assigned this land to them.

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Jos 14:5 - So the land was distributed in strict accordance with the LORD's commands to Moses.

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Jos 14:8 - but my brothers who went with me frightened the people from entering the Promised Land. For my part, I wholeheartedly followed the LORD my God.

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Jos 14:13 - So Joshua blessed Caleb son of Jephunneh and gave Hebron to him as his portion of land.

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Jos 14:14 - Hebron still belongs to the descendants of Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite because he wholeheartedly followed the LORD, the God of Israel.

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Jos 15:13 - The LORD commanded Joshua to assign some of Judah's territory to Caleb son of Jephunneh. So Caleb was given the town of Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), which had been named after Anak's ancestor.

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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 17:3 - However, Zelophehad, a descendant of Hepher son of Gilead, son of Makir, son of Manasseh, had no sons. He had only daughters, whose names were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.

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Jos 17:8 - The land surrounding Tappuah belonged to Manasseh, but the town of Tappuah itself, on the border of Manasseh's territory, belonged to the tribe of Ephraim.

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Jos 17:9 - From the spring of Tappuah, the boundary of Manasseh followed the Kanah Ravine to the Mediterranean Sea.[fn] Several towns south of the ravine were inside Manasseh's territory, but they actually belonged to the tribe of Ephraim.

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Jos 17:10 - In general, however, the land south of the ravine belonged to Ephraim, and the land north of the ravine belonged to Manasseh. Manasseh's boundary ran along the northern side of the ravine and ended at the Mediterranean Sea. North of Manasseh was the territory of Asher, and to the east was the territory of Issachar.

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Jos 17:14 - The descendants of Joseph came to Joshua and asked, “Why have you given us only one portion of land as our homeland when the LORD has blessed us with so many people?”

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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 19:10 - The third allotment of land went to the clans of the tribe of Zebulun. The boundary of Zebulun's homeland started at Sarid.

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Jos 19:17 - The fourth allotment of land went to the clans of the tribe of Issachar.

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Jos 19:26 - Allammelech, Amad, and Mishal. The boundary on the west touched Carmel and Shihor-libnath,

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Jos 19:27 - then it turned east toward Beth-dagon, and ran as far as Zebulun in the valley of Iphtah-el, going north to Beth-emek and Neiel. It then continued north to Cabul,

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Jos 19:32 - The sixth allotment of land went to the clans of the tribe of Naphtali.

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Jos 19:34 - The western boundary ran past Aznoth-tabor, then to Hukkok, and touched the border of Zebulun in the south, the border of Asher on the west, and the Jordan River[fn] on the east.

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Jos 19:40 - The seventh allotment of land went to the clans of the tribe of Dan.

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Jos 19:49 - After all the land was divided among the tribes, the Israelites gave a piece of land to Joshua as his allocation.

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Jos 20:1 - The LORD said to Joshua,

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Jos 20:3 - Anyone who kills another person accidentally and unintentionally can run to one of these cities; they will be places of refuge from relatives seeking revenge for the person who was killed.

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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 20:9 - These cities were set apart for all the Israelites as well as the foreigners living among them. Anyone who accidentally killed another person could take refuge in one of these cities. In this way, they could escape being killed in revenge prior to standing trial before the local assembly.

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Jos 21:4 - The descendants of Aaron, who were members of the Kohathite clan within the tribe of Levi, were allotted thirteen towns that were originally assigned to the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.

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Jos 21:6 - The clan of Gershon was allotted thirteen towns from the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.

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Jos 21:8 - So the Israelites obeyed the LORD's command to Moses and assigned these towns and pasturelands to the Levites by casting sacred lots.

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Jos 21:13 - The following towns with their pasturelands were given to the descendants of Aaron the priest: Hebron (a city of refuge for those who accidentally killed someone), Libnah,

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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 21:34 - The rest of the Levites—the Merari clan—were given the following towns with their pasturelands from the tribe of Zebulun: Jokneam, Kartah,

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

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Jos 21:43 - So the LORD gave to Israel all the land he had sworn to give their ancestors, and they took possession of it and settled there.

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Jos 22:24 - “The truth is, we have built this altar because we fear that in the future your descendants will say to ours, ‘What right do you have to worship the LORD, the God of Israel?

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Jos 23:8 - Rather, cling tightly to the LORD your God as you have done until now.

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Jos 24:4 - To Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. To Esau I gave the mountains of Seir, while Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.

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Jos 24:9 - Then Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, started a war against Israel. He summoned Balaam son of Beor to curse you,

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Jos 24:27 - Joshua said to all the people, “This stone has heard everything the LORD said to us. It will be a witness to testify against you if you go back on your word to God.”

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Jos 24:30 - They buried him in the land he had been allocated, at Timnath-serah in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.

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Jos 24:31 - The people of Israel served the LORD throughout the lifetime of Joshua and of the elders who outlived him—those who had personally experienced all that the LORD had done for Israel.

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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 1:3 - The men of Judah said to their relatives from the tribe of Simeon, “Join with us to fight against the Canaanites living in the territory allotted to us. Then we will help you conquer your territory.” So the men of Simeon went with Judah.

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Jdg 1:9 - Then they went down to fight the Canaanites living in the hill country, the Negev, and the western foothills.[fn]

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Jdg 1:16 - When the tribe of Judah left Jericho—the city of palms—the Kenites, who were descendants of Moses' father-in-law, traveled with them into the wilderness of Judah. They settled among the people there, near the town of Arad in the Negev.

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Jdg 1:20 - The town of Hebron was given to Caleb as Moses had promised. And Caleb drove out the people living there, who were descendants of the three sons of Anak.

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Jdg 2:5 - So they called the place Bokim (which means “weeping”), and they offered sacrifices there to the LORD.

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Jdg 2:7 - And the Israelites served the LORD throughout the lifetime of Joshua and the leaders who outlived him—those who had seen all the great things the LORD had done for Israel.

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Jdg 2:10 - After that generation died, another generation grew up who did not acknowledge the LORD or remember the mighty things he had done for Israel.

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Jdg 2:14 - This made the LORD burn with anger against Israel, so he handed them over to raiders who stole their possessions. He turned them over to their enemies all around, and they were no longer able to resist them.

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Jdg 2:20 - So the LORD burned with anger against Israel. He said, “Because these people have violated my covenant, which I made with their ancestors, and have ignored my commands,

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Jdg 3:8 - Then the LORD burned with anger against Israel, and he turned them over to King Cushan-rishathaim of Aram-naharaim.[fn] And the Israelites served Cushan-rishathaim for eight years.

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Jdg 3:9 - But when the people of Israel cried out to the LORD for help, the LORD raised up a rescuer to save them. His name was Othniel, the son of Caleb's younger brother, Kenaz.

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Jdg 3:14 - And the Israelites served Eglon of Moab for eighteen years.

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Jdg 3:15 - But when the people of Israel cried out to the LORD for help, the LORD again raised up a rescuer to save them. His name was Ehud son of Gera, a left-handed man of the tribe of Benjamin. The Israelites sent Ehud to deliver their tribute money to King Eglon of Moab.

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Jdg 3:17 - He brought the tribute money to Eglon, who was very fat.

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Jdg 3:29 - They attacked the Moabites and killed about 10,000 of their strongest and most able-bodied warriors. Not one of them escaped.

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Jdg 4:4 - Deborah, the wife of Lappidoth, was a prophet who was judging Israel at that time.

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Jdg 4:10 - At Kedesh, Barak called together the tribes of Zebulun and Naphtali, and 10,000 warriors went up with him. Deborah also went with him.

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Jdg 4:12 - When Sisera was told that Barak son of Abinoam had gone up to Mount Tabor,

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Jdg 5:2 - “Israel's leaders took charge,
and the people gladly followed.
Praise the LORD!

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Jdg 5:3 - “Listen, you kings!
Pay attention, you mighty rulers!
For I will sing to the LORD.
I will make music to the LORD, the God of Israel.

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Jdg 5:7 - There were few people left in the villages of Israel[fn]—
until Deborah arose as a mother for Israel.

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Jdg 5:9 - My heart is with the commanders of Israel,
with those who volunteered for war.
Praise the LORD!

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Jdg 5:11 - Listen to the village musicians[fn]
gathered at the watering holes.
They recount the righteous victories of the LORD
and the victories of his villagers in Israel.
Then the people of the LORD
marched down to the city gates.

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Jdg 5:17 - Gilead remained east of the Jordan.
And why did Dan stay home?
Asher sat unmoved at the seashore,
remaining in his harbors.

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Jdg 6:15 - “But Lord,” Gideon replied, “how can I rescue Israel? My clan is the weakest in the whole tribe of Manasseh, and I am the least in my entire family!”

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Jdg 6:24 - And Gideon built an altar to the LORD there and named it Yahweh-Shalom (which means “the LORD is peace”). The altar remains in Ophrah in the land of the clan of Abiezer to this day.

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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 6:37 - 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 6:39 - Then Gideon said to God, “Please don't be angry with me, but let me make one more request. Let me use the fleece for one more test. This time let the fleece remain dry while the ground around it is wet with dew.”

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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 8:5 - When they reached Succoth, Gideon asked the leaders of the town, “Please give my warriors some food. They are very tired. I am chasing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.”

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Jdg 8:9 - So he said to the people of Peniel, “After I return in victory, I will tear down this tower.”

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Jdg 8:20 - Turning to Jether, his oldest son, he said, “Kill them!” But Jether did not draw his sword, for he was only a boy and was afraid.

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Jdg 8:27 - Gideon made a sacred ephod from the gold and put it in Ophrah, his hometown. But soon all the Israelites prostituted themselves by worshiping it, and it became a trap for Gideon and his family.

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Jdg 8:29 - Then Gideon[fn] son of Joash returned home.

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Jdg 8:30 - He had seventy sons born to him, for he had many wives.

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Jdg 8:32 - Gideon died when he was very old, and he was buried in the grave of his father, Joash, at Ophrah in the land of the clan of Abiezer.

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Jdg 9:7 - When Jotham heard about this, he climbed to the top of Mount Gerizim and shouted,
“Listen to me, citizens of Shechem!
Listen to me if you want God to listen to you!

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Jdg 9:23 - God sent a spirit that stirred up trouble between Abimelech and the leading citizens of Shechem, and they revolted.

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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 9:29 - If I were in charge here, I would get rid of Abimelech. I would say[fn] to him, ‘Get some soldiers, and come out and fight!'”

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Jdg 9:32 - Come by night with an army and hide out in the fields.

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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 9:44 - Abimelech and his group stormed the city gate to keep the men of Shechem from getting back in, while Abimelech's other two groups cut them down in the fields.

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Jdg 9:47 - Someone reported to Abimelech that the citizens had gathered in the temple,

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Jdg 9:56 - In this way, God punished Abimelech for the evil he had done against his father by murdering his seventy brothers.

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Jdg 10:7 - So the LORD burned with anger against Israel, and he turned them over to the Philistines and the Ammonites,

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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 10:9 - The Ammonites also crossed to the west side of the Jordan and attacked Judah, Benjamin, and Ephraim.
The Israelites were in great distress.

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Jdg 10:16 - Then the Israelites put aside their foreign gods and served the LORD. And he was grieved by their misery.

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Jdg 11:1 - Now Jephthah of Gilead was a great warrior. He was the son of Gilead, but his mother was a prostitute.

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Jdg 11:2 - Gilead's wife also had several sons, and when these half brothers grew up, they chased Jephthah off the land. “You will not get any of our father's inheritance,” they said, “for you are the son of a prostitute.”

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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 11:26 - “Israel has been living here for 300 years, inhabiting Heshbon and its surrounding settlements, all the way to Aroer and its settlements, and in all the towns along the Arnon River. Why have you made no effort to recover it before now?

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Jdg 11:30 - And Jephthah made a vow to the LORD. He said, “If you give me victory over the Ammonites,

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Jdg 11:31 - I will give to the LORD whatever comes out of my house to meet me when I return in triumph. I will sacrifice it as a burnt offering.”

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Jdg 11:40 - for young Israelite women to go away for four days each year to lament the fate of Jephthah's daughter.

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Jdg 12:6 - they would tell him to say “Shibboleth.” If he was from Ephraim, he would say “Sibboleth,” because people from Ephraim cannot pronounce the word correctly. Then they would take him and kill him at the shallow crossings of the Jordan. In all, 42,000 Ephraimites were killed at that time.

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Jdg 13:5 - You will become pregnant and give birth to a son, and his hair must never be cut. For he will be dedicated to God as a Nazirite from birth. He will begin to rescue Israel from the Philistines.”

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Jdg 13:6 - The woman ran and told her husband, “A man of God appeared to me! He looked like one of God's angels, terrifying to see. I didn't ask where he was from, and he didn't tell me his name.

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Jdg 13:9 - God answered Manoah's prayer, and the angel of God appeared once again to his wife as she was sitting in the field. But her husband, Manoah, was not with her.

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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 13:19 - Then Manoah took a young goat and a grain offering and offered it on a rock as a sacrifice to the LORD. And as Manoah and his wife watched, the LORD did an amazing thing.

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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 14:3 - His father and mother objected. “Isn't there even one woman in our tribe or among all the Israelites you could marry?” they asked. “Why must you go to the pagan Philistines to find a wife?”
But Samson told his father, “Get her for me! She looks good to me.”

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Jdg 14:4 - His father and mother didn't realize the LORD was at work in this, creating an opportunity to work against the Philistines, who ruled over Israel at that time.

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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 14:16 - 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 14:20 - So his wife was given in marriage to the man who had been Samson's best man at the wedding.

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Jdg 15:2 - “I truly thought you must hate her,” her father explained, “so I gave her in marriage to your best man. But look, her younger sister is even more beautiful than she is. Marry her instead.”

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Jdg 15:4 - Then he went out and caught 300 foxes. He tied their tails together in pairs, and he fastened a torch to each pair of tails.

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Jdg 15:6 - “Who did this?” the Philistines demanded.
“Samson,” was the reply, “because his father-in-law from Timnah gave Samson's wife to be married to his best man.” So the Philistines went and got the woman and her father and burned them to death.

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Jdg 15:8 - So he attacked the Philistines with great fury and killed many of them. Then he went to live in a cave in the rock of Etam.

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Jdg 16:3 - But Samson stayed in bed only until midnight. Then he got up, took hold of the doors of the town gate, including the two posts, and lifted them up, bar and all. He put them on his shoulders and carried them all the way to the top of the hill across from Hebron.

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Jdg 16:13 - Then Delilah said, “You've been making fun of me and telling me lies! Now tell me how you can be tied up securely.”
Samson replied, “If you were to weave the seven braids of my hair into the fabric on your loom and tighten it with the loom shuttle, I would become as weak as anyone else.”
So while he slept, Delilah wove the seven braids of his hair into the fabric.

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Jdg 16:23 - The Philistine rulers held a great festival, offering sacrifices and praising their god, Dagon. They said, “Our god has given us victory over our enemy Samson!”

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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 16:31 - Later his brothers and other relatives went down to get his body. They took him back home and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol, where his father, Manoah, was buried. Samson had judged Israel for twenty years.

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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 17:11 - The Levite agreed to this, and the young man became like one of Micah's sons.

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Jdg 17:12 - So Micah installed the Levite as his personal priest, and he lived in Micah's house.

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Jdg 18:3 - While at Micah's house, they recognized the young Levite's accent, so they went over and asked him, “Who brought you here, and what are you doing in this place? Why are you here?”

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Jdg 18:5 - Then they said, “Ask God whether or not our journey will be successful.”

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Jdg 18:12 - They camped at a place west of Kiriath-jearim in Judah, which is called Mahaneh-dan[fn] to this day.

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Jdg 18:22 - When the people from the tribe of Dan were quite a distance from Micah's house, the people who lived near Micah came chasing after them.

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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 19:24 - Here, take my virgin daughter and this man's concubine. I will bring them out to you, and you can abuse them and do whatever you like. But don't do such a shameful thing to this man.”

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Jdg 20:6 - So I cut her body into twelve pieces and sent the pieces throughout the territory assigned to Israel, for these men have committed a terrible and shameful crime.

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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 20:18 - Before the battle the Israelites went to Bethel and asked God, “Which tribe should go first to attack the people of Benjamin?”
The LORD answered, “Judah is to go first.”

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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 20:31 - When the men of Benjamin came out to attack, they were drawn away from the town. And as they had done before, they began to kill the Israelites. About thirty Israelites died in the open fields and along the roads, one leading to Bethel and the other leading back to Gibeah.

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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 20:36 - Then the men of Benjamin saw that they were beaten.
The Israelites had retreated from Benjamin's warriors in order to give those hiding in ambush more room to maneuver against Gibeah.

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Jdg 20:39 - When the Israelites saw the smoke, they turned and attacked Benjamin's warriors.
By that time Benjamin's warriors had killed about thirty Israelites, and they shouted, “We're defeating them as we did in the first battle!”

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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 21:1 - The Israelites had vowed at Mizpah, “We will never give our daughters in marriage to a man from the tribe of Benjamin.”

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Jdg 21:3 - “O LORD, God of Israel,” they cried out, “why has this happened in Israel? Now one of our tribes is missing from Israel!”

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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 21:14 - Then the men of Benjamin returned to their homes, and the 400 women of Jabesh-gilead who had been spared were given to them as wives. But there were not enough women for all of them.

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Jdg 21:15 - The people felt sorry for Benjamin because the LORD had made this gap among the tribes of Israel.

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Jdg 21:17 - There must be heirs for the survivors so that an entire tribe of Israel is not wiped out.

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Jdg 21:18 - But we cannot give them our own daughters in marriage because we have sworn with a solemn oath that anyone who does this will fall under God's curse.”

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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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Jdg 21:22 - And when their fathers and brothers come to us in protest, we will tell them, ‘Please be sympathetic. Let them have your daughters, for we didn't find wives for all of them when we destroyed Jabesh-gilead. And you are not guilty of breaking the vow since you did not actually give your daughters to them in marriage.'”

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Jdg 21:24 - Then the people of Israel departed by tribes and families, and they returned to their own homes.

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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 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 2:7 - She asked me this morning if she could gather grain behind the harvesters. She has been hard at work ever since, except for a few minutes' rest in the shelter.”

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Rth 2:14 - At mealtime Boaz called to her, “Come over here, and help yourself to some food. You can dip your bread in the sour wine.” So she sat with his harvesters, and Boaz gave her some roasted grain to eat. She ate all she wanted and still had some left over.

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Rth 2:17 - So Ruth gathered barley there all day, and when she beat out the grain that evening, it filled an entire basket.[fn]

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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 3:3 - Now do as I tell you—take a bath and put on perfume and dress in your nicest clothes. Then go to the threshing floor, but don't let Boaz see you until he has finished eating and drinking.

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Rth 3:10 - “The LORD bless you, my daughter!” Boaz exclaimed. “You are showing even more family loyalty now than you did before, for you have not gone after a younger man, whether rich or poor.

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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 4:7 - Now in those days it was the custom in Israel for anyone transferring a right of purchase to remove his sandal and hand it to the other party. This publicly validated the transaction.

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Rth 4:8 - So the other family redeemer drew off his sandal as he said to Boaz, “You buy the land.”

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Rth 4:9 - Then Boaz said to the elders and to the crowd standing around, “You are witnesses that today I have bought from Naomi all the property of Elimelech, Kilion, and Mahlon.

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Rth 4:12 - And may the LORD give you descendants by this young woman who will be like those of our ancestor Perez, the son of Tamar and Judah.”

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1Sa 1:3 - Each year Elkanah would travel to Shiloh to worship and sacrifice to the LORD of Heaven's Armies at the Tabernacle. The priests of the LORD at that time were the two sons of Eli—Hophni and Phinehas.

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1Sa 1:19 - The entire family got up early the next morning and went to worship the LORD once more. Then they returned home to Ramah. When Elkanah slept with Hannah, the LORD remembered her plea,

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1Sa 1:20 - and in due time she gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel,[fn] for she said, “I asked the LORD for him.”

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1Sa 1:22 - But Hannah did not go. She told her husband, “Wait until the boy is weaned. Then I will take him to the Tabernacle and leave him there with the LORD permanently.[fn]”

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1Sa 1:25 - After sacrificing the bull, they brought the boy to Eli.

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1Sa 1:28 - Now I am giving him to the LORD, and he will belong to the LORD his whole life.” And they[fn] worshiped the LORD there.

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1Sa 2:9 - “He will protect his faithful ones,
but the wicked will disappear in darkness.
No one will succeed by strength alone.

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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 2:15 - Sometimes the servant would come even before the animal's fat had been burned on the altar. He would demand raw meat before it had been boiled so that it could be used for roasting.

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1Sa 2:20 - Before they returned home, Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife and say, “May the LORD give you other children to take the place of this one she gave to the LORD.[fn]”

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1Sa 2:25 - If someone sins against another person, God[fn] can mediate for the guilty party. But if someone sins against the LORD, who can intercede?” But Eli's sons wouldn't listen to their father, for the LORD was already planning to put them to death.

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1Sa 2:27 - One day a man of God came to Eli and gave him this message from the LORD: “I revealed myself[fn] to your ancestors when the people of Israel were slaves in Egypt.

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1Sa 2:28 - I chose your ancestor Aaron[fn] from among all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to offer sacrifices on my altar, to burn incense, and to wear the priestly vest[fn] as he served me. And I assigned the sacrificial offerings to you priests.

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1Sa 3:1 - Meanwhile, the boy Samuel served the LORD by assisting Eli. Now in those days messages from the LORD were very rare, and visions were quite uncommon.

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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 3:3 - The lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was sleeping in the Tabernacle[fn] near the Ark of God.

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1Sa 3:9 - So he said to Samuel, “Go and lie down again, and if someone calls again, say, ‘Speak, LORD, your servant is listening.'” So Samuel went back to bed.

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1Sa 3:14 - So I have vowed that the sins of Eli and his sons will never be forgiven by sacrifices or offerings.”

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1Sa 3:15 - Samuel stayed in bed until morning, then got up and opened the doors of the Tabernacle[fn] as usual. He was afraid to tell Eli what the LORD had said to him.

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1Sa 3:20 - And all Israel, from Dan in the north to Beersheba in the south, knew that Samuel was confirmed as a prophet of the LORD.

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1Sa 3:21 - The LORD continued to appear at Shiloh and gave messages to Samuel there at the Tabernacle.

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1Sa 4:14 - “What is all the noise about?” Eli asked.
The messenger rushed over to Eli,

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1Sa 4:17 - “Israel has been defeated by the Philistines,” the messenger replied. “The people have been slaughtered, and your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, were also killed. And the Ark of God has been captured.”

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1Sa 4:20 - She died in childbirth, but before she passed away the midwives tried to encourage her. “Don't be afraid,” they said. “You have a baby boy!” But she did not answer or pay attention to them.

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1Sa 6:4 - “What sort of guilt offering should we send?” they asked.
And they were told, “Since the plague has struck both you and your five rulers, make five gold tumors and five gold rats, just like those that have ravaged your land.

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1Sa 6:5 - Make these things to show honor to the God of Israel. Perhaps then he will stop afflicting you, your gods, and your land.

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1Sa 6:14 - The cart came into the field of a man named Joshua and stopped beside a large rock. So the people broke up the wood of the cart for a fire and killed the cows and sacrificed them to the LORD as a burnt offering.

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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 6:17 - The five gold tumors sent by the Philistines as a guilt offering to the LORD were gifts from the rulers of Ashdod, Gaza, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron.

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1Sa 6:19 - But the LORD killed seventy men[fn] from Beth-shemesh because they looked into the Ark of the LORD. And the people mourned greatly because of what the LORD had done.

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1Sa 7:1 - So the men of Kiriath-jearim came to get the Ark of the LORD. They took it to the hillside home of Abinadab and ordained Eleazar, his son, to be in charge of it.

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1Sa 7:9 - So Samuel took a young lamb and offered it to the LORD as a whole burnt offering. He pleaded with the LORD to help Israel, and the LORD answered him.

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1Sa 7:14 - The Israelite villages near Ekron and Gath that the Philistines had captured were restored to Israel, along with the rest of the territory that the Philistines had taken. And there was peace between Israel and the Amorites in those days.

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1Sa 7:17 - Then he would return to his home at Ramah, and he would hear cases there, too. And Samuel built an altar to the LORD at Ramah.

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1Sa 8:1 - As Samuel grew old, he appointed his sons to be judges over Israel.

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1Sa 9:7 - “But we don't have anything to offer him,” Saul replied. “Even our food is gone, and we don't have a thing to give him.”

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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 9:12 - “Yes,” they replied. “Stay right on this road. He is at the town gates. He has just arrived to take part in a public sacrifice up at the place of worship.

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1Sa 9:17 - When Samuel saw Saul, the LORD said, “That's the man I told you about! He will rule my people.”

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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 9:20 - And don't worry about those donkeys that were lost three days ago, for they have been found. And I am here to tell you that you and your family are the focus of all Israel's hopes.”

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1Sa 9:23 - Samuel then instructed the cook to bring Saul the finest cut of meat, the piece that had been set aside for the guest of honor.

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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 9:27 - When they reached the edge of town, Samuel told Saul to send his servant on ahead. After the servant was gone, Samuel said, “Stay here, for I have received a special message for you from God.”

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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 10:11 - When those who knew Saul heard about it, they exclaimed, “What? Is even Saul a prophet? How did the son of Kish become a prophet?”

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1Sa 10:17 - Later Samuel called all the people of Israel to meet before the LORD at Mizpah.

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1Sa 12:8 - “When the Israelites were[fn] in Egypt and cried out to the LORD, he sent Moses and Aaron to rescue them from Egypt and to bring them into this land.

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1Sa 12:20 - “Don't be afraid,” Samuel reassured them. “You have certainly done wrong, but make sure now that you worship the LORD with all your heart, and don't turn your back on him.

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1Sa 12:23 - “As for me, I will certainly not sin against the LORD by ending my prayers for you. And I will continue to teach you what is good and right.

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1Sa 13:3 - Soon after this, Jonathan attacked and defeated the garrison of Philistines at Geba. The news spread quickly among the Philistines. So Saul blew the ram's horn throughout the land, saying, “Hebrews, hear this! Rise up in revolt!”

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1Sa 13:22 - So on the day of the battle none of the people of Israel had a sword or spear, except for Saul and Jonathan.

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1Sa 13:23 - The pass at Micmash had meanwhile been secured by a contingent of the Philistine army.

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1Sa 14:1 - One day Jonathan said to his armor bearer, “Come on, let's go over to where the Philistines have their outpost.” But Jonathan did not tell his father what he was doing.

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1Sa 14:4 - To reach the Philistine outpost, Jonathan had to go down between two rocky cliffs that were called Bozez and Seneh.

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1Sa 14:6 - “Let's go across to the outpost of those pagans,” Jonathan said to his armor bearer. “Perhaps the LORD will help us, for nothing can hinder the LORD. He can win a battle whether he has many warriors or only a few!”

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1Sa 14:17 - “Call the roll and find out who's missing,” Saul ordered. And when they checked, they found that Jonathan and his armor bearer were gone.

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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 14:24 - 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 14:33 - Someone reported to Saul, “Look, the men are sinning against the LORD by eating meat that still has blood in it.”
“That is very wrong,” Saul said. “Find a large stone and roll it over here.

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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 14:35 - Then Saul built an altar to the LORD; it was the first of the altars he built to the LORD.

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1Sa 14:41 - Then Saul prayed, “O LORD, God of Israel, please show us who is guilty and who is innocent.[fn]” Then they cast sacred lots, and Jonathan and Saul were chosen as the guilty ones, and the people were declared innocent.

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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 15:4 - So Saul mobilized his army at Telaim. There were 200,000 soldiers from Israel and 10,000 men from Judah.

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1Sa 15:5 - Then Saul and his army went to a town of the Amalekites and lay in wait in the valley.

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1Sa 15:12 - Early the next morning Samuel went to find Saul. Someone told him, “Saul went to the town of Carmel to set up a monument to himself; then he went on to Gilgal.”

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1Sa 15:13 - When Samuel finally found him, Saul greeted him cheerfully. “May the LORD bless you,” he said. “I have carried out the LORD's command!”

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1Sa 15:15 - “It's true that the army spared the best of the sheep, goats, and cattle,” Saul admitted. “But they are going to sacrifice them to the LORD your God. We have destroyed everything else.”

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1Sa 15:22 - But Samuel replied,
“What is more pleasing to the LORD:
your burnt offerings and sacrifices
or your obedience to his voice?
Listen! Obedience is better than sacrifice,
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1Sa 15:25 - But now, please forgive my sin and come back with me so that I may worship the LORD.”

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1Sa 15:28 - And Samuel said to him, “The LORD has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today and has given it to someone else—one who is better than you.

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1Sa 15:30 - Then Saul pleaded again, “I know I have sinned. But please, at least honor me before the elders of my people and before Israel by coming back with me so that I may worship the LORD your God.”

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1Sa 15:31 - So Samuel finally agreed and went back with him, and Saul worshiped the LORD.

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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 16:5 - “Yes,” Samuel replied. “I have come to sacrifice to the LORD. Purify yourselves and come with me to the sacrifice.” Then Samuel performed the purification rite for Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice, too.

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1Sa 16:6 - When they arrived, Samuel took one look at Eliab and thought, “Surely this is the LORD's anointed!”

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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 16:18 - One of the servants said to Saul, “One of Jesse's sons from Bethlehem is a talented harp player. Not only that—he is a brave warrior, a man of war, and has good judgment. He is also a fine-looking young man, and the LORD is with him.”

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1Sa 17:34 - But David persisted. “I have been taking care of my father's sheep and goats,” he said. “When a lion or a bear comes to steal a lamb from the flock,

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1Sa 18:8 - This made Saul very angry. “What's this?” he said. “They credit David with ten thousands and me with only thousands. Next they'll be making him their king!”

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1Sa 18:22 - Then Saul told his men to say to David, “The king really likes you, and so do we. Why don't you accept the king's offer and become his son-in-law?”

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1Sa 18:25 - he told them, “Tell David that all I want for the bride price is 100 Philistine foreskins! Vengeance on my enemies is all I really want.” But what Saul had in mind was that David would be killed in the fight.

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1Sa 18:26 - David was delighted to accept the offer. Before the time limit expired,

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1Sa 18:27 - he and his men went out and killed 200 Philistines. Then David fulfilled the king's requirement by presenting all their foreskins to him. So Saul gave his daughter Michal to David to be his wife.

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1Sa 19:2 - told him what his father was planning. “Tomorrow morning,” he warned him, “you must find a hiding place out in the fields.

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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 19:19 - When the report reached Saul that David was at Naioth in Ramah,

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1Sa 19:21 - When Saul heard what had happened, he sent other troops, but they, too, prophesied! The same thing happened a third time.

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1Sa 19:22 - Finally, Saul himself went to Ramah and arrived at the great well in Secu. “Where are Samuel and David?” he demanded.
“They are at Naioth in Ramah,” someone told him.

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1Sa 20:3 - Then David took an oath before Jonathan and said, “Your father knows perfectly well about our friendship, so he has said to himself, ‘I won't tell Jonathan—why should I hurt him?' But I swear to you that I am only a step away from death! I swear it by the LORD and by your own soul!”

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1Sa 20:7 - If he says, ‘Fine!' you will know all is well. But if he is angry and loses his temper, you will know he is determined to kill me.

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1Sa 20:8 - Show me this loyalty as my sworn friend—for we made a solemn pact before the LORD—or kill me yourself if I have sinned against your father. But please don't betray me to him!”

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1Sa 20:13 - But if he is angry and wants you killed, may the LORD strike me and even kill me if I don't warn you so you can escape and live. May the LORD be with you as he used to be with my father.

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1Sa 20:17 - And Jonathan made David reaffirm his vow of friendship again, for Jonathan loved David as he loved himself.

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1Sa 20:21 - Then I will send a boy to bring the arrows back. If you hear me tell him, ‘They're on this side,' then you will know, as surely as the LORD lives, that all is well, and there is no trouble.

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1Sa 20:22 - But if I tell him, ‘Go farther—the arrows are still ahead of you,' then it will mean that you must leave immediately, for the LORD is sending you away.

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1Sa 20:28 - Jonathan replied, “David earnestly asked me if he could go to Bethlehem.

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1Sa 20:30 - Saul boiled with rage at Jonathan. “You stupid son of a whore!”[fn] he swore at him. “Do you think I don't know that you want him to be king in your place, shaming yourself and your mother?

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1Sa 20:32 - “But why should he be put to death?” Jonathan asked his father. “What has he done?”

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1Sa 20:41 - As soon as the boy was gone, David came out from where he had been hiding near the stone pile.[fn] Then David bowed three times to Jonathan with his face to the ground. Both of them were in tears as they embraced each other and said good-bye, especially David.

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1Sa 21:2 - “The king has sent me on a private matter,” David said. “He told me not to tell anyone why I am here. I have told my men where to meet me later.

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1Sa 21:4 - “We don't have any regular bread,” the priest replied. “But there is the holy bread, which you can have if your young men have not slept with any women recently.”

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1Sa 21:5 - “Don't worry,” David replied. “I never allow my men to be with women when they are on a campaign. And since they stay clean even on ordinary trips, how much more on this one!”

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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 22:14 - “But sir,” Ahimelech replied, “is anyone among all your servants as faithful as David, your son-in-law? Why, he is the captain of your bodyguard and a highly honored member of your household!

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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 22:20 - Only Abiathar, one of the sons of Ahimelech, escaped and fled to David.

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1Sa 22:21 - When he told David that Saul had killed the priests of the LORD,

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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 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 23:7 - Saul soon learned that David was at Keilah. “Good!” he exclaimed. “We've got him now! God has handed him over to me, for he has trapped himself in a walled town!”

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1Sa 23:8 - So Saul mobilized his entire army to march to Keilah and besiege David and his men.

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1Sa 23:11 - Will the leaders of Keilah betray me to him?[fn] And will Saul actually come as I have heard? O LORD, God of Israel, please tell me.”
And the LORD said, “He will come.”

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1Sa 23:13 - So David and his men—about 600 of them now—left Keilah and began roaming the countryside. Word soon reached Saul that David had escaped, so he didn't go to Keilah after all.

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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 23:21 - “The LORD bless you,” Saul said. “At last someone is concerned about me!

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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 24:6 - “The LORD knows I shouldn't have done that to my lord the king,” he said to his men. “The LORD forbid that I should do this to my lord the king and attack the LORD's anointed one, for the LORD himself has chosen him.”

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1Sa 24:22 - So David promised this to Saul with an oath. Then Saul went home, but David and his men went back to their stronghold.

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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 25:8 - Ask your own men, and they will tell you this is true. So would you be kind to us, since we have come at a time of celebration? Please share any provisions you might have on hand with us and with your friend David.”

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1Sa 25:12 - So David's young men returned and told him what Nabal had said.

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1Sa 25:19 - and said to her servants, “Go on ahead. I will follow you shortly.” But she didn't tell her husband Nabal what she was doing.

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1Sa 25:22 - May God strike me and kill me[fn] if even one man of his household is still alive tomorrow morning!”

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1Sa 25:26 - “Now, my lord, as surely as the LORD lives and you yourself live, since the LORD has kept you from murdering and taking vengeance into your own hands, let all your enemies and those who try to harm you be as cursed as Nabal is.

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1Sa 25:27 - And here is a present that I, your servant, have brought to you and your young men.

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1Sa 25:28 - Please forgive me if I have offended you in any way. The LORD will surely reward you with a lasting dynasty, for you are fighting the LORD's battles. And you have not done wrong throughout your entire life.

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1Sa 25:29 - “Even when you are chased by those who seek to kill you, your life is safe in the care of the LORD your God, secure in his treasure pouch! But the lives of your enemies will disappear like stones shot from a sling!

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1Sa 25:30 - When the LORD has done all he promised and has made you leader of Israel,

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1Sa 25:31 - don't let this be a blemish on your record. Then your conscience won't have to bear the staggering burden of needless bloodshed and vengeance. And when the LORD has done these great things for you, please remember me, your servant!”

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1Sa 25:34 - For I swear by the LORD, the God of Israel, who has kept me from hurting you, that if you had not hurried out to meet me, not one of Nabal's men would still be alive tomorrow morning.”

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1Sa 25:44 - Saul, meanwhile, had given his daughter Michal, David's wife, to a man from Gallim named Palti son of Laish.

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1Sa 26:1 - Now some men from Ziph came to Saul at Gibeah to tell him, “David is hiding on the hill of Hakilah, which overlooks Jeshimon.”

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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 26:14 - Then he shouted down to the soldiers and to Abner son of Ner, “Wake up, Abner!”
“Who is it?” Abner demanded.

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1Sa 27:4 - Word soon reached Saul that David had fled to Gath, so he stopped hunting for him.

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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 27:12 - Achish believed David and thought to himself, “By now the people of Israel must hate him bitterly. Now he will have to stay here and serve me forever!”

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1Sa 28:8 - So Saul disguised himself by wearing ordinary clothing instead of his royal robes. Then he went to the woman's home at night, accompanied by two of his men.
“I have to talk to a man who has died,” he said. “Will you call up his spirit for me?”

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1Sa 28:10 - But Saul took an oath in the name of the LORD and promised, “As surely as the LORD lives, nothing bad will happen to you for doing this.”

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1Sa 28:17 - The LORD has done just as he said he would. He has torn the kingdom from you and given it to your rival, David.

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1Sa 29:4 - But the Philistine commanders were angry. “Send him back to the town you've given him!” they demanded. “He can't go into the battle with us. What if he turns against us in battle and becomes our adversary? Is there any better way for him to reconcile himself with his master than by handing our heads over to him?

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1Sa 29:8 - “What have I done to deserve this treatment?” David demanded. “What have you ever found in your servant, that I can't go and fight the enemies of my lord the king?”

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1Sa 30:21 - Then David returned to the brook Besor and met up with the 200 men who had been left behind because they were too exhausted to go with him. They went out to meet David and his men, and David greeted them joyfully.

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1Sa 30:25 - From then on David made this a decree and regulation for Israel, and it is still followed today.

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1Sa 31:2 - The Philistines closed in on Saul and his sons, and they killed three of his sons—Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malkishua.

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1Sa 31:7 - When the Israelites on the other side of the Jezreel Valley and beyond the Jordan saw that the Israelite army had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned their towns and fled. So the Philistines moved in and occupied their towns.

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1Sa 31:9 - So they cut off Saul's head and stripped off his armor. Then they proclaimed the good news of Saul's death in their pagan temple and to the people throughout the land of Philistia.

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1Sa 31:11 - But when the people of Jabesh-gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul,

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2Sa 1:6 - The man answered, “I happened to be on Mount Gilboa, and there was Saul leaning on his spear with the enemy chariots and charioteers closing in on him.

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2Sa 1:10 - “So I killed him,” the Amalekite told David, “for I knew he couldn't live. Then I took his crown and his armband, and I have brought them here to you, my lord.”

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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 2:4 - Then the men of Judah came to David and anointed him king over the people of Judah.
When David heard that the men of Jabesh-gilead had buried Saul,

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2Sa 2:5 - he sent them this message: “May the LORD bless you for being so loyal to your master Saul and giving him a decent burial.

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2Sa 2:22 - Again Abner shouted to him, “Get away from here! I don't want to kill you. How could I ever face your brother Joab again?”

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2Sa 2:23 - But Asahel refused to turn back, so Abner thrust the butt end of his spear through Asahel's stomach, and the spear came out through his back. He stumbled to the ground and died there. And everyone who came by that spot stopped and stood still when they saw Asahel lying there.

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2Sa 2:26 - Abner shouted down to Joab, “Must we always be killing each other? Don't you realize that bitterness is the only result? When will you call off your men from chasing their Israelite brothers?”

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2Sa 2:32 - Joab and his men took Asahel's body to Bethlehem and buried him there in his father's tomb. Then they traveled all night and reached Hebron at daybreak.

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2Sa 3:2 - These are the sons who were born to David in Hebron:
The oldest was Amnon, whose mother was Ahinoam from Jezreel.

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2Sa 3:5 - The sixth was Ithream, whose mother was Eglah, David's wife. These sons were all born to David in Hebron.

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2Sa 3:7 - One day Ishbosheth,[fn] Saul's son, accused Abner of sleeping with one of his father's concubines, a woman named Rizpah, daughter of Aiah.

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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 3:11 - Ishbosheth didn't dare say another word because he was afraid of what Abner might do.

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2Sa 3:20 - When Abner and twenty of his men came to Hebron, David entertained them with a great feast.

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2Sa 3:23 - When Joab arrived, he was told that Abner had just been there visiting the king and had been sent away in safety.

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2Sa 3:30 - So Joab and his brother Abishai killed Abner because Abner had killed their brother Asahel at the battle of Gibeon.

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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 3:39 - And even though I am the anointed king, these two sons of Zeruiah—Joab and Abishai—are too strong for me to control. So may the LORD repay these evil men for their evil deeds.”

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2Sa 4:2 - Now there were two brothers, Baanah and Recab, who were captains of Ishbosheth's raiding parties. They were sons of Rimmon, a member of the tribe of Benjamin who lived in Beeroth. The town of Beeroth is now part of Benjamin's territory

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2Sa 4:4 - (Saul's son Jonathan had a son named Mephibosheth,[fn] who was crippled as a child. He was five years old when the report came from Jezreel that Saul and Jonathan had been killed in battle. When the child's nurse heard the news, she picked him up and fled. But as she hurried away, she dropped him, and he became crippled.)

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2Sa 4:7 - They went into the house and found Ishbosheth sleeping on his bed. They struck and killed him and cut off his head. Then, taking his head with them, they fled across the Jordan Valley[fn] through the night.

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2Sa 4:8 - When they arrived at Hebron, they presented Ishbosheth's head to David. “Look!” they exclaimed to the king. “Here is the head of Ishbosheth, the son of your enemy Saul who tried to kill you. Today the LORD has given my lord the king revenge on Saul and his entire family!”

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2Sa 4:9 - But David said to Recab and Baanah, “The LORD, who saves me from all my enemies, is my witness.

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2Sa 4:11 - How much more should I reward evil men who have killed an innocent man in his own house and on his own bed? Shouldn't I hold you responsible for his blood and rid the earth of you?”

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2Sa 4:12 - So David ordered his young men to kill them, and they did. They cut off their hands and feet and hung their bodies beside the pool in Hebron. Then they took Ishbosheth's head and buried it in Abner's tomb in Hebron.

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2Sa 5:6 - David then led his men to Jerusalem to fight against the Jebusites, the original inhabitants of the land who were living there. The Jebusites taunted David, saying, “You'll never get in here! Even the blind and lame could keep you out!” For the Jebusites thought they were safe.

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2Sa 5:11 - Then King Hiram of Tyre sent messengers to David, along with cedar timber and carpenters and stonemasons, and they built David a palace.

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2Sa 5:13 - After moving from Hebron to Jerusalem, David married more concubines and wives, and they had more sons and daughters.

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2Sa 5:24 - When you hear a sound like marching feet in the tops of the poplar trees, be on the alert! That will be the signal that the LORD is moving ahead of you to strike down the Philistine army.”

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2Sa 6:3 - They placed the Ark of God on a new cart and brought it from Abinadab's house, which was on a hill. Uzzah and Ahio, Abinadab's sons, were guiding the cart as it left the house,

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2Sa 6:7 - Then the LORD's anger was aroused against Uzzah, and God struck him dead because of this.[fn] So Uzzah died right there beside the Ark of God.

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2Sa 6:8 - David was angry because the LORD's anger had burst out against Uzzah. He named that place Perez-uzzah (which means “to burst out against Uzzah”), as it is still called today.

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2Sa 6:12 - Then King David was told, “The LORD has blessed Obed-edom's household and everything he has because of the Ark of God.” So David went there and brought the Ark of God from the house of Obed-edom to the City of David with a great celebration.

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2Sa 6:19 - Then he gave to every Israelite man and woman in the crowd a loaf of bread, a cake of dates,[fn] and a cake of raisins. Then all the people returned to their homes.

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2Sa 7:1 - When King David was settled in his palace and the LORD had given him rest from all the surrounding enemies,

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2Sa 7:8 - “Now go and say to my servant David, ‘This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies has declared: I took you from tending sheep in the pasture and selected you to be the leader of my people Israel.

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2Sa 7:10 - And I will provide a homeland for my people Israel, planting them in a secure place where they will never be disturbed. Evil nations won't oppress them as they've done in the past,

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2Sa 7:21 - Because of your promise and according to your will, you have done all these great things and have made them known to your servant.

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2Sa 8:2 - David also conquered the land of Moab. He made the people lie down on the ground in a row, and he measured them off in groups with a length of rope. He measured off two groups to be executed for every one group to be spared. The Moabites who were spared became David's subjects and paid him tribute money.

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2Sa 8:5 - When Arameans from Damascus arrived to help King Hadadezer, David killed 22,000 of them.

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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 8:10 - he sent his son Joram to congratulate King David for his successful campaign. Hadadezer and Toi had been enemies and were often at war. Joram presented David with many gifts of silver, gold, and bronze.

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2Sa 8:11 - King David dedicated all these gifts to the LORD, as he did with the silver and gold from the other nations he had defeated—

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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 9:1 - One day David asked, “Is anyone in Saul's family still alive—anyone to whom I can show kindness for Jonathan's sake?”

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2Sa 9:3 - The king then asked him, “Is anyone still alive from Saul's family? If so, I want to show God's kindness to them.”
Ziba replied, “Yes, one of Jonathan's sons is still alive. He is crippled in both feet.”

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2Sa 9:9 - Then the king summoned Saul's servant Ziba and said, “I have given your master's grandson everything that belonged to Saul and his family.

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2Sa 9:10 - You and your sons and servants are to farm the land for him to produce food for your master's household.[fn] But Mephibosheth, your master's grandson, will eat here at my table.” (Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.)

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2Sa 9:11 - Ziba replied, “Yes, my lord the king; I am your servant, and I will do all that you have commanded.” And from that time on, Mephibosheth ate regularly at David's table,[fn] like one of the king's own sons.

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2Sa 9:12 - Mephibosheth had a young son named Mica. From then on, all the members of Ziba's household were Mephibosheth's servants.

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2Sa 10:4 - So Hanun seized David's ambassadors and shaved off half of each man's beard, cut off their robes at the buttocks, and sent them back to David in shame.

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2Sa 10:5 - When David heard what had happened, he sent messengers to tell the men, “Stay at Jericho until your beards grow out, and then come back.” For they felt deep shame because of their appearance.

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2Sa 10:17 - When David heard what was happening, he mobilized all Israel, crossed the Jordan River, and led the army to Helam. The Arameans positioned themselves in battle formation and fought against David.

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2Sa 11:5 - Later, when Bathsheba discovered that she was pregnant, she sent David a message, saying, “I'm pregnant.”

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2Sa 11:8 - Then he told Uriah, “Go on home and relax.[fn]” David even sent a gift to Uriah after he had left the palace.

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2Sa 11:10 - When David heard that Uriah had not gone home, he summoned him and asked, “What's the matter? Why didn't you go home last night after being away for so long?”

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2Sa 11:18 - Then Joab sent a battle report to David.

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2Sa 11:19 - He told his messenger, “Report all the news of the battle to the king.

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2Sa 11:22 - So the messenger went to Jerusalem and gave a complete report to David.

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2Sa 12:2 - The rich man owned a great many sheep and cattle.

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2Sa 12:3 - The poor man owned nothing but one little lamb he had bought. He raised that little lamb, and it grew up with his children. It ate from the man's own plate and drank from his cup. He cuddled it in his arms like a baby daughter.

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2Sa 12:4 - One day a guest arrived at the home of the rich man. But instead of killing an animal from his own flock or herd, he took the poor man's lamb and killed it and prepared it for his guest.”

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2Sa 12:5 - David was furious. “As surely as the LORD lives,” he vowed, “any man who would do such a thing deserves to die!

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2Sa 12:8 - I gave you your master's house and his wives and the kingdoms of Israel and Judah. And if that had not been enough, I would have given you much, much more.

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2Sa 12:11 - “This is what the LORD says: Because of what you have done, I will cause your own household to rebel against you. I will give your wives to another man before your very eyes, and he will go to bed with them in public view.

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2Sa 12:13 - Then David confessed to Nathan, “I have sinned against the LORD.”
Nathan replied, “Yes, but the LORD has forgiven you, and you won't die for this sin.

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2Sa 12:15 - After Nathan returned to his home, the LORD sent a deadly illness to the child of David and Uriah's wife.

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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 12:22 - David replied, “I fasted and wept while the child was alive, for I said, ‘Perhaps the LORD will be gracious to me and let the child live.'

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2Sa 12:31 - He also made slaves of the people of Rabbah and forced them to labor with[fn] saws, iron picks, and iron axes, and to work in the brick kilns.[fn] That is how he dealt with the people of all the Ammonite towns. Then David and all the army returned to Jerusalem.

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2Sa 13:1 - Now David's son Absalom had a beautiful sister named Tamar. And Amnon, her half brother, fell desperately in love with her.

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2Sa 13:3 - But Amnon had a very crafty friend—his cousin Jonadab. He was the son of David's brother Shimea.[fn]

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2Sa 13:10 - Then he said to Tamar, “Now bring the food into my bedroom and feed it to me here.” So Tamar took his favorite dish to him.

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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 13:24 - He went to the king and said, “My sheep-shearers are now at work. Would the king and his servants please come to celebrate the occasion with me?”

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2Sa 13:28 - Absalom told his men, “Wait until Amnon gets drunk; then at my signal, kill him! Don't be afraid. I'm the one who has given the command. Take courage and do it!”

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2Sa 13:29 - So at Absalom's signal they murdered Amnon. Then the other sons of the king jumped on their mules and fled.

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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 14:7 - Now the rest of the family is demanding, ‘Let us have your son. We will execute him for murdering his brother. He doesn't deserve to inherit his family's property.' They want to extinguish the only coal I have left, and my husband's name and family will disappear from the face of the earth.”

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2Sa 14:19 - “Did Joab put you up to this?”
And the woman replied, “My lord the king, how can I deny it? Nobody can hide anything from you. Yes, Joab sent me and told me what to say.

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2Sa 14:26 - He cut his hair only once a year, and then only because it was so heavy. When he weighed it out, it came to five pounds![fn]

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2Sa 14:27 - He had three sons and one daughter. His daughter's name was Tamar, and she was very beautiful.

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2Sa 15:7 - After four years,[fn] Absalom said to the king, “Let me go to Hebron to offer a sacrifice to the LORD and fulfill a vow I made to him.

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2Sa 15:8 - For while your servant was at Geshur in Aram, I promised to sacrifice to the LORD in Hebron[fn] if he would bring me back to Jerusalem.”

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2Sa 15:17 - The king and all his people set out on foot, pausing at the last house

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2Sa 15:21 - But Ittai said to the king, “I vow by the LORD and by your own life that I will go wherever my lord the king goes, no matter what happens—whether it means life or death.”

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2Sa 15:23 - Everyone cried loudly as the king and his followers passed by. They crossed the Kidron Valley and then went out toward the wilderness.

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2Sa 15:25 - Then the king instructed Zadok to take the Ark of God back into the city. “If the LORD sees fit,” David said, “he will bring me back to see the Ark and the Tabernacle[fn] again.

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2Sa 15:27 - The king also told Zadok the priest, “Look,[fn] here is my plan. You and Abiathar[fn] should return quietly to the city with your son Ahimaaz and Abiathar's son Jonathan.

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2Sa 15:32 - When David reached the summit of the Mount of Olives where people worshiped God, Hushai the Arkite was waiting there for him. Hushai had torn his clothing and put dirt on his head as a sign of mourning.

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2Sa 15:34 - Return to Jerusalem and tell Absalom, ‘I will now be your adviser, O king, just as I was your father's adviser in the past.' Then you can frustrate and counter Ahithophel's advice.

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2Sa 15:35 - Zadok and Abiathar, the priests, will be there. Tell them about the plans being made in the king's palace,

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2Sa 15:36 - and they will send their sons Ahimaaz and Jonathan to tell me what is going on.”

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2Sa 16:4 - “In that case,” the king told Ziba, “I give you everything Mephibosheth owns.”
“I bow before you,” Ziba replied. “May I always be pleasing to you, my lord the king.”

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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 16:22 - So they set up a tent on the palace roof where everyone could see it, and Absalom went in and had sex with his father's concubines.

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2Sa 16:23 - Absalom followed Ahithophel's advice, just as David had done. For every word Ahithophel spoke seemed as wise as though it had come directly from the mouth of God.

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2Sa 17:3 - and I will bring all the people back to you as a bride returns to her husband. After all, it is only one man's life that you seek.[fn] Then you will be at peace with all the people.”

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2Sa 17:9 - He has probably already hidden in some pit or cave. And when he comes out and attacks and a few of your men fall, there will be panic among your troops, and the word will spread that Absalom's men are being slaughtered.

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2Sa 17:15 - Hushai told Zadok and Abiathar, the priests, what Ahithophel had said to Absalom and the elders of Israel and what he himself had advised instead.

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2Sa 17:16 - “Quick!” he told them. “Find David and urge him not to stay at the shallows of the Jordan River[fn] tonight. He must go across at once into the wilderness beyond. Otherwise he will die and his entire army with him.”

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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 17:21 - Then the two men crawled out of the well and hurried on to King David. “Quick!” they told him, “cross the Jordan tonight!” And they told him how Ahithophel had advised that he be captured and killed.

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2Sa 17:23 - When Ahithophel realized that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey, went to his hometown, set his affairs in order, and hanged himself. He died there and was buried in the family tomb.

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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 18:5 - And the king gave this command to Joab, Abishai, and Ittai: “For my sake, deal gently with young Absalom.” And all the troops heard the king give this order to his commanders.

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2Sa 18:6 - So the battle began in the forest of Ephraim,

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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 18:11 - “What?” Joab demanded. “You saw him there and didn't kill him? I would have rewarded you with ten pieces of silver[fn] and a hero's belt!”

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2Sa 18:12 - “I would not kill the king's son for even a thousand pieces of silver,[fn]” the man replied to Joab. “We all heard the king say to you and Abishai and Ittai, ‘For my sake, please spare young Absalom.'

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2Sa 18:17 - They threw Absalom's body into a deep pit in the forest and piled a great heap of stones over it. And all Israel fled to their homes.

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2Sa 18:19 - Then Zadok's son Ahimaaz said, “Let me run to the king with the good news that the LORD has rescued him from his enemies.”

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2Sa 18:21 - Then Joab said to a man from Ethiopia,[fn] “Go tell the king what you have seen.” The man bowed and ran off.

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2Sa 18:25 - He shouted the news down to David, and the king replied, “If he is alone, he has news.”
As the messenger came closer,

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2Sa 18:28 - Then Ahimaaz cried out to the king, “Everything is all right!” He bowed before the king with his face to the ground and said, “Praise to the LORD your God, who has handed over the rebels who dared to stand against my lord the king.”

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2Sa 18:29 - “What about young Absalom?” the king demanded. “Is he all right?”
Ahimaaz replied, “When Joab told me to come, there was a lot of commotion. But I didn't know what was happening.”

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2Sa 18:31 - Then the man from Ethiopia arrived and said, “I have good news for my lord the king. Today the LORD has rescued you from all those who rebelled against you.”

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2Sa 18:32 - “What about young Absalom?” the king demanded. “Is he all right?”
And the Ethiopian replied, “May all of your enemies, my lord the king, both now and in the future, share the fate of that young man!”

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2Sa 19:1 - [fn]Word soon reached Joab that the king was weeping and mourning for Absalom.

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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 19:10 - Now Absalom, whom we anointed to rule over us, is dead. Why not ask David to come back and be our king again?”

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2Sa 19:13 - And David told them to tell Amasa, “Since you are my own flesh and blood, like Joab, may God strike me and even kill me if I do not appoint you as commander of my army in his place.”

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2Sa 19:27 - Ziba has slandered me by saying that I refused to come. But I know that my lord the king is like an angel of God, so do what you think is best.

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2Sa 19:28 - All my relatives and I could expect only death from you, my lord, but instead you have honored me by allowing me to eat at your own table! What more can I ask?”

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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 19:43 - “But there are ten tribes in Israel,” the others replied. “So we have ten times as much right to the king as you do. What right do you have to treat us with such contempt? Weren't we the first to speak of bringing him back to be our king again?” The argument continued back and forth, and the men of Judah spoke even more harshly than the men of Israel.

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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 20:2 - So all the men of Israel deserted David and followed Sheba son of Bicri. But the men of Judah stayed with their king and escorted him from the Jordan River to Jerusalem.

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2Sa 20:8 - As they arrived at the great stone in Gibeon, Amasa met them. Joab was wearing his military tunic with a dagger strapped to his belt. As he stepped forward to greet Amasa, he slipped the dagger from its sheath.[fn]

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2Sa 20:9 - “How are you, my cousin?” Joab said and took him by the beard with his right hand as though to kiss him.

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2Sa 20:15 - When Joab's forces arrived, they attacked Abel-beth-maacah. They built a siege ramp against the town's fortifications and began battering down the wall.

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2Sa 21:2 - So the king summoned the Gibeonites. They were not part of Israel but were all that was left of the nation of the Amorites. The people of Israel had sworn not to kill them, but Saul, in his zeal for Israel and Judah, had tried to wipe them out.

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2Sa 21:6 - So let seven of Saul's sons be handed over to us, and we will execute them before the LORD at Gibeon, on the mountain of the LORD.[fn]”
“All right,” the king said, “I will do it.”

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2Sa 21:8 - But he gave them Saul's two sons Armoni and Mephibosheth, whose mother was Rizpah daughter of Aiah. He also gave them the five sons of Saul's daughter Merab,[fn] the wife of Adriel son of Barzillai from Meholah.

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2Sa 21:11 - When David learned what Rizpah, Saul's concubine, had done,

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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 21:20 - In another battle with the Philistines at Gath, they encountered a huge man with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot, twenty-four in all, who was also a descendant of the giants.

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2Sa 21:22 - These four Philistines were descendants of the giants of Gath, but David and his warriors killed them.

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2Sa 22:1 - David sang this song to the LORD on the day the LORD rescued him from all his enemies and from Saul.

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2Sa 22:30 - In your strength I can crush an army;
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2Sa 22:51 - You give great victories to your king;
you show unfailing love to your anointed,
to David and all his descendants forever.”

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2Sa 23:9 - Next in rank among the Three was Eleazar son of Dodai, a descendant of Ahoah. Once Eleazar and David stood together against the Philistines when the entire Israelite army had fled.

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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 23:21 - 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 24:3 - But Joab replied to the king, “May the LORD your God let you live to see a hundred times as many people as there are now! But why, my lord the king, do you want to do this?”

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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 24:15 - So the LORD sent a plague upon Israel that morning, and it lasted for three days.[fn] A total of 70,000 people died throughout the nation, from Dan in the north to Beersheba in the south.

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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 24:17 - When David saw the angel, he said to the LORD, “I am the one who has sinned and done wrong! But these people are as innocent as sheep—what have they done? Let your anger fall against me and my family.”

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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 24:20 - When Araunah saw the king and his men coming toward him, he came and bowed before the king with his face to the ground.

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2Sa 24:21 - “Why have you come, my lord the king?” Araunah asked.
David replied, “I have come to buy your threshing floor and to build an altar to the LORD there, so that he will stop the plague.”

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2Sa 24:22 - “Take it, my lord the king, and use it as you wish,” Araunah said to David. “Here are oxen for the burnt offering, and you can use the threshing boards and ox yokes for wood to build a fire on the altar.

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2Sa 24:23 - I will give it all to you, Your Majesty, and may the LORD your God accept your sacrifice.”

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2Sa 24:24 - But the king replied to Araunah, “No, I insist on buying it, for I will not present burnt offerings to the LORD my God that have cost me nothing.” So David paid him fifty pieces of silver[fn] for the threshing floor and the oxen.

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1Ki 1:2 - So his advisers told him, “Let us find a young virgin to wait on you and look after you, my lord. She will lie in your arms and keep you warm.”

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1Ki 1:15 - So Bathsheba went into the king's bedroom. (He was very old now, and Abishag was taking care of him.)

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1Ki 1:16 - Bathsheba bowed down before the king.
“What can I do for you?” he asked her.

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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 1:23 - The king's officials told him, “Nathan the prophet is here to see you.”
Nathan went in and bowed before the king with his face to the ground.

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1Ki 1:27 - Has my lord the king really done this without letting any of his officials know who should be the next king?”

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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 1:31 - Then Bathsheba bowed down with her face to the ground before the king and exclaimed, “May my lord King David live forever!”

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1Ki 1:36 - “Amen!” Benaiah son of Jehoiada replied. “May the LORD, the God of my lord the king, decree that it happen.

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1Ki 1:45 - and Zadok and Nathan have anointed him at Gihon Spring as the new king. They have just returned, and the whole city is celebrating and rejoicing. That's what all the noise is about.

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1Ki 1:51 - Word soon reached Solomon that Adonijah had seized the horns of the altar in fear, and that he was pleading, “Let King Solomon swear today that he will not kill me!”

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1Ki 1:53 - So King Solomon summoned Adonijah, and they brought him down from the altar. He came and bowed respectfully before King Solomon, who dismissed him, saying, “Go on home.”

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1Ki 2:1 - As the time of King David's death approached, he gave this charge to his son Solomon:

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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 2:15 - He replied, “As you know, the kingdom was rightfully mine; all Israel wanted me to be the next king. But the tables were turned, and the kingdom went to my brother instead; for that is the way the LORD wanted it.

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1Ki 2:18 - “All right,” Bathsheba replied. “I will speak to the king for you.”

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1Ki 2:21 - “Then let your brother Adonijah marry Abishag, the girl from Shunem,” she replied.

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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 2:26 - 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 2:29 - When this was reported to King Solomon, he sent Benaiah son of Jehoiada to execute him.

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1Ki 2:30 - Benaiah went to the sacred tent of the LORD and said to Joab, “The king orders you to come out!”
But Joab answered, “No, I will die here.”
So Benaiah returned to the king and told him what Joab had said.

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1Ki 2:33 - May their blood be on Joab and his descendants forever, and may the LORD grant peace forever to David, his descendants, his dynasty, and his throne.”

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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 2:39 - But three years later two of Shimei's slaves ran away to King Achish son of Maacah of Gath. When Shimei learned where they were,

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1Ki 2:41 - Solomon heard that Shimei had left Jerusalem and had gone to Gath and returned.

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1Ki 2:44 - The king also said to Shimei, “You certainly remember all the wicked things you did to my father, David. May the LORD now bring that evil on your own head.

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1Ki 2:46 - Then, at the king's command, Benaiah son of Jehoiada took Shimei outside and killed him.
So the kingdom was now firmly in Solomon's grip.

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1Ki 3:5 - That night the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream, and God said, “What do you want? Ask, and I will give it to you!”

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1Ki 3:9 - Give me an understanding heart so that I can govern your people well and know the difference between right and wrong. For who by himself is able to govern this great people of yours?”

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1Ki 3:16 - Some time later two prostitutes came to the king to have an argument settled.

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1Ki 3:17 - “Please, my lord,” one of them began, “this woman and I live in the same house. I gave birth to a baby while she was with me in the house.

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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 3:20 - Then she got up in the night and took my son from beside me while I was asleep. She laid her dead child in my arms and took mine to sleep beside her.

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1Ki 3:26 - Then the woman who was the real mother of the living child, and who loved him very much, cried out, “Oh no, my lord! Give her the child—please do not kill him!”
But the other woman said, “All right, he will be neither yours nor mine; divide him between us!”

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1Ki 4:7 - Solomon also had twelve district governors who were over all Israel. They were responsible for providing food for the king's household. Each of them arranged provisions for one month of the year.

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1Ki 4:18 - Shimei son of Ela, in Benjamin.

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1Ki 4:22 - The daily food requirements for Solomon's palace were 150 bushels of choice flour and 300 bushels of meal[fn];

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1Ki 4:27 - The district governors faithfully provided food for King Solomon and his court; each made sure nothing was lacking during the month assigned to him.

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1Ki 4:29 - God gave Solomon very great wisdom and understanding, and knowledge as vast as the sands of the seashore.

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1Ki 4:33 - He could speak with authority about all kinds of plants, from the great cedar of Lebanon to the tiny hyssop that grows from cracks in a wall. He could also speak about animals, birds, small creatures, and fish.

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1Ki 5:7 - When Hiram received Solomon's message, he was very pleased and said, “Praise the LORD today for giving David a wise son to be king of the great nation of Israel.”

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1Ki 5:9 - My servants will bring the logs from the Lebanon mountains to the Mediterranean Sea[fn] and make them into rafts and float them along the coast to whatever place you choose. Then we will break the rafts apart so you can carry the logs away. You can pay me by supplying me with food for my household.”

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1Ki 5:10 - So Hiram supplied as much cedar and cypress timber as Solomon desired.

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1Ki 5:11 - In return, Solomon sent him an annual payment of 100,000 bushels[fn] of wheat for his household and 110,000 gallons[fn] of pure olive oil.

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1Ki 5:12 - So the LORD gave wisdom to Solomon, just as he had promised. And Hiram and Solomon made a formal alliance of peace.

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1Ki 5:14 - He sent them to Lebanon in shifts, 10,000 every month, so that each man would be one month in Lebanon and two months at home. Adoniram was in charge of this labor force.

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1Ki 5:15 - Solomon also had 70,000 common laborers, 80,000 quarry workers in the hill country,

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1Ki 6:1 - It was in midspring, in the month of Ziv,[fn] during the fourth year of Solomon's reign, that he began to construct the Temple of the LORD. This was 480 years after the people of Israel were rescued from their slavery in the land of Egypt.

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1Ki 6:2 - The Temple that King Solomon built for the LORD was 90 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 45 feet high.[fn]

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1Ki 6:4 - Solomon also made narrow recessed windows throughout the Temple.

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1Ki 6:5 - He built a complex of rooms against the outer walls of the Temple, all the way around the sides and rear of the building.

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1Ki 6:6 - The complex was three stories high, the bottom floor being 7½ feet wide, the second floor 9 feet wide, and the top floor 10½ feet wide.[fn] The rooms were connected to the walls of the Temple by beams resting on ledges built out from the wall. So the beams were not inserted into the walls themselves.

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1Ki 6:7 - The stones used in the construction of the Temple were finished at the quarry, so there was no sound of hammer, ax, or any other iron tool at the building site.

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1Ki 6:29 - He decorated all the walls of the inner sanctuary and the main room with carvings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers.

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1Ki 6:33 - Then he made four-sided doorposts of wild olive wood for the entrance to the Temple.

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1Ki 7:40 - He also made the necessary washbasins, shovels, and bowls.
So at last Huram completed everything King Solomon had assigned him to make for the Temple of the LORD:

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1Ki 7:45 - the ash buckets, the shovels, and the bowls. Huram made all these things of burnished bronze for the Temple of the LORD, just as King Solomon had directed.

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1Ki 7:46 - The king had them cast in clay molds in the Jordan Valley between Succoth and Zarethan.

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1Ki 7:47 - Solomon did not weigh all these things because there were so many; the weight of the bronze could not be measured.

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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 8:24 - You have kept your promise to your servant David, my father. You made that promise with your own mouth, and with your own hands you have fulfilled it today.

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1Ki 8:25 - “And now, O LORD, God of Israel, carry out the additional promise you made to your servant David, my father. For you said to him, ‘If your descendants guard their behavior and faithfully follow me as you have done, one of them will always sit on the throne of Israel.'

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1Ki 8:26 - Now, O God of Israel, fulfill this promise to your servant David, my father.

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1Ki 8:30 - May you hear the humble and earnest requests from me and your people Israel when we pray toward this place. Yes, hear us from heaven where you live, and when you hear, forgive.

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1Ki 8:31 - “If someone wrongs another person and is required to take an oath of innocence in front of your altar in this Temple,

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1Ki 8:33 - “If your people Israel are defeated by their enemies because they have sinned against you, and if they turn to you and acknowledge your name and pray to you here in this Temple,

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1Ki 8:36 - then hear from heaven and forgive the sins of your servants, your people Israel. Teach them to follow the right path, and send rain on your land that you have given to your people as their special possession.

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1Ki 8:41 - “In the future, foreigners who do not belong to your people Israel will hear of you. They will come from distant lands because of your name,

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1Ki 8:56 - “Praise the LORD who has given rest to his people Israel, just as he promised. Not one word has failed of all the wonderful promises he gave through his servant Moses.

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1Ki 8:63 - Solomon offered to the LORD a peace offering of 22,000 cattle and 120,000 sheep and goats. And so the king and all the people of Israel dedicated the Temple of the LORD.

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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 9:2 - Then the LORD appeared to Solomon a second time, as he had done before at Gibeon.

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1Ki 9:5 - then I will establish the throne of your dynasty over Israel forever. For I made this promise to your father, David: ‘One of your descendants will always sit on the throne of 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 9:14 - Nevertheless, Hiram paid[fn] Solomon 9,000 pounds[fn] of gold.

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1Ki 9:28 - They sailed to Ophir and brought back to Solomon some sixteen tons[fn] of gold.

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1Ki 10:10 - Then she gave the king a gift of 9,000 pounds[fn] of gold, great quantities of spices, and precious jewels. Never again were so many spices brought in as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.

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1Ki 10:14 - Each year Solomon received about 25 tons[fn] of gold.

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1Ki 10:19 - The throne had six steps and a rounded back. There were armrests on both sides of the seat, and the figure of a lion stood on each side of the throne.

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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 10:26 - Solomon built up a huge force of chariots and horses.[fn] He had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses. He stationed some of them in the chariot cities and some near him in Jerusalem.

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1Ki 11:7 - On the Mount of Olives, east of Jerusalem,[fn] he even built a pagan shrine for Chemosh, the detestable god of Moab, and another for Molech, the detestable god of the Ammonites.

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1Ki 11:11 - So now the LORD said to him, “Since you have not kept my covenant and have disobeyed my decrees, I will surely tear the kingdom away from you and give it to one of your servants.

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1Ki 11:13 - And even so, I will not take away the entire kingdom; I will let him be king of one tribe, for the sake of my servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, my chosen city.”

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1Ki 11:14 - Then the LORD raised up Hadad the Edomite, a member of Edom's royal family, to be Solomon's adversary.

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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 11:20 - She bore him a son named Genubath. Tahpenes raised him[fn] in Pharaoh's palace among Pharaoh's own sons.

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1Ki 11:22 - “Why?” Pharaoh asked him. “What do you lack here that makes you want to go home?”
“Nothing,” he replied. “But even so, please let me return home.”

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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 11:31 - Then he said to Jeroboam, “Take ten of these pieces, for this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I am about to tear the kingdom from the hand of Solomon, and I will give ten of the tribes to you!

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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 11:38 - If you listen to what I tell you and follow my ways and do whatever I consider to be right, and if you obey my decrees and commands, as my servant David did, then I will always be with you. I will establish an enduring dynasty for you as I did for David, and I will give Israel to you.

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1Ki 12:6 - Then King Rehoboam discussed the matter with the older men who had counseled his father, Solomon. “What is your advice?” he asked. “How should I answer these people?”

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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 12:9 - “What is your advice?” he asked them. “How should I answer these people who want me to lighten the burdens imposed by my father?”

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1Ki 12:10 - The young men replied, “This is what you should tell those complainers who want a lighter burden: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father's waist!

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1Ki 12:16 - When all Israel realized that the king had refused to listen to them, they responded,
“Down with the dynasty of David!
We have no interest in the son of Jesse.
Back to your homes, O Israel!
Look out for your own house, O David!” So the people of Israel returned home.

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1Ki 12:23 - “Say to Rehoboam son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all the people of Judah and Benjamin, and to the rest of the people,

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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 13:2 - Then at the LORD's command, he shouted, “O altar, altar! This is what the LORD says: A child named Josiah will be born into the dynasty of David. On you he will sacrifice the priests from the pagan shrines who come here to burn incense, and human bones will be burned on you.”

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1Ki 13:6 - The king cried out to the man of God, “Please ask the LORD your God to restore my hand again!” So the man of God prayed to the LORD, and the king's hand was restored and he could move it again.

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1Ki 13:8 - But the man of God said to the king, “Even if you gave me half of everything you own, I would not go with you. I would not eat or drink anything in this place.

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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 13:16 - “No, I cannot,” he replied. “I am not allowed to eat or drink anything here in this place.

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1Ki 13:19 - So they went back together, and the man of God ate and drank at the prophet's home.

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1Ki 13:22 - You came back to this place and ate and drank where he told you not to eat or drink. Because of this, your body will not be buried in the grave of your ancestors.”

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1Ki 13:30 - He laid the body in his own grave, crying out in grief, “Oh, my brother!”

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1Ki 13:31 - Afterward the prophet said to his sons, “When I die, bury me in the grave where the man of God is buried. Lay my bones beside his bones.

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1Ki 13:34 - This became a great sin and resulted in the utter destruction of Jeroboam's dynasty from the face of the earth.

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1Ki 14:25 - In the fifth year of King Rehoboam's reign, King Shishak of Egypt came up and attacked Jerusalem.

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1Ki 15:13 - He even deposed his grandmother Maacah from her position as queen mother because she had made an obscene Asherah pole. He cut down her obscene pole and burned it in the Kidron Valley.

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1Ki 15:17 - King Baasha of Israel invaded Judah and fortified Ramah in order to prevent anyone from entering or leaving King Asa's territory in Judah.

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1Ki 15:23 - The rest of the events in Asa's reign—the extent of his power, everything he did, and the names of the cities he built—are recorded in The Book of the History of the Kings of Judah. In his old age his feet became diseased.

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1Ki 15:30 - This was done because Jeroboam had provoked the anger of the LORD, the God of Israel, by the sins he had committed and the sins he had led Israel to commit.

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1Ki 16:9 - Then Zimri, who commanded half of the royal chariots, made plans to kill him. One day in Tirzah, Elah was getting drunk at the home of Arza, the supervisor of the palace.

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1Ki 16:22 - But Omri's supporters defeated the supporters of Tibni. So Tibni was killed, and Omri became the next king.

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1Ki 16:23 - Omri began to rule over Israel in the thirty-first year of King Asa's reign in Judah. He reigned twelve years in all, six of them in Tirzah.

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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 16:29 - Ahab son of Omri began to rule over Israel in the thirty-eighth year of King Asa's reign in Judah. He reigned in Samaria twenty-two years.

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1Ki 16:31 - And as though it were not enough to follow the example of Jeroboam, he married Jezebel, the daughter of King Ethbaal of the Sidonians, and he began to bow down in worship of Baal.

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1Ki 16:32 - First Ahab built a temple and an altar for Baal in Samaria.

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1Ki 16:34 - It was during his reign that Hiel, a man from Bethel, rebuilt Jericho. When he laid its foundations, it cost him the life of his oldest son, Abiram. And when he completed it and set up its gates, it cost him the life of his youngest son, Segub.[fn] This all happened according to the message from the LORD concerning Jericho spoken by Joshua son of Nun.

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1Ki 17:3 - “Go to the east and hide by Kerith Brook, near where it enters the Jordan River.

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1Ki 17:5 - So Elijah did as the LORD told him and camped beside Kerith Brook, east of the Jordan.

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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 18:1 - Later on, in the third year of the drought, the LORD said to Elijah, “Go and present yourself to King Ahab. Tell him that I will soon send rain!”

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1Ki 18:2 - So Elijah went to appear before Ahab.
Meanwhile, the famine had become very severe in Samaria.

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1Ki 18:8 - “Yes, it is,” Elijah replied. “Now go and tell your master, ‘Elijah is here.'”

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1Ki 18:11 - And now you say, ‘Go and tell your master, “Elijah is here.”'

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1Ki 18:12 - But as soon as I leave you, the Spirit of the LORD will carry you away to who knows where. When Ahab comes and cannot find you, he will kill me. Yet I have been a true servant of the LORD all my life.

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1Ki 18:13 - Has no one told you, my lord, about the time when Jezebel was trying to kill the LORD's prophets? I hid 100 of them in two caves and supplied them with food and water.

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1Ki 18:14 - And now you say, ‘Go and tell your master, “Elijah is here.”' Sir, if I do that, Ahab will certainly kill me.”

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1Ki 18:16 - So Obadiah went to tell Ahab that Elijah had come, and Ahab went out to meet Elijah.

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1Ki 18:41 - Then Elijah said to Ahab, “Go get something to eat and drink, for I hear a mighty rainstorm coming!”

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1Ki 18:44 - Finally the seventh time, his servant told him, “I saw a little cloud about the size of a man's hand rising from the sea.”
Then Elijah shouted, “Hurry to Ahab and tell him, ‘Climb into your chariot and go back home. If you don't hurry, the rain will stop you!'”

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1Ki 19:10 - Elijah replied, “I have zealously served the LORD God Almighty. But the people of Israel have broken their covenant with you, torn down your altars, and killed every one of your prophets. I am the only one left, and now they are trying to kill me, too.”

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1Ki 19:11 - “Go out and stand before me on the mountain,” the LORD told him. And as Elijah stood there, the LORD passed by, and a mighty windstorm hit the mountain. It was such a terrible blast that the rocks were torn loose, but the LORD was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake.

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1Ki 19:14 - He replied again, “I have zealously served the LORD God Almighty. But the people of Israel have broken their covenant with you, torn down your altars, and killed every one of your prophets. I am the only one left, and now they are trying to kill me, too.”

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1Ki 19:18 - Yet I will preserve 7,000 others in Israel who have never bowed down to Baal or kissed him!”

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1Ki 19:21 - So Elisha returned to his oxen and slaughtered them. He used the wood from the plow to build a fire to roast their flesh. He passed around the meat to the townspeople, and they all ate. Then he went with Elijah as his assistant.

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1Ki 20:9 - So Ahab told the messengers from Ben-hadad, “Say this to my lord the king: ‘I will give you everything you asked for the first time, but I cannot accept this last demand of yours.'” So the messengers returned to Ben-hadad with that response.

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1Ki 20:10 - Then Ben-hadad sent this message to Ahab: “May the gods strike me and even kill me if there remains enough dust from Samaria to provide even a handful for each of my soldiers.”

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1Ki 20:13 - Then a certain prophet came to see King Ahab of Israel and told him, “This is what the LORD says: Do you see all these enemy forces? Today I will hand them all over to you. Then you will know that I am the LORD.”

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1Ki 20:17 - the troops of the provincial commanders marched out of the city as the first contingent.
As they approached, Ben-hadad's scouts reported to him, “Some troops are coming from Samaria.”

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1Ki 20:28 - Then the man of God went to the king of Israel and said, “This is what the LORD says: The Arameans have said, ‘The LORD is a god of the hills and not of the plains.' So I will defeat this vast army for you. Then you will know that I am the LORD.”

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1Ki 20:32 - So they put on burlap and ropes, and they went to the king of Israel and begged, “Your servant Ben-hadad says, ‘Please let me live!'”
The king of Israel responded, “Is he still alive? He is my brother!”

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1Ki 20:38 - The prophet placed a bandage over his eyes to disguise himself and then waited beside the road for the king.

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1Ki 21:1 - Now there was a man named Naboth, from Jezreel, who owned a vineyard in Jezreel beside the palace of King Ahab of Samaria.

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1Ki 21:2 - One day Ahab said to Naboth, “Since your vineyard is so convenient to my palace, I would like to buy it to use as a vegetable garden. I will give you a better vineyard in exchange, or if you prefer, I will pay you for it.”

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1Ki 22:26 - “Arrest him!” the king of Israel ordered. “Take him back to Amon, the governor of the city, and to my son Joash.

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1Ki 22:34 - An Aramean soldier, however, randomly shot an arrow at the Israelite troops and hit the king of Israel between the joints of his armor. “Turn the horses[fn] and get me out of here!” Ahab groaned to the driver of his chariot. “I'm badly wounded!”

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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 2:16 - “Sir,” they said, “just say the word and fifty of our strongest men will search the wilderness for your master. Perhaps the Spirit of the LORD has left him on some mountain or in some valley.”
“No,” Elisha said, “don't send them.”

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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 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 4:7 - When she told the man of God what had happened, he said to her, “Now sell the olive oil and pay your debts, and you and your sons can live on what is left over.”

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2Ki 4:26 - Run out to meet her and ask her, ‘Is everything all right with you, your husband, and your child?'”
“Yes,” the woman told Gehazi, “everything is fine.”

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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 4:39 - One of the young men went out into the field to gather herbs and came back with a pocketful of wild gourds. He shredded them and put them into the pot without realizing they were poisonous.

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2Ki 4:40 - Some of the stew was served to the men. But after they had eaten a bite or two they cried out, “Man of God, there's poison in this stew!” So they would not eat it.

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2Ki 4:41 - Elisha said, “Bring me some flour.” Then he threw it into the pot and said, “Now it's all right; go ahead and eat.” And then it did not harm them.

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2Ki 4:42 - One day a man from Baal-shalishah brought the man of God a sack of fresh grain and twenty loaves of barley bread made from the first grain of his harvest. Elisha said, “Give it to the people so they can eat.”

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2Ki 4:43 - “What?” his servant exclaimed. “Feed a hundred people with only this?”
But Elisha repeated, “Give it to the people so they can eat, for this is what the LORD says: Everyone will eat, and there will even be some left over!”

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2Ki 5:4 - So Naaman told the king what the young girl from Israel had said.

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2Ki 5:10 - But Elisha sent a messenger out to him with this message: “Go and wash yourself seven times in the Jordan River. Then your skin will be restored, and you will be healed of your leprosy.”

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2Ki 5:14 - So Naaman went down to the Jordan River and dipped himself seven times, as the man of God had instructed him. And his skin became as healthy as the skin of a young child's, and he was healed!

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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 5:17 - Then Naaman said, “All right, but please allow me to load two of my mules with earth from this place, and I will take it back home with me. From now on I will never again offer burnt offerings or sacrifices to any other god except the LORD.

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2Ki 5:18 - However, may the LORD pardon me in this one thing: When my master the king goes into the temple of the god Rimmon to worship there and leans on my arm, may the LORD pardon me when I bow, too.”

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2Ki 6:9 - But immediately Elisha, the man of God, would warn the king of Israel, “Do not go near that place, for the Arameans are planning to mobilize their troops there.”

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2Ki 6:12 - “It's not us, my lord the king,” one of the officers replied. “Elisha, the prophet in Israel, tells the king of Israel even the words you speak in the privacy of your bedroom!”

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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 6:33 - While Elisha was still saying this, the messenger arrived. And the king[fn] said, “All this misery is from the LORD! Why should I wait for the LORD any longer?”

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2Ki 7:2 - The officer assisting the king said to the man of God, “That couldn't happen even if the LORD opened the windows of heaven!”
But Elisha replied, “You will see it happen with your own eyes, but you won't be able to eat any of it!”

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2Ki 7:12 - The king got out of bed in the middle of the night and told his officers, “I know what has happened. The Arameans know we are starving, so they have left their camp and have hidden in the fields. They are expecting us to leave the city, and then they will take us alive and capture the city.”

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2Ki 7:15 - They went all the way to the Jordan River, following a trail of clothing and equipment that the Arameans had thrown away in their mad rush to escape. The scouts returned and told the king about it.

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2Ki 7:19 - The king's officer had replied, “That couldn't happen even if the LORD opened the windows of heaven!” And the man of God had said, “You will see it happen with your own eyes, but you won't be able to eat any of it!”

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2Ki 8:5 - And Gehazi was telling the king about the time Elisha had brought a boy back to life. At that very moment, the mother of the boy walked in to make her appeal to the king about her house and land.
“Look, my lord the king!” Gehazi exclaimed. “Here is the woman now, and this is her son—the very one Elisha brought back to life!”

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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 8:16 - Jehoram son of King Jehoshaphat of Judah began to rule over Judah in the fifth year of the reign of Joram son of Ahab, king of Israel.

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2Ki 8:22 - So Edom has been independent from Judah to this day. The town of Libnah also revolted about that same time.

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2Ki 8:25 - Ahaziah son of Jehoram began to rule over Judah in the twelfth year of the reign of Joram son of Ahab, king of Israel.

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2Ki 9:8 - The entire family of Ahab must be wiped out. I will destroy every one of his male descendants, slave and free alike, anywhere in Israel.

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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 9:28 - His servants took him by chariot to Jerusalem, where they buried him with his ancestors in the City of David.

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2Ki 10:1 - Ahab had seventy sons living in the city of Samaria. So Jehu wrote letters and sent them to Samaria, to the elders and officials of the city,[fn] and to the guardians of King Ahab's sons. He said,

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2Ki 10:9 - In the morning he went out and spoke to the crowd that had gathered around them. “You are not to blame,” he told them. “I am the one who conspired against my master and killed him. But who killed all these?

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2Ki 10:11 - Then Jehu killed all who were left of Ahab's relatives living in Jezreel and all his important officials, his personal friends, and his priests. So Ahab was left without a single survivor.

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2Ki 10:16 - Then Jehu said, “Now come with me, and see how devoted I am to the LORD.” So Jehonadab rode along with him.

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2Ki 10:18 - Then Jehu called a meeting of all the people of the city and said to them, “Ahab's worship of Baal was nothing compared to the way I will worship him!

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2Ki 10:19 - Therefore, summon all the prophets and worshipers of Baal, and call together all his priests. See to it that every one of them comes, for I am going to offer a great sacrifice to Baal. Anyone who fails to come will be put to death.” But Jehu's cunning plan was to destroy all the worshipers of Baal.

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2Ki 10:20 - Then Jehu ordered, “Prepare a solemn assembly to worship Baal!” So they did.

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2Ki 10:22 - And Jehu instructed the keeper of the wardrobe, “Be sure that every worshiper of Baal wears one of these robes.” So robes were given to them.

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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 10:32 - At about that time the LORD began to cut down the size of Israel's territory. King Hazael conquered several sections of the country

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2Ki 11:5 - Jehoiada told them, “This is what you must do. A third of you who are on duty on the Sabbath are to guard the royal palace itself.

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2Ki 11:17 - Then Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king and the people that they would be the LORD's people. He also made a covenant between the king and the people.

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2Ki 12:1 - [fn]Joash[fn] began to rule over Judah in the seventh year of King Jehu's reign in Israel. He reigned in Jerusalem forty years. His mother was Zibiah from Beersheba.

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2Ki 12:4 - One day King Joash said to the priests, “Collect all the money brought as a sacred offering to the LORD's Temple, whether it is a regular assessment, a payment of vows, or a voluntary gift.

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2Ki 12:6 - But by the twenty-third year of Joash's reign, the priests still had not repaired the Temple.

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2Ki 12:9 - Then Jehoiada the priest bored a hole in the lid of a large chest and set it on the right-hand side of the altar at the entrance of the Temple of the LORD. The priests guarding the entrance put all of the people's contributions into the chest.

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2Ki 12:18 - King Joash collected all the sacred objects that Jehoshaphat, Jehoram, and Ahaziah, the previous kings of Judah, had dedicated, along with what he himself had dedicated. He sent them all to Hazael, along with all the gold in the treasuries of the LORD's Temple and the royal palace. So Hazael called off his attack on Jerusalem.

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2Ki 12:20 - Joash's officers plotted against him and assassinated him at Beth-millo on the road to Silla.

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2Ki 13:1 - Jehoahaz son of Jehu began to rule over Israel in the twenty-third year of King Joash's reign in Judah. He reigned in Samaria seventeen years.

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2Ki 13:3 - So the LORD was very angry with Israel, and he allowed King Hazael of Aram and his son Ben-hadad to defeat them repeatedly.

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2Ki 13:5 - So the LORD provided someone to rescue the Israelites from the tyranny of the Arameans. Then Israel lived in safety again as they had in former days.

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2Ki 13:7 - Finally, Jehoahaz's army was reduced to 50 charioteers, 10 chariots, and 10,000 foot soldiers. The king of Aram had killed the others, trampling them like dust under his feet.

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2Ki 13:10 - Jehoash son of Jehoahaz began to rule over Israel in the thirty-seventh year of King Joash's reign in Judah. He reigned in Samaria sixteen years.

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2Ki 13:16 - Elisha told him, “Put your hand on the bow,” and Elisha laid his own hands on the king's hands.

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2Ki 13:17 - Then he commanded, “Open that eastern window,” and he opened it. Then he said, “Shoot!” So he shot an arrow. Elisha proclaimed, “This is the LORD's arrow, an arrow of victory over Aram, for you will completely conquer the Arameans at Aphek.”

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2Ki 13:18 - Then he said, “Now pick up the other arrows and strike them against the ground.” So the king picked them up and struck the ground three times.

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2Ki 13:21 - Once when some Israelites were burying a man, they spied a band of these raiders. So they hastily threw the corpse into the tomb of Elisha and fled. But as soon as the body touched Elisha's bones, the dead man revived and jumped to his feet!

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2Ki 13:25 - Then Jehoash son of Jehoahaz recaptured from Ben-hadad son of Hazael the towns that had been taken from Jehoash's father, Jehoahaz. Jehoash defeated Ben-hadad on three occasions, and he recovered the Israelite towns.

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2Ki 14:1 - Amaziah son of Joash began to rule over Judah in the second year of the reign of King Jehoash[fn] of Israel.

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2Ki 14:7 - Amaziah also killed 10,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt. He also conquered Sela and changed its name to Joktheel, as it is called to this day.

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2Ki 14:9 - But King Jehoash of Israel replied to King Amaziah of Judah with this story: “Out in the Lebanon mountains, a thistle sent a message to a mighty cedar tree: ‘Give your daughter in marriage to my son.' But just then a wild animal of Lebanon came by and stepped on the thistle, crushing it!

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2Ki 14:10 - “You have indeed defeated Edom, and you are very proud of it. But be content with your victory and stay at home! Why stir up trouble that will only bring disaster on you and the people of Judah?”

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2Ki 14:22 - After his father's death, Uzziah rebuilt the town of Elath and restored it to Judah.

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2Ki 14:26 - For the LORD saw the bitter suffering of everyone in Israel, and that there was no one in Israel, slave or free, to help them.

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2Ki 14:28 - The rest of the events in the reign of Jeroboam II and everything he did—including the extent of his power, his wars, and how he recovered for Israel both Damascus and Hamath, which had belonged to Judah[fn]—are recorded in The Book of the History of the Kings of Israel.

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2Ki 15:1 - Uzziah[fn] son of Amaziah began to rule over Judah in the twenty-seventh year of the reign of King Jeroboam II of Israel.

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2Ki 15:5 - The LORD struck the king with leprosy,[fn] which lasted until the day he died. He lived in isolation in a separate house. The king's son Jotham was put in charge of the royal palace, and he governed the people of the land.

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2Ki 15:8 - Zechariah son of Jeroboam II began to rule over Israel in the thirty-eighth year of King Uzziah's reign in Judah. He reigned in Samaria six months.

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2Ki 15:19 - Then King Tiglath-pileser[fn] of Assyria invaded the land. But Menahem paid him thirty-seven tons[fn] of silver to gain his support in tightening his grip on royal power.

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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 16:8 - Then Ahaz took the silver and gold from the Temple of the LORD and the palace treasury and sent it as a payment to the Assyrian king.

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2Ki 16:10 - King Ahaz then went to Damascus to meet with King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria. While he was there, he took special note of the altar. Then he sent a model of the altar to Uriah the priest, along with its design in full detail.

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2Ki 16:15 - He told Uriah the priest, “Use the new altar[fn] for the morning sacrifices of burnt offering, the evening grain offering, the king's burnt offering and grain offering, and the burnt offerings of all the people, as well as their grain offerings and liquid offerings. Sprinkle the blood from all the burnt offerings and sacrifices on the new altar. The bronze altar will be for my personal use only.”

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2Ki 17:1 - Hoshea son of Elah began to rule over Israel in the twelfth year of King Ahaz's reign in Judah. He reigned in Samaria nine years.

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2Ki 17:4 - But Hoshea stopped paying the annual tribute and conspired against the king of Assyria by asking King So of Egypt[fn] to help him shake free of Assyria's power. When the king of Assyria discovered this treachery, he seized Hoshea and put him in prison.

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2Ki 17:7 - This disaster came upon the people of Israel because they worshiped other gods. They sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them safely out of Egypt and had rescued them from the power of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt.

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2Ki 17:13 - Again and again the LORD had sent his prophets and seers to warn both Israel and Judah: “Turn from all your evil ways. Obey my commands and decrees—the entire law that I commanded your ancestors to obey, and that I gave you through my servants the prophets.”

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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 17:18 - Because the LORD was very angry with Israel, he swept them away from his presence. Only the tribe of Judah remained in the land.

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2Ki 17:26 - So a message was sent to the king of Assyria: “The people you have sent to live in the towns of Samaria do not know the religious customs of the God of the land. He has sent lions among them to destroy them because they have not worshiped him correctly.”

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2Ki 17:31 - The Avvites worshiped their gods Nibhaz and Tartak. And the people from Sepharvaim even burned their own children as sacrifices to their gods Adrammelech and Anammelech.

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2Ki 17:36 - But worship only the LORD, who brought you out of Egypt with great strength and a powerful arm. Bow down to him alone, and offer sacrifices only to him.

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2Ki 18:1 - Hezekiah son of Ahaz began to rule over Judah in the third year of King Hoshea's reign in Israel.

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2Ki 18:6 - He remained faithful to the LORD in everything, and he carefully obeyed all the commands the LORD had given Moses.

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2Ki 18:7 - So the LORD was with him, and Hezekiah was successful in everything he did. He revolted against the king of Assyria and refused to pay him tribute.

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2Ki 18:9 - During the fourth year of Hezekiah's reign, which was the seventh year of King Hoshea's reign in Israel, King Shalmaneser of Assyria attacked the city of Samaria and began a siege against it.

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2Ki 18:10 - Three years later, during the sixth year of King Hezekiah's reign and the ninth year of King Hoshea's reign in Israel, Samaria fell.

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2Ki 18:16 - Hezekiah even stripped the gold from the doors of the LORD's Temple and from the doorposts he had overlaid with gold, and he gave it all to the Assyrian king.

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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 18:23 - “I'll tell you what! Strike a bargain with my master, the king of Assyria. I will give you 2,000 horses if you can find that many men to ride on them!

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2Ki 20:1 - About that time Hezekiah became deathly ill, and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz went to visit him. He gave the king this message: “This is what the LORD says: Set your affairs in order, for you are going to die. You will not recover from this illness.”

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2Ki 20:12 - Soon after this, Merodach-baladan son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent Hezekiah his best wishes and a gift, for he had heard that Hezekiah had been very sick.

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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 20:15 - “What did they see in your palace?” Isaiah asked.
“They saw everything,” Hezekiah replied. “I showed them everything I own—all my royal treasuries.”

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2Ki 20:17 - The time is coming when everything in your palace—all the treasures stored up by your ancestors until now—will be carried off to Babylon. Nothing will be left, says the LORD.

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2Ki 20:18 - Some of your very own sons will be taken away into exile. They will become eunuchs who will serve in the palace of Babylon's king.”

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2Ki 21:7 - Manasseh even made a carved image of Asherah and set it up in the Temple, the very place where the LORD had told David and his son Solomon: “My name will be honored forever in this Temple and in Jerusalem—the city I have chosen from among all the tribes of Israel.

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2Ki 21:18 - When Manasseh died, he was buried in the palace garden, the garden of Uzza. Then his son Amon became the next king.

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2Ki 21:23 - Then Amon's own officials conspired against him and assassinated him in his palace.

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2Ki 21:26 - He was buried in his tomb in the garden of Uzza. Then his son Josiah became the next king.

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2Ki 22:3 - In the eighteenth year of his reign, King Josiah sent Shaphan son of Azaliah and grandson of Meshullam, the court secretary, to the Temple of the LORD. He told him,

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2Ki 22:9 - Shaphan went to the king and reported, “Your officials have turned over the money collected at the Temple of the LORD to the workers and supervisors at the Temple.”

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2Ki 22:12 - Then he gave these orders to Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Acbor son of Micaiah, Shaphan the court secretary, and Asaiah the king's personal adviser:

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2Ki 22:15 - She said to them, “The LORD, the God of Israel, has spoken! Go back and tell the man who sent you,

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2Ki 22:17 - For my people have abandoned me and offered sacrifices to pagan gods, and I am very angry with them for everything they have done. My anger will burn against this place, and it will not be quenched.'

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2Ki 22:20 - So I will not send the promised disaster until after you have died and been buried in peace. You will not see the disaster I am going to bring on this city.'”
So they took her message back to the king.

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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 23:6 - The king removed the Asherah pole from the LORD's Temple and took it outside Jerusalem to the Kidron Valley, where he burned it. Then he ground the ashes of the pole to dust and threw the dust over the graves of the people.

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2Ki 23:7 - He also tore down the living quarters of the male and female shrine prostitutes that were inside the Temple of the LORD, where the women wove coverings for the Asherah pole.

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2Ki 23:10 - Then the king defiled the altar of Topheth in the valley of Ben-Hinnom, so no one could ever again use it to sacrifice a son or daughter in the fire[fn] as an offering to Molech.

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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 23:21 - King Josiah then issued this order to all the people: “You must celebrate the Passover to the LORD your God, as required in this Book of the Covenant.”

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2Ki 23:23 - This Passover was celebrated to the LORD in Jerusalem in the eighteenth year of King Josiah's reign.

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2Ki 23:26 - Even so, the LORD was very angry with Judah because of all the wicked things Manasseh had done to provoke him.

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2Ki 23:30 - Josiah's officers took his body back in a chariot from Megiddo to Jerusalem and buried him in his own tomb. Then the people of the land anointed Josiah's son Jehoahaz and made him the next king.

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2Ki 23:35 - In order to get the silver and gold demanded as tribute by Pharaoh Neco, Jehoiakim collected a tax from the people of Judah, requiring them to pay in proportion to their wealth.

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2Ki 24:3 - These disasters happened to Judah because of the LORD's command. He had decided to banish Judah from his presence because of the many sins of Manasseh,

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2Ki 24:10 - During Jehoiachin's reign, the officers of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came up against Jerusalem and besieged it.

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2Ki 24:13 - As the LORD had said beforehand, Nebuchadnezzar carried away all the treasures from the LORD's Temple and the royal palace. He stripped away[fn] all the gold objects that King Solomon of Israel had placed in the Temple.

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2Ki 24:20 - These things happened because of the LORD's anger against the people of Jerusalem and Judah, until he finally banished them from his presence and sent them into exile. Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

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2Ki 25:1 - So on January 15,[fn] during the ninth year of Zedekiah's reign, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon led his entire army against Jerusalem. They surrounded the city and built siege ramps against its walls.

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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 25:8 - On August 14 of that year,[fn] which was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar's reign, Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard and an official of the Babylonian king, arrived in Jerusalem.

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2Ki 25:16 - The weight of the bronze from the two pillars, the Sea, and the water carts was too great to be measured. These things had been made for the LORD's Temple in the days of King Solomon.

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2Ki 25:17 - Each of the pillars was 27 feet[fn] tall. The bronze capital on top of each pillar was 7½ feet[fn] high and was decorated with a network of bronze pomegranates all the way around.

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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 25:25 - But in midautumn of that year,[fn] Ishmael son of Nethaniah and grandson of Elishama, who was of the royal family, went to Mizpah with ten men and killed Gedaliah. He also killed all the Judeans and Babylonians who were with Gedaliah at Mizpah.

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2Ki 25:27 - In the thirty-seventh year of the exile of King Jehoiachin of Judah, Evil-merodach ascended to the Babylonian throne. He was kind to[fn] Jehoiachin and released him from prison on April 2 of that year.[fn]

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1Ch 2:26 - Jerahmeel had a second wife named Atarah. She was the mother of Onam.

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1Ch 2:34 - Sheshan had no sons, though he did have daughters. He also had an Egyptian servant named Jarha.

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1Ch 2:35 - Sheshan gave one of his daughters to be the wife of Jarha, and they had a son named Attai.

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1Ch 2:52 - The descendants of Shobal (the founder of Kiriath-jearim) were Haroeh, half the Manahathites,

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1Ch 4:5 - Ashhur (the father of Tekoa) had two wives, named Helah and Naarah.

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1Ch 4:21 - Shelah was one of Judah's sons. The descendants of Shelah were Er (the father of Lecah); Laadah (the father of Mareshah); the families of linen workers at Beth-ashbea;

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1Ch 4:27 - Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters, but none of his brothers had large families. So Simeon's tribe never grew as large as the tribe of Judah.

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1Ch 5:1 - The oldest son of Israel[fn] was Reuben. But since he dishonored his father by sleeping with one of his father's concubines, his birthright was given to the sons of his brother Joseph. For this reason, Reuben is not listed in the genealogical records as the firstborn son.

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1Ch 5:20 - They cried out to God during the battle, and he answered their prayer because they trusted in him. So the Hagrites and all their allies were defeated.

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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 6:10 - Johanan was the father of Azariah, the high priest at the Temple[fn] built by Solomon in Jerusalem.

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1Ch 6:20 - The descendants of Gershon included Libni, Jahath, Zimmah,

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1Ch 6:56 - but the fields and outlying areas belonging to the city were given to Caleb son of Jephunneh.

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1Ch 7:2 - The sons of Tola were Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Shemuel. Each of them was the leader of an ancestral clan. At the time of King David, the total number of mighty warriors listed in the records of these clans was 22,600.

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1Ch 7:15 - Makir found wives for[fn] Huppim and Shuppim. Makir had a sister named Maacah. One of his descendants was Zelophehad, who had only daughters.

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1Ch 7:26 - Ladan, Ammihud, Elishama,

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1Ch 8:3 - The sons of Bela were Addar, Gera, Abihud,[fn]

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1Ch 8:38 - Azel had six sons: Azrikam, Bokeru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan. These were the sons of Azel.

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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 9:44 - Azel had six sons, whose names were Azrikam, Bokeru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan. These were the sons of Azel.

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1Ch 10:4 - Saul groaned to his armor bearer, “Take your sword and kill me before these pagan Philistines come to taunt and torture me.”
But his armor bearer was afraid and would not do it. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.

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1Ch 10:7 - When all the Israelites in the Jezreel Valley saw that their army had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned their towns and fled. So the Philistines moved in and occupied their towns.

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1Ch 10:9 - So they stripped off Saul's armor and cut off his head. Then they proclaimed the good news of Saul's death before their idols and to the people throughout the land of Philistia.

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1Ch 10:11 - But when everyone in Jabesh-gilead heard about everything the Philistines had done to Saul,

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1Ch 10:13 - So Saul died because he was unfaithful to the LORD. He failed to obey the LORD's command, and he even consulted a medium

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1Ch 10:14 - instead of asking the LORD for guidance. So the LORD killed him and turned the kingdom over to David son of Jesse.

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1Ch 11:5 - The people of Jebus taunted David, saying, “You'll never get in here!” But David captured the fortress of Zion, which is now 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 11:18 - 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 11:22 - There was also Benaiah son of Jehoiada, a valiant warrior 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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1Ch 12:8 - Some brave and experienced warriors from the tribe of Gad also defected to David while he was at the stronghold in the wilderness. They were expert with both shield and spear, as fierce as lions and as swift as deer on the mountains.

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1Ch 12:15 - These were the men who crossed the Jordan River during its seasonal flooding at the beginning of the year and drove out all the people living in the lowlands on both the east and west banks.

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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 12:27 - This included Jehoiada, leader of the family of Aaron, who had 3,700 under his command.

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1Ch 12:33 - From the tribe of Zebulun, there were 50,000 skilled warriors. They were fully armed and prepared for battle and completely loyal to David.

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1Ch 15:13 - Because you Levites did not carry the Ark the first time, the anger of the LORD our God burst out against us. We failed to ask God how to move it properly.”

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1Ch 16:3 - Then he gave to every man and woman in all Israel a loaf of bread, a cake of dates,[fn] and a cake of raisins.

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1Ch 16:8 - Give thanks to the LORD and proclaim his greatness.
Let the whole world know what he has done.

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1Ch 16:16 - This is the covenant he made with Abraham
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1Ch 16:17 - He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree,
and to the people of Israel as a never-ending covenant:

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1Ch 16:23 - Let the whole earth sing to the LORD!
Each day proclaim the good news that he saves.

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1Ch 16:28 - O nations of the world, recognize the LORD,
recognize that the LORD is glorious and strong.

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1Ch 16:29 - Give to the LORD the glory he deserves!
Bring your offering and come into his presence.
Worship the LORD in all his holy splendor.

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1Ch 16:34 - Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good!
His faithful love endures forever.

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1Ch 16:36 - Praise the LORD, the God of Israel,
who lives from everlasting to everlasting! And all the people shouted “Amen!” and praised the LORD.

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1Ch 16:40 - They sacrificed the regular burnt offerings to the LORD each morning and evening on the altar set aside for that purpose, obeying everything written in the Law of the LORD, as he had commanded Israel.

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1Ch 17:7 - “Now go and say to my servant David, ‘This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies has declared: I took you from tending sheep in the pasture and selected you to be the leader of my people Israel.

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1Ch 17:9 - And I will provide a homeland for my people Israel, planting them in a secure place where they will never be disturbed. Evil nations won't oppress them as they've done in the past,

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1Ch 18:2 - David also conquered the land of Moab, and the Moabites who were spared became David's subjects and paid him tribute money.

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1Ch 18:5 - When Arameans from Damascus arrived to help King Hadadezer, David killed 22,000 of them.

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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 18:10 - he sent his son Joram[fn] to congratulate King David for his successful campaign. Hadadezer and Toi had been enemies and were often at war. Joram presented David with many gifts of gold, silver, and bronze.

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1Ch 18:11 - King David dedicated all these gifts to the LORD, along with the silver and gold he had taken from the other nations—from Edom, Moab, Ammon, Philistia, and Amalek.

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1Ch 18:14 - So David reigned over all Israel and did what was just and right for all his people.

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1Ch 19:5 - When David heard what had happened to the men, he sent messengers to tell them, “Stay at Jericho until your beards grow out, and then come back.” For they felt deep shame because of their appearance.

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1Ch 19:17 - When David heard what was happening, he mobilized all Israel, crossed the Jordan River, and positioned his troops in battle formation. Then David engaged the Arameans in battle, and they fought against him.

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1Ch 21:1 - Satan rose up against Israel and caused David to take a census of the people of Israel.

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1Ch 21:3 - But Joab replied, “May the LORD increase the number of his people a hundred times over! But why, my lord the king, do you want to do this? Are they not all your servants? Why must you cause Israel to sin?”

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1Ch 21:4 - But the king insisted that they take the census, so Joab traveled throughout all Israel to count the people. Then he returned to Jerusalem

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1Ch 21:5 - and reported the number of people to David. There were 1,100,000 warriors in all Israel who could handle a sword, and 470,000 in Judah.

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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 21:17 - And David said to God, “I am the one who called for the census! I am the one who has sinned and done wrong! But these people are as innocent as sheep—what have they done? O LORD my God, let your anger fall against me and my family, but do not destroy your people.”

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1Ch 21:18 - Then the angel of the LORD told Gad to instruct David to go up and build an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

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1Ch 21:21 - When Araunah saw David approaching, he left his threshing floor and bowed before David with his face to the ground.

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1Ch 21:22 - David said to Araunah, “Let me buy this threshing floor from you at its full price. Then I will build an altar to the LORD there, so that he will stop the plague.”

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1Ch 21:24 - But King David replied to Araunah, “No, I insist on buying it for the full price. I will not take what is yours and give it to the LORD. I will not present burnt offerings that have cost me nothing!”

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1Ch 21:25 - So David gave Araunah 600 pieces of gold[fn] in payment for the threshing floor.

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1Ch 21:28 - When David saw that the LORD had answered his prayer, he offered sacrifices there at Araunah's threshing floor.

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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 22:1 - Then David said, “This will be the location for the Temple of the LORD God and the place of the altar for Israel's burnt offerings!”

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1Ch 22:2 - So David gave orders to call together the foreigners living in Israel, and he assigned them the task of preparing finished stone for building the Temple of God.

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1Ch 22:4 - He also provided innumerable cedar logs, for the men of Tyre and Sidon had brought vast amounts of cedar to David.

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1Ch 22:5 - David said, “My son Solomon is still young and inexperienced. And since the Temple to be built for the LORD must be a magnificent structure, famous and glorious throughout the world, I will begin making preparations for it now.” So David collected vast amounts of building materials before his death.

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1Ch 22:6 - Then David sent for his son Solomon and instructed him to build a Temple for the LORD, the God of Israel.

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1Ch 22:11 - “Now, my son, may the LORD be with you and give you success as you follow his directions in building the Temple of the LORD your God.

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1Ch 22:13 - For you will be successful if you carefully obey the decrees and regulations that the LORD gave to Israel through Moses. Be strong and courageous; do not be afraid or lose heart!

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1Ch 22:17 - Then David ordered all the leaders of Israel to assist Solomon in this project.

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1Ch 22:19 - Now seek the LORD your God with all your heart and soul. Build the sanctuary of the LORD God so that you can bring the Ark of the LORD's Covenant and the holy vessels of God into the Temple built to honor the LORD's name.”

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1Ch 23:5 - Another 4,000 will work as gatekeepers, and 4,000 will praise the LORD with the musical instruments I have made.”

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1Ch 23:6 - Then David divided the Levites into divisions named after the clans descended from the three sons of Levi—Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

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1Ch 23:7 - The Gershonite family units were defined by their lines of descent from Libni[fn] and Shimei, the sons of Gershon.

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1Ch 23:8 - Three of the descendants of Libni were Jehiel (the family leader), Zetham, and Joel.

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1Ch 23:9 - These were the leaders of the family of Libni. Three of the descendants of Shimei were Shelomoth, Haziel, and Haran.

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1Ch 23:17 - Eliezer had only one son, Rehabiah, the family leader. Rehabiah had numerous descendants.

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1Ch 23:25 - For David said, “The LORD, the God of Israel, has given us peace, and he will always live in Jerusalem.

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1Ch 23:30 - And each morning and evening they stood before the LORD to sing songs of thanks and praise to him.

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1Ch 23:31 - They assisted with the burnt offerings that were presented to the LORD on Sabbath days, at new moon celebrations, and at all the appointed festivals. The required number of Levites served in the LORD's presence at all times, following all the procedures they had been given.

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1Ch 24:6 - Shemaiah son of Nethanel, a Levite, acted as secretary and wrote down the names and assignments in the presence of the king, the officials, Zadok the priest, Ahimelech son of Abiathar, and the family leaders of the priests and Levites. The descendants of Eleazar and Ithamar took turns casting lots.

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1Ch 24:7 - The first lot fell to Jehoiarib.
The second lot fell to Jedaiah.

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1Ch 24:8 - The third lot fell to Harim.
The fourth lot fell to Seorim.

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1Ch 24:9 - The fifth lot fell to Malkijah.
The sixth lot fell to Mijamin.

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1Ch 24:10 - The seventh lot fell to Hakkoz.
The eighth lot fell to Abijah.

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1Ch 24:11 - The ninth lot fell to Jeshua.
The tenth lot fell to Shecaniah.

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1Ch 24:12 - The eleventh lot fell to Eliashib.
The twelfth lot fell to Jakim.

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1Ch 24:13 - The thirteenth lot fell to Huppah.
The fourteenth lot fell to Jeshebeab.

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1Ch 24:14 - The fifteenth lot fell to Bilgah.
The sixteenth lot fell to Immer.

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1Ch 24:15 - The seventeenth lot fell to Hezir.
The eighteenth lot fell to Happizzez.

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1Ch 24:16 - The nineteenth lot fell to Pethahiah.
The twentieth lot fell to Jehezkel.

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1Ch 24:17 - The twenty-first lot fell to Jakin.
The twenty-second lot fell to Gamul.

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1Ch 24:18 - The twenty-third lot fell to Delaiah.
The twenty-fourth lot fell to Maaziah.

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1Ch 24:21 - From the descendants of Rehabiah, the leader was Isshiah.

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1Ch 24:22 - From the descendants of Izhar, the leader was Shelomith.[fn]
From the descendants of Shelomith, the leader was Jahath.

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1Ch 24:27 - From the descendants of Merari through Jaaziah, the leaders were Beno, Shoham, Zaccur, and Ibri.

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1Ch 24:28 - From the descendants of Mahli, the leader was Eleazar, though he had no sons.

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1Ch 24:29 - From the descendants of Kish, the leader was Jerahmeel.

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1Ch 25:3 - From the sons of Jeduthun, there were Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Shimei,[fn] Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six in all. They worked under the direction of their father, Jeduthun, who proclaimed God's messages to the accompaniment of the lyre, offering thanks and praise to the LORD.

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1Ch 25:4 - From the sons of Heman, there were Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shubael,[fn] Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, Romamti-ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth.

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1Ch 25:5 - All these were the sons of Heman, the king's seer, for God had honored him with fourteen sons and three daughters.

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1Ch 25:9 - The first lot fell to Joseph of the Asaph clan and twelve of his sons and relatives.[fn]
The second lot fell to Gedaliah and twelve of his sons and relatives.

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1Ch 26:2 - The sons of Meshelemiah were Zechariah (the oldest), Jediael (the second), Zebadiah (the third), Jathniel (the fourth),

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1Ch 26:4 - The sons of Obed-edom, also gatekeepers, were Shemaiah (the oldest), Jehozabad (the second), Joah (the third), Sacar (the fourth), Nethanel (the fifth),

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1Ch 26:6 - Obed-edom's son Shemaiah had sons with great ability who earned positions of great authority in the clan.

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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 26:9 - Meshelemiah's eighteen sons and relatives were also very capable men.

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1Ch 26:10 - Hosah, of the Merari clan, appointed Shimri as the leader among his sons, though he was not the oldest.

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1Ch 26:11 - His other sons included Hilkiah (the second), Tebaliah (the third), and Zechariah (the fourth). Hosah's sons and relatives, who served as gatekeepers, numbered thirteen in all.

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1Ch 26:14 - The responsibility for the east gate went to Meshelemiah[fn] and his group. The north gate was assigned to his son Zechariah, a man of unusual wisdom.

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1Ch 26:15 - The south gate went to Obed-edom, and his sons were put in charge of the storehouse.

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1Ch 26:16 - Shuppim and Hosah were assigned the west gate and the gateway leading up to the Temple.[fn] Guard duties were divided evenly.

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1Ch 26:21 - From the family of Libni[fn] in the clan of Gershon, Jehiel[fn] was the leader.

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1Ch 26:23 - These are the leaders that descended from Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel:

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1Ch 26:25 - His relatives through Eliezer were Rehabiah, Jeshaiah, Joram, Zicri, and Shelomoth.

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1Ch 26:29 - From the clan of Izhar came Kenaniah. He and his sons were given administrative responsibilities[fn] over Israel as officials and judges.

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1Ch 26:30 - From the clan of Hebron came Hashabiah. He and his relatives—1,700 capable men—were put in charge of the Israelite lands west of the Jordan River. They were responsible for all matters related to the things of the LORD and the service of the king in that area.

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1Ch 27:1 - This is the list of Israelite generals and captains,[fn] and their officers, who served the king by supervising the army divisions that were on duty each month of the year. Each division served for one month and had 24,000 troops.

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1Ch 27:8 - Shammah[fn] the Izrahite was commander of the fifth division of 24,000 troops, which was on duty during the fifth month.

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1Ch 27:9 - Ira son of Ikkesh from Tekoa was commander of the sixth division of 24,000 troops, which was on duty during the sixth month.

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1Ch 27:10 - Helez, a descendant of Ephraim from Pelon, was commander of the seventh division of 24,000 troops, which was on duty during the seventh month.

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1Ch 27:11 - Sibbecai, a descendant of Zerah from Hushah, was commander of the eighth division of 24,000 troops, which was on duty during the eighth month.

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1Ch 27:12 - Abiezer from Anathoth in the territory of Benjamin was commander of the ninth division of 24,000 troops, which was on duty during the ninth month.

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1Ch 27:13 - Maharai, a descendant of Zerah from Netophah, was commander of the tenth division of 24,000 troops, which was on duty during the tenth month.

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1Ch 27:14 - Benaiah from Pirathon in Ephraim was commander of the eleventh division of 24,000 troops, which was on duty during the eleventh month.

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1Ch 27:15 - Heled,[fn] a descendant of Othniel from Netophah, was commander of the twelfth division of 24,000 troops, which was on duty during the twelfth month.

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1Ch 27:16 - The following were the tribes of Israel and their leaders:

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Reuben	Eliezer son of Zicri
Simeon	Shephatiah son of Maacah

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Levi	Hashabiah son of Kemuel
Aaron (the priests)	Zadok

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Judah	Elihu (a brother of David)
Issachar	Omri son of Michael

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Zebulun	Ishmaiah son of Obadiah
Naphtali	Jeremoth son of Azriel

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Ephraim	Hoshea son of Azaziah
Manasseh (west)	Joel son of Pedaiah

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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 27:22 -

Dan	Azarel son of Jeroham

These were the leaders of the tribes of Israel.

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1Ch 27:24 - Joab son of Zeruiah began the census but never finished it because[fn] the anger of God fell on Israel. The total number was never recorded in King David's official records.

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1Ch 27:29 - Shitrai from Sharon was in charge of the cattle on the Sharon Plain. Shaphat son of Adlai was responsible for the cattle in the valleys.

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1Ch 28:4 - “Yet the LORD, the God of Israel, has chosen me from among all my father's family to be king over Israel forever. For he has chosen the tribe of Judah to rule, and from among the families of Judah he chose my father's family. And from among my father's sons the LORD was pleased to make me king over all Israel.

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1Ch 28:5 - And from among my sons—for the LORD has given me many—he chose Solomon to succeed me on the throne of Israel and to rule over the LORD's kingdom.

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1Ch 28:11 - Then David gave Solomon the plans for the Temple and its surroundings, including the entry room, the storerooms, the upstairs rooms, the inner rooms, and the inner sanctuary—which was the place of atonement.

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1Ch 28:20 - Then David continued, “Be strong and courageous, and do the work. Don't be afraid or discouraged, for the LORD God, my God, is with you. He will not fail you or forsake you. He will see to it that all the work related to the Temple of the LORD is finished correctly.

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1Ch 29:9 - The people rejoiced over the offerings, for they had given freely and wholeheartedly to the LORD, and King David was filled with joy.

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1Ch 29:11 - Yours, O LORD, is the greatness, the power, the glory, the victory, and the majesty. Everything in the heavens and on earth is yours, O LORD, and this is your kingdom. We adore you as the one who is over all things.

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1Ch 29:19 - Give my son Solomon the wholehearted desire to obey all your commands, laws, and decrees, and to do everything necessary to build this Temple, for which I have made these preparations.”

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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 1:7 - 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 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 3:1 - So Solomon began to build the Temple of the LORD in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the LORD had appeared to David, his father. The Temple was built on the threshing floor of Araunah[fn] the Jebusite, the site that David had selected.

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2Ch 3:2 - The construction began in midspring,[fn] during the fourth year of Solomon's reign.

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2Ch 3:10 - He made two figures shaped like cherubim, overlaid them with gold, and placed them in the Most Holy Place.

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2Ch 3:16 - He made a network of interwoven chains and used them to decorate the tops of the pillars. He also made 100 decorative pomegranates and attached them to the chains.

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2Ch 4:7 - He then cast ten gold lampstands according to the specifications that had been given, and he put them in the Temple. Five were placed against the south wall, and five were placed against the north wall.

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2Ch 4:8 - He also built ten tables and placed them in the Temple, five along the south wall and five along the north wall. Then he molded 100 gold basins.

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2Ch 4:11 - Huram-abi also made the necessary washbasins, shovels, and bowls.
So at last Huram-abi completed everything King Solomon had assigned him to make for the Temple of God:

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2Ch 4:13 - the 400 pomegranates that hung from the chains on the capitals (two rows of pomegranates for each of the chain networks that decorated the capitals on top of the pillars);

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2Ch 4:16 - the ash buckets, the shovels, the meat hooks, and all the related articles. Huram-abi made all these things of burnished bronze for the Temple of the LORD, just as King Solomon had directed.

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2Ch 4:17 - The king had them cast in clay molds in the Jordan Valley between Succoth and Zarethan.[fn]

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2Ch 5:12 - And the Levites who were musicians—Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and all their sons and brothers—were dressed in fine linen robes and stood at the east side of the altar playing cymbals, lyres, and harps. They were joined by 120 priests who were playing trumpets.

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2Ch 5:13 - The trumpeters and singers performed together in unison to praise and give thanks to the LORD. Accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and other instruments, they raised their voices and praised the LORD with these words:
“He is good!
His faithful love endures forever!” At that moment a thick cloud filled the Temple of the LORD.

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2Ch 6:11 - There I have placed the Ark, which contains the covenant that the LORD made with the people of Israel.”

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2Ch 6:15 - You have kept your promise to your servant David, my father. You made that promise with your own mouth, and with your own hands you have fulfilled it today.

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2Ch 6:16 - “And now, O LORD, God of Israel, carry out the additional promise you made to your servant David, my father. For you said to him, ‘If your descendants guard their behavior and faithfully follow my Law as you have done, one of them will always sit on the throne of Israel.'

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2Ch 6:17 - Now, O LORD, God of Israel, fulfill this promise to your servant David.

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2Ch 6:21 - May you hear the humble and earnest requests from me and your people Israel when we pray toward this place. Yes, hear us from heaven where you live, and when you hear, forgive.

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2Ch 6:22 - “If someone wrongs another person and is required to take an oath of innocence in front of your altar at this Temple,

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2Ch 6:23 - then hear from heaven and judge between your servants—the accuser and the accused. Pay back the guilty as they deserve. Acquit the innocent because of their innocence.

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2Ch 6:24 - “If your people Israel are defeated by their enemies because they have sinned against you, and if they turn back and acknowledge your name and pray to you here in this Temple,

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2Ch 6:27 - then hear from heaven and forgive the sins of your servants, your people Israel. Teach them to follow the right path, and send rain on your land that you have given to your people as their special possession.

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2Ch 6:39 - then hear their prayers and their petitions from heaven where you live, and uphold their cause. Forgive your people who have sinned against you.

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2Ch 7:2 - The priests could not enter the Temple of the LORD because the glorious presence of the LORD filled it.

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2Ch 7:3 - When all the people of Israel saw the fire coming down and the glorious presence of the LORD filling the Temple, they fell face down on the ground and worshiped and praised the LORD, saying,
“He is good!
His faithful love endures forever!”

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2Ch 7:8 - For the next seven days Solomon and all Israel celebrated the Festival of Shelters.[fn] A large congregation had gathered from as far away as Lebo-hamath in the north and the Brook of Egypt in the south.

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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 7:12 - Then one night the LORD appeared to Solomon and said, “I have heard your prayer and have chosen this Temple as the place for making sacrifices.

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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 7:18 - then I will establish the throne of your dynasty. For I made this covenant with your father, David, when I said, ‘One of your descendants will always rule over Israel.'

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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 8:2 - Solomon turned his attention to rebuilding the towns that King Hiram[fn] had given him, and he settled Israelites in them.

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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 8:10 - King Solomon appointed 250 of them to supervise the people.

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2Ch 8:12 - Then Solomon presented burnt offerings to the LORD on the altar he had built for him in front of the entry room of the Temple.

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2Ch 9:8 - Praise the LORD your God, who delights in you and has placed you on the throne as king to rule for him. Because God loves Israel and desires this kingdom to last forever, he has made you king over them so you can rule with justice and righteousness.”

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2Ch 9:9 - Then she gave the king a gift of 9,000 pounds[fn] of gold, great quantities of spices, and precious jewels. Never before had there been spices as fine as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.

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2Ch 9:10 - (In addition, the crews of Hiram and Solomon brought gold from Ophir, and they also brought red sandalwood[fn] and precious jewels.

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2Ch 9:11 - The king used the sandalwood to make steps[fn] for the Temple of the LORD and the royal palace, and to construct lyres and harps for the musicians. Never before had such beautiful things been seen in Judah.)

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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 9:13 - Each year Solomon received about 25 tons[fn] of gold.

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2Ch 9:14 - This did not include the additional revenue he received from merchants and traders. All the kings of Arabia and the governors of the provinces also brought gold and silver to Solomon.

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2Ch 9:15 - King Solomon made 200 large shields of hammered gold, each weighing more than 15 pounds.[fn]

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2Ch 9:18 - The throne had six steps, with a footstool of gold. There were armrests on both sides of the seat, and the figure of a lion stood on each side of the throne.

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2Ch 9:21 - The king had a fleet of trading ships[fn] manned by the sailors sent by Hiram.[fn] Once every three years the ships returned, loaded with gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.[fn]

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2Ch 9:25 - Solomon had 4,000 stalls for his horses and chariots, and he had 12,000 horses.[fn] He stationed some of them in the chariot cities, and some near him in Jerusalem.

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2Ch 9:28 - Solomon's horses were imported from Egypt[fn] and many other countries.

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2Ch 10:6 - Then King Rehoboam discussed the matter with the older men who had counseled his father, Solomon. “What is your advice?” he asked. “How should I answer these people?”

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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 10:9 - “What is your advice?” he asked them. “How should I answer these people who want me to lighten the burdens imposed by my father?”

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2Ch 10:10 - The young men replied, “This is what you should tell those complainers who want a lighter burden: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father's waist!

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2Ch 10:19 - And to this day the northern tribes of Israel have refused to be ruled by a descendant of David.

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2Ch 11:1 - When Rehoboam arrived at Jerusalem, he mobilized the men of Judah and Benjamin—180,000 select troops—to fight against Israel and to restore the kingdom to himself.

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2Ch 13:5 - Don't you realize that the LORD, the God of Israel, made a lasting covenant[fn] with David, giving him and his descendants the throne of Israel forever?

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2Ch 13:9 - But you have chased away the priests of the LORD (the descendants of Aaron) and the Levites, and you have appointed your own priests, just like the pagan nations. You let anyone become a priest these days! Whoever comes to be dedicated with a young bull and seven rams can become a priest of these so-called gods of yours!

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2Ch 13:10 - “But as for us, the LORD is our God, and we have not abandoned him. Only the descendants of Aaron serve the LORD as priests, and the Levites alone may help them in their work.

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2Ch 13:11 - They present burnt offerings and fragrant incense to the LORD every morning and evening. They place the Bread of the Presence on the holy table, and they light the gold lampstand every evening. We are following the instructions of the LORD our God, but you have abandoned him.

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2Ch 14:4 - He commanded the people of Judah to seek the LORD, the God of their ancestors, and to obey his law and his commands.

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2Ch 14:7 - Asa told the people of Judah, “Let us build towns and fortify them with walls, towers, gates, and bars. The land is still ours because we sought the LORD our God, and he has given us peace on every side.” So they went ahead with these projects and brought them to completion.

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2Ch 14:8 - King Asa had an army of 300,000 warriors from the tribe of Judah, armed with large shields and spears. He also had an army of 280,000 warriors from the tribe of Benjamin, armed with small shields and bows. Both armies were composed of well-trained fighting men.

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2Ch 15:3 - For a long time Israel was without the true God, without a priest to teach them, and without the Law to instruct them.

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2Ch 15:5 - “During those dark times, it was not safe to travel. Problems troubled the people of every land.

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2Ch 15:10 - The people gathered at Jerusalem in late spring,[fn] during the fifteenth year of Asa's reign.

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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 15:14 - They shouted out their oath of loyalty to the LORD with trumpets blaring and rams' horns sounding.

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2Ch 15:17 - Although the pagan shrines were not removed from Israel, Asa's heart remained completely faithful throughout his life.

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2Ch 16:1 - In the thirty-sixth year of Asa's reign, King Baasha of Israel invaded Judah and fortified Ramah in order to prevent anyone from entering or leaving King Asa's territory in Judah.

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2Ch 16:7 - At that time Hanani the seer came to King Asa and told him, “Because you have put your trust in the king of Aram instead of in the LORD your God, you missed your chance to destroy the army of the king of Aram.

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2Ch 16:10 - Asa became so angry with Hanani for saying this that he threw him into prison and put him in stocks. At that time Asa also began to oppress some of his people.

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2Ch 17:5 - So the LORD established Jehoshaphat's control over the kingdom of Judah. All the people of Judah brought gifts to Jehoshaphat, so he became very wealthy and highly esteemed.

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2Ch 17:11 - Some of the Philistines brought him gifts and silver as tribute, and the Arabs brought 7,700 rams and 7,700 male goats.

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2Ch 17:14 - His army was enrolled according to ancestral clans. From Judah there were 300,000 troops organized in units of 1,000, under the command of Adnah.

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2Ch 17:16 - Next was Amasiah son of Zicri, who volunteered for the LORD's service, with 200,000 troops under his command.

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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 18:1 - Jehoshaphat enjoyed great riches and high esteem, and he made an alliance with Ahab of Israel by having his son marry Ahab's daughter.

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2Ch 18:2 - A few years later he went to Samaria to visit Ahab, who prepared a great banquet for him and his officials. They butchered great numbers of sheep, goats, and cattle for the feast. Then Ahab enticed Jehoshaphat to join forces with him to recover Ramoth-gilead.

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2Ch 18:9 - King Ahab of Israel and King Jehoshaphat of Judah, dressed in their royal robes, were sitting on thrones at the threshing floor near the gate of Samaria. All of Ahab's prophets were prophesying there in front of them.

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2Ch 18:33 - An Aramean soldier, however, randomly shot an arrow at the Israelite troops and hit the king of Israel between the joints of his armor. “Turn the horses[fn] and get me out of here!” Ahab groaned to the driver of the chariot. “I'm badly wounded!”

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2Ch 19:6 - and he said to them, “Always think carefully before pronouncing judgment. Remember that you do not judge to please people but to please the LORD. He will be with you when you render the verdict in each case.

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2Ch 19:10 - Whenever a case comes to you from fellow citizens in an outlying town, whether a murder case or some other violation of God's laws, commands, decrees, or regulations, you must warn them not to sin against the LORD, so that he will not be angry with you and them. Do this and you will not be guilty.

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2Ch 20:2 - Messengers came and told Jehoshaphat, “A vast army from Edom[fn] is marching against you from beyond the Dead Sea.[fn] They are already at Hazazon-tamar.” (This was another name for En-gedi.)

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2Ch 20:7 - O our God, did you not drive out those who lived in this land when your people Israel arrived? And did you not give this land forever to the descendants of your friend Abraham?

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2Ch 20:9 - They said, ‘Whenever we are faced with any calamity such as war,[fn] plague, or famine, we can come to stand in your presence before this Temple where your name is honored. We can cry out to you to save us, and you will hear us and rescue us.'

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2Ch 20:10 - “And now see what the armies of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir are doing. You would not let our ancestors invade those nations when Israel left Egypt, so they went around them and did not destroy them.

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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 20:15 - He said, “Listen, all you people of Judah and Jerusalem! Listen, King Jehoshaphat! This is what the LORD says: Do not be afraid! Don't be discouraged by this mighty army, for the battle is not yours, but God's.

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2Ch 20:21 - After consulting the people, the king appointed singers to walk ahead of the army, singing to the LORD and praising him for his holy splendor. This is what they sang:
“Give thanks to the LORD;
his faithful love endures forever!”

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2Ch 20:37 - Then Eliezer son of Dodavahu from Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat. He said, “Because you have allied yourself with King Ahaziah, the LORD will destroy your work.” So the ships met with disaster and never put out to sea.[fn]

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2Ch 21:3 - Their father had given each of them valuable gifts of silver, gold, and costly items, and also some of Judah's fortified towns. However, he designated Jehoram as the next king because he was the oldest.

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2Ch 21:7 - But the LORD did not want to destroy David's dynasty, for he had made a covenant with David and promised that his descendants would continue to rule, shining like a lamp forever.

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2Ch 21:10 - Even so, Edom has been independent from Judah to this day. The town of Libnah also revolted about that same time. All this happened because Jehoram had abandoned the LORD, the God of his ancestors.

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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 22:8 - While Jehu was executing judgment against the family of Ahab, he happened to meet some of Judah's officials and Ahaziah's relatives[fn] who were traveling with Ahaziah. So Jehu killed them all.

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2Ch 23:1 - In the seventh year of Athaliah's reign, Jehoiada the priest decided to act. He summoned his courage and made a pact with five army commanders: Azariah son of Jeroham, Ishmael son of Jehohanan, Azariah son of Obed, Maaseiah son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat son of Zicri.

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2Ch 23:16 - Then Jehoiada made a covenant between himself and the king and the people that they would be the LORD's people.

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2Ch 24:23 - In the spring of the year[fn] the Aramean army marched against Joash. They invaded Judah and Jerusalem and killed all the leaders of the nation. Then they sent all the plunder back to their king in Damascus.

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2Ch 24:25 - The Arameans withdrew, leaving Joash severely wounded. But his own officials plotted to kill him for murdering the son[fn] of Jehoiada the priest. They assassinated him as he lay in bed. Then he was buried in the City of David, but not in the royal cemetery.

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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 25:18 - But King Jehoash of Israel replied to King Amaziah of Judah with this story: “Out in the Lebanon mountains, a thistle sent a message to a mighty cedar tree: ‘Give your daughter in marriage to my son.' But just then a wild animal of Lebanon came by and stepped on the thistle, crushing it!

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2Ch 25:24 - He carried off all the gold and silver and all the articles from the Temple of God that had been in the care of Obed-edom. He also seized the treasures of the royal palace, along with hostages, and then returned to Samaria.

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2Ch 25:27 - After Amaziah turned away from the LORD, there was a conspiracy against his life in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish. But his enemies sent assassins after him, and they killed him there.

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2Ch 26:2 - After his father's death, Uzziah rebuilt the town of Elath[fn] and restored it to Judah.

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2Ch 26:8 - The Meunites[fn] paid annual tribute to him, and his fame spread even to Egypt, for he had become very powerful.

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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 26:13 - The army consisted of 307,500 men, all elite troops. They were prepared to assist the king against any enemy.

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2Ch 26:18 - They confronted King Uzziah and said, “It is not for you, Uzziah, to burn incense to the LORD. That is the work of the priests alone, the descendants of Aaron who are set apart for this work. Get out of the sanctuary, for you have sinned. The LORD God will not honor you for this!”

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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 28:13 - “You must not bring the prisoners here!” they declared. “We cannot afford to add to our sins and guilt. Our guilt is already great, and the LORD's fierce anger is already turned against Israel.”

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2Ch 28:16 - At that time King Ahaz of Judah asked the king of Assyria for help.

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2Ch 28:21 - Ahaz took valuable items from the LORD's Temple, the royal palace, and from the homes of his officials and gave them to the king of Assyria as tribute. But this did not help him.

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2Ch 29:3 - In the very first month of the first year of his reign, Hezekiah reopened the doors of the Temple of the LORD and repaired them.

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2Ch 29:16 - The priests went into the sanctuary of the Temple of the LORD to cleanse it, and they took out to the Temple courtyard all the defiled things they found. From there the Levites carted it all out to the Kidron Valley.

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2Ch 29:25 - King Hezekiah then stationed the Levites at the Temple of the LORD with cymbals, lyres, and harps. He obeyed all the commands that the LORD had given to King David through Gad, the king's seer, and the prophet Nathan.

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2Ch 29:36 - And Hezekiah and all the people rejoiced because of what God had done for the people, for everything had been accomplished so quickly.

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2Ch 30:1 - King Hezekiah now sent word to all Israel and Judah, and he wrote letters of invitation to the people of Ephraim and Manasseh. He asked everyone to come to the Temple of the LORD at Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover of the LORD, the God of Israel.

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2Ch 30:2 - The king, his officials, and all the community of Jerusalem decided to celebrate Passover a month later than usual.[fn]

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2Ch 30:3 - They were unable to celebrate it at the prescribed time because not enough priests could be purified by then, and the people had not yet assembled at Jerusalem.

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2Ch 30:8 - Do not be stubborn, as they were, but submit yourselves to the LORD. Come to his Temple, which he has set apart as holy forever. Worship the LORD your God so that his fierce anger will turn away from you.

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2Ch 30:13 - So a huge crowd assembled at Jerusalem in midspring[fn] to celebrate the Festival of Unleavened Bread.

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2Ch 30:17 - Since many of the people had not purified themselves, the Levites had to slaughter their Passover lamb for them, to set them apart for the LORD.

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2Ch 30:20 - And the LORD listened to Hezekiah's prayer and healed the people.

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2Ch 30:21 - So the people of Israel who were present in Jerusalem joyously celebrated the Festival of Unleavened Bread for seven days. Each day the Levites and priests sang to the LORD, accompanied by loud instruments.[fn]

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2Ch 30:22 - Hezekiah encouraged all the Levites regarding the skill they displayed as they served the LORD. The celebration continued for seven days. Peace offerings were sacrificed, and the people gave thanks to the LORD, the God of their ancestors.

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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 31:3 - The king also made a personal contribution of animals for the daily morning and evening burnt offerings, the weekly Sabbath festivals, the monthly new moon festivals, and the annual festivals as prescribed in the Law of the LORD.

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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 31:6 - The people who had moved to Judah from Israel, and the people of Judah themselves, brought in the tithes of their cattle, sheep, and goats and a tithe of the things that had been dedicated to the LORD their God, and they piled them up in great heaps.

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2Ch 31:7 - They began piling them up in late spring, and the heaps continued to grow until early autumn.[fn]

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2Ch 31:16 - They distributed the gifts to all males three years old or older, regardless of their place in the genealogical records. The distribution went to all who would come to the LORD's Temple to perform their daily duties according to their divisions.

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2Ch 31:21 - In all that he did in the service of the Temple of God and in his efforts to follow God's laws and commands, Hezekiah sought his God wholeheartedly. As a result, he was very successful.

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2Ch 32:12 - Don't you realize that Hezekiah is the very person who destroyed all the LORD's shrines and altars? He commanded Judah and Jerusalem to worship only at the altar at the Temple and to offer sacrifices on it alone.

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2Ch 32:23 - From then on King Hezekiah became highly respected among all the surrounding nations, and many gifts for the LORD arrived at Jerusalem, with valuable presents for King Hezekiah, too.

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2Ch 32:27 - Hezekiah was very wealthy and highly honored. He built special treasury buildings for his silver, gold, precious stones, and spices, and for his shields and other valuable items.

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2Ch 32:33 - When Hezekiah died, he was buried in the upper area of the royal cemetery, and all Judah and Jerusalem honored him at his death. And his son Manasseh became the next king.

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2Ch 33:7 - Manasseh even took a carved idol he had made and set it up in God's Temple, the very place where God had told David and his son Solomon: “My name will be honored forever in this Temple and in Jerusalem—the city I have chosen from among all the tribes of Israel.

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2Ch 33:14 - After this Manasseh rebuilt the outer wall of the City of David, from west of the Gihon Spring in the Kidron Valley to the Fish Gate, and continuing around the hill of Ophel. He built the wall very high. And he stationed his military officers in all of the fortified towns of Judah.

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2Ch 33:16 - Then he restored the altar of the LORD and sacrificed peace offerings and thanksgiving offerings on it. He also encouraged the people of Judah to worship the LORD, the God of Israel.

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2Ch 34:15 - Hilkiah said to Shaphan the court secretary, “I have found the Book of the Law in the LORD's Temple!” Then Hilkiah gave the scroll to Shaphan.

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2Ch 34:16 - Shaphan took the scroll to the king and reported, “Your officials are doing everything they were assigned to do.

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2Ch 34:18 - Shaphan also told the king, “Hilkiah the priest has given me a scroll.” So Shaphan read it to the king.

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2Ch 34:20 - Then he gave these orders to Hilkiah, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Acbor son of Micaiah,[fn] Shaphan the court secretary, and Asaiah the king's personal adviser:

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2Ch 34:23 - She said to them, “The LORD, the God of Israel, has spoken! Go back and tell the man who sent you,

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2Ch 34:25 - For my people have abandoned me and offered sacrifices to pagan gods, and I am very angry with them for everything they have done. My anger will be poured out on this place, and it will not be quenched.'

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2Ch 34:28 - So I will not send the promised disaster until after you have died and been buried in peace. You yourself will not see the disaster I am going to bring on this city and its people.'”
So they took her message back to the king.

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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 35:3 - He issued this order to the Levites, who were to teach all Israel and who had been set apart to serve the LORD: “Put the holy Ark in the Temple that was built by Solomon son of David, the king of Israel. You no longer need to carry it back and forth on your shoulders. Now spend your time serving the LORD your God and his people Israel.

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2Ch 35:5 - “Then stand in the sanctuary at the place appointed for your family division and help the families assigned to you as they bring their offerings to the Temple.

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2Ch 35:8 - The king's officials also made willing contributions to the people, priests, and Levites. Hilkiah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, the administrators of God's Temple, gave the priests 2,600 lambs and young goats and 300 cattle as Passover offerings.

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2Ch 35:12 - They divided the burnt offerings among the people by their family groups, so they could offer them to the LORD as prescribed in the Book of Moses. They did the same with the cattle.

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2Ch 35:17 - All the Israelites present in Jerusalem celebrated Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread for seven days.

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2Ch 35:18 - Never since the time of the prophet Samuel had there been such a Passover. None of the kings of Israel had ever kept a Passover as Josiah did, involving all the priests and Levites, all the people of Jerusalem, and people from all over Judah and Israel.

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2Ch 35:19 - This Passover celebration took place in the eighteenth year of Josiah's reign.

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2Ch 36:4 - The king of Egypt then installed Eliakim, the brother of Jehoahaz, as the next king of Judah and Jerusalem, and he changed Eliakim's name to Jehoiakim. Then Neco took Jehoahaz to Egypt as a prisoner.

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2Ch 36:7 - Nebuchadnezzar also took some of the treasures from the Temple of the LORD, and he placed them in his palace[fn] in Babylon.

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2Ch 36:13 - He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, even though he had taken an oath of loyalty in God's name. Zedekiah was a hard and stubborn man, refusing to turn to the LORD, the God of Israel.

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2Ch 36:16 - But the people mocked these messengers of God and despised their words. They scoffed at the prophets until the LORD's anger could no longer be restrained and nothing could be done.

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Ezr 1:5 - Then God stirred the hearts of the priests and Levites and the leaders of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin to go to Jerusalem to rebuild the Temple of the LORD.

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Ezr 1:8 - Cyrus directed Mithredath, the treasurer of Persia, to count these items and present them to Sheshbazzar, the leader of the exiles returning to Judah.[fn]

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Ezr 1:11 - In all, there were 5,400 articles of gold and silver. Sheshbazzar brought all of these along when the exiles went from Babylon to Jerusalem.

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Ezr 2:16 -

The family of Ater (descendants of Hezekiah)

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Ezr 2:36 - These are the priests who returned from exile:

The family of Jedaiah (through the line of Jeshua)

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Ezr 3:3 - Even though the people were afraid of the local residents, they rebuilt the altar at its old site. Then they began to sacrifice burnt offerings on the altar to the LORD each morning and evening.

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Ezr 3:5 - They also offered the regular burnt offerings and the offerings required for the new moon celebrations and the annual festivals as prescribed by the LORD. The people also gave voluntary offerings to the LORD.

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Ezr 3:6 - Fifteen days before the Festival of Shelters began,[fn] the priests had begun to sacrifice burnt offerings to the LORD. This was even before they had started to lay the foundation of the LORD's Temple.

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Ezr 3:8 - The construction of the Temple of God began in midspring,[fn] during the second year after they arrived in Jerusalem. The work force was made up of everyone who had returned from exile, including Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, Jeshua son of Jehozadak and his fellow priests, and all the Levites. The Levites who were twenty years old or older were put in charge of rebuilding the LORD's Temple.

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Ezr 3:11 - With praise and thanks, they sang this song to the LORD:
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His faithful love for Israel endures forever!” Then all the people gave a great shout, praising the LORD because the foundation of the LORD's Temple had been laid.

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Ezr 4:1 - The enemies of Judah and Benjamin heard that the exiles were rebuilding a Temple to the LORD, the God of Israel.

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Ezr 4:2 - So they approached Zerubbabel and the other leaders and said, “Let us build with you, for we worship your God just as you do. We have sacrificed to him ever since King Esarhaddon of Assyria brought us here.”

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Ezr 4:3 - But Zerubbabel, Jeshua, and the other leaders of Israel replied, “You may have no part in this work. We alone will build the Temple for the LORD, the God of Israel, just as King Cyrus of Persia commanded us.”

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Ezr 4:8 - [fn]Rehum the governor and Shimshai the court secretary wrote the letter, telling King Artaxerxes about the situation in Jerusalem.

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Ezr 4:12 - “The king should know that the Jews who came here to Jerusalem from Babylon are rebuilding this rebellious and evil city. They have already laid the foundation and will soon finish its walls.

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Ezr 4:13 - And the king should know that if this city is rebuilt and its walls are completed, it will be much to your disadvantage, for the Jews will then refuse to pay their tribute, customs, and tolls to you.

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Ezr 4:14 - “Since we are your loyal subjects[fn] and do not want to see the king dishonored in this way, we have sent the king this information.

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Ezr 4:16 - We declare to the king that if this city is rebuilt and its walls are completed, the province west of the Euphrates River will be lost to you.”

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Ezr 5:3 - But Tattenai, governor of the province west of the Euphrates River,[fn] and Shethar-bozenai and their colleagues soon arrived in Jerusalem and asked, “Who gave you permission to rebuild this Temple and restore this structure?”

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Ezr 5:5 - But because their God was watching over them, the leaders of the Jews were not prevented from building until a report was sent to Darius and he returned his decision.

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Ezr 5:6 - This is a copy of the letter that Tattenai the governor, Shethar-bozenai, and the other officials of the province west of the Euphrates River sent to King Darius:

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Ezr 5:7 - “To King Darius. Greetings.

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Ezr 5:8 - “The king should know that we went to the construction site of the Temple of the great God in the province of Judah. It is being rebuilt with specially prepared stones, and timber is being laid in its walls. The work is going forward with great energy and success.

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Ezr 5:14 - King Cyrus returned the gold and silver cups that Nebuchadnezzar had taken from the Temple of God in Jerusalem and had placed in the temple of Babylon. These cups were taken from that temple and presented to a man named Sheshbazzar, whom King Cyrus appointed as governor of Judah.

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Ezr 5:15 - The king instructed him to return the cups to their place in Jerusalem and to rebuild the Temple of God there on its original site.

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Ezr 6:9 - “Give the priests in Jerusalem whatever is needed in the way of young bulls, rams, and male lambs for the burnt offerings presented to the God of heaven. And without fail, provide them with as much wheat, salt, wine, and olive oil as they need each day.

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Ezr 6:10 - Then they will be able to offer acceptable sacrifices to the God of heaven and pray for the welfare of the king and his sons.

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Ezr 7:7 - Some of the people of Israel, as well as some of the priests, Levites, singers, gatekeepers, and Temple servants, traveled up to Jerusalem with him in the seventh year of King Artaxerxes' reign.

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Ezr 7:8 - Ezra arrived in Jerusalem in August[fn] of that year.

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Ezr 7:11 - King Artaxerxes had given a copy of the following letter to Ezra, the priest and scribe who studied and taught the commands and decrees of the LORD to Israel:

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Ezr 7:14 - I and my council of seven hereby instruct you to conduct an inquiry into the situation in Judah and Jerusalem, based on your God's law, which is in your hand.

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Ezr 7:15 - We also commission you to take with you silver and gold, which we are freely presenting as an offering to the God of Israel who lives in Jerusalem.

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Ezr 7:18 - Any silver and gold that is left over may be used in whatever way you and your colleagues feel is the will of your God.

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Ezr 7:25 - “And you, Ezra, are to use the wisdom your God has given you to appoint magistrates and judges who know your God's laws to govern all the people in the province west of the Euphrates River. Teach the law to anyone who does not know it.

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Ezr 8:15 - I assembled the exiles at the Ahava Canal, and we camped there for three days while I went over the lists of the people and the priests who had arrived. I found that not one Levite had volunteered to come along.

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Ezr 8:16 - So I sent for Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah, and Meshullam, who were leaders of the people. I also sent for Joiarib and Elnathan, who were men of discernment.

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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 8:24 - I appointed twelve leaders of the priests—Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten other priests—

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Ezr 8:28 - And I said to these priests, “You and these treasures have been set apart as holy to the LORD. This silver and gold is a voluntary offering to the LORD, the God of our ancestors.

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Ezr 8:34 - Everything was accounted for by number and weight, and the total weight was officially recorded.

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Ezr 8:35 - Then the exiles who had come out of captivity sacrificed burnt offerings to the God of Israel. They presented twelve bulls for all the people of Israel, as well as ninety-six rams and seventy-seven male lambs. They also offered twelve male goats as a sin offering. All this was given as a burnt offering to the LORD.

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Ezr 9:1 - When these things had been done, the Jewish leaders came to me and said, “Many of the people of Israel, and even some of the priests and Levites, have not kept themselves separate from the other peoples living in the land. They have taken up the detestable practices of the Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Jebusites, Ammonites, Moabites, Egyptians, and Amorites.

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Ezr 10:2 - Then Shecaniah son of Jehiel, a descendant of Elam, said to Ezra, “We have been unfaithful to our God, for we have married these pagan women of the land. But in spite of this there is hope for Israel.

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Ezr 10:3 - Let us now make a covenant with our God to divorce our pagan wives and to send them away with their children. We will follow the advice given by you and by the others who respect the commands of our God. Let it be done according to the Law of God.

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Ezr 10:11 - So now confess your sin to the LORD, the God of your ancestors, and do what he demands. Separate yourselves from the people of the land and from these pagan women.”

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Ezr 10:16 - So this was the plan they followed. Ezra selected leaders to represent their families, designating each of the representatives by name. On December 29,[fn] the leaders sat down to investigate the matter.

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Neh 1:7 - We have sinned terribly by not obeying the commands, decrees, and regulations that you gave us through your servant Moses.

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Neh 1:8 - “Please remember what you told your servant Moses: ‘If you are unfaithful to me, I will scatter you among the nations.

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Neh 1:11 - O Lord, please hear my prayer! Listen to the prayers of those of us who delight in honoring you. Please grant me success today by making the king favorable to me.[fn] Put it into his heart to be kind to me.” In those days I was the king's cup-bearer.

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Neh 2:1 - Early the following spring, in the month of Nisan,[fn] during the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes' reign, I was serving the king his wine. I had never before appeared sad in his presence.

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Neh 2:3 - but I replied, “Long live the king! How can I not be sad? For the city where my ancestors are buried is in ruins, and the gates have been destroyed by fire.”

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Neh 2:5 - I replied, “If it please the king, and if you are pleased with me, your servant, send me to Judah to rebuild the city where my ancestors are buried.”

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Neh 2:7 - I also said to the king, “If it please the king, let me have letters addressed to the governors of the province west of the Euphrates River,[fn] instructing them to let me travel safely through their territories on my way to Judah.

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Neh 2:8 - And please give me a letter addressed to Asaph, the manager of the king's forest, instructing him to give me timber. I will need it to make beams for the gates of the Temple fortress, for the city walls, and for a house for myself.” And the king granted these requests, because the gracious hand of God was on me.

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Neh 3:17 - Next to him, repairs were made by a group of Levites working under the supervision of Rehum son of Bani. Then came Hashabiah, the leader of half the district of Keilah, who supervised the building of the wall on behalf of his own district.

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Neh 3:26 - with the Temple servants living on the hill of Ophel, who repaired the wall as far as a point across from the Water Gate to the east and the projecting tower.

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Neh 4:22 - I also told everyone living outside the walls to stay in Jerusalem. That way they and their servants could help with guard duty at night and work during the day.

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Neh 5:14 - For the entire twelve years that I was governor of Judah—from the twentieth year to the thirty-second year of the reign of King Artaxerxes[fn]—neither I nor my officials drew on our official food allowance.

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Neh 5:19 - Remember, O my God, all that I have done for these people, and bless me for it.

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Neh 6:1 - Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and the rest of our enemies found out that I had finished rebuilding the wall and that no gaps remained—though we had not yet set up the doors in the gates.

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Neh 6:7 - He also reports that you have appointed prophets in Jerusalem to proclaim about you, ‘Look! There is a king in Judah!' “You can be very sure that this report will get back to the king, so I suggest that you come and talk it over with me.”

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Neh 6:14 - Remember, O my God, all the evil things that Tobiah and Sanballat have done. And remember Noadiah the prophet and all the prophets like her who have tried to intimidate me.

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Neh 7:2 - I gave the responsibility of governing Jerusalem to my brother Hanani, along with Hananiah, the commander of the fortress, for he was a faithful man who feared God more than most.

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Neh 7:3 - I said to them, “Do not leave the gates open during the hottest part of the day.[fn] And even while the gatekeepers are on duty, have them shut and bar the doors. Appoint the residents of Jerusalem to act as guards, everyone on a regular watch. Some will serve at sentry posts and some in front of their own homes.”

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Neh 7:21 -

The family of Ater (descendants of Hezekiah)

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Neh 7:43 - These are the Levites who returned from exile:

The families of Jeshua and Kadmiel (descendants of Hodaviah[fn])

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Neh 7:70 - Some of the family leaders gave gifts for the work. The governor gave to the treasury 1,000 gold coins,[fn] 50 gold basins, and 530 robes for the priests.

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Neh 8:1 - [fn]all the people assembled with a unified purpose at the square just inside the Water Gate. They asked Ezra the scribe to bring out the Book of the Law of Moses, which the LORD had given for Israel to obey.

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Neh 8:6 - Then Ezra praised the LORD, the great God, and all the people chanted, “Amen! Amen!” as they lifted their hands. Then they bowed down and worshiped the LORD with their faces to the ground.

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Neh 8:9 - Then Nehemiah the governor, Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who were interpreting for the people said to them, “Don't mourn or weep on such a day as this! For today is a sacred day before the LORD your God.” For the people had all been weeping as they listened to the words of the Law.

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Neh 8:10 - And Nehemiah[fn] continued, “Go and celebrate with a feast of rich foods and sweet drinks, and share gifts of food with people who have nothing prepared. This is a sacred day before our Lord. Don't be dejected and sad, for the joy of the LORD is your strength!”

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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 8:14 - As they studied the Law, they discovered that the LORD had commanded through Moses that the Israelites should live in shelters during the festival to be held that month.[fn]

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Neh 9:3 - They remained standing in place for three hours[fn] while the Book of the Law of the LORD their God was read aloud to them. Then for three more hours they confessed their sins and worshiped the LORD their God.

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Neh 9:10 - You displayed miraculous signs and wonders against Pharaoh, his officials, and all his people, for you knew how arrogantly they were treating our ancestors. You have a glorious reputation that has never been forgotten.

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Neh 9:32 - “And now, our God, the great and mighty and awesome God, who keeps his covenant of unfailing love, do not let all the hardships we have suffered seem insignificant to you. Great trouble has come upon us and upon our kings and leaders and priests and prophets and ancestors—all of your people—from the days when the kings of Assyria first triumphed over us until now.

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Neh 10:34 - “We have cast sacred lots to determine when—at regular times each year—the families of the priests, Levites, and the common people should bring wood to God's Temple to be burned on the altar of the LORD our God, as is written in the Law.

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Neh 10:36 - We agree to give God our oldest sons and the firstborn of all our herds and flocks, as prescribed in the Law. We will present them to the priests who minister in the Temple of our God.

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Neh 11:24 - Pethahiah son of Meshezabel, a descendant of Zerah son of Judah, was the royal adviser in all matters of public administration.

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Neh 11:36 - Some of the Levites who lived in Judah were sent to live with the tribe of Benjamin.

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Neh 12:12 - Now when Joiakim was high priest, the family leaders of the priests were as follows:
Meraiah was leader of the family of Seraiah.
Hananiah was leader of the family of Jeremiah.

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Neh 12:13 - Meshullam was leader of the family of Ezra.
Jehohanan was leader of the family of Amariah.

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Neh 12:14 - Jonathan was leader of the family of Malluch.[fn]
Joseph was leader of the family of Shecaniah.[fn]

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Neh 12:15 - Adna was leader of the family of Harim.
Helkai was leader of the family of Meremoth.[fn]

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Neh 12:16 - Zechariah was leader of the family of Iddo.
Meshullam was leader of the family of Ginnethon.

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Neh 12:17 - Zicri was leader of the family of Abijah.
There was also a[fn] leader of the family of Miniamin.
Piltai was leader of the family of Moadiah.

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Neh 12:18 - Shammua was leader of the family of Bilgah.
Jehonathan was leader of the family of Shemaiah.

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Neh 12:19 - Mattenai was leader of the family of Joiarib.
Uzzi was leader of the family of Jedaiah.

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Neh 12:20 - Kallai was leader of the family of Sallu.[fn]
Eber was leader of the family of Amok.

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Neh 12:21 - Hashabiah was leader of the family of Hilkiah.
Nethanel was leader of the family of Jedaiah.

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Neh 12:46 - The custom of having choir directors to lead the choirs in hymns of praise and thanksgiving to God began long ago in the days of David and Asaph.

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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 13:25 - So I confronted them and called down curses on them. I beat some of them and pulled out their hair. I made them swear in the name of God that they would not let their children intermarry with the pagan people of the land.

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Neh 13:26 - “Wasn't this exactly what led King Solomon of Israel into sin?” I demanded. “There was no king from any nation who could compare to him, and God loved him and made him king over all Israel. But even he was led into sin by his foreign wives.

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Neh 13:27 - How could you even think of committing this sinful deed and acting unfaithfully toward God by marrying foreign women?”

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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 1:14 - The names of these men were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan—seven nobles of Persia and Media. They met with the king regularly and held the highest positions in the empire.

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Est 1:17 - Women everywhere will begin to despise their husbands when they learn that Queen Vashti has refused to appear before the king.

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Est 1:18 - Before this day is out, the wives of all the king's nobles throughout Persia and Media will hear what the queen did and will start treating their husbands the same way. There will be no end to their contempt and anger.

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Est 1:19 - “So if it please the king, we suggest that you issue a written decree, a law of the Persians and Medes that cannot be revoked. It should order that Queen Vashti be forever banished from the presence of King Xerxes, and that the king should choose another queen more worthy than she.

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Est 1:21 - The king and his nobles thought this made good sense, so he followed Memucan's counsel.

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Est 2:2 - So his personal attendants suggested, “Let us search the empire to find beautiful young virgins for the king.

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Est 2:3 - Let the king appoint agents in each province to bring these beautiful young women into the royal harem at the fortress of Susa. Hegai, the king's eunuch in charge of the harem, will see that they are all given beauty treatments.

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Est 2:4 - After that, the young woman who most pleases the king will be made queen instead of Vashti.” This advice was very appealing to the king, so he put the plan into effect.

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Est 2:9 - Hegai was very impressed with Esther and treated her kindly. He quickly ordered a special menu for her and provided her with beauty treatments. He also assigned her seven maids specially chosen from the king's palace, and he moved her and her maids into the best place in the harem.

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Est 2:16 - Esther was taken to King Xerxes at the royal palace in early winter[fn] of the seventh year of his reign.

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Est 2:22 - But Mordecai heard about the plot and gave the information to Queen Esther. She then told the king about it and gave Mordecai credit for the report.

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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 3:4 - They spoke to him day after day, but still he refused to comply with the order. So they spoke to Haman about this to see if he would tolerate Mordecai's conduct, since Mordecai had told them he was a Jew.

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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 3:9 - If it please the king, issue a decree that they be destroyed, and I will give 10,000 large sacks[fn] of silver to the government administrators to be deposited in the royal treasury.”

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Est 3:10 - The king agreed, confirming his decision by removing his signet ring from his finger and giving it to Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the enemy of the Jews.

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Est 3:11 - The king said, “The money and the people are both yours to do with as you see fit.”

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Est 4:7 - Mordecai told him the whole story, including the exact amount of money Haman had promised to pay into the royal treasury for the destruction of the Jews.

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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 4:14 - If you keep quiet at a time like this, deliverance and relief for the Jews will arise from some other place, but you and your relatives will die. Who knows if perhaps you were made queen for just such a time as this?”

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Est 5:4 - And Esther replied, “If it please the king, let the king and Haman come today to a banquet I have prepared for the king.”

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Est 5:14 - So Haman's wife, Zeresh, and all his friends suggested, “Set up a sharpened pole that stands seventy-five feet[fn] tall, and in the morning ask the king to impale Mordecai on it. When this is done, you can go on your merry way to the banquet with the king.” This pleased Haman, and he ordered the pole set up.

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Est 6:1 - That night the king had trouble sleeping, so he ordered an attendant to bring the book of the history of his reign so it could be read to him.

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Est 6:2 - In those records he discovered an account of how Mordecai had exposed the plot of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the eunuchs who guarded the door to the king's private quarters. They had plotted to assassinate King Xerxes.

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Est 6:3 - “What reward or recognition did we ever give Mordecai for this?” the king asked.
His attendants replied, “Nothing has been done for him.”

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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 6:6 - So Haman came in, and the king said, “What should I do to honor a man who truly pleases me?”
Haman thought to himself, “Whom would the king wish to honor more than me?”

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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 7:9 - Then Harbona, one of the king's eunuchs, said, “Haman has set up a sharpened pole that stands seventy-five feet[fn] tall in his own courtyard. He intended to use it to impale Mordecai, the man who saved the king from assassination.”
“Then impale Haman on it!” the king ordered.

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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 8:4 - Again the king held out the gold scepter to Esther. So she rose and stood before him.

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Est 8:8 - Now go ahead and send a message to the Jews in the king's name, telling them whatever you want, and seal it with the king's signet ring. But remember that whatever has already been written in the king's name and sealed with his signet ring can never be revoked.”

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Est 8:9 - So on June 25[fn] the king's secretaries were summoned, and a decree was written exactly as Mordecai dictated. It was sent to the Jews and to the highest officers, the governors, and the nobles of all the 127 provinces stretching from India to Ethiopia.[fn] The decree was written in the scripts and languages of all the peoples of the empire, including that of the Jews.

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Est 8:10 - The decree was written in the name of King Xerxes and sealed with the king's signet ring. Mordecai sent the dispatches by swift messengers, who rode fast horses especially bred for the king's service.

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Est 9:1 - So on March 7[fn] the two decrees of the king were put into effect. On that day, the enemies of the Jews had hoped to overpower them, but quite the opposite happened. It was the Jews who overpowered their enemies.

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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 9:13 - Esther responded, “If it please the king, give the Jews in Susa permission to do again tomorrow as they have done today, and let the bodies of Haman's ten sons be impaled on a pole.”

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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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Job 1:7 - “Where have you come from?” the LORD asked Satan.
Satan answered the LORD, “I have been patrolling the earth, watching everything that's going on.”

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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 1:18 - While he was still speaking, another messenger arrived with this news: “Your sons and daughters were feasting in their oldest brother's home.

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Job 1:21 - He said,
“I came naked from my mother's womb,
and I will be naked when I leave.
The LORD gave me what I had,
and the LORD has taken it away.
Praise the name of the LORD!”

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Job 1:22 - In all of this, Job did not sin by blaming God.

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Job 2:2 - “Where have you come from?” the LORD asked Satan.
Satan answered the LORD, “I have been patrolling the earth, watching everything that's going on.”

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Job 2:3 - 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. And he has maintained his integrity, even though you urged me to harm him without cause.”

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Job 2:4 - Satan replied to the LORD, “Skin for skin! A man will give up everything he has to save his life.

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Job 2:6 - “All right, do with him as you please,” the LORD said to Satan. “But spare his life.”

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Job 5:19 - From six disasters he will rescue you;
even in the seventh, he will keep you from evil.

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Job 6:29 - Stop assuming my guilt,
for I have done no wrong.

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Job 9:7 - If he commands it, the sun won't rise
and the stars won't shine.

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Job 16:21 - I need someone to mediate between God and me,
as a person mediates between friends.

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Job 22:3 - Is it any advantage to the Almighty if you are righteous?
Would it be any gain to him if you were perfect?

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Job 29:10 - The highest officials of the city stood quietly,
holding their tongues in respect.

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Job 29:19 - For I am like a tree whose roots reach the water,
whose branches are refreshed with the dew.

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Job 31:3 - Isn't it calamity for the wicked
and misfortune for those who do evil?

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Job 31:7 - If I have strayed from his pathway,
or if my heart has lusted for what my eyes have seen,
or if I am guilty of any other sin,

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Job 32:2 - Then Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite, of the clan of Ram, became angry. He was angry because Job refused to admit that he had sinned and that God was right in punishing him.

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Job 32:6 - Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite said,
“I am young and you are old,
so I held back from telling you what I think.

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Job 32:12 - I have listened,
but not one of you has refuted Job
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Job 35:8 - No, your sins affect only people like yourself,
and your good deeds also affect only humans.

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Job 36:31 - By these mighty acts he nourishes[fn] the people,
giving them food in abundance.

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Job 38:1 - Then the LORD answered Job from the whirlwind:

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Job 40:1 - Then the LORD said to Job,

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Job 40:3 - Then Job replied to the LORD,

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Job 40:5 - I have said too much already.
I have nothing more to say.”

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Job 40:6 - Then the LORD answered Job from the whirlwind:

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Job 40:20 - The mountains offer it their best food,
where all the wild animals play.

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Job 40:24 - No one can catch it off guard
or put a ring in its nose and lead it away.

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Job 41:2 - Can you tie it with a rope through the nose
or pierce its jaw with a spike?

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Job 41:17 - Each scale sticks tight to the next.
They interlock and cannot be penetrated.

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Job 42:1 - Then Job replied to the LORD:

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Job 42:7 - After the LORD had finished speaking to Job, he said to Eliphaz the Temanite: “I am angry with you and your two friends, for you have not spoken accurately about me, as my servant Job has.

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Psa 1:2 - But they delight in the law of the LORD,
meditating on it day and night.

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Psa 2:5 - Then in anger he rebukes them,
terrifying them with his fierce fury.

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Psa 2:11 - Serve the LORD with reverent fear,
and rejoice with trembling.

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Psa 3:1 - A psalm of David, regarding the time David fled from his son Absalom.

O LORD, I have so many enemies;
so many are against me.

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Psa 3:2 - So many are saying,
“God will never rescue him!”
Interlude[fn]

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Psa 4:1 - For the choir director: A psalm of David, to be accompanied by stringed instruments.

Answer me when I call to you,
O God who declares me innocent.
Free me from my troubles.
Have mercy on me and hear my prayer.

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Psa 5:1 - For the choir director: A psalm of David, to be accompanied by the flute.

O LORD, hear me as I pray;
pay attention to my groaning.

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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 6:5 - For the dead do not remember you.
Who can praise you from the grave?[fn]

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Psa 6:6 - I am worn out from sobbing.
All night I flood my bed with weeping,
drenching it with my tears.

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Psa 7:1 - A psalm of David, which he sang to the LORD concerning Cush of the tribe of Benjamin.

I come to you for protection, O LORD my God.
Save me from my persecutors—rescue me!

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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 9:1 - For the choir director: A psalm of David, to be sung to the tune “Death of the Son.”

I will praise you, LORD, with all my heart;
I will tell of all the marvelous things you have done.

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Psa 9:9 - The LORD is a shelter for the oppressed,
a refuge in times of trouble.

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Psa 9:11 - Sing praises to the LORD who reigns in Jerusalem.[fn]
Tell the world about his unforgettable deeds.

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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 12:1 - For the choir director: A psalm of David, to be accompanied by an eight-stringed instrument.[fn]

Help, O LORD, for the godly are fast disappearing!
The faithful have vanished from the earth!

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Psa 13:1 - For the choir director: A psalm of David.

O LORD, how long will you forget me? Forever?
How long will you look the other way?

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Psa 13:5 - But I trust in your unfailing love.
I will rejoice because you have rescued me.

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Psa 14:1 - For the choir director: A psalm of David.

Only fools say in their hearts,
“There is no God.”
They are corrupt, and their actions are evil;
not one of them does good!

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Psa 15:1 - A psalm of David.

Who may worship in your sanctuary, LORD?
Who may enter your presence on your holy hill?

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Psa 15:3 - Those who refuse to gossip
or harm their neighbors
or speak evil of their friends.

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Psa 15:4 - Those who despise flagrant sinners,
and honor the faithful followers of the LORD,
and keep their promises even when it hurts.

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Psa 16:1 - A psalm[fn] of David.

Keep me safe, O God,
for I have come to you for refuge.

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Psa 16:2 - I said to the LORD, “You are my Master!
Every good thing I have comes from you.”

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Psa 18:1 - For the choir director: A psalm of David, the servant of the LORD. He sang this song to the LORD on the day the LORD rescued him from all his enemies and from Saul. He sang:

I love you, LORD;
you are my strength.

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Psa 18:29 - In your strength I can crush an army;
with my God I can scale any wall.

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Psa 18:50 - You give great victories to your king;
you show unfailing love to your anointed,
to David and all his descendants forever.

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Psa 19:1 - For the choir director: A psalm of David.

The heavens proclaim the glory of God.
The skies display his craftsmanship.

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Psa 19:4 - Yet their message has gone throughout the earth,
and their words to all the world.
God has made a home in the heavens for the sun.

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Psa 20:1 - For the choir director: A psalm of David.

In times of trouble, may the LORD answer your cry.
May the name of the God of Jacob keep you safe from all harm.

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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 22:1 - For the choir director: A psalm of David, to be sung to the tune “Doe of the Dawn.”

My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?
Why are you so far away when I groan for help?

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Psa 22:15 - My strength has dried up like sunbaked clay.
My tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth.
You have laid me in the dust and left me for dead.

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Psa 22:30 - Our children will also serve him.
Future generations will hear about the wonders of the Lord.

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Psa 22:31 - His righteous acts will be told to those not yet born.
They will hear about everything he has done.

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Psa 23:1 - A psalm of David.

The LORD is my shepherd;
I have all that I need.

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Psa 24:1 - A psalm of David.

The earth is the LORD's, and everything in it.
The world and all its people belong to him.

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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 25:1 - A psalm of David.

O LORD, I give my life to you.

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Psa 26:1 - A psalm of David.

Declare me innocent, O LORD,
for I have acted with integrity;
I have trusted in the LORD without wavering.

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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 29:1 - A psalm of David.

Honor the LORD, you heavenly beings[fn];
honor the LORD for his glory and strength.

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Psa 29:2 - Honor the LORD for the glory of his name.
Worship the LORD in the splendor of his holiness.

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Psa 29:9 - The voice of the LORD twists mighty oaks[fn]
and strips the forests bare.
In his Temple everyone shouts, “Glory!”

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Psa 29:11 - The LORD gives his people strength.
The LORD blesses them with peace.

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Psa 30:1 - A psalm of David. A song for the dedication of the Temple.

I will exalt you, LORD, for you rescued me.
You refused to let my enemies triumph over me.

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Psa 30:4 - Sing to the LORD, all you godly ones!
Praise his holy name.

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Psa 30:5 - For his anger lasts only a moment,
but his favor lasts a lifetime!
Weeping may last through the night,
but joy comes with the morning.

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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 31:6 - I hate those who worship worthless idols.
I trust in the LORD.

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Psa 32:1 - A psalm[fn] of David.

Oh, what joy for those
whose disobedience is forgiven,
whose sin is put out of sight!

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Psa 32:5 - Finally, I confessed all my sins to you
and stopped trying to hide my guilt.
I said to myself, “I will confess my rebellion to the LORD.”
And you forgave me! All my guilt is gone.
Interlude

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Psa 33:1 - Let the godly sing for joy to the LORD;
it is fitting for the pure to praise him.

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Psa 33:2 - Praise the LORD with melodies on the lyre;
make music for him on the ten-stringed harp.

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Psa 33:6 - The LORD merely spoke,
and the heavens were created.
He breathed the word,
and all the stars were born.

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Psa 33:20 - We put our hope in the LORD.
He is our help and our shield.

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Psa 34:1 - A psalm of David, regarding the time he pretended to be insane in front of Abimelech, who sent him away.

I will praise the LORD at all times.
I will constantly speak his praises.

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Psa 34:2 - I will boast only in the LORD;
let all who are helpless take heart.

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Psa 35:1 - A psalm of David.

O LORD, oppose those who oppose me.
Fight those who fight against me.

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Psa 35:9 - Then I will rejoice in the LORD.
I will be glad because he rescues me.

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Psa 35:13 - Yet when they were ill, I grieved for them.
I denied myself by fasting for them,
but my prayers returned unanswered.

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Psa 36:1 - For the choir director: A psalm of David, the servant of the LORD.

Sin whispers to the wicked, deep within their hearts.
They have no fear of God at all.

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Psa 36:5 - Your unfailing love, O LORD, is as vast as the heavens;
your faithfulness reaches beyond the clouds.

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Psa 37:3 - Trust in the LORD and do good.
Then you will live safely in the land and prosper.

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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 37:16 - It is better to be godly and have little
than to be evil and rich.

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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 39:1 - For Jeduthun, the choir director: A psalm of David.

I said to myself, “I will watch what I do
and not sin in what I say.
I will hold my tongue
when the ungodly are around me.”

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Psa 40:1 - For the choir director: A psalm of David.

I waited patiently for the LORD to help me,
and he turned to me and heard my cry.

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Psa 40:3 - He has given me a new song to sing,
a hymn of praise to our God.
Many will see what he has done and be amazed.
They will put their trust in the LORD.

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Psa 41:1 - For the choir director: A psalm of David.

Oh, the joys of those who are kind to the poor!
The LORD rescues them when they are in trouble.

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Psa 42:8 - But each day the LORD pours his unfailing love upon me,
and through each night I sing his songs,
praying to God who gives me life.

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Psa 42:9 - “O God my rock,” I cry,
“Why have you forgotten me?
Why must I wander around in grief,
oppressed by my enemies?”

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Psa 43:1 - Declare me innocent, O God!
Defend me against these ungodly people.
Rescue me from these unjust liars.

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Psa 44:8 - O God, we give glory to you all day long
and constantly praise your name.
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Psa 45:1 - For the choir director: A love song to be sung to the tune “Lilies.” A psalm[fn] of the descendants of Korah.

Beautiful words stir my heart.
I will recite a lovely poem about the king,
for my tongue is like the pen of a skillful poet.

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Psa 45:14 - In her beautiful robes, she is led to the king,
accompanied by her bridesmaids.

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Psa 47:1 - For the choir director: A psalm of the descendants of Korah.

Come, everyone! Clap your hands!
Shout to God with joyful praise!

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Psa 47:6 - Sing praises to God, sing praises;
sing praises to our King, sing praises!

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Psa 49:7 - Yet they cannot redeem themselves from death[fn]
by paying a ransom to God.

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Psa 49:14 - Like sheep, they are led to the grave,[fn]
where death will be their shepherd.
In the morning the godly will rule over them.
Their bodies will rot in the grave,
far from their grand estates.

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Psa 50:1 - A psalm of Asaph.

The LORD, the Mighty One, is God,
and he has spoken;
he has summoned all humanity
from where the sun rises to where it sets.

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Psa 50:14 - Make thankfulness your sacrifice to God,
and keep the vows you made to the Most High.

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Psa 50:16 - But God says to the wicked:
“Why bother reciting my decrees
and pretending to obey my covenant?

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Psa 51:1 - For the choir director: A psalm of David, regarding the time Nathan the prophet came to him after David had committed adultery with Bathsheba.

Have mercy on me, O God,
because of your unfailing love.
Because of your great compassion,
blot out the stain of my sins.

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Psa 51:17 - The sacrifice you desire is a broken spirit.
You will not reject a broken and repentant heart, O God.

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Psa 52:1 - For the choir director: A psalm[fn] of David, regarding the time Doeg the Edomite said to Saul, “David has gone to see Ahimelech.”

Why do you boast about your crimes, great warrior?
Don't you realize God's justice continues forever?

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Psa 52:8 - But I am like an olive tree, thriving in the house of God.
I will always trust in God's unfailing love.

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Psa 53:1 - For the choir director: A meditation; a psalm[fn] of David.

Only fools say in their hearts,
“There is no God.”
They are corrupt, and their actions are evil;
not one of them does good!

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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 55:1 - For the choir director: A psalm[fn] of David, to be accompanied by stringed instruments.

Listen to my prayer, O God.
Do not ignore my cry for help!

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Psa 55:14 - What good fellowship we once enjoyed
as we walked together to the house of God.

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Psa 55:22 - Give your burdens to the LORD,
and he will take care of you.
He will not permit the godly to slip and fall.

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Psa 56:1 - For the choir director: A psalm[fn] of David, regarding the time the Philistines seized him in Gath. To be sung to the tune “Dove on Distant Oaks.”

O God, have mercy on me,
for people are hounding me.
My foes attack me all day long.

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Psa 56:4 - I praise God for what he has promised.
I trust in God, so why should I be afraid?
What can mere mortals do to me?

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Psa 56:10 - I praise God for what he has promised;
yes, I praise the LORD for what he has promised.

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Psa 56:11 - I trust in God, so why should I be afraid?
What can mere mortals do to me?

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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 58:1 - For the choir director: A psalm[fn] of David, to be sung to the tune “Do Not Destroy!”

Justice—do you rulers[fn] know the meaning of the word?
Do you judge the people fairly?

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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 59:1 - For the choir director: A psalm[fn] of David, regarding the time Saul sent soldiers to watch David's house in order to kill him. To be sung to the tune “Do Not Destroy!”

Rescue me from my enemies, O God.
Protect me from those who have come to destroy me.

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Psa 60:1 - For the choir director: A psalm[fn] of David useful for teaching, regarding the time David fought Aram-naharaim and Aram-zobah, and Joab returned and killed 12,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt. To be sung to the tune “Lily of the Testimony.”

You have rejected us, O God, and broken our defenses.
You have been angry with us; now restore us to your favor.

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Psa 60:3 - You have been very hard on us,
making us drink wine that sent us reeling.

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Psa 60:6 - God has promised this by his holiness[fn]:
“I will divide up Shechem with joy.
I will measure out the valley of Succoth.

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Psa 60:12 - With God's help we will do mighty things,
for he will trample down our foes.

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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 61:2 - From the ends of the earth,
I cry to you for help
when my heart is overwhelmed.
Lead me to the towering rock of safety,

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Psa 62:1 - For Jeduthun, the choir director: A psalm of David.

I wait quietly before God,
for my victory comes from him.

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Psa 62:5 - Let all that I am wait quietly before God,
for my hope is in him.

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Psa 62:7 - My victory and honor come from God alone.
He is my refuge, a rock where no enemy can reach me.

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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 63:2 - I have seen you in your sanctuary
and gazed upon your power and glory.

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Psa 63:11 - But the king will rejoice in God.
All who trust in him will praise him,
while liars will be silenced.

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Psa 64:1 - For the choir director: A psalm of David.

O God, listen to my complaint.
Protect my life from my enemies' threats.

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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 65:1 - For the choir director: A song. A psalm of David.

What mighty praise, O God,
belongs to you in Zion.
We will fulfill our vows to you,

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Psa 66:1 - For the choir director: A song. A psalm.

Shout joyful praises to God, all the earth!

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Psa 66:3 - Say to God, “How awesome are your deeds!
Your enemies cringe before your mighty power.

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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.
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Psa 68:1 - For the choir director: A song. A psalm of David.

Rise up, O God, and scatter your enemies.
Let those who hate God run for their lives.

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Psa 68:4 - Sing praises to God and to his name!
Sing loud praises to him who rides the clouds.
His name is the LORD—
rejoice in his presence!

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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 68:17 - Surrounded by unnumbered thousands of chariots,
the Lord came from Mount Sinai into his sanctuary.

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Psa 68:24 - Your procession has come into view, O God—
the procession of my God and King as he goes into the sanctuary.

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Psa 68:31 - Let Egypt come with gifts of precious metals[fn];
let Ethiopia[fn] bow in submission to God.

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Psa 68:32 - Sing to God, you kingdoms of the earth.
Sing praises to the Lord.
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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 68:34 - Tell everyone about God's power.
His majesty shines down on Israel;
his strength is mighty in the heavens.

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Psa 68:35 - God is awesome in his sanctuary.
The God of Israel gives power and strength to his people.
Praise be to God!

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Psa 69:1 - For the choir director: A psalm of David, to be sung to the tune “Lilies.”

Save me, O God,
for the floodwaters are up to my neck.

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Psa 69:31 - For this will please the LORD more than sacrificing cattle,
more than presenting a bull with its horns and hooves.

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Psa 70:1 - For the choir director: A psalm of David, asking God to remember him.

Please, God, rescue me!
Come quickly, LORD, and help me.

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Psa 71:1 - O LORD, I have come to you for protection;
don't let me be disgraced.

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Psa 72:1 - A psalm of Solomon.

Give your love of justice to the king, O God,
and righteousness to the king's son.

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Psa 72:3 - May the mountains yield prosperity for all,
and may the hills be fruitful.

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Psa 72:5 - May they fear you[fn] as long as the sun shines,
as long as the moon remains in the sky.
Yes, forever!

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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 73:11 - “What does God know?” they ask.
“Does the Most High even know what's happening?”

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Psa 73:25 - Whom have I in heaven but you?
I desire you more than anything on earth.

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Psa 73:28 - But as for me, how good it is to be near God!
I have made the Sovereign LORD my shelter,
and I will tell everyone about the wonderful things you do.

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Psa 74:1 - A psalm[fn] of Asaph.

O God, why have you rejected us so long?
Why is your anger so intense against the sheep of your own pasture?

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Psa 75:1 - For the choir director: A psalm of Asaph. A song to be sung to the tune “Do Not Destroy!”

We thank you, O God!
We give thanks because you are near.
People everywhere tell of your wonderful deeds.

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Psa 75:9 - But as for me, I will always proclaim what God has done;
I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.

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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 76:11 - Make vows to the LORD your God, and keep them.
Let everyone bring tribute to the Awesome One.

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Psa 76:12 - For he breaks the pride of princes,
and the kings of the earth fear him.

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Psa 77:1 - For Jeduthun, the choir director: A psalm of Asaph.

I cry out to God; yes, I shout.
Oh, that God would listen to me!

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Psa 77:13 - O God, your ways are holy.
Is there any god as mighty as you?

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Psa 77:15 - By your strong arm, you redeemed your people,
the descendants of Jacob and Joseph.
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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 78:1 - A psalm[fn] of Asaph.

O my people, listen to my instructions.
Open your ears to what I am saying,

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Psa 78:10 - They did not keep God's covenant
and refused to live by his instructions.

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Psa 78:20 - Yes, he can strike a rock so water gushes out,
but he can't give his people bread and meat.”

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Psa 78:22 - for they did not believe God
or trust him to care for them.

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Psa 79:1 - A psalm of Asaph.

O God, pagan nations have conquered your land,
your special possession.
They have defiled your holy Temple
and made Jerusalem a heap of ruins.

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Psa 80:1 - For the choir director: A psalm of Asaph, to be sung to the tune “Lilies of the Covenant.”

Please listen, O Shepherd of Israel,
you who lead Joseph's descendants like a flock.
O God, enthroned above the cherubim,
display your radiant glory

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Psa 81:1 - For the choir director: A psalm of Asaph, to be accompanied by a stringed instrument.[fn]

Sing praises to God, our strength.
Sing to the God of Jacob.

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Psa 81:4 - For this is required by the decrees of Israel;
it is a regulation of the God of Jacob.

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Psa 81:5 - He made it a law for Israel[fn]
when he attacked Egypt to set us free.
I heard an unknown voice say,

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Psa 81:6 - “Now I will take the load from your shoulders;
I will free your hands from their heavy tasks.

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Psa 81:14 - How quickly I would then subdue their enemies!
How soon my hands would be upon their foes!

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Psa 82:1 - A psalm of Asaph.

God presides over heaven's court;
he pronounces judgment on the heavenly beings:

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Psa 83:1 - A song. A psalm of Asaph.

O God, do not be silent!
Do not be deaf.
Do not be quiet, O God.

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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 84:4 - What joy for those who can live in your house,
always singing your praises.
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Psa 84:10 - A single day in your courts
is better than a thousand anywhere else!
I would rather be a gatekeeper in the house of my God
than live the good life in the homes of the wicked.

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Psa 85:2 - You forgave the guilt of your people—
yes, you covered all their sins.
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Psa 86:1 - A prayer of David.

Bend down, O LORD, and hear my prayer;
answer me, for I need your help.

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Psa 86:16 - Look down and have mercy on me.
Give your strength to your servant;
save me, the son of your servant.

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Psa 88:1 - For the choir director: A psalm of the descendants of Korah. A song to be sung to the tune “The Suffering of Affliction.” A psalm[fn] of Heman the Ezrahite.

O LORD, God of my salvation,
I cry out to you by day.
I come to you at night.

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Psa 88:3 - For my life is full of troubles,
and death[fn] draws near.

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Psa 89:1 - A psalm[fn] of Ethan the Ezrahite.

I will sing of the LORD's unfailing love forever!
Young and old will hear of your faithfulness.

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Psa 89:3 - The LORD said, “I have made a covenant with David, my chosen servant.
I have sworn this oath to him:

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Psa 89:6 - For who in all of heaven can compare with the LORD?
What mightiest angel is anything like the LORD?

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Psa 89:10 - You crushed the great sea monster.[fn]
You scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.

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Psa 89:35 - I have sworn an oath to David,
and in my holiness I cannot lie:

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Psa 89:43 - You have made his sword useless
and refused to help him in battle.

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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 89:50 - Consider, Lord, how your servants are disgraced!
I carry in my heart the insults of so many people.

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Psa 90:7 - We wither beneath your anger;
we are overwhelmed by your fury.

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Psa 91:1 - Those who live in the shelter of the Most High
will find rest in the shadow of the Almighty.

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Psa 91:2 - This I declare about the LORD:
He alone is my refuge, my place of safety;
he is my God, and I trust him.

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Psa 92:1 - A psalm. A song to be sung on the Sabbath Day.

It is good to give thanks to the LORD,
to sing praises to the Most High.

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Psa 92:12 - But the godly will flourish like palm trees
and grow strong like the cedars of Lebanon.

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Psa 92:13 - For they are transplanted to the LORD's own house.
They flourish in the courts of our God.

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Psa 93:1 - The LORD is king! He is robed in majesty.
Indeed, the LORD is robed in majesty and armed with strength.
The world stands firm
and cannot be shaken.

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Psa 93:5 - Your royal laws cannot be changed.
Your reign, O LORD, is holy forever and ever.

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Psa 94:1 - O LORD, the God of vengeance,
O God of vengeance, let your glorious justice shine forth!

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Psa 94:8 - Think again, you fools!
When will you finally catch on?

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Psa 94:13 - You give them relief from troubled times
until a pit is dug to capture the wicked.

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Psa 94:17 - Unless the LORD had helped me,
I would soon have settled in the silence of the grave.

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Psa 95:1 - Come, let us sing to the LORD!
Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation.

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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 96:1 - Sing a new song to the LORD!
Let the whole earth sing to the LORD!

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Psa 96:2 - Sing to the LORD; praise his name.
Each day proclaim the good news that he saves.

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Psa 96:7 - O nations of the world, recognize the LORD;
recognize that the LORD is glorious and strong.

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Psa 96:8 - Give to the LORD the glory he deserves!
Bring your offering and come into his courts.

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Psa 96:9 - Worship the LORD in all his holy splendor.
Let all the earth tremble before him.

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Psa 97:1 - The LORD is king!
Let the earth rejoice!
Let the farthest coastlands be glad.

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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 98:1 - A psalm.

Sing a new song to the LORD,
for he has done wonderful deeds.
His right hand has won a mighty victory;
his holy arm has shown his saving power!

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Psa 98:3 - He has remembered his promise to love and be faithful to Israel.
The ends of the earth have seen the victory of our God.

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Psa 98:4 - Shout to the LORD, all the earth;
break out in praise and sing for joy!

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Psa 98:5 - Sing your praise to the LORD with the harp,
with the harp and melodious song,

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Psa 99:1 - The LORD is king!
Let the nations tremble!
He sits on his throne between the cherubim.
Let the whole earth quake!

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Psa 99:3 - Let them praise your great and awesome name.
Your name is holy!

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Psa 100:1 - A psalm of thanksgiving.

Shout with joy to the LORD, all the earth!

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Psa 100:2 - Worship the LORD with gladness.
Come before him, singing with joy.

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Psa 101:1 - A psalm of David.

I will sing of your love and justice, LORD.
I will praise you with songs.

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Psa 102:1 - A prayer of one overwhelmed with trouble, pouring out problems before the LORD.

LORD, hear my prayer!
Listen to my plea!

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Psa 102:22 - when multitudes gather together
and kingdoms come to worship the LORD.

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Psa 103:1 - A psalm of David.

Let all that I am praise the LORD;
with my whole heart, I will praise his holy name.

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Psa 103:7 - He revealed his character to Moses
and his deeds to the people of Israel.

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Psa 103:19 - The LORD has made the heavens his throne;
from there he rules over everything.

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Psa 104:1 - Let all that I am praise the LORD.
O LORD my God, how great you are!
You are robed with honor and majesty.

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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 104:34 - May all my thoughts be pleasing to him,
for I rejoice in the LORD.

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Psa 105:1 - Give thanks to the LORD and proclaim his greatness.
Let the whole world know what he has done.

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Psa 105:3 - Exult in his holy name;
rejoice, you who worship the LORD.

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Psa 105:9 - This is the covenant he made with Abraham
and the oath he swore to Isaac.

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Psa 105:10 - He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree,
and to the people of Israel as a never-ending covenant:

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Psa 106:1 - Praise the LORD!
Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good!
His faithful love endures forever.

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Psa 106:19 - The people made a calf at Mount Sinai[fn];
they bowed before an image made of gold.

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Psa 106:24 - The people refused to enter the pleasant land,
for they wouldn't believe his promise to care for them.

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Psa 106:28 - Then our ancestors joined in the worship of Baal at Peor;
they even ate sacrifices offered to the dead!

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Psa 106:44 - Even so, he pitied them in their distress
and listened to their cries.

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Psa 107:1 - Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good!
His faithful love endures forever.

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Psa 107:8 - Let them praise the LORD for his great love
and for the wonderful things he has done for them.

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Psa 107:15 - Let them praise the LORD for his great love
and for the wonderful things he has done for them.

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Psa 107:21 - Let them praise the LORD for his great love
and for the wonderful things he has done for them.

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Psa 107:24 - They, too, observed the LORD's power in action,
his impressive works on the deepest seas.

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Psa 107:31 - Let them praise the LORD for his great love
and for the wonderful things he has done for them.

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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 108:7 - God has promised this by his holiness[fn]:
“I will divide up Shechem with joy.
I will measure out the valley of Succoth.

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Psa 108:13 - With God's help we will do mighty things,
for he will trample down our foes.

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Psa 109:1 - For the choir director: A psalm of David.

O God, whom I praise,
don't stand silent and aloof

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Psa 109:30 - But I will give repeated thanks to the LORD,
praising him to everyone.

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Psa 110:1 - A psalm of David.

The LORD said to my Lord,
“Sit in the place of honor at my right hand
until I humble your enemies,
making them a footstool under your feet.”

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Psa 111:6 - He has shown his great power to his people
by giving them the lands of other nations.

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Psa 111:9 - He has paid a full ransom for his people.
He has guaranteed his covenant with them forever.
What a holy, awe-inspiring name he has!

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Psa 112:3 - They themselves will be wealthy,
and their good deeds will last forever.

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Psa 113:6 - He stoops to look down
on heaven and on earth.

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Psa 115:3 - Our God is in the heavens,
and he does as he wishes.

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Psa 115:7 - They have hands but cannot feel,
and feet but cannot walk,
and throats but cannot make a sound.

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Psa 115:15 - May you be blessed by the LORD,
who made heaven and earth.

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Psa 115:16 - The heavens belong to the LORD,
but he has given the earth to all humanity.

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Psa 116:12 - What can I offer the LORD
for all he has done for me?

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Psa 116:18 - I will fulfill my vows to the LORD
in the presence of all his people—

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Psa 118:1 - Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good!
His faithful love endures forever.

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Psa 118:18 - The LORD has punished me severely,
but he did not let me die.

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Psa 118:19 - Open for me the gates where the righteous enter,
and I will go in and thank the LORD.

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Psa 118:29 - Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good!
His faithful love endures forever.

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Psa 119:6 - Then I will not be ashamed
when I compare my life with your commands.

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Psa 119:17 - Gimel
Be good to your servant,
that I may live and obey your word.

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Psa 119:29 - Keep me from lying to myself;
give me the privilege of knowing your instructions.

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Psa 119:38 - Reassure me of your promise,
made to those who fear you.

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Psa 119:49 - Zayin
Remember your promise to me;
it is my only hope.

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Psa 119:76 - Now let your unfailing love comfort me,
just as you promised me, your servant.

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Psa 119:89 - Lamedh
Your eternal word, O LORD,
stands firm in heaven.

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Psa 119:103 - How sweet your words taste to me;
they are sweeter than honey.

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Psa 119:126 - LORD, it is time for you to act,
for these evil people have violated your instructions.

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Psa 122:4 - All the tribes of Israel—the LORD's people—
make their pilgrimage here.
They come to give thanks to the name of the LORD,
as the law requires of Israel.

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Psa 123:1 - A song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem.

I lift my eyes to you,
O God, enthroned in heaven.

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Psa 126:4 - Restore our fortunes, LORD,
as streams renew the desert.

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Psa 127:1 - A song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem. A psalm of Solomon.

Unless the LORD builds a house,
the work of the builders is wasted.
Unless the LORD protects a city,
guarding it with sentries will do no good.

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Psa 130:7 - O Israel, hope in the LORD;
for with the LORD there is unfailing love.
His redemption overflows.

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Psa 131:1 - A song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem. A psalm of David.

LORD, my heart is not proud;
my eyes are not haughty.
I don't concern myself with matters too great
or too awesome for me to grasp.

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Psa 132:2 - He made a solemn promise to the LORD.
He vowed to the Mighty One of Israel,[fn]

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Psa 132:5 - until I find a place to build a house for the LORD,
a sanctuary for the Mighty One of Israel.”

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Psa 132:11 - The LORD swore an oath to David
with a promise he will never take back:
“I will place one of your descendants
on your throne.

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Psa 132:17 - Here I will increase the power of David;
my anointed one will be a light for my people.

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Psa 133:1 - A song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem. A psalm of David.

How wonderful and pleasant it is
when brothers live together in harmony!

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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 135:17 - They have ears but cannot hear,
and noses but cannot smell.

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Psa 136:1 - Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good!
His faithful love endures forever.

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Psa 136:2 - Give thanks to the God of gods.
His faithful love endures forever.

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Psa 136:3 - Give thanks to the Lord of lords.
His faithful love endures forever.

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Psa 136:4 - Give thanks to him who alone does mighty miracles.
His faithful love endures forever.

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Psa 136:5 - Give thanks to him who made the heavens so skillfully.
His faithful love endures forever.

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Psa 136:6 - Give thanks to him who placed the earth among the waters.
His faithful love endures forever.

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Psa 136:7 - Give thanks to him who made the heavenly lights—
His faithful love endures forever.

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Psa 136:10 - Give thanks to him who killed the firstborn of Egypt.
His faithful love endures forever.

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Psa 136:13 - Give thanks to him who parted the Red Sea.[fn]
His faithful love endures forever.

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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 136:17 - Give thanks to him who struck down mighty kings.
His faithful love endures forever.

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Psa 136:26 - Give thanks to the God of heaven.
His faithful love endures forever.

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Psa 137:1 - Beside the rivers of Babylon, we sat and wept
as we thought of Jerusalem.[fn]

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Psa 137:6 - May my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth
if I fail to remember you,
if I don't make Jerusalem my greatest joy.

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Psa 138:1 - A psalm of David.

I give you thanks, O LORD, with all my heart;
I will sing your praises before the gods.

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Psa 139:1 - For the choir director: A psalm of David.

O LORD, you have examined my heart
and know everything about me.

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Psa 140:1 - For the choir director: A psalm of David.

O LORD, rescue me from evil people.
Protect me from those who are violent,

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Psa 140:6 - I said to the LORD, “You are my God!”
Listen, O LORD, to my cries for mercy!

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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 142:1 - A psalm[fn] of David, regarding his experience in the cave. A prayer.

I cry out to the LORD;
I plead for the LORD's mercy.

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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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Psa 144:1 - A psalm of David.

Praise the LORD, who is my rock.
He trains my hands for war
and gives my fingers skill for battle.

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Psa 144:10 - For you grant victory to kings!
You rescued your servant David from the fatal sword.

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Psa 145:1 - A psalm of praise of David.

I will exalt you, my God and King,
and praise your name forever and ever.

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Psa 146:2 - I will praise the LORD as long as I live.
I will sing praises to my God with my dying breath.

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Psa 147:1 - Praise the LORD!
How good to sing praises to our God!
How delightful and how fitting!

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Psa 147:7 - Sing out your thanks to the LORD;
sing praises to our God with a harp.

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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 147:19 - He has revealed his words to Jacob,
his decrees and regulations to Israel.

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Psa 149:1 - Praise the LORD!
Sing to the LORD a new song.
Sing his praises in the assembly of the faithful.

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Psa 149:2 - O Israel, rejoice in your Maker.
O people of Jerusalem,[fn] exult in your King.

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Psa 149:6 - Let the praises of God be in their mouths,
and a sharp sword in their hands—

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Pro 1:1 - These are the proverbs of Solomon, David's son, king of Israel.

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Pro 1:3 - Their purpose is to teach people to live disciplined and successful lives,
to help them do what is right, just, and fair.

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Pro 1:6 - by exploring the meaning in these proverbs and parables,
the words of the wise and their riddles.

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Pro 2:2 - Tune your ears to wisdom,
and concentrate on understanding.

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Pro 2:18 - Entering her house leads to death;
it is the road to the grave.[fn]

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Pro 6:8 - they labor hard all summer,
gathering food for the winter.

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Pro 9:11 - Wisdom will multiply your days
and add years to your life.

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Pro 9:18 - But little do they know that the dead are there.
Her guests are in the depths of the grave.[fn]

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Pro 10:4 - Lazy people are soon poor;
hard workers get rich.

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Pro 11:29 - Those who bring trouble on their families inherit the wind.
The fool will be a servant to the wise.

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Pro 12:4 - A worthy wife is a crown for her husband,
but a disgraceful woman is like cancer in his bones.

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Pro 12:21 - No harm comes to the godly,
but the wicked have their fill of trouble.

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Pro 15:11 - Even Death and Destruction[fn] hold no secrets from the LORD.
How much more does he know the human heart!

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Pro 15:23 - Everyone enjoys a fitting reply;
it is wonderful to say the right thing at the right time!

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Pro 15:27 - Greed brings grief to the whole family,
but those who hate bribes will live.

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Pro 16:2 - People may be pure in their own eyes,
but the LORD examines their motives.

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Pro 17:21 - It is painful to be the parent of a fool;
there is no joy for the father of a rebel.

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Pro 22:9 - Blessed are those who are generous,
because they feed the poor.

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Pro 24:17 - Don't rejoice when your enemies fall;
don't be happy when they stumble.

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Pro 26:8 - Honoring a fool
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Pro 26:15 - Lazy people take food in their hand
but don't even lift it to their mouth.

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Pro 26:18 - Just as damaging
as a madman shooting a deadly weapon

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Pro 26:27 - If you set a trap for others,
you will get caught in it yourself.
If you roll a boulder down on others,
it will crush you instead.

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Pro 28:8 - Income from charging high interest rates
will end up in the pocket of someone who is kind to the poor.

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Pro 29:25 - Fearing people is a dangerous trap,
but trusting the LORD means safety.

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Pro 31:12 - She brings him good, not harm,
all the days of her life.

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Pro 31:15 - She gets up before dawn to prepare breakfast for her household
and plan the day's work for her servant girls.

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Pro 31:22 - She makes her own bedspreads.
She dresses in fine linen and purple gowns.

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Ecc 1:3 - What do people get for all their hard work under the sun?

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Ecc 1:16 - I said to myself, “Look, I am wiser than any of the kings who ruled in Jerusalem before me. I have greater wisdom and knowledge than any of them.”

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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 2:18 - I came to hate all my hard work here on earth, for I must leave to others everything I have earned.

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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 2:22 - So what do people get in this life for all their hard work and anxiety?

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Ecc 2:26 - God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy to those who please him. But if a sinner becomes wealthy, God takes the wealth away and gives it to those who please him. This, too, is meaningless—like chasing the wind.

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Ecc 3:1 - For everything there is a season,
a time for every activity under heaven.

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Ecc 4:8 - This is the case of a man who is all alone, without a child or a brother, yet who works hard to gain as much wealth as he can. But then he asks himself, “Who am I working for? Why am I giving up so much pleasure now?” It is all so meaningless and depressing.

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Ecc 4:10 - If one person falls, the other can reach out and help. But someone who falls alone is in real trouble.

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Ecc 4:16 - Endless crowds stand around him,[fn] but then another generation grows up and rejects him, too. So it is all meaningless—like chasing the wind.

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Ecc 5:2 - [fn]Don't make rash promises, and don't be hasty in bringing matters before God. After all, God is in heaven, and you are here on earth. So let your words be few.

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Ecc 5:4 - When you make a promise to God, don't delay in following through, for God takes no pleasure in fools. Keep all the promises you make to him.

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Ecc 5:11 - The more you have, the more people come to help you spend it. So what good is wealth—except perhaps to watch it slip through your fingers!

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Ecc 5:12 - People who work hard sleep well, whether they eat little or much. But the rich seldom get a good night's sleep.

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Ecc 5:13 - There is another serious problem I have seen under the sun. Hoarding riches harms the saver.

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Ecc 6:8 - So are wise people really better off than fools? Do poor people gain anything by being wise and knowing how to act in front of others?

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Ecc 6:11 - The more words you speak, the less they mean. So what good are they?

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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 8:8 - None of us can hold back our spirit from departing. None of us has the power to prevent the day of our death. There is no escaping that obligation, that dark battle. And in the face of death, wickedness will certainly not rescue the wicked.

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Ecc 8:13 - The wicked will not prosper, for they do not fear God. Their days will never grow long like the evening shadows.

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Ecc 8:15 - So I recommend having fun, because there is nothing better for people in this world than to eat, drink, and enjoy life. That way they will experience some happiness along with all the hard work God gives them under the sun.

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Ecc 9:2 - The same destiny ultimately awaits everyone, whether righteous or wicked, good or bad,[fn] ceremonially clean or unclean, religious or irreligious. Good people receive the same treatment as sinners, and people who make promises to God are treated like people who don't.

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Ecc 9:6 - Whatever they did in their lifetime—loving, hating, envying—is all long gone. They no longer play a part in anything here on earth.

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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 10:11 - If a snake bites before you charm it,
what's the use of being a snake charmer?

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Ecc 11:3 - When clouds are heavy, the rains come down.
Whether a tree falls north or south, it stays where it falls.

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Sng 1:1 - This is Solomon's song of songs, more wonderful than any other.

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Sng 2:17 - Before the dawn breezes blow
and the night shadows flee,
return to me, my love, like a gazelle
or a young stag on the rugged mountains.[fn]

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Sng 3:11 - Young Woman
Come out to see King Solomon,
young women of Jerusalem.[fn]
He wears the crown his mother gave him on his wedding day,
his most joyous day.

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Sng 5:5 - I jumped up to open the door for my love,
and my hands dripped with perfume.
My fingers dripped with lovely myrrh
as I pulled back the bolt.

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Sng 5:6 - I opened to my lover,
but he was gone!
My heart sank.
I searched for him
but could not find him anywhere.
I called to him,
but there was no reply.

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Sng 6:3 - I am my lover's, and my lover is mine.
He browses among the lilies.

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Sng 7:7 - You are slender like a palm tree,
and your breasts are like its clusters of fruit.

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Sng 7:8 - I said, “I will climb the palm tree
and take hold of its fruit.”
May your breasts be like grape clusters,
and the fragrance of your breath like apples.

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Sng 7:9 - May your kisses be as exciting as the best wine,
flowing gently over lips and teeth.[fn]

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Sng 7:10 - Young Woman
I am my lover's,
and he claims me as his own.

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Sng 8:11 - Solomon has a vineyard at Baal-hamon,
which he leases out to tenant farmers.
Each of them pays a thousand pieces of silver[fn]
for harvesting its fruit.

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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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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 3:11 - But the wicked are doomed,
for they will get exactly what they deserve.

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Isa 5:1 - Now I will sing for the one I love
a song about his vineyard:
My beloved had a vineyard
on a rich and fertile hill.

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Isa 5:4 - What more could I have done for my vineyard
that I have not already done?
When I expected sweet grapes,
why did my vineyard give me bitter grapes?

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Isa 5:5 - Now let me tell you
what I will do to my vineyard:
I will tear down its hedges
and let it be destroyed.
I will break down its walls
and let the animals trample it.

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Isa 6:2 - Attending him were mighty seraphim, each having six wings. With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they flew.

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Isa 6:9 - And he said, “Yes, go, and say to this people,
‘Listen carefully, but do not understand.
Watch closely, but learn nothing.'

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Isa 7:10 - Later, the LORD sent this message to King Ahaz:

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Isa 8:18 - I and the children the LORD has given me serve as signs and warnings to Israel from the LORD of Heaven's Armies who dwells in his Temple on Mount Zion.

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Isa 9:12 - The Syrians[fn] from the east and the Philistines from the west
will bare their fangs and devour Israel.
But even then the LORD's anger will not be satisfied.
His fist is still poised to strike.

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Isa 10:6 - I am sending Assyria against a godless nation,
against a people with whom I am angry.
Assyria will plunder them,
trampling them like dirt beneath its feet.

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Isa 11:4 - He will give justice to the poor
and make fair decisions for the exploited.
The earth will shake at the force of his word,
and one breath from his mouth will destroy the wicked.

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Isa 11:16 - He will make a highway for the remnant of his people,
the remnant coming from Assyria,
just as he did for Israel long ago
when they returned from Egypt.

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Isa 14:14 - I will climb to the highest heavens
and be like the Most High.'

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Isa 14:18 - “The kings of the nations lie in stately glory,
each in his own tomb,

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Isa 16:9 - So now I weep for Jazer and the vineyards of Sibmah;
my tears will flow for Heshbon and Elealeh.
There are no more shouts of joy
over your summer fruits and harvest.

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Isa 16:14 - But now the LORD says, “Within three years, counting each day,[fn] the glory of Moab will be ended. From its great population, only a few of its people will be left alive.”

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Isa 17:5 - The whole land will look like a grainfield
after the harvesters have gathered the grain.
It will be desolate,
like the fields in the valley of Rephaim after the harvest.

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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 18:7 - At that time the LORD of Heaven's Armies will receive gifts
from this land divided by rivers,
from this tall, smooth-skinned people,
who are feared far and wide for their conquests and destruction.
They will bring the gifts to Jerusalem,[fn]
where the LORD of Heaven's Armies dwells.

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Isa 19:11 - What fools are the officials of Zoan!
Their best counsel to the king of Egypt is stupid and wrong.
Will they still boast to Pharaoh of their wisdom?
Will they dare brag about all their wise ancestors?

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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 21:13 - This message came to me concerning Arabia:
O caravans from Dedan,
hide in the deserts of Arabia.

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Isa 21:15 - They have fled from the sword,
from the drawn sword,
from the bent bow
and the terrors of battle.

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Isa 22:24 - They will give him great responsibility, and he will bring honor to even the lowliest members of his family.[fn]”

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Isa 23:18 - But in the end her profits will be given to the LORD. Her wealth will not be hoarded but will provide good food and fine clothing for the LORD's priests.

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Isa 24:16 - We hear songs of praise from the ends of the earth,
songs that give glory to the Righteous One!
But my heart is heavy with grief.
Weep for me, for I wither away.
Deceit still prevails,
and treachery is everywhere.

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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 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 28:1 - What sorrow awaits the proud city of Samaria—
the glorious crown of the drunks of Israel.[fn]
It sits at the head of a fertile valley,
but its glorious beauty will fade like a flower.
It is the pride of a people
brought down by wine.

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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 28:11 - So now God will have to speak to his people
through foreign oppressors who speak a strange language!

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Isa 28:12 - God has told his people,
“Here is a place of rest;
let the weary rest here.
This is a place of quiet rest.”
But they would not listen.

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Isa 29:16 - How foolish can you be?
He is the Potter, and he is certainly greater than you, the clay!
Should the created thing say of the one who made it,
“He didn't make me”?
Does a jar ever say,
“The potter who made me is stupid”?

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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 30:12 - This is the reply of the Holy One of Israel:
“Because you despise what I tell you
and trust instead in oppression and lies,

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Isa 32:5 - In that day ungodly fools will not be heroes.
Scoundrels will not be respected.

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Isa 32:16 - Justice will rule in the wilderness
and righteousness in the fertile field.

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Isa 33:7 - But now your brave warriors weep in public.
Your ambassadors of peace cry in bitter disappointment.

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Isa 33:19 - You will no longer see these fierce, violent people
with their strange, unknown language.

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Isa 34:5 - And when my sword has finished its work in the heavens,
it will fall upon Edom,
the nation I have marked for destruction.

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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 36:8 - “I'll tell you what! Strike a bargain with my master, the king of Assyria. I will give you 2,000 horses if you can find that many men to ride on them!

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Isa 37:1 - When King Hezekiah heard their report, he tore his clothes and put on burlap and went into the Temple of the LORD.

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Isa 37:30 - Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Here is the proof that what I say is true:
“This year you will eat only what grows up by itself,
and next year you will eat what springs up from that.
But in the third year you will plant crops and harvest them;
you will tend vineyards and eat their fruit.

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Isa 37:38 - One day while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer killed him with their swords. They then escaped to the land of Ararat, and another son, Esarhaddon, became the next king of Assyria.

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Isa 38:1 - About that time Hezekiah became deathly ill, and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz went to visit him. He gave the king this message: “This is what the LORD says: ‘Set your affairs in order, for you are going to die. You will not recover from this illness.'”

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Isa 39:1 - Soon after this, Merodach-baladan son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent Hezekiah his best wishes and a gift. He had heard that Hezekiah had been very sick and that he had recovered.

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Isa 39:2 - Hezekiah was delighted with the Babylonian envoys and showed them everything in his treasure-houses—the silver, the gold, the spices, and the aromatic oils. He also took them to see his armory and showed them everything in his royal treasuries! There was nothing in his palace or kingdom that Hezekiah did not show them.

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Isa 39:4 - “What did they see in your palace?” asked Isaiah.
“They saw everything,” Hezekiah replied. “I showed them everything I own—all my royal treasuries.”

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Isa 39:6 - ‘The time is coming when everything in your palace—all the treasures stored up by your ancestors until now—will be carried off to Babylon. Nothing will be left,' says the LORD.

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Isa 39:7 - ‘Some of your very own sons will be taken away into exile. They will become eunuchs who will serve in the palace of Babylon's king.'”

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Isa 40:11 - He will feed his flock like a shepherd.
He will carry the lambs in his arms,
holding them close to his heart.
He will gently lead the mother sheep with their young.

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Isa 41:6 - The idol makers encourage one another,
saying to each other, “Be strong!”

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Isa 42:5 - God, the LORD, created the heavens and stretched them out.
He created the earth and everything in it.
He gives breath to everyone,
life to everyone who walks the earth.
And it is he who says,

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Isa 42:10 - Sing a new song to the LORD!
Sing his praises from the ends of the earth!
Sing, all you who sail the seas,
all you who live in distant coastlands.

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Isa 42:12 - Let the whole world glorify the LORD;
let it sing his praise.

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Isa 43:6 - I will say to the north and south,
‘Bring my sons and daughters back to Israel
from the distant corners of the earth.

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Isa 44:12 - The blacksmith stands at his forge to make a sharp tool,
pounding and shaping it with all his might.
His work makes him hungry and weak.
It makes him thirsty and faint.

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Isa 45:1 - This is what the LORD says to Cyrus, his anointed one,
whose right hand he will empower.
Before him, mighty kings will be paralyzed with fear.
Their fortress gates will be opened,
never to shut again.

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Isa 45:9 - “What sorrow awaits those who argue with their Creator.
Does a clay pot argue with its maker?
Does the clay dispute with the one who shapes it, saying,
‘Stop, you're doing it wrong!'
Does the pot exclaim,
‘How clumsy can you be?'

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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 45:23 - I have sworn by my own name;
I have spoken the truth,
and I will never go back on my word:
Every knee will bend to me,
and every tongue will confess allegiance to me.[fn]”

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Isa 45:25 - In the LORD all the generations of Israel will be justified,
and in him they will boast.

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Isa 46:13 - For I am ready to set things right,
not in the distant future, but right now!
I am ready to save Jerusalem[fn]
and show my glory to Israel.

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Isa 47:6 - For I was angry with my chosen people
and punished them by letting them fall into your hands.
But you, Babylon, showed them no mercy.
You oppressed even the elderly.

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Isa 48:1 - “Listen to me, O family of Jacob,
you who are called by the name of Israel
and born into the family of Judah.
Listen, you who take oaths in the name of the LORD
and call on the God of Israel.
You don't keep your promises,

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Isa 48:2 - even though you call yourself the holy city
and talk about depending on the God of Israel,
whose name is the LORD of Heaven's Armies.

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Isa 49:9 - I will say to the prisoners, ‘Come out in freedom,'
and to those in darkness, ‘Come into the light.'
They will be my sheep, grazing in green pastures
and on hills that were previously bare.

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Isa 50:10 - Who among you fears the LORD
and obeys his servant?
If you are walking in darkness,
without a ray of light,
trust in the LORD
and rely on your God.

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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 53:5 - But he was pierced for our rebellion,
crushed for our sins.
He was beaten so we could be whole.
He was whipped so we could be healed.

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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 55:10 - “The rain and snow come down from the heavens
and stay on the ground to water the earth.
They cause the grain to grow,
producing seed for the farmer
and bread for the hungry.

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Isa 56:5 - I will give them—within the walls of my house—
a memorial and a name
far greater than sons and daughters could give.
For the name I give them is an everlasting one.
It will never disappear!

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Isa 56:7 - I will bring them to my holy mountain of Jerusalem
and will fill them with joy in my house of prayer.
I will accept their burnt offerings and sacrifices,
because my Temple will be called a house of prayer for all nations.

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Isa 58:1 - “Shout with the voice of a trumpet blast.
Shout aloud! Don't be timid.
Tell my people Israel[fn] of their sins!

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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 61:6 - You will be called priests of the LORD,
ministers of our God.
You will feed on the treasures of the nations
and boast in their riches.

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Isa 61:10 - I am overwhelmed with joy in the LORD my God!
For he has dressed me with the clothing of salvation
and draped me in a robe of righteousness.
I am like a bridegroom in his wedding suit
or a bride with her jewels.

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Isa 62:10 - Go out through the gates!
Prepare the highway for my people to return!
Smooth out the road; pull out the boulders;
raise a flag for all the nations to see.

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Isa 63:7 - I will tell of the LORD's unfailing love.
I will praise the LORD for all he has done.
I will rejoice in his great goodness to Israel,
which he has granted according to his mercy and love.

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Isa 65:8 - “But I will not destroy them all,”
says the LORD.
“For just as good grapes are found among a cluster of bad ones
(and someone will say, ‘Don't throw them all away—
some of those grapes are good!'),
so I will not destroy all Israel.
For I still have true servants there.

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Isa 65:10 - The plain of Sharon will again be filled with flocks
for my people who have searched for me,
and the valley of Achor will be a place to pasture herds.

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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 65:19 - I will rejoice over Jerusalem
and delight in my people.
And the sound of weeping and crying
will be heard in it no more.

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Jer 1:3 - The LORD's messages continued throughout the reign of King Jehoiakim, Josiah's son, until the eleventh year of the reign of King Zedekiah, another of Josiah's sons. In August[fn] of that eleventh year the people of Jerusalem were taken away as captives.

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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 2:2 - “Go and shout this message to Jerusalem. This is what the LORD says:
“I remember how eager you were to please me
as a young bride long ago,
how you loved me and followed me
even through the barren wilderness.

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Jer 2:3 - In those days Israel was holy to the LORD,
the first of his children.[fn]
All who harmed his people were declared guilty,
and disaster fell on them.
I, the LORD, have spoken!”

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Jer 2:27 - To an image carved from a piece of wood they say,
‘You are my father.'
To an idol chiseled from a block of stone they say,
‘You are my mother.'
They turn their backs on me,
but in times of trouble they cry out to me,
‘Come and save us!'

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Jer 2:31 - “O my people, listen to the words of the LORD!
Have I been like a desert to Israel?
Have I been to them a land of darkness?
Why then do my people say, ‘At last we are free from God!
We don't need him anymore!'

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Jer 3:17 - In that day Jerusalem will be known as ‘The Throne of the LORD.' All nations will come there to honor the LORD. They will no longer stubbornly follow their own evil desires.

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Jer 4:2 - Then when you swear by my name, saying,
‘As surely as the LORD lives,'
you could do so
with truth, justice, and righteousness.
Then you would be a blessing to the nations of the world,
and all people would come and praise my name.”

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Jer 4:4 - O people of Judah and Jerusalem,
surrender your pride and power.
Change your hearts before the LORD,[fn]
or my anger will burn like an unquenchable fire
because of all your sins.

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Jer 4:5 - “Shout to Judah, and broadcast to Jerusalem!
Tell them to sound the alarm throughout the land:
‘Run for your lives!
Flee to the fortified cities!'

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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 5:12 - “They have lied about the LORD
and said, ‘He won't bother us!
No disasters will come upon us.
There will be no war or famine.

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Jer 5:20 - “Make this announcement to Israel,[fn]
and say this to Judah:

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Jer 5:23 - But my people have stubborn and rebellious hearts.
They have turned away and abandoned me.

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Jer 5:26 - “Among my people are wicked men
who lie in wait for victims like a hunter hiding in a blind.
They continually set traps
to catch people.

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Jer 7:3 - This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies, the God of Israel, says:
“‘Even now, if you quit your evil ways, I will let you stay in your own land.

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Jer 7:6 - only if you stop exploiting foreigners, orphans, and widows; only if you stop your murdering; and only if you stop harming yourselves by worshiping idols.

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Jer 7:7 - Then I will let you stay in this land that I gave to your ancestors to keep forever.

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Jer 7:10 - and then come here and stand before me in my Temple and chant, “We are safe!”—only to go right back to all those evils again?

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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 7:30 - “The people of Judah have sinned before my very eyes,” says the LORD. “They have set up their abominable idols right in the Temple that bears my name, defiling it.

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Jer 7:32 - So beware, for the time is coming,” says the LORD, “when that garbage dump will no longer be called Topheth or the valley of Ben-Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter. They will bury the bodies in Topheth until there is no more room for them.

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Jer 8:1 - “In that day,” says the LORD, “the enemy will break open the graves of the kings and officials of Judah, and the graves of the priests, prophets, and common people of Jerusalem.

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Jer 8:7 - Even the stork that flies across the sky
knows the time of her migration,
as do the turtledove, the swallow, and the crane.[fn]
They all return at the proper time each year.
But not my people!
They do not know the LORD's laws.

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Jer 9:8 - For their tongues shoot lies like poisoned arrows.
They speak friendly words to their neighbors
while scheming in their heart to kill them.

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Jer 9:9 - Should I not punish them for this?” says the LORD.
“Should I not avenge myself against such a nation?”

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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 10:16 - But the God of Israel[fn] is no idol!
He is the Creator of everything that exists,
including Israel, his own special possession.
The LORD of Heaven's Armies is his name!

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Jer 11:14 - “Pray no more for these people, Jeremiah. Do not weep or pray for them, for I will not listen to them when they cry out to me in distress.

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Jer 11:15 - “What right do my beloved people have to come to my Temple,
when they have done so many immoral things?
Can their vows and sacrifices prevent their destruction?
They actually rejoice in doing evil!

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Jer 12:14 - Now this is what the LORD says: “I will uproot from their land all the evil nations reaching out for the possession I gave my people Israel. And I will uproot Judah from among them.

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Jer 13:5 - So I went and hid it by the Euphrates as the LORD had instructed me.

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Jer 13:16 - Give glory to the LORD your God
before it is too late.
Acknowledge him before he brings darkness upon you,
causing you to stumble and fall on the darkening mountains.
For then, when you look for light,
you will find only terrible darkness and gloom.

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Jer 13:18 - Say to the king and his mother,
“Come down from your thrones
and sit in the dust,
for your glorious crowns
will soon be snatched from your heads.”

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Jer 14:10 - So this is what the LORD says to his people:
“You love to wander far from me
and do not restrain yourselves.
Therefore, I will no longer accept you as my people.
Now I will remember all your wickedness
and will punish you for your sins.”

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Jer 14:13 - Then I said, “O Sovereign LORD, their prophets are telling them, ‘All is well—no war or famine will come. The LORD will surely send you peace.'”

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Jer 15:20 - They will fight against you like an attacking army,
but I will make you as secure as a fortified wall of bronze.
They will not conquer you,
for I am with you to protect and rescue you.
I, the LORD, have spoken!

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Jer 16:2 - “Do not get married or have children in this place.

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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 16:10 - “When you tell the people all these things, they will ask, ‘Why has the LORD decreed such terrible things against us? What have we done to deserve such treatment? What is our sin against the LORD our God?'

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Jer 16:21 - The LORD says,
“Now I will show them my power;
now I will show them my might.
At last they will know and understand
that I am the LORD.

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Jer 17:7 - “But blessed are those who trust in the LORD
and have made the LORD their hope and confidence.

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Jer 19:6 - So beware, for the time is coming, says the LORD, when this garbage dump will no longer be called Topheth or the valley of Ben-Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter.

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Jer 19:7 - “‘For I will upset the careful plans of Judah and Jerusalem. I will allow the people to be slaughtered by invading armies, and I will leave their dead bodies as food for the vultures and wild animals.

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Jer 19:12 - This is what I will do to this place and its people, says the LORD. I will cause this city to become defiled like Topheth.

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Jer 20:6 - As for you, Pashhur, you and all your household will go as captives to Babylon. There you will die and be buried, you and all your friends to whom you prophesied that everything would be all right.'”

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Jer 20:13 - Sing to the LORD!
Praise the LORD!
For though I was poor and needy,
he rescued me from my oppressors.

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Jer 20:15 - I curse the messenger who told my father,
“Good news—you have a son!”

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Jer 21:14 - And I myself will punish you for your sinfulness,
says the LORD.
I will light a fire in your forests
that will burn up everything around you.'”

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Jer 22:3 - This is what the LORD says: Be fair-minded and just. Do what is right! Help those who have been robbed; rescue them from their oppressors. Quit your evil deeds! Do not mistreat foreigners, orphans, and widows. Stop murdering the innocent!

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Jer 22:12 - He will die in a distant land and will never again see his own country.”

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Jer 22:13 - And the LORD says, “What sorrow awaits Jehoiakim,[fn]
who builds his palace with forced labor.[fn]
He builds injustice into its walls,
for he makes his neighbors work for nothing.
He does not pay them for their labor.

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Jer 22:15 - But a beautiful cedar palace does not make a great king!
Your father, Josiah, also had plenty to eat and drink.
But he was just and right in all his dealings.
That is why God blessed him.

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Jer 22:23 - It may be nice to live in a beautiful palace
paneled with wood from the cedars of Lebanon,
but soon you will groan with pangs of anguish—
anguish like that of a woman in labor.

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Jer 22:30 - This is what the LORD says:
‘Let the record show that this man Jehoiachin was childless.
He is a failure,
for none of his children will succeed him on the throne of David
to rule over Judah.'

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Jer 23:5 - “For the time is coming,”
says the LORD,
“when I will raise up a righteous descendant[fn]
from King David's line.
He will be a King who rules with wisdom.
He will do what is just and right throughout the land.

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Jer 23:11 - “Even the priests and prophets
are ungodly, wicked men.
I have seen their despicable acts
right here in my own Temple,”
says the LORD.

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Jer 23:17 - They keep saying to those who despise my word,
‘Don't worry! The LORD says you will have peace!'
And to those who stubbornly follow their own desires,
they say, ‘No harm will come your way!'

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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 23:36 - But stop using this phrase, ‘prophecy from the LORD.' For people are using it to give authority to their own ideas, turning upside down the words of our God, the living God, the LORD of Heaven's Armies.

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Jer 25:22 - and the kings of Tyre and Sidon, and the kings of the regions across the sea.

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Jer 25:31 - His cry of judgment will reach the ends of the earth,
for the LORD will bring his case against all the nations.
He will judge all the people of the earth,
slaughtering the wicked with the sword.
I, the LORD, have spoken!'”

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Jer 26:8 - But when Jeremiah had finished his message, saying everything the LORD had told him to say, the priests and prophets and all the people at the Temple mobbed him. “Kill him!” they shouted.

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Jer 26:11 - The priests and prophets presented their accusations to the officials and the people. “This man should die!” they said. “You have heard with your own ears what a traitor he is, for he has prophesied against this city.”

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Jer 26:12 - Then Jeremiah spoke to the officials and the people in his own defense. “The LORD sent me to prophesy against this Temple and this city,” he said. “The LORD gave me every word that I have spoken.

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Jer 26:16 - Then the officials and the people said to the priests and prophets, “This man does not deserve the death sentence, for he has spoken to us in the name of the LORD our God.”

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Jer 26:18 - They said, “Remember when Micah of Moresheth prophesied during the reign of King Hezekiah of Judah. He told the people of Judah,
‘This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies says:
Mount Zion will be plowed like an open field;
Jerusalem will be reduced to ruins!
A thicket will grow on the heights
where the Temple now stands.'[fn]

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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 27:6 - Now I will give your countries to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, who is my servant. I have put everything, even the wild animals, under his control.

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Jer 27:9 - “‘Do not listen to your false prophets, fortune-tellers, interpreters of dreams, mediums, and sorcerers who say, “The king of Babylon will not conquer you.”

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Jer 27:14 - Do not listen to the false prophets who keep telling you, ‘The king of Babylon will not conquer you.' They are liars.

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Jer 27:16 - Then I spoke to the priests and the people and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Do not listen to your prophets who claim that soon the gold articles taken from my Temple will be returned from Babylon. It is all a lie!

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Jer 28:1 - One day in late summer[fn] of that same year—the fourth year of the reign of Zedekiah, king of Judah—Hananiah son of Azzur, a prophet from Gibeon, addressed me publicly in the Temple while all the priests and people listened. He said,

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Jer 28:14 - The LORD of Heaven's Armies, the God of Israel, says: I have put a yoke of iron on the necks of all these nations, forcing them into slavery under King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. I have put everything, even the wild animals, under his control.'”

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Jer 28:15 - Then Jeremiah the prophet said to Hananiah, “Listen, Hananiah! The LORD has not sent you, but the people believe your lies.

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Jer 28:16 - Therefore, this is what the LORD says: ‘You must die. Your life will end this very year because you have rebelled against the LORD.'”

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Jer 28:17 - Two months later[fn] the prophet Hananiah died.

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Jer 29:26 - “The LORD has appointed you to replace Jehoiada as the priest in charge of the house of the LORD. You are responsible to put into stocks and neck irons any crazy man who claims to be a prophet.

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Jer 30:7 - In all history there has never been such a time of terror.
It will be a time of trouble for my people Israel.[fn]
Yet in the end they will be saved!

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Jer 30:9 - For my people will serve the LORD their God
and their king descended from David—
the king I will raise up for them.

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Jer 31:1 - “In that day,” says the LORD, “I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they will be my people.

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Jer 31:7 - Now this is what the LORD says:
“Sing with joy for Israel.[fn]
Shout for the greatest of nations!
Shout out with praise and joy:
‘Save your people, O LORD,
the remnant of Israel!'

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Jer 31:9 - Tears of joy will stream down their faces,
and I will lead them home with great care.
They will walk beside quiet streams
and on smooth paths where they will not stumble.
For I am Israel's father,
and Ephraim is my oldest child.

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Jer 31:31 - “The day is coming,” says the LORD, “when I will make a new covenant with the people of Israel and Judah.

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Jer 31:33 - “But this is the new covenant I will make with the people of Israel on that day,” says the LORD. “I will put my instructions deep within them, and I will write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.

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Jer 31:38 - “The day is coming,” says the LORD, “when all Jerusalem will be rebuilt for me, from the Tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate.

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Jer 31:40 - And the entire area—including the graveyard and ash dump in the valley, and all the fields out to the Kidron Valley on the east as far as the Horse Gate—will be holy to the LORD. The city will never again be captured or destroyed.”

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Jer 32:1 - The following message came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the tenth year of the reign of Zedekiah,[fn] king of Judah. This was also the eighteenth year of the reign of King Nebuchadnezzar.[fn]

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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 32:13 - Then I said to Baruch as they all listened,

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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 32:34 - They have set up their abominable idols right in my own Temple, defiling it.

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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 32:37 - I will certainly bring my people back again from all the countries where I will scatter them in my fury. I will bring them back to this very city and let them live in peace and safety.

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Jer 33:9 - Then this city will bring me joy, glory, and honor before all the nations of the earth! The people of the world will see all the good I do for my people, and they will tremble with awe at the peace and prosperity I provide for them.

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Jer 33:10 - “This is what the LORD says: You have said, ‘This is a desolate land where people and animals have all disappeared.' Yet in the empty streets of Jerusalem and Judah's other towns, there will be heard once more

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Jer 33:12 - “This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies says: This land—though it is now desolate and has no people and animals—will once more have pastures where shepherds can lead their flocks.

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Jer 34:15 - Recently you repented and did what was right, following my command. You freed your slaves and made a solemn covenant with me in the Temple that bears my name.

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Jer 36:1 - During the fourth year that Jehoiakim son of Josiah was king in Judah,[fn] the LORD gave this message to Jeremiah:

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Jer 36:5 - Then Jeremiah said to Baruch, “I am a prisoner here and unable to go to the Temple.

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Jer 36:9 - He did this on a day of sacred fasting held in late autumn,[fn] during the fifth year of the reign of Jehoiakim son of Josiah. People from all over Judah had come to Jerusalem to attend the services at the Temple on that day.

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Jer 36:16 - When they heard all the messages, they looked at one another in alarm. “We must tell the king what we have heard,” they said to Baruch.

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Jer 36:19 - “You and Jeremiah should both hide,” the officials told Baruch. “Don't tell anyone where you are!”

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Jer 36:20 - Then the officials left the scroll for safekeeping in the room of Elishama the secretary and went to tell the king what had happened.

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Jer 36:25 - Even when Elnathan, Delaiah, and Gemariah begged the king not to burn the scroll, he wouldn't listen.

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Jer 36:26 - Then the king commanded his son Jerahmeel, Seraiah son of Azriel, and Shelemiah son of Abdeel to arrest Baruch and Jeremiah. But the LORD had hidden them.

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Jer 36:30 - Now this is what the LORD says about King Jehoiakim of Judah: He will have no heirs to sit on the throne of David. His dead body will be thrown out to lie unburied—exposed to the heat of the day and the frost of the night.

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Jer 37:10 - Even if you were to destroy the entire Babylonian army, leaving only a handful of wounded survivors, they would still stagger from their tents and burn this city to the ground!”

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Jer 37:18 - Then Jeremiah asked the king, “What crime have I committed? What have I done against you, your attendants, or the people that I should be imprisoned like this?

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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 38:10 - So the king told Ebed-melech, “Take thirty of my men with you, and pull Jeremiah out of the cistern before he dies.”

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Jer 38:15 - Jeremiah said, “If I tell you the truth, you will kill me. And if I give you advice, you won't listen to me anyway.”

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Jer 38:19 - “But I am afraid to surrender,” the king said, “for the Babylonians may hand me over to the Judeans who have defected to them. And who knows what they will do to me!”

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Jer 39:1 - In January[fn] of the ninth year of King Zedekiah's reign, King Nebuchadnezzar[fn] came with his army to besiege Jerusalem.

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Jer 39:2 - Two and a half years later, on July 18[fn] in the eleventh year of Zedekiah's reign, the Babylonians broke through the wall, and the city fell.

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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 40:15 - Later Johanan had a private conference with Gedaliah and volunteered to kill Ishmael secretly. “Why should we let him come and murder you?” Johanan asked. “What will happen then to the Judeans who have returned? Why should the few of us who are still left be scattered and lost?”

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Jer 41:1 - But in midautumn,[fn] Ishmael son of Nethaniah and grandson of Elishama, who was a member of the royal family and had been one of the king's high officials, went to Mizpah with ten men to meet Gedaliah. While they were eating together,

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Jer 41:8 - The other ten had talked Ishmael into letting them go by promising to bring him their stores of wheat, barley, olive oil, and honey that they had hidden away.

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Jer 41:10 - Then Ishmael made captives of the king's daughters and the other people who had been left under Gedaliah's care in Mizpah by Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard. Taking them with him, he started back toward the land of Ammon.

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Jer 42:5 - Then they said to Jeremiah, “May the LORD your God be a faithful witness against us if we refuse to obey whatever he tells us to do!

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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 42:22 - So you can be sure that you will die from war, famine, and disease in Egypt, where you insist on going.”

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Jer 43:2 - Azariah son of Hoshaiah and Johanan son of Kareah and all the other proud men said to Jeremiah, “You lie! The LORD our God hasn't forbidden us to go to Egypt!

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Jer 44:15 - Then all the women present and all the men who knew that their wives had burned incense to idols—a great crowd of all the Judeans living in northern Egypt and southern Egypt[fn]—answered Jeremiah,

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Jer 44:20 - Then Jeremiah said to all of them, men and women alike, who had given him that answer,

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Jer 44:23 - All these terrible things happened to you because you have burned incense to idols and sinned against the LORD. You have refused to obey him and have not followed his instructions, his decrees, and his laws.”

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Jer 44:24 - Then Jeremiah said to them all, including the women, “Listen to this message from the LORD, all you citizens of Judah who live in Egypt.

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Jer 44:26 - “But listen to this message from the LORD, all you Judeans now living in Egypt: ‘I have sworn by my great name,' says the LORD, ‘that my name will no longer be spoken by any of the Judeans in the land of Egypt. None of you may invoke my name or use this oath: “As surely as the Sovereign LORD lives.”

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Jer 45:1 - The prophet Jeremiah gave a message to Baruch son of Neriah in the fourth year of the reign of Jehoiakim son of Josiah,[fn] after Baruch had written down everything Jeremiah had dictated to him. He said,

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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 46:10 - For this is the day of the Lord, the LORD of Heaven's Armies,
a day of vengeance on his enemies.
The sword will devour until it is satisfied,
yes, until it is drunk with your blood!
The Lord, the LORD of Heaven's Armies, will receive a sacrifice today
in the north country beside the Euphrates River.

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Jer 50:4 - “In those coming days,”
says the LORD,
“the people of Israel will return home
together with the people of Judah.
They will come weeping
and seeking the LORD their God.

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Jer 50:7 - All who found them devoured them.
Their enemies said,
‘We did nothing wrong in attacking them,
for they sinned against the LORD,
their true place of rest,
and the hope of their ancestors.'

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Jer 50:19 - And I will bring Israel home again to its own land,
to feed in the fields of Carmel and Bashan,
and to be satisfied once more
in the hill country of Ephraim and Gilead.

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Jer 50:20 - In those days,” says the LORD,
“no sin will be found in Israel or in Judah,
for I will forgive the remnant I preserve.

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Jer 50:24 - Listen, Babylon, for I have set a trap for you.
You are caught, for you have fought against the LORD.

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Jer 50:25 - The LORD has opened his armory
and brought out weapons to vent his fury.
The terror that falls upon the Babylonians
will be the work of the Sovereign LORD of Heaven's Armies.

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Jer 50:32 - O land of arrogance, you will stumble and fall,
and no one will raise you up.
For I will light a fire in the cities of Babylon
that will burn up everything around them.”

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Jer 51:16 - When he speaks in the thunder,
the heavens are filled with water.
He causes the clouds to rise over the earth.
He sends the lightning with the rain
and releases the wind from his storehouses.

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Jer 51:19 - But the God of Israel[fn] is no idol!
He is the Creator of everything that exists,
including his people, his own special possession.
The LORD of Heaven's Armies is his name!

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Jer 51:31 - The news is passed from one runner to the next
as the messengers hurry to tell the king
that his city has been captured.

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Jer 51:59 - The prophet Jeremiah gave this message to Seraiah son of Neriah and grandson of Mahseiah, a staff officer, when Seraiah went to Babylon with King Zedekiah of Judah. This was during the fourth year of Zedekiah's reign.[fn]

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Jer 52:4 - So on January 15,[fn] during the ninth year of Zedekiah's reign, King Nebuchadnezzar[fn] of Babylon led his entire army against Jerusalem. They surrounded the city and built siege ramps against its walls.

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Jer 52:5 - Jerusalem was kept under siege until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah's reign.

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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 52:8 - But the Babylonian troops chased King Zedekiah and caught him on the plains of Jericho, for his men had all deserted him and scattered.

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Jer 52:22 - The bronze capital on top of each pillar was 7½ feet[fn] high and was decorated with a network of bronze pomegranates all the way around.

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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 1:17 - Jerusalem reaches out for help,
but no one comforts her.
Regarding his people Israel,[fn]
the LORD has said,
“Let their neighbors be their enemies!
Let them be thrown away like a filthy rag!”

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Lam 3:30 - Let them turn the other cheek to those who strike them
and accept the insults of their enemies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 1:1

Eze 1:1 - On July 31[fn] of my thirtieth year,[fn] while I was with the Judean exiles beside the Kebar River in Babylon, the heavens were opened and I saw visions of God.

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Eze 1:4 - As I looked, I saw a great storm coming from the north, driving before it a huge cloud that flashed with lightning and shone with brilliant light. There was fire inside the cloud, and in the middle of the fire glowed something like gleaming amber.[fn]

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Eze 3:17 - “Son of man, I have appointed you as a watchman for Israel. Whenever you receive a message from me, warn people immediately.

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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 3:21 - But if you warn righteous people not to sin and they listen to you and do not sin, they will live, and you will have saved yourself, too.”

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Eze 6:8 - “But I will let a few of my people escape destruction, and they will be scattered among the nations of the world.

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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 8:1 - Then on September 17,[fn] during the sixth year of King Jehoiachin's captivity, while the leaders of Judah were in my home, the Sovereign LORD took hold of me.

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Eze 8:12 - Then the LORD said to me, “Son of man, have you seen what the leaders of Israel are doing with their idols in dark rooms? They are saying, ‘The LORD doesn't see us; he has deserted our land!'”

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Eze 8:16 - Then he brought me into the inner courtyard of the LORD's Temple. At the entrance to the sanctuary, between the entry room and the bronze altar, there were about twenty-five men with their backs to the sanctuary of the LORD. They were facing east, bowing low to the ground, worshiping the sun!

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Eze 8:17 - “Have you seen this, son of man?” he asked. “Is it nothing to the people of Judah that they commit these detestable sins, leading the whole nation into violence, thumbing their noses at me, and provoking my anger?

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Eze 9:6 - Kill them all—old and young, girls and women and little children. But do not touch anyone with the mark. Begin right here at the Temple.” So they began by killing the seventy leaders.

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Eze 10:6 - The LORD said to the man in linen clothing, “Go between the cherubim and take some burning coals from between the wheels.” So the man went in and stood beside one of the wheels.

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Eze 12:6 - As they watch, lift your pack to your shoulders and walk away into the night. Cover your face so you cannot see the land you are leaving. For I have made you a sign for the people of Israel.”

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Eze 14:7 - I, the LORD, will answer all those, both Israelites and foreigners, who reject me and set up idols in their hearts and so fall into sin, and who then come to a prophet asking for my advice.

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Eze 14:10 - False prophets and those who seek their guidance will all be punished for their sins.

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Eze 17:7 - But then another great eagle came
with broad wings and full plumage.
So the vine now sent its roots and branches
toward him for water,

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Eze 17:10 - But when the vine is transplanted,
will it thrive?
No, it will wither away
when the east wind blows against it.
It will die in the same good soil
where it had grown so well.”

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Eze 18:3 - As surely as I live, says the Sovereign LORD, you will not quote this proverb anymore in Israel.

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Eze 18:7 - He is a merciful creditor, not keeping the items given as security by poor debtors. He does not rob the poor but instead gives food to the hungry and provides clothes for the needy.

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Eze 18:16 - He does not exploit the poor, but instead is fair to debtors and does not rob them. He gives food to the hungry and provides clothes for the needy.

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Eze 19:7 - He demolished fortresses[fn]
and destroyed their towns and cities.
Their farms were desolated,
and their crops were destroyed.
The land and its people trembled in fear
when they heard him roar.

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Eze 20:1 - On August 14,[fn] during the seventh year of King Jehoiachin's captivity, some of the leaders of Israel came to request a message from the LORD. They sat down in front of me to wait for his reply.

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Eze 20:47 - Tell the southern wilderness, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Hear the word of the LORD! I will set you on fire, and every tree, both green and dry, will be burned. The terrible flames will not be quenched and will scorch everything from south to north.

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Eze 21:12 - “Son of man, cry out and wail;
pound your thighs in anguish,
for that sword will slaughter my people and their leaders—
everyone will die!

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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 24:1 - On January 15,[fn] during the ninth year of King Jehoiachin's captivity, this message came to me from the LORD:

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Eze 25:6 - “This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Because you clapped and danced and cheered with glee at the destruction of my people,

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Eze 27:4 - You extended your boundaries into the sea.
Your builders made your beauty perfect.

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Eze 27:19 - Greeks from Uzal[fn] came to trade for your merchandise. Wrought iron, cassia, and fragrant calamus were bartered for your wares.

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Eze 27:25 - The ships of Tarshish were your ocean caravans. Your island warehouse was filled to the brim!

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Eze 28:2 - “Son of man, give the prince of Tyre this message from the Sovereign LORD:
“In your great pride you claim, ‘I am a god!
I sit on a divine throne in the heart of the sea.'
But you are only a man and not a god,
though you boast that you are a god.

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Eze 28:24 - No longer will Israel's scornful neighbors
prick and tear at her like briers and thorns.
For then they will know
that I am the Sovereign LORD.

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Eze 28:25 - “This is what the Sovereign LORD says: The people of Israel will again live in their own land, the land I gave my servant Jacob. For I will gather them from the distant lands where I have scattered them. I will reveal to the nations of the world my holiness among my people.

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Eze 29:1 - On January 7,[fn] during the tenth year of King Jehoiachin's captivity, this message came to me from the LORD:

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Eze 29:6 - All the people of Egypt will know that I am the LORD,
for to Israel you were just a staff made of reeds.

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Eze 29:16 - “Then Israel will no longer be tempted to trust in Egypt for help. Egypt's shattered condition will remind Israel of how sinful she was to trust Egypt in earlier days. Then Israel will know that I am the Sovereign LORD.”

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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 30:20 - On April 29,[fn] during the eleventh year of King Jehoiachin's captivity, this message came to me from the LORD:

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Eze 31:1 - On June 21,[fn] during the eleventh year of King Jehoiachin's captivity, this message came to me from the LORD:

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Eze 31:3 - You are like mighty Assyria,
which was once like a cedar of Lebanon,
with beautiful branches that cast deep forest shade
and with its top high among the clouds.

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Eze 31:8 - No other cedar in the garden of God
could rival it.
No cypress had branches to equal it;
no plane tree had boughs to compare.
No tree in the garden of God
came close to it in beauty.

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Eze 32:1 - On March 3,[fn] during the twelfth year of King Jehoiachin's captivity, this message came to me from the LORD:

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Eze 32:8 - I will darken the bright stars overhead
and cover your land in darkness.
I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken!

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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 33:7 - “Now, son of man, I am making you a watchman for the people of Israel. Therefore, listen to what I say and warn them for me.

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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 33:10 - “Son of man, give the people of Israel this message: You are saying, ‘Our sins are heavy upon us; we are wasting away! How can we survive?'

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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 33:14 - And suppose I tell some wicked people that they will surely die, but then they turn from their sins and do what is just and right.

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Eze 33:21 - On January 8,[fn] during the twelfth year of our captivity, a survivor from Jerusalem came to me and said, “The city has fallen!”

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Eze 33:30 - “Son of man, your people talk about you in their houses and whisper about you at the doors. They say to each other, ‘Come on, let's go hear the prophet tell us what the LORD is saying!'

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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 35:5 - “Your eternal hatred for the people of Israel led you to butcher them when they were helpless, when I had already punished them for all their sins.

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Eze 36:6 - “Therefore, prophesy to the hills and mountains, the ravines and valleys of Israel. This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I am furious that you have suffered shame before the surrounding nations.

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Eze 36:22 - “Therefore, give the people of Israel this message from the Sovereign LORD: I am bringing you back, but not because you deserve it. I am doing it to protect my holy name, on which you brought shame while you were scattered among the nations.

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Eze 36:37 - “This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I am ready to hear Israel's prayers and to increase their numbers like a flock.

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Eze 37:7 - So I spoke this message, just as he told me. Suddenly as I spoke, there was a rattling noise all across the valley. The bones of each body came together and attached themselves as complete skeletons.

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Eze 37:16 - “Son of man, take a piece of wood and carve on it these words: ‘This represents Judah and its allied tribes.' Then take another piece and carve these words on it: ‘This represents Ephraim and the northern tribes of Israel.'[fn]

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Eze 37:25 - They will live in the land I gave my servant Jacob, the land where their ancestors lived. They and their children and their grandchildren after them will live there forever, generation after generation. And my servant David will be their prince forever.

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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 38:17 - “This is what the Sovereign LORD asks: Are you the one I was talking about long ago, when I announced through Israel's prophets that in the future I would bring you against my people?

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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 40:4 - He said to me, “Son of man, watch and listen. Pay close attention to everything I show you. You have been brought here so I can show you many things. Then you will return to the people of Israel and tell them everything you have seen.”

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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 40:6 - Then he went over to the eastern gateway. He climbed the steps and measured the threshold of the gateway; it was 10½ feet front to back.[fn]

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Eze 40:7 - There were guard alcoves on each side built into the gateway passage. Each of these alcoves was 10½ feet square, with a distance between them of 8¾ feet[fn] along the passage wall. The gateway's inner threshold, which led to the entry room at the inner end of the gateway passage, was 10½ feet front to back.

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Eze 40:8 - He also measured the entry room of the gateway.[fn]

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Eze 41:6 - These side rooms were built in three levels, one above the other, with thirty rooms on each level. The supports for these side rooms rested on exterior ledges on the Temple wall; they did not extend into the wall.

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Eze 41:8 - I saw that the Temple was built on a terrace, which provided a foundation for the side rooms. This terrace was 10½ feet[fn] high.

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Eze 41:10 - and the row of rooms along the outer wall of the inner courtyard. This open area was 35 feet wide, and it went all the way around the Temple.

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Eze 41:17 - The space above the door leading into the inner room, and its walls inside and out, were also paneled.

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Eze 41:23 - Both the sanctuary and the Most Holy Place had double doorways,

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Eze 41:24 - each with two swinging doors.

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Eze 42:16 - He measured the east side with his measuring rod, and it was 875 feet long.[fn]

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Eze 42:17 - Then he measured the north side, and it was also 875 feet.

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Eze 42:18 - The south side was also 875 feet,

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Eze 42:19 - and the west side was also 875 feet.

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Eze 43:10 - “Son of man, describe to the people of Israel the Temple I have shown you, so they will be ashamed of all their sins. Let them study its plan,

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Eze 43:21 - Then take the young bull for the sin offering and burn it at the appointed place outside the Temple area.

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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 43:24 - You are to present them to the LORD, and the priests are to sprinkle salt on them and offer them as a burnt offering to the LORD.

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Eze 44:11 - They may still be Temple guards and gatekeepers, and they may slaughter the animals brought for burnt offerings and be present to help the people.

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Eze 44:12 - But they encouraged my people to worship idols, causing Israel to fall into deep sin. So I have taken a solemn oath that they must bear the consequences for their sins, says the Sovereign LORD.

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Eze 44:29 - Their food will come from the gifts and sacrifices brought to the Temple by the people—the grain offerings, the sin offerings, and the guilt offerings. Whatever anyone sets apart[fn] for the LORD will belong to the priests.

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Eze 44:30 - The first of the ripe fruits and all the gifts brought to the LORD will go to the priests. The first samples of each grain harvest and the first of your flour must also be given to the priests so the LORD will bless your homes.

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Eze 45:1 - “When you divide the land among the tribes of Israel, you must set aside a section for the LORD as his holy portion. This piece of land will be 8⅓ miles long and 6⅔ miles wide.[fn] The entire area will be holy.

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Eze 45:4 - This area will be holy, set aside for the priests who minister to the LORD in the sanctuary. They will use it for their homes, and my Temple will be located within it.

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Eze 45:5 - The strip of sacred land next to it, also 8⅓ miles long and 3⅓ miles wide, will be a living area for the Levites who work at the Temple. It will be their possession and a place for their towns.[fn]

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Eze 45:7 - “Two special sections of land will be set apart for the prince. One section will share a border with the east side of the sacred lands and city, and the second section will share a border on the west side. Then the far eastern and western borders of the prince's lands will line up with the eastern and western boundaries of the tribal areas.

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Eze 45:8 - These sections of land will be the prince's allotment. Then my princes will no longer oppress and rob my people; they will assign the rest of the land to the people, giving an allotment to each tribe.

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Eze 45:16 - All the people of Israel must join in bringing these offerings to the prince.

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Eze 45:18 - “This is what the Sovereign LORD says: In early spring, on the first day of each new year,[fn] sacrifice a young bull with no defects to purify the Temple.

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Eze 45:20 - Do this also on the seventh day of the new year for anyone who has sinned through error or ignorance. In this way, you will purify[fn] the Temple.

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Eze 45:21 - “On the fourteenth day of the first month,[fn] you must celebrate the Passover. This festival will last for seven days. The bread you eat during that time must be made without yeast.

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Eze 45:23 - On each of the seven days of the feast he will prepare a burnt offering to the LORD, consisting of seven young bulls and seven rams without defects. A male goat will also be given each day for a sin offering.

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Eze 45:24 - The prince will provide a basket of flour as a grain offering and a gallon of olive oil[fn] with each young bull and ram.

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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 46:4 - “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 46:5 - He will present a grain offering of a basket of choice flour to go with the ram and whatever amount of flour he chooses to go with each lamb, and he is to offer one gallon of olive oil[fn] for each basket of flour.

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Eze 46:7 - With the young bull he must bring a basket of choice flour for a grain offering. With the ram he must bring another basket of flour. And with each lamb he is to bring whatever amount of flour he chooses to give. With each basket of flour he must offer one gallon of olive oil.

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Eze 46:11 - “So at the special feasts and sacred festivals, the grain offering will be a basket of choice flour with each young bull, another basket of flour with each ram, and as much flour as the prince chooses to give with each lamb. Give one gallon of olive oil with each basket of flour.

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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 46:13 - “Each morning you must sacrifice a one-year-old lamb with no defects as a burnt offering to the LORD.

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Eze 46:14 - With the lamb, a grain offering must also be given to the LORD—about three quarts of flour with a third of a gallon of olive oil[fn] to moisten the choice flour. This will be a permanent law for you.

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Eze 46:17 - But if the prince gives a gift of land from his inheritance to one of his servants, the servant may keep it only until the Year of Jubilee, which comes every fiftieth year.[fn] At that time the land will return to the prince. But when the prince gives gifts to his sons, those gifts will be permanent.

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Eze 46:24 - The man said to me, “These are the kitchens to be used by the Temple assistants to boil the sacrifices offered by the people.”

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Eze 48:9 - “The area set aside for the LORD's Temple will be 8⅓ miles long and 6⅔ miles wide.[fn]

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Eze 48:14 - None of this special land may ever be sold or traded or used by others, for it belongs to the LORD; it is set apart as holy.

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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 48:21 - “The areas that remain, to the east and to the west of the sacred lands and the city, will belong to the prince. Each of these areas will be 8⅓ miles wide, extending in opposite directions to the eastern and western borders of Israel, with the sacred lands and the sanctuary of the Temple in the center.

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Dan 1:3 - Then the king ordered Ashpenaz, his chief of staff, to bring to the palace some of the young men of Judah's royal family and other noble families, who had been brought to Babylon as captives.

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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 1:7 - The chief of staff renamed them with these Babylonian names:
Daniel was called Belteshazzar.
Hananiah was called Shadrach.
Mishael was called Meshach.
Azariah was called Abednego.

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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 1:10 - But he responded, “I am afraid of my lord the king, who has ordered that you eat this food and wine. If you become pale and thin compared to the other youths your age, I am afraid the king will have me beheaded.”

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Dan 2:2 - He called in his magicians, enchanters, sorcerers, and astrologers,[fn] and he demanded that they tell him what he had dreamed. As they stood before the king,

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Dan 2:4 - Then the astrologers answered the king in Aramaic,[fn] “Long live the king! Tell us the dream, and we will tell you what it means.”

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Dan 2:14 - When Arioch, the commander of the king's guard, came to kill them, Daniel handled the situation with wisdom and discretion.

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Dan 2:15 - He asked Arioch, “Why has the king issued such a harsh decree?” So Arioch told him all that had happened.

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Dan 2:16 - Daniel went at once to see the king and requested more time to tell the king what the dream meant.

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Dan 2:17 - Then Daniel went home and told his friends Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah what had happened.

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Dan 2:19 - That night the secret was revealed to Daniel in a vision. Then Daniel praised the God of heaven.

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Dan 2:24 - Then Daniel went in to see Arioch, whom the king had ordered to execute the wise men of Babylon. Daniel said to him, “Don't kill the wise men. Take me to the king, and I will tell him the meaning of his dream.”

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Dan 2:25 - Arioch quickly took Daniel to the king and said, “I have found one of the captives from Judah who will tell the king the meaning of his dream!”

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Dan 2:26 - The king said to Daniel (also known as Belteshazzar), “Is this true? Can you tell me what my dream was and what it means?”

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Dan 2:27 - Daniel replied, “There are no wise men, enchanters, magicians, or fortune-tellers who can reveal the king's secret.

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Dan 2:28 - But there is a God in heaven who reveals secrets, and he has shown King Nebuchadnezzar what will happen in the future. Now I will tell you your dream and the visions you saw as you lay on your bed.

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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 2:41 - The feet and toes you saw were a combination of iron and baked clay, showing that this kingdom will be divided. Like iron mixed with clay, it will have some of the strength of iron.

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Dan 2:45 - That is the meaning of the rock cut from the mountain, though not by human hands, that crushed to pieces the statue of iron, bronze, clay, silver, and gold. The great God was showing the king what will happen in the future. The dream is true, and its meaning is certain.”

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Dan 2:46 - Then King Nebuchadnezzar threw himself down before Daniel and worshiped him, and he commanded his people to offer sacrifices and burn sweet incense before him.

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Dan 2:47 - The king said to Daniel, “Truly, your God is the greatest of gods, the Lord over kings, a revealer of mysteries, for you have been able to reveal this secret.”

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Dan 3:9 - They said to King Nebuchadnezzar, “Long live the king!

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Dan 3:16 - Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego replied, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we do not need to defend ourselves before you.

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Dan 3:24 - But suddenly, Nebuchadnezzar jumped up in amazement and exclaimed to his advisers, “Didn't we tie up three men and throw them into the furnace?”
“Yes, Your Majesty, we certainly did,” they replied.

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Dan 3:28 - Then Nebuchadnezzar said, “Praise to the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego! He sent his angel to rescue his servants who trusted in him. They defied the king's command and were willing to die rather than serve or worship any god except their own God.

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Dan 4:4 - [fn]“I, Nebuchadnezzar, was living in my palace in comfort and prosperity.

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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 4:29 - Twelve months later he was taking a walk on the flat roof of the royal palace in Babylon.

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Dan 4:34 - “After this time had passed, I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up to heaven. My sanity returned, and I praised and worshiped the Most High and honored the one who lives forever. His rule is everlasting, and his kingdom is eternal.

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Dan 4:36 - “When my sanity returned to me, so did my honor and glory and kingdom. My advisers and nobles sought me out, and I was restored as head of my kingdom, with even greater honor than before.

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Dan 5:8 - But when all the king's wise men had come in, none of them could read the writing or tell him what it meant.

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Dan 5:13 - So Daniel was brought in before the king. The king asked him, “Are you Daniel, one of the exiles brought from Judah by my predecessor, King Nebuchadnezzar?

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Dan 5:17 - Daniel answered the king, “Keep your gifts or give them to someone else, but I will tell you what the writing means.

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Dan 5:18 - Your Majesty, the Most High God gave sovereignty, majesty, glory, and honor to your predecessor, Nebuchadnezzar.

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Dan 6:6 - So the administrators and high officers went to the king and said, “Long live King Darius!

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Dan 6:12 - So they went straight to the king and reminded him about his law. “Did you not sign a law that for the next thirty days any person who prays to anyone, divine or human—except to you, Your Majesty—will be thrown into the den of lions?”
“Yes,” the king replied, “that decision stands; it is an official law of the Medes and Persians that cannot be revoked.”

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Dan 6:15 - In the evening the men went together to the king and said, “Your Majesty, you know that according to the law of the Medes and the Persians, no law that the king signs can be changed.”

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Dan 6:16 - So at last the king gave orders for Daniel to be arrested and thrown into the den of lions. The king said to him, “May your God, whom you serve so faithfully, rescue you.”

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Dan 6:17 - A stone was brought and placed over the mouth of the den. The king sealed the stone with his own royal seal and the seals of his nobles, so that no one could rescue Daniel.

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Dan 6:18 - Then the king returned to his palace and spent the night fasting. He refused his usual entertainment and couldn't sleep at all that night.

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Dan 6:20 - When he got there, he called out in anguish, “Daniel, servant of the living God! Was your God, whom you serve so faithfully, able to rescue you from the lions?”

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Dan 6:21 - Daniel answered, “Long live the king!

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Dan 6:23 - The king was overjoyed and ordered that Daniel be lifted from the den. Not a scratch was found on him, for he had trusted in his God.

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Dan 8:5 - While I was watching, suddenly a male goat appeared from the west, crossing the land so swiftly that he didn't even touch the ground. This goat, which had one very large horn between its eyes,

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Dan 8:7 - The goat charged furiously at the ram and struck him, breaking off both his horns. Now the ram was helpless, and the goat knocked him down and trampled him. No one could rescue the ram from the goat's power.

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Dan 8:13 - Then I heard two holy ones talking to each other. One of them asked, “How long will the events of this vision last? How long will the rebellion that causes desecration stop the daily sacrifices? How long will the Temple and heaven's army be trampled on?”

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Dan 9:9 - But the Lord our God is merciful and forgiving, even though we have rebelled against him.

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Dan 9:13 - Every curse written against us in the Law of Moses has come true. Yet we have refused to seek mercy from the LORD our God by turning from our sins and recognizing his truth.

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Dan 9:26 - “After this period of sixty-two sets of seven,[fn] the Anointed One will be killed, appearing to have accomplished nothing, and a ruler will arise whose armies will destroy the city and the Temple. The end will come with a flood, and war and its miseries are decreed from that time to the very end.

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Dan 9:27 - The ruler will make a treaty with the people for a period of one set of seven,[fn] but after half this time, he will put an end to the sacrifices and offerings. And as a climax to all his terrible deeds,[fn] he will set up a sacrilegious object that causes desecration,[fn] until the fate decreed for this defiler is finally poured out on him.”

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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 10:14 - Now I am here to explain what will happen to your people in the future, for this vision concerns a time yet to come.”

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Dan 11:29 - “Then at the appointed time he will once again invade the south, but this time the result will be different.

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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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Dan 12:6 - One of them asked the man dressed in linen, who was now standing above the river, “How long will it be until these shocking events are over?”

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Dan 12:7 - The man dressed in linen, who was standing above the river, raised both his hands toward heaven and took a solemn oath by the One who lives forever, saying, “It will go on for a time, times, and half a time. When the shattering of the holy people has finally come to an end, all these things will have happened.”

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Hos 1:10 - [fn]“Yet the time will come when Israel's people will be like the sands of the seashore—too many to count! Then, at the place where they were told, ‘You are not my people,' it will be said, ‘You are children of the living God.'

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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 2:21 - “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 2:22 - Then the earth will answer the thirsty cries
of the grain, the grapevines, and the olive trees.
And they in turn will answer,
‘Jezreel'—‘God plants!'

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Hos 2:23 - At that time I will plant a crop of Israelites
and raise them for myself.
I will show love
to those I called ‘Not loved.'[fn]
And to those I called ‘Not my people,'[fn]
I will say, ‘Now you are my people.'
And they will reply, ‘You are our God!'”

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Hos 3:5 - But afterward the people will return and devote themselves to the LORD their God and to David's descendant, their king.[fn] In the last days, they will tremble in awe of the LORD and of his goodness.

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Hos 4:1 - Hear the word of the LORD, O people of Israel!
The LORD has brought charges against you, saying:
“There is no faithfulness, no kindness,
no knowledge of God in your land.

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Hos 5:8 - “Sound the alarm in Gibeah!
Blow the trumpet in Ramah!
Raise the battle cry in Beth-aven[fn]!
Lead on into battle, O warriors of Benjamin!

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Hos 5:12 - I will destroy Israel as a moth consumes wool.
I will make Judah as weak as rotten wood.

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Hos 5:14 - I will be like a lion to Israel,
like a strong young lion to Judah.
I will tear them to pieces!
I will carry them off,
and no one will be left to rescue them.

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Hos 6:10 - Yes, I have seen something horrible in Ephraim and Israel:
My people are defiled by prostituting themselves with other gods!

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Hos 8:6 - This calf you worship, O Israel,
was crafted by your own hands!
It is not God!
Therefore, it must be smashed to bits.

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Hos 9:4 - There you will make no offerings of wine to the LORD.
None of your sacrifices there will please him.
They will be unclean, like food touched by a person in mourning.
All who present such sacrifices will be defiled.
They may eat this food themselves,
but they may not offer it to the LORD.

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Hos 10:5 - The people of Samaria tremble in fear
for what might happen to their calf idol at Beth-aven.[fn]
The people mourn and the priests wail,
because its glory will be stripped away.[fn]

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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 10:9 - The LORD says, “O Israel, ever since Gibeah,
there has been only sin and more sin!
You have made no progress whatsoever.
Was it not right that the wicked men of Gibeah were attacked?

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Hos 10:14 - Now the terrors of war
will rise among your people.
All your fortifications will fall,
just as when Shalman destroyed Beth-arbel.
Even mothers and children
were dashed to death there.

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Hos 11:8 - “Oh, how can I give you up, Israel?
How can I let you go?
How can I destroy you like Admah
or demolish you like Zeboiim?
My heart is torn within me,
and my compassion overflows.

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Hos 12:2 - Now the LORD is bringing charges against Judah.
He is about to punish Jacob[fn] for all his deceitful ways,
and pay him back for all he has done.

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Hos 12:4 - Yes, he wrestled with the angel and won.
He wept and pleaded for a blessing from him.
There at Bethel he met God face to face,
and God spoke to him[fn]—

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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 13:11 - In my anger I gave you kings,
and in my fury I took them away.

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Hos 14:5 - I will be to Israel
like a refreshing dew from heaven.
Israel will blossom like the lily;
it will send roots deep into the soil
like the cedars in Lebanon.

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Hos 14:8 - “O Israel,[fn] stay away from idols!
I am the one who answers your prayers and cares for you.
I am like a tree that is always green;
all your fruit comes from me.”

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Joe 2:14 - Who knows? Perhaps he will give you a reprieve,
sending you a blessing instead of this curse.
Perhaps you will be able to offer grain and wine
to the LORD your God as before.

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Joe 2:19 - The LORD will reply,
“Look! I am sending you grain and new wine and olive oil,
enough to satisfy your needs.
You will no longer be an object of mockery
among the surrounding nations.

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Joe 2:23 - Rejoice, you people of Jerusalem!
Rejoice in the LORD your God!
For the rain he sends demonstrates his faithfulness.
Once more the autumn rains will come,
as well as the rains of spring.

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Joe 2:30 - And I will cause wonders in the heavens and on the earth—
blood and fire and columns of smoke.

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Joe 3:1 - [fn]“At the time of those events,” says the LORD,
“when I restore the prosperity of Judah and Jerusalem,

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Amo 2:8 - At their religious festivals,
they lounge in clothing their debtors put up as security.
In the house of their gods,[fn]
they drink wine bought with unjust fines.

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Amo 3:13 - “Now listen to this, and announce it throughout all Israel,[fn]” says the Lord, the LORD God of Heaven's Armies.

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Amo 5:3 - The Sovereign LORD says:
“When a city sends a thousand men to battle,
only a hundred will return.
When a town sends a hundred,
only ten will come back alive.”

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Amo 5:6 - Come back to the LORD and live!
Otherwise, he will roar through Israel[fn] like a fire,
devouring you completely.
Your gods in Bethel
won't be able to quench the flames.

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Amo 5:13 - So those who are smart keep their mouths shut,
for it is an evil time.

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Amo 9:3 - Even if they hide at the very top of Mount Carmel,
I will search them out and capture them.
Even if they hide at the bottom of the ocean,
I will send the sea serpent after them to bite them.

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Amo 9:9 - “For I will give the command
and will shake Israel along with the other nations
as grain is shaken in a sieve,
yet not one true kernel will be lost.

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Amo 9:13 - “The time will come,” says the LORD,
“when the grain and grapes will grow faster
than they can be harvested.
Then the terraced vineyards on the hills of Israel
will drip with sweet wine!

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Oba 1:18 - The people of Israel will be a raging fire,
and Edom a field of dry stubble.
The descendants of Joseph will be a flame
roaring across the field, devouring everything.
There will be no survivors in Edom.
I, the LORD, have spoken!

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Oba 1:21 - Those who have been rescued[fn] will go up to[fn] Mount Zion in Jerusalem
to rule over the mountains of Edom.
And the LORD himself will be king!”

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Jon 1:16 - The sailors were awestruck by the LORD's great power, and they offered him a sacrifice and vowed to serve him.

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Jon 2:9 - But I will offer sacrifices to you with songs of praise,
and I will fulfill all my vows.
For my salvation comes from the LORD alone.”

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Jon 3:3 - This time Jonah obeyed the LORD's command and went to Nineveh, a city so large that it took three days to see it all.[fn]

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Jon 3:5 - The people of Nineveh believed God's message, and from the greatest to the least, they declared a fast and put on burlap to show their sorrow.

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Mic 3:4 - Then you beg the LORD for help in times of trouble!
Do you really expect him to answer?
After all the evil you have done,
he won't even look at you!”

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Mic 3:8 - But as for me, I am filled with power—
with the Spirit of the LORD.
I am filled with justice and strength
to boldly declare Israel's sin and rebellion.

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Mic 4:13 - “Rise up and crush the nations, O Jerusalem!”[fn]
says the LORD.
“For I will give you iron horns and bronze hooves,
so you can trample many nations to pieces.
You will present their stolen riches to the LORD,
their wealth to the LORD of all the earth.”

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Mic 5:2 - [fn]But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah,
are only a small village among all the people of Judah.
Yet a ruler of Israel will come from you,
one whose origins are from the distant past.

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Mic 5:8 - The remnant left in Israel
will take their place among the nations.
They will be like a lion among the animals of the forest,
like a strong young lion among flocks of sheep and goats,
pouncing and tearing as they go
with no rescuer in sight.

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Mic 6:2 - And now, O mountains,
listen to the LORD's complaint!
He has a case against his people.
He will bring charges against Israel.

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Mic 7:6 - For the son despises his father.
The daughter defies her mother.
The daughter-in-law defies her mother-in-law.
Your enemies are right in your own household!

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Mic 7:7 - As for me, I look to the LORD for help.
I wait confidently for God to save me,
and my God will certainly hear me.

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Mic 7:17 - Like snakes crawling from their holes,
they will come out to meet the LORD our God.
They will fear him greatly,
trembling in terror at his presence.

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Mic 7:20 - You will show us your faithfulness and unfailing love
as you promised to our ancestors Abraham and Jacob long ago.

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Hab 1:11 - They sweep past like the wind
and are gone.
But they are deeply guilty,
for their own strength is their god.”

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Hab 2:9 - “What sorrow awaits you who build big houses
with money gained dishonestly!
You believe your wealth will buy security,
putting your family's nest beyond the reach of danger.

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Hab 2:10 - But by the murders you committed,
you have shamed your name and forfeited your lives.

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Hab 2:19 - What sorrow awaits you who say to wooden idols,
‘Wake up and save us!'
To speechless stone images you say,
‘Rise up and teach us!'
Can an idol tell you what to do?
They may be overlaid with gold and silver,
but they are lifeless inside.

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Hab 3:18 - yet I will rejoice in the LORD!
I will be joyful in the God of my salvation!

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Zep 1:17 - “Because you have sinned against the LORD,
I will make you grope around like the blind.
Your blood will be poured into the dust,
and your bodies will lie rotting on the ground.”

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Zep 3:2 - No one can tell it anything;
it refuses all correction.
It does not trust in the LORD
or draw near to its God.

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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 3:19 - 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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Zep 3:20 - On that day I will gather you together
and bring you home again.
I will give you a good name, a name of distinction,
among all the nations of the earth,
as I restore your fortunes before their very eyes.
I, the LORD, have spoken!”

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Hag 1:1 - On August 29[fn] of the second year of King Darius's reign, the LORD gave a message through the prophet Haggai to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Jeshua[fn] son of Jehozadak, the high priest.

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Hag 1:13 - Then Haggai, the LORD's messenger, gave the people this message from the LORD: “I am with you, says the LORD!”

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Hag 1:14 - So the LORD sparked the enthusiasm of Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the enthusiasm of Jeshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and the enthusiasm of the whole remnant of God's people. They began to work on the house of their God, the LORD of Heaven's Armies,

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Hag 2:1 - Then on October 17 of that same year,[fn] the LORD sent another message through the prophet Haggai.

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Hag 2:9 - The future glory of this Temple will be greater than its past glory, says the LORD of Heaven's Armies. And in this place I will bring peace. I, the LORD of Heaven's Armies, have spoken!”

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Hag 2:15 - Look at what was happening to you before you began to lay the foundation of the LORD's Temple.

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Zec 1:1 - In November[fn] of the second year of King Darius's reign, the LORD gave this message to the prophet Zechariah son of Berekiah and grandson of Iddo:

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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 1:11 - Then the other riders reported to the angel of the LORD, who was standing among the myrtle trees, “We have been patrolling the earth, and the whole earth is at peace.”

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Zec 1:13 - And the LORD spoke kind and comforting words to the angel who talked with me.

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Zec 4:14 - Then he said to me, “They represent the two heavenly beings who stand in the court of the Lord of all the earth.”

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Zec 6:5 - The angel replied, “These are the four spirits[fn] of heaven who stand before the Lord of all the earth. They are going out to do his work.

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Zec 6:15 - People will come from distant lands to rebuild the Temple of the LORD. And when this happens, you will know that my messages have been from the LORD of Heaven's Armies. All this will happen if you carefully obey what the LORD your God says.

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Zec 7:3 - They were to ask this question of the prophets and the priests at the Temple of the LORD of Heaven's Armies: “Should we continue to mourn and fast each summer on the anniversary of the Temple's destruction,[fn] as we have done for so many years?”

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Zec 8:10 - Before the work on the Temple began, there were no jobs and no money to hire people or animals. No traveler was safe from the enemy, for there were enemies on all sides. I had turned everyone against each other.

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Zec 8:19 - “This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies says: The traditional fasts and times of mourning you have kept in early summer, midsummer, autumn, and winter[fn] are now ended. They will become festivals of joy and celebration for the people of Judah. So love truth and peace.

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Zec 9:7 - I will grab the bloody meat from their mouths
and snatch the detestable sacrifices from their teeth.
Then the surviving Philistines will worship our God
and become like a clan in Judah.[fn]
The Philistines of Ekron will join my people,
as the ancient Jebusites once did.

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Zec 9:8 - I will guard my Temple
and protect it from invading armies.
I am watching closely to ensure
that no more foreign oppressors overrun my people's land.

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Zec 10:7 - The people of Israel[fn] will become like mighty warriors,
and their hearts will be made happy as if by wine.
Their children, too, will see it and be glad;
their hearts will rejoice in the LORD.

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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 13:6 - And if someone asks, ‘Then what about those wounds on your chest?[fn]' he will say, ‘I was wounded at my friends' house!'

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Zec 14:7 - yet there will be continuous day! Only the LORD knows how this could happen. There will be no normal day and night, for at evening time it will still be light.

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Zec 14:16 - In the end, the enemies of Jerusalem who survive the plague will go up to Jerusalem each year to worship the King, the LORD of Heaven's Armies, and to celebrate the Festival of Shelters.

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Zec 14:17 - Any nation in the world that refuses to come to Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of Heaven's Armies, will have no rain.

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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 1:8 - When you give blind animals as sacrifices, isn't that wrong? And isn't it wrong to offer animals that are crippled and diseased? Try giving gifts like that to your governor, and see how pleased he is!” says the LORD of Heaven's Armies.

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Mal 1:14 - “Cursed is the cheat who promises to give a fine ram from his flock but then sacrifices a defective one to the Lord. For I am a great king,” says the LORD of Heaven's Armies, “and my name is feared among the nations!

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Mal 2:11 - Judah has been unfaithful, and a detestable thing has been done in Israel and in Jerusalem. The men of Judah have defiled the LORD's beloved sanctuary by marrying women who worship idols.

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Mal 2:12 - May the LORD cut off from the nation of Israel[fn] every last man who has done this and yet brings an offering to the LORD of Heaven's Armies.

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Mal 3:3 - He will sit like a refiner of silver, burning away the dross. He will purify the Levites, refining them like gold and silver, so that they may once again offer acceptable sacrifices to the LORD.

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Mal 3:4 - Then once more the LORD will accept the offerings brought to him by the people of Judah and Jerusalem, as he did in the past.

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Mal 3:10 - Bring all the tithes into the storehouse so there will be enough food in my Temple. If you do,” says the LORD of Heaven's Armies, “I will open the windows of heaven for you. I will pour out a blessing so great you won't have enough room to take it in! Try it! Put me to the test!

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Mal 3:11 - Your crops will be abundant, for I will guard them from insects and disease.[fn] Your grapes will not fall from the vine before they are ripe,” says the LORD of Heaven's Armies.

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Occurrences: 1379 times in 1193 verses

Speech: Definite article

Parsing: Dative Singular Neuter

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Gen 1:14 - Then God said, “Let lights appear in the sky to separate the day from the night. Let them be signs to mark the seasons, days, and years.

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Gen 1:15 - Let these lights in the sky shine down on the earth.” And that is what happened.

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Gen 1:17 - God set these lights in the sky to light the earth,

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Gen 1:30 - And I have given every green plant as food for all the wild animals, the birds in the sky, and the small animals that scurry along the ground—everything that has life.” And that is what happened.

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Gen 4:5 - but he did not accept Cain and his gift. This made Cain very angry, and he looked dejected.

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Gen 4:8 - One day Cain suggested to his brother, “Let's go out into the fields.”[fn] And while they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother, Abel, and killed him.

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Gen 4:17 - Cain had sexual relations with his wife, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Enoch. Then Cain founded a city, which he named Enoch, after his son.

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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 8:11 - This time the dove returned to him in the evening with a fresh olive leaf in its beak. Then Noah knew that the floodwaters were almost gone.

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Gen 9:9 - “I hereby confirm my covenant with you and your descendants,

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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 11:2 - As the people migrated to the east, they found a plain in the land of Babylonia[fn] and settled there.

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Gen 12:7 - Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your descendants.[fn]” And Abram built an altar there and dedicated it to the LORD, who had appeared to him.

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Gen 13:15 - I am giving all this land, as far as you can see, to you and your descendants[fn] as a permanent possession.

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Gen 14:4 - For twelve years they had been subject to King Kedorlaomer, but in the thirteenth year they rebelled against him.

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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 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 17:8 - And I will give the entire land of Canaan, where you now live as a foreigner, to you and your descendants. It will be their possession forever, and I will be their God.”

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Gen 19:1 - That evening the two angels came to the entrance of the city of Sodom. Lot was sitting there, and when he saw them, he stood up to meet them. Then he welcomed them and bowed with his face to the ground.

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Gen 19:16 - When Lot still hesitated, the angels seized his hand and the hands of his wife and two daughters and rushed them to safety outside the city, for the LORD was merciful.

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Gen 19:21 - “All right,” the angel said, “I will grant your request. I will not destroy the little village.

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Gen 19:29 - But God had listened to Abraham's request and kept Lot safe, removing him from the disaster that engulfed the cities on the plain.

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Gen 19:30 - Afterward Lot left Zoar because he was afraid of the people there, and he went to live in a cave in the mountains with his two daughters.

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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 19:35 - 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 21:7 - Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse a baby? Yet I have given Abraham a son in his old age!”

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Gen 21:32 - After making their covenant at Beersheba, Abimelech left with Phicol, the commander of his army, and they returned home to the land of the Philistines.

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Gen 21:33 - Then Abraham planted a tamarisk tree at Beersheba, and there he worshiped the LORD, the Eternal God.[fn]

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Gen 22:14 - Abraham named the place Yahweh-Yireh (which means “the LORD will provide”). To this day, people still use that name as a proverb: “On the mountain of the LORD it will be provided.”

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Gen 22:18 - And through your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed—all because you have obeyed me.”

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Gen 22:19 - Then they returned to the servants and traveled back to Beersheba, where Abraham continued to live.

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Gen 23:2 - she died at Kiriath-arba (now called Hebron) in the land of Canaan. There Abraham mourned and wept for her.

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Gen 23:17 - So Abraham bought the plot of land belonging to Ephron at Machpelah, near Mamre. This included the field itself, the cave that was in it, and all the surrounding trees.

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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 24:52 - When Abraham's servant heard their answer, he bowed down to the ground and worshiped the LORD.

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Gen 24:65 - “Who is that man walking through the fields to meet us?” she asked the servant.
And he replied, “It is my master.” So Rebekah covered her face with her veil.

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Gen 26:4 - I will cause your descendants to become as numerous as the stars of the sky, and I will give them all these lands. And through your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed.

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Gen 28:4 - May God pass on to you and your descendants[fn] the blessings he promised to Abraham. May you own this land where you are now living as a foreigner, for God gave this land to Abraham.”

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Gen 28:6 - Esau knew that his father, Isaac, had blessed Jacob and sent him to Paddan-aram to find a wife, and that he had warned Jacob, “You must not marry a Canaanite woman.”

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Gen 28:13 - At the top of the stairway stood the LORD, and he said, “I am the LORD, the God of your grandfather Abraham, and the God of your father, Isaac. The ground you are lying on belongs to you. I am giving it to you and your descendants.

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Gen 28:14 - Your descendants will be as numerous as the dust of the earth! They will spread out in all directions—to the west and the east, to the north and the south. And all the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your descendants.

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Gen 29:2 - He saw a well in the distance. Three flocks of sheep and goats lay in an open field beside it, waiting to be watered. But a heavy stone covered the mouth of the well.

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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 31:23 - So he gathered a group of his relatives and set out in hot pursuit. He caught up with Jacob seven days later in the hill country of Gilead.

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Gen 31:25 - Laban caught up with Jacob as he was camped in the hill country of Gilead, and he set up his camp not far from Jacob's.

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Gen 31:40 - “I worked for you through the scorching heat of the day and through cold and sleepless nights.

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Gen 31:54 - Then Jacob offered a sacrifice to God there on the mountain and invited everyone to a covenant feast. After they had eaten, they spent the night on the mountain.

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Gen 32:19 - Jacob gave the same instructions to the second and third herdsmen and to all who followed behind the herds: “You must say the same thing to Esau when you meet him.

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Gen 32:25 - When the man saw that he would not win the match, he touched Jacob's hip and wrenched it out of its socket.

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Gen 34:5 - Soon Jacob heard that Shechem had defiled his daughter, Dinah. But since his sons were out in the fields herding his livestock, he said nothing until they returned.

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Gen 34:15 - But here is a solution. If every man among you will be circumcised like we are,

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Gen 34:22 - But they will consider staying here and becoming one people with us only if all of our men are circumcised, just as they are.

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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 35:1 - Then God said to Jacob, “Get ready and move to Bethel and settle there. Build an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother, Esau.”

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Gen 35:7 - Jacob built an altar there and named the place El-bethel (which means “God of Bethel”), because God had appeared to him there when he was fleeing from his brother, Esau.

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Gen 35:12 - And I will give you the land I once gave to Abraham and Isaac. Yes, I will give it to you and your descendants after you.”

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Gen 35:18 - Rachel was about to die, but with her last breath she named the baby Ben-oni (which means “son of my sorrow”). The baby's father, however, called him Benjamin (which means “son of my right hand”).

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Gen 36:8 - So Esau (also known as Edom) settled in the hill country of Seir.

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Gen 36:9 - This is the account of Esau's descendants, the Edomites, who lived in the hill country of Seir.

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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 37:7 - “We were out in the field, tying up bundles of grain. Suddenly my bundle stood up, and your bundles all gathered around and bowed low before mine!”

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Gen 37:15 - When he arrived there, a man from the area noticed him wandering around the countryside. “What are you looking for?” he asked.

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Gen 37:31 - Then the brothers killed a young goat and dipped Joseph's robe in its blood.

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Gen 38:28 - While she was in labor, one of the babies reached out his hand. The midwife grabbed it and tied a scarlet string around the child's wrist, announcing, “This one came out first.”

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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 39:15 - When he heard me scream, he ran outside and got away, but he left his cloak behind with me.”

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Gen 39:20 - So he took Joseph and threw him into the prison where the king's prisoners were held, and there he remained.

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Gen 39:22 - Before long, the warden put Joseph in charge of all the other prisoners and over everything that happened in the prison.

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Gen 40:5 - While they were in prison, Pharaoh's cup-bearer and baker each had a dream one night, and each dream had its own meaning.

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Gen 40:17 - The top basket contained all kinds of pastries for Pharaoh, but the birds came and ate them from the basket on my head.”

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Gen 41:2 - In his dream he saw seven fat, healthy cows come up out of the river and begin grazing in the marsh grass.

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Gen 41:3 - Then he saw seven more cows come up behind them from the Nile, but these were scrawny and thin. These cows stood beside the fat cows on the riverbank.

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Gen 41:4 - Then the scrawny, thin cows ate the seven healthy, fat cows! At this point in the dream, Pharaoh woke up.

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Gen 41:18 - and I saw seven fat, healthy cows come up out of the river and begin grazing in the marsh grass.

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Gen 41:19 - But then I saw seven sick-looking cows, scrawny and thin, come up after them. I've never seen such sorry-looking animals in all the land of Egypt.

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Gen 41:40 - You will be in charge of my court, and all my people will take orders from you. Only I, sitting on my throne, will have a rank higher than yours.”

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Gen 42:35 - As they emptied out their sacks, there in each man's sack was the bag of money he had paid for the grain! The brothers and their father were terrified when they saw the bags of money.

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Gen 44:31 - If he sees that the boy is not with us, our father will die. We, your servants, will indeed be responsible for sending that grieving, white-haired man to his grave.

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Gen 47:18 - But that year ended, and the next year they came again and said, “We cannot hide the truth from you, my lord. Our money is gone, and all our livestock and cattle are yours. We have nothing left to give but our bodies and our land.

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Gen 48:4 - He said to me, ‘I will make you fruitful, and I will multiply your descendants. I will make you a multitude of nations. And I will give this land of Canaan to your descendants[fn] after you as an everlasting possession.'

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Gen 48:6 - But any children born to you in the future will be your own, and they will inherit land within the territories of their brothers Ephraim and Manasseh.

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Gen 49:21 - “Naphtali is a doe set free
that bears beautiful fawns.

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Gen 49:29 - Then Jacob instructed them, “Soon I will die and join my ancestors. Bury me with my father and grandfather in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite.

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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 50:5 - Tell him that my father made me swear an oath. He said to me, ‘Listen, I am about to die. Take my body back to the land of Canaan, and bury me in the tomb I prepared for myself.' So please allow me to go and bury my father. After his burial, I will return without delay.”

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Exo 1:9 - He said to his people, “Look, the people of Israel now outnumber us and are stronger than we are.

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Exo 1:16 - “When you help the Hebrew women as they give birth, watch as they deliver.[fn] If the baby is a boy, kill him; if it is a girl, let her live.”

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Exo 2:5 - Soon Pharaoh's daughter came down to bathe in the river, and her attendants walked along the riverbank. When the princess saw the basket among the reeds, she sent her maid to get it for her.

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Exo 3:12 - God answered, “I will be with you. And this is your sign that I am the one who has sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, you will worship God at this very mountain.”

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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 4:27 - Now the LORD had said to Aaron, “Go out into the wilderness to meet Moses.” So Aaron went and met Moses at the mountain of God, and he embraced him.

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Exo 5:23 - Ever since I came to Pharaoh as your spokesman, he has been even more brutal to your people. And you have done nothing to rescue them!”

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Exo 9:19 - Quick! Order your livestock and servants to come in from the fields to find shelter. Any person or animal left outside will die when the hail falls.'”

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Exo 9:25 - It left all of Egypt in ruins. The hail struck down everything in the open field—people, animals, and plants alike. Even the trees were destroyed.

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Exo 13:9 - This annual festival will be a visible sign to you, like a mark branded on your hand or your forehead. Let it remind you always to recite this teaching of the LORD: ‘With a strong hand, the LORD rescued you from Egypt.'[fn]

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Exo 15:7 - In the greatness of your majesty,
you overthrow those who rise against you.
You unleash your blazing fury;
it consumes them like straw.

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Exo 16:7 - In the morning you will see the glory of the LORD, because he has heard your complaints, which are against him, not against us. What have we done that you should complain about us?”

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Exo 16:8 - Then Moses added, “The LORD will give you meat to eat in the evening and bread to satisfy you in the morning, for he has heard all your complaints against him. What have we done? Yes, your complaints are against the LORD, not against us.”

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Exo 16:18 - But when they measured it out,[fn] everyone had just enough. Those who gathered a lot had nothing left over, and those who gathered only a little had enough. Each family had just what it needed.

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Exo 16:25 - Moses said, “Eat this food today, for today is a Sabbath day dedicated to the LORD. There will be no food on the ground today.

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Exo 17:3 - But tormented by thirst, they continued to argue with Moses. “Why did you bring us out of Egypt? Are you trying to kill us, our children, and our livestock with thirst?”

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Exo 21:6 - If he does this, his master must present him before God.[fn] Then his master must take him to the door or doorpost and publicly pierce his ear with an awl. After that, the slave will serve his master for life.

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Exo 22:2 - [fn]“If a thief is caught in the act of breaking into a house and is struck and killed in the process, the person who killed the thief is not guilty of murder.

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Exo 23:4 - “If you come upon your enemy's ox or donkey that has strayed away, take it back to its owner.

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Exo 23:11 - but let the land be renewed and lie uncultivated during the seventh year. Then let the poor among you harvest whatever grows on its own. Leave the rest for wild animals to eat. The same applies to your vineyards and olive groves.

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Exo 24:18 - Then Moses disappeared into the cloud as he climbed higher up the mountain. He remained on the mountain forty days and forty nights.

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Exo 25:9 - You must build this Tabernacle and its furnishings exactly according to the pattern I will show you.

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Exo 25:40 - “Be sure that you make everything according to the pattern I have shown you here on the mountain.

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Exo 26:27 - and five for the south side. Also make five crossbars for the rear of the Tabernacle, which will face west.

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Exo 26:30 - “Set up this Tabernacle according to the pattern you were shown on the mountain.

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Exo 26:34 - “Then put the Ark's cover—the place of atonement—on top of the Ark of the Covenant inside the Most Holy Place.

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Exo 26:37 - Craft five posts from acacia wood. Overlay them with gold, and hang the curtain from them with gold hooks. Cast five bronze bases for the posts.

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Exo 27:3 - Make ash buckets, shovels, basins, meat forks, and firepans, all of bronze.

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Exo 27:6 - For carrying the altar, make poles from acacia wood, and overlay them with bronze.

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Exo 27:7 - Insert the poles through the rings on the two sides of the altar.

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Exo 27:8 - The altar must be hollow, made from planks. Build it just as you were shown on the mountain.

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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 27:11 - Make the curtains the same on the north side—150 feet of curtains held up by twenty posts set securely in bronze bases. Hang the curtains with silver hooks and rings.

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Exo 27:14 - The courtyard entrance will be on the east end, flanked by two curtains. The curtain on the right side will be 22½ feet long,[fn] supported by three posts set into three bases.

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Exo 28:35 - Aaron will wear this robe whenever he ministers before the LORD, and the bells will tinkle as he goes in and out of the LORD's presence in the Holy Place. If he wears it, he will not die.

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Exo 28:43 - These must be worn whenever Aaron and his sons enter the Tabernacle[fn] or approach the altar in the Holy Place to perform their priestly duties. Then they will not incur guilt and die. This is a permanent law for Aaron and all his descendants after him.

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Exo 29:3 - Place them all in a single basket, and present them at the entrance of the Tabernacle, along with the young bull and the two rams.

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Exo 29:32 - Then Aaron and his sons will eat this meat, along with the bread in the basket, at the Tabernacle entrance.

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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 29:40 - With one of them, offer two quarts of choice flour mixed with one quart of pure oil of pressed olives; also, offer one quart of wine[fn] as a liquid offering.

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Exo 30:15 - When this offering is given to the LORD to purify your lives, making you right with him,[fn] the rich must not give more than the specified amount, and the poor must not give less.

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Exo 31:18 - When the LORD finished speaking with Moses on Mount Sinai, he gave him the two stone tablets inscribed with the terms of the covenant,[fn] written by the finger of God.

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Exo 32:13 - Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.[fn] You bound yourself with an oath to them, saying, ‘I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars of heaven. And I will give them all of this land that I have promised to your descendants, and they will possess it forever.'”

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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 34:3 - No one else may come with you. In fact, no one is to appear anywhere on the mountain. Do not even let the flocks or herds graze near the mountain.”

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Exo 34:5 - Then the LORD came down in a cloud and stood there with him; and he called out his own name, Yahweh.[fn]

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Exo 34:29 - When Moses came down Mount Sinai carrying the two stone tablets inscribed with the terms of the covenant,[fn] he wasn't aware that his face had become radiant because he had spoken to the LORD.

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Exo 34:32 - Then all the people of Israel approached him, and Moses gave them all the instructions the LORD had given him on Mount Sinai.

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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 38:4 - Next he made a bronze grating and installed it halfway down the side of the altar, under the ledge.

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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 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 39:23 - with an opening for Aaron's head in the middle of it. The opening was reinforced with a woven collar[fn] so it would not tear.

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Exo 39:32 - And so at last the Tabernacle[fn] was finished. The Israelites had done everything just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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Exo 40:3 - Place the Ark of the Covenant[fn] inside, and install the inner curtain to enclose the Ark within the Most Holy Place.

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Exo 40:17 - So the Tabernacle was set up on the first day of the first month of the second year.

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Lev 2:16 - The priest will take a representative portion of the grain moistened with oil, together with all the frankincense, and burn it as a special gift presented to the LORD.

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Lev 4:27 - “If any of the common people sin by violating one of the LORD's commands, but they don't realize it, they are still guilty.

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Lev 6:30 - But the offering for sin may not be eaten if its blood was brought into the Tabernacle as an offering for purification[fn] in the Holy Place. It must be completely burned with fire.

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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 8:31 - 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 11:10 - But you must never eat animals from the sea or from rivers that do not have both fins and scales. They are detestable to you. This applies both to little creatures that live in shallow water and to all creatures that live in deep water.

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Lev 11:12 - Any marine animal that does not have both fins and scales is detestable to you.

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Lev 11:46 - “These are the instructions regarding land animals, birds, marine creatures, and animals that scurry along the ground.

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Lev 13:4 - “But if the affected area of the skin is only a white discoloration and does not appear to be more than skin-deep, and if the hair on the spot has not turned white, the priest will quarantine the person for seven days.

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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 13:7 - But if the rash continues to spread after the person has been examined by the priest and has been pronounced clean, the infected person must return to be examined again.

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Lev 13:8 - If the priest finds that the rash has spread, he must pronounce the person ceremonially unclean, for it is indeed a skin disease.

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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 13:11 - it is a chronic skin disease, and the priest must pronounce the person ceremonially unclean. In such cases the person need not be quarantined, for it is obvious that the skin is defiled by the disease.

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Lev 13:12 - “Now suppose the disease has spread all over the person's skin, covering the body from head to foot.

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Lev 13:18 - “If anyone has a boil on the skin that has started to heal,

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Lev 13:20 - If the priest examines it and finds it to be more than skin-deep, and if the hair in the affected area has turned white, the priest must pronounce the person ceremonially unclean. The boil has become a serious skin disease.

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Lev 13:22 - If during that time the affected area spreads on the skin, the priest must pronounce the person ceremonially unclean, because it is a serious disease.

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Lev 13:24 - “If anyone has suffered a burn on the skin and the burned area changes color, becoming either reddish white or shiny white,

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Lev 13:25 - the priest must examine it. If he finds that the hair in the affected area has turned white and the problem appears to be more than skin-deep, a skin disease has broken out in the burn. The priest must then pronounce the person ceremonially unclean, for it is clearly a serious skin disease.

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Lev 13:26 - But if the priest finds no white hair on the affected area and the problem appears to be no more than skin-deep and has faded, the priest must quarantine the infected person for seven days.

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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 13:28 - But if the affected area has not changed or spread on the skin and has faded, it is simply a swelling from the burn. The priest will then pronounce the person ceremonially clean, for it is only the scar from the burn.

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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 13:35 - But if the scabby sore begins to spread after the person is pronounced clean,

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Lev 13:36 - the priest must do another examination. If he finds that the sore has spread, the priest does not need to look for yellow hair. The infected person is ceremonially unclean.

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Lev 13:39 - the priest must examine the affected area. If he finds that the shiny patches are only pale white, this is a harmless skin rash, and the person is ceremonially clean.

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Lev 13:42 - However, if a reddish white sore appears on the bald area at the top or back of his head, this is a skin disease.

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Lev 13:43 - The priest must examine him, and if he finds swelling around the reddish white sore anywhere on the man's head and it looks like a skin disease,

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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 13:57 - 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 14:52 - When the priest has purified the house in exactly this way,

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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 15:23 - 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 15:31 - “This is how you will guard the people of Israel from ceremonial uncleanness. Otherwise they would die, for their impurity would defile my Tabernacle that stands among them.

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Lev 16:1 - The LORD spoke to Moses after the death of Aaron's two sons, who died after they entered the LORD's presence and burned the wrong kind of fire before him.

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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 16:27 - “The bull and the goat presented as sin offerings, whose blood Aaron takes into the Most Holy Place for the purification ceremony, will be carried outside the camp. The animals' hides, internal organs, and dung are all to be burned.

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Lev 18:28 - So do not defile the land and give it a reason to vomit you out, as it will vomit out the people who live there now.

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Lev 19:12 - “Do not bring shame on the name of your God by using it to swear falsely. I am the LORD.

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Lev 19:16 - “Do not spread slanderous gossip among your people.[fn]
“Do not stand idly by when your neighbor's life is threatened. I am the LORD.

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Lev 19:24 - In the fourth year the entire crop must be consecrated to the LORD as a celebration of praise.

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Lev 19:25 - Finally, in the fifth year you may eat the fruit. If you follow this pattern, your harvest will increase. I am the LORD your God.

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Lev 19:28 - “Do not cut your bodies for the dead, and do not mark your skin with tattoos. I am the LORD.

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Lev 20:4 - And if the people of the community ignore those who offer their children to Molech and refuse to execute them,

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Lev 21:1 - The LORD said to Moses, “Give the following instructions to the priests, the descendants of Aaron.
“A priest must not make himself ceremonially unclean by touching the dead body of a relative.

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Lev 22:16 - by allowing unauthorized people to eat them. This would bring guilt upon them and require them to pay compensation. I am the LORD who makes them holy.”

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Lev 23:43 - This will remind each new generation of Israelites that I made their ancestors live in shelters when I rescued them from the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.”

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Lev 24:16 - Anyone who blasphemes the Name of the LORD must be stoned to death by the whole community of Israel. Any native-born Israelite or foreigner among you who blasphemes the Name of the LORD must be put to death.

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Lev 25:1 - While Moses was on Mount Sinai, the LORD said to him,

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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 25:13 - In the Year of Jubilee each of you may return to the land that belonged to your ancestors.

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Lev 25:20 - But you might ask, ‘What will we eat during the seventh year, since we are not allowed to plant or harvest crops that year?'

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Lev 25:21 - Be assured that I will send my blessing for you in the sixth year, so the land will produce a crop large enough for three years.

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Lev 25:54 - If any Israelites have not been bought back by the time the Year of Jubilee arrives, they and their children must be set free at that time.

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Lev 26:26 - I will destroy your food supply, so that ten women will need only one oven to bake bread for their families. They will ration your food by weight, and though you have food to eat, you will not be satisfied.

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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 26:46 - These are the decrees, regulations, and instructions that the LORD gave through Moses on Mount Sinai as evidence of the relationship between himself and the Israelites.

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Lev 27:34 - These are the commands that the LORD gave through Moses on Mount Sinai for the Israelites.

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Num 1:51 - Whenever it is time for the Tabernacle to move, the Levites will take it down. And when it is time to stop, they will set it up again. But any unauthorized person who goes too near the Tabernacle must be put to death.

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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 4:16 - “Eleazar son of Aaron the priest will be responsible for the oil of the lampstand, the fragrant incense, the daily grain offering, and the anointing oil. In fact, Eleazar will be responsible for the entire Tabernacle and everything in it, including the sanctuary and its furnishings.”

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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 6:17 - then the ram for a peace offering, along with the basket of bread made without yeast. The priest must also present the prescribed grain offering and liquid offering to the LORD.

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Num 7:85 - Each silver platter weighed 3¼ pounds, and each silver basin weighed 1¾ pounds. The total weight of the silver was 60 pounds[fn] (as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel).

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Num 7:89 - Whenever Moses went into the Tabernacle to speak with the LORD, he heard the voice speaking to him from between the two cherubim above the Ark's cover—the place of atonement—that rests on the Ark of the Covenant.[fn] The LORD spoke to him from there.

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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 10:34 - As they moved on each day, the cloud of the LORD hovered over them.

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Num 10:35 - And whenever the Ark set out, Moses would shout, “Arise, O LORD, and let your enemies be scattered! Let them flee before you!”

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Num 14:45 - Then the Amalekites and the Canaanites who lived in those hills came down and attacked them and chased them back as far as Hormah.

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Num 15:18 - “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel.
“When you arrive in the land where I am taking you,

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Num 16:38 - Take the incense burners of these men who have sinned at the cost of their lives, and hammer the metal into a thin sheet to overlay the altar. Since these burners were used in the LORD's presence, they have become holy. Let them serve as a warning to the people of Israel.”

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Num 16:39 - So Eleazar the priest collected the 250 bronze incense burners that had been used by the men who died in the fire, and he hammered them into a thin sheet to overlay the altar.

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Num 16:42 - As the community gathered to protest against Moses and Aaron, they turned toward the Tabernacle and saw that the cloud had covered it, and the glorious presence of the LORD appeared.

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Num 18:10 - You must eat it as a most holy offering. All the males may eat of it, and you must treat it as most holy.

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Num 18:19 - Yes, I am giving you all these holy offerings that the people of Israel bring to the LORD. They are for you and your sons and daughters, to be eaten as your permanent share. This is an eternal and unbreakable covenant[fn] between the LORD and you, and it also applies to your descendants.”

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Num 20:23 - There, on the border of the land of Edom, the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,

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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 21:20 - After that they went to the valley in Moab where Pisgah Peak overlooks the wasteland.[fn]

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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 25:13 - In this covenant, I give him and his descendants a permanent right to the priesthood, for in his zeal for me, his God, he purified the people of Israel, making them right with me.[fn]”

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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 27:12 - One day the LORD said to Moses, “Climb one of the mountains east of the river,[fn] and look out over the land I have given the people of Israel.

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Num 27:13 - After you have seen it, you will die like your brother, Aaron,

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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 27:21 - When direction from the LORD is needed, Joshua will stand before Eleazar the priest, who will use the Urim—one of the sacred lots cast before the LORD—to determine his will. This is how Joshua and the rest of the community of Israel will determine everything they should do.”

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Num 28:6 - This is the regular burnt offering instituted at Mount Sinai as a special gift, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

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Num 28:7 - Along with it you must present the proper liquid offering of one quart of alcoholic drink with each lamb, poured out in the Holy Place as an offering to the LORD.

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Num 31:23 - that is, all metals that do not burn—must be passed through fire in order to be made ceremonially pure. These metal objects must then be further purified with the water of purification. But everything that burns must be purified by the water alone.

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Num 33:39 - Aaron was 123 years old when he died there on Mount Hor.

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Num 35:25 - The community must protect the slayer from the avenger and must escort the slayer back to live in the city of refuge to which he fled. There he must remain until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with the sacred oil.

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Deu 1:3 - But forty years after the Israelites left Egypt, on the first day of the eleventh month,[fn] Moses addressed the people of Israel, telling them everything the LORD had commanded him to say.

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Deu 1:5 - While the Israelites were in the land of Moab east of the Jordan River, Moses carefully explained the LORD's instructions as follows.

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Deu 1:6 - “When we were at Mount Sinai, the LORD our God said to us, ‘You have stayed at this mountain long enough.

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Deu 1:8 - Look, I am giving all this land to you! Go in and occupy it, for it is the land the LORD swore to give to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and to all their descendants.'”

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Deu 1:10 - The LORD your God has increased your population, making you as numerous as the stars!

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Deu 1:26 - “But you rebelled against the command of the LORD your God and refused to go in.

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Deu 1:44 - But the Amorites who lived there came out against you like a swarm of bees. They chased and battered you all the way from Seir to Hormah.

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Deu 3:13 - Then I gave the rest of Gilead and all of Bashan—Og's former kingdom—to the half-tribe of Manasseh. (This entire Argob region of Bashan used to be known as the land of the Rephaites.

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Deu 3:14 - Jair, a leader from the tribe of Manasseh, conquered the whole Argob region in Bashan, all the way to the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites. Jair renamed this region after himself, calling it the Towns of Jair,[fn] as it is still known today.)

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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 4:46 - and as they camped in the valley near Beth-peor east of the Jordan River. (This land was formerly occupied by the Amorites under King Sihon, who ruled from Heshbon. But Moses and the Israelites destroyed him and his people when they came up from Egypt.

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Deu 5:4 - At the mountain the LORD spoke to you face to face from the heart of the fire.

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Deu 5:22 - “The LORD spoke these words to all of you assembled there at the foot of the mountain. He spoke with a loud voice from the heart of the fire, surrounded by clouds and deep darkness. This was all he said at that time, and he wrote his words on two stone tablets and gave them to me.

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Deu 6:13 - You must fear the LORD your God and serve him. When you take an oath, you must use only his name.

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Deu 8:3 - Yes, he humbled you by letting you go hungry and then feeding you with manna, a food previously unknown to you and your ancestors. He did it to teach you that people do not live by bread alone; rather, we live by every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD.

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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 9:9 - This happened when I was on the mountain receiving the tablets of stone inscribed with the words of the covenant that the LORD had made with you. I was there for forty days and forty nights, and all that time I ate no food and drank no water.

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Deu 9:10 - The LORD gave me the two tablets on which God had written with his own finger all the words he had spoken to you from the heart of the fire when you were assembled at the mountain.

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Deu 9:23 - And at Kadesh-barnea the LORD sent you out with this command: ‘Go up and take over the land I have given you.' But you rebelled against the command of the LORD your God and refused to put your trust in him or obey him.

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Deu 10:4 - Once again the LORD wrote the Ten Commandments[fn] on the tablets and gave them to me. They were the same words the LORD had spoken to you from the heart of the fire on the day you were assembled at the foot of the mountain.

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Deu 10:20 - You must fear the LORD your God and worship him and cling to him. Your oaths must be in his name alone.

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Deu 10:22 - When your ancestors went down into Egypt, there were only seventy of them. But now the LORD your God has made you as numerous as the stars in the sky!

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Deu 11:9 - If you obey, you will enjoy a long life in the land the LORD swore to give to your ancestors and to you, their descendants—a land flowing with milk and honey!

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Deu 15:12 - “If a fellow Hebrew sells himself or herself to be your servant[fn] and serves you for six years, in the seventh year you must set that servant free.

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Deu 16:13 - “You must observe the Festival of Shelters[fn] for seven days at the end of the harvest season, after the grain has been threshed and the grapes have been pressed.

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Deu 17:12 - Anyone arrogant enough to reject the verdict of the judge or of the priest who represents the LORD your God must die. In this way you will purge the evil from Israel.

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Deu 18:5 - For the LORD your God chose the tribe of Levi out of all your tribes to minister in the LORD's name forever.

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Deu 18:7 - He may minister there in the name of the LORD his God, just like all his fellow Levites who are serving the LORD there.

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Deu 18:18 - I will raise up a prophet like you from among their fellow Israelites. I will put my words in his mouth, and he will tell the people everything I command him.

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Deu 18:19 - I will personally deal with anyone who will not listen to the messages the prophet proclaims on my behalf.

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Deu 18:20 - But any prophet who falsely claims to speak in my name or who speaks in the name of another god must die.'

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Deu 18:22 - If the prophet speaks in the LORD's name but his prediction does not happen or come true, you will know that the LORD did not give that message. That prophet has spoken without my authority and need not be feared.

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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 21:5 - Then the Levitical priests must step forward, for the LORD your God has chosen them to minister before him and to pronounce blessings in the LORD's name. They are to decide all legal and criminal cases.

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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 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 23:23 - But once you have voluntarily made a vow, be careful to fulfill your promise to the LORD your God.

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Deu 24:12 - If your neighbor is poor and gives you his cloak as security for a loan, do not keep the cloak overnight.

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Deu 24:13 - Return the cloak to its owner by sunset so he can stay warm through the night and bless you, and the LORD your God will count you as righteous.

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Deu 28:6 - Wherever you go and whatever you do,
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Deu 28:19 - Wherever you go and whatever you do,
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Deu 28:29 - You will grope around in broad daylight like a blind person groping in the darkness, but you will not find your way. You will be oppressed and robbed continually, and no one will come to save you.

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Deu 28:46 - These horrors will serve as a sign and warning among you and your descendants forever.

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Deu 28:58 - “If you refuse to obey all the words of instruction that are written in this book, and if you do not fear the glorious and awesome name of the LORD your God,

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Deu 28:61 - The LORD will afflict you with every sickness and plague there is, even those not mentioned in this Book of Instruction, until you are destroyed.

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Deu 28:62 - Though you become as numerous as the stars in the sky, few of you will be left because you would not listen to the LORD your God.

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Deu 28:65 - There among those nations you will find no peace or place to rest. And the LORD will cause your heart to tremble, your eyesight to fail, and your soul to despair.

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Deu 29:21 - The LORD will separate them from all the tribes of Israel, to pour out on them all the curses of the covenant recorded in this Book of Instruction.

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Deu 29:27 - That is why the LORD's anger has burned against this land, bringing down on it every curse recorded in this book.

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Deu 30:10 - The LORD your God will delight in you if you obey his voice and keep the commands and decrees written in this Book of Instruction, and if you turn to the LORD your God with all your heart and soul.

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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 31:11 - you must read this Book of Instruction to all the people of Israel when they assemble before the LORD your God at the place he chooses.

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Deu 32:50 - Then you will die there on the mountain. You will join your ancestors, just as Aaron, your brother, died on Mount Hor and joined his ancestors.

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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 34:4 - Then the LORD said to Moses, “This is the land I promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob when I said, ‘I will give it to your descendants.' I have now allowed you to see it with your own eyes, but you will not enter the land.”

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Deu 34:7 - Moses was 120 years old when he died, yet his eyesight was clear, and he was as strong as ever.

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Jos 1:3 - I promise you what I promised Moses: ‘Wherever you set foot, you will be on land I have given you—

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Jos 2:5 - They left the town at dusk, as the gates were about to close. I don't know where they went. If you hurry, you can probably catch up with them.”

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Jos 3:13 - The priests will carry the Ark of the LORD, the Lord of all the earth. As soon as their feet touch the water, the flow of water will be cut off upstream, and the river will stand up like a wall.”

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Jos 5:1 - When all the Amorite kings west of the Jordan and all the Canaanite kings who lived along the Mediterranean coast[fn] heard how the LORD had dried up the Jordan River so the people of Israel could cross, they lost heart and were paralyzed with fear because of them.

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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 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 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 10:17 - When Joshua heard that they had been found,

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Jos 11:3 - the kings of Canaan, both east and west; the kings of the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites in the hill country, and the Hivites in the towns on the slopes of Mount Hermon in the land of Mizpah.

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Jos 11:4 - All these kings came out to fight. Their combined armies formed a vast horde. And with all their horses and chariots, they covered the landscape like the sand on the seashore.

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Jos 11:17 - The Israelite territory now extended all the way from Mount Halak, which leads up to Seir in the south, as far north as Baal-gad at the foot of Mount Hermon in the valley of Lebanon. Joshua killed all the kings of those territories,

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Jos 12:7 - The following is a list of the kings that Joshua and the Israelite armies defeated on the west side of the Jordan, from Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon to Mount Halak, which leads up to Seir. (Joshua gave this land to the tribes of Israel as their possession,

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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 13:7 - Include all this territory as Israel's possession when you divide this land among the nine tribes and the half-tribe of Manasseh.”

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Jos 13:14 - Moses did not assign any allotment of land to the tribe of Levi. Instead, as the LORD had promised them, their allotment came from the offerings burned on the altar to the LORD, the God of Israel.

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Jos 13:19 - Kiriathaim, Sibmah, Zereth-shahar on the hill above the valley,

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Jos 13:29 - Moses had assigned the following area to the clans of the half-tribe of Manasseh.

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Jos 13:32 - These are the allotments Moses had made while he was on the plains of Moab, across the Jordan River, east of Jericho.

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Jos 14:2 - These nine and a half tribes received their grants of land by means of sacred lots, in accordance with the LORD's command through Moses.

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Jos 14:14 - Hebron still belongs to the descendants of Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite because he wholeheartedly followed the LORD, the God of Israel.

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Jos 15:18 - When Acsah married Othniel, she urged him[fn] to ask her father for a field. As she got down off her donkey, Caleb asked her, “What's the matter?”

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Jos 19:48 - The homeland allocated to the clans of the tribe of Dan included these towns and their surrounding villages.

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Jos 19:50 - For the LORD had said he could have any town he wanted. He chose Timnath-serah in the hill country of Ephraim. He rebuilt the town and lived there.

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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 21:3 - So by the command of the LORD the people of Israel gave the Levites the following towns and pasturelands out of their own grants of land.

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Jos 21:11 - Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), in the hill country of Judah, along with its surrounding pasturelands. (Arba was an ancestor of Anak.)

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

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Jos 22:4 - And now the LORD your God has given the other tribes rest, as he promised them. So go back home to the land that Moses, the servant of the LORD, gave you as your possession on the east side of the Jordan River.

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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 22:11 - The rest of Israel heard that the people of Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh had built an altar at Geliloth at the edge of the land of Canaan, on the west side of the Jordan River.

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Jos 22:31 - Phinehas son of Eleazar, the priest, replied to them, “Today we know the LORD is among us because you have not committed this treachery against the LORD as we thought. Instead, you have rescued Israel from being destroyed by the hand of the LORD.”

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Jos 23:6 - “So be very careful to follow everything Moses wrote in the Book of Instruction. Do not deviate from it, turning either to the right or to the left.

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Jos 23:16 - If you break the covenant of the LORD your God by worshiping and serving other gods, his anger will burn against you, and you will quickly vanish from the good land he has given you.”

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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 24:14 - “So fear the LORD and serve him wholeheartedly. Put away forever the idols your ancestors worshiped when they lived beyond the Euphrates River and in Egypt. Serve the LORD alone.

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Jos 24:15 - But if you refuse to serve the LORD, then choose today whom you will serve. Would you prefer the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates? Or will it be the gods of the Amorites in whose land you now live? But as for me and my family, we will serve the LORD.”

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Jos 24:30 - They buried him in the land he had been allocated, at Timnath-serah in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.

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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 1:14 - When Acsah married Othniel, she urged him[fn] to ask her father for a field. As she got down off her donkey, Caleb asked her, “What's the matter?”

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Jdg 1:35 - The Amorites were determined to stay in Mount Heres, Aijalon, and Shaalbim, but when the descendants of Joseph became stronger, they forced the Amorites to work as slaves.

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Jdg 3:20 - Ehud walked over to Eglon, who was sitting alone in a cool upstairs room. And Ehud said, “I have a message from God for you!” As King Eglon rose from his seat,

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Jdg 5:4 - “LORD, when you set out from Seir
and marched across the fields of Edom,
the earth trembled,
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Jdg 8:3 - God gave you victory over Oreb and Zeeb, the commanders of the Midianite army. What have I accomplished compared to that?” When the men of Ephraim heard Gideon's answer, their anger subsided.

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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 9:33 - In the morning, as soon as it is daylight, attack the city. When Gaal and those who are with him come out against you, you can do with them as you wish.”

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Jdg 11:31 - I will give to the LORD whatever comes out of my house to meet me when I return in triumph. I will sacrifice it as a burnt offering.”

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Jdg 13:8 - Then Manoah prayed to the LORD, saying, “Lord, please let the man of God come back to us again and give us more instructions about this son who is to be born.”

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Jdg 14:8 - Later, when he returned to Timnah for the wedding, he turned off the path to look at the carcass of the lion. And he found that a swarm of bees had made some honey in the carcass.

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Jdg 14:11 - When the bride's parents[fn] saw him, they selected thirty young men from the town to be his companions.

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Jdg 15:8 - So he attacked the Philistines with great fury and killed many of them. Then he went to live in a cave in the rock of Etam.

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Jdg 16:9 - She had hidden some men in one of the inner rooms of her house, and she cried out, “Samson! The Philistines have come to capture you!” But Samson snapped the bowstrings as a piece of string snaps when it is burned by a fire. So the secret of his strength was not discovered.

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Jdg 16:12 - So Delilah took new ropes and tied him up with them. The men were hiding in the inner room as before, and again Delilah cried out, “Samson! The Philistines have come to capture you!” But again Samson snapped the ropes from his arms as if they were thread.

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Jdg 16:14 - Then she tightened it with the loom shuttle.[fn] Again she cried out, “Samson! The Philistines have come to capture you!” But Samson woke up, pulled back the loom shuttle, and yanked his hair away from the loom and the fabric.

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Jdg 19:13 - Come on, let's try to get as far as Gibeah or Ramah, and we'll spend the night in one of those towns.”

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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 19:25 - But they wouldn't listen to him. So the Levite took hold of his concubine and pushed her out the door. The men of the town abused her all night, taking turns raping her until morning. Finally, at dawn they let her go.

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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 2:5 - Then Boaz asked his foreman, “Who is that young woman over there? Who does she belong to?”

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Rth 3:4 - Be sure to notice where he lies down; then go and uncover his feet and lie down there. He will tell you what to do.”

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Rth 3:8 - Around midnight Boaz suddenly woke up and turned over. He was surprised to find a woman lying at his feet!

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1Sa 1:7 - Year after year it was the same—Peninnah would taunt Hannah as they went to the Tabernacle.[fn] Each time, Hannah would be reduced to tears and would not even eat.

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1Sa 1:22 - But Hannah did not go. She told her husband, “Wait until the boy is weaned. Then I will take him to the Tabernacle and leave him there with the LORD permanently.[fn]”

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1Sa 1:26 - “Sir, do you remember me?” Hannah asked. “I am the woman who stood here several years ago praying to the LORD.

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1Sa 2:11 - Then Elkanah returned home to Ramah without Samuel. And the boy served the LORD by assisting Eli the priest.

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1Sa 2:19 - Each year his mother made a small coat for him and brought it to him when she came with her husband for the sacrifice.

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1Sa 4:22 - Then she said, “The glory has departed from Israel, for the Ark of God has been captured.”

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1Sa 9:5 - Finally, they entered the region of Zuph, and Saul said to his servant, “Let's go home. By now my father will be more worried about us than about the donkeys!”

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1Sa 9:7 - “But we don't have anything to offer him,” Saul replied. “Even our food is gone, and we don't have a thing to give him.”

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1Sa 9:9 - (In those days if people wanted a message from God, they would say, “Let's go and ask the seer,” for prophets used to be called seers.)

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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 9:26 - At daybreak the next morning, Samuel called to Saul, “Get up! It's time you were on your way.” So Saul got ready, and he and Samuel left the house together.

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1Sa 10:2 - When you leave me today, you will see two men beside Rachel's tomb at Zelzah, on the border of Benjamin. They will tell you that the donkeys have been found and that your father has stopped worrying about them and is now worried about you. He is asking, ‘Have you seen my son?'

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1Sa 11:2 - “All right,” Nahash said, “but only on one condition. I will gouge out the right eye of every one of you as a disgrace to all Israel!”

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1Sa 12:14 - “Now if you fear and worship the LORD and listen to his voice, and if you do not rebel against the LORD's commands, then both you and your king will show that you recognize the LORD as your God.

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1Sa 12:15 - But if you rebel against the LORD's commands and refuse to listen to him, then his hand will be as heavy upon you as it was upon your ancestors.

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1Sa 13:2 - Saul selected 3,000 special troops from the army of Israel and sent the rest of the men home. He took 2,000 of the chosen men with him to Micmash and the hill country of Bethel. The other 1,000 went with Saul's son Jonathan to Gibeah in the land of Benjamin.

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1Sa 13:5 - The Philistines mustered a mighty army of 3,000[fn] chariots, 6,000 charioteers, and as many warriors as the grains of sand on the seashore! They camped at Micmash east of Beth-aven.

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1Sa 13:8 - Saul waited there seven days for Samuel, as Samuel had instructed him earlier, but Samuel still didn't come. Saul realized that his troops were rapidly slipping away.

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1Sa 13:11 - but Samuel said, “What is this you have done?”
Saul replied, “I saw my men scattering from me, and you didn't arrive when you said you would, and the Philistines are at Micmash ready for battle.

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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 14:1 - One day Jonathan said to his armor bearer, “Come on, let's go over to where the Philistines have their outpost.” But Jonathan did not tell his father what he was doing.

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1Sa 14:4 - To reach the Philistine outpost, Jonathan had to go down between two rocky cliffs that were called Bozez and Seneh.

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1Sa 14:22 - Likewise, the men of Israel who were hiding in the hill country of Ephraim joined the chase when they saw the Philistines running away.

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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 14:27 - 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 14:32 - That evening they rushed for the battle plunder and butchered the sheep, goats, cattle, and calves, but they ate them without draining the blood.

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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 15:6 - Saul sent this warning to the Kenites: “Move away from where the Amalekites live, or you will die with them. For you showed kindness to all the people of Israel when they came up from Egypt.” So the Kenites packed up and left.

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1Sa 16:11 - Then Samuel asked, “Are these all the sons you have?”
“There is still the youngest,” Jesse replied. “But he's out in the fields watching the sheep and goats.”
“Send for him at once,” Samuel said. “We will not sit down to eat until he arrives.”

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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 16:19 - So Saul sent messengers to Jesse to say, “Send me your son David, the shepherd.”

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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 17:40 - 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 17:54 - (David took the Philistine's head to Jerusalem, but he stored the man's armor in his own tent.)

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1Sa 20:5 - David replied, “Tomorrow we celebrate the new moon festival. I've always eaten with the king on this occasion, but tomorrow I'll hide in the field and stay there until the evening of the third day.

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1Sa 20:15 - treat my family with this faithful love, even when the LORD destroys all your enemies from the face of the earth.”

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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 20:40 - Then Jonathan gave his bow and arrows to the boy and told him to take them back to town.

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1Sa 21:5 - “Don't worry,” David replied. “I never allow my men to be with women when they are on a campaign. And since they stay clean even on ordinary trips, how much more on this one!”

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1Sa 22:8 - Is that why you have conspired against me? For not one of you told me when my own son made a solemn pact with the son of Jesse. You're not even sorry for me. Think of it! My own son—encouraging him to kill me, as he is trying to do this very day!”

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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 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 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 25:5 - he sent ten of his young men to Carmel with this message for Nabal:

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1Sa 25:9 - David's young men gave this message to Nabal in David's name, and they waited for a reply.

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1Sa 25:15 - These men have been very good to us, and we never suffered any harm from them. Nothing was stolen from us the whole time they were with us.

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1Sa 26:8 - “God has surely handed your enemy over to you this time!” Abishai whispered to David. “Let me pin him to the ground with one thrust of the spear; I won't need to strike twice!”

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1Sa 28:17 - The LORD has done just as he said he would. He has torn the kingdom from you and given it to your rival, David.

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1Sa 31:1 - Now the Philistines attacked Israel, and the men of Israel fled before them. Many were slaughtered on the slopes of Mount Gilboa.

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1Sa 31:10 - They placed his armor in the temple of the Ashtoreths, and they fastened his body to the wall of the city of Beth-shan.

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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 1:5 - “How do you know Saul and Jonathan are dead?” David demanded of the young man.

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2Sa 1:6 - The man answered, “I happened to be on Mount Gilboa, and there was Saul leaning on his spear with the enemy chariots and charioteers closing in on him.

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2Sa 1:13 - Then David said to the young man who had brought the news, “Where are you from?”
And he replied, “I am a foreigner, an Amalekite, who lives in your land.”

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2Sa 3:6 - As the war between the house of Saul and the house of David went on, Abner became a powerful leader among those loyal to Saul.

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2Sa 3:27 - When Abner arrived back at Hebron, Joab took him aside at the gateway as if to speak with him privately. But then he stabbed Abner in the stomach and killed him in revenge for killing his brother Asahel.

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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 5:4 - David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years in all.

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2Sa 7:13 - He is the one who will build a house—a temple—for my name. And I will secure his royal throne forever.

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2Sa 8:7 - David brought the gold shields of Hadadezer's officers to Jerusalem,

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2Sa 8:13 - So David became even more famous when he returned from destroying 18,000 Edomites[fn] in the Valley of Salt.

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2Sa 11:2 - Late one afternoon, after his midday rest, David got out of bed and was walking on the roof of the palace. As he looked out over the city, he noticed a woman of unusual beauty taking a bath.

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2Sa 11:15 - The letter instructed Joab, “Station Uriah on the front lines where the battle is fiercest. Then pull back so that he will be killed.”

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2Sa 11:16 - So Joab assigned Uriah to a spot close to the city wall where he knew the enemy's strongest men were fighting.

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2Sa 11:19 - He told his messenger, “Report all the news of the battle to the king.

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2Sa 12:14 - Nevertheless, because you have shown utter contempt for the LORD[fn] by doing this, your child will die.”

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2Sa 13:1 - Now David's son Absalom had a beautiful sister named Tamar. And Amnon, her half brother, fell desperately in love with her.

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2Sa 14:3 - Then go to the king and tell him the story I am about to tell you.” Then Joab told her what to say.

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2Sa 14:19 - “Did Joab put you up to this?”
And the woman replied, “My lord the king, how can I deny it? Nobody can hide anything from you. Yes, Joab sent me and told me what to say.

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2Sa 14:26 - He cut his hair only once a year, and then only because it was so heavy. When he weighed it out, it came to five pounds![fn]

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2Sa 15:5 - When people tried to bow before him, Absalom wouldn't let them. Instead, he took them by the hand and kissed them.

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2Sa 15:8 - For while your servant was at Geshur in Aram, I promised to sacrifice to the LORD in Hebron[fn] if he would bring me back to Jerusalem.”

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2Sa 15:10 - But while he was there, he sent secret messengers to all the tribes of Israel to stir up a rebellion against the king. “As soon as you hear the ram's horn,” his message read, “you are to say, ‘Absalom has been crowned king in Hebron.'”

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2Sa 15:12 - While Absalom was offering the sacrifices, he sent for Ahithophel, one of David's counselors who lived in Giloh. Soon many others also joined Absalom, and the conspiracy gained momentum.

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2Sa 16:7 - “Get out of here, you murderer, you scoundrel!” he shouted at David.

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2Sa 17:5 - But then Absalom said, “Bring in Hushai the Arkite. Let's see what he thinks about this.”

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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 18:25 - He shouted the news down to David, and the king replied, “If he is alone, he has news.”
As the messenger came closer,

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2Sa 18:33 - [fn]The king was overcome with emotion. He went up to the room over the gateway and burst into tears. And as he went, he cried, “O my son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! If only I had died instead of you! O Absalom, my son, my son.”

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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 19:32 - He was very old, about eighty, and very wealthy. He was the one who had provided food for the king during his stay in Mahanaim.

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2Sa 20:12 - But Amasa lay in his blood in the middle of the road, and Joab's man saw that everyone was stopping to stare at him. So he pulled him off the road into a field and threw a cloak over him.

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2Sa 21:9 - The men of Gibeon executed them on the mountain before the LORD. So all seven of them died together at the beginning of the barley harvest.

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2Sa 22:7 - But in my distress I cried out to the LORD;
yes, I cried to my God for help.
He heard me from his sanctuary;
my cry reached his ears.

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2Sa 22:50 - For this, O LORD, I will praise you among the nations;
I will sing praises to your name.

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2Sa 22:51 - You give great victories to your king;
you show unfailing love to your anointed,
to David and all his descendants forever.”

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1Ki 2:7 - “Be kind to the sons of Barzillai of Gilead. Make them permanent guests at your table, for they took care of me when I fled from your brother Absalom.

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1Ki 2:33 - May their blood be on Joab and his descendants forever, and may the LORD grant peace forever to David, his descendants, his dynasty, and his throne.”

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1Ki 3:2 - At that time the people of Israel sacrificed their offerings at local places of worship, for a temple honoring the name of the LORD had not yet been built.

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1Ki 5:3 - “You know that my father, David, was not able to build a Temple to honor the name of the LORD his God because of the many wars waged against him by surrounding nations. He could not build until the LORD gave him victory over all his enemies.

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1Ki 5:5 - So I am planning to build a Temple to honor the name of the LORD my God, just as he had instructed my father, David. For the LORD told him, ‘Your son, whom I will place on your throne, will build the Temple to honor my name.'

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1Ki 5:15 - Solomon also had 70,000 common laborers, 80,000 quarry workers in the hill country,

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1Ki 6:5 - He built a complex of rooms against the outer walls of the Temple, all the way around the sides and rear of the building.

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1Ki 6:7 - The stones used in the construction of the Temple were finished at the quarry, so there was no sound of hammer, ax, or any other iron tool at the building site.

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1Ki 6:23 - He made two cherubim of wild olive[fn] wood, each 15 feet[fn] tall, and placed them in the inner sanctuary.

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1Ki 6:25 - The two cherubim were identical in shape and size;

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1Ki 6:31 - For the entrance to the inner sanctuary, he made double doors of wild olive wood with five-sided doorposts.[fn]

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1Ki 7:15 - Huram cast two bronze pillars, each 27 feet tall and 18 feet in circumference.[fn]

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1Ki 7:17 - Each capital was decorated with seven sets of latticework and interwoven chains.

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1Ki 7:18 - He also encircled the latticework with two rows of pomegranates to decorate the capitals over the pillars.

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1Ki 7:20 - The capitals on the two pillars had 200 pomegranates in two rows around them, beside the rounded surface next to the latticework.

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1Ki 7:42 - the 400 pomegranates that hung from the chains on the capitals (two rows of pomegranates for each of the chain networks that decorated the capitals on top of the pillars);

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1Ki 7:46 - The king had them cast in clay molds in the Jordan Valley between Succoth and Zarethan.

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1Ki 8:1 - Solomon then summoned to Jerusalem the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes—the leaders of the ancestral families of the Israelites. They were to bring the Ark of the LORD's Covenant to the Temple from its location in the City of David, also known as Zion.

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1Ki 8:4 - The priests and Levites brought up the Ark of the LORD along with the special tent[fn] and all the sacred items that had been in it.

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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 8:15 - “Praise the LORD, the God of Israel, who has kept the promise he made to my father, David. For he told my father,

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1Ki 8:17 - Then Solomon said, “My father, David, wanted to build this Temple to honor the name of the LORD, the God of Israel.

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1Ki 8:18 - But the LORD told him, ‘You wanted to build the Temple to honor my name. Your intention is good,

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1Ki 8:19 - but you are not the one to do it. One of your own sons will build the Temple to honor me.'

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1Ki 8:20 - “And now the LORD has fulfilled the promise he made, for I have become king in my father's place, and I now sit on the throne of Israel, just as the LORD promised. I have built this Temple to honor the name of the LORD, the God of Israel.

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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 8:24 - You have kept your promise to your servant David, my father. You made that promise with your own mouth, and with your own hands you have fulfilled it today.

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1Ki 8:27 - “But will God really live on earth? Why, even the highest heavens cannot contain you. How much less this Temple I have built!

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1Ki 8:33 - “If your people Israel are defeated by their enemies because they have sinned against you, and if they turn to you and acknowledge your name and pray to you here in this Temple,

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1Ki 8:35 - “If the skies are shut up and there is no rain because your people have sinned against you, and if they pray toward this Temple and acknowledge your name and turn from their sins because you have punished them,

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1Ki 8:44 - “If your people go out where you send them to fight their enemies, and if they pray to the LORD by turning toward this city you have chosen and toward this Temple I have built to honor your name,

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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 8:53 - For when you brought our ancestors out of Egypt, O Sovereign LORD, you told your servant Moses that you had set Israel apart from all the nations of the earth to be your own special possession.”

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1Ki 9:7 - then I will uproot Israel from this land that I have given them. I will reject this Temple that I have made holy to honor my name. I will make Israel an object of mockery and ridicule among the nations.

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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 11:29 - 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 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 15:1 - Abijam[fn] began to rule over Judah in the eighteenth year of Jeroboam's reign in Israel.

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1Ki 15:8 - When Abijam died, he was buried in the City of David. Then his son Asa became the next king.

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1Ki 15:9 - Asa began to rule over Judah in the twentieth year of Jeroboam's reign in Israel.

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1Ki 15:13 - He even deposed his grandmother Maacah from her position as queen mother because she had made an obscene Asherah pole. He cut down her obscene pole and burned it in the Kidron Valley.

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1Ki 15:33 - Baasha son of Ahijah began to rule over all Israel in the third year of King Asa's reign in Judah. Baasha reigned in Tirzah twenty-four years.

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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 16:6 - When Baasha died, he was buried in Tirzah. Then his son Elah became the next king.

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1Ki 16:11 - Zimri immediately killed the entire royal family of Baasha, leaving him not even a single male child. He even destroyed distant relatives and friends.

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1Ki 16:23 - Omri began to rule over Israel in the thirty-first year of King Asa's reign in Judah. He reigned twelve years in all, six of them in Tirzah.

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1Ki 16:24 - Then Omri bought the hill now known as Samaria from its owner, Shemer, for 150 pounds of silver.[fn] He built a city on it and called the city Samaria in honor of Shemer.

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1Ki 17:21 - And he stretched himself out over the child three times and cried out to the LORD, “O LORD my God, please let this child's life return to him.”

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1Ki 18:4 - Once when Jezebel had tried to kill all the LORD's prophets, Obadiah had hidden 100 of them in two caves. He put fifty prophets in each cave and supplied them with food and water.)

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1Ki 18:13 - Has no one told you, my lord, about the time when Jezebel was trying to kill the LORD's prophets? I hid 100 of them in two caves and supplied them with food and water.

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1Ki 18:18 - “I have made no trouble for Israel,” Elijah replied. “You and your family are the troublemakers, for you have refused to obey the commands of the LORD and have worshiped the images of Baal instead.

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1Ki 18:43 - Then he said to his servant, “Go and look out toward the sea.”
The servant went and looked, then returned to Elijah and said, “I didn't see anything.”
Seven times Elijah told him to go and look.

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1Ki 19:12 - And after the earthquake there was a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire. And after the fire there was the sound of a gentle whisper.

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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 21:19 - Give him this message: ‘This is what the LORD says: Wasn't it enough that you killed Naboth? Must you rob him, too? Because you have done this, dogs will lick your blood at the very place where they licked the blood of Naboth!'”

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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 22:2 - Then during the third year, King Jehoshaphat of Judah went to visit King Ahab of Israel.

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1Ki 22:38 - Then his chariot was washed beside the pool of Samaria, and dogs came and licked his blood at the place where the prostitutes bathed,[fn] just as the LORD had promised.

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1Ki 22:41 - Jehoshaphat son of Asa began to rule over Judah in the fourth year of King Ahab's reign in Israel.

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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 2:1 - When the LORD was about to take Elijah up to heaven in a whirlwind, Elijah and Elisha were traveling from Gilgal.

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2Ki 2:9 - When they came to the other side, Elijah said to Elisha, “Tell me what I can do for you before I am taken away.”
And Elisha replied, “Please let me inherit a double share of your spirit and become your successor.”

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2Ki 4:7 - When she told the man of God what had happened, he said to her, “Now sell the olive oil and pay your debts, and you and your sons can live on what is left over.”

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2Ki 4:10 - Let's build a small room for him on the roof and furnish it with a bed, a table, a chair, and a lamp. Then he will have a place to stay whenever he comes by.”

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2Ki 4:19 - Suddenly he cried out, “My head hurts! My head hurts!”
His father said to one of the servants, “Carry him home to his mother.”

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2Ki 4:26 - Run out to meet her and ask her, ‘Is everything all right with you, your husband, and your child?'”
“Yes,” the woman told Gehazi, “everything is fine.”

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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 4:40 - Some of the stew was served to the men. But after they had eaten a bite or two they cried out, “Man of God, there's poison in this stew!” So they would not eat it.

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2Ki 5:27 - Because you have done this, you and your descendants will suffer from Naaman's leprosy forever.” When Gehazi left the room, he was covered with leprosy; his skin was white as snow.

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2Ki 6:12 - “It's not us, my lord the king,” one of the officers replied. “Elisha, the prophet in Israel, tells the king of Israel even the words you speak in the privacy of your bedroom!”

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2Ki 7:5 - So at twilight they set out for the camp of the Arameans. But when they came to the edge of the camp, no one was there!

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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 8:11 - Elisha stared at Hazael[fn] with a fixed gaze until Hazael became uneasy.[fn] Then the man of God started weeping.

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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 8:17 - Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years.

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2Ki 8:26 - Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem one year. His mother was Athaliah, a granddaughter of King Omri of Israel.

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2Ki 8:29 - he returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds he had received at Ramoth.[fn] Because Joram was wounded, King Ahaziah of Judah went to Jezreel to visit him.

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2Ki 9:2 - and find Jehu son of Jehoshaphat, son of Nimshi. Call him into a private room away from his friends,

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2Ki 9:15 - But King Joram[fn] was wounded in the fighting and returned to Jezreel to recover from his wounds.) So Jehu told the men with him, “If you want me to be king, don't let anyone leave town and go to Jezreel to report what we have done.”

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2Ki 9:17 - The watchman on the tower of Jezreel saw Jehu and his company approaching, so he shouted to Joram, “I see a company of troops coming!”
“Send out a rider to ask if they are coming in peace,” King Joram ordered.

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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 9:24 - But Jehu drew his bow and shot Joram between the shoulders. The arrow pierced his heart, and he sank down dead in his chariot.

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2Ki 9:27 - When King Ahaziah of Judah saw what was happening, he fled along the road to Beth-haggan. Jehu rode after him, shouting, “Shoot him, too!” So they shot Ahaziah in his chariot at the Ascent of Gur, near Ibleam. He was able to go on as far as Megiddo, but he died there.

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2Ki 10:16 - Then Jehu said, “Now come with me, and see how devoted I am to the LORD.” So Jehonadab rode along with him.

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2Ki 11:2 - But Ahaziah's sister Jehosheba, the daughter of King Jehoram,[fn] took Ahaziah's infant son, Joash, and stole him away from among the rest of the king's children, who were about to be killed. She put Joash and his nurse in a bedroom to hide him from Athaliah, so the child was not murdered.

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2Ki 11:4 - In the seventh year of Athaliah's reign, Jehoiada the priest summoned the commanders, the Carite mercenaries, and the palace guards to come to the Temple of the LORD. He made a solemn pact with them and made them swear an oath of loyalty there in the LORD's Temple; then he showed them the king's son.

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2Ki 11:8 - Form a bodyguard around the king and keep your weapons in hand. Kill anyone who tries to break through. Stay with the king wherever he goes.”

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2Ki 11:21 - [fn]Joash[fn] was seven years old when he became king.

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2Ki 12:6 - But by the twenty-third year of Joash's reign, the priests still had not repaired the Temple.

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2Ki 14:2 - Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother was Jehoaddin from Jerusalem.

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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 15:33 - He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. His mother was Jerusha, the daughter of Zadok.

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2Ki 16:2 - Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. He did not do what was pleasing in the sight of the LORD his God, as his ancestor David had done.

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2Ki 17:40 - But the people would not listen and continued to follow their former practices.

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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 18:13 - In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah's reign,[fn] King Sennacherib of Assyria came to attack the fortified towns of Judah and conquered them.

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2Ki 19:23 - By your messengers you have defied the Lord.
You have said, ‘With my many chariots
I have conquered the highest mountains—
yes, the remotest peaks of Lebanon.
I have cut down its tallest cedars
and its finest cypress trees.
I have reached its farthest corners
and explored its deepest forests.

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2Ki 19:24 - I have dug wells in many foreign lands
and refreshed myself with their water.
With the sole of my foot
I stopped up all the rivers of Egypt!'

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2Ki 19:29 - Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Here is the proof that what I say is true:
“This year you will eat only what grows up by itself,
and next year you will eat what springs up from that.
But in the third year you will plant crops and harvest them;
you will tend vineyards and eat their fruit.

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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 21:19 - 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 22:3 - In the eighteenth year of his reign, King Josiah sent Shaphan son of Azaliah and grandson of Meshullam, the court secretary, to the Temple of the LORD. He told him,

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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 23:23 - This Passover was celebrated to the LORD in Jerusalem in the eighteenth year of King Josiah's reign.

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2Ki 23:29 - While Josiah was king, Pharaoh Neco, king of Egypt, went to the Euphrates River to help the king of Assyria. King Josiah and his army marched out to fight him,[fn] but King Neco[fn] killed him when they met at Megiddo.

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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 24:8 - 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 25:17 - Each of the pillars was 27 feet[fn] tall. The bronze capital on top of each pillar was 7½ feet[fn] high and was decorated with a network of bronze pomegranates all the way around.

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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 8:8 - After Shaharaim divorced his wives Hushim and Baara, he had children in the land of Moab.

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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 11:23 - Once, armed only with a club, he killed an Egyptian warrior who was 7½ feet[fn] tall and whose spear was as thick as a weaver's beam. Benaiah wrenched the spear from the Egyptian's hand and killed him with it.

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1Ch 12:19 - Some men from Manasseh defected from the Israelite army and joined David when he set out with the Philistines to fight against Saul. But as it turned out, the Philistine rulers refused to let David and his men go with them. After much discussion, they sent them back, for they said, “It will cost us our heads if David switches loyalties to Saul and turns against us.”

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1Ch 12:20 - Here is a list of the men from Manasseh who defected to David as he was returning to Ziklag: Adnah, Jozabad, Jediael, Michael, Jozabad, Elihu, and Zillethai. Each commanded 1,000 troops from the tribe of Manasseh.

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1Ch 14:15 - When you hear a sound like marching feet in the tops of the poplar trees, go out and attack! That will be the signal that God is moving ahead of you to strike down the Philistine army.”

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1Ch 15:26 - And because God was clearly helping the Levites as they carried the Ark of the LORD's Covenant, they sacrificed seven bulls and seven rams.

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1Ch 16:19 - He said this when you were few in number,
a tiny group of strangers in Canaan.

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1Ch 16:32 - Let the sea and everything in it shout his praise!
Let the fields and their crops burst out with joy!

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1Ch 19:9 - The Ammonite troops came out and drew up their battle lines at the entrance of the city, while the other kings positioned themselves to fight in the open fields.

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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 21:21 - When Araunah saw David approaching, he left his threshing floor and bowed before David with his face to the ground.

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1Ch 21:28 - When David saw that the LORD had answered his prayer, he offered sacrifices there at Araunah's threshing floor.

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1Ch 22:7 - “My son, I wanted to build a Temple to honor the name of the LORD my God,” David told him.

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1Ch 22:8 - “But the LORD said to me, ‘You have killed many men in the battles you have fought. And since you have shed so much blood in my sight, you will not be the one to build a Temple to honor my name.

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1Ch 22:10 - He is the one who will build a Temple to honor my name. He will be my son, and I will be his father. And I will secure the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever.'

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1Ch 23:13 - The sons of Amram were Aaron and Moses. Aaron and his descendants were set apart to dedicate the most holy things, to offer sacrifices in the LORD's presence, to serve the LORD, and to pronounce blessings in his name forever.

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1Ch 26:31 - Also from the clan of Hebron came Jeriah,[fn] who was the leader of the Hebronites according to the genealogical records. (In the fortieth year of David's reign, a search was made in the records, and capable men from the clan of Hebron were found at Jazer in the land of Gilead.)

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1Ch 29:3 - “And now, because of my devotion to the Temple of my God, I am giving all of my own private treasures of gold and silver to help in the construction. This is in addition to the building materials I have already collected for his holy Temple.

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1Ch 29:16 - “O LORD our God, even this material we have gathered to build a Temple to honor your holy name comes from you! It all belongs to you!

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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 2:2 - [fn]He enlisted a force of 70,000 laborers, 80,000 men to quarry stone in the hill country, and 3,600 foremen.

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2Ch 2:4 - I am about to build a Temple to honor the name of the LORD my God. It will be a place set apart to burn fragrant incense before him, to display the special sacrificial bread, and to sacrifice burnt offerings each morning and evening, on the Sabbaths, at new moon celebrations, and at the other appointed festivals of the LORD our God. He has commanded Israel to do these things forever.

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2Ch 2:11 - King Hiram sent this letter of reply to Solomon: “It is because the LORD loves his people that he has made you their king!

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2Ch 3:2 - The construction began in midspring,[fn] during the fourth year of Solomon's reign.

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2Ch 4:13 - the 400 pomegranates that hung from the chains on the capitals (two rows of pomegranates for each of the chain networks that decorated the capitals on top of the pillars);

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2Ch 4:17 - The king had them cast in clay molds in the Jordan Valley between Succoth and Zarethan.[fn]

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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 5:11 - Then the priests left the Holy Place. All the priests who were present had purified themselves, whether or not they were on duty that day.

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2Ch 6:2 - Now I have built a glorious Temple for you, a place where you can live forever!”

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2Ch 6:7 - Then Solomon said, “My father, David, wanted to build this Temple to honor the name of the LORD, the God of Israel.

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2Ch 6:8 - But the LORD told him, ‘You wanted to build the Temple to honor my name. Your intention is good,

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2Ch 6:9 - but you are not the one to do it. One of your own sons will build the Temple to honor me.'

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2Ch 6:10 - “And now the LORD has fulfilled the promise he made, for I have become king in my father's place, and now I sit on the throne of Israel, just as the LORD promised. I have built this Temple to honor the name of the LORD, the God of Israel.

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2Ch 6:24 - “If your people Israel are defeated by their enemies because they have sinned against you, and if they turn back and acknowledge your name and pray to you here in this Temple,

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2Ch 6:26 - “If the skies are shut up and there is no rain because your people have sinned against you, and if they pray toward this Temple and acknowledge your name and turn from their sins because you have punished them,

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2Ch 6:34 - “If your people go out where you send them to fight their enemies, and if they pray to you by turning toward this city you have chosen and toward this Temple I have built to honor your name,

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2Ch 6:38 - If they turn to you with their whole heart and soul in the land of their captivity and pray toward the land you gave to their ancestors—toward this city you have chosen, and toward this Temple I have built to honor your name—

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2Ch 7:20 - then I will uproot the people from this land that I have given them. I will reject this Temple that I have made holy to honor my name. I will make it an object of mockery and ridicule among the nations.

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2Ch 10:6 - Then King Rehoboam discussed the matter with the older men who had counseled his father, Solomon. “What is your advice?” he asked. “How should I answer these people?”

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2Ch 12:2 - Because they were unfaithful to the LORD, King Shishak of Egypt came up and attacked Jerusalem in the fifth year of King Rehoboam's reign.

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2Ch 12:7 - When the LORD saw their change of heart, he gave this message to Shemaiah: “Since the people have humbled themselves, I will not completely destroy them and will soon give them some relief. I will not use Shishak to pour out my anger on Jerusalem.

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2Ch 12:11 - Whenever the king went to the Temple of the LORD, the guards would also take the shields and then return them to the guardroom.

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2Ch 12:12 - Because Rehoboam humbled himself, the LORD's anger was turned away, and he did not destroy him completely. There were still some good things in the land 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 13:1 - Abijah began to rule over Judah in the eighteenth year of Jeroboam's reign in Israel.

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2Ch 13:4 - When the army of Judah arrived in the hill country of Ephraim, Abijah stood on Mount Zemaraim and shouted to Jeroboam and all Israel: “Listen to me!

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2Ch 13:15 - and the men of Judah began to shout. At the sound of their battle cry, God defeated Jeroboam and all Israel and routed them before Abijah and the army of Judah.

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2Ch 14:11 - Then Asa cried out to the LORD his God, “O LORD, no one but you can help the powerless against the mighty! Help us, O LORD our God, for we trust in you alone. It is in your name that we have come against this vast horde. O LORD, you are our God; do not let mere men prevail against you!”

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2Ch 15:2 - and he went out to meet King Asa as he was returning from the battle. “Listen to me, Asa!” he shouted. “Listen, all you people of Judah and Benjamin! The LORD will stay with you as long as you stay with him! Whenever you seek him, you will find him. But if you abandon him, he will abandon you.

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2Ch 15:8 - When Asa heard this message from Azariah the prophet,[fn] he took courage and removed all the detestable idols from the land of Judah and Benjamin and in the towns he had captured in the hill country of Ephraim. And he repaired the altar of the LORD, which stood in front of the entry room of the LORD's Temple.

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2Ch 15:9 - Then Asa called together all the people of Judah and Benjamin, along with the people of Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon who had settled among them. For many from Israel had moved to Judah during Asa's reign when they saw that the LORD his God was with him.

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2Ch 15:10 - The people gathered at Jerusalem in late spring,[fn] during the fifteenth year of Asa's reign.

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2Ch 16:5 - As soon as Baasha of Israel heard what was happening, he abandoned his project of fortifying Ramah and stopped all work on it.

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2Ch 16:8 - Don't you remember what happened to the Ethiopians[fn] and Libyans and their vast army, with all of their chariots and charioteers?[fn] At that time you relied on the LORD, and he handed them over to you.

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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 16:13 - So he died in the forty-first year of his reign.

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2Ch 16:14 - He was buried in the tomb he had carved out for himself in the City of David. He was laid on a bed perfumed with sweet spices and fragrant ointments, and the people built a huge funeral fire in his honor.

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2Ch 17:7 - In the third year of his reign Jehoshaphat sent his officials to teach in all the towns of Judah. These officials included Ben-hail, Obadiah, Zechariah, Nethanel, and Micaiah.

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2Ch 20:8 - Your people settled here and built this Temple to honor your name.

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2Ch 20:20 - Early the next morning the army of Judah went out into the wilderness of Tekoa. On the way Jehoshaphat stopped and said, “Listen to me, all you people of Judah and Jerusalem! Believe in the LORD your God, and you will be able to stand firm. Believe in his prophets, and you will succeed.”

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2Ch 20:22 - At the very moment they began to sing and give praise, the LORD caused the armies of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir to start fighting among themselves.

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2Ch 20:29 - When all the surrounding kingdoms heard that the LORD himself had fought against the enemies of Israel, the fear of God came over them.

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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 20:36 - Together they built a fleet of trading ships[fn] at the port of Ezion-geber.

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2Ch 22:6 - he returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds he had received at Ramoth.[fn] Because Joram was wounded, King Ahaziah[fn] of Judah went to Jezreel to visit him.

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2Ch 22:7 - But God had decided that this visit would be Ahaziah's downfall. While he was there, Ahaziah went out with Joram to meet Jehu grandson of Nimshi,[fn] whom the LORD had appointed to destroy the dynasty of Ahab.

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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 24:15 - Jehoiada lived to a very old age, finally dying at 130.

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2Ch 25:16 - But the king interrupted him and said, “Since when have I made you the king's counselor? Be quiet now before I have you killed!”
So the prophet stopped with this warning: “I know that God has determined to destroy you because you have done this and have refused to accept my counsel.”

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2Ch 26:11 - Uzziah had an army of well-trained warriors, ready to march into battle, unit by unit. This army had been mustered and organized by Jeiel, the secretary of the army, and his assistant, Maaseiah. They were under the direction of Hananiah, one of the king's officials.

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2Ch 26:20 - When Azariah the high priest and all the other priests saw the leprosy, they rushed him out. And the king himself was eager to get out because the LORD had struck him.

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2Ch 26:23 - When Uzziah died, he was buried with his ancestors; his grave was in a nearby burial field belonging to the kings, for the people said, “He had leprosy.” And his son Jotham became the next king.

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2Ch 27:1 - Jotham was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. His mother was Jerusha, the daughter of Zadok.

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2Ch 27:5 - Jotham went to war against the Ammonites and conquered them. Over the next three years he received from them an annual tribute of 7,500 pounds[fn] of silver, 50,000 bushels of wheat, and 50,000 bushels of barley.[fn]

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2Ch 28:1 - Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. He did not do what was pleasing in the sight of the LORD, as his ancestor David had done.

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2Ch 28:6 - In a single day Pekah son of Remaliah, Israel's king, killed 120,000 of Judah's troops, all of them experienced warriors, because they had abandoned the LORD, the God of their ancestors.

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2Ch 28:22 - Even during this time of trouble, King Ahaz continued to reject the LORD.

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2Ch 29:7 - They also shut the doors to the Temple's entry room, and they snuffed out the lamps. They stopped burning incense and presenting burnt offerings at the sanctuary of the God of Israel.

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2Ch 29:22 - So they killed the bulls, and the priests took the blood and sprinkled it on the altar. Next they killed the rams and sprinkled their blood on the altar. And finally, they did the same with the male lambs.

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2Ch 29:27 - Then Hezekiah ordered that the burnt offering be placed on the altar. As the burnt offering was presented, songs of praise to the LORD were begun, accompanied by the trumpets and other instruments of David, the former king of Israel.

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2Ch 30:9 - “For if you return to the LORD, your relatives and your children will be treated mercifully by their captors, and they will be able to return to this land. For the LORD your God is gracious and merciful. If you return to him, he will not continue to turn his face from you.”

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2Ch 30:10 - The runners went from town to town throughout Ephraim and Manasseh and as far as the territory of Zebulun. But most of the people just laughed at the runners and made fun of them.

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2Ch 33:1 - Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-five years.

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2Ch 33:21 - Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem two years.

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2Ch 34:1 - Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-one years.

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2Ch 34:3 - During the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, Josiah began to seek the God of his ancestor David. Then in the twelfth year he began to purify Judah and Jerusalem, destroying all the pagan shrines, the Asherah poles, and the carved idols and cast images.

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2Ch 34:8 - In the eighteenth year of his reign, after he had purified the land and the Temple, Josiah appointed Shaphan son of Azaliah, Maaseiah the governor of Jerusalem, and Joah son of Joahaz, the royal historian, to repair the Temple of the LORD his God.

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2Ch 34:14 - While they were bringing out the money collected at the LORD's Temple, Hilkiah the priest found the Book of the Law of the LORD that was written by Moses.

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2Ch 34:21 - “Go to the Temple and speak to the LORD for me and for all the remnant of Israel and Judah. Inquire about the words written in the scroll that has been found. For the LORD's great anger has been poured out on us because our ancestors have not obeyed the word of the LORD. We have not been doing everything this scroll says we must do.”

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2Ch 34:24 - ‘This is what the LORD says: I am going to bring disaster on this city[fn] and its people. All the curses written in the scroll that was read to the king of Judah will come true.

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2Ch 34:27 - You were sorry and humbled yourself before God when you heard his words against this city and its people. You humbled yourself and tore your clothing in despair and wept before me in repentance. And I have indeed heard you, says the LORD.

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2Ch 34:31 - The king took his place of authority beside the pillar and renewed the covenant in the LORD's presence. He pledged to obey the LORD by keeping all his commands, laws, and decrees with all his heart and soul. He promised to obey all the terms of the covenant that were written in the scroll.

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2Ch 35:14 - Afterward the Levites prepared Passover offerings for themselves and for the priests—the descendants of Aaron—because the priests had been busy from morning till night offering the burnt offerings and the fat portions. The Levites took responsibility for all these preparations.

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2Ch 35:22 - But Josiah refused to listen to Neco, to whom God had indeed spoken, and he would not turn back. Instead, he disguised himself and led his army into battle on the plain of Megiddo.

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2Ch 36:2 - Jehoahaz[fn] was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months.

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2Ch 36:5 - Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. He did what was evil in the sight of the LORD his God.

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2Ch 36:9 - Jehoiachin was eighteen[fn] years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months and ten days. Jehoiachin did what was evil in the LORD's sight.

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2Ch 36:11 - Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years.

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Ezr 1:1 - In the first year of King Cyrus of Persia,[fn] the LORD fulfilled the prophecy he had given through Jeremiah.[fn] He stirred the heart of Cyrus to put this proclamation in writing and to send it throughout his kingdom:

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Ezr 2:61 - Three families of priests—Hobaiah, Hakkoz, and Barzillai—also returned. (This Barzillai had married a woman who was a descendant of Barzillai of Gilead, and he had taken her family name.)

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Ezr 2:68 - When they arrived at the Temple of the LORD in Jerusalem, some of the family leaders made voluntary offerings toward the rebuilding of God's Temple on its original site,

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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 10:13 - Then they added, “This isn't something that can be done in a day or two, for many of us are involved in this extremely sinful affair. And this is the rainy season, so we cannot stay out here much longer.

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Neh 1:4 - When I heard this, I sat down and wept. In fact, for days I mourned, fasted, and prayed to the God of heaven.

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Neh 2:13 - After dark I went out through the Valley Gate, past the Jackal's Well,[fn] and over to the Dung Gate to inspect the broken walls and burned gates.

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Neh 2:14 - Then I went to the Fountain Gate and to the King's Pool, but my donkey couldn't get through the rubble.

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Neh 2:15 - So, though it was still dark, I went up the Kidron Valley[fn] instead, inspecting the wall before I turned back and entered again at the Valley Gate.

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Neh 3:13 - The Valley Gate was repaired by the people from Zanoah, led by Hanun. They set up its doors and installed its bolts and bars. They also repaired the 1,500 feet[fn] of wall to the Dung Gate.

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Neh 4:10 - Then the people of Judah began to complain, “The workers are getting tired, and there is so much rubble to be moved. We will never be able to build the wall by ourselves.”

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Neh 4:17 - who were building the wall. The laborers carried on their work with one hand supporting their load and one hand holding a weapon.

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Neh 5:18 - The provisions I paid for each day included one ox, six choice sheep or goats, and a large number of poultry. And every ten days we needed a large supply of all kinds of wine. Yet I refused to claim the governor's food allowance because the people already carried a heavy burden.

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Neh 9:8 - When he had proved himself faithful, you made a covenant with him to give him and his descendants the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Jebusites, and Girgashites. And you have done what you promised, for you are always true to your word.

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Neh 9:20 - You sent your good Spirit to instruct them, and you did not stop giving them manna from heaven or water for their thirst.

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Neh 12:25 - This included Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, and Obadiah.
Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were the gatekeepers in charge of the storerooms at the gates.

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Neh 13:15 - In those days I saw men of Judah treading out their winepresses on the Sabbath. They were also bringing in grain, loading it on donkeys, and bringing their wine, grapes, figs, and all sorts of produce to Jerusalem to sell on the Sabbath. So I rebuked them for selling their produce on that day.

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Neh 13:16 - Some men from Tyre, who lived in Jerusalem, were bringing in fish and all kinds of merchandise. They were selling it on the Sabbath to the people of Judah—and in Jerusalem at that!

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Est 1:3 - In the third year of his reign, he gave a banquet for all his nobles and officials. He invited all the military officers of Persia and Media as well as the princes and nobles of the provinces.

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Est 2:2 - So his personal attendants suggested, “Let us search the empire to find beautiful young virgins for the king.

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Est 2:7 - This man had a very beautiful and lovely young cousin, Hadassah, who was also called Esther. When her father and mother died, Mordecai adopted her into his family and raised her as his own daughter.

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Est 2:15 - Esther was the daughter of Abihail, who was Mordecai's uncle. (Mordecai had adopted his younger cousin Esther.) When it was Esther's turn to go to the king, she accepted the advice of Hegai, the eunuch in charge of the harem. She asked for nothing except what he suggested, and she was admired by everyone who saw her.

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Est 2:16 - Esther was taken to King Xerxes at the royal palace in early winter[fn] of the seventh year of his reign.

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Est 3:11 - The king said, “The money and the people are both yours to do with as you see fit.”

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Est 5:2 - When he saw Queen Esther standing there in the inner court, he welcomed her and held out the gold scepter to her. So Esther approached and touched the end of the scepter.

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Est 5:6 - And while they were drinking wine, the king said to Esther, “Now tell me what you really want. What is your request? I will give it to you, even if it is half the kingdom!”

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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 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 7:3 - Queen Esther replied, “If I have found favor with the king, and if it pleases the king to grant my request, I ask that my life and the lives of my people will be spared.

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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 9:27 - the Jews throughout the realm agreed to inaugurate this tradition and to pass it on to their descendants and to all who became Jews. They declared they would never fail to celebrate these two prescribed days at the appointed time each year.

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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 3:17 - For in death the wicked cause no trouble,
and the weary are at rest.

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Job 6:4 - For the Almighty has struck me down with his arrows.
Their poison infects my spirit.
God's terrors are lined up against me.

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Job 7:11 - “I cannot keep from speaking.
I must express my anguish.
My bitter soul must complain.

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Job 9:27 - If I decided to forget my complaints,
to put away my sad face and be cheerful,

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Job 16:5 - But if it were me, I would encourage you.
I would try to take away your grief.

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Job 27:1 - Job continued speaking:

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Job 29:1 - Job continued speaking:

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Job 29:3 - when he lit up the way before me
and I walked safely through the darkness.

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Job 29:22 - And after I spoke, they had nothing to add,
for my counsel satisfied them.

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Job 33:14 - For God speaks again and again,
though people do not recognize it.

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Job 34:6 - I am innocent, but they call me a liar.
My suffering is incurable, though I have not sinned.'

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Job 38:4 - “Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth?
Tell me, if you know so much.

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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 4:3 - You can be sure of this:
The LORD set apart the godly for himself.
The LORD will answer when I call to him.

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Psa 5:7 - Because of your unfailing love, I can enter your house;
I will worship at your Temple with deepest awe.

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Psa 5:9 - My enemies cannot speak a truthful word.
Their deepest desire is to destroy others.
Their talk is foul, like the stench from an open grave.
Their tongues are filled with flattery.[fn]

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Psa 7:17 - I will thank the LORD because he is just;
I will sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.

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Psa 9:2 - I will be filled with joy because of you.
I will sing praises to your name, O Most High.

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Psa 9:3 - My enemies retreated;
they staggered and died when you appeared.

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Psa 9:14 - Save me so I can praise you publicly at Jerusalem's gates,
so I can rejoice that you have rescued me.

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Psa 10:2 - The wicked arrogantly hunt down the poor.
Let them be caught in the evil they plan for others.

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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 13:5 - But I trust in your unfailing love.
I will rejoice because you have rescued me.

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Psa 14:7 - Who will come from Mount Zion to rescue Israel?
When the LORD restores his people,
Jacob will shout with joy, and Israel will rejoice.

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Psa 15:1 - A psalm of David.

Who may worship in your sanctuary, LORD?
Who may enter your presence on your holy hill?

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Psa 17:15 - Because I am righteous, I will see you.
When I awake, I will see you face to face and be satisfied.

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Psa 18:6 - But in my distress I cried out to the LORD;
yes, I prayed to my God for help.
He heard me from his sanctuary;
my cry to him reached his ears.

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Psa 18:49 - For this, O LORD, I will praise you among the nations;
I will sing praises to your name.

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Psa 18:50 - You give great victories to your king;
you show unfailing love to your anointed,
to David and all his descendants forever.

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Psa 19:11 - They are a warning to your servant,
a great reward for those who obey them.

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Psa 20:5 - May we shout for joy when we hear of your victory
and raise a victory banner in the name of our God.
May the LORD answer all your prayers.

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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 21:5 - Your victory brings him great honor,
and you have clothed him with splendor and majesty.

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Psa 21:7 - For the king trusts in the LORD.
The unfailing love of the Most High will keep him from stumbling.

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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 27:2 - When evil people come to devour me,
when my enemies and foes attack me,
they will stumble and fall.

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Psa 28:2 - Listen to my prayer for mercy
as I cry out to you for help,
as I lift my hands toward your holy sanctuary.

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Psa 30:5 - For his anger lasts only a moment,
but his favor lasts a lifetime!
Weeping may last through the night,
but joy comes with the morning.

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Psa 30:7 - Your favor, O LORD, made me as secure as a mountain.
Then you turned away from me, and I was shattered.

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Psa 30:9 - “What will you gain if I die,
if I sink into the grave?
Can my dust praise you?
Can it tell of your faithfulness?

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Psa 31:7 - I will be glad and rejoice in your unfailing love,
for you have seen my troubles,
and you care about the anguish of my soul.

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Psa 31:13 - I have heard the many rumors about me,
and I am surrounded by terror.
My enemies conspire against me,
plotting to take my life.

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Psa 31:16 - Let your favor shine on your servant.
In your unfailing love, rescue me.

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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 32:2 - Yes, what joy for those
whose record the LORD has cleared of guilt,[fn]
whose lives are lived in complete honesty!

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Psa 32:4 - Day and night your hand of discipline was heavy on me.
My strength evaporated like water in the summer heat.
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Psa 33:6 - The LORD merely spoke,
and the heavens were created.
He breathed the word,
and all the stars were born.

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Psa 33:21 - In him our hearts rejoice,
for we trust in his holy name.

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Psa 34:1 - A psalm of David, regarding the time he pretended to be insane in front of Abimelech, who sent him away.

I will praise the LORD at all times.
I will constantly speak his praises.

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Psa 34:18 - The LORD is close to the brokenhearted;
he rescues those whose spirits are crushed.

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Psa 35:9 - Then I will rejoice in the LORD.
I will be glad because he rescues me.

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Psa 36:9 - For you are the fountain of life,
the light by which we see.

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Psa 37:20 - But the wicked will die.
The LORD's enemies are like flowers in a field—
they will disappear like smoke.

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Psa 37:34 - Put your hope in the LORD.
Travel steadily along his path.
He will honor you by giving you the land.
You will see the wicked destroyed.

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Psa 38:14 - I choose to hear nothing,
and I make no reply.

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Psa 38:16 - I prayed, “Don't let my enemies gloat over me
or rejoice at my downfall.”

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Psa 39:1 - For Jeduthun, the choir director: A psalm of David.

I said to myself, “I will watch what I do
and not sin in what I say.
I will hold my tongue
when the ungodly are around me.”

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Psa 42:2 - I thirst for God, the living God.
When can I go and stand before him?

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Psa 42:3 - Day and night I have only tears for food,
while my enemies continually taunt me, saying,
“Where is this God of yours?”

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Psa 42:9 - “O God my rock,” I cry,
“Why have you forgotten me?
Why must I wander around in grief,
oppressed by my enemies?”

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Psa 42:10 - Their taunts break my bones.
They scoff, “Where is this God of yours?”

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Psa 43:2 - For you are God, my only safe haven.
Why have you tossed me aside?
Why must I wander around in grief,
oppressed by my enemies?

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Psa 44:5 - Only by your power can we push back our enemies;
only in your name can we trample our foes.

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Psa 44:6 - I do not trust in my bow;
I do not count on my sword to save me.

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Psa 44:8 - O God, we give glory to you all day long
and constantly praise your name.
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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 46:2 - So we will not fear when earthquakes come
and the mountains crumble into the sea.

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Psa 49:6 - They trust in their wealth
and boast of great riches.

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Psa 49:13 - This is the fate of fools,
though they are remembered as being wise.[fn]
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Psa 49:17 - For when they die, they take nothing with them.
Their wealth will not follow them into the grave.

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Psa 51:4 - Against you, and you alone, have I sinned;
I have done what is evil in your sight.
You will be proved right in what you say,
and your judgment against me is just.[fn]

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Psa 53:6 - Who will come from Mount Zion to rescue Israel?
When God restores his people,
Jacob will shout with joy, and Israel will rejoice.

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Psa 54:6 - I will sacrifice a voluntary offering to you;
I will praise your name, O LORD,
for it is good.

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Psa 55:20 - As for my companion, he betrayed his friends;
he broke his promises.

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Psa 58:6 - Break off their fangs, O God!
Smash the jaws of these lions, O LORD!

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Psa 58:10 - The godly will rejoice when they see injustice avenged.
They will wash their feet in the blood of the wicked.

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Psa 59:7 - Listen to the filth that comes from their mouths;
their words cut like swords.
“After all, who can hear us?” they sneer.

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Psa 61:4 - Let me live forever in your sanctuary,
safe beneath the shelter of your wings!
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Psa 61:8 - Then I will sing praises to your name forever
as I fulfill my vows each day.

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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.
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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 64:1 - For the choir director: A psalm of David.

O God, listen to my complaint.
Protect my life from my enemies' threats.

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Psa 66:2 - Sing about the glory of his name!
Tell the world how glorious he is.

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Psa 66:3 - Say to God, “How awesome are your deeds!
Your enemies cringe before your mighty power.

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Psa 66:4 - Everything on earth will worship you;
they will sing your praises,
shouting your name in glorious songs.”
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Psa 66:17 - For I cried out to him for help,
praising him as I spoke.

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Psa 68:4 - Sing praises to God and to his name!
Sing loud praises to him who rides the clouds.
His name is the LORD—
rejoice in his presence!

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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 68:14 - The Almighty scattered the enemy kings
like a blowing snowstorm on Mount Zalmon.

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Psa 68:30 - Rebuke these enemy nations—
these wild animals lurking in the reeds,
this herd of bulls among the weaker calves.
Make them bring bars of silver in humble tribute.
Scatter the nations that delight in war.

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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 71:9 - And now, in my old age, don't set me aside.
Don't abandon me when my strength is failing.

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Psa 73:18 - Truly, you put them on a slippery path
and send them sliding over the cliff to destruction.

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Psa 76:9 - You stand up to judge those who do evil, O God,
and to rescue the oppressed of the earth.
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Psa 78:30 - But before they satisfied their craving,
while the meat was yet in their mouths,

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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 78:48 - He abandoned their cattle to the hail,
their livestock to bolts of lightning.

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Psa 81:5 - He made it a law for Israel[fn]
when he attacked Egypt to set us free.
I heard an unknown voice say,

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Psa 88:12 - Can the darkness speak of your wonderful deeds?
Can anyone in the land of forgetfulness talk about your righteousness?

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Psa 89:1 - A psalm[fn] of Ethan the Ezrahite.

I will sing of the LORD's unfailing love forever!
Young and old will hear of your faithfulness.

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Psa 89:12 - You created north and south.
Mount Tabor and Mount Hermon praise your name.

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Psa 89:15 - Happy are those who hear the joyful call to worship,
for they will walk in the light of your presence, LORD.

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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 89:24 - My faithfulness and unfailing love will be with him,
and by my authority he will grow in power.

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Psa 91:10 - no evil will conquer you;
no plague will come near your home.

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Psa 92:1 - A psalm. A song to be sung on the Sabbath Day.

It is good to give thanks to the LORD,
to sing praises to the Most High.

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Psa 92:4 - You thrill me, LORD, with all you have done for me!
I sing for joy because of what you have done.

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Psa 92:7 - Though the wicked sprout like weeds
and evildoers flourish,
they will be destroyed forever.

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Psa 96:6 - Honor and majesty surround him;
strength and beauty fill his sanctuary.

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Psa 99:3 - Let them praise your great and awesome name.
Your name is holy!

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Psa 99:5 - Exalt the LORD our God!
Bow low before his feet, for he is holy!

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Psa 102:22 - when multitudes gather together
and kingdoms come to worship the LORD.

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Psa 105:3 - Exult in his holy name;
rejoice, you who worship the LORD.

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Psa 105:12 - He said this when they were few in number,
a tiny group of strangers in Canaan.

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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 106:44 - Even so, he pitied them in their distress
and listened to their cries.

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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 107:6 - “LORD, help!” they cried in their trouble,
and he rescued them from their distress.

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Psa 107:13 - “LORD, help!” they cried in their trouble,
and he saved them from their distress.

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Psa 107:19 - “LORD, help!” they cried in their trouble,
and he saved them from their distress.

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Psa 107:28 - “LORD, help!” they cried in their trouble,
and he saved them from their distress.

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Psa 109:7 - When his case comes up for judgment,
let him be pronounced guilty.
Count his prayers as sins.

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Psa 109:23 - I am fading like a shadow at dusk;
I am brushed off like a locust.

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Psa 109:30 - But I will give repeated thanks to the LORD,
praising him to everyone.

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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 118:10 - Though hostile nations surrounded me,
I destroyed them all with the authority of the LORD.

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Psa 118:11 - Yes, they surrounded and attacked me,
but I destroyed them all with the authority of the LORD.

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Psa 118:12 - They swarmed around me like bees;
they blazed against me like a crackling fire.
But I destroyed them all with the authority of the LORD.

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Psa 119:7 - As I learn your righteous regulations,
I will thank you by living as I should!

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Psa 119:9 - Beth
How can a young person stay pure?
By obeying your word.

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Psa 119:25 - Daleth
I lie in the dust;
revive me by your word.

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Psa 119:103 - How sweet your words taste to me;
they are sweeter than honey.

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Psa 119:159 - See how I love your commandments, LORD.
Give back my life because of your unfailing love.

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Psa 120:1 - A song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem.

I took my troubles to the LORD;
I cried out to him, and he answered my prayer.

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Psa 122:4 - All the tribes of Israel—the LORD's people—
make their pilgrimage here.
They come to give thanks to the name of the LORD,
as the law requires of Israel.

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Psa 124:2 - What if the LORD had not been on our side
when people attacked us?

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Psa 124:3 - They would have swallowed us alive
in their burning anger.

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Psa 126:1 - A song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem.

When the LORD brought back his exiles to Jerusalem,[fn]
it was like a dream!

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Psa 135:3 - Praise the LORD, for the LORD is good;
celebrate his lovely name with music.

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Psa 135:17 - They have ears but cannot hear,
and noses but cannot smell.

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Psa 137:1 - Beside the rivers of Babylon, we sat and wept
as we thought of Jerusalem.[fn]

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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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Psa 140:13 - Surely righteous people are praising your name;
the godly will live in your presence.

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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 141:3 - Take control of what I say, O LORD,
and guard my lips.

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Psa 142:1 - A psalm[fn] of David, regarding his experience in the cave. A prayer.

I cry out to the LORD;
I plead for the LORD's mercy.

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Psa 142:7 - Bring me out of prison
so I can thank you.
The godly will crowd around me,
for you are good to me.”

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Psa 143:12 - In your unfailing love, silence all my enemies
and destroy all my foes,
for I am your servant.

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Pro 1:4 - These proverbs will give insight to the simple,
knowledge and discernment to the young.

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Pro 3:8 - Then you will have healing for your body
and strength for your bones.

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Pro 16:26 - It is good for workers to have an appetite;
an empty stomach drives them on.

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Pro 19:24 - Lazy people take food in their hand
but don't even lift it to their mouth.

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Pro 27:25 - After the hay is harvested and the new crop appears
and the mountain grasses are gathered in,

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Ecc 3:17 - I said to myself, “In due season God will judge everyone, both good and bad, for all their deeds.”

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Ecc 5:8 - Don't be surprised if you see a poor person being oppressed by the powerful and if justice is being miscarried throughout the land. For every official is under orders from higher up, and matters of justice get lost in red tape and bureaucracy.

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Isa 2:5 - Come, descendants of Jacob,
let us walk in the light of the LORD!

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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 10:12 - After the Lord has used the king of Assyria to accomplish his purposes on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, he will turn against the king of Assyria and punish him—for he is proud and arrogant.

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Isa 25:7 - There he will remove the cloud of gloom,
the shadow of death that hangs over the earth.

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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 27:8 - No, but he exiled Israel to call her to account.
She was exiled from her land
as though blown away in a storm from the east.

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Isa 28:15 - You boast, “We have struck a bargain to cheat death
and have made a deal to dodge the grave.[fn]
The coming destruction can never touch us,
for we have built a strong refuge made of lies and deception.”

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Isa 29:24 - Then the wayward will gain understanding,
and complainers will accept instruction.

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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 36:11 - Then Eliakim, Shebna, and Joah said to the Assyrian chief of staff, “Please speak to us in Aramaic, for we understand it well. Don't speak in Hebrew,[fn] for the people on the wall will hear.”

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Isa 36:12 - But Sennacherib's chief of staff replied, “Do you think my master sent this message only to you and your master? He wants all the people to hear it, for when we put this city under siege, they will suffer along with you. They will be so hungry and thirsty that they will eat their own dung and drink their own urine.”

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Isa 37:24 - By your messengers you have defied the Lord.
You have said, ‘With my many chariots
I have conquered the highest mountains—
yes, the remotest peaks of Lebanon.
I have cut down its tallest cedars
and its finest cypress trees.
I have reached its farthest heights
and explored its deepest forests.

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Isa 38:10 - I said, “In the prime of my life,
must I now enter the place of the dead?[fn]
Am I to be robbed of the rest of my years?”

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Isa 41:25 - “But I have stirred up a leader who will come from the north.
I have called him by name from the east.
I will give him victory over kings and princes.
He will trample them as a potter treads on clay.

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Isa 42:4 - He will not falter or lose heart
until justice prevails throughout the earth.
Even distant lands beyond the sea will wait for his instruction.[fn]”

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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 44:5 - Some will proudly claim, ‘I belong to the LORD.'
Others will say, ‘I am a descendant of Jacob.'
Some will write the LORD's name on their hands
and will take the name of Israel as their own.”

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Isa 45:4 - “And why have I called you for this work?
Why did I call you by name when you did not know me?
It is for the sake of Jacob my servant,
Israel my chosen one.

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Isa 45:19 - I publicly proclaim bold promises.
I do not whisper obscurities in some dark corner.
I would not have told the people of Israel[fn] to seek me
if I could not be found.
I, the LORD, speak only what is true
and declare only what is right.

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Isa 48:2 - even though you call yourself the holy city
and talk about depending on the God of Israel,
whose name is the LORD of Heaven's Armies.

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Isa 50:10 - Who among you fears the LORD
and obeys his servant?
If you are walking in darkness,
without a ray of light,
trust in the LORD
and rely on your God.

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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 51:14 - Soon all you captives will be released!
Imprisonment, starvation, and death will not be your fate!

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Isa 53:9 - He had done no wrong
and had never deceived anyone.
But he was buried like a criminal;
he was put in a rich man's grave.

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Isa 55:6 - Seek the LORD while you can find him.
Call on him now while he is near.

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Isa 58:10 - Feed the hungry,
and help those in trouble.
Then your light will shine out from the darkness,
and the darkness around you will be as bright as noon.

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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 65:1 - The LORD says,
“I was ready to respond, but no one asked for help.
I was ready to be found, but no one was looking for me.
I said, ‘Here I am, here I am!'
to a nation that did not call on my name.[fn]

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Isa 65:25 - The wolf and the lamb will feed together.
The lion will eat hay like a cow.
But the snakes will eat dust.
In those days no one will be hurt or destroyed on my holy mountain.
I, the LORD, have spoken!”

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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 2:23 - “You say, ‘That's not true!
I haven't worshiped the images of Baal!'
But how can you say that?
Go and look in any valley in the land!
Face the awful sins you have done.
You are like a restless female camel
desperately searching for a mate.

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Jer 2:35 - And yet you say,
‘I have done nothing wrong.
Surely God isn't angry with me!'
But now I will punish you severely
because you claim you have not sinned.

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Jer 5:29 - Should I not punish them for this?” says the LORD.
“Should I not avenge myself against such a nation?

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Jer 6:27 - “Jeremiah, I have made you a tester of metals,[fn]
that you may determine the quality of my people.

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Jer 11:16 - I, the LORD, once called them a thriving olive tree,
beautiful to see and full of good fruit.
But now I have sent the fury of their enemies
to burn them with fire,
leaving them charred and broken.

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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 11:21 - This is what the LORD says about the men of Anathoth who wanted me dead. They had said, “We will kill you if you do not stop prophesying in the LORD's name.”

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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 13:14 - I will smash them against each other, even parents against children, says the LORD. I will not let my pity or mercy or compassion keep me from destroying them.'”

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Jer 14:14 - Then the LORD said, “These prophets are telling lies in my name. I did not send them or tell them to speak. I did not give them any messages. They prophesy of visions and revelations they have never seen or heard. They speak foolishness made up in their own lying hearts.

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Jer 14:15 - Therefore, this is what the LORD says: I will punish these lying prophets, for they have spoken in my name even though I never sent them. They say that no war or famine will come, but they themselves will die by war and famine!

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Jer 20:9 - But if I say I'll never mention the LORD
or speak in his name,
his word burns in my heart like a fire.
It's like a fire in my bones!
I am worn out trying to hold it in!
I can't do it!

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Jer 22:23 - It may be nice to live in a beautiful palace
paneled with wood from the cedars of Lebanon,
but soon you will groan with pangs of anguish—
anguish like that of a woman in labor.

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Jer 23:25 - “I have heard these prophets say, ‘Listen to the dream I had from God last night.' And then they proceed to tell lies in my name.

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Jer 23:26 - How long will this go on? If they are prophets, they are prophets of deceit, inventing everything they say.

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Jer 25:1 - This message for all the people of Judah came to Jeremiah from the LORD during the fourth year of Jehoiakim's reign over Judah.[fn] This was the year when King Nebuchadnezzar[fn] of Babylon began his reign.

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Jer 25:12 - “Then, after the seventy years of captivity are over, I will punish the king of Babylon and his people for their sins,” says the LORD. “I will make the country of the Babylonians[fn] a wasteland forever.

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Jer 25:13 - I will bring upon them all the terrors I have promised in this book—all the penalties announced by Jeremiah against the nations.

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Jer 26:9 - “What right do you have to prophesy in the LORD's name that this Temple will be destroyed like Shiloh? What do you mean, saying that Jerusalem will be destroyed and left with no inhabitants?” And all the people threatened him as he stood in front of the Temple.

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Jer 26:16 - Then the officials and the people said to the priests and prophets, “This man does not deserve the death sentence, for he has spoken to us in the name of the LORD our God.”

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Jer 26:20 - At this time Uriah son of Shemaiah from Kiriath-jearim was also prophesying for the LORD. And he predicted the same terrible disaster against the city and nation as Jeremiah did.

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Jer 27:15 - This is what the LORD says: ‘I have not sent these prophets! They are telling you lies in my name, so I will drive you from this land. You will all die—you and all these prophets, too.'”

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Jer 29:9 - because they are telling you lies in my name. I have not sent them,” says the LORD.

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Jer 29:23 - For these men have done terrible things among my people. They have committed adultery with their neighbors' wives and have lied in my name, saying things I did not command. I am a witness to this. I, the LORD, have spoken.”

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Jer 29:25 - “This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies, the God of Israel, says: You wrote a letter on your own authority to Zephaniah son of Maaseiah, the priest, and you sent copies to the other priests and people in Jerusalem. You wrote to Zephaniah,

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Jer 31:1 - “In that day,” says the LORD, “I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they will be my people.

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Jer 31:12 - They will come home and sing songs of joy on the heights of Jerusalem.
They will be radiant because of the LORD's good gifts—
the abundant crops of grain, new wine, and olive oil,
and the healthy flocks and herds.
Their life will be like a watered garden,
and all their sorrows will be gone.

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Jer 36:6 - So you go to the Temple on the next day of fasting, and read the messages from the LORD that I have had you write on this scroll. Read them so the people who are there from all over Judah will hear them.

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Jer 36:8 - Baruch did as Jeremiah told him and read these messages from the LORD to the people at the Temple.

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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 36:23 - Each time Jehudi finished reading three or four columns, the king took a knife and cut off that section of the scroll. He then threw it into the fire, section by section, until the whole scroll was burned up.

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Jer 39:1 - In January[fn] of the ninth year of King Zedekiah's reign, King Nebuchadnezzar[fn] came with his army to besiege Jerusalem.

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Jer 39:2 - Two and a half years later, on July 18[fn] in the eleventh year of Zedekiah's reign, the Babylonians broke through the wall, and the city fell.

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Jer 40:1 - The LORD gave a message to Jeremiah after Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, had released him at Ramah. He had found Jeremiah bound in chains among all the other captives of Jerusalem and Judah who were being sent to exile in Babylon.

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Jer 44:16 - “We will not listen to your messages from the LORD!

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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 50:38 - The sword will even strike her water supply,
causing it to dry up.
And why? Because the whole land is filled with idols,
and the people are madly in love with them.

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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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Lam 1:7 - In the midst of her sadness and wandering,
Jerusalem remembers her ancient splendor.
But now she has fallen to her enemy,
and there is no one to help her.
Her enemy struck her down
and laughed as she fell.

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Lam 2:11 - I have cried until the tears no longer come;
my heart is broken.
My spirit is poured out in agony
as I see the desperate plight of my people.
Little children and tiny babies
are fainting and dying in the streets.

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Lam 2:12 - They cry out to their mothers,
“We need food and drink!”
Their lives ebb away in the streets
like the life of a warrior wounded in battle.
They gasp for life
as they collapse in their mothers' arms.

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Lam 3:36 - if they twist justice in the courts—
doesn't the Lord see all these things?

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Lam 4:10 - Tenderhearted women
have cooked their own children.
They have eaten them
to survive the siege.

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Lam 4:14 - They wandered blindly
through the streets,
so defiled by blood
that no one dared touch them.

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Eze 1:1 - On July 31[fn] of my thirtieth year,[fn] while I was with the Judean exiles beside the Kebar River in Babylon, the heavens were opened and I saw visions of God.

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Eze 1:5 - From the center of the cloud came four living beings that looked human,

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Eze 1:6 - except that each had four faces and four wings.

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Eze 1:9 - The wings of each living being touched the wings of the beings beside it. Each one moved straight forward in any direction without turning around.

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Eze 1:17 - The beings could move in any of the four directions they faced, without turning as they moved.

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Eze 1:19 - When the living beings moved, the wheels moved with them. When they flew upward, the wheels went up, too.

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Eze 1:21 - When the beings moved, the wheels moved. When the beings stopped, the wheels stopped. When the beings flew upward, the wheels rose up, for the spirit of the living beings was in the wheels.

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Eze 1:24 - As they flew, their wings sounded to me like waves crashing against the shore or like the voice of the Almighty[fn] or like the shouting of a mighty army. When they stopped, they let down their wings.

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Eze 3:3 - “Fill your stomach with this,” he said. And when I ate it, it tasted as sweet as honey in my mouth.

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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 3:20 - “If righteous people turn away from their righteous behavior and ignore the obstacles I put in their way, they will die. And if you do not warn them, they will die in their sins. None of their righteous acts will be remembered, and I will hold you responsible for their deaths.

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Eze 3:27 - But when I give you a message, I will loosen your tongue and let you speak. Then you will say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says!' Those who choose to listen will listen, but those who refuse will refuse, for they are rebels.

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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 5:13 - Then at last my anger will be spent, and I will be satisfied. And when my fury against them has subsided, all Israel will know that I, the LORD, have spoken to them in my jealous anger.

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Eze 5:15 - You will become an object of mockery and taunting and horror. You will be a warning to all the nations around you. They will see what happens when the LORD punishes a nation in anger and rebukes it, says the LORD.

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Eze 5:16 - “I will shower you with the deadly arrows of famine to destroy you. The famine will become more and more severe until every crumb of food is gone.

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Eze 6:8 - “But I will let a few of my people escape destruction, and they will be scattered among the nations of the world.

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Eze 6:13 - They will know that I am the LORD when their dead lie scattered among their idols and altars on every hill and mountain and under every green tree and every great shade tree—the places where they offered sacrifices to their idols.

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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 8:1 - Then on September 17,[fn] during the sixth year of King Jehoiachin's captivity, while the leaders of Judah were in my home, the Sovereign LORD took hold of me.

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Eze 8:4 - Suddenly, the glory of the God of Israel was there, just as I had seen it before in the valley.

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Eze 9:8 - While they were out killing, I was all alone. I fell face down on the ground and cried out, “O Sovereign LORD! Will your fury against Jerusalem wipe out everyone left in Israel?”

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Eze 10:3 - The cherubim were standing at the south end of the Temple when the man went in, and the cloud of glory filled the inner courtyard.

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Eze 10:6 - The LORD said to the man in linen clothing, “Go between the cherubim and take some burning coals from between the wheels.” So the man went in and stood beside one of the wheels.

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Eze 10:11 - The cherubim could move in any of the four directions they faced, without turning as they moved. They went straight in the direction they faced, never turning aside.

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Eze 10:16 - When the cherubim moved, the wheels moved with them. When they lifted their wings to fly, the wheels stayed beside them.

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Eze 10:17 - When the cherubim stopped, the wheels stopped. When they flew upward, the wheels rose up, for the spirit of the living beings was in the wheels.

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Eze 10:19 - And as I watched, the cherubim flew with their wheels to the east gate of the LORD's Temple. And the glory of the God of Israel hovered above them.

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Eze 10:21 - for each had four faces and four wings and what looked like human hands under their wings.

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Eze 11:13 - While I was still prophesying, Pelatiah son of Benaiah suddenly died. Then I fell face down on the ground and cried out, “O Sovereign LORD, are you going to kill everyone in Israel?”

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Eze 12:15 - And when I scatter them among the nations, they will know that I am the LORD.

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Eze 13:19 - You bring shame on me among my people for a few handfuls of barley or a piece of bread. By lying to my people who love to listen to lies, you kill those who should not die, and you promise life to those who should not live.

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Eze 15:6 - “And this is what the Sovereign LORD says: The people of Jerusalem are like grapevines growing among the trees of the forest. Since they are useless, I have thrown them on the fire to be burned.

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Eze 15:7 - And I will see to it that if they escape from one fire, they will fall into another. When I turn against them, you will know that I am the LORD.

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Eze 16:6 - “But I came by and saw you there, helplessly kicking about in your own blood. As you lay there, I said, ‘Live!'

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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 16:15 - “But you thought your fame and beauty were your own. So you gave yourself as a prostitute to every man who came along. Your beauty was theirs for the asking.

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Eze 16:21 - Must you also slaughter my children by sacrificing them to idols?

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Eze 16:22 - In all your years of adultery and detestable sin, you have not once remembered the days long ago when you lay naked in a field, kicking about in your own blood.

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Eze 16:30 - “What a sick heart you have, says the Sovereign LORD, to do such things as these, acting like a shameless prostitute.

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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 16:52 - Shame on you! Your sins are so terrible that you make your sisters seem righteous, even virtuous.

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Eze 16:54 - Then you will be truly ashamed of everything you have done, for your sins make them feel good in comparison.

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Eze 16:56 - In your proud days you held Sodom in contempt.

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Eze 16:61 - Then you will remember with shame all the evil you have done. I will make your sisters, Samaria and Sodom, to be your daughters, even though they are not part of our covenant.

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Eze 16:63 - You will remember your sins and cover your mouth in silent shame when I forgive you of all that you have done. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken!”

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Eze 17:6 - It took root there and
grew into a low, spreading vine.
Its branches turned up toward the eagle,
and its roots grew down into the ground.
It produced strong branches
and put out shoots.

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Eze 17:10 - But when the vine is transplanted,
will it thrive?
No, it will wither away
when the east wind blows against it.
It will die in the same good soil
where it had grown so well.”

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Eze 18:24 - However, if righteous people turn from their righteous behavior and start doing sinful things and act like other sinners, should they be allowed to live? No, of course not! All their righteous acts will be forgotten, and they will die for their sins.

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Eze 18:26 - When righteous people turn from their righteous behavior and start doing sinful things, they will die for it. Yes, they will die because of their sinful deeds.

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Eze 18:27 - And if wicked people turn from their wickedness, obey the law, and do what is just and right, they will save their lives.

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Eze 19:11 - Its branches became strong—
strong enough to be a ruler's scepter.
It grew very tall,
towering above all others.
It stood out because of its height
and its many lush branches.

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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 20:26 - I let them pollute themselves[fn] with the very gifts I had given them, and I allowed them to give their firstborn children as offerings to their gods—so I might devastate them and remind them that I alone am the LORD.

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Eze 20:41 - When I bring you home from exile, you will be like a pleasing sacrifice to me. And I will display my holiness through you as all the nations watch.

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Eze 20:42 - Then when I have brought you home to the land I promised with a solemn oath to give to your ancestors, you will know that I am the LORD.

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Eze 20:44 - You will know that I am the LORD, O people of Israel, when I have honored my name by treating you mercifully in spite of your wickedness. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken!”

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Eze 21:24 - “Therefore, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Again and again you remind me of your sin and your guilt. You don't even try to hide it! In everything you do, your sins are obvious for all to see. So now the time of your punishment has come!

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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 23:21 - And so, Oholibah, you relived your former days as a young girl in Egypt, when you first allowed your breasts to be fondled.

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Eze 23:30 - You brought all this on yourself by prostituting yourself to other nations, defiling yourself with all their idols.

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Eze 23:39 - On the very day that they sacrificed their children to their idols, they boldly came into my Temple to worship! They came in and defiled my house.

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Eze 23:40 - “You sisters sent messengers to distant lands to get men. Then when they arrived, you bathed yourselves, painted your eyelids, and put on your finest jewels for them.

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Eze 24:1 - On January 15,[fn] during the ninth year of King Jehoiachin's captivity, this message came to me from the LORD:

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Eze 25:12 - “This is what the Sovereign LORD says: The people of Edom have sinned greatly by avenging themselves against the people of Judah.

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Eze 25:17 - I will execute terrible vengeance against them to punish them for what they have done. And when I have inflicted my revenge, they will know that I am the LORD.”

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Eze 26:1 - On February 3, during the twelfth year of King Jehoiachin's captivity,[fn] this message came to me from the LORD:

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Eze 26:6 - and its mainland villages will be destroyed by the sword. Then they will know that I am the LORD.

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Eze 26:8 - First he will destroy your mainland villages. Then he will attack you by building a siege wall, constructing a ramp, and raising a roof of shields against you.

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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 26:19 - “This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I will make Tyre an uninhabited ruin, like many others. I will bury you beneath the terrible waves of enemy attack. Great seas will swallow you.

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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 27:25 - The ships of Tarshish were your ocean caravans. Your island warehouse was filled to the brim!

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Eze 28:17 - Your heart was filled with pride
because of all your beauty.
Your wisdom was corrupted
by your love of splendor.
So I threw you to the ground
and exposed you to the curious gaze of kings.

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Eze 28:22 - Give the people of Sidon this message from the Sovereign LORD:
“I am your enemy, O Sidon,
and I will reveal my glory by what I do to you.
When I bring judgment against you
and reveal my holiness among you,
everyone watching will know
that I am the LORD.

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Eze 29:1 - On January 7,[fn] during the tenth year of King Jehoiachin's captivity, this message came to me from the LORD:

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Eze 29:17 - On April 26, the first day of the new year,[fn] during the twenty-seventh year of King Jehoiachin's captivity, this message came to me from the LORD:

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Eze 30:18 - When I come to break the proud strength of Egypt,
it will be a dark day for Tahpanhes, too.
A dark cloud will cover Tahpanhes,
and its daughters will be led away as captives.

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Eze 30:20 - On April 29,[fn] during the eleventh year of King Jehoiachin's captivity, this message came to me from the LORD:

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Eze 30:25 - I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, while the arms of Pharaoh fall useless to his sides. And when I put my sword in the hand of Babylon's king and he brings it against the land of Egypt, Egypt will know that I am the LORD.

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Eze 31:1 - On June 21,[fn] during the eleventh year of King Jehoiachin's captivity, this message came to me from the LORD:

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Eze 31:2 - “Son of man, give this message to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and all his hordes:
“To whom would you compare your greatness?

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Eze 31:3 - You are like mighty Assyria,
which was once like a cedar of Lebanon,
with beautiful branches that cast deep forest shade
and with its top high among the clouds.

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Eze 31:7 - It was strong and beautiful,
with wide-spreading branches,
for its roots went deep
into abundant water.

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Eze 31:8 - No other cedar in the garden of God
could rival it.
No cypress had branches to equal it;
no plane tree had boughs to compare.
No tree in the garden of God
came close to it in beauty.

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Eze 31:10 - “Therefore, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Because Egypt[fn] became proud and arrogant, and because it set itself so high above the others, with its top reaching to the clouds,

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Eze 31:14 - Let the tree of no other nation
proudly exult in its own prosperity,
though it be higher than the clouds
and it be watered from the depths.
For all are doomed to die,
to go down to the depths of the earth.
They will land in the pit
along with everyone else on earth.

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Eze 32:1 - On March 3,[fn] during the twelfth year of King Jehoiachin's captivity, this message came to me from the LORD:

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Eze 32:3 - Therefore, this is what the Sovereign LORD says:
I will send many people
to catch you in my net
and haul you out of the water.

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Eze 32:7 - When I blot you out,
I will veil the heavens and darken the stars.
I will cover the sun with a cloud,
and the moon will not give you its light.

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Eze 32:10 - Yes, I will shock many lands, and their kings will be terrified at your fate. They will shudder in fear for their lives as I brandish my sword before them on the day of your fall.

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Eze 32:17 - On March 17,[fn] during the twelfth year, another message came to me from the LORD:

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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 33:14 - And suppose I tell some wicked people that they will surely die, but then they turn from their sins and do what is just and right.

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Eze 33:18 - For again I say, when righteous people turn away from their righteous behavior and turn to evil, they will die.

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Eze 33:19 - But if wicked people turn from their wickedness and do what is just and right, they will live.

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Eze 33:21 - On January 8,[fn] during the twelfth year of our captivity, a survivor from Jerusalem came to me and said, “The city has fallen!”

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Eze 33:31 - So my people come pretending to be sincere and sit before you. They listen to your words, but they have no intention of doing what you say. Their mouths are full of lustful words, and their hearts seek only after money.

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Eze 34:14 - Yes, I will give them good pastureland on the high hills of Israel. There they will lie down in pleasant places and feed in the lush pastures of the hills.

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Eze 34:27 - The orchards and fields of my people will yield bumper crops, and everyone will live in safety. When I have broken their chains of slavery and rescued them from those who enslaved them, then they will know that I am the LORD.

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Eze 35:13 - In saying that, you boasted proudly against me, and I have heard it all!

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Eze 36:20 - But when they were scattered among the nations, they brought shame on my holy name. For the nations said, ‘These are the people of the LORD, but he couldn't keep them safe in his own land!'

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Eze 36:23 - I will show how holy my great name is—the name on which you brought shame among the nations. And when I reveal my holiness through you before their very eyes, says the Sovereign LORD, then the nations will know that I am the LORD.

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Eze 37:9 - Then he said to me, “Speak a prophetic message to the winds, son of man. Speak a prophetic message and say, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Come, O breath, from the four winds! Breathe into these dead bodies so they may live again.'”

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Eze 37:13 - When this happens, O my people, you will know that I am the LORD.

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Eze 37:28 - And when my Temple is among them forever, the nations will know that I am the LORD, who makes Israel holy.”

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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 38:16 - and you will attack my people Israel, covering their land like a cloud. At that time in the distant future, I will bring you against my land as everyone watches, and my holiness will be displayed by what happens to you, Gog. Then all the nations will know that I am the LORD.

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Eze 39:26 - They will accept responsibility for[fn] their past shame and unfaithfulness after they come home to live in peace in their own land, with no one to bother them.

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Eze 39:27 - When I bring them home from the lands of their enemies, I will display my holiness among them for all the nations to see.

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Eze 39:28 - Then my people will know that I am the LORD their God, because I sent them away to exile and brought them home again. I will leave none of my people behind.

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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 40:29 - Its guard alcoves, dividing walls, and entry room were the same size as those in the others. It also had windows along its walls and in the entry room. And like the others, the gateway passage was 87½ feet long and 43¾ feet wide.

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Eze 40:31 - The entry room to the south gateway faced into the outer courtyard. It had palm tree decorations on its columns, and there were eight steps leading to its entrance.

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Eze 40:33 - Its guard alcoves, dividing walls, and entry room were the same size as those of the others, and there were windows along the walls and in the entry room. The gateway passage measured 87½ feet long and 43¾ feet wide.

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Eze 40:36 - The guard alcoves, dividing walls, and entry room of this gateway had the same measurements as in the others and the same window arrangements. The gateway passage measured 87½ feet long and 43¾ feet wide.

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Eze 40:37 - Its entry room faced into the outer courtyard, and it had palm tree decorations on the columns. There were eight steps leading to its entrance.

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Eze 41:18 - All the walls were decorated with carvings of cherubim, each with two faces, and there was a carving of a palm tree between each of the cherubim.

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Eze 43:8 - They put their idol altars right next to mine with only a wall between them and me. They defiled my holy name by such detestable sin, so I consumed them in my anger.

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Eze 44:7 - You have brought uncircumcised foreigners into my sanctuary—people who have no heart for God. In this way, you defiled my Temple even as you offered me my food, the fat and blood of sacrifices. In addition to all your other detestable sins, you have broken my covenant.

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Eze 44:10 - And the men of the tribe of Levi who abandoned me when Israel strayed away from me to worship idols[fn] must bear the consequences of their unfaithfulness.

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Eze 44:15 - “However, the Levitical priests of the family of Zadok continued to minister faithfully in the Temple when Israel abandoned me for idols. These men will serve as my ministers. They will stand in my presence and offer the fat and blood of the sacrifices, says the Sovereign LORD.

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Eze 44:17 - “When they enter the gateway to the inner courtyard, they must wear only linen clothing. They must wear no wool while on duty in the inner courtyard or in the Temple itself.

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Eze 44:19 - When they return to the outer courtyard where the people are, they must take off the clothes they wear while ministering to me. They must leave them in the sacred rooms and put on other clothes so they do not endanger anyone by transmitting holiness to them through this clothing.

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Eze 44:21 - The priests must not drink wine before entering the inner courtyard.

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Eze 44:27 - The first day he returns to work and enters the inner courtyard and the sanctuary, he must offer a sin offering for himself, says the Sovereign LORD.

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Eze 45:24 - The prince will provide a basket of flour as a grain offering and a gallon of olive oil[fn] with each young bull and ram.

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Eze 46:8 - “The prince must enter the gateway through the entry room, and he must leave the same way.

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Eze 46:10 - The prince will enter and leave with the people on these occasions.

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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 47:4 - He measured off another 1,750 feet and led me across again. This time the water was up to my knees. After another 1,750 feet, it was up to my waist.

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Dan 2:1 - One night during the second year of his reign,[fn] Nebuchadnezzar had such disturbing dreams that he couldn't sleep.

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Dan 2:22 - He reveals deep and mysterious things
and knows what lies hidden in darkness,
though he is surrounded by light.

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Dan 2:43 - This mixture of iron and clay also shows that these kingdoms will try to strengthen themselves by forming alliances with each other through intermarriage. But they will not hold together, just as iron and clay do not mix.

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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 4:30 - As he looked out across the city, he said, ‘Look at this great city of Babylon! By my own mighty power, I have built this beautiful city as my royal residence to display my majestic splendor.'

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Dan 6:13 - Then they told the king, “That man Daniel, one of the captives from Judah, is ignoring you and your law. He still prays to his God three times a day.”

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Dan 6:19 - Very early the next morning, the king got up and hurried out to the lions' den.

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Dan 6:20 - When he got there, he called out in anguish, “Daniel, servant of the living God! Was your God, whom you serve so faithfully, able to rescue you from the lions?”

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Dan 7:5 - Then I saw a second beast, and it looked like a bear. It was rearing up on one side, and it had three ribs in its mouth between its teeth. And I heard a voice saying to it, “Get up! Devour the flesh of many people!”

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Dan 7:6 - Then the third of these strange beasts appeared, and it looked like a leopard. It had four bird's wings on its back, and it had four heads. Great authority was given to this beast.

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Dan 7:8 - As I was looking at the horns, suddenly another small horn appeared among them. Three of the first horns were torn out by the roots to make room for it. This little horn had eyes like human eyes and a mouth that was boasting arrogantly.

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Dan 8:8 - The goat became very powerful. But at the height of his power, his large horn was broken off. In the large horn's place grew four prominent horns pointing in the four directions of the earth.

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Dan 8:15 - As I, Daniel, was trying to understand the meaning of this vision, someone who looked like a man stood in front of me.

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Dan 8:17 - As Gabriel approached the place where I was standing, I became so terrified that I fell with my face to the ground. “Son of man,” he said, “you must understand that the events you have seen in your vision relate to the time of the end.”

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Dan 8:18 - While he was speaking, I fainted and lay there with my face to the ground. But Gabriel roused me with a touch and helped me to my feet.

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Dan 9:1 - It was the first year of the reign of Darius the Mede, the son of Ahasuerus, who became king of the Babylonians.[fn]

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Dan 9:6 - We have refused to listen to your servants the prophets, who spoke on your authority to our kings and princes and ancestors and to all the people of the land.

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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 10:9 - Then I heard the man speak, and when I heard the sound of his voice, I fainted and lay there with my face to the ground.

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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 10:15 - While he was speaking to me, I looked down at the ground, unable to say a word.

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Dan 10:19 - “Don't be afraid,” he said, “for you are very precious to God. Peace! Be encouraged! Be strong!”
As he spoke these words to me, I suddenly felt stronger and said to him, “Please speak to me, my lord, for you have strengthened me.”

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Dan 11:34 - During these persecutions, little help will arrive, and many who join them will not be sincere.

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Hos 6:11 - “O Judah, a harvest of punishment is also waiting for you,
though I wanted to restore the fortunes of my people.

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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 7:6 - Their hearts are like an oven
blazing with intrigue.
Their plot smolders[fn] through the night,
and in the morning it breaks out like a raging fire.

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Hos 10:10 - Now whenever it fits my plan,
I will attack you, too.
I will call out the armies of the nations
to punish you for your multiplied sins.

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Joe 2:32 - But everyone who calls on the name of the LORD
will be saved,
for some on Mount Zion in Jerusalem will escape,
just as the LORD has said.
These will be among the survivors
whom the LORD has called.

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Amo 4:1 - Listen to me, you fat cows[fn]
living in Samaria,
you women who oppress the poor
and crush the needy,
and who are always calling to your husbands,
“Bring us another drink!”

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Oba 1:17 - “But Jerusalem[fn] will become a refuge for those who escape;
it will be a holy place.
And the people of Israel[fn] will come back
to reclaim their inheritance.

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Jon 1:5 - Fearing for their lives, the desperate sailors shouted to their gods for help and threw the cargo overboard to lighten the ship.
But all this time Jonah was sound asleep down in the hold.

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Jon 2:7 - As my life was slipping away,
I remembered the LORD.
And my earnest prayer went out to you
in your holy Temple.

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Jon 2:10 - Then the LORD ordered the fish to spit Jonah out onto the beach.

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Jon 4:8 - And as the sun grew hot, God arranged for a scorching east wind to blow on Jonah. The sun beat down on his head until he grew faint and wished to die. “Death is certainly better than living like this!” he exclaimed.

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Mic 6:12 - The rich among you have become wealthy
through extortion and violence.
Your citizens are so used to lying
that their tongues can no longer tell the truth.

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Mic 7:8 - Do not gloat over me, my enemies!
For though I fall, I will rise again.
Though I sit in darkness,
the LORD will be my light.

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Hab 1:13 - But you are pure and cannot stand the sight of evil.
Will you wink at their treachery?
Should you be silent while the wicked
swallow up people more righteous than they?

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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 3:2 - I have heard all about you, LORD.
I am filled with awe by your amazing works.
In this time of our deep need,
help us again as you did in years gone by.
And in your anger,
remember your mercy.

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Zep 3:13 - The remnant of Israel will do no wrong;
they will never tell lies or deceive one another.
They will eat and sleep in safety,
and no one will make them afraid.”

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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 2:12 - ‘If one of you is carrying some meat from a holy sacrifice in his robes and his robe happens to brush against some bread or stew, wine or olive oil, or any other kind of food, will it also become holy?'”
The priests replied, “No.”

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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 5:4 - And this is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies says: I am sending this curse into the house of every thief and into the house of everyone who swears falsely using my name. And my curse will remain in that house and completely destroy it—even its timbers and stones.”

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Zec 6:2 - The first chariot was pulled by red horses, the second by black horses,

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Zec 6:3 - the third by white horses, and the fourth by powerful dappled-gray horses.

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Zec 7:1 - On December 7[fn] of the fourth year of King Darius's reign, another message came to Zechariah from the LORD.

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Zec 8:14 - “For this is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies says: I was determined to punish you when your ancestors angered me, and I did not change my mind, says the LORD of Heaven's Armies.

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Zec 9:5 - The city of Ashkelon will see Tyre fall
and will be filled with fear.
Gaza will shake with terror,
as will Ekron, for their hopes will be dashed.
Gaza's king will be killed,
and Ashkelon will be deserted.

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Zec 10:4 - From Judah will come the cornerstone,
the tent peg,
the bow for battle,
and all the rulers.

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Zec 10:12 - By my power[fn] I will make my people strong,
and by my authority they will go wherever they wish.
I, the LORD, have spoken!”

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Zec 13:3 - If anyone continues to prophesy, his own father and mother will tell him, ‘You must die, for you have prophesied lies in the name of the LORD.' And as he prophesies, his own father and mother will stab him.

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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 14:12 - And the LORD will send a plague on all the nations that fought against Jerusalem. Their people will become like walking corpses, their flesh rotting away. Their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths.

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Mal 1:7 - “You have shown contempt by offering defiled sacrifices on my altar.
“Then you ask, ‘How have we defiled the sacrifices?[fn]'
“You defile them by saying the altar of the LORD deserves no respect.

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Mal 1:11 - But my name is honored[fn] by people of other nations from morning till night. All around the world they offer[fn] sweet incense and pure offerings in honor of my name. For my name is great among the nations,” says the LORD of Heaven's Armies.

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Mal 1:12 - “But you dishonor my name with your actions. By bringing contemptible food, you are saying it's all right to defile the Lord's table.

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Mal 2:2 - Listen to me and make up your minds to honor my name,” says the LORD of Heaven's Armies, “or I will bring a terrible curse against you. I will curse even the blessings you receive. Indeed, I have already cursed them, because you have not taken my warning to heart.

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Mal 2:6 - They passed on to the people the truth of the instructions they received from me. They did not lie or cheat; they walked with me, living good and righteous lives, and they turned many from lives of sin.

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Mal 2:15 - Didn't the LORD make you one with your wife? In body and spirit you are his.[fn] And what does he want? Godly children from your union. So guard your heart; remain loyal to the wife of your youth.

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Mal 2:16 - “For I hate divorce!” says the LORD, the God of Israel. “To divorce your wife is to overwhelm her with cruelty,[fn]” says the LORD of Heaven's Armies. “So guard your heart; do not be unfaithful to your wife.”

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Mal 2:17 - You have wearied the LORD with your words.
“How have we wearied him?” you ask.
You have wearied him by saying that all who do evil are good in the LORD's sight, and he is pleased with them. You have wearied him by asking, “Where is the God of justice?”

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Mal 3:5 - “At that time I will put you on trial. I am eager to witness against all sorcerers and adulterers and liars. I will speak against those who cheat employees of their wages, who oppress widows and orphans, or who deprive the foreigners living among you of justice, for these people do not fear me,” says the LORD of Heaven's Armies.

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Occurrences: 4 times in 3 verses

Speech: Definite article

Parsing: Dative Singular

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Jos 19:26 - Allammelech, Amad, and Mishal. The boundary on the west touched Carmel and Shihor-libnath,

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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 31:1 - Now the Philistines attacked Israel, and the men of Israel fled before them. Many were slaughtered on the slopes of Mount Gilboa.

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Occurrences: 2 times in 2 verses

Speech: Definite article

Parsing: Genitive Singular Neuter

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Psa 142:1 - A psalm[fn] of David, regarding his experience in the cave. A prayer.

I cry out to the LORD;
I plead for the LORD's mercy.

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Psa 142:3 - When I am overwhelmed,
you alone know the way I should turn.
Wherever I go,
my enemies have set traps for me.

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