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εἰς — 5539x G1519 εἰς

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Occurrences: 5539 times in 4414 verses

Speech: Preposition

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Gen 1:9 - Then God said, “Let the waters beneath the sky flow together into one place, so dry ground may appear.” And that is what happened.

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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 1:16 - God made two great lights—the larger one to govern the day, and the smaller one to govern the night. He also made the stars.

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Gen 1:29 - Then God said, “Look! I have given you every seed-bearing plant throughout the earth and all the fruit trees for your food.

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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 2:7 - Then the LORD God formed the man from the dust of the ground. He breathed the breath of life into the man's nostrils, and the man became a living person.

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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 2:10 - A river flowed from the land of Eden, watering the garden and then dividing into four branches.

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Gen 2:22 - Then the LORD God made a woman from the rib, and he brought her to the man.

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Gen 2:24 - This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one.

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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 3:19 - By the sweat of your brow
will you have food to eat
until you return to the ground
from which you were made.
For you were made from dust,
and to dust you will return.”

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Gen 3:22 - Then the LORD God said, “Look, the human beings[fn] have become like us, knowing both good and evil. What if they reach out, take fruit from the tree of life, and eat it? Then they will live forever!”

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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 4:23 - One day Lamech said to his wives,
“Adah and Zillah, hear my voice;
listen to me, you wives of Lamech.
I have killed a man who attacked me,
a young man who wounded me.

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Gen 6:3 - Then the LORD said, “My Spirit will not put up with[fn] humans for such a long time, for they are only mortal flesh. In the future, their normal lifespan will be no more than 120 years.”

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Gen 6:16 - Leave an 18-inch opening[fn] below the roof all the way around the boat. Put the door on the side, and build three decks inside the boat—lower, middle, and upper.

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Gen 6:18 - But I will confirm my covenant with you. So enter the boat—you and your wife and your sons and their wives.

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Gen 6:19 - Bring a pair of every kind of animal—a male and a female—into the boat with you to keep them alive during the flood.

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

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Gen 7:7 - He went on board the boat to escape the flood—he and his wife and his sons and their wives.

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Gen 7:9 - They entered the boat in pairs, male and female, just as God had commanded Noah.

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

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Gen 7:15 - Two by two they came into the boat, representing every living thing that breathes.

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Gen 8:9 - But the dove could find no place to land because the water still covered the ground. So it returned to the boat, and Noah held out his hand and drew the dove back inside.

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Gen 9:3 - I have given them to you for food, just as I have given you grain and vegetables.

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Gen 9:12 - Then God said, “I am giving you a sign of my covenant with you and with all living creatures, for all generations to come.

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

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Gen 9:15 - and I will remember my covenant with you and with all living creatures. Never again will the floodwaters destroy all life.

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Gen 10:19 - and the territory of Canaan extended from Sidon in the north to Gerar and Gaza in the south, and east as far as Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, near Lasha.

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Gen 10:30 - The territory they occupied extended from Mesha all the way to Sephar in the eastern mountains.

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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 11:31 - One day Terah took his son Abram, his daughter-in-law Sarai (his son Abram's wife), and his grandson Lot (his son Haran's child) and moved away from Ur of the Chaldeans. He was headed for the land of Canaan, but they stopped at Haran and settled there.

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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 12:2 - I will make you into a great nation. I will bless you and make you famous, and you will be a blessing to others.

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Gen 12:5 - He took his wife, Sarai, his nephew Lot, and all his wealth—his livestock and all the people he had taken into his household at Haran—and headed for the land of Canaan. When they arrived in Canaan,

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Gen 12:6 - Abram traveled through the land as far as Shechem. There he set up camp beside the oak of Moreh. At that time, the area was inhabited by Canaanites.

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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 12:10 - At that time a severe famine struck the land of Canaan, forcing Abram to go down to Egypt, where he lived as a foreigner.

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

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Gen 12:14 - And sure enough, when Abram arrived in Egypt, everyone noticed Sarai's beauty.

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Gen 12:15 - When the palace officials saw her, they sang her praises to Pharaoh, their king, and Sarai was taken into his palace.

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Gen 12:19 - Why did you say, ‘She is my sister,' and allow me to take her as my wife? Now then, here is your wife. Take her and get out of here!”

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Gen 13:1 - So Abram left Egypt and traveled north into the Negev, along with his wife and Lot and all that they owned.

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Gen 13:3 - From the Negev, they continued traveling by stages toward Bethel, and they pitched their tents between Bethel and Ai, where they had camped before.

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Gen 13:4 - This was the same place where Abram had built the altar, and there he worshiped the LORD again.

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Gen 13:9 - The whole countryside is open to you. Take your choice of any section of the land you want, and we will separate. If you want the land to the left, then I'll take the land on the right. If you prefer the land on the right, then I'll go to the left.”

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Gen 13:10 - Lot took a long look at the fertile plains of the Jordan Valley in the direction of Zoar. The whole area was well watered everywhere, like the garden of the LORD or the beautiful land of Egypt. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)

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Gen 13:17 - Go and walk through the land in every direction, for I am giving it to you.”

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

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Gen 14:10 - As it happened, the valley of the Dead Sea was filled with tar pits. And as the army of the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, some fell into the tar pits, while the rest escaped into the mountains.

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Gen 14:17 - After Abram returned from his victory over Kedorlaomer and all his allies, the king of Sodom went out to meet him in the valley of Shaveh (that is, the King's Valley).

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Gen 15:5 - Then the LORD took Abram outside and said to him, “Look up into the sky and count the stars if you can. That's how many descendants you will have!”

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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 16:5 - Then Sarai said to Abram, “This is all your fault! I put my servant into your arms, but now that she's pregnant she treats me with contempt. The LORD will show who's wrong—you or me!”

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Gen 17:6 - I will make you extremely fruitful. Your descendants will become many nations, and kings will be among them!

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Gen 17:7 - “I will confirm my covenant with you and your descendants[fn] after you, from generation to generation. This is the everlasting covenant: I will always be your God and the God of your descendants after you.

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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 17:9 - Then God said to Abraham, “Your responsibility is to obey the terms of the covenant. You and all your descendants have this continual responsibility.

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Gen 17:10 - This is the covenant that you and your descendants must keep: Each male among you must be circumcised.

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Gen 17:12 - From generation to generation, every male child must be circumcised on the eighth day after his birth. This applies not only to members of your family but also to the servants born in your household and the foreign-born servants whom you have purchased.

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Gen 17:13 - All must be circumcised. Your bodies will bear the mark of my everlasting covenant.

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Gen 17:16 - And I will bless her and give you a son from her! Yes, I will bless her richly, and she will become the mother of many nations. Kings of nations will be among her descendants.”

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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 17:20 - As for Ishmael, I will bless him also, just as you have asked. I will make him extremely fruitful and multiply his descendants. He will become the father of twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation.

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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 18:2 - He looked up and noticed three men standing nearby. When he saw them, he ran to meet them and welcomed them, bowing low to the ground.

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Gen 18:5 - And since you've honored your servant with this visit, let me prepare some food to refresh you before you continue on your journey.”
“All right,” they said. “Do as you have said.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 18:7

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

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

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Gen 18:18 - “For Abraham will certainly become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed through him.

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Gen 18:22 - The other men turned and headed toward Sodom, but the LORD remained with Abraham.

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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 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 19:2 - “My lords,” he said, “come to my home to wash your feet, and be my guests for the night. You may then get up early in the morning and be on your way again.”
“Oh no,” they replied. “We'll just spend the night out here in the city square.”

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Gen 19:3 - But Lot insisted, so at last they went home with him. Lot prepared a feast for them, complete with fresh bread made without yeast, and they ate.

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Gen 19:8 - Look, I have two virgin daughters. Let me bring them out to you, and you can do with them as you wish. But please, leave these men alone, for they are my guests and are under my protection.”

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Gen 19:10 - But the two angels[fn] reached out, pulled Lot into the house, and bolted the door.

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

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Gen 19:19 - “You have been so gracious to me and saved my life, and you have shown such great kindness. But I cannot go to the mountains. Disaster would catch up to me there, and I would soon die.

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Gen 19:23 - Lot reached the village just as the sun was rising over the horizon.

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Gen 19:26 - But Lot's wife looked back as she was following behind him, and she turned into a pillar of salt.

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Gen 19:27 - Abraham got up early that morning and hurried out to the place where he had stood in the LORD's presence.

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Gen 20:1 - Abraham moved south to the Negev and lived for a while between Kadesh and Shur, and then he moved on to Gerar. While living there as a foreigner,

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Gen 20:6 - In the dream God responded, “Yes, I know you are innocent. That's why I kept you from sinning against me, and why I did not let you touch her.

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Gen 20:8 - Abimelech got up early the next morning and quickly called all his servants together. When he told them what had happened, his men were terrified.

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Gen 20:9 - Then Abimelech called for Abraham. “What have you done to us?” he demanded. “What crime have I committed that deserves treatment like this, making me and my kingdom guilty of this great sin? No one should ever do what you have done!

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Gen 20:12 - And she really is my sister, for we both have the same father, but different mothers. And I married her.

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Gen 20:13 - When God called me to leave my father's home and to travel from place to place, I told her, ‘Do me a favor. Wherever we go, tell the people that I am your brother.'”

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Gen 20:16 - And he said to Sarah, “Look, I am giving your ‘brother' 1,000 pieces of silver[fn] in the presence of all these witnesses. This is to compensate you for any wrong I may have done to you. This will settle any claim against me, and your reputation is cleared.”

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Gen 21:2 - 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 21:13 - But I will also make a nation of the descendants of Hagar's son because he is your son, too.”

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

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Gen 21:30 - Abraham replied, “Please accept these seven lambs to show your agreement that I dug this well.”

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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 22:2 - “Take your son, your only son—yes, Isaac, whom you love so much—and go to the land of Moriah. Go and sacrifice him as a burnt offering on one of the mountains, which I will show you.”

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Gen 22:3 - The next morning Abraham got up early. He saddled his donkey and took two of his servants with him, along with his son, Isaac. Then he chopped wood for a fire for a burnt offering and set out for the place God had told him about.

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Gen 22:7 - Isaac turned to Abraham and said, “Father?”
“Yes, my son?” Abraham replied.
“We have the fire and the wood,” the boy said, “but where is the sheep for the burnt offering?”

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Gen 22:8 - “God will provide a sheep for the burnt offering, my son,” Abraham answered. And they both walked on together.

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Gen 22:13 - Then Abraham looked up and saw a ram caught by its horns in a thicket. So he took the ram and sacrificed it as a burnt offering in place of his son.

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Gen 23:9 - to let me buy his cave at Machpelah, down at the end of his field. I will pay the full price in the presence of witnesses, so I will have a permanent burial place for my family.”

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Gen 23:10 - Ephron was sitting there among the others, and he answered Abraham as the others listened, speaking publicly before all the Hittite elders of the town.

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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 23:16 - 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 23:18 - 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 24:4 - Go instead to my homeland, to my relatives, and find a wife there for my son Isaac.”

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Gen 24:5 - The servant asked, “But what if I can't find a young woman who is willing to travel so far from home? Should I then take Isaac there to live among your relatives in the land you came from?”

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Gen 24:8 - If she is unwilling to come back with you, then you are free from this oath of mine. But under no circumstances are you to take my son there.”

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Gen 24:10 - Then he loaded ten of Abraham's camels with all kinds of expensive gifts from his master, and he traveled to distant Aram-naharaim. There he went to the town where Abraham's brother Nahor had settled.

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Gen 24:17 - Running over to her, the servant said, “Please give me a little drink of water from your jug.”

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Gen 24:20 - So she quickly emptied her jug into the watering trough and ran back to the well to draw water for all his camels.

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Gen 24:27 - “Praise the LORD, the God of my master, Abraham,” he said. “The LORD has shown unfailing love and faithfulness to my master, for he has led me straight to my master's relatives.”

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Gen 24:28 - The young woman ran home to tell her family everything that had happened.

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Gen 24:32 - So the man went home with Laban, and Laban unloaded the camels, gave him straw for their bedding, fed them, and provided water for the man and the camel drivers to wash their feet.

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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 24:41 - Then you will have fulfilled your obligation. But if you go to my relatives and they refuse to let her go with you, you will be free from my oath.'

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Gen 24:49 - So tell me—will you or won't you show unfailing love and faithfulness to my master? Please tell me yes or no, and then I'll know what to do next.”

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Gen 24:60 - They gave her this blessing as she parted:
“Our sister, may you become
the mother of many millions!
May your descendants be strong
and conquer the cities of their enemies.”

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Gen 24:63 - One evening as he was walking and meditating in the fields, he looked up and saw the camels coming.

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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 24:67 - And Isaac brought Rebekah into his mother Sarah's tent, and she became his wife. He loved her deeply, and she was a special comfort to him after the death of his mother.

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Gen 25:6 - But before he died, he gave gifts to the sons of his concubines and sent them off to a land in the east, away from Isaac.

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Gen 25:9 - His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, near Mamre, in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite.

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

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Gen 27:3 - Take your bow and a quiver full of arrows, and go out into the open country to hunt some wild game for me.

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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 27:17 - Then she gave Jacob the delicious meal, including freshly baked bread.

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Gen 27:43 - So listen carefully, my son. Get ready and flee to my brother, Laban, in Haran.

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Gen 28:2 - Instead, go at once to Paddan-aram, to the house of your grandfather Bethuel, and marry one of your uncle Laban's daughters.

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Gen 28:3 - May God Almighty[fn] bless you and give you many children. And may your descendants multiply and become many nations!

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Gen 28:5 - So Isaac sent Jacob away, and he went to Paddan-aram to stay with his uncle Laban, his mother's brother, the son of Bethuel the Aramean.

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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 28:7 - He also knew that Jacob had obeyed his parents and gone to Paddan-aram.

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Gen 28:10 - Meanwhile, Jacob left Beersheba and traveled toward Haran.

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Gen 28:12 - As he slept, he dreamed of a stairway that reached from the earth up to heaven. And he saw the angels of God going up and down the stairway.

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Gen 28:15 - What's more, I am with you, and I will protect you wherever you go. One day I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have finished giving you everything I have promised you.”

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Gen 28:21 - and if I return safely to my father's home, then the LORD will certainly be my God.

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Gen 29:1 - Then Jacob hurried on, finally arriving in the land of the east.

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Gen 29:3 - It was the custom there to wait for all the flocks to arrive before removing the stone and watering the animals. Afterward the stone would be placed back over the mouth of the well.

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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 30:16 - So that evening, as Jacob was coming home from the fields, Leah went out to meet him. “You must come and sleep with me tonight!” she said. “I have paid for you with some mandrakes that my son found.” So that night he slept with Leah.

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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 30:38 - Then he placed these peeled branches in the watering troughs where the flocks came to drink, for that was where they mated.

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Gen 30:39 - And when they mated in front of the white-streaked branches, they gave birth to young that were streaked, speckled, and spotted.

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Gen 30:40 - Jacob separated those lambs from Laban's flock. And at mating time he turned the flock to face Laban's animals that were streaked or black. This is how he built his own flock instead of increasing Laban's.

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Gen 31:3 - Then the LORD said to Jacob, “Return to the land of your father and grandfather and to your relatives there, and I will be with you.”

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Gen 31:4 - So Jacob called Rachel and Leah out to the field where he was watching his flock.

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Gen 31:13 - I am the God who appeared to you at Bethel,[fn] the place where you anointed the pillar of stone and made your vow to me. Now get ready and leave this country and return to the land of your birth.'”

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

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Gen 31:21 - So Jacob took all his possessions with him and crossed the Euphrates River,[fn] heading for the hill country of Gilead.

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Gen 31:30 - I can understand your feeling that you must go, and your intense longing for your father's home. But why have you stolen my gods?”

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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 31:34 - But Rachel had taken the household idols and hidden them in her camel saddle, and now she was sitting on them. When Laban had thoroughly searched her tent without finding them,

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Gen 31:44 - So come, let's make a covenant, you and I, and it will be a witness to our commitment.”

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Gen 31:55 - [fn]Laban got up early the next morning, and he kissed his grandchildren and his daughters and blessed them. Then he left and returned home.

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Gen 32:1 - [fn]As Jacob started on his way again, angels of God came to meet him.

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Gen 32:3 - Then Jacob sent messengers ahead to his brother, Esau, who was living in the region of Seir in the land of Edom.

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Gen 32:6 - After delivering the message, the messengers returned to Jacob and reported, “We met your brother, Esau, and he is already on his way to meet you—with an army of 400 men!”

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Gen 32:7 - Jacob was terrified at the news. He divided his household, along with the flocks and herds and camels, into two groups.

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Gen 32:8 - He thought, “If Esau meets one group and attacks it, perhaps the other group can escape.”

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Gen 32:9 - Then Jacob prayed, “O God of my grandfather Abraham, and God of my father, Isaac—O LORD, you told me, ‘Return to your own land and to your relatives.' And you promised me, ‘I will treat you kindly.'

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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 33:4 - Then Esau ran to meet him and embraced him, threw his arms around his neck, and kissed him. And they both wept.

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Gen 33:14 - Please, my lord, go ahead of your servant. We will follow slowly, at a pace that is comfortable for the livestock and the children. I will meet you at Seir.”

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

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Gen 33:17 - Jacob, on the other hand, traveled on to Succoth. There he built himself a house and made shelters for his livestock. That is why the place was named Succoth (which means “shelters”).

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Gen 33:18 - Later, having traveled all the way from Paddan-aram, Jacob arrived safely at the town of Shechem, in the land of Canaan. There he set up camp outside the town.

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Gen 34:4 - He said to his father, Hamor, “Get me this young girl. I want to marry her.”

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Gen 34:12 - No matter what dowry or gift you demand, I will gladly pay it—just give me the girl as my wife.”

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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 35:3 - 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 35:6 - Eventually, Jacob and his household arrived at Luz (also called Bethel) in Canaan.

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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 35:27 - So Jacob returned to his father, Isaac, in Mamre, which is near Kiriath-arba (now called Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had both lived as foreigners.

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Gen 37:12 - Soon after this, Joseph's brothers went to pasture their father's flocks at Shechem.

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Gen 37:14 - “Go and see how your brothers and the flocks are getting along,” Jacob said. “Then come back and bring me a report.” So Jacob sent him on his way, and Joseph traveled to Shechem from their home in the valley of Hebron.

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Gen 37:17 - “Yes,” the man told him. “They have moved on from here, but I heard them say, ‘Let's go on to Dothan.'” So Joseph followed his brothers to Dothan and found them there.

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Gen 37:20 - “Come on, let's kill him and throw him into one of these cisterns. We can tell our father, ‘A wild animal has eaten him.' Then we'll see what becomes of his dreams!”

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Gen 37:21 - But when Reuben heard of their scheme, he came to Joseph's rescue. “Let's not kill him,” he said.

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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 37:24 - Then they grabbed him and threw him into the cistern. Now the cistern was empty; there was no water in it.

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Gen 37:25 - Then, just as they were sitting down to eat, they looked up and saw a caravan of camels in the distance coming toward them. It was a group of Ishmaelite traders taking a load of gum, balm, and aromatic resin from Gilead down to Egypt.

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Gen 37:28 - So when the Ishmaelites, who were Midianite traders, came by, Joseph's brothers pulled him out of the cistern and sold him to them for twenty pieces[fn] of silver. And the traders took him to Egypt.

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Gen 37:35 - His family all tried to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. “I will go to my grave[fn] mourning for my son,” he would say, and then he would weep.

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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 38:12 - Some years later Judah's wife died. After the time of mourning was over, Judah and his friend Hirah the Adullamite went up to Timnah to supervise the shearing of his sheep.

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

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Gen 39:1 - When Joseph was taken to Egypt by the Ishmaelite traders, he was purchased by Potiphar, an Egyptian officer. Potiphar was captain of the guard for Pharaoh, the king of Egypt.

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Gen 39:6 - So Potiphar gave Joseph complete administrative responsibility over everything he owned. With Joseph there, he didn't worry about a thing—except what kind of food to eat!
Joseph was a very handsome and well-built young man,

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

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

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Gen 39:16 - She kept the cloak with her until her husband came home.

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

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Gen 40:13 - Within three days Pharaoh will lift you up and restore you to your position as his chief cup-bearer.

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Gen 40:15 - For I was kidnapped from my homeland, the land of the Hebrews, and now I'm here in prison, but I did nothing to deserve it.”

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Gen 40:21 - He then restored the chief cup-bearer to his former position, so he could again hand Pharaoh his cup.

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Gen 41:21 - But afterward you wouldn't have known it, for they were still as thin and scrawny as before! Then I woke up.

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

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Gen 42:25 - Joseph then ordered his servants to fill the men's sacks with grain, but he also gave secret instructions to return each brother's payment at the top of his sack. He also gave them supplies for their journey home.

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Gen 42:29 - When the brothers came to their father, Jacob, in the land of Canaan, they told him everything that had happened to them.

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

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Gen 43:15 - So the men packed Jacob's gifts and double the money and headed off with Benjamin. They finally arrived in Egypt and presented themselves to Joseph.

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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 43:17 - So the man did as Joseph told him and took them into Joseph's palace.

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Gen 43:18 - The brothers were terrified when they saw that they were being taken into Joseph's house. “It's because of the money someone put in our sacks last time we were here,” they said. “He plans to pretend that we stole it. Then he will seize us, make us slaves, and take our donkeys.”

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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 43:22 - We also have additional money to buy more food. We have no idea who put our money in our sacks.”

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Gen 43:26 - When Joseph came home, they gave him the gifts they had brought him, then bowed low to the ground before him.

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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 44:2 - Then put my personal silver cup at the top of the youngest brother's sack, along with the money for his grain.” So the manager did as Joseph instructed him.

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Gen 44:13 - When the brothers saw this, they tore their clothing in despair. Then they loaded their donkeys again and returned to the city.

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

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Gen 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 45:2 - Then he broke down and wept. He wept so loudly the Egyptians could hear him, and word of it quickly carried to Pharaoh's palace.

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Gen 45:4 - “Please, come closer,” he said to them. So they came closer. And he said again, “I am Joseph, your brother, whom you sold into slavery in Egypt.

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Gen 45:5 - But don't be upset, and don't be angry with yourselves for selling me to this place. It was God who sent me here ahead of you to preserve your lives.

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Gen 45:16 - The news soon reached Pharaoh's palace: “Joseph's brothers have arrived!” Pharaoh and his officials were all delighted to hear this.

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Gen 45:17 - Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Tell your brothers, ‘This is what you must do: Load your pack animals, and hurry back to the land of Canaan.

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Gen 45:21 - So the sons of Jacob[fn] did as they were told. Joseph provided them with wagons, as Pharaoh had commanded, and he gave them supplies for the journey.

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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 45:25 - And they left Egypt and returned to their father, Jacob, in the land of Canaan.

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Gen 46:3 - “I am God,[fn] the God of your father,” the voice said. “Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for there I will make your family into a great nation.

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Gen 46:4 - I will go with you down to Egypt, and I will bring you back again. You will die in Egypt, but Joseph will be with you to close your eyes.”

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Gen 46:6 - They also took all their livestock and all the personal belongings they had acquired in the land of Canaan. So Jacob and his entire family went to Egypt—

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Gen 46:7 - sons and grandsons, daughters and granddaughters—all his descendants.

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Gen 46:8 - These are the names of the descendants of Israel—the sons of Jacob—who went to Egypt: Reuben was Jacob's oldest son.

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Gen 46:26 - The total number of Jacob's direct descendants who went with him to Egypt, not counting his sons' wives, was sixty-six.

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Gen 46:27 - In addition, Joseph had two sons[fn] who were born in Egypt. So altogether, there were seventy[fn] members of Jacob's family in the land of Egypt.

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Gen 46:28 - As they neared their destination, Jacob sent Judah ahead to meet Joseph and get directions to the region of Goshen. And when they finally arrived there,

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

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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 47:14 - By selling grain to the people, Joseph eventually collected all the money in Egypt and Canaan, and he put the money in Pharaoh's treasury.

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Gen 47:21 - As for the people, he made them all slaves,[fn] from one end of Egypt to the other.

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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 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 48:5 - “Now I am claiming as my own sons these two boys of yours, Ephraim and Manasseh, who were born here in the land of Egypt before I arrived. They will be my sons, just as Reuben and Simeon are.

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Gen 48:16 - the Angel who has redeemed me from all harm—
may he bless these boys.
May they preserve my name
and the names of Abraham and Isaac.
And may their descendants multiply greatly
throughout the earth.”

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Gen 48:19 - But his father refused. “I know, my son; I know,” he replied. “Manasseh will also become a great people, but his younger brother will become even greater. And his descendants will become a multitude of nations.”

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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 49:15 - When he sees how good the countryside is
and how pleasant the land,
he will bend his shoulder to the load
and submit himself to hard labor.

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Gen 49:17 - Dan will be a snake beside the road,
a poisonous viper along the path
that bites the horse's hooves
so its rider is thrown off.

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Gen 49:23 - Archers attacked him savagely;
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Gen 49:27 - “Benjamin is a ravenous wolf,
devouring his enemies in the morning
and dividing his plunder in the evening.”

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Gen 50:4 - When the period of mourning was over, Joseph approached Pharaoh's advisers and said, “Please do me this favor and speak to Pharaoh on my behalf.

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Gen 50:13 - They carried his body to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave in the field of Machpelah, near Mamre. This is the cave that Abraham had bought as a permanent burial site from Ephron the Hittite.

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Gen 50:14 - After burying Jacob, Joseph returned to Egypt with his brothers and all who had accompanied him to his father's burial.

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Gen 50:20 - You intended to harm me, but God intended it all for good. He brought me to this position so I could save the lives of many people.

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Gen 50:21 - No, don't be afraid. I will continue to take care of you and your children.” So he reassured them by speaking kindly to them.

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Gen 50:24 - “Soon I will die,” Joseph told his brothers, “but God will surely come to help you and lead you out of this land of Egypt. He will bring you back to the land he solemnly promised to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.”

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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 1:22 - 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 2:3 - But when she could no longer hide him, she got a basket made of papyrus reeds and waterproofed it with tar and pitch. She put the baby in the basket and laid it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile River.

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Exo 2:10 - Later, when the boy was older, his mother brought him back to Pharaoh's daughter, who adopted him as her own son. The princess named him Moses,[fn] for she explained, “I lifted him out of the water.”

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Exo 2:15 - And sure enough, Pharaoh heard what had happened, and he tried to kill Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh and went to live in the land of Midian.
When Moses arrived in Midian, he sat down beside a well.

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Exo 3:1 - One day Moses was tending the flock of his father-in-law, Jethro,[fn] the priest of Midian. He led the flock far into the wilderness and came to Sinai,[fn] the mountain of God.

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Exo 3:8 - So I have come down to rescue them from the power of the Egyptians and lead them out of Egypt into their own fertile and spacious land. It is a land flowing with milk and honey—the land where the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites now live.

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Exo 3:17 - I have promised to rescue you from your oppression in Egypt. I will lead you to a land flowing with milk and honey—the land where the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites now live.”'

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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 4:6 - Then the LORD said to Moses, “Now put your hand inside your cloak.” So Moses put his hand inside his cloak, and when he took it out again, his hand was white as snow with a severe skin disease.[fn]

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Exo 4:7 - “Now put your hand back into your cloak,” the LORD said. So Moses put his hand back in, and when he took it out again, it was as healthy as the rest of his body.

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Exo 4:14 - Then the LORD became angry with Moses. “All right,” he said. “What about your brother, Aaron the Levite? I know he speaks well. And look! He is on his way to meet you now. He will be delighted to see you.

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Exo 4:15 - Talk to him, and put the words in his mouth. I will be with both of you as you speak, and I will instruct you both in what to do.

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

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Exo 4:19 - Before Moses left Midian, the LORD said to him, “Return to Egypt, for all those who wanted to kill you have died.”

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Exo 4:20 - So Moses took his wife and sons, put them on a donkey, and headed back to the land of Egypt. In his hand he carried the staff of God.

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Exo 4:21 - And the LORD told Moses, “When you arrive back in Egypt, go to Pharaoh and perform all the miracles I have empowered you to do. But I will harden his heart so he will refuse to let the people go.

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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 5:3 - 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 5:12 - So the people scattered throughout the land of Egypt in search of stubble to use as straw.

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Exo 5:20 - As they left Pharaoh's court, they confronted Moses and Aaron, who were waiting outside for them.

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Exo 5:21 - The foremen said to them, “May the LORD judge and punish you for making us stink before Pharaoh and his officials. You have put a sword into their hands, an excuse to kill us!”

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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 6:20 - Amram married his father's sister Jochebed, and she gave birth to his sons, Aaron and Moses. (Amram lived to be 137 years old.)

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Exo 7:15 - So go to Pharaoh in the morning as he goes down to the river. Stand on the bank of the Nile and meet him there. Be sure to take along the staff that turned into a snake.

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

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

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Exo 7:23 - Pharaoh returned to his palace and put the whole thing out of his mind.

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Exo 8:3 - The Nile River will swarm with frogs. They will come up out of the river and into your palace, even into your bedroom and onto your bed! They will enter the houses of your officials and your people. They will even jump into your ovens and your kneading bowls.

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Exo 8:10 - “Do it tomorrow,” Pharaoh said.
“All right,” Moses replied, “it will be as you have said. Then you will know that there is no one like the LORD our God.

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Exo 8:21 - If you refuse, then I will send swarms of flies on you, your officials, your people, and all the houses. The Egyptian homes will be filled with flies, and the ground will be covered with them.

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Exo 8:24 - And the LORD did just as he had said. A thick swarm of flies filled Pharaoh's palace and the houses of his officials. The whole land of Egypt was thrown into chaos by the flies.

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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 9:8 - Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “Take handfuls of soot from a brick kiln, and have Moses toss it into the air while Pharaoh watches.

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Exo 9:10 - So they took soot from a brick kiln and went and stood before Pharaoh. As Pharaoh watched, Moses threw the soot into the air, and boils broke out on people and animals alike.

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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 9:19 - 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 9:20 - Some of Pharaoh's officials were afraid because of what the LORD had said. They quickly brought their servants and livestock in from the fields.

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

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Exo 9:22 - Then the LORD said to Moses, “Lift your hand toward the sky so hail may fall on the people, the livestock, and all the plants throughout the land of Egypt.”

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Exo 9:23 - So Moses lifted his staff toward the sky, and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and lightning flashed toward the earth. The LORD sent a tremendous hailstorm against all the land of Egypt.

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Exo 10:2 - I've also done it so you can tell your children and grandchildren about how I made a mockery of the Egyptians and about the signs I displayed among them—and so you will know that I am the LORD.”

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Exo 10:13 - So Moses raised his staff over Egypt, and the LORD caused an east wind to blow over the land all that day and through the night. When morning arrived, the east wind had brought the locusts.

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Exo 10:16 - Pharaoh quickly summoned Moses and Aaron. “I have sinned against the LORD your God and against you,” he confessed.

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Exo 10:19 - The LORD responded by shifting the wind, and the strong west wind blew the locusts into the Red Sea.[fn] Not a single locust remained in all the land of Egypt.

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Exo 10:21 - Then the LORD said to Moses, “Lift your hand toward heaven, and the land of Egypt will be covered with a darkness so thick you can feel it.”

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Exo 10:22 - So Moses lifted his hand to the sky, and a deep darkness covered the entire land of Egypt for three days.

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Exo 10:29 - “Very well,” Moses replied. “I will never see your face again.”

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Exo 11:2 - Tell all the Israelite men and women to ask their Egyptian neighbors for articles of silver and gold.”

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Exo 11:4 - Moses had announced to Pharaoh, “This is what the LORD says: At midnight tonight I will pass through the heart of Egypt.

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

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Exo 12:14 - “This is a day to remember. Each year, from generation to generation, you must celebrate it as a special festival to the LORD. This is a law for all time.

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

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Exo 12:23 - For the LORD will pass through the land to strike down the Egyptians. But when he sees the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe, the LORD will pass over your home. He will not permit his death angel to enter your house and strike you down.

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Exo 12:25 - When you enter the land the LORD has promised to give you, you will continue to observe this ceremony.

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Exo 12:37 - That night the people of Israel left Rameses and started for Succoth. There were about 600,000 men,[fn] plus all the women and children.

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Exo 12:39 - For bread they baked flat cakes from the dough without yeast they had brought from Egypt. It was made without yeast because the people were driven out of Egypt in such a hurry that they had no time to prepare the bread or other food.

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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 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 13:10 - So observe the decree of this festival at the appointed time each year.

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Exo 13:11 - “This is what you must do when the LORD fulfills the promise he swore to you and to your ancestors. When he gives you the land where the Canaanites now live,

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Exo 13:16 - This ceremony will be like a mark branded on your hand or your forehead. It is a reminder that the power of the LORD's mighty hand brought us out of Egypt.”

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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 13:18 - So God led them in a roundabout way through the wilderness toward the Red Sea.[fn] Thus the Israelites left Egypt like an army ready for battle.[fn]

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Exo 14:13 - But Moses told the people, “Don't be afraid. Just stand still and watch the LORD rescue you today. The Egyptians you see today will never be seen again.

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

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Exo 14:22 - So the people of Israel walked through the middle of the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on each side!

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Exo 14:23 - Then the Egyptians—all of Pharaoh's horses, chariots, and charioteers—chased them into the middle of the sea.

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Exo 14:28 - Then the waters returned and covered all the chariots and charioteers—the entire army of Pharaoh. Of all the Egyptians who had chased the Israelites into the sea, not a single one survived.

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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
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Exo 15:2 - The LORD is my strength and my song;
he has given me victory.
This is my God, and I will praise him—
my father's God, and I will exalt him!

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Exo 15:4 - Pharaoh's chariots and army
he has hurled into the sea.
The finest of Pharaoh's officers
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Exo 15:5 - The deep waters gushed over them;
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Exo 15:13 - “With your unfailing love you lead
the people you have redeemed.
In your might, you guide them
to your sacred home.

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Exo 15:17 - You will bring them in and plant them on your own mountain—
the place, O LORD, reserved for your own dwelling,
the sanctuary, O Lord, that your hands have established.

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Exo 15:19 - When Pharaoh's horses, chariots, and charioteers rushed into the sea, the LORD brought the water crashing down on them. But the people of Israel had walked through the middle of the sea on dry ground!

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

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Exo 15:23 - When they came to the oasis of Marah, the water was too bitter to drink. So they called the place Marah (which means “bitter”).

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Exo 15:25 - So Moses cried out to the LORD for help, and the LORD showed him a piece of wood. Moses threw it into the water, and this made the water good to drink.
It was there at Marah that the LORD set before them the following decree as a standard to test their faithfulness to him.

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Exo 15:27 - After leaving Marah, the Israelites traveled on to the oasis of Elim, where they found twelve springs and seventy palm trees. They camped there beside the water.

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

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Exo 16:3 - “If only the LORD had killed us back in Egypt,” they moaned. “There we sat around pots filled with meat and ate all the bread we wanted. But now you have brought us into this wilderness to starve us all to death.”

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

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Exo 16:8 - 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 16:10 - And as Aaron spoke to the whole community of Israel, they looked out toward the wilderness. There they could see the awesome glory of the LORD in the cloud.

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Exo 16:16 - These are the LORD's instructions: Each household should gather as much as it needs. Pick up two quarts[fn] for each person in your tent.”

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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 16:19 - Then Moses told them, “Do not keep any of it until morning.”

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Exo 16:20 - But some of them didn't listen and kept some of it until morning. But by then it was full of maggots and had a terrible smell. Moses was very angry with them.

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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 16:24 - So they put some aside until morning, just as Moses had commanded. And in the morning the leftover food was wholesome and good, without maggots or odor.

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Exo 16:29 - They must realize that the Sabbath is the LORD's gift to you. That is why he gives you a two-day supply on the sixth day, so there will be enough for two days. On the Sabbath day you must each stay in your place. Do not go out to pick up food on the seventh day.”

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Exo 16:32 - Then Moses said, “This is what the LORD has commanded: Fill a two-quart container with manna to preserve it for your descendants. Then later generations will be able to see the food I gave you in the wilderness when I set you free from Egypt.”

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Exo 16:33 - Moses said to Aaron, “Get a jar and fill it with two quarts of manna. Then put it in a sacred place before the LORD to preserve it for all future generations.”

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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 16:35 - So the people of Israel ate manna for forty years until they arrived at the land where they would settle. They ate manna until they came to the border of the land of Canaan.

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Exo 17:14 - After the victory, the LORD instructed Moses, “Write this down on a scroll as a permanent reminder, and read it aloud to Joshua: I will erase the memory of Amalek from under heaven.”

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Exo 17:16 - He said, “They have raised their fist against the LORD's throne, so now[fn] the LORD will be at war with Amalek generation after generation.”

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Exo 18:5 - Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, now came to visit Moses in the wilderness. He brought Moses' wife and two sons with him, and they arrived while Moses and the people were camped near the mountain of God.

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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 18:23 - If you follow this advice, and if God commands you to do so, then you will be able to endure the pressures, and all these people will go home in peace.”

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Exo 18:27 - Soon after this, Moses said good-bye to his father-in-law, who returned to his own land.

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

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Exo 19:2 - After breaking camp at Rephidim, they came to the wilderness of Sinai and set up camp there at the base of Mount Sinai.

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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 19:9 - Then the LORD said to Moses, “I will come to you in a thick cloud, Moses, so the people themselves can hear me when I speak with you. Then they will always trust you.”
Moses told the LORD what the people had said.

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Exo 19:11 - Be sure they are ready on the third day, for on that day the LORD will come down on Mount Sinai as all the people watch.

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Exo 19:12 - Mark off a boundary all around the mountain. Warn the people, ‘Be careful! Do not go up on the mountain or even touch its boundaries. Anyone who touches the mountain will certainly be put to death.

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Exo 19:17 - Moses led them out from the camp to meet with God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain.

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Exo 20:6 - But I lavish unfailing love for a thousand generations on those[fn] who love me and obey my commands.

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Exo 20:21 - As the people stood in the distance, Moses approached the dark cloud where God was.

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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 21:13 - But if it was simply an accident permitted by God, I will appoint a place of refuge where the slayer can run for safety.

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Exo 23:19 - “As you harvest your crops, bring the very best of the first harvest to the house of the LORD your God.
“You must not cook a young goat in its mother's milk.

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

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Exo 23:27 - “I will send my terror ahead of you and create panic among all the people whose lands you invade. I will make all your enemies turn and run.

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Exo 23:31 - And I will fix your boundaries from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea,[fn] and from the eastern wilderness to the Euphrates River.[fn] I will hand over to you the people now living in the land, and you will drive them out ahead of you.

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Exo 24:4 - Then Moses carefully wrote down all the LORD's instructions. Early the next morning Moses got up and built an altar at the foot of the mountain. He also set up twelve pillars, one for each of the twelve tribes of Israel.

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Exo 24:6 - Moses drained half the blood from these animals into basins. The other half he splattered against the altar.

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Exo 24:7 - Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it aloud to the people. Again they all responded, “We will do everything the LORD has commanded. We will obey.”

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Exo 24:12 - Then the LORD said to Moses, “Come up to me on the mountain. Stay there, and I will give you the tablets of stone on which I have inscribed the instructions and commands so you can teach the people.”

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Exo 24:13 - So Moses and his assistant Joshua set out, and Moses climbed up the mountain of God.

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Exo 24:15 - Then Moses climbed up the mountain, and the cloud covered it.

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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 25:7 - onyx stones, and other gemstones to be set in the ephod and the priest's chestpiece.

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Exo 25:14 - Insert the poles into the rings at the sides of the Ark to carry it.

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Exo 25:16 - When the Ark is finished, place inside it the stone tablets inscribed with the terms of the covenant,[fn] which I will give to you.

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Exo 25:20 - The cherubim will face each other and look down on the atonement cover. With their wings spread above it, they will protect it.

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Exo 25:21 - Place inside the Ark the stone tablets inscribed with the terms of the covenant, which I will give to you. Then put the atonement cover on top of the Ark.

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Exo 25:27 - Attach the rings near the border to hold the poles that are used to carry the table.

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

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

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Exo 26:19 - 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 26:24 - These corner frames will be matched at the bottom and firmly attached at the top with a single ring, forming a single corner unit. Make both of these corner units the same way.

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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 26:28 - The middle crossbar, attached halfway up the frames, will run all the way from one end of the Tabernacle to the other.

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Exo 26:29 - Overlay the frames with gold, and make gold rings to hold the crossbars. Overlay the crossbars with gold as well.

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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 27:9 - “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 27:20 - “Command the people of Israel to bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to keep the lamps burning continually.

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Exo 27:21 - The lampstand will stand in the Tabernacle, in front of the inner curtain that shields the Ark of the Covenant.[fn] Aaron and his sons must keep the lamps burning in the LORD's presence all night. This is a permanent law for the people of Israel, and it must be observed from generation to generation.

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

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

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Exo 28:4 - These are the garments they are to make: a chestpiece, an ephod, a robe, a patterned tunic, a turban, and a sash. They are to make these sacred garments for your brother, Aaron, and his sons to wear when they serve me as priests.

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Exo 28:21 - Each stone will represent one of the twelve sons of Israel, and the name of that tribe will be engraved on it like a seal.

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Exo 28:29 - “In this way, Aaron will carry the names of the tribes of Israel on the sacred chestpiece[fn] over his heart when he goes into the Holy Place. This will be a continual reminder that he represents the people when he comes before the LORD.

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Exo 28:30 - Insert the Urim and Thummim into the sacred chestpiece so they will be carried over Aaron's heart when he goes into the LORD's presence. In this way, Aaron will always carry over his heart the objects used to determine the LORD's will for his people whenever he goes in before the LORD.

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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 28:40 - “For Aaron's sons, make tunics, sashes, and special head coverings that are glorious and beautiful.

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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 29:9 - Wrap the sashes around the waists of Aaron and his sons, and put their special head coverings on them. Then the right to the priesthood will be theirs by law forever. In this way, you will ordain Aaron and his sons.

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Exo 29:18 - then burn the entire animal on the altar. This is a burnt offering to the LORD; it is a pleasing aroma, a special gift presented to the LORD.

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Exo 29:25 - Afterward take the various breads from their hands, and burn them on the altar along with the burnt offering. It is a pleasing aroma to the LORD, a special gift for him.

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Exo 29:30 - The descendant who succeeds him as high priest will wear these clothes for seven days as he ministers in the Tabernacle and the Holy Place.

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Exo 29:41 - Offer the other lamb in the evening, along with the same offerings of flour and wine as in the morning. It will be a pleasing aroma, a special gift presented to the LORD.

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Exo 29:42 - “These burnt offerings are to be made each day from generation to generation. Offer them in the LORD's presence at the Tabernacle entrance; there I will meet with you and speak with you.

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Exo 30:4 - Make two gold rings, and attach them on opposite sides of the altar below the gold molding to hold the carrying poles.

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Exo 30:8 - And each evening when he lights the lamps, he must again burn incense in the LORD's presence. This must be done from generation to generation.

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Exo 30:10 - “Once a year Aaron must purify[fn] the altar by smearing its horns with blood from the offering made to purify the people from their sin. This will be a regular, annual event from generation to generation, for this is the LORD's most holy altar.”

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Exo 30:14 - All who have reached their twentieth birthday must give this sacred offering to the LORD.

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Exo 30:16 - Receive this ransom money from the Israelites, and use it for the care of the Tabernacle.[fn] It will bring the Israelites to the LORD's attention, and it will purify your lives.”

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Exo 30:18 - “Make a bronze washbasin with a bronze stand. Place it between the Tabernacle and the altar, and fill it with water.

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Exo 30:20 - They must wash with water whenever they go into the Tabernacle to appear before the LORD and when they approach the altar to burn up their special gifts to the LORD—or they will die!

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Exo 30:21 - They must always wash their hands and feet, or they will die. This is a permanent law for Aaron and his descendants, to be observed from generation to generation.”

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Exo 30:31 - And say to the people of Israel, ‘This holy anointing oil is reserved for me from generation to generation.

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Exo 31:5 - He is skilled in engraving and mounting gemstones and in carving wood. He is a master at every craft!

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Exo 31:13 - “Tell the people of Israel: ‘Be careful to keep my Sabbath day, for the Sabbath is a sign of the covenant between me and you from generation to generation. It is given so you may know that I am the LORD, who makes you holy.

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Exo 31:16 - The people of Israel must keep the Sabbath day by observing it from generation to generation. This is a covenant obligation for all time.

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Exo 32:10 - Now leave me alone so my fierce anger can blaze against them, and I will destroy them. Then I will make you, Moses, into a great nation.”

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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 32:13 - 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 32:24 - So I told them, ‘Whoever has gold jewelry, take it off.' When they brought it to me, I simply threw it into the fire—and out came this calf!”

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

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Exo 32:34 - Now go, lead the people to the place I told you about. Look! My angel will lead the way before you. And when I come to call the people to account, I will certainly hold them responsible for their sins.”

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

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Exo 33:7 - It was Moses' practice to take the Tent of Meeting[fn] and set it up some distance from the camp. Everyone who wanted to make a request of the LORD would go to the Tent of Meeting outside the camp.

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Exo 33:8 - Whenever Moses went out to the Tent of Meeting, all the people would get up and stand in the entrances of their own tents. They would all watch Moses until he disappeared inside.

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Exo 33:9 - As he went into the tent, the pillar of cloud would come down and hover at its entrance while the LORD spoke with Moses.

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Exo 33:11 - Inside the Tent of Meeting, the LORD would speak to Moses face to face, as one speaks to a friend. Afterward Moses would return to the camp, but the young man who assisted him, Joshua son of Nun, would remain behind in the Tent of Meeting.

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

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Exo 34:1 - Then the LORD told Moses, “Chisel out two stone tablets like the first ones. I will write on them the same words that were on the tablets you smashed.

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Exo 34:2 - Be ready in the morning to climb up Mount Sinai and present yourself to me on the top of the mountain.

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Exo 34:4 - So Moses chiseled out two tablets of stone like the first ones. Early in the morning he climbed Mount Sinai as the LORD had commanded him, and he carried the two stone tablets in his hands.

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Exo 34:7 - I lavish unfailing love to a thousand generations.[fn]
I forgive iniquity, rebellion, and sin.
But I do not excuse the guilty.
I lay the sins of the parents upon their children and grandchildren;
the entire family is affected—
even children in the third and fourth generations.”

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Exo 34:12 - “Be very careful never to make a treaty with the people who live in the land where you are going. If you do, you will follow their evil ways and be trapped.

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Exo 34:18 - “You must celebrate the Festival of Unleavened Bread. For seven days the bread you eat must be made without yeast, just as I commanded you. Celebrate this festival annually at the appointed time in early spring, in the month of Abib,[fn] for that is the anniversary of your departure from Egypt.

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Exo 34:25 - “You must not offer the blood of my sacrificial offerings together with any baked goods containing yeast. And none of the meat of the Passover sacrifice may be kept over until the next morning.

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Exo 34:26 - “As you harvest your crops, bring the very best of the first harvest to the house of the LORD your God.
“You must not cook a young goat in its mother's milk.”

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Exo 35:9 - onyx stones, and other gemstones to be set in the ephod and the priest's chestpiece.

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Exo 35:21 - All whose hearts were stirred and whose spirits were moved came and brought their sacred offerings to the LORD. They brought all the materials needed for the Tabernacle,[fn] for the performance of its rituals, and for the sacred garments.

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Exo 35:24 - And all who had silver and bronze objects gave them as a sacred offering to the LORD. And those who had acacia wood brought it for use in the project.

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Exo 35:27 - The leaders brought onyx stones and the special gemstones to be set in the ephod and the priest's chestpiece.

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Exo 36:3 - Moses gave them the materials donated by the people of Israel as sacred offerings for the completion of the sanctuary. But the people continued to bring additional gifts each morning.

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Exo 36:6 - So Moses gave the command, and this message was sent throughout the camp: “Men and women, don't prepare any more gifts for the sanctuary. We have enough!” So the people stopped bringing their sacred offerings.

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Exo 36:7 - Their contributions were more than enough to complete the whole project.

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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 38:24 - The people brought special offerings of gold totaling 2,193 pounds,[fn] as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel. This gold was used throughout the Tabernacle.

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Exo 38:26 - This silver came from the tax collected from each man registered in the census. (The tax is one beka, which is half a shekel,[fn] based on the sanctuary shekel.) The tax was collected from 603,550 men who had reached their twentieth birthday.

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Exo 38:27 - The hundred bases for the frames of the sanctuary walls and for the posts supporting the inner curtain required 7,500 pounds of silver, about 75 pounds for each base.[fn]

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Exo 38:28 - The remaining 45 pounds[fn] of silver was used to make the hooks and rings and to overlay the tops of the posts.

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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 39:14 - Each stone represented one of the twelve sons of Israel, and the name of that tribe was engraved on it like a seal.

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Exo 39:18 - They tied the other ends of the cords to the gold settings on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod.

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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 39:32 - 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 39:40 - the curtains for the walls of the courtyard;
the posts and their bases;
the curtain for the entrance to the courtyard;
the ropes and tent pegs;
all the furnishings to be used in worship at the Tabernacle;

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Exo 39:41 - the beautifully stitched garments for the priests to wear while ministering in the Holy Place—the sacred garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments for his sons to wear as they minister as priests.

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Exo 40:5 - “Place the gold incense altar in front of the Ark of the Covenant. Then hang the curtain at the entrance of the Tabernacle.

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Exo 40:15 - Anoint them as you did their father, so they may also serve me as priests. With their anointing, Aaron's descendants are set apart for the priesthood forever, from generation to generation.”

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Exo 40:20 - He took the stone tablets inscribed with the terms of the covenant and placed them[fn] inside the Ark. Then he attached the carrying poles to the Ark, and he set the Ark's cover—the place of atonement—on top of it.

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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 40:22 - Next Moses placed the table in the Tabernacle, along the north side of the Holy Place, just outside the inner curtain.

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Exo 40:24 - He set the lampstand in the Tabernacle across from the table on the south side of the Holy Place.

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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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Exo 40:35 - Moses could no longer enter the Tabernacle because the cloud had settled down over it, and the glory of the LORD filled the Tabernacle.

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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 1:16 - The priest must also remove the crop and the feathers[fn] and throw them in the ashes on the east side of the altar.

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Lev 2:12 - You may add yeast and honey to an offering of the first crops of your harvest, but these must never be offered on the altar as a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

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Lev 3:17 - “You must never eat any fat or blood. This is a permanent law for you, and it must be observed from generation to generation, wherever you live.”

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Lev 4:6 - dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle it seven times before the LORD in front of the inner curtain of the sanctuary.

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Lev 4:12 - and carry it away to a place outside the camp that is ceremonially clean, the place where the ashes are dumped. There, on the ash heap, he will burn it on a wood fire.

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Lev 4:16 - The high priest will then take some of the bull's blood into the Tabernacle,

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Lev 4:31 - Then he must remove all the goat's fat, just as he does with the fat of the peace offering. He will burn the fat on the altar, and it will be a pleasing aroma to the LORD. Through this process, the priest will purify the people, making them right with the LORD, and they will be forgiven.

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Lev 4:32 - “If the people bring a sheep as their sin offering, it must be a female with no defects.

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Lev 5:7 - “But if you cannot afford to bring a sheep, you may bring to the LORD two turtledoves or two young pigeons as the penalty for your sin. One of the birds will be for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering.

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Lev 5:18 - For a guilt offering, you must bring to the priest your own ram with no defects, or you may buy one of equal value. Through this process the priest will purify you from your unintentional sin, 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 6:11 - Then he must take off these garments, change back into his regular clothes, and carry the ashes outside the camp to a place that is ceremonially clean.

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Lev 6:18 - Any of Aaron's male descendants may eat from the special gifts presented to the LORD. This is their permanent right from generation to generation. Anyone or anything that touches these offerings will become holy.”

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Lev 6:20 - “On the day Aaron and his sons are anointed, they must present to the LORD a grain offering of two quarts[fn] of choice flour, half to be offered in the morning and half to be offered in the evening.

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Lev 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 7:15 - The meat of the peace offering of thanksgiving must be eaten on the same day it is offered. None of it may be saved for the next morning.

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Lev 7:24 - The fat of an animal found dead or torn to pieces by wild animals must never be eaten, though it may be used for any other purpose.

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Lev 7:36 - On the day they were anointed, the LORD commanded the Israelites to give these portions to the priests as their permanent share from generation to generation.”

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Lev 8:18 - Then Moses presented the ram for the burnt offering. Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the ram's head,

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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 9:2 - He said to Aaron, “Take a young bull for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering, both without defects, and present them to the LORD.

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

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Lev 9:4 - Also take a bull[fn] and a ram for a peace offering and flour moistened with olive oil for a grain offering. Present all these offerings to the LORD because the LORD will appear to you today.'”

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Lev 9:9 - His sons brought him the blood, and he dipped his finger in it and put it on the horns of the altar. He poured out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar.

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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 10:9 - “You and your descendants must never drink wine or any other alcoholic drink before going into the Tabernacle. If you do, you will die. This is a permanent law for you, and it must be observed from generation to generation.

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Lev 10:18 - Since the animal's blood was not brought into the Holy Place, you should have eaten the meat in the sacred area as I ordered you.”

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Lev 11:32 - If such an animal dies and falls on something, that object will be unclean. This is true whether the object is made of wood, cloth, leather, or burlap. Whatever its use, you must dip it in water, and it will remain defiled until evening. After that, it will be ceremonially clean and may be used again.

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Lev 11:33 - “If such an animal falls into a clay pot, everything in the pot will be defiled, and the pot must be smashed.

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Lev 11:34 - If the water from such a container spills on any food, the food will be defiled. And any beverage in such a container will be defiled.

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Lev 12:4 - After waiting thirty-three days, she will be purified from the bleeding of childbirth. During this time of purification, she must not touch anything that is set apart as holy. And she must not enter the sanctuary until her time of purification is over.

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Lev 12:6 - “When the time of purification is completed for either a son or a daughter, the woman must bring a one-year-old lamb for a burnt offering and a young pigeon or turtledove for a purification offering. She must bring her offerings to the priest at the entrance of the Tabernacle.[fn]

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Lev 12:8 - “If a woman cannot afford to bring a lamb, she must bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons. One will be for the burnt offering and the other for the purification offering. The priest will sacrifice them to purify her, and she will be ceremonially clean.”

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Lev 13:17 - for another examination. If the affected areas have indeed turned white, the priest will then pronounce the person ceremonially clean by declaring, ‘You are clean!'

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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 13:25 - 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 13:59 - “These are the instructions for dealing with mildew that contaminates woolen or linen clothing or fabric or anything made of leather. This is how the priest will determine whether these items are ceremonially clean or unclean.”

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Lev 14:5 - The priest will order that one bird be slaughtered over a clay pot filled with fresh water.

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Lev 14:6 - He will take the live bird, the cedar stick, the scarlet yarn, and the hyssop branch, and dip them into the blood of the bird that was slaughtered over the fresh water.

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Lev 14:7 - The priest will then sprinkle the blood of the dead bird seven times on the person being purified of the skin disease. When the priest has purified the person, he will release the live bird in the open field to fly away.

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Lev 14:8 - “The persons being purified must then wash their clothes, shave off all their hair, and bathe themselves in water. Then they will be ceremonially clean and may return to the camp. However, they must remain outside their tents for seven days.

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

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Lev 14:21 - “But anyone who is too poor and cannot afford these offerings may bring one male lamb for a guilt offering, to be lifted up as a special offering for purification. The person must also bring two quarts[fn] of choice flour moistened with olive oil for the grain offering and a cup of olive oil.

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Lev 14:22 - The offering must also include two turtledoves or two young pigeons, whichever the person can afford. One of the pair must be used for the sin offering and the other for a burnt offering.

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Lev 14:23 - On the eighth day of the purification ceremony, the person being purified must bring the offerings to the priest in the LORD's presence at the entrance of the Tabernacle.

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Lev 14:31 - One of them is for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering, to be presented along with the grain offering. Through this process, the priest will purify the person before the LORD.

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Lev 14:32 - These are the instructions for purification for those who have recovered from a serious skin disease but who cannot afford to bring the offerings normally required for the ceremony of purification.”

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Lev 14:34 - “When you arrive in Canaan, the land I am giving you as your own possession, I may contaminate some of the houses in your land with mildew.[fn]

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Lev 14:40 - the priest must order that the stones from those areas be removed. The contaminated material will then be taken outside the town to an area designated as ceremonially unclean.

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Lev 14:41 - Next the inside walls of the entire house must be scraped thoroughly and the scrapings dumped in the unclean place outside the town.

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Lev 14:45 - It must be torn down, and all its stones, timbers, and plaster must be carried out of town to the place designated as ceremonially unclean.

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Lev 14:46 - Those who enter the house during the period of quarantine will be ceremonially unclean until evening,

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Lev 14:50 - He will slaughter one of the birds over a clay pot filled with fresh water.

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Lev 14:51 - He will take the cedar stick, the hyssop branch, the scarlet yarn, and the live bird, and dip them into the blood of the slaughtered bird and into the fresh water. Then he will sprinkle the house seven times.

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Lev 14:53 - he will release the live bird in the open fields outside the town. Through this process, the priest will purify the house, and it will be ceremonially clean.

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Lev 15:13 - “When the man with the discharge is healed, he must count off seven days for the period of purification. Then he must wash his clothes and bathe himself in fresh water, and he will be ceremonially clean.

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Lev 15:15 - The priest will offer one bird for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering. Through this process, the priest will purify[fn] the man before the LORD for his discharge.

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Lev 15:30 - The priest will offer one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering. Through this process, the priest will purify her before the LORD for the ceremonial impurity caused by her bleeding.

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Lev 16:2 - The LORD said to Moses, “Warn your brother, Aaron, not to enter the Most Holy Place behind the inner curtain whenever he chooses; if he does, he will die. For the Ark's cover—the place of atonement—is there, and I myself am present in the cloud above the atonement cover.

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Lev 16:3 - “When Aaron enters the sanctuary area, he must follow these instructions fully. He must bring a young bull for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering.

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Lev 16:5 - Aaron must take from the community of Israel two male goats for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering.

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Lev 16:10 - The other goat, the scapegoat chosen by lot to be sent away, will be kept alive, standing before the LORD. When it is sent away to Azazel in the wilderness, the people will be purified and made right with the LORD.[fn]

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Lev 16:21 - He will lay both of his hands on the goat's head and confess over it all the wickedness, rebellion, and sins of the people of Israel. In this way, he will transfer the people's sins to the head of the goat. Then a man specially chosen for the task will drive the goat into the wilderness.

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Lev 16:22 - As the goat goes into the wilderness, it will carry all the people's sins upon itself into a desolate land.

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Lev 16:23 - “When Aaron goes back into the Tabernacle, he must take off the linen garments he was wearing when he entered the Most Holy Place, and he must leave the garments there.

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Lev 16:26 - “The man chosen to drive the scapegoat into the wilderness of Azazel must wash his clothes and bathe himself in water. Then he may return to the camp.

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Lev 16:28 - The man who burns them must wash his clothes and bathe himself in water before returning to the camp.

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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 17:6 - Then the priest will be able to splatter the blood against the LORD's altar at the entrance of the Tabernacle, and he will burn the fat as a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

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Lev 17:7 - The people must no longer be unfaithful to the LORD by offering sacrifices to the goat idols.[fn] This is a permanent law for them, to be observed from generation to generation.

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Lev 18:3 - So do not act like the people in Egypt, where you used to live, or like the people of Canaan, where I am taking you. You must not imitate their way of life.

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Lev 18:23 - “A man must not defile himself by having sex with an animal. And a woman must not offer herself to a male animal to have intercourse with it. This is a perverse act.

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Lev 19:23 - “When you enter the land and plant fruit trees, leave the fruit unharvested for the first three years and consider it forbidden.[fn] Do not eat it.

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Lev 20:5 - I myself will turn against them and their families and will cut them off from the community. This will happen to all who commit spiritual prostitution by worshiping Molech.

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Lev 20:22 - “You must keep all my decrees and regulations by putting them into practice; otherwise the land to which I am bringing you as your new home will vomit you out.

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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 21:17 - “Give the following instructions to Aaron: In all future generations, none of your descendants who has any defect will qualify to offer food to his God.

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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 22:18 - “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 22:23 - If a bull[fn] or lamb has a leg that is too long or too short, it may be offered as a voluntary offering, but it may not be offered to fulfill a vow.

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

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Lev 22:29 - When you bring a thanksgiving offering to the LORD, sacrifice it properly so you will be accepted.

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

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Lev 23:10 - “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. When you enter the land I am giving you and you harvest its first crops, bring the priest a bundle of grain from the first cutting of your grain harvest.

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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 23:14 - 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 23:19 - Then you must offer one male goat as a sin offering and two one-year-old male lambs as a peace offering.

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

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Lev 23:31 - You must not do any work at all! This is a permanent law for you, and it must be observed from generation to generation wherever you live.

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Lev 23:37 - (“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 23:41 - 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 24:2 - “Command the people of Israel to bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to keep the lamps burning continually.

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Lev 24:3 - This is the lampstand that stands in the Tabernacle, in front of the inner curtain that shields the Ark of the Covenant.[fn] Aaron must keep the lamps burning in the LORD's presence all night. This is a permanent law for you, and it must be observed from generation to generation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 24:7

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 24:12 - They kept the man in custody until the LORD's will in the matter should become clear to them.

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

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Lev 25:10 - Set this year apart as holy, a time to proclaim freedom throughout the land for all who live there. It will be a jubilee year for you, when each of you may return to the land that belonged to your ancestors and return to your own clan.

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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 25:19 - Then the land will yield large crops, and you will eat your fill and live securely in it.

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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 25:23 - “The land must never be sold on a permanent basis, for the land belongs to me. You are only foreigners and tenant farmers working for me.

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

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

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Lev 25:46 - passing them on to your children as a permanent inheritance. You may treat them as slaves, but you must never treat your fellow Israelites this way.

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Lev 25:52 - If only a few years remain until the Year of Jubilee, they will repay a small amount for their redemption.

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Lev 26:5 - Your threshing season will overlap with the grape harvest, and your grape harvest will overlap with the season of planting grain. You will eat your fill and live securely in your own land.

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Lev 26:20 - All your work will be for nothing, for your land will yield no crops, and your trees will bear no fruit.

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Lev 26:25 - I will send armies against you to carry out the curse of the covenant you have broken. When you run to your towns for safety, I will send a plague to destroy you there, and you will be handed over to your enemies.

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Lev 26:33 - I will scatter you among the nations and bring out my sword against you. Your land will become desolate, and your cities will lie in ruins.

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

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Lev 27:18 - But if the field is dedicated after the Year of Jubilee, the priest will assess the land's value in proportion to the number of years left until the next Year of Jubilee. Its assessed value is reduced each year.

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Num 3:38 - The area in front of the Tabernacle, in the east toward the sunrise,[fn] was reserved for the tents of Moses and of Aaron and his sons, who had the final responsibility for the sanctuary on behalf of the people of Israel. Anyone other than a priest or Levite who went too near the sanctuary was to be put to death.

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Num 3:49 - So Moses collected the silver for redeeming the firstborn sons of Israel who exceeded the number of Levites.

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Num 4:10 - Then they must cover the lampstand and its accessories with fine goatskin leather and place the bundle on a carrying frame.

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Num 4:12 - They must take all the remaining furnishings of the sanctuary and wrap them in a blue cloth, cover them with fine goatskin leather, and place them on the carrying frame.

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Num 4:14 - All the altar utensils—the firepans, meat forks, shovels, basins, and all the containers—must be placed on the cloth, and a covering of fine goatskin leather must be spread over them. Finally, they must put the carrying poles in place.

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Num 5:17 - He must take some holy water in a clay jar and pour into it dust he has taken from the Tabernacle floor.

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Num 5:22 - Now may this water that brings the curse enter your body and cause your abdomen to swell and your womb to shrivel.[fn]' And the woman will be required to say, ‘Yes, let it be so.'

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Num 5:23 - And the priest will write these curses on a piece of leather and wash them off into the bitter water.

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Num 5:24 - He will make the woman drink the bitter water that brings on the curse. When the water enters her body, it will cause bitter suffering if she is guilty.

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

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Num 6:12 - The days of their vow that were completed before their defilement no longer count. They must rededicate themselves to the LORD as a Nazirite for the full term of their vow, and each must bring a one-year-old male lamb for a guilt offering.

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Num 6:14 - and offer their sacrifices to the LORD: a one-year-old male lamb without defect for a burnt offering, a one-year-old female lamb without defect for a sin offering, a ram without defect for a peace offering,

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Num 7:10 - The leaders also presented dedication gifts for the altar at the time it was anointed. They each placed their gifts before the altar.

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Num 7:11 - The LORD said to Moses, “Let one leader bring his gift each day for the dedication of the altar.”

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Num 7:13 - His offering consisted of a silver platter weighing 3¼ pounds and a silver basin weighing 1¾ pounds[fn] (as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel). These were both filled with grain offerings of choice flour moistened with olive oil.

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Num 7:15 - He brought a young bull, a ram, and a one-year-old male lamb for a burnt offering,

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Num 7:17 - For a peace offering he brought two bulls, five rams, five male goats, and five one-year-old male lambs. This was the offering brought by Nahshon son of Amminadab.

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Num 7:19 - His offering consisted of a silver platter weighing 3¼ pounds and a silver basin weighing 1¾ pounds (as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel). These were both filled with grain offerings of choice flour moistened with olive oil.

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Num 7:21 - He brought a young bull, a ram, and a one-year-old male lamb for a burnt offering,

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Num 7:23 - For a peace offering he brought two bulls, five rams, five male goats, and five one-year-old male lambs. This was the offering brought by Nethanel son of Zuar.

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Num 7:25 - His offering consisted of a silver platter weighing 3¼ pounds and a silver basin weighing 1¾ pounds (as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel). These were both filled with grain offerings of choice flour moistened with olive oil.

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Num 7:27 - He brought a young bull, a ram, and a one-year-old male lamb for a burnt offering,

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Num 7:29 - For a peace offering he brought two bulls, five rams, five male goats, and five one-year-old male lambs. This was the offering brought by Eliab son of Helon.

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Num 7:31 - His offering consisted of a silver platter weighing 3¼ pounds and a silver basin weighing 1¾ pounds (as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel). These were both filled with grain offerings of choice flour moistened with olive oil.

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Num 7:33 - He brought a young bull, a ram, and a one-year-old male lamb for a burnt offering,

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Num 7:35 - For a peace offering he brought two bulls, five rams, five male goats, and five one-year-old male lambs. This was the offering brought by Elizur son of Shedeur.

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Num 7:37 - His offering consisted of a silver platter weighing 3¼ pounds and a silver basin weighing 1¾ pounds (as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel). These were both filled with grain offerings of choice flour moistened with olive oil.

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Num 7:39 - He brought a young bull, a ram, and a one-year-old male lamb for a burnt offering,

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Num 7:41 - For a peace offering he brought two bulls, five rams, five male goats, and five one-year-old male lambs. This was the offering brought by Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai.

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Num 7:43 - His offering consisted of a silver platter weighing 3¼ pounds and a silver basin weighing 1¾ pounds (as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel). These were both filled with grain offerings of choice flour moistened with olive oil.

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Num 7:45 - He brought a young bull, a ram, and a one-year-old male lamb for a burnt offering,

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Num 7:47 - For a peace offering he brought two bulls, five rams, five male goats, and five one-year-old male lambs. This was the offering brought by Eliasaph son of Deuel.

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Num 7:49 - His offering consisted of a silver platter weighing 3¼ pounds and a silver basin weighing 1¾ pounds (as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel). These were both filled with grain offerings of choice flour moistened with olive oil.

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Num 7:51 - He brought a young bull, a ram, and a one-year-old male lamb for a burnt offering,

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Num 7:53 - For a peace offering he brought two bulls, five rams, five male goats, and five one-year-old male lambs. This was the offering brought by Elishama son of Ammihud.

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Num 7:55 - His offering consisted of a silver platter weighing 3¼ pounds and a silver basin weighing 1¾ pounds (as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel). These were both filled with grain offerings of choice flour moistened with olive oil.

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Num 7:57 - He brought a young bull, a ram, and a one-year-old male lamb for a burnt offering,

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Num 7:59 - For a peace offering he brought two bulls, five rams, five male goats, and five one-year-old male lambs. This was the offering brought by Gamaliel son of Pedahzur.

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Num 7:61 - His offering consisted of a silver platter weighing 3¼ pounds and a silver basin weighing 1¾ pounds (as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel). These were both filled with grain offerings of choice flour moistened with olive oil.

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Num 7:63 - He brought a young bull, a ram, and a one-year-old male lamb for a burnt offering,

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Num 7:65 - For a peace offering he brought two bulls, five rams, five male goats, and five one-year-old male lambs. This was the offering brought by Abidan son of Gideoni.

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Num 7:67 - His offering consisted of a silver platter weighing 3¼ pounds and a silver basin weighing 1¾ pounds (as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel). These were both filled with grain offerings of choice flour moistened with olive oil.

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Num 7:69 - He brought a young bull, a ram, and a one-year-old male lamb for a burnt offering,

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Num 7:71 - For a peace offering he brought two bulls, five rams, five male goats, and five one-year-old male lambs. This was the offering brought by Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai.

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Num 7:73 - His offering consisted of a silver platter weighing 3¼ pounds and a silver basin weighing 1¾ pounds (as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel). These were both filled with grain offerings of choice flour moistened with olive oil.

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Num 7:75 - He brought a young bull, a ram, and a one-year-old male lamb for a burnt offering,

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Num 7:77 - For a peace offering he brought two bulls, five rams, five male goats, and five one-year-old male lambs. This was the offering brought by Pagiel son of Ocran.

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Num 7:79 - His offering consisted of a silver platter weighing 3¼ pounds and a silver basin weighing 1¾ pounds (as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel). These were both filled with grain offerings of choice flour moistened with olive oil.

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Num 7:81 - He brought a young bull, a ram, and a one-year-old male lamb for a burnt offering,

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Num 7:83 - For a peace offering he brought two bulls, five rams, five male goats, and five one-year-old male lambs. This was the offering brought by Ahira son of Enan.

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Num 7:87 - Twelve young bulls, twelve rams, and twelve one-year-old male lambs were donated for the burnt offerings, along with their prescribed grain offerings. Twelve male goats were brought for the sin offerings.

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Num 7:88 - Twenty-four bulls, sixty rams, sixty male goats, and sixty one-year-old male lambs were donated for the peace offerings. This was the dedication offering for the altar after it was anointed.

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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 8:12 - “Next the Levites will lay their hands on the heads of the young bulls. Present one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering to the LORD, to purify the Levites and make them right with the LORD.[fn]

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Num 9:12 - They must not leave any of the lamb until the next morning, and they must not break any of its bones. They must follow all the normal regulations concerning the Passover.

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Num 10:8 - Only the priests, Aaron's descendants, are allowed to blow the trumpets. This is a permanent law for you, to be observed from generation to generation.

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

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Num 10:29 - 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 10:30 - But Hobab replied, “No, I will not go. I must return to my own land and family.”

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Num 11:6 - But now our appetites are gone. All we ever see is this manna!”

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Num 11:12 - Did I give birth to them? Did I bring them into the world? Why did you tell me to carry them in my arms like a mother carries a nursing baby? How can I carry them to the land you swore to give their ancestors?

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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 11:20 - You will eat it for a whole month until you gag and are sick of it. For you have rejected the LORD, who is here among you, and you have whined to him, saying, “Why did we ever leave Egypt?”'”

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Num 11:30 - Then Moses returned to the camp with the elders of Israel.

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Num 11:33 - But while they were gorging themselves on the meat—while it was still in their mouths—the anger of the LORD blazed against the people, and he struck them with a severe plague.

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Num 11:35 - From Kibroth-hattaavah the Israelites traveled to Hazeroth, where they stayed for some time.

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Num 12:4 - So immediately the LORD called to Moses, Aaron, and Miriam and said, “Go out to the Tabernacle,[fn] all three of you!” So the three of them went to the Tabernacle.

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Num 12:14 - But the LORD said to Moses, “If her father had done nothing more than spit in her face, wouldn't she be defiled for seven days? So keep her outside the camp for seven days, and after that she may be accepted back.”

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Num 13:2 - “Send out men to explore the land of Canaan, the land I am giving to the Israelites. Send one leader from each of the twelve ancestral tribes.”

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

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Num 13:19 - See what kind of land they live in. Is it good or bad? Do their towns have walls, or are they unprotected like open camps?

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

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Num 13:27 - This was their report to Moses: “We entered the land you sent us to explore, and it is indeed a bountiful country—a land flowing with milk and honey. Here is the kind of fruit it produces.

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Num 14:3 - “Why is the LORD taking us to this country only to have us die in battle? Our wives and our little ones will be carried off as plunder! Wouldn't it be better for us to return to Egypt?”

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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 14:8 - And if the LORD is pleased with us, he will bring us safely into that land and give it to us. It is a rich land flowing with milk and honey.

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Num 14:12 - I will disown them and destroy them with a plague. Then I will make you into a nation greater and mightier than they are!”

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

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Num 14:24 - But my servant Caleb has a different attitude than the others have. He has remained loyal to me, so I will bring him into the land he explored. His descendants will possess their full share of that land.

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

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Num 14:28 - Now tell them this: ‘As surely as I live, declares the LORD, I will do to you the very things I heard you say.

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Num 14:30 - You will not enter and occupy the land I swore to give you. The only exceptions will be Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.

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Num 14:31 - “‘You said your children would be carried off as plunder. Well, I will bring them safely into the land, and they will enjoy what you have despised.

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Num 14:40 - Then they got up early the next morning and went to the top of the range of hills. “Let's go,” they said. “We realize that we have sinned, but now we are ready to enter the land the LORD has promised us.”

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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 15:2 - “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel.
“When you finally settle in the land I am giving you,

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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 15:7 - and give a third of a gallon of wine as a liquid offering. This will be a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

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Num 15:8 - “When you present a young bull as a burnt offering or as a sacrifice to fulfill a vow or as a peace offering to the LORD,

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Num 15:10 - and give two quarts of wine as a liquid offering. This will be a special gift, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

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Num 15:13 - All of you native-born Israelites must follow these instructions when you offer a special gift as a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

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Num 15:15 - Native-born Israelites and foreigners are equal before the LORD and are subject to the same decrees. This is a permanent law for you, to be observed from generation to generation.

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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 15:21 - Throughout the generations to come, you are to present a sacred offering to the LORD each year from the first of your ground flour.

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Num 15:23 - And suppose your descendants in the future fail to do everything the LORD has commanded through Moses.

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Num 15:24 - If the mistake was made unintentionally, and the community was unaware of it, the whole community must present a young bull for a burnt offering as a pleasing aroma to the LORD. It must be offered along with its prescribed grain offering and liquid offering and with one male goat for a sin offering.

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Num 15:34 - They held him in custody because they did not know what to do with him.

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Num 15:38 - “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel: Throughout the generations to come you must make tassels for the hems of your clothing and attach them with a blue cord.

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Num 16:14 - What's more, you haven't brought us into another land flowing with milk and honey. You haven't given us a new homeland with fields and vineyards. Are you trying to fool these men?[fn] We will not come.”

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Num 16:15 - Then Moses became very angry and said to the LORD, “Do not accept their grain offerings! I have not taken so much as a donkey from them, and I have never hurt a single one of them.”

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Num 16:21 - “Get away from all these people so that I may instantly destroy them!”

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Num 16:30 - But if the LORD does something entirely new and the ground opens its mouth and swallows them and all their belongings, and they go down alive into the grave,[fn] then you will know that these men have shown contempt for the LORD.”

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Num 16:33 - So they went down alive into the grave, along with all their belongings. The earth closed over them, and they all vanished from among the people of Israel.

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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 16:45 - “Get away from all these people so that I can instantly destroy them!” But Moses and Aaron fell face down on the ground.

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Num 16:46 - And Moses said to Aaron, “Quick, take an incense burner and place burning coals on it from the altar. Lay incense on it, and carry it out among the people to purify them and make them right with the LORD.[fn] The LORD's anger is blazing against them—the plague has already begun.”

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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 17:8 - When he went into the Tabernacle of the Covenant the next day, he found that Aaron's staff, representing the tribe of Levi, had sprouted, budded, blossomed, and produced ripe almonds!

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Num 17:10 - And the LORD said to Moses: “Place Aaron's staff permanently before the Ark of the Covenant[fn] to serve as a warning to rebels. This should put an end to their complaints against me and prevent any further deaths.”

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Num 17:13 - Everyone who even comes close to the Tabernacle of the LORD dies. Are we all doomed to die?”

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Num 18:8 - The LORD gave these further instructions to Aaron: “I myself have put you in charge of all the holy offerings that are brought to me by the people of Israel. I have given all these consecrated offerings to you and your sons as your permanent share.

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Num 18:17 - “However, you may not redeem the firstborn of cattle, sheep, or goats. They are holy and have been set apart for the LORD. Sprinkle their blood on the altar, and burn their fat as a special gift, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

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Num 18:22 - “From now on, no Israelites except priests or Levites may approach the Tabernacle. If they come too near, they will be judged guilty and will die.

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Num 18:23 - Only the Levites may serve at the Tabernacle, and they will be held responsible for any offenses against it. This is a permanent law for you, to be observed from generation to generation. The Levites will receive no allotment of land among the Israelites,

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Num 19:3 - Give it to Eleazar the priest, and it will be taken outside the camp and slaughtered in his presence.

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Num 19:6 - Eleazar the priest must then take a stick of cedar,[fn] a hyssop branch, and some scarlet yarn and throw them into the fire where the heifer is burning.

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Num 19:7 - “Then the priest must wash his clothes and bathe himself in water. Afterward he may return to the camp, though he will remain ceremonially unclean until evening.

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

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

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Num 19:17 - “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 19:18 - Then someone who is ceremonially clean must take a hyssop branch and dip it into the water. That person must sprinkle the water on the tent, on all the furnishings in the tent, and on the people who were in the tent; also on the person who touched a human bone, or touched someone who was killed or who died naturally, or touched a grave.

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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 20:4 - Why have you brought the congregation of the LORD's people into this wilderness to die, along with all our livestock?

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Num 20:5 - Why did you make us leave Egypt and bring us here to this terrible place? This land has no grain, no figs, no grapes, no pomegranates, and no water to drink!”

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Num 20:12 - But the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you did not trust me enough to demonstrate my holiness to the people of Israel, you will not lead them into the land I am giving them!”

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Num 20:15 - Our ancestors went down to Egypt, and we lived there a long time, and we and our ancestors were brutally mistreated by the Egyptians.

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Num 20:18 - But the king of Edom said, “Stay out of my land, or I will meet you with an army!”

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Num 20:20 - But the king of Edom replied, “Stay out! You may not pass through our land.” With that he mobilized his army and marched out against them with an imposing force.

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Num 20:22 - The whole community of Israel left Kadesh and arrived at Mount Hor.

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Num 20:24 - “The time has come for Aaron to join his ancestors in death. He will not enter the land I am giving the people of Israel, because the two of you rebelled against my instructions concerning the water at Meribah.

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Num 20:25 - Now take Aaron and his son Eleazar up Mount Hor.

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Num 20:27 - So Moses did as the LORD commanded. The three of them went up Mount Hor together as the whole community watched.

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Num 21:6 - So the LORD sent poisonous snakes among the people, and many were bitten and died.

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Num 21:12 - From there they traveled to the valley of Zered Brook and set up camp.

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Num 21:13 - Then they moved out and camped on the far side of the Arnon River, in the wilderness adjacent to the territory of the Amorites. The Arnon is the boundary line between the Moabites and the Amorites.

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

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Num 21:19 - Nahaliel, and Bamoth.

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

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Num 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 21:27 - Therefore, the ancient poets wrote this about him:
“Come to Heshbon and let it be rebuilt!
Let the city of Sihon be restored.

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Num 21:33 - Then they turned and marched up the road to Bashan, but King Og of Bashan and all his people attacked them at Edrei.

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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 22:23 - Balaam's donkey saw the angel of the LORD standing in the road with a drawn sword in his hand. The donkey bolted off the road into a field, but Balaam beat it and turned it back onto the road.

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Num 22:26 - Then the angel of the LORD moved farther down the road and stood in a place too narrow for the donkey to get by at all.

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Num 22:32 - “Why did you beat your donkey those three times?” the angel of the LORD demanded. “Look, I have come to block your way because you are stubbornly resisting me.

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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 22:36 - When King Balak heard that Balaam was on the way, he went out to meet him at a Moabite town on the Arnon River at the farthest border of his land.

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Num 22:38 - Balaam replied, “Look, now I have come, but I have no power to say whatever I want. I will speak only the message that God puts in my mouth.”

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Num 22:39 - Then Balaam accompanied Balak to Kiriath-huzoth,

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Num 23:5 - The LORD gave Balaam a message for King Balak. Then he said, “Go back to Balak and give him my message.”

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Num 23:11 - Then King Balak demanded of Balaam, “What have you done to me? I brought you to curse my enemies. Instead, you have blessed them!”

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Num 23:12 - But Balaam replied, “I will speak only the message that the LORD puts in my mouth.”

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Num 23:13 - Then King Balak told him, “Come with me to another place. There you will see another part of the nation of Israel, but not all of them. Curse at least that many!”

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Num 23:14 - So Balak took Balaam to the plateau of Zophim on Pisgah Peak. He built seven altars there and offered 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 23:27 - 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 23:28 - So Balak took Balaam to the top of Mount Peor, overlooking the wasteland.[fn]

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Num 24:1 - By now Balaam realized that the LORD was determined to bless Israel, so he did not resort to divination as before. Instead, he turned and looked out toward the wilderness,

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Num 24:11 - Now get out of here! Go back home! I promised to reward you richly, but the LORD has kept you from your reward.”

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Num 24:14 - Now I am returning to my own people. But first let me tell you what the Israelites will do to your people in the future.”

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Num 24:25 - Then Balaam and Balak returned to their homes.

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Num 25:1 - While the Israelites were camped at Acacia Grove,[fn] some of the men defiled themselves by having[fn] sexual relations with local Moabite women.

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Num 25:8 - and rushed after the man into his tent. Phinehas thrust the spear all the way through the man's body and into the woman's stomach. So the plague against the Israelites was stopped,

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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 28:2 - “Give these instructions to the people of Israel: The offerings you present as special gifts are a pleasing aroma to me; they are my food. See to it that they are brought at the appointed times and offered according to my instructions.

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Num 28:3 - “Say to the people: This is the special gift you must present to the LORD as your daily burnt offering. You must offer two one-year-old male lambs with no defects.

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Num 28:5 - With each lamb you must offer a grain offering of two quarts[fn] of choice flour mixed with one quart[fn] of pure oil of pressed olives.

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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 28:8 - Offer the second lamb in the evening with the same grain offering and liquid offering. It, too, is a special gift, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

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

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Num 28:14 - 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 28:24 - On each of the seven days of the festival, this is how you must prepare the food offering that is presented as a special gift, a pleasing aroma to the LORD. These will be offered in addition to the regular burnt offerings and liquid offerings.

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Num 28:27 - Present a special burnt offering on that day as a pleasing aroma to the LORD. It will consist of two young bulls, one ram, and seven one-year-old male lambs.

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Num 29:2 - On that day you must present a burnt offering as a pleasing aroma to the LORD. It will consist of one young bull, one ram, and seven one-year-old male lambs, all with no defects.

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Num 29:6 - These special sacrifices are in addition to your regular monthly and daily burnt offerings, and they must be given with their prescribed grain offerings and liquid offerings. These offerings are given as a special gift to the LORD, a pleasing aroma to him.

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Num 29:8 - You must present a burnt offering as a pleasing aroma to the LORD. It will consist of one young bull, one ram, and seven one-year-old male lambs, all with no defects.

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

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Num 29:11 - You must also sacrifice one male goat for a sin offering. This is in addition to the sin offering of atonement and the regular daily burnt offering with its grain offering, and their accompanying liquid offerings.

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

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Num 29:36 - You must present a burnt offering as a special gift, a pleasing aroma to the LORD. It will consist of one young bull, one ram, and seven one-year-old male lambs, all with no defects.

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Num 31:5 - So they chose 1,000 men from each tribe of Israel, a total of 12,000 men armed for battle.

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Num 31:12 - they brought them all to Moses and Eleazar the priest, and to the whole community of Israel, which was camped on the plains of Moab beside the Jordan River, across from Jericho.

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Num 31:13 - Moses, Eleazar the priest, and all the leaders of the community went to meet them outside the camp.

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

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Num 31:27 - Then divide the plunder into two parts, and give half to the men who fought the battle and half to the rest of the people.

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Num 31:28 - From the army's portion, first give the LORD his share of the plunder—one of every 500 of the prisoners and of the cattle, donkeys, sheep, and goats.

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Num 31:36 - Half of the plunder was given to the fighting men. It totaled 337,500 sheep and goats,

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Num 31:48 - Then all the generals and captains came to Moses

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Num 31:54 - So Moses and Eleazar the priest accepted the gifts from the generals and captains and brought the gold to the Tabernacle[fn] as a reminder to the LORD that the people of Israel belong to him.

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Num 32:6 - “Do you intend to stay here while your brothers go across and do all the fighting?” Moses asked the men of Gad and Reuben.

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Num 32:7 - “Why do you want to discourage the rest of the people of Israel from going across to the land the LORD has given them?

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Num 32:9 - After they went up to the valley of Eshcol and explored the land, they discouraged the people of Israel from entering the land the LORD was giving them.

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

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Num 32:17 - Then we will arm ourselves and lead our fellow Israelites into battle until we have brought them safely to their land. Meanwhile, our families will stay in the fortified towns we build here, so they will be safe from any attacks by the local people.

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Num 32:18 - We will not return to our homes until all the people of Israel have received their portions of land.

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Num 32:20 - Then Moses said, “If you keep your word and arm yourselves for the LORD's battles,

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Num 32:27 - But all who are able to bear arms will cross over to fight for the LORD, just as you have said.”

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Num 32:29 - He said, “The men of Gad and Reuben who are armed for battle must cross the Jordan with you to fight for the LORD. If they do, give them the land of Gilead as their property when the land is conquered.

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

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Num 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 32:39 - Then the descendants of Makir of the tribe of Manasseh went to Gilead and conquered it, and they drove out the Amorites living there.

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Num 33:5 - After leaving Rameses, the Israelites set up camp at Succoth.

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Num 33:6 - Then they left Succoth and camped at Etham on the edge of the wilderness.

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Num 33:8 - They left Pi-hahiroth and crossed the Red Sea[fn] into the wilderness beyond. Then they traveled for three days into the Etham wilderness and camped at Marah.

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Num 33:9 - They left Marah and camped at Elim, where there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees.

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Num 33:11 - They left the Red Sea and camped in the wilderness of Sin.[fn]

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Num 33:12 - They left the wilderness of Sin and camped at Dophkah.

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Num 33:21 - They left Libnah and camped at Rissah.

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Num 33:22 - They left Rissah and camped at Kehelathah.

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Num 33:23 - They left Kehelathah and camped at Mount Shepher.

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Num 33:24 - They left Mount Shepher and camped at Haradah.

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Num 33:25 - They left Haradah and camped at Makheloth.

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Num 33:26 - They left Makheloth and camped at Tahath.

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Num 33:27 - They left Tahath and camped at Terah.

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Num 33:28 - They left Terah and camped at Mithcah.

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Num 33:29 - They left Mithcah and camped at Hashmonah.

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Num 33:30 - They left Hashmonah and camped at Moseroth.

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Num 33:31 - They left Moseroth and camped at Bene-jaakan.

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Num 33:32 - They left Bene-jaakan and camped at Hor-haggidgad.

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Num 33:33 - They left Hor-haggidgad and camped at Jotbathah.

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Num 33:34 - They left Jotbathah and camped at Abronah.

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Num 33:35 - They left Abronah and camped at Ezion-geber.

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

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Num 33:37 - They left Kadesh and camped at Mount Hor, at the border of Edom.

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Num 33:41 - Meanwhile, the Israelites left Mount Hor and camped at Zalmonah.

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Num 33:42 - Then they left Zalmonah and camped at Punon.

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Num 33:43 - They left Punon and camped at Oboth.

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Num 33:45 - They left Iye-abarim[fn] and camped at Dibon-gad.

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Num 33:51 - “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel: When you cross the Jordan River into the land of Canaan,

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Num 33:54 - You must distribute the land among the clans by sacred lot and in proportion to their size. A larger portion of land will be allotted to each of the larger clans, and a smaller portion will be allotted to each of the smaller clans. The decision of the sacred lot is final. In this way, the portions of land will be divided among your ancestral tribes.

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Num 34:2 - “Give these instructions to the Israelites: When you come into the land of Canaan, which I am giving you as your special possession, these will be the boundaries.

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Num 34:4 - It will then run south past Scorpion Pass[fn] in the direction of Zin. Its southernmost point will be Kadesh-barnea, from which it will go to Hazar-addar, and on to Azmon.

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Num 34:8 - then to Lebo-hamath, and on through Zedad

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Num 35:10 - “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel.
“When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan,

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Num 35:12 - These cities will be places of protection from a dead person's relatives who want to avenge the death. The slayer must not be put to death before being tried by the community.

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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 35:25 - 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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Num 35:26 - “But if the slayer ever leaves the limits of the city of refuge,

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

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Num 35:29 - These are legal requirements for you to observe from generation to generation, wherever you may live.

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Num 35:32 - And never accept a ransom payment from someone who has fled to a city of refuge, allowing a slayer to return to his property before the death of the high priest.

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Num 35:33 - This will ensure that the land where you live will not be polluted, for murder pollutes the land. And no sacrifice except the execution of the murderer can purify the land from murder.[fn]

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Num 36:3 - But if they marry men from another tribe, their grants of land will go with them to the tribe into which they marry. In this way, the total area of our tribal land will be reduced.

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Deu 1:7 - It is time to break camp and move on. Go to the hill country of the Amorites and to all the neighboring regions—the Jordan Valley, the hill country, the western foothills,[fn] the Negev, and the coastal plain. Go to the land of the Canaanites and to Lebanon, and all the way to the great Euphrates River.

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Deu 1:13 - Choose some well-respected men from each tribe who are known for their wisdom and understanding, and I will appoint them as your leaders.'

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Deu 1:22 - “But you all came to me and said, ‘First, let's send out scouts to explore the land for us. They will advise us on the best route to take and which towns we should enter.'

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Deu 1:24 - They headed for the hill country and came to the valley of Eshcol and explored it.

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Deu 1:27 - You complained in your tents and said, ‘The LORD must hate us. That's why he has brought us here from Egypt—to hand us over to the Amorites to be slaughtered.

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

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Deu 1:40 - As for you, turn around now and go on back through the wilderness toward the Red Sea.[fn]'

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Deu 1:41 - “Then you confessed, ‘We have sinned against the LORD! We will go into the land and fight for it, as the LORD our God has commanded us.' So your men strapped on their weapons, thinking it would be easy to attack the hill country.

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Deu 1:43 - “This is what I told you, but you would not listen. Instead, you again rebelled against the LORD's command and arrogantly went into the hill country to fight.

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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 2:1 - “Then we turned around and headed back across the wilderness toward the Red Sea,[fn] just as the LORD had instructed me, and we wandered around in the region of Mount Seir for a long time.

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Deu 2:19 - and enter the land of the Ammonites, the descendants of Lot. But do not bother them or start a war with them. I have given the land of Ammon to them as their property, and I will not give you any of their land.'”

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Deu 2:24 - Moses continued, “Then the LORD said, ‘Now get moving! Cross the Arnon Gorge. Look, I will hand over to you Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and I will give you his land. Attack him and begin to occupy the land.

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Deu 2:29 - The descendants of Esau who live in Seir allowed us to go through their country, and so did the Moabites, who live in Ar. Let us pass through until we cross the Jordan into the land the LORD our God is giving us.'

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

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Deu 2:32 - “Then King Sihon declared war on us and mobilized his forces at Jahaz.

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Deu 2:36 - “The LORD our God also helped us conquer Aroer on the edge of the Arnon Gorge, and the town in the gorge, and the whole area as far as Gilead. No town had walls too strong for us.

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

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Deu 3:1 - “Next we turned and headed for the land of Bashan, where King Og and his entire army attacked us at Edrei.

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Deu 3:2 - But the LORD told me, ‘Do not be afraid of him, for I have given you victory over Og and his entire army, and I will give you all his land. Treat him just as you treated King Sihon of the Amorites, who ruled in Heshbon.'

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Deu 3:3 - “So the LORD our God handed King Og and all his people over to us, and we killed them all. Not a single person survived.

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

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Deu 4:14 - 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 4:19 - And when you look up into the sky and see the sun, moon, and stars—all the forces of heaven—don't be seduced into worshiping them. The LORD your God gave them to all the peoples of the earth.

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Deu 4:21 - “But the LORD was angry with me because of you. He vowed that I would not cross the Jordan River into the good land the LORD your God is giving you as your special possession.

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Deu 4:26 - “Today I call on heaven and earth as witnesses against you. If you break my covenant, you will quickly disappear from the land you are crossing the Jordan to occupy. You will live there only a short time; then you will be utterly destroyed.

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Deu 4:27 - For the LORD will scatter you among the nations, where only a few of you will survive.

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Deu 4:42 - Anyone who killed another person unintentionally, without previous hostility, could flee there to live in safety.

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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 5:10 - But I lavish unfailing love for a thousand generations on those[fn] who love me and obey my commands.

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Deu 5:30 - Go and tell them, “Return to your tents.”

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Deu 5:32 - So Moses told the people, “You must be careful to obey all the commands of the LORD your God, following his instructions in every detail.

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

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Deu 6:8 - Tie them to your hands and wear them on your forehead as reminders.

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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 7:1 - “When the LORD your God brings you into the land you are about to enter and occupy, he will clear away many nations ahead of you: the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites. These seven nations are greater and more numerous than you.

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Deu 7:2 - When the LORD your God hands these nations over to you and you conquer them, you must completely destroy[fn] them. Make no treaties with them and show them no mercy.

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Deu 7:4 - for they will lead your children away from me to worship other gods. Then the anger of the LORD will burn against you, and he will quickly destroy you.

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Deu 7:9 - Understand, therefore, that the LORD your God is indeed God. He is the faithful God who keeps his covenant for a thousand generations and lavishes his unfailing love on those who love him and obey his commands.

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Deu 7:20 - And then the LORD your God will send terror[fn] to drive out the few survivors still hiding from you!

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Deu 7:23 - But the LORD your God will hand them over to you. He will throw them into complete confusion until they are destroyed.

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Deu 7:24 - He will put their kings in your power, and you will erase their names from the face of the earth. No one will be able to stand against you, and you will destroy them all.

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Deu 7:26 - Do not bring any detestable objects into your home, for then you will be destroyed, just like them. You must utterly detest such things, for they are set apart for destruction.

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Deu 8:7 - For the LORD your God is bringing you into a good land of flowing streams and pools of water, with fountains and springs that gush out in the valleys and hills.

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

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Deu 9:9 - 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 9:14 - Leave me alone so I may destroy them and erase their name from under heaven. Then I will make a mighty nation of your descendants, a nation larger and more powerful than they are.'

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Deu 9:21 - I took your sin—the calf you had made—and I melted it down in the fire and ground it into fine dust. Then I threw the dust into the stream that flows down the mountain.

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

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Deu 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 10:2 - and I will write on the tablets the same words that were on the ones you smashed. Then place the tablets in the Ark.'

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Deu 10:3 - “So I made an Ark of acacia wood and cut two stone tablets like the first two. Then I went up the mountain with the tablets in my hand.

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Deu 10:5 - Then I turned and came down the mountain and placed the tablets in the Ark of the Covenant, which I had made, just as the LORD commanded me. And the tablets are still there in the Ark.”

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Deu 10:7 - Then they journeyed to Gudgodah, and from there to Jotbathah, a land with many brooks and streams.

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

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Deu 11:8 - “Therefore, be careful to obey every command I am giving you today, so you may have strength to go in and take over the land you are about to enter.

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Deu 11:10 - For the land you are about to enter and take over is not like the land of Egypt from which you came, where you planted your seed and made irrigation ditches with your foot as in a vegetable garden.

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Deu 11:11 - Rather, the land you will soon take over is a land of hills and valleys with plenty of rain—

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Deu 11:18 - “So commit yourselves wholeheartedly to these words of mine. Tie them to your hands and wear them on your forehead as reminders.

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Deu 11:29 - “When the LORD your God brings you into the land and helps you take possession of it, you must pronounce the blessing at Mount Gerizim and the curse at Mount Ebal.

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Deu 12:5 - Rather, you must seek the LORD your God at the place of worship he himself will choose from among all the tribes—the place where his name will be honored.

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Deu 12:9 - because you have not yet arrived at the place of rest, the land the LORD your God is giving you as your special possession.

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Deu 12:14 - You may do so only at the place the LORD will choose within one of your tribal territories. There you must offer your burnt offerings and do everything I command you.

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Deu 12:26 - “Take your sacred gifts and your offerings given to fulfill a vow to the place the LORD chooses.

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

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Deu 13:16 - Then you must pile all the plunder in the middle of the open square and burn it. Burn the entire town as a burnt offering to the LORD your God. That town must remain a ruin forever; it may never be rebuilt.

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Deu 14:25 - If so, you may sell the tithe portion of your crops and herds, put the money in a pouch, and go to the place the LORD your God has chosen.

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Deu 15:17 - In that case, take an awl and push it through his earlobe into the door. After that, he will be your servant for life. And do the same for your female servants.

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

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Deu 16:6 - 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 17:8 - “Suppose a case arises in a local court that is too hard for you to decide—for instance, whether someone is guilty of murder or only of manslaughter, or a difficult lawsuit, or a case involving different kinds of assault. Take such legal cases to the place the LORD your God will choose,

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Deu 17:14 - “You are about to enter the land the LORD your God is giving you. When you take it over and settle there, you may think, ‘We should select a king to rule over us like the other nations around us.'

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

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Deu 17:18 - “When he sits on the throne as king, he must copy for himself this body of instruction on a scroll in the presence of the Levitical priests.

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Deu 18:6 - “Suppose a Levite chooses to move from his town in Israel, wherever he is living, to the place the LORD chooses for worship.

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Deu 18:9 - “When you enter the land the LORD your God is giving you, be very careful not to imitate the detestable customs of the nations living there.

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Deu 19:5 - For example, suppose someone goes into the forest with a neighbor to cut wood. And suppose one of them swings an ax to chop down a tree, and the ax head flies off the handle, killing the other person. In such cases, the slayer may flee to one of the cities of refuge to live in safety.

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Deu 19:11 - “But suppose someone is hostile toward a neighbor and deliberately ambushes and murders him and then flees to one of the cities of refuge.

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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 20:1 - “When you go out to fight your enemies and you face horses and chariots and an army greater than your own, do not be afraid. The LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, is with you!

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Deu 20:3 - He will say to them, ‘Listen to me, all you men of Israel! Do not be afraid as you go out to fight your enemies today! Do not lose heart or panic or tremble before them.

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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 20:8 - “Then the officers will also say, ‘Is anyone here afraid or worried? If you are, you may go home before you frighten anyone else.'

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Deu 20:13 - When the LORD your God hands the town over to you, use your swords to kill every man in the town.

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

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Deu 21:10 - “Suppose you go out to war against your enemies and the LORD your God hands them over to you, and you take some of them as captives.

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Deu 21:12 - If this happens, you may take her to your home, where she must shave her head, cut her nails,

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Deu 22:2 - If its owner does not live nearby or you don't know who the owner is, take it to your place and keep it until the owner comes looking for it. Then you must return it.

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Deu 23:1 - [fn]“If a man's testicles are crushed or his penis is cut off, he may not be admitted to the assembly of the LORD.

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Deu 23:2 - “If a person is illegitimate by birth, neither he nor his descendants for ten generations may be admitted to the assembly of the LORD.

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Deu 23:3 - “No Ammonite or Moabite or any of their descendants for ten generations may be admitted to the assembly of the LORD.

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Deu 23:5 - But the LORD your God refused to listen to Balaam. He turned the intended curse into a blessing because the LORD your God loves you.

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Deu 23:6 - As long as you live, you must never promote the welfare and prosperity of the Ammonites or Moabites.

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Deu 23:8 - The third generation of Edomites and Egyptians may enter the assembly of the LORD.

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Deu 23:10 - “Any man who becomes ceremonially defiled because of a nocturnal emission must leave the camp and stay away all day.

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Deu 23:11 - Toward evening he must bathe himself, and at sunset he may return to the camp.

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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 23:20 - 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 23:23 - But once you have voluntarily made a vow, be careful to fulfill your promise to the LORD your God.

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Deu 23:25 - And when you enter your neighbor's field of grain, you may pluck the heads of grain with your hand, but you must not harvest it with a sickle.

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Deu 24:1 - “Suppose a man marries a woman but she does not please him. Having discovered something wrong with her, he writes her a letter of divorce, hands it to her, and sends her away from his house.

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Deu 24:3 - But if the second husband also turns against her and divorces her, or if he dies,

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

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Deu 24:10 - “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 25:1 - “Suppose two people take a dispute to court, and the judges declare that one is right and the other is wrong.

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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 26:1 - “When you enter the land the LORD your God is giving you as a special possession and you have conquered it and settled there,

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Deu 26:2 - put some of the first produce from each crop you harvest into a basket and bring it to the designated place of worship—the place the LORD your God chooses for his name to be honored.

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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 26:5 - “You must then say in the presence of the LORD your God, ‘My ancestor Jacob was a wandering Aramean who went to live as a foreigner in Egypt. His family arrived few in number, but in Egypt they became a large and mighty nation.

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Deu 26:9 - He brought us to this place and gave us this land flowing with milk and honey!

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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 27:2 - When you cross the Jordan River and enter the land the LORD your God is giving you, set up some large stones and coat them with plaster.

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Deu 27:3 - Write this whole body of instruction on them when you cross the river to enter the land the LORD your God is giving you—a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the LORD, the God of your ancestors, promised you.

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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 28:1 - “If you fully obey the LORD your God and carefully keep all his commands that I am giving you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations of the world.

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Deu 28:11 - “The LORD will give you prosperity in the land he swore to your ancestors to give you, blessing you with many children, numerous livestock, and abundant crops.

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Deu 28:13 - If you listen to these commands of the LORD your God that I am giving you today, and if you carefully obey them, the LORD will make you the head and not the tail, and you will always be on top and never at the bottom.

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Deu 28:21 - The LORD will afflict you with diseases until none of you are left in the land you are about to enter and occupy.

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Deu 28:32 - You will watch as your sons and daughters are taken away as slaves. Your heart will break for them, but you won't be able to help them.

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Deu 28:36 - “The LORD will exile you and your king to a nation unknown to you and your ancestors. There in exile you will worship gods of wood and stone!

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Deu 28:37 - You will become an object of horror, ridicule, and mockery among all the nations to which the LORD sends you.

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Deu 28:38 - “You will plant much but harvest little, for locusts will eat your crops.

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Deu 28:63 - “Just as the LORD has found great pleasure in causing you to prosper and multiply, the LORD will find pleasure in destroying you. You will be torn from the land you are about to enter and occupy.

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Deu 28:64 - For the LORD will scatter you among all the nations from one end of the earth to the other. There you will worship foreign gods that neither you nor your ancestors have known, gods made of wood and stone!

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

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Deu 29:7 - “When we came here, King Sihon of Heshbon and King Og of Bashan came out to fight against us, but we defeated them.

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Deu 29:13 - By entering into the covenant today, he will establish you as his people and confirm that he is your God, just as he promised you and as he swore to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

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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 29:28 - In great anger and fury the LORD uprooted his people from their land and banished them to another land, where they still live today!'

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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 30:1 - “In the future, when you experience all these blessings and curses I have listed for you, and when you are living among the nations to which the LORD your God has exiled you, take to heart all these instructions.

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Deu 30:3 - then the LORD your God will restore your fortunes. He will have mercy on you and gather you back from all the nations where he has scattered you.

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Deu 30:5 - The LORD your God will return you to the land that belonged to your ancestors, and you will possess that land again. Then he will make you even more prosperous and numerous than your ancestors!

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Deu 30:9 - “The LORD your God will then make you successful in everything you do. He will give you many children and numerous livestock, and he will cause your fields to produce abundant harvests, for the LORD will again delight in being good to you as he was to your ancestors.

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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 30:13 - It is not kept beyond the sea, so far away that you must ask, ‘Who will cross the sea to bring it to us so we can hear it and obey?'

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Deu 30:16 - For I command you this day to love the LORD your God and to keep his commands, decrees, and regulations by walking in his ways. If you do this, you will live and multiply, and the LORD your God will bless you and the land you are about to enter and occupy.

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Deu 30:18 - then I warn you now that you will certainly be destroyed. You will not live a long, good life in the land you are crossing the Jordan to occupy.

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Deu 31:7 - Then Moses called for Joshua, and as all Israel watched, he said to him, “Be strong and courageous! For you will lead these people into the land that the LORD swore to their ancestors he would give them. You are the one who will divide it among them as their grants of land.

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Deu 31:9 - So Moses wrote this entire body of instruction in a book and gave it to the priests, who carried the Ark of the LORD's Covenant, and to the elders of Israel.

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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 31:13 - Do this so that your children who have not known these instructions will hear them and will learn to fear the LORD your God. Do this as long as you live in the land you are crossing the Jordan to occupy.”

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Deu 31:14 - Then the LORD said to Moses, “The time has come for you to die. Call Joshua and present yourselves at the Tabernacle,[fn] so that I may commission him there.” So Moses and Joshua went and presented themselves at the Tabernacle.

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Deu 31:16 - The LORD said to Moses, “You are about to die and join your ancestors. After you are gone, these people will begin to worship foreign gods, the gods of the land where they are going. They will abandon me and break my covenant that I have made with them.

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

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Deu 31:19 - “So write down the words of this song, and teach it to the people of Israel. Help them learn it, so it may serve as a witness for me against them.

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Deu 31:20 - For I will bring them into the land I swore to give their ancestors—a land flowing with milk and honey. There they will become prosperous, eat all the food they want, and become fat. But they will begin to worship other gods; they will despise me and break my covenant.

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Deu 31:21 - And when great disasters come down on them, this song will stand as evidence against them, for it will never be forgotten by their descendants. I know the intentions of these people, even now before they have entered the land I swore to give them.”

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Deu 31:23 - Then the LORD commissioned Joshua son of Nun with these words: “Be strong and courageous, for you must bring the people of Israel into the land I swore to give them. I will be with you.”

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Deu 31:24 - When Moses had finished writing this entire body of instruction in a book,

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Deu 31:26 - “Take this Book of Instruction and place it beside the Ark of the Covenant of the LORD your God, so it may remain there as a witness against the people of Israel.

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Deu 31:28 - “Now summon all the elders and officials of your tribes, so that I can speak to them directly and call heaven and earth to witness against them.

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Deu 31:30 - So Moses recited this entire song publicly to the assembly of Israel:

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Deu 32:23 - I will heap disasters upon them
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Deu 32:24 - I will weaken them with famine,
burning fever, and deadly disease.
I will send the fangs of wild beasts
and poisonous snakes that glide in the dust.

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Deu 32:29 - Oh, that they were wise and could understand this!
Oh, that they might know their fate!

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

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

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Deu 32:47 - These instructions are not empty words—they are your life! By obeying them you will enjoy a long life in the land you will occupy when you cross the Jordan River.”

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Deu 32:49 - “Go to Moab, to the mountains east of the river,[fn] and climb Mount Nebo, which is across from Jericho. Look out across the land of Canaan, the land I am giving to the people of Israel as their own special possession.

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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 33:7 - Moses said this about the tribe of Judah:
“O LORD, hear the cry of Judah
and bring them together as a people.
Give them strength to defend their cause;
help them against their enemies!”

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Jos 1:2 - “Moses my servant is dead. Therefore, the time has come for you to lead these people, the Israelites, across the Jordan River into the land I am giving them.

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Jos 1:7 - Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the instructions Moses gave you. Do not deviate from them, turning either to the right or to the left. Then you will be successful in everything you do.

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Jos 1:9 - This is my command—be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid or discouraged. For the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”

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Jos 1:15 - until the LORD gives them rest, as he has given you rest, and until they, too, possess the land the LORD your God is giving them. Only then may you return and settle here on the east side of the Jordan River in the land that Moses, the servant of the LORD, assigned to you.”

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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 2:1 - Then Joshua secretly sent out two spies from the Israelite camp at Acacia Grove.[fn] He instructed them, “Scout out the land on the other side of the Jordan River, especially around Jericho.” So the two men set out and came to the house of a prostitute named Rahab and stayed there that night.

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Jos 2:3 - So the king of Jericho sent orders to Rahab: “Bring out the men who have come into your house, for they have come here to spy out the whole land.”

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Jos 2:14 - “We offer our own lives as a guarantee for your safety,” the men agreed. “If you don't betray us, we will keep our promise and be kind to you when the LORD gives us the land.”

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Jos 2:16 - “Escape to the hill country,” she told them. “Hide there for three days from the men searching for you. Then, when they have returned, you can go on your way.”

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Jos 2:18 - When we come into the land, you must leave this scarlet rope hanging from the window through which you let us down. And all your family members—your father, mother, brothers, and all your relatives—must be here inside the house.

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Jos 2:22 - The spies went up into the hill country and stayed there three days. The men who were chasing them searched everywhere along the road, but they finally returned without success.

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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 3:15 - It was the harvest season, and the Jordan was overflowing its banks. But as soon as the feet of the priests who were carrying the Ark touched the water at the river's edge,

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Jos 3:16 - the water above that point began backing up a great distance away at a town called Adam, which is near Zarethan. And the water below that point flowed on to the Dead Sea[fn] until the riverbed was dry. Then all the people crossed over near the town of Jericho.

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Jos 4:5 - He told them, “Go into the middle of the Jordan, in front of the Ark of the LORD your God. Each of you must pick up one stone and carry it out on your shoulder—twelve stones in all, one for each of the twelve tribes of Israel.

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Jos 4:6 - We will use these stones to build a memorial. In the future your children will ask you, ‘What do these stones mean?'

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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 4:13 - These armed men—about 40,000 strong—were ready for battle, and the LORD was with them as they crossed over to the plains of Jericho.

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

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Jos 6:11 - So the Ark of the LORD was carried around the town once that day, and then everyone returned to spend the night in the camp.

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Jos 6:14 - On the second day they again marched around the town once and returned to the camp. They followed this pattern for six days.

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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 6:20 - When the people heard the sound of the rams' horns, they shouted as loud as they could. Suddenly, the walls of Jericho collapsed, and the Israelites charged straight into the town and captured it.

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Jos 6:22 - Meanwhile, Joshua said to the two spies, “Keep your promise. Go to the prostitute's house and bring her out, along with all her family.”

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Jos 6:23 - The men who had been spies went in and brought out Rahab, her father, mother, brothers, and all the other relatives who were with her. They moved her whole family to a safe place near the camp of Israel.

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Jos 6:24 - Then the Israelites burned the town and everything in it. Only the things made from silver, gold, bronze, or iron were kept for the treasury of the LORD's house.

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Jos 7:2 - Joshua sent some of his men from Jericho to spy out the town of Ai, east of Bethel, near Beth-aven.

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Jos 7:5 - chased the Israelites from the town gate as far as the quarries,[fn] and they killed about thirty-six who were retreating down the slope. The Israelites were paralyzed with fear at this turn of events, and their courage melted away.

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Jos 7:11 - Israel has sinned and broken my covenant! They have stolen some of the things that I commanded must be set apart for me. And they have not only stolen them but have lied about it and hidden the things among their own belongings.

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Jos 7:13 - “Get up! Command the people to purify themselves in preparation for tomorrow. For this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Hidden among you, O Israel, are things set apart for the LORD. You will never defeat your enemies until you remove these things from among you.

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Jos 7:22 - So Joshua sent some men to make a search. They ran to the tent and found the stolen goods hidden there, just as Achan had said, with the silver buried beneath the rest.

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Jos 7:24 - Then Joshua and all the Israelites took Achan, the silver, the robe, the bar of gold, his sons, daughters, cattle, donkeys, sheep, goats, tent, and everything he had, and they brought them to the valley of Achor.

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Jos 8:1 - Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid or discouraged. Take all your fighting men and attack Ai, for I have given you the king of Ai, his people, his town, and his land.

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

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Jos 8:3 - So Joshua and all the fighting men set out to attack Ai. Joshua chose 30,000 of his best warriors and sent them out at night

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Jos 8:5 - When our main army attacks, the men of Ai will come out to fight as they did before, and we will run away from them.

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Jos 8:7 - you will jump up from your ambush and take possession of the town, for the LORD your God will give it to you.

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Jos 8:9 - So they left and went to the place of ambush between Bethel and the west side of Ai. But Joshua remained among the people in the camp that night.

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Jos 8:14 - When the king of Ai saw the Israelites across the valley, he and all his army hurried out early in the morning and attacked the Israelites at a place overlooking the Jordan Valley.[fn] But he didn't realize there was an ambush behind the town.

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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 8:20 - When the men of Ai looked behind them, smoke from the town was filling the sky, and they had nowhere to go. For the Israelites who had fled in the direction of the wilderness now turned on their pursuers.

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Jos 8:21 - When Joshua and all the other Israelites saw that the ambush had succeeded and that smoke was rising from the town, they turned and attacked the men of Ai.

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Jos 8:22 - Meanwhile, the Israelites who were inside the town came out and attacked the enemy from the rear. So the men of Ai were caught in the middle, with Israelite fighters on both sides. Israel attacked them, and not a single person survived or escaped.

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

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Jos 8:28 - So Joshua burned the town of Ai,[fn] and it became a permanent mound of ruins, desolate to this very day.

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Jos 8:29 - Joshua impaled the king of Ai on a sharpened pole and left him there until evening. At sunset the Israelites took down the body, as Joshua commanded, and threw it in front of the town gate. They piled a great heap of stones over him that can still be seen today.

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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 9:6 - When they arrived at the camp of Israel at Gilgal, they told Joshua and the men of Israel, “We have come from a distant land to ask you to make a peace treaty with us.”

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Jos 9:11 - So our elders and all our people instructed us, ‘Take supplies for a long journey. Go meet with the people of Israel and tell them, “We are your servants; please make a treaty with us.”'

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Jos 9:17 - The Israelites set out at once to investigate and reached their towns in three days. The names of these towns were Gibeon, Kephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath-jearim.

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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 10:6 - The men of Gibeon quickly sent messengers to Joshua at his camp in Gilgal. “Don't abandon your servants now!” they pleaded. “Come at once! Save us! Help us! For all the Amorite kings who live in the hill country have joined forces to attack us.”

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Jos 10:8 - “Do not be afraid of them,” the LORD said to Joshua, “for I have given you victory over them. Not a single one of them will be able to stand up to you.”

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Jos 10:13 - So the sun stood still and the moon stayed in place until the nation of Israel had defeated its enemies.
Is this event not recorded in The Book of Jashar[fn]? The sun stayed in the middle of the sky, and it did not set as on a normal day.[fn]

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Jos 10:16 - During the battle the five kings escaped and hid in a cave at Makkedah.

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Jos 10:19 - The rest of you continue chasing the enemy and cut them down from the rear. Don't give them a chance to get back to their towns, for the LORD your God has given you victory over them.”

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Jos 10:20 - So Joshua and the Israelite army continued the slaughter and completely crushed the enemy. They totally wiped out the five armies except for a tiny remnant that managed to reach their fortified towns.

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

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Jos 10:27 - As the sun was going down, Joshua gave instructions for the bodies of the kings to be taken down from the poles and thrown into the cave where they had been hiding. Then they covered the opening of the cave with a pile of large rocks, which remains to this very day.

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Jos 10:29 - Then Joshua and the Israelites went to Libnah and attacked it.

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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 10:31 - From Libnah, Joshua and the Israelites went to Lachish and attacked it.

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

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Jos 10:34 - Then Joshua and the Israelite army went on to Eglon and attacked it.

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Jos 10:36 - From Eglon, Joshua and the Israelite army went up to Hebron and attacked it.

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Jos 10:38 - Then Joshua and the Israelites turned back and attacked Debir.

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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 11:2 - all the kings of the northern hill country; the kings in the Jordan Valley south of Galilee[fn]; the kings in the Galilean foothills[fn]; the kings of Naphoth-dor on the west;

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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 11:17 - 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 11:20 - For the LORD hardened their hearts and caused them to fight the Israelites. So they were completely destroyed without mercy, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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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 13:1 - When Joshua was an old man, the LORD said to him, “You are growing old, and much land remains to be conquered.

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Jos 14:9 - So that day Moses solemnly promised me, ‘The land of Canaan on which you were just walking will be your grant of land and that of your descendants forever, because you wholeheartedly followed the LORD my God.'

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Jos 14:11 - I am as strong now as I was when Moses sent me on that journey, and I can still travel and fight as well as I could then.

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Jos 15:3 - ran south of Scorpion Pass[fn] into the wilderness of Zin, and then went south of Kadesh-barnea to Hezron. Then it went up to Addar, where it turned toward Karka.

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Jos 15:8 - The boundary then passed through the valley of Ben-Hinnom, along the southern slopes of the Jebusites, where the city of Jerusalem is located. Then it went west to the top of the mountain above the valley of Hinnom, and on up to the northern end of the valley of Rephaim.

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Jos 15:9 - From there the boundary extended from the top of the mountain to the spring at the waters of Nephtoah,[fn] and from there to the towns on Mount Ephron. Then it turned toward Baalah (that is, Kiriath-jearim).

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Jos 15:10 - The boundary circled west of Baalah to Mount Seir, passed along to the town of Kesalon on the northern slope of Mount Jearim, and went down to Beth-shemesh and on to Timnah.

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Jos 15:11 - The boundary then proceeded to the slope of the hill north of Ekron, where it turned toward Shikkeron and Mount Baalah. It passed Jabneel and ended at the Mediterranean Sea.

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Jos 15:16 - Caleb said, “I will give my daughter Acsah in marriage to the one who attacks and captures Kiriath-sepher.”

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Jos 15:19 - She said, “Give me another gift. You have already given me land in the Negev; now please give me springs of water, too.” So Caleb gave her the upper and lower springs.

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Jos 16:1 - The allotment for the descendants of Joseph extended from the Jordan River near Jericho, east of the springs of Jericho, through the wilderness and into the hill country of Bethel.

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Jos 16:2 - From Bethel (that is, Luz)[fn] it ran over to Ataroth in the territory of the Arkites.

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Jos 16:6 - then on to the Mediterranean Sea. From Micmethath on the north, the boundary curved eastward past Taanath-shiloh to the east of Janoah.

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Jos 16:7 - From Janoah it turned southward to Ataroth and Naarah, touched Jericho, and ended at the Jordan River.

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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 17:15 - Joshua replied, “If there are so many of you, and if the hill country of Ephraim is not large enough for you, clear out land for yourselves in the forest where the Perizzites and Rephaites live.”

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Jos 18:1 - Now that the land was under Israelite control, the entire community of Israel gathered at Shiloh and set up the Tabernacle.[fn]

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Jos 18:9 - The men did as they were told and mapped the entire territory into seven sections, listing the towns in each section. They made a written record and then returned to Joshua in the camp at Shiloh.

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Jos 18:14 - The boundary then made a turn and swung south along the western edge of the hill facing Beth-horon, ending at the village of Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim), a town belonging to the tribe of Judah. This was the western boundary.

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Jos 18:15 - The southern boundary began at the outskirts of Kiriath-jearim. From that western point it ran[fn] to the spring at the waters of Nephtoah,[fn]

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Jos 18:19 - ran past the north slope of Beth-hoglah, and ended at the north bay of the Dead Sea,[fn] which is the southern end of the Jordan River. This was the southern boundary.

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Jos 19:11 - From there it went west, going past Maralah, touching Dabbesheth, and proceeding to the brook east of Jokneam.

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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 19:29 - Then the boundary turned toward Ramah and the fortress of Tyre, where it turned toward Hosah and came to the Mediterranean Sea.[fn] The territory also included Mehebel, Aczib,

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Jos 19:47 - But the tribe of Dan had trouble taking possession of their land,[fn] so they attacked the town of Laish.[fn] They captured it, slaughtered its people, and settled there. They renamed the town Dan after their ancestor.

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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 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 20:9 - 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 21:44 - And the LORD gave them rest on every side, just as he had solemnly promised their ancestors. None of their enemies could stand against them, for the LORD helped them conquer all their enemies.

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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 22:6 - So Joshua blessed them and sent them away, and they went home.

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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 22:8 - he said to them, “Go back to your homes with the great wealth you have taken from your enemies—the vast herds of livestock, the silver, gold, bronze, and iron, and the large supply of clothing. Share the plunder with your relatives.”

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Jos 22:9 - So the men of Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh left the rest of Israel at Shiloh in the land of Canaan. They started the journey back to their own land of Gilead, the territory that belonged to them according to the LORD's command through Moses.

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Jos 22:10 - But while they were still in Canaan, and when they came to a place called Geliloth[fn] near the Jordan River, the men of Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh stopped to build a large and imposing altar.

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Jos 22:12 - So the whole community of Israel gathered at Shiloh and prepared to go to war against them.

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Jos 22:13 - First, however, they sent a delegation led by Phinehas son of Eleazar, the priest, to talk with the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.

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Jos 22:15 - When they arrived in the land of Gilead, they said to the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh,

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Jos 22:19 - “If you need the altar because the land you possess is defiled, then join us in the LORD's land, where the Tabernacle of the LORD is situated, and share our land with us. But do not rebel against the LORD or against us by building an altar other than the one true altar of the LORD our God.

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Jos 22:32 - Then Phinehas son of Eleazar, the priest, and the other leaders left the tribes of Reuben and Gad in Gilead and returned to the land of Canaan to tell the Israelites what had happened.

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Jos 22:33 - And all the Israelites were satisfied and praised God and spoke no more of war against Reuben and Gad.

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Jos 23:4 - I have allotted to you as your homeland all the land of the nations yet unconquered, as well as the land of those we have already conquered—from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea[fn] in the west.

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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 23:7 - Make sure you do not associate with the other people still remaining in the land. Do not even mention the names of their gods, much less swear by them or serve them or worship them.

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Jos 23:13 - then know for certain that the LORD your God will no longer drive them out of your land. Instead, they will be a snare and a trap to you, a whip for your backs and thorny brambles in your eyes, and you will vanish from this good land the LORD your God has given you.

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Jos 24:1 - Then Joshua summoned all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, including their elders, leaders, judges, and officers. So they came and presented themselves to God.

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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 24:6 - But when your ancestors arrived at the Red Sea,[fn] the Egyptians chased after you with chariots and charioteers.

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Jos 24:8 - “Finally, I brought you into the land of the Amorites on the east side of the Jordan. They fought against you, but I destroyed them before you. I gave you victory over them, and you took possession of their land.

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Jos 24:11 - “When you crossed the Jordan River and came to Jericho, the men of Jericho fought against you, as did the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. But I gave you victory over them.

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Jos 24:26 - Joshua recorded these things in the Book of God's Instructions. As a reminder of their agreement, he took a huge stone and rolled it beneath the terebinth tree beside the Tabernacle of the LORD.

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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 24:28 - Then Joshua sent all the people away to their own homelands.

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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 1:7 - Adoni-bezek said, “I once had seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off, eating scraps from under my table. Now God has paid me back for what I did to them.” They took him to Jerusalem, and he died there.

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Jdg 1:12 - Caleb said, “I will give my daughter Acsah in marriage to the one who attacks and captures Kiriath-sepher.”

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Jdg 1:13 - Othniel, the son of Caleb's younger brother, Kenaz, was the one who conquered it, so Acsah became Othniel's wife.

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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 1:15 - She said, “Let me have another gift. You have already given me land in the Negev; now please give me springs of water, too.” So Caleb gave her the upper and lower springs.

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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 1:22 - The descendants of Joseph attacked the town of Bethel, and the LORD was with them.

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Jdg 1:26 - Later the man moved to the land of the Hittites, where he built a town. He named it Luz, which is its name to this day.

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Jdg 1:28 - When the Israelites grew stronger, they forced the Canaanites to work as slaves, but they never did drive them completely out of the land.

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Jdg 1:29 - The tribe of Ephraim failed to drive out the Canaanites living in Gezer, so the Canaanites continued to live there among them.

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Jdg 1:30 - The tribe of Zebulun failed to drive out the residents of Kitron and Nahalol, so the Canaanites continued to live among them. But the Canaanites were forced to work as slaves for the people of Zebulun.

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Jdg 1:31 - The tribe of Asher failed to drive out the residents of Acco, Sidon, Ahlab, Aczib, Helbah, Aphik, and Rehob.

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Jdg 1:33 - Likewise, the tribe of Naphtali failed to drive out the residents of Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath. Instead, they moved in among the Canaanites, who controlled the land. Nevertheless, the people of Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath were forced to work as slaves for the people of Naphtali.

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Jdg 1:34 - As for the tribe of Dan, the Amorites forced them back into the hill country and would not let them come down into the plains.

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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 2:1 - The angel of the LORD went up from Gilgal to Bokim and said to the Israelites, “I brought you out of Egypt into this land that I swore to give your ancestors, and I said I would never break my covenant with you.

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Jdg 2:2 - For your part, you were not to make any covenants with the people living in this land; instead, you were to destroy their altars. But you disobeyed my command. Why did you do this?

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Jdg 2:3 - So now I declare that I will no longer drive out the people living in your land. They will be thorns in your sides,[fn] and their gods will be a constant temptation to you.”

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Jdg 2:6 - After Joshua sent the people away, each of the tribes left to take possession of the land allotted to them.

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Jdg 2:15 - Every time Israel went out to battle, the LORD fought against them, causing them to be defeated, just as he had warned. And the people were in great distress.

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Jdg 3:6 - and they intermarried with them. Israelite sons married their daughters, and Israelite daughters were given in marriage to their sons. And the Israelites served their gods.

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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 3:21 - Ehud reached with his left hand, pulled out the dagger strapped to his right thigh, and plunged it into the king's belly.

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Jdg 3:23 - Then Ehud closed and locked the doors of the room and escaped down the latrine.[fn]

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Jdg 3:26 - While the servants were waiting, Ehud escaped, passing the stone idols on his way to Seirah.

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Jdg 3:31 - After Ehud, Shamgar son of Anath rescued Israel. He once killed 600 Philistines with an ox goad.

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Jdg 4:6 - One day she sent for Barak son of Abinoam, who lived in Kedesh in the land of Naphtali. She said to him, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, commands you: Call out 10,000 warriors from the tribes of Naphtali and Zebulun at Mount Tabor.

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

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Jdg 4:9 - “Very well,” she replied, “I will go with you. But you will receive no honor in this venture, for the LORD's victory over Sisera will be at the hands of a woman.” So Deborah went with Barak to Kedesh.

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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 4:13 - he called for all 900 of his iron chariots and all of his warriors, and they marched from Harosheth-haggoyim to the Kishon River.

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Jdg 4:17 - Meanwhile, Sisera ran to the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, because Heber's family was on friendly terms with King Jabin of Hazor.

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

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

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Jdg 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 5:15 - The princes of Issachar were with Deborah and Barak.
They followed Barak, rushing into the valley.
But in the tribe of Reuben
there was great indecision.

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Jdg 5:16 - Why did you sit at home among the sheepfolds—
to hear the shepherds whistle for their flocks?
Yes, in the tribe of Reuben
there was great indecision.

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Jdg 5:18 - But Zebulun risked his life,
as did Naphtali, on the heights of the battlefield.

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Jdg 5:23 - ‘Let the people of Meroz be cursed,' said the angel of the LORD.
‘Let them be utterly cursed,
because they did not come to help the LORD—
to help the LORD against the mighty warriors.'

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Jdg 5:26 - Then with her left hand she reached for a tent peg,
and with her right hand for the workman's hammer.
She struck Sisera with the hammer, crushing his head.
With a shattering blow, she pierced his temples.

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Jdg 5:30 - ‘They must be dividing the captured plunder—
with a woman or two for every man.
There will be colorful robes for Sisera,
and colorful, embroidered robes for me.
Yes, the plunder will include
colorful robes embroidered on both sides.'

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Jdg 6:4 - camping in the land and destroying crops as far away as Gaza. They left the Israelites with nothing to eat, taking all the sheep, goats, cattle, and donkeys.

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Jdg 6:5 - These enemy hordes, coming with their livestock and tents, were as thick as locusts; they arrived on droves of camels too numerous to count. And they stayed until the land was stripped bare.

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Jdg 6:19 - Gideon hurried home. He cooked a young goat, and with a basket[fn] of flour he baked some bread without yeast. Then, carrying the meat in a basket and the broth in a pot, he brought them out and presented them to the angel, who was under the great tree.

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Jdg 6:28 - Early the next morning, as the people of the town began to stir, someone discovered that the altar of Baal had been broken down and that the Asherah pole beside it had been cut down. In their place a new altar had been built, and on it were the remains of the bull that had been sacrificed.

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Jdg 6:35 - He also sent messengers throughout Manasseh, Asher, Zebulun, and Naphtali, summoning their warriors, and all of them responded.

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Jdg 7:3 - Therefore, tell the people, ‘Whoever is timid or afraid may leave this mountain[fn] and go home.'” So 22,000 of them went home, leaving only 10,000 who were willing to fight.

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Jdg 7:4 - But the LORD told Gideon, “There are still too many! Bring them down to the spring, and I will test them to determine who will go with you and who will not.”

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Jdg 7:5 - When Gideon took his warriors down to the water, the LORD told him, “Divide the men into two groups. In one group put all those who cup water in their hands and lap it up with their tongues like dogs. In the other group put all those who kneel down and drink with their mouths in the stream.”

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Jdg 7:7 - The LORD told Gideon, “With these 300 men I will rescue you and give you victory over the Midianites. Send all the others home.”

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Jdg 7:8 - So Gideon collected the provisions and rams' horns of the other warriors and sent them home. But he kept the 300 men with him.
The Midianite camp was in the valley just below Gideon.

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

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Jdg 7:10 - But if you are afraid to attack, go down to the camp with your servant Purah.

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

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

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Jdg 7:15 - When Gideon heard the dream and its interpretation, he bowed in worship before the LORD.[fn] Then he returned to the Israelite camp and shouted, “Get up! For the LORD has given you victory over the Midianite hordes!”

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Jdg 7:24 - Gideon also sent messengers throughout the hill country of Ephraim, saying, “Come down to attack the Midianites. Cut them off at the shallow crossings of the Jordan River at Beth-barah.”
So all the men of Ephraim did as they were told.

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Jdg 8:8 - From there Gideon went up to Peniel[fn] and again asked for food, but he got the same answer.

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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 8:33 - As soon as Gideon died, the Israelites prostituted themselves by worshiping the images of Baal, making Baal-berith their god.

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Jdg 9:1 - One day Gideon's[fn] son Abimelech went to Shechem to visit his uncles—his mother's brothers. He said to them and to the rest of his mother's family,

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Jdg 9:5 - He went to his father's home at Ophrah, and there, on one stone, they killed all seventy of his half brothers, the sons of Gideon.[fn] But the youngest brother, Jotham, escaped and hid.

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

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Jdg 9:15 - And the thornbush replied to the trees,
‘If you truly want to make me your king,
come and take shelter in my shade.
If not, let fire come out from me
and devour the cedars of Lebanon.'”

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Jdg 9:21 - Then Jotham escaped and lived in Beer because he was afraid of his brother Abimelech.

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Jdg 9:26 - One day Gaal son of Ebed moved to Shechem with his brothers and gained the confidence of the leading citizens of Shechem.

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Jdg 9:27 - During the annual harvest festival at Shechem, held in the temple of the local god, the wine flowed freely, and everyone began cursing Abimelech.

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Jdg 9:31 - He sent messengers to Abimelech in Arumah,[fn] telling him, “Gaal son of Ebed and his brothers have come to live in Shechem, and now they are inciting the city to rebel against you.

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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 9:46 - When the leading citizens who lived in the tower of Shechem heard what had happened, they ran and hid in the temple of Baal-berith.[fn]

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

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Jdg 9:50 - Then Abimelech attacked the town of Thebez and captured it.

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Jdg 9:55 - When Abimelech's men saw that he was dead, they disbanded and returned to their homes.

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Jdg 9:57 - God also punished the men of Shechem for all their evil. So the curse of Jotham son of Gideon was fulfilled.

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Jdg 10:18 - The leaders of Gilead said to each other, “Whoever attacks the Ammonites first will become ruler over all the people of Gilead.”

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Jdg 11:6 - “Come and be our commander! Help us fight the Ammonites!”

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Jdg 11:8 - “Because we need you,” the elders replied. “If you lead us in battle against the Ammonites, we will make you ruler over all the people of Gilead.”

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Jdg 11:9 - Jephthah said to the elders, “Let me get this straight. If I come with you and if the LORD gives me victory over the Ammonites, will you really make me ruler over all the people?”

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Jdg 11:11 - So Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him their ruler and commander of the army. At Mizpah, in the presence of the LORD, Jephthah repeated what he had said to the elders.

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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 11:20 - But King Sihon didn't trust Israel to pass through his land. Instead, he mobilized his army at Jahaz and attacked them.

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Jdg 11:29 - At that time the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he went throughout the land of Gilead and Manasseh, including Mizpah in Gilead, and from there he led an army against 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 11:33 - He crushed the Ammonites, devastating about twenty towns from Aroer to an area near Minnith and as far away as Abel-keramim. In this way Israel defeated the Ammonites.

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Jdg 11:34 - When Jephthah returned home to Mizpah, his daughter came out to meet him, playing on a tambourine and dancing for joy. She was his one and only child; he had no other sons or daughters.

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Jdg 11:35 - When he saw her, he tore his clothes in anguish. “Oh, my daughter!” he cried out. “You have completely destroyed me! You've brought disaster on me! For I have made a vow to the LORD, and I cannot take it back.”

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Jdg 11:39 - When she returned home, her father kept the vow he had made, and she died a virgin.
So it has become a custom in Israel

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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 12:1 - Then the people of Ephraim mobilized an army and crossed over the Jordan River to Zaphon. They sent this message to Jephthah: “Why didn't you call for us to help you fight against the Ammonites? We are going to burn down your house with you in it!”

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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 14:1 - One day when Samson was in Timnah, one of the Philistine women caught his eye.

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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 14:5 - As Samson and his parents were going down to Timnah, a young lion suddenly attacked Samson near the vineyards of Timnah.

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Jdg 14:9 - He scooped some of the honey into his hands and ate it along the way. He also gave some to his father and mother, and they ate it. But he didn't tell them he had taken the honey from the carcass of the lion.

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Jdg 14:19 - Then the Spirit of the LORD came powerfully upon him. He went down to the town of Ashkelon, killed thirty men, took their belongings, and gave their clothing to the men who had solved his riddle. But Samson was furious about what had happened, and he went back home to live with his father and mother.

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Jdg 15:1 - Later on, during the wheat harvest, Samson took a young goat as a present to his wife. He said, “I'm going into my wife's room to sleep with her,” but her father wouldn't let him in.

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Jdg 15:5 - Then he lit the torches and let the foxes run through the grain fields of the Philistines. He burned all their grain to the ground, including the sheaves and the uncut grain. He also destroyed their vineyards and olive groves.

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Jdg 15:12 - But the men of Judah told him, “We have come to tie you up and hand you over to the Philistines.”
“All right,” Samson said. “But promise that you won't kill me yourselves.”

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Jdg 15:13 - “We will only tie you up and hand you over to the Philistines,” they replied. “We won't kill you.” So they tied him up with two new ropes and brought him up from the rock.

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Jdg 15:14 - As Samson arrived at Lehi, the Philistines came shouting in triumph. But the Spirit of the LORD came powerfully upon Samson, and he snapped the ropes on his arms as if they were burnt strands of flax, and they fell from his wrists.

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Jdg 16:1 - One day Samson went to the Philistine town of Gaza and spent the night with a prostitute.

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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 16:14 - 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 16:16 - She tormented him with her nagging day after day until he was sick to death of it.

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Jdg 16:21 - So the Philistines captured him and gouged out his eyes. They took him to Gaza, where he was bound with bronze chains and forced to grind grain in the prison.

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Jdg 17:5 - Micah set up a shrine for the idol, and he made a sacred ephod and some household idols. Then he installed one of his sons as his personal priest.

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Jdg 17:8 - He had left Bethlehem in search of another place to live, and as he traveled, he came to the hill country of Ephraim. He happened to stop at Micah's house as he was traveling through.

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Jdg 17:10 - “Stay here with me,” Micah said, “and you can be a father and priest to me. I will give you ten pieces[fn] of silver a year, plus a change of clothes and your food.”

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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 17:13 - “I know the LORD will bless me now,” Micah said, “because I have a Levite serving as my priest.”

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Jdg 18:2 - So the men of Dan chose from their clans five capable warriors from the towns of Zorah and Eshtaol to scout out a land for them to settle in.
When these warriors arrived in the hill country of Ephraim, they came to Micah's house and spent the night there.

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Jdg 18:4 - He told them about his agreement with Micah and that he had been hired as Micah's personal priest.

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Jdg 18:6 - “Go in peace,” the priest replied. “For the LORD is watching over your journey.”

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Jdg 18:7 - So the five men went on to the town of Laish, where they noticed the people living carefree lives, like the Sidonians; they were peaceful and secure.[fn] The people were also wealthy because their land was very fertile. And they lived a great distance from Sidon and had no allies nearby.

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Jdg 18:8 - When the men returned to Zorah and Eshtaol, their relatives asked them, “What did you find?”

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Jdg 18:15 - Then the five men turned off the road and went over to Micah's house, where the young Levite lived, and greeted him kindly.

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Jdg 18:18 - When the priest saw the men carrying all the sacred objects out of Micah's shrine, he said, “What are you doing?”

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Jdg 18:19 - “Be quiet and come with us,” they said. “Be a father and priest to all of us. Isn't it better to be a priest for an entire tribe and clan of Israel than for the household of just one man?”

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Jdg 18:26 - So the men of Dan continued on their way. When Micah saw that there were too many of them for him to attack, he turned around and went home.

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Jdg 19:2 - But she became angry with him[fn] and returned to her father's home in Bethlehem.
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Jdg 19:3 - her husband set out for Bethlehem to speak personally to her and persuade her to come back. He took with him a servant and a pair of donkeys. When he arrived at[fn] her father's house, her father saw him and welcomed him.

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Jdg 19:9 - Later, as the man and his concubine and servant were preparing to leave, his father-in-law said, “Look, it's almost evening. Stay the night and enjoy yourself. Tomorrow you can get up early and be on your way.”

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Jdg 19:11 - It was late in the day when they neared Jebus, and the man's servant said to him, “Let's stop at this Jebusite town and spend the night there.”

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Jdg 19:12 - “No,” his master said, “we can't stay in this foreign town where there are no Israelites. Instead, we will go on to Gibeah.

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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 19:15 - so they stopped there to spend the night. They rested in the town square, but no one took them in for the night.

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Jdg 19:18 - “We have been in Bethlehem in Judah,” the man replied. “We are on our way to a remote area in the hill country of Ephraim, which is my home. I traveled to Bethlehem, and now I'm returning home.[fn] But no one has taken us in for the night,

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Jdg 19:21 - So he took them home with him and fed the donkeys. After they washed their feet, they ate and drank together.

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

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Jdg 19:23 - The old man stepped outside to talk to them. “No, my brothers, don't do such an evil thing. For this man is a guest in my house, and such a thing would be shameful.

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Jdg 19:28 - He said, “Get up! Let's go!” But there was no answer.[fn] So he put her body on his donkey and took her home.

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Jdg 19:29 - When he got home, he took a knife and cut his concubine's body into twelve pieces. Then he sent one piece to each tribe throughout all the territory of Israel.

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Jdg 20:1 - Then all the Israelites were united as one man, from Dan in the north to Beersheba in the south, including those from across the Jordan in the land of Gilead. The entire community assembled in the presence of the LORD at Mizpah.

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Jdg 20:3 - (Word soon reached the land of Benjamin that the other tribes had gone up to Mizpah.) The Israelites then asked how this terrible crime had happened.

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Jdg 20:4 - The Levite, the husband of the woman who had been murdered, said, “My concubine and I came to spend the night in Gibeah, a town that belongs to the people of Benjamin.

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Jdg 20:8 - And all the people rose to their feet in unison and declared, “None of us will return home! No, not even one of us!

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Jdg 20:14 - Instead, they came from their towns and gathered at Gibeah to fight the Israelites.

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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 20:20 - Then they advanced toward Gibeah to attack the men of Benjamin.

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Jdg 20:23 - For they had gone up to Bethel and wept in the presence of the LORD until evening. They had asked the LORD, “Should we fight against our relatives from Benjamin again?”
And the LORD had said, “Go out and fight against them.”

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

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

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Jdg 20:28 - and Phinehas son of Eleazar and grandson of Aaron was the priest.) The Israelites asked the LORD, “Should we fight against our relatives from Benjamin again, or should we stop?”
The LORD said, “Go! Tomorrow I will hand them over to you.”

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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 20:32 - Then the warriors of Benjamin shouted, “We're defeating them as we did before!” But the Israelites had planned in advance to run away so that the men of Benjamin would chase them along the roads and be drawn away from the town.

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Jdg 20:40 - But when the warriors of Benjamin looked behind them and saw the smoke rising into the sky from every part of the town,

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Jdg 20:42 - So they turned around and fled before the Israelites toward the wilderness. But they couldn't escape the battle, and the people who came out of the nearby towns were also killed.[fn]

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Jdg 20:45 - The survivors fled into the wilderness toward the rock of Rimmon, but Israel killed 5,000 of them along the road. They continued the chase until they had killed another 2,000 near Gidom.

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

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Jdg 20:48 - And the Israelites returned and slaughtered every living thing in all the towns—the people, the livestock, and everything they found. They also burned down all the towns they came to.

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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 21:2 - Now the people went to Bethel and sat in the presence of God until evening, weeping loudly and bitterly.

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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 21:7 - How can we find wives for the few who remain, since we have sworn by the LORD not to give them our daughters in marriage?”

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Jdg 21:8 - So they asked, “Who among the tribes of Israel did not join us at Mizpah when we assembled in the presence of the LORD?” And they discovered that no one from Jabesh-gilead had attended the assembly.

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Jdg 21:12 - Among the residents of Jabesh-gilead they found 400 young virgins who had never slept with a man, and they brought them to the camp at Shiloh in the land of Canaan.

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

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Jdg 21:16 - So the elders of the assembly asked, “How can we find wives for the few who remain, since the women of the tribe of Benjamin are dead?

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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 21:21 - When you see the young women of Shiloh come out for their dances, rush out from the vineyards, and each of you can take one of them home to the land of Benjamin to be your wife!

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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 1:7 - With her two daughters-in-law she set out from the place where she had been living, and they took the road that would lead them back to Judah.

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Rth 1:8 - But on the way, Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Go back to your mothers' homes. And may the LORD reward you for your kindness to your husbands and to me.

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Rth 1:10 - “No,” they said. “We want to go with you to your people.”

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

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Rth 1:14 - And again they wept together, and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law good-bye. But Ruth clung tightly to Naomi.

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Rth 1:19 - So the two of them continued on their journey. When they came to Bethlehem, the entire town was excited by their arrival. “Is it really Naomi?” the women asked.

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Rth 1:22 - So Naomi returned from Moab, accompanied by her daughter-in-law Ruth, the young Moabite woman. They arrived in Bethlehem in late spring, at the beginning of the barley harvest.

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Rth 2:2 - One day Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi, “Let me go out into the harvest fields to pick up the stalks of grain left behind by anyone who is kind enough to let me do it.”
Naomi replied, “All right, my daughter, go ahead.”

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Rth 2:9 - See which part of the field they are harvesting, and then follow them. I have warned the young men not to treat you roughly. And when you are thirsty, help yourself to the water they have drawn from the well.”

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Rth 2:18 - She carried it back into town and showed it to her mother-in-law. Ruth also gave her the roasted grain that was left over from her meal.

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Rth 3:6 - So she went down to the threshing floor that night and followed the instructions of her mother-in-law.

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Rth 3:14 - So Ruth lay at Boaz's feet until the morning, but she got up before it was light enough for people to recognize each other. For Boaz had said, “No one must know that a woman was here at the threshing floor.”

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Rth 3:15 - Then Boaz said to her, “Bring your cloak and spread it out.” He measured six scoops[fn] of barley into the cloak and placed it on her back. Then he[fn] returned to the town.

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Rth 4:10 - And with the land I have acquired Ruth, the Moabite widow of Mahlon, to be my wife. This way she can have a son to carry on the family name of her dead husband and to inherit the family property here in his hometown. You are all witnesses today.”

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

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Rth 4:13 - So Boaz took Ruth into his home, and she became his wife. When he slept with her, the LORD enabled her to become pregnant, and she gave birth to a son.

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Rth 4:15 - May he restore your youth and care for you in your old age. For he is the son of your daughter-in-law who loves you and has been better to you than seven sons!”

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Rth 4:16 - Naomi took the baby and cuddled him to her breast. And she cared for him as if he were her own.

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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 1:7 - 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 1:13 - Seeing her lips moving but hearing no sound, he thought she had been drinking.

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1Sa 1:16 - Don't think I am a wicked woman! For I have been praying out of great anguish and sorrow.”

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1Sa 1:17 - “In that case,” Eli said, “go in peace! May the God of Israel grant the request you have asked of him.”

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1Sa 1:18 - “Oh, thank you, sir!” she exclaimed. Then she went back and began to eat again, and she was no longer sad.

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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 1:24 - When the child was weaned, Hannah took him to the Tabernacle in Shiloh. They brought along a three-year-old bull[fn] for the sacrifice and a basket[fn] of flour and some wine.

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1Sa 1:25 - After sacrificing the bull, they brought the boy to Eli.

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1Sa 2:6 - The LORD gives both death and life;
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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 2:11 - Then Elkanah returned home to Ramah without Samuel. And the boy served the LORD by assisting Eli the priest.

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

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1Sa 2:19 - 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 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 2:28 - 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 2:29 - So why do you scorn my sacrifices and offerings? Why do you give your sons more honor than you give me—for you and they have become fat from the best offerings of my people Israel!

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

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1Sa 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 4:1 - And Samuel's words went out to all the people of Israel.[fn] At that time Israel was at war with the Philistines. The Israelite army was camped near Ebenezer, and the Philistines were at Aphek.

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

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1Sa 4:3 - After the battle was over, the troops retreated to their camp, and the elders of Israel asked, “Why did the LORD allow us to be defeated by the Philistines?” Then they said, “Let's bring the Ark of the Covenant of the LORD from Shiloh. If we carry it into battle with us, it[fn] will save us from our enemies.”

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1Sa 4:4 - So they sent men to Shiloh to bring the Ark of the Covenant of the LORD of Heaven's Armies, who is enthroned between the cherubim. Hophni and Phinehas, the sons of Eli, were also there with the Ark of the Covenant of God.

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1Sa 4:5 - When all the Israelites saw the Ark of the Covenant of the LORD coming into the camp, their shout of joy was so loud it made the ground shake!

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1Sa 4:6 - “What's going on?” the Philistines asked. “What's all the shouting about in the Hebrew camp?” When they were told it was because the Ark of the LORD had arrived,

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1Sa 4:7 - they panicked. “The gods have[fn] come into their camp!” they cried. “This is a disaster! We have never had to face anything like this before!

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1Sa 4:9 - Fight as never before, Philistines! If you don't, we will become the Hebrews' slaves just as they have been ours! Stand up like men and fight!”

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1Sa 4:10 - So the Philistines fought desperately, and Israel was defeated again. The slaughter was great; 30,000 Israelite soldiers died that day. The survivors turned and fled to their tents.

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

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1Sa 4:13 - Eli was waiting beside the road to hear the news of the battle, for his heart trembled for the safety of the Ark of God. When the messenger arrived and told what had happened, an outcry resounded throughout the town.

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1Sa 5:1 - After the Philistines captured the Ark of God, they took it from the battleground at Ebenezer to the town of Ashdod.

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1Sa 5:2 - They carried the Ark of God into the temple of Dagon and placed it beside an idol of Dagon.

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1Sa 5:3 - But when the citizens of Ashdod went to see it the next morning, Dagon had fallen with his face to the ground in front of the Ark of the LORD! So they took Dagon and put him in his place again.

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1Sa 5:5 - That is why to this day neither the priests of Dagon nor anyone who enters the temple of Dagon in Ashdod will step on its threshold.

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

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1Sa 5:8 - So they called together the rulers of the Philistine towns and asked, “What should we do with the Ark of the God of Israel?”
The rulers discussed it and replied, “Move it to the town of Gath.” So they moved the Ark of the God of Israel to Gath.

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

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1Sa 5:10 - So they sent the Ark of God to the town of Ekron, but when the people of Ekron saw it coming they cried out, “They are bringing the Ark of the God of Israel here to kill us, too!”

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1Sa 5:11 - The people summoned the Philistine rulers again and begged them, “Please send the Ark of the God of Israel back to its own country, or it[fn] will kill us all.” For the deadly plague from God had already begun, and great fear was sweeping across the town.

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1Sa 5:12 - Those who didn't die were afflicted with tumors; and the cry from the town rose to heaven.

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

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

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1Sa 6:9 - If they cross the border of our land and go to Beth-shemesh, we will know it was the LORD who brought this great disaster upon us. If they don't, we will know it was not his hand that caused the plague. It came simply by chance.”

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

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

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1Sa 6:13 - The people of Beth-shemesh were harvesting wheat in the valley, and when they saw the Ark, they were overjoyed!

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

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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 7:5 - Then Samuel told them, “Gather all of Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray to the LORD for you.”

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

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1Sa 7:7 - When the Philistine rulers heard that Israel had gathered at Mizpah, they mobilized their army and advanced. The Israelites were badly frightened when they learned that the Philistines were approaching.

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

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1Sa 7:13 - So the Philistines were subdued and didn't invade Israel again for some time. And throughout Samuel's lifetime, the LORD's powerful hand was raised against the Philistines.

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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 8:4 - Finally, all the elders of Israel met at Ramah to discuss the matter with Samuel.

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1Sa 8:13 - The king will take your daughters from you and force them to cook and bake and make perfumes for him.

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1Sa 8:16 - He will take your male and female slaves and demand the finest of your cattle[fn] and donkeys for his own use.

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1Sa 8:21 - So Samuel repeated to the LORD what the people had said,

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1Sa 8:22 - and the LORD replied, “Do as they say, and give them a king.” Then Samuel agreed and sent the people home.

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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 9:10 - “All right,” Saul agreed, “let's try it!” So they started into the town where the man of God lived.

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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 9:13 - Hurry and catch him before he goes up there to eat. The guests won't begin eating until he arrives to bless the food.”

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1Sa 9:14 - So they entered the town, and as they passed through the gates, Samuel was coming out toward them to go up to the place of worship.

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1Sa 9:16 - “About this time tomorrow I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin. Anoint him to be the leader of my people, Israel. He will rescue them from the Philistines, for I have looked down on my people in mercy and have heard their cry.”

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1Sa 9:18 - Just then Saul approached Samuel at the gateway and asked, “Can you please tell me where the seer's house is?”

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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 9:22 - Then Samuel brought Saul and his servant into the hall and placed them at the head of the table, honoring them above the thirty special guests.

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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 9:27 - 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 10:1 - Then Samuel took a flask of olive oil and poured it over Saul's head. He kissed Saul and said, “I am doing this because the LORD has appointed you to be the ruler over Israel, his special possession.[fn]

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1Sa 10:3 - “When you get to the oak of Tabor, you will see three men coming toward you who are on their way to worship God at Bethel. One will be bringing three young goats, another will have three loaves of bread, and the third will be carrying a wineskin full of wine.

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1Sa 10:4 - They will greet you and offer you two of the loaves, which you are to accept.

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1Sa 10:5 - “When you arrive at Gibeah of God,[fn] where the garrison of the Philistines is located, you will meet a band of prophets coming down from the place of worship. They will be playing a harp, a tambourine, a flute, and a lyre, and they will be prophesying.

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1Sa 10:6 - At that time the Spirit of the LORD will come powerfully upon you, and you will prophesy with them. You will be changed into a different person.

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1Sa 10:10 - When Saul and his servant arrived at Gibeah, they saw a group of prophets coming toward them. Then the Spirit of God came powerfully upon Saul, and he, too, began to prophesy.

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1Sa 10:12 - And one of those standing there said, “Can anyone become a prophet, no matter who his father is?”[fn] So that is the origin of the saying “Is even Saul a prophet?”

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1Sa 10:13 - When Saul had finished prophesying, he went up to the place of worship.

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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 10:21 - Then he brought each family of the tribe of Benjamin before the LORD, and the family of the Matrites was chosen. And finally Saul son of Kish was chosen from among them. But when they looked for him, he had disappeared!

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1Sa 10:25 - Then Samuel told the people what the rights and duties of a king were. He wrote them down on a scroll and placed it before the LORD. Then Samuel sent the people home again.

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1Sa 10:26 - When Saul returned to his home at Gibeah, a group of men whose hearts God had touched went with him.

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1Sa 11:3 - “Give us seven days to send messengers throughout Israel!” replied the elders of Jabesh. “If no one comes to save us, we will agree to your terms.”

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1Sa 11:4 - When the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul and told the people about their plight, everyone broke into tears.

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1Sa 11:7 - He took two oxen and cut them into pieces and sent the messengers to carry them throughout Israel with this message: “This is what will happen to the oxen of anyone who refuses to follow Saul and Samuel into battle!” And the LORD made the people afraid of Saul's anger, and all of them came out together as one.

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1Sa 11:9 - So Saul sent the messengers back to Jabesh-gilead to say, “We will rescue you by noontime tomorrow!” There was great joy throughout the town when that message arrived!

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

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1Sa 11:14 - Then Samuel said to the people, “Come, let us all go to Gilgal to renew the kingdom.”

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1Sa 11:15 - So they all went to Gilgal, and in a solemn ceremony before the LORD they made Saul king. Then they offered peace offerings to the LORD, and Saul and all the Israelites were filled with joy.

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1Sa 12:1 - Then Samuel addressed all Israel: “I have done as you asked and given you a king.

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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 12:9 - But the people soon forgot about the LORD their God, so he handed them over to Sisera, the commander of Hazor's army, and also to the Philistines and to the king of Moab, who fought against them.

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1Sa 12:22 - The LORD will not abandon his people, because that would dishonor his great name. For it has pleased the LORD to make you his very own people.

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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 13:3 - 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 13:5 - 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 13:7 - Some of them crossed the Jordan River and escaped into the land of Gad and Gilead. Meanwhile, Saul stayed at Gilgal, and his men were trembling with fear.

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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 13:10 - Just as Saul was finishing with the burnt offering, Samuel arrived. Saul went out to meet and welcome him,

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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 13:12 - So I said, ‘The Philistines are ready to march against us at Gilgal, and I haven't even asked for the LORD's help!' So I felt compelled to offer the burnt offering myself before you came.”

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1Sa 13:14 - But now your kingdom must end, for the LORD has sought out a man after his own heart. The LORD has already appointed him to be the leader of his people, because you have not kept the LORD's command.”

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1Sa 13:15 - Samuel then left Gilgal and went on his way, but the rest of the troops went with Saul to meet the army. They went up from Gilgal to Gibeah in the land of Benjamin.[fn] When Saul counted the men who were still with him, he found only 600 were left!

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1Sa 13:16 - Saul and Jonathan and the troops with them were staying at Geba in the land of Benjamin. The Philistines set up their camp at Micmash.

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1Sa 13:20 - So whenever the Israelites needed to sharpen their plowshares, picks, axes, or sickles,[fn] they had to take them to a Philistine blacksmith.

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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 14:6 - “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 14:10 - But if they say, ‘Come on up and fight,' then we will go up. That will be the LORD's sign that he will help us defeat them.”

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1Sa 14:11 - When the Philistines saw them coming, they shouted, “Look! The Hebrews are crawling out of their holes!”

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1Sa 14:12 - Then the men from the outpost shouted to Jonathan, “Come on up here, and we'll teach you a lesson!”
“Come on, climb right behind me,” Jonathan said to his armor bearer, “for the LORD will help us defeat them!”

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1Sa 14:21 - Even the Hebrews who had previously gone over to the Philistine army revolted and joined in with Saul, Jonathan, and the rest of the Israelites.

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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 14:26 - They didn't dare touch the honey because they all feared the oath they had taken.

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

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1Sa 14:40 - Then Saul said, “Jonathan and I will stand over here, and all of you stand over there.”
And the people responded to Saul, “Whatever you think is best.”

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1Sa 14:46 - Then Saul called back the army from chasing the Philistines, and the Philistines returned home.

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1Sa 14:47 - Now when Saul had secured his grasp on Israel's throne, he fought against his enemies in every direction—against Moab, Ammon, Edom, the kings of Zobah, and the Philistines. And wherever he turned, he was victorious.[fn]

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1Sa 15:1 - One day Samuel said to Saul, “It was the LORD who told me to anoint you as king of his people, Israel. Now listen to this message from the LORD!

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1Sa 15:11 - “I am sorry that I ever made Saul king, for he has not been loyal to me and has refused to obey my command.” Samuel was so deeply moved when he heard this that he cried out to the LORD all night.

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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 15:17 - And Samuel told him, “Although you may think little of yourself, are you not the leader of the tribes of Israel? The LORD has anointed you king of Israel.

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1Sa 15:18 - And the LORD sent you on a mission and told you, ‘Go and completely destroy the sinners, the Amalekites, until they are all dead.'

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1Sa 15:29 - And he who is the Glory of Israel will not lie, nor will he change his mind, for he is not human that he should change his mind!”

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1Sa 15:34 - Then Samuel went home to Ramah, and Saul returned to his house at Gibeah of Saul.

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1Sa 16:1 - Now the LORD said to Samuel, “You have mourned long enough for Saul. I have rejected him as king of Israel, so fill your flask with olive oil and go to Bethlehem. Find a man named Jesse who lives there, for I have selected one of his sons to be my king.”

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1Sa 16:3 - Invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you which of his sons to anoint for me.”

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

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1Sa 16:5 - “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 16:7 - But the LORD said to Samuel, “Don't judge by his appearance or height, for I have rejected him. The LORD doesn't see things the way you see them. People judge by outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.”

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1Sa 16:13 - So as David stood there among his brothers, Samuel took the flask of olive oil he had brought and anointed David with the oil. And the Spirit of the LORD came powerfully upon David from that day on. Then Samuel returned to Ramah.

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1Sa 17:1 - The Philistines now mustered their army for battle and camped between Socoh in Judah and Azekah at Ephes-dammim.

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

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1Sa 17:8 - Goliath stood and shouted a taunt across to the Israelites. “Why are you all coming out to fight?” he called. “I am the Philistine champion, but you are only the servants of Saul. Choose one man to come down here and fight me!

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1Sa 17:9 - If he kills me, then we will be your slaves. But if I kill him, you will be our slaves!

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1Sa 17:40 - He picked up five smooth stones from a stream and put them into his shepherd's bag. Then, armed only with his shepherd's staff and sling, he started across the valley to fight the Philistine.

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1Sa 17:46 - Today the LORD will conquer you, and I will kill you and cut off your head. And then I will give the dead bodies of your men to the birds and wild animals, and the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel!

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1Sa 17:47 - And everyone assembled here will know that the LORD rescues his people, but not with sword and spear. This is the LORD's battle, and he will give you to us!”

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1Sa 17:48 - As Goliath moved closer to attack, David quickly ran out to meet him.

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1Sa 17:49 - Reaching into his shepherd's bag and taking out a stone, he hurled it with his sling and hit the Philistine in the forehead. The stone sank in, and Goliath stumbled and fell face down on the ground.

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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 18:6 - When the victorious Israelite army was returning home after David had killed the Philistine, women from all the towns of Israel came out to meet King Saul. They sang and danced for joy with tambourines and cymbals.[fn]

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1Sa 18:21 - “Here's another chance to see him killed by the Philistines!” Saul said to himself. But to David he said, “Today you have a second chance to become my son-in-law!”

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1Sa 18:23 - When Saul's men said these things to David, he replied, “How can a poor man from a humble family afford the bride price for the daughter of a king?”

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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 18:27 - 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 19:4 - The next morning Jonathan spoke with his father about David, saying many good things about him. “The king must not sin against his servant David,” Jonathan said. “He's never done anything to harm you. He has always helped you in any way he could.

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

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1Sa 19:10 - Saul hurled his spear at David. But David dodged out of the way, and leaving the spear stuck in the wall, he fled and escaped into the night.

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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 19:18 - So David escaped and went to Ramah to see Samuel, and he told him all that Saul had done to him. Then Samuel took David with him to live at Naioth.

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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 19:23 - But on the way to Naioth in Ramah the Spirit of God came even upon Saul, and he, too, began to prophesy all the way to Naioth!

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

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1Sa 20:8 - 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 20:9 - “Never!” Jonathan exclaimed. “You know that if I had the slightest notion my father was planning to kill you, I would tell you at once.”

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1Sa 20:11 - “Come out to the field with me,” Jonathan replied. And they went out there together.

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1Sa 20:12 - Then Jonathan told David, “I promise by the LORD, the God of Israel, that by this time tomorrow, or the next day at the latest, I will talk to my father and let you know at once how he feels about you. If he speaks favorably about you, I will let you know.

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

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1Sa 20:20 - I will come out and shoot three arrows to the side of the stone pile as though I were shooting at a target.

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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 20:35 - The next morning, as agreed, Jonathan went out into the field and took a young boy with him to gather his arrows.

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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 20:42 - At last Jonathan said to David, “Go in peace, for we have sworn loyalty to each other in the LORD's name. The LORD is the witness of a bond between us and our children forever.” Then David left, and Jonathan returned to the town.[fn]

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

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1Sa 21:3 - Now, what is there to eat? Give me five loaves of bread or anything else you have.”

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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 21:15 - We already have enough of them around here! Why should I let someone like this be my guest?”

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1Sa 22:1 - So David left Gath and escaped to the cave of Adullam. Soon his brothers and all his other relatives joined him there.

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1Sa 22:3 - Later David went to Mizpeh in Moab, where he asked the king, “Please allow my father and mother to live here with you until I know what God is going to do for me.”

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

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1Sa 22:8 - 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 22:9 - Then Doeg the Edomite, who was standing there with Saul's men, spoke up. “When I was at Nob,” he said, “I saw the son of Jesse talking to the priest, Ahimelech son of Ahitub.

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1Sa 22:13 - “Why have you and the son of Jesse conspired against me?” Saul demanded. “Why did you give him food and a sword? Why have you consulted God for him? Why have you encouraged him to kill me, as he is trying to do this very day?”

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1Sa 22:17 - And he ordered his bodyguards, “Kill these priests of the LORD, for they are allies and conspirators with David! They knew he was running away from me, but they didn't tell me!” But Saul's men refused to kill the LORD's priests.

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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 23:3 - But David's men said, “We're afraid even here in Judah. We certainly don't want to go to Keilah to fight the whole Philistine army!”

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1Sa 23:4 - So David asked the LORD again, and again the LORD replied, “Go down to Keilah, for I will help you conquer the Philistines.”

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1Sa 23:5 - So David and his men went to Keilah. They slaughtered the Philistines and took all their livestock and rescued the people of Keilah.

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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 23:7 - 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 23:14 - 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 23:16 - Jonathan went to find David and encouraged him to stay strong in his faith in God.

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1Sa 23:17 - “Don't be afraid,” Jonathan reassured him. “My father will never find you! You are going to be the king of Israel, and I will be next to you, as my father, Saul, is well aware.”

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1Sa 23:18 - So the two of them renewed their solemn pact before the LORD. Then Jonathan returned home, while David stayed at Horesh.

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1Sa 23:20 - Come down whenever you're ready, O king, and we will catch him and hand him over to you!”

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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 23:28 - So Saul quit chasing David and returned to fight the Philistines. Ever since that time, the place where David was camped has been called the Rock of Escape.[fn]

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1Sa 24:3 - At the place where the road passes some sheepfolds, Saul went into a cave to relieve himself. But as it happened, David and his men were hiding farther back in that very cave!

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1Sa 24:4 - “Now's your opportunity!” David's men whispered to him. “Today the LORD is telling you, ‘I will certainly put your enemy into your power, to do with as you wish.'” So David crept forward and cut off a piece of the hem of Saul's robe.

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1Sa 24:7 - So David restrained his men and did not let them kill Saul.
After Saul had left the cave and gone on his way,

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1Sa 24:8 - David came out and shouted after him, “My lord the king!” And when Saul looked around, David bowed low before 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 24:11 - Look, my father, at what I have in my hand. It is a piece of the hem of your robe! I cut it off, but I didn't kill you. This proves that I am not trying to harm you and that I have not sinned against you, even though you have been hunting for me to kill me.

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1Sa 24:15 - May the LORD therefore judge which of us is right and punish the guilty one. He is my advocate, and he will rescue me from your power!”

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1Sa 24:18 - Yes, you have been amazingly kind to me today, for when the LORD put me in a place where you could have killed me, you didn't do it.

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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 25:1 - Now Samuel died, and all Israel gathered for his funeral. They buried him at his house in Ramah. Then David moved down to the wilderness of Maon.[fn]

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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 25:6 - “Peace and prosperity to you, your family, and everything you own!

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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 25:17 - You need to know this and figure out what to do, for there is going to be trouble for our master and his whole family. He's so ill-tempered that no one can even talk to him!”

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1Sa 25:20 - As she was riding her donkey into a mountain ravine, she saw David and his men coming toward her.

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

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1Sa 25:24 - She fell at his feet and said, “I accept all blame in this matter, my lord. Please listen to what I have to say.

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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 25:30 - When the LORD has done all he promised and has made you leader of Israel,

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

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1Sa 25:33 - Thank God for your good sense! Bless you for keeping me from murder and from carrying out vengeance with my own hands.

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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 25:35 - Then David accepted her present and told her, “Return home in peace. I have heard what you said. We will not kill your husband.”

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1Sa 25:39 - When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, “Praise the LORD, who has avenged the insult I received from Nabal and has kept me from doing it myself. Nabal has received the punishment for his sin.” Then David sent messengers to Abigail to ask her to become his wife.

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1Sa 25:40 - When the messengers arrived at Carmel, they told Abigail, “David has sent us to take you back to marry him.”

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1Sa 25:41 - She bowed low to the ground and responded, “I, your servant, would be happy to marry David. I would even be willing to become a slave, washing the feet of his servants!”

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1Sa 25:42 - Quickly getting ready, she took along five of her servant girls as attendants, mounted her donkey, and went with David's messengers. And so she became his wife.

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

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1Sa 26:3 - Saul camped along the road beside the hill of Hakilah, near Jeshimon, where David was hiding. When David learned that Saul had come after him into the wilderness,

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1Sa 26:5 - David slipped over to Saul's camp one night to look around. Saul and Abner son of Ner, the commander of his army, were sleeping inside a ring formed by the slumbering warriors.

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1Sa 26:6 - “Who will volunteer to go in there with me?” David asked Ahimelech the Hittite and Abishai son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother.
“I'll go with you,” Abishai replied.

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1Sa 26:7 - So David and Abishai went right into Saul's camp and found him asleep, with his spear stuck in the ground beside his head. Abner and the soldiers were lying asleep around him.

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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 26:10 - Surely the LORD will strike Saul down someday, or he will die of old age or in battle.

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1Sa 26:13 - David climbed the hill opposite the camp until he was at a safe distance.

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1Sa 26:23 - The LORD gives his own reward for doing good and for being loyal, and I refused to kill you even when the LORD placed you in my power, for you are the LORD's anointed one.

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1Sa 26:25 - And Saul said to David, “Blessings on you, my son David. You will do many heroic deeds, and you will surely succeed.” Then David went away, and Saul returned home.

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1Sa 27:1 - But David kept thinking to himself, “Someday Saul is going to get me. The best thing I can do is escape to the Philistines. Then Saul will stop hunting for me in Israelite territory, and I will finally be safe.”

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1Sa 27:4 - Word soon reached Saul that David had fled to Gath, so he stopped hunting for him.

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1Sa 27:11 - No one was left alive to come to Gath and tell where he had really been. This happened again and again while he was living among the Philistines.

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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 28:1 - About that time the Philistines mustered their armies for another war with Israel. King Achish told David, “You and your men will be expected to join me in battle.”

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1Sa 28:4 - The Philistines set up their camp at Shunem, and Saul gathered all the army of Israel and camped at Gilboa.

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1Sa 28:19 - What's more, the LORD will hand you and the army of Israel over to the Philistines tomorrow, and you and your sons will be here with me. The LORD will bring down the entire army of Israel in defeat.”

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

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1Sa 29:2 - As the Philistine rulers were leading out their troops in groups of hundreds and thousands, David and his men marched at the rear with King Achish.

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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 29:7 - Please don't upset them, but go back quietly.”

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1Sa 29:9 - But Achish insisted, “As far as I'm concerned, you're as perfect as an angel of God. But the Philistine commanders are afraid to have you with them in the battle.

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

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

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1Sa 30:2 - They had carried off the women and children and everyone else but without killing anyone.

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1Sa 30:3 - When David and his men saw the ruins and realized what had happened to their families,

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1Sa 30:15 - “Will you lead me to this band of raiders?” David asked.
The young man replied, “If you take an oath in God's name that you will not kill me or give me back to my master, then I will guide you to them.”

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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 30:23 - But David said, “No, my brothers! Don't be selfish with what the LORD has given us. He has kept us safe and helped us defeat the band of raiders that attacked us.

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1Sa 30:24 - Who will listen when you talk like this? We share and share alike—those who go to battle and those who guard the equipment.”

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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 30:26 - When he arrived at Ziklag, David sent part of the plunder to the elders of Judah, who were his friends. “Here is a present for you, taken from the LORD's enemies,” he said.

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1Sa 30:31 - Hebron, and all the other places David and his men had visited.

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1Sa 31:3 - The fighting grew very fierce around Saul, and the Philistine archers caught up with him and wounded him severely.

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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 31:10 - 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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1Sa 31:12 - all their mighty warriors traveled through the night to Beth-shan and took the bodies of Saul and his sons down from the wall. They brought them to Jabesh, where they burned the bodies.

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2Sa 1:22 - The bow of Jonathan was powerful,
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They shed the blood of their enemies
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2Sa 2:1 - After this, David asked the LORD, “Should I move back to one of the towns of Judah?”
“Yes,” the LORD replied.
Then David asked, “Which town should I go to?”
“To Hebron,” the LORD answered.

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2Sa 2:2 - David's two wives were Ahinoam from Jezreel and Abigail, the widow of Nabal from Carmel. So David and his wives

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2Sa 2:7 - Now that Saul is dead, I ask you to be my strong and loyal subjects like the people of Judah, who have anointed me as their new king.”

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2Sa 2:8 - But Abner son of Ner, the commander of Saul's army, had already gone to Mahanaim with Saul's son Ishbosheth.[fn]

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2Sa 2:12 - One day Abner led Ishbosheth's troops from Mahanaim to Gibeon.

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2Sa 2:16 - Each one grabbed his opponent by the hair and thrust his sword into the other's side so that all of them died. So this place at Gibeon has been known ever since as the Field of Swords.[fn]

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2Sa 2:19 - and he began chasing Abner. He pursued him relentlessly, not stopping for anything.

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2Sa 2:20 - When Abner looked back and saw him coming, he called out, “Is that you, Asahel?”
“Yes, it is,” he replied.

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2Sa 2:21 - “Go fight someone else!” Abner warned. “Take on one of the younger men, and strip him of his weapons.” But Asahel kept right on chasing Abner.

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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 2:25 - Abner's troops from the tribe of Benjamin regrouped there at the top of the hill to take a stand.

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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 2:29 - All that night Abner and his men retreated through the Jordan Valley.[fn] They crossed the Jordan River, traveling all through the morning,[fn] and didn't stop until they arrived at Mahanaim.

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2Sa 3:8 - Abner was furious. “Am I some Judean dog to be kicked around like this?” he shouted. “After all I have done for your father, Saul, and his family and friends by not handing you over to David, is this my reward—that you find fault with me about this woman?

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2Sa 3:12 - Then Abner sent messengers to David, saying, “Doesn't the entire land belong to you? Make a solemn pact with me, and I will help turn over all of Israel to you.”

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2Sa 3:19 - Abner also spoke with the men of Benjamin. Then he went to Hebron to tell David that all the people of Israel and Benjamin had agreed to support him.

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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 3:22 - But just after David had sent Abner away in safety, Joab and some of David's troops returned from a raid, bringing much plunder with them.

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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 3:32 - They buried Abner in Hebron, and the king and all the people wept at his graveside.

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2Sa 4:3 - because the original people of Beeroth fled to Gittaim, where they still live as foreigners.

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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 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 5:1 - Then all the tribes of Israel went to David at Hebron and told him, “We are your own flesh and blood.

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2Sa 5:2 - In the past,[fn] when Saul was our king, you were the one who really led the forces of Israel. And the LORD told you, ‘You will be the shepherd of my people Israel. You will be Israel's leader.'”

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2Sa 5:3 - So there at Hebron, King David made a covenant before the LORD with all the elders of Israel. And they anointed him king of Israel.

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

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2Sa 5:12 - And David realized that the LORD had confirmed him as king over Israel and had blessed his kingdom for the sake of his people Israel.

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2Sa 5:17 - When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king of Israel, they mobilized all their forces to capture him. But David was told they were coming, so he went into the stronghold.

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2Sa 5:18 - The Philistines arrived and spread out across the valley of Rephaim.

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2Sa 5:19 - So David asked the LORD, “Should I go out to fight the Philistines? Will you hand them over to me?”
The LORD replied to David, “Yes, go ahead. I will certainly hand them over to you.”

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2Sa 5:23 - And again David asked the LORD what to do. “Do not attack them straight on,” the LORD replied. “Instead, circle around behind and attack them near the poplar[fn] trees.

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2Sa 6:10 - So David decided not to move the Ark of the LORD into the City of David. Instead, he took it to the house of Obed-edom of Gath.

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2Sa 6:11 - The Ark of the LORD remained there in Obed-edom's house for three months, and the LORD blessed Obed-edom and his entire household.

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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 6:17 - They brought the Ark of the LORD and set it in its place inside the special tent David had prepared for it. And David sacrificed burnt offerings and peace offerings to the LORD.

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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 6:20 - When David returned home to bless his own family, Michal, the daughter of Saul, came out to meet him. She said in disgust, “How distinguished the king of Israel looked today, shamelessly exposing himself to the servant girls like any vulgar person might do!”

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2Sa 6:21 - David retorted to Michal, “I was dancing before the LORD, who chose me above your father and all his family! He appointed me as the leader of Israel, the people of the LORD, so I celebrate before the LORD.

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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 7:13 - 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 7:14 - I will be his father, and he will be my son. If he sins, I will correct and discipline him with the rod, like any father would do.

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2Sa 7:16 - Your house and your kingdom will continue before me[fn] for all time, and your throne will be secure forever.'”

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2Sa 7:19 - And now, Sovereign LORD, in addition to everything else, you speak of giving your servant a lasting dynasty! Do you deal with everyone this way, O Sovereign LORD?[fn]

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2Sa 7:24 - You made Israel your very own people forever, and you, O LORD, became their God.

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2Sa 7:29 - And now, may it please you to bless the house of your servant, so that it may continue forever before you. For you have spoken, and when you grant a blessing to your servant, O Sovereign LORD, it is an eternal blessing!”

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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 8:6 - 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 8:7 - David brought the gold shields of Hadadezer's officers to Jerusalem,

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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 8:13 - 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 10:2 - David said, “I am going to show loyalty to Hanun just as his father, Nahash, was always loyal to me.” So David sent ambassadors to express sympathy to Hanun about his father's death.
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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 10:11 - “If the Arameans are too strong for me, then come over and help me,” Joab told his brother. “And if the Ammonites are too strong for you, I will come and help you.

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2Sa 10:13 - When Joab and his troops attacked, the Arameans began to run away.

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2Sa 10:14 - And when the Ammonites saw the Arameans running, they ran from Abishai and retreated into the city. After the battle was over, Joab returned to Jerusalem.

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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 11:1 - In the spring of the year,[fn] when kings normally go out to war, David sent Joab and the Israelite army to fight the Ammonites. They destroyed the Ammonite army and laid siege to the city of Rabbah. However, David stayed behind in Jerusalem.

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2Sa 11:4 - Then David sent messengers to get her; and when she came to the palace, he slept with her. She had just completed the purification rites after having her menstrual period. Then she returned home.

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2Sa 11:7 - When Uriah arrived, David asked him how Joab and the army were getting along and how the war was progressing.

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

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2Sa 11:10 - 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 11:11 - Uriah replied, “The Ark and the armies of Israel and Judah are living in tents,[fn] and Joab and my master's men are camping in the open fields. How could I go home to wine and dine and sleep with my wife? I swear that I would never do such a thing.”

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2Sa 11:13 - Then David invited him to dinner and got him drunk. But even then he couldn't get Uriah to go home to his wife. Again he slept at the palace entrance with the king's palace guard.

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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 11:22 - So the messenger went to Jerusalem and gave a complete report to David.

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2Sa 11:23 - “The enemy came out against us in the open fields,” he said. “And as we chased them back to the city gate,

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2Sa 11:27 - When the period of mourning was over, David sent for her and brought her to the palace, and she became one of his wives. Then she gave birth to a son. But the LORD was displeased with what David had done.

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2Sa 12:7 - Then Nathan said to David, “You are that man! The LORD, the God of Israel, says: I anointed you king of Israel and saved you from the power of Saul.

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2Sa 12:9 - Why, then, have you despised the word of the LORD and done this horrible deed? For you have murdered Uriah the Hittite with the sword of the Ammonites and stolen his wife.

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2Sa 12:10 - From this time on, your family will live by the sword because you have despised me by taking Uriah's wife to be your own.

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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 12:20 - Then David got up from the ground, washed himself, put on lotions,[fn] and changed his clothes. He went to the Tabernacle and worshiped the LORD. After that, he returned to the palace and was served food and ate.

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2Sa 12:29 - So David gathered the rest of the army and went to Rabbah, and he fought against it and captured it.

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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 13:7 - So David agreed and sent Tamar to Amnon's house to prepare some food for him.

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2Sa 13:8 - When Tamar arrived at Amnon's house, she went to the place where he was lying down so he could watch her mix some dough. Then she baked his favorite dish for him.

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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 13:20 - Her brother Absalom saw her and asked, “Is it true that Amnon has been with you? Well, my sister, keep quiet for now, since he's your brother. Don't you worry about it.” So Tamar lived as a desolate woman in her brother Absalom's house.

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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 13:28 - 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 13:37 - And David mourned many days for his son Amnon.
Absalom fled to his grandfather, Talmai son of Ammihud, the king of Geshur.

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2Sa 13:38 - He stayed there in Geshur for three years.

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2Sa 14:2 - So he sent for a woman from Tekoa who had a reputation for great wisdom. He said to her, “Pretend you are in mourning; wear mourning clothes and don't put on lotions.[fn] Act like a woman who has been mourning for the dead for a long time.

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2Sa 14:4 - When the woman from Tekoa approached the king, she bowed with her face to the ground in deep respect and cried out, “O king! Help me!”

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2Sa 14:8 - “Leave it to me,” the king told her. “Go home, and I'll see to it that no one touches him.”

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2Sa 14:17 - Yes, my lord the king will give us peace of mind again.' I know that you are like an angel of God in discerning good from evil. May the LORD your God be with you.”

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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 14:23 - Then Joab went to Geshur and brought Absalom back to Jerusalem.

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2Sa 14:24 - But the king gave this order: “Absalom may go to his own house, but he must never come into my presence.” So Absalom did not see the king.

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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 14:31 - Then Joab came to Absalom at his house and demanded, “Why did your servants set my field on fire?”

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2Sa 15:2 - He got up early every morning and went out to the gate of the city. When people brought a case to the king for judgment, Absalom would ask where in Israel they were from, and they would tell him their tribe.

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2Sa 15:6 - Absalom did this with everyone who came to the king for judgment, and so he stole the hearts of all the people of Israel.

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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 15:9 - “All right,” the king told him. “Go and fulfill your vow.”
So Absalom went to Hebron.

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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 15:25 - 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 15:29 - So Zadok and Abiathar took the Ark of God back to the city and stayed there.

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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 15:37 - So David's friend Hushai returned to Jerusalem, getting there just as Absalom arrived.

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2Sa 16:1 - When David had gone a little beyond the summit of the Mount of Olives, Ziba, the servant of Mephibosheth,[fn] was waiting there for him. He had two donkeys loaded with 200 loaves of bread, 100 clusters of raisins, 100 bunches of summer fruit, and a wineskin full of wine.

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2Sa 16:2 - “What are these for?” the king asked Ziba.
Ziba replied, “The donkeys are for the king's people to ride on, and the bread and summer fruit are for the young men to eat. The wine is for those who become exhausted in the wilderness.”

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2Sa 16:15 - Meanwhile, Absalom and all the army of Israel arrived at Jerusalem, accompanied by Ahithophel.

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2Sa 17:11 - “I recommend that you mobilize the entire army of Israel, bringing them from as far away as Dan in the north and Beersheba in the south. That way you will have an army as numerous as the sand on the seashore. And I advise that you personally lead the troops.

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2Sa 17:12 - When we find David, we'll fall on him like dew that falls on the ground. Then neither he nor any of his men will be left alive.

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2Sa 17:13 - And if David were to escape into some town, you will have all Israel there at your command. Then we can take ropes and drag the walls of the town into the nearest valley until every stone is torn down.”

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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 17:20 - When Absalom's men arrived, they asked her, “Have you seen Ahimaaz and Jonathan?”
The woman replied, “They were here, but they crossed over the brook.” Absalom's men looked for them without success and returned to Jerusalem.

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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 17:24 - David soon arrived at Mahanaim. By now, Absalom had mobilized the entire army of Israel and was leading his troops across the Jordan River.

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2Sa 17:26 - Absalom and the Israelite army set up camp in the land of Gilead.

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2Sa 17:27 - When David arrived at Mahanaim, he was warmly greeted by Shobi son of Nahash, who came from Rabbah of the Ammonites, and by Makir son of Ammiel from Lo-debar, and by Barzillai of Gilead from Rogelim.

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2Sa 18:4 - “If you think that's the best plan, I'll do it,” the king answered. So he stood alongside the gate of the town as all the troops marched out in groups of hundreds and of thousands.

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2Sa 18:6 - So the battle began in the forest of Ephraim,

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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 18:17 - 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 18:22 - But Ahimaaz continued to plead with Joab, “Whatever happens, please let me go, too.”
“Why should you go, my son?” Joab replied. “There will be no reward for your news.”

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2Sa 18:24 - While David was sitting between the inner and outer gates of the town, the watchman climbed to the roof of the gateway by the wall. As he looked, he saw a lone man running toward them.

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2Sa 18:27 - “The first man runs like Ahimaaz son of Zadok,” the watchman said.
“He is a good man and comes with good news,” the king replied.

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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 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 19:2 - 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 19:5 - Then Joab went to the king's room and said to him, “We saved your life today and the lives of your sons, your daughters, and your wives and concubines. Yet you act like this, making us feel ashamed of ourselves.

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2Sa 19:7 - Now go out there and congratulate your troops, for I swear by the LORD that if you don't go out, not a single one of them will remain here tonight. Then you will be worse off than ever before.”

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2Sa 19:8 - So the king went out and took his seat at the town gate, and as the news spread throughout the town that he was there, everyone went to him.
Meanwhile, the Israelites who had supported Absalom fled to their homes.

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2Sa 19:11 - Then King David sent Zadok and Abiathar, the priests, to say to the elders of Judah, “Why are you the last ones to welcome back the king into his palace? For I have heard that all Israel is ready.

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2Sa 19:12 - You are my relatives, my own tribe, my own flesh and blood! So why are you the last ones to welcome back the king?”

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2Sa 19:15 - So the king started back to Jerusalem. And when he arrived at the Jordan River, the people of Judah came to Gilgal to meet him and escort him across the river.

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2Sa 19:16 - Shimei son of Gera, the man from Bahurim in Benjamin, hurried across with the men of Judah to welcome King David.

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2Sa 19:19 - “My lord the king, please forgive me,” he pleaded. “Forget the terrible thing your servant did when you left Jerusalem. May the king put it out of his mind.

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2Sa 19:20 - I know how much I sinned. That is why I have come here today, the very first person in all Israel[fn] to greet my lord the king.”

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2Sa 19:22 - “Who asked your opinion, you sons of Zeruiah!” David exclaimed. “Why have you become my adversary[fn] today? This is not a day for execution but for celebration! Today I am once again the king of Israel!”

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2Sa 19:24 - Now Mephibosheth,[fn] Saul's grandson, came down from Jerusalem to meet the king. He had not cared for his feet, trimmed his beard, or washed his clothes since the day the king left Jerusalem.

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2Sa 19:25 - “Why didn't you come with me, Mephibosheth?” the king asked him.

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2Sa 19:30 - “Give him all of it,” Mephibosheth said. “I am content just to have you safely back again, my lord the king!”

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2Sa 19:34 - “No,” he replied, “I am far too old to go with the king to Jerusalem.

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2Sa 19:35 - I am eighty years old today, and I can no longer enjoy anything. Food and wine are no longer tasty, and I cannot hear the singers as they sing. I would only be a burden to my lord the king.

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2Sa 19:39 - So all the people crossed the Jordan with the king. After David had blessed Barzillai and kissed him, Barzillai returned to his own home.

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2Sa 19:40 - The king then crossed over to Gilgal, taking Kimham with him. All the troops of Judah and half the troops of Israel escorted the king on his way.

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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,
back to your homes!”

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2Sa 20:3 - When David came to his palace in Jerusalem, he took the ten concubines he had left to look after the palace and placed them in seclusion. Their needs were provided for, but he no longer slept with them. So each of them lived like a widow until she died.

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2Sa 20:10 - Amasa didn't notice the dagger in his left hand, and Joab stabbed him in the stomach with it so that his insides gushed out onto the ground. Joab did not need to strike again, and Amasa soon died. Joab and his brother Abishai left him lying there and continued after Sheba.

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2Sa 20:12 - 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 20:14 - Meanwhile, Sheba traveled through all the tribes of Israel and eventually came to the town of Abel-beth-maacah. All the members of his own clan, the Bicrites,[fn] assembled for battle and followed him into the town.

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

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2Sa 21:17 - But Abishai son of Zeruiah came to David's rescue and killed the Philistine. Then David's men declared, “You are not going out to battle with us again! Why risk snuffing out the light of Israel?”

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2Sa 22:20 - He led me to a place of safety;
he rescued me because he delights in me.

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2Sa 22:35 - He trains my hands for battle;
he strengthens my arm to draw a bronze bow.

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2Sa 22:37 - You have made a wide path for my feet
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2Sa 22:40 - You have armed me with strength for the battle;
you have subdued my enemies under my feet.

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2Sa 22:44 - “You gave me victory over my accusers.
You preserved me as the ruler over nations;
people I don't even know now serve me.

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2Sa 22:45 - Foreign nations cringe before me;
as soon as they hear of me, they submit.

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2Sa 23:8 - These are the names of David's mightiest warriors. The first was Jashobeam the Hacmonite,[fn] who was leader of the Three[fn]—the three mightiest warriors among David's men. He once used his spear to kill 800 enemy warriors in a single battle.[fn]

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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 23:11 - Next in rank was Shammah son of Agee from Harar. One time the Philistines gathered at Lehi and attacked the Israelites in a field full of lentils. The Israelite army fled,

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

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2Sa 23:19 - Abishai was the most famous of the Thirty[fn] and was their commander, though he was not one of the Three.

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2Sa 23:23 - He was more honored than the other members of the Thirty, though he was not one of the Three. And David made him captain of his bodyguard.

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2Sa 24:4 - But the king insisted that they take the census, so Joab and the commanders of the army went out to count the people of Israel.

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2Sa 24:6 - then to Gilead in the land of Tahtim-hodshi[fn] and to Dan-jaan and around to Sidon.

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2Sa 24:7 - Then they came to the fortress of Tyre, and all the towns of the Hivites and Canaanites. Finally, they went south to Judah[fn] as far as Beersheba.

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

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2Sa 24:14 - “I'm in a desperate situation!” David replied to Gad. “But let us fall into the hands of the LORD, for his mercy is great. Do not let me fall into human hands.”

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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 24:22 - “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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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 1:19 - He has sacrificed many cattle, fattened calves, and sheep, and he has invited all the king's sons to attend the celebration. He also invited Abiathar the priest and Joab, the commander of the army. But he did not invite your servant Solomon.

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1Ki 1:25 - Today he has sacrificed many cattle, fattened calves, and sheep, and he has invited all the king's sons to attend the celebration. He also invited the commanders of the army and Abiathar the priest. They are feasting and drinking with him and shouting, ‘Long live King Adonijah!'

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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 1:33 - the king said to them, “Take Solomon and my officials down to Gihon Spring. Solomon is to ride on my own mule.

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1Ki 1:34 - There Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet are to anoint him king over Israel. Blow the ram's horn and shout, ‘Long live King Solomon!'

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1Ki 1:35 - Then escort him back here, and he will sit on my throne. He will succeed me as king, for I have appointed him to be ruler over Israel and Judah.”

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1Ki 1:38 - So Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and the king's bodyguard[fn] took Solomon down to Gihon Spring, with Solomon riding on King David's own mule.

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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 1:49 - Then all of Adonijah's guests jumped up in panic from the banquet table and quickly scattered.

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1Ki 1:52 - Solomon replied, “If he proves himself to be loyal, not a hair on his head will be touched. But if he makes trouble, he will die.”

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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 2:2 - “I am going where everyone on earth must someday go. Take courage and be a man.

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1Ki 2:6 - Do with him what you think best, but don't let him grow old and go to his grave in peace.[fn]

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1Ki 2:8 - “And remember Shimei son of Gera, the man from Bahurim in Benjamin. He cursed me with a terrible curse as I was fleeing to Mahanaim. When he came down to meet me at the Jordan River, I swore by the LORD that I would not kill him.

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1Ki 2:9 - But that oath does not make him innocent. You are a wise man, and you will know how to arrange a bloody death for him.[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 2:17 - He replied, “Speak to King Solomon on my behalf, for I know he will do anything you request. Ask him to let me marry Abishag, the girl from Shunem.”

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1Ki 2:19 - So Bathsheba went to King Solomon to speak on Adonijah's behalf. The king rose from his throne to meet her, and he bowed down before her. When he sat down on his throne again, the king ordered that a throne be brought for his mother, and she sat at his right hand.

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1Ki 2:21 - “Then let your brother Adonijah marry Abishag, the girl from Shunem,” she replied.

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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 2:28 - Joab had not joined Absalom's earlier rebellion, but he had joined Adonijah's rebellion. So when Joab heard about Adonijah's death, he ran to the sacred tent of the LORD and grabbed on to the horns of the altar.

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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 2:32 - The LORD will repay him[fn] for the murders of two men who were more righteous and better than he. For my father knew nothing about the deaths of Abner son of Ner, commander of the army of Israel, and of Amasa son of Jether, commander of the army of Judah.

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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 2:35 - Then the king appointed Benaiah to command the army in place of Joab, and he installed Zadok the priest to take the place of Abiathar.

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1Ki 2:40 - he saddled his donkey and went to Gath to search for them. When he found them, he brought them back to Jerusalem.

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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 2:42 - So the king sent for Shimei and demanded, “Didn't I make you swear by the LORD and warn you not to go anywhere else or you would surely die? And you replied, ‘The sentence is fair; I will do as you say.'

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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 2:45 - But may I, King Solomon, receive the LORD's blessings, and may one of David's descendants always sit on this throne in the presence of the LORD.”

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1Ki 3:4 - The most important of these places of worship was at Gibeon, so the king went there and sacrificed 1,000 burnt offerings.

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1Ki 3:15 - Then Solomon woke up and realized it had been a dream. He returned to Jerusalem and stood before the Ark of the Lord's Covenant, where he sacrificed burnt offerings and peace offerings. Then he invited all his officials to a great banquet.

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1Ki 3:25 - Then he said, “Cut the living child in two, and give half to one woman and half to the other!”

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1Ki 4:11 - Ben-abinadab, in all of Naphoth-dor.[fn] (He was married to Taphath, one of Solomon's daughters.)

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1Ki 4:15 - Ahimaaz, in Naphtali. (He was married to Basemath, another of Solomon's daughters.)

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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 4:34 - And kings from every nation sent their ambassadors to listen to the wisdom of Solomon.

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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 5:14 - 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 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 6:3 - The entry room at the front of the Temple was 30 feet[fn] wide, running across the entire width of the Temple. It projected outward 15 feet[fn] from the front of the Temple.

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1Ki 6:8 - The entrance to the bottom floor[fn] was on the south side of the Temple. There were winding stairs going up to the second floor, and another flight of stairs between the second and third floors.

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1Ki 6:16 - He partitioned off an inner sanctuary—the Most Holy Place—at the far end of the Temple. It was 30 feet deep and was paneled with cedar from floor to ceiling.

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1Ki 6:24 - The wingspan of each of the cherubim was 15 feet, each wing being 7½ feet[fn] long.

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1Ki 7:9 - From foundation to eaves, all these buildings were built from huge blocks of high-quality stone, cut with saws and trimmed to exact measure on all sides.

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1Ki 7:25 - The Sea was placed on a base of twelve bronze oxen,[fn] all facing outward. Three faced north, three faced west, three faced south, and three faced east, and the Sea rested on them.

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1Ki 7:51 - So King Solomon finished all his work on the Temple of the LORD. Then he brought all the gifts his father, David, had dedicated—the silver, the gold, and the various articles—and he stored them in the treasuries of the LORD's Temple.

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1Ki 8:6 - Then the priests carried the Ark of the LORD's Covenant into the inner sanctuary of the Temple—the Most Holy Place—and placed it beneath the wings of the cherubim.

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1Ki 8:8 - These poles were so long that their ends could be seen from the Temple's main room—the Holy Place—but not from the outside. They are still there to this day.

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1Ki 8:22 - Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in front of the entire community of Israel. He lifted his hands toward heaven,

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1Ki 8:29 - May you watch over this Temple night and day, this place where you have said, ‘My name will be there.' May you always hear the prayers I make toward this place.

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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 8:32 - then hear from heaven and judge between your servants—the accuser and the accused. Punish the guilty as they deserve. Acquit the innocent because of their innocence.

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1Ki 8:34 - then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of your people Israel and return them to this land you gave their ancestors.

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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 8:38 - and if your people Israel pray about their troubles, raising their hands toward this Temple,

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1Ki 8:42 - for they will hear of your great name and your strong hand and your powerful arm. And when they pray toward this Temple,

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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 8:46 - “If they sin against you—and who has never sinned?—you might become angry with them and let their enemies conquer them and take them captive to their land far away or near.

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1Ki 8:50 - Forgive your people who have sinned against you. Forgive all the offenses they have committed against you. Make their captors merciful to them,

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1Ki 8:52 - “May your eyes be open to my requests and to the requests of your people Israel. May you hear and answer them whenever they cry out to you.

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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 8:54 - When Solomon finished making these prayers and petitions to the LORD, he stood up in front of the altar of the LORD, where he had been kneeling with his hands raised toward heaven.

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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 9:3 - The LORD said to him, “I have heard your prayer and your petition. I have set this Temple apart to be holy—this place you have built where my name will be honored forever. I will always watch over it, for it is dear to my heart.

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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 9:7 - 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 9:12 - But when Hiram came from Tyre to see the towns Solomon had given him, he was not at all pleased with them.

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1Ki 9:20 - There were still some people living in the land who were not Israelites, including Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.

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1Ki 9:22 - But Solomon did not conscript any of the Israelites for forced labor. Instead, he assigned them to serve as fighting men, government officials, officers and captains in his army, commanders of his chariots, and charioteers.

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1Ki 9:24 - Solomon moved his wife, Pharaoh's daughter, from the City of David to the new palace he had built for her. Then he constructed the supporting terraces.

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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 10:2 - She arrived in Jerusalem with a large group of attendants and a great caravan of camels loaded with spices, large quantities of gold, and precious jewels. When she met with Solomon, she talked with him about everything she had on her mind.

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1Ki 10:9 - Praise the LORD your God, who delights in you and has placed you on the throne of Israel. Because of the LORD's eternal love for Israel, he has made you king so you can rule with justice and righteousness.”

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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 10:13 - King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba whatever she asked for, besides all the customary gifts he had so generously given. Then she and all her attendants returned to their own land.

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1Ki 10:17 - He also made 300 smaller shields of hammered gold, each weighing nearly four pounds.[fn] The king placed these shields in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon.

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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 10:27 - The king made silver as plentiful in Jerusalem as stone. And valuable cedar timber was as common as the sycamore-fig trees that grow in the foothills of Judah.[fn]

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1Ki 11:2 - The LORD had clearly instructed the people of Israel, ‘You must not marry them, because they will turn your hearts to their gods.' Yet Solomon insisted on loving them anyway.

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1Ki 11:17 - But Hadad and a few of his father's royal officials escaped and headed for Egypt. (Hadad was just a boy at the time.)

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1Ki 11:18 - They set out from Midian and went to Paran, where others joined them. Then they traveled to Egypt and went to Pharaoh, who gave them a home, food, and some land.

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1Ki 11:21 - When the news reached Hadad in Egypt that David and his commander Joab were both dead, he said to Pharaoh, “Let me return to my own country.”

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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 11:40 - Solomon tried to kill Jeroboam, but he fled to King Shishak of Egypt and stayed there until Solomon died.

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1Ki 11:43 - When he died, he was buried in the City of David, named for his father. Then his son Rehoboam became the next king.

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1Ki 12:1 - Rehoboam went to Shechem, where all Israel had gathered to make him king.

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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 12:18 - King Rehoboam sent Adoniram,[fn] who was in charge of the labor force, to restore order, but the people of Israel stoned him to death. When this news reached King Rehoboam, he quickly jumped into his chariot and fled to Jerusalem.

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1Ki 12:19 - And to this day the northern tribes of Israel have refused to be ruled by a descendant of David.

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1Ki 12:20 - When the people of Israel learned of Jeroboam's return from Egypt, they called an assembly and made him king over all Israel. So only the tribe of Judah remained loyal to the family of David.

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1Ki 12:21 - When Rehoboam arrived at Jerusalem, he mobilized the men of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin—180,000 select troops—to fight against the men of Israel and to restore the kingdom to himself.

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1Ki 12:24 - ‘This is what the LORD says: Do not fight against your relatives, the Israelites. Go back home, for what has happened is my doing!'” So they obeyed the message of the LORD and went home, as the LORD had commanded.

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1Ki 12:26 - Jeroboam thought to himself, “Unless I am careful, the kingdom will return to the dynasty of David.

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1Ki 12:27 - When these people go to Jerusalem to offer sacrifices at the Temple of the LORD, they will again give their allegiance to King Rehoboam of Judah. They will kill me and make him their king instead.”

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1Ki 12:28 - So on the advice of his counselors, the king made two gold calves. He said to the people,[fn] “It is too much trouble for you to worship in Jerusalem. Look, Israel, these are the gods who brought you out of Egypt!”

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1Ki 12:30 - But this became a great sin, for the people worshiped the idols, traveling as far north as Dan to worship the one there.

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1Ki 13:1 - At the LORD's command, a man of God from Judah went to Bethel, arriving there just as Jeroboam was approaching the altar to burn incense.

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1Ki 13:7 - Then the king said to the man of God, “Come to the palace with me and have something to eat, and I will give you a gift.”

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1Ki 13:10 - So he left Bethel and went home another way.

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1Ki 13:18 - But the old prophet answered, “I am a prophet, too, just as you are. And an angel gave me this command from the LORD: ‘Bring him home with you so he can have something to eat and drink.'” But the old man was lying to him.

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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 13:29 - So the prophet laid the body of the man of God on the donkey and took it back to the town to mourn over him and bury him.

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1Ki 13:33 - But even after this, Jeroboam did not turn from his evil ways. He continued to choose priests from the common people. He appointed anyone who wanted to become a priest for the pagan shrines.

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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 14:26 - He ransacked the treasuries of the LORD's Temple and the royal palace; he stole everything, including all the gold shields Solomon had made.

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1Ki 14:28 - 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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1Ki 15:15 - He brought into the Temple of the LORD the silver and gold and the various items that he and his father had dedicated.

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1Ki 15:18 - Asa responded by removing all the silver and gold that was left in the treasuries of the Temple of the LORD and the royal palace. He sent it with some of his officials to Ben-hadad son of Tabrimmon, son of Hezion, the king of Aram, who was ruling in Damascus, along with this message:

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1Ki 15:21 - As soon as Baasha of Israel heard what was happening, he abandoned his project of fortifying Ramah and withdrew to Tirzah.

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1Ki 15:22 - Then King Asa sent an order throughout Judah, requiring that everyone, without exception, help to carry away the building stones and timbers that Baasha had been using to fortify Ramah. Asa used these materials to fortify the town of Geba in Benjamin and the town of Mizpah.

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1Ki 16:18 - When Zimri saw that the city had been taken, he went into the citadel of the palace and burned it down over himself and died in the flames.

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1Ki 16:28 - When Omri died, he was buried in Samaria. Then his son Ahab became the next king.

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1Ki 17:9 - “Go and live in the village of Zarephath, near the city of Sidon. I have instructed a widow there to feed you.”

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1Ki 17:10 - So he went to Zarephath. As he arrived at the gates of the village, he saw a widow gathering sticks, and he asked her, “Would you please bring me a little water in a cup?”

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1Ki 17:19 - But Elijah replied, “Give me your son.” And he took the child's body from her arms, carried him up the stairs to the room where he was staying, and laid the body on his bed.

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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 17:23 - Then Elijah brought him down from the upper room and gave him to his mother. “Look!” he said. “Your son is alive!”

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1Ki 18:7 - As Obadiah was walking along, he suddenly saw Elijah coming toward him. Obadiah recognized him at once and bowed low to the ground before him. “Is it really you, my lord Elijah?” he asked.

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1Ki 18:9 - “Oh, sir,” Obadiah protested, “what harm have I done to you that you are sending me to my death at the hands of Ahab?

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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 18:16 - So Obadiah went to tell Ahab that Elijah had come, and Ahab went out to meet Elijah.

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1Ki 18:19 - Now summon all Israel to join me at Mount Carmel, along with the 450 prophets of Baal and the 400 prophets of Asherah who are supported by Jezebel.[fn]”

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1Ki 18:20 - So Ahab summoned all the people of Israel and the prophets to Mount Carmel.

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1Ki 18:36 - At the usual time for offering the evening sacrifice, Elijah the prophet walked up to the altar and prayed, “O LORD, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob,[fn] prove today that you are God in Israel and that I am your servant. Prove that I have done all this at your command.

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1Ki 18:40 - Then Elijah commanded, “Seize all the prophets of Baal. Don't let a single one escape!” So the people seized them all, and Elijah took them down to the Kishon Valley and killed them there.

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1Ki 18:45 - And soon the sky was black with clouds. A heavy wind brought a terrific rainstorm, and Ahab left quickly for Jezreel.

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1Ki 19:3 - Elijah was afraid and fled for his life. He went to Beersheba, a town in Judah, and he left his servant there.

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1Ki 19:9 - There he came to a cave, where he spent the night. But the LORD said to him, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”

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1Ki 19:15 - Then the LORD told him, “Go back the same way you came, and travel to the wilderness of Damascus. When you arrive there, anoint Hazael to be king of Aram.

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1Ki 19:16 - Then anoint Jehu grandson of Nimshi[fn] to be king of Israel, and anoint Elisha son of Shaphat from the town of Abel-meholah to replace you as my prophet.

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1Ki 20:2 - Ben-hadad sent messengers into the city to relay this message to King Ahab of Israel: “This is what Ben-hadad says:

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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 20:18 - “Take them alive,” Ben-hadad commanded, “whether they have come for peace or for war.”

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1Ki 20:24 - Only this time replace the kings with field commanders!

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1Ki 20:26 - The following spring he called up the Aramean army and marched out against Israel, this time at Aphek.

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1Ki 20:27 - Israel then mustered its army, set up supply lines, and marched out for battle. But the Israelite army looked like two little flocks of goats in comparison to the vast Aramean forces that filled the countryside!

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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 20:30 - The rest fled into the town of Aphek, but the wall fell on them and killed another 27,000. Ben-hadad fled into the town and hid in a secret room.

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1Ki 20:43 - So the king of Israel went home to Samaria angry and sullen.

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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 21:16 - So Ahab immediately went down to the vineyard of Naboth to claim it.

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1Ki 21:18 - “Go down to meet King Ahab of Israel, who rules in Samaria. He will be at Naboth's vineyard in Jezreel, claiming it for himself.

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1Ki 22:4 - Then he turned to Jehoshaphat and asked, “Will you join me in battle to recover Ramoth-gilead?”
Jehoshaphat replied to the king of Israel, “Why, of course! You and I are as one. My troops are your troops, and my horses are your horses.”

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1Ki 22:6 - So the king of Israel summoned the prophets, about 400 of them, and asked them, “Should I go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should I hold back?”
They all replied, “Yes, go right ahead! The Lord will give the king victory.”

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1Ki 22:12 - All the other prophets agreed. “Yes,” they said, “go up to Ramoth-gilead and be victorious, for the LORD will give the king victory!”

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1Ki 22:13 - Meanwhile, the messenger who went to get Micaiah said to him, “Look, all the prophets are promising victory for the king. Be sure that you agree with them and promise success.”

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1Ki 22:15 - When Micaiah arrived before the king, Ahab asked him, “Micaiah, should we go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should we hold back?”
Micaiah replied sarcastically, “Yes, go up and be victorious, for the LORD will give the king victory!”

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1Ki 22:17 - Then Micaiah told him, “In a vision I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains, like sheep without a shepherd. And the LORD said, ‘Their master has been killed.[fn] Send them home in peace.'”

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1Ki 22:29 - So King Ahab of Israel and King Jehoshaphat of Judah led their armies against Ramoth-gilead.

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1Ki 22:30 - The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “As we go into battle, I will disguise myself so no one will recognize me, but you wear your royal robes.” So the king of Israel disguised himself, and they went into battle.

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1Ki 22:35 - The battle raged all that day, and the king remained propped up in his chariot facing the Arameans. The blood from his wound ran down to the floor of his chariot, and as evening arrived he died.

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1Ki 22:36 - Just as the sun was setting, the cry ran through his troops: “We're done for! Run for your lives!”

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1Ki 22:37 - So the king died, and his body was taken to Samaria and buried there.

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2Ki 1:3 - But the angel of the LORD told Elijah, who was from Tishbe, “Go and confront the messengers of the king of Samaria and ask them, ‘Is there no God in Israel? Why are you going to Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, to ask whether the king will recover?

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2Ki 1:6 - They replied, “A man came up to us and told us to go back to the king and give him this message. ‘This is what the LORD says: Is there no God in Israel? Why are you sending men to Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, to ask whether you will recover? Therefore, because you have done this, you will never leave the bed you are lying on; you will surely die.'”

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2Ki 1:7 - “What sort of man was he?” the king demanded. “What did he look like?”

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2Ki 1:18 - The rest of the events in Ahaziah's reign are recorded in The Book of the History of the Kings of Israel.

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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 2:2 - And Elijah said to Elisha, “Stay here, for the LORD has told me to go to Bethel.”
But Elisha replied, “As surely as the LORD lives and you yourself live, I will never leave you!” So they went down together to Bethel.

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2Ki 2:4 - Then Elijah said to Elisha, “Stay here, for the LORD has told me to go to Jericho.”
But Elisha replied again, “As surely as the LORD lives and you yourself live, I will never leave you.” So they went on together to Jericho.

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2Ki 2:11 - As they were walking along and talking, suddenly a chariot of fire appeared, drawn by horses of fire. It drove between the two men, separating them, and Elijah was carried by a whirlwind into heaven.

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2Ki 2:12 - Elisha saw it and cried out, “My father! My father! I see the chariots and charioteers of Israel!” And as they disappeared from sight, Elisha tore his clothes in distress.

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2Ki 2:15 - When the group of prophets from Jericho saw from a distance what happened, they exclaimed, “Elijah's spirit rests upon Elisha!” And they went to meet him and bowed to the ground before him.

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2Ki 2:21 - Then he went out to the spring that supplied the town with water and threw the salt into it. And he said, “This is what the LORD says: I have purified this water. It will no longer cause death or infertility.[fn]”

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2Ki 2:23 - Elisha left Jericho and went up to Bethel. As he was walking along the road, a group of boys from the town began mocking and making fun of him. “Go away, baldy!” they chanted. “Go away, baldy!”

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2Ki 2:25 - From there Elisha went to Mount Carmel and finally returned to Samaria.

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2Ki 3:7 - On the way, he sent this message to King Jehoshaphat of Judah: “The king of Moab has rebelled against me. Will you join me in battle against him?”
And Jehoshaphat replied, “Why, of course! You and I are as one. My troops are your troops, and my horses are your horses.”

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2Ki 3:13 - “Why are you coming to me?”[fn] Elisha asked the king of Israel. “Go to the pagan prophets of your father and mother!”
But King Joram of Israel said, “No! For it was the LORD who called us three kings here—only to be defeated by the king of Moab!”

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2Ki 3:24 - But when the Moabites arrived at the Israelite camp, the army of Israel rushed out and attacked them until they turned and ran. The army of Israel chased them into the land of Moab, destroying everything as they went.[fn]

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2Ki 3:27 - Then the king of Moab took his oldest son, who would have been the next king, and sacrificed him as a burnt offering on the wall. So there was great anger against Israel,[fn] and the Israelites withdrew and returned to their own land.

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2Ki 4:1 - One day the widow of a member of the group of prophets came to Elisha and cried out, “My husband who served you is dead, and you know how he feared the LORD. But now a creditor has come, threatening to take my two sons as slaves.”

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2Ki 4:4 - Then go into your house with your sons and shut the door behind you. Pour olive oil from your flask into the jars, setting each one aside when it is filled.”

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2Ki 4:8 - One day Elisha went to the town of Shunem. A wealthy woman lived there, and she urged him to come to her home for a meal. After that, whenever he passed that way, he would stop there for something to eat.

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2Ki 4:11 - One day Elisha returned to Shunem, and he went up to this upper room to rest.

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2Ki 4:16 - “Next year at this time you will be holding a son in your arms!”
“No, my lord!” she cried. “O man of God, don't deceive me and get my hopes up like that.”

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2Ki 4:17 - But sure enough, the woman soon became pregnant. And at that time the following year she had a son, just as Elisha had said.

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2Ki 4:25 - As she approached the man of God at Mount Carmel, Elisha saw her in the distance. He said to Gehazi, “Look, the woman from Shunem is coming.

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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 4:27 - But when she came to the man of God at the mountain, she fell to the ground before him and caught hold of his feet. Gehazi began to push her away, but the man of God said, “Leave her alone. She is deeply troubled, but the LORD has not told me what it is.”

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2Ki 4:31 - Gehazi hurried on ahead and laid the staff on the child's face, but nothing happened. There was no sign of life. He returned to meet Elisha and told him, “The child is still dead.”

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2Ki 4:32 - When Elisha arrived, the child was indeed dead, lying there on the prophet's bed.

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2Ki 4:33 - He went in alone and shut the door behind him and prayed to the LORD.

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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 4:39 - 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 4:41 - 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 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 5:19 - “Go in peace,” Elisha said. So Naaman started home again.

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2Ki 5:21 - So Gehazi set off after Naaman.
When Naaman saw Gehazi running after him, he climbed down from his chariot and went to meet him. “Is everything all right?” Naaman asked.

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2Ki 5:24 - But when they arrived at the citadel,[fn] Gehazi took the gifts from the servants and sent the men back. Then he went and hid the gifts inside the house.

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2Ki 5:26 - But Elisha asked him, “Don't you realize that I was there in spirit when Naaman stepped down from his chariot to meet you? Is this the time to receive money and clothing, olive groves and vineyards, sheep and cattle, and male and female servants?

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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 6:4 - So he went with them.
When they arrived at the Jordan, they began cutting down trees.

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2Ki 6:5 - But as one of them was cutting a tree, his ax head fell into the river. “Oh, sir!” he cried. “It was a borrowed ax!”

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2Ki 6:8 - When the king of Aram was at war with Israel, he would confer with his officers and say, “We will mobilize our forces at such and such a place.”

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2Ki 6:10 - So the king of Israel would send word to the place indicated by the man of God. Time and again Elisha warned the king, so that he would be on the alert there.

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2Ki 6:19 - Then Elisha went out and told them, “You have come the wrong way! This isn't the right city! Follow me, and I will take you to the man you are looking for.” And he led them to the city of Samaria.

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2Ki 6:20 - As soon as they had entered Samaria, Elisha prayed, “O LORD, now open their eyes and let them see.” So the LORD opened their eyes, and they discovered that they were in the middle of Samaria.

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2Ki 6:23 - So the king made a great feast for them and then sent them home to their master. After that, the Aramean raiders stayed away from the land of Israel.

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2Ki 7:4 - “We will starve if we stay here, but with the famine in the city, we will starve if we go back there. So we might as well go out and surrender to the Aramean army. If they let us live, so much the better. But if they kill us, we would have died anyway.”

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2Ki 7:5 - 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 7:8 - When the lepers arrived at the edge of the camp, they went into one tent after another, eating and drinking wine; and they carried off silver and gold and clothing and hid it.

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2Ki 7:9 - Finally, they said to each other, “This is not right. This is a day of good news, and we aren't sharing it with anyone! If we wait until morning, some calamity will certainly fall upon us. Come on, let's go back and tell the people at the palace.”

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2Ki 7:10 - So they went back to the city and told the gatekeepers what had happened. “We went out to the Aramean camp,” they said, “and no one was there! The horses and donkeys were tethered and the tents were all in order, but there wasn't a single person around!”

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2Ki 7:11 - Then the gatekeepers shouted the news to the people in the palace.

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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 8:3 - After the famine ended she returned from the land of the Philistines, and she went to see the king about getting back her house and land.

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2Ki 8:7 - Elisha went to Damascus, the capital of Aram, where King Ben-hadad lay sick. When someone told the king that the man of God had come,

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2Ki 8:8 - the king said to Hazael, “Take a gift to the man of God. Then tell him to ask the LORD, ‘Will I recover from this illness?'”

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2Ki 8:9 - So Hazael loaded down forty camels with the finest products of Damascus as a gift for Elisha. He went to him and said, “Your servant Ben-hadad, the king of Aram, has sent me to ask, ‘Will I recover from this illness?'”

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2Ki 8:18 - But Jehoram followed the example of the kings of Israel and was as wicked as King Ahab, for he had married one of Ahab's daughters. So Jehoram did what was evil in the LORD's sight.

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2Ki 8:21 - So Jehoram[fn] went with all his chariots to attack the town of Zair.[fn] The Edomites surrounded him and his chariot commanders, but he went out at night and attacked them[fn] under cover of darkness. But Jehoram's army deserted him and fled to their homes.

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2Ki 8:28 - Ahaziah joined Joram son of Ahab, the king of Israel, in his war against King Hazael of Aram at Ramoth-gilead. When the Arameans wounded King Joram in the battle,

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2Ki 9:1 - Meanwhile, Elisha the prophet had summoned a member of the group of prophets. “Get ready to travel,”[fn] he told him, “and take this flask of olive oil with you. Go to Ramoth-gilead,

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2Ki 9:2 - and find Jehu son of Jehoshaphat, son of Nimshi. Call him into a private room away from his friends,

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2Ki 9:3 - and pour the oil over his head. Say to him, ‘This is what the LORD says: I anoint you to be the king over Israel.' Then open the door and run for your life!”

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2Ki 9:4 - So the young prophet did as he was told and went to Ramoth-gilead.

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2Ki 9:6 - So Jehu left the others and went into the house. Then the young prophet poured the oil over Jehu's head and said, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I anoint you king over the LORD's people, Israel.

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2Ki 9:12 - “You're hiding something,” they said. “Tell us.”
So Jehu told them, “He said to me, ‘This is what the LORD says: I have anointed you to be king over 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 9:18 - So a horseman went out to meet Jehu and said, “The king wants to know if you are coming in peace.”
Jehu replied, “What do you know about peace? Fall in behind me!”
The watchman called out to the king, “The messenger has met them, but he's not returning.”

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2Ki 9:19 - So the king sent out a second horseman. He rode up to them and said, “The king wants to know if you come in peace.”
Again Jehu answered, “What do you know about peace? Fall in behind me!”

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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 9:27 - 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 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 9:30 - When Jezebel, the queen mother, heard that Jehu had come to Jezreel, she painted her eyelids and fixed her hair and sat at a window.

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2Ki 9:32 - Jehu looked up and saw her at the window and shouted, “Who is on my side?” And two or three eunuchs looked out at him.

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2Ki 10:6 - Jehu responded with a second letter: “If you are on my side and are going to obey me, bring the heads of your master's sons to me at Jezreel by this time tomorrow.” Now the seventy sons of the king were being cared for by the leaders of Samaria, where they had been raised since childhood.

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2Ki 10:7 - When the letter arrived, the leaders killed all seventy of the king's sons. They placed their heads in baskets and presented them to Jehu at Jezreel.

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2Ki 10:8 - A messenger went to Jehu and said, “They have brought the heads of the king's sons.”
So Jehu ordered, “Pile them in two heaps at the entrance of the city gate, and leave them there until morning.”

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2Ki 10:10 - You can be sure that the message of the LORD that was spoken concerning Ahab's family will not fail. The LORD declared through his servant Elijah that this would happen.”

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2Ki 10:12 - Then Jehu set out for Samaria. Along the way, while he was at Beth-eked of the Shepherds,

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2Ki 10:13 - he met some relatives of King Ahaziah of Judah. “Who are you?” he asked them.
And they replied, “We are relatives of King Ahaziah. We are going to visit the sons of King Ahab and the sons of the queen mother.”

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2Ki 10:14 - “Take them alive!” Jehu shouted to his men. And they captured all forty-two of them and killed them at the well of Beth-eked. None of them escaped.

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2Ki 10:15 - When Jehu left there, he met Jehonadab son of Recab, who was coming to meet him. After they had greeted each other, Jehu said to him, “Are you as loyal to me as I am to you?”
“Yes, I am,” Jehonadab replied.
“If you are,” Jehu said, “then give me your hand.” So Jehonadab put out his hand, and Jehu helped him into the chariot.

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2Ki 10:17 - When Jehu arrived in Samaria, he killed everyone who was left there from Ahab's family, just as the LORD had promised through Elijah.

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2Ki 10:21 - He sent messengers throughout all Israel summoning those who worshiped Baal. They all came—not a single one remained behind—and they filled the temple of Baal from one end to the other.

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2Ki 10:23 - Then Jehu went into the temple of Baal with Jehonadab son of Recab. Jehu said to the worshipers of Baal, “Make sure no one who worships the LORD is here—only those who worship Baal.”

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2Ki 10:27 - They smashed the sacred pillar and wrecked the temple of Baal, converting it into a public toilet, as it remains to this day.

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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 11:13 - When Athaliah heard all the noise made by the palace guards and the people, she hurried to the LORD's Temple to see what was happening.

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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 11:18 - And all the people of the land went over to the temple of Baal and tore it down. They demolished the altars and smashed the idols to pieces, and they killed Mattan the priest of Baal in front of the altars.
Jehoiada the priest stationed guards at the Temple of the LORD.

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2Ki 12:5 - Let the priests take some of that money to pay for whatever repairs are needed at the Temple.”

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2Ki 12:7 - So King Joash called for Jehoiada and the other priests and asked them, “Why haven't you repaired the Temple? Don't use any more money for your own needs. From now on, it must all be spent on Temple repairs.”

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2Ki 12:12 - the masons, and the stonecutters. They also used the money to buy the timber and the finished stone needed for repairing the LORD's Temple, and they paid any other expenses related to the Temple's restoration.

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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 13:18 - 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 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 14:12 - Judah was routed by the army of Israel, and its army scattered and fled for home.

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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 14:14 - He carried off all the gold and silver and all the articles from the Temple of the LORD. He also seized the treasures from the royal palace, along with hostages, and then returned to Samaria.

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2Ki 14:19 - There was a conspiracy against Amaziah's life in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish. But his enemies sent assassins after him, and they killed him there.

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2Ki 15:14 - Then Menahem son of Gadi went to Samaria from Tirzah and assassinated him, and he became the next king.

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2Ki 15:29 - During Pekah's reign, King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria attacked Israel again, and he captured the towns of Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, and Hazor. He also conquered the regions of Gilead, Galilee, and all of Naphtali, and he took the people to Assyria as captives.

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2Ki 16:5 - Then King Rezin of Aram and King Pekah of Israel came up to attack Jerusalem. They besieged Ahaz but could not conquer him.

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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 16:9 - So the king of Assyria attacked the Aramean capital of Damascus and led its population away as captives, resettling them in Kir. He also killed King Rezin.

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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 17:5 - Then the king of Assyria invaded the entire land, and for three years he besieged the city of Samaria.

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2Ki 17:6 - Finally, in the ninth year of King Hoshea's reign, Samaria fell, and the people of Israel were exiled to Assyria. They were settled in colonies in Halah, along the banks of the Habor River in Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.

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2Ki 17:23 - until the LORD finally swept them away from his presence, just as all his prophets had warned. So Israel was exiled from their land to Assyria, where they remain to this day.

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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 18:11 - At that time the king of Assyria exiled the Israelites to Assyria and placed them in colonies in Halah, along the banks of the Habor River in Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.

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2Ki 18:14 - King Hezekiah sent this message to the king of Assyria at Lachish: “I have done wrong. I will pay whatever tribute money you demand if you will only withdraw.” The king of Assyria then demanded a settlement of more than eleven tons of silver and one ton of gold.[fn]

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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 18:20 - Do you think that mere words can substitute for military skill and strength? Who are you counting on, that you have rebelled against me?

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2Ki 18:21 - On Egypt? If you lean on Egypt, it will be like a reed that splinters beneath your weight and pierces your hand. Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, is completely unreliable!

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2Ki 18:24 - With your tiny army, how can you think of challenging even the weakest contingent of my master's troops, even with the help of Egypt's chariots and charioteers?

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2Ki 18:32 - Then I will arrange to take you to another land like this one—a land of grain and new wine, bread and vineyards, olive groves and honey. Choose life instead of death!
“Don't listen to Hezekiah when he tries to mislead you by saying, ‘The LORD will rescue us!'

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2Ki 19:1 - 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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2Ki 19:7 - Listen! I myself will move against him,[fn] and the king will receive a message that he is needed at home. So he will return to his land, where I will have him killed with a sword.'”

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2Ki 19:10 - “This message is for King Hezekiah of Judah. Don't let your God, in whom you trust, deceive you with promises that Jerusalem will not be captured by the king of Assyria.

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2Ki 19:14 - After Hezekiah received the letter from the messengers and read it, he went up to the LORD's Temple and spread it out before the LORD.

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2Ki 19:18 - And they have thrown the gods of these nations into the fire and burned them. But of course the Assyrians could destroy them! They were not gods at all—only idols of wood and stone shaped by human hands.

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2Ki 19:22 - “Whom have you been defying and ridiculing?
Against whom did you raise your voice?
At whom did you look with such haughty eyes?
It was the Holy One of Israel!

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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 19:25 - “But have you not heard?
I decided this long ago.
Long ago I planned it,
and now I am making it happen.
I planned for you to crush fortified cities
into heaps of rubble.

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2Ki 19:32 - “And this is what the LORD says about the king of Assyria:
“His armies will not enter Jerusalem.
They will not even shoot an arrow at it.
They will not march outside its gates with their shields
nor build banks of earth against its walls.

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2Ki 19:33 - The king will return to his own country
by the same road on which he came.
He will not enter this city,
says the LORD.

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2Ki 19:37 - One day while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons[fn] 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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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 20:5 - “Go back to Hezekiah, the leader of my people. Tell him, ‘This is what the LORD, the God of your ancestor David, says: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears. I will heal you, and three days from now you will get out of bed and go to the Temple of the LORD.

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2Ki 20:8 - Meanwhile, Hezekiah had said to Isaiah, “What sign will the LORD give to prove that he will heal me and that I will go to the Temple of the LORD three days from now?”

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2Ki 20:10 - “The shadow always moves forward,” Hezekiah replied, “so that would be easy. Make it go ten steps backward instead.”

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2Ki 20:11 - So Isaiah the prophet asked the LORD to do this, and he caused the shadow to move ten steps backward on the sundial[fn] of Ahaz!

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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 20:20 - The rest of the events in Hezekiah's reign, including the extent of his power and how he built a pool and dug a tunnel[fn] to bring water into the city, are recorded in The Book of the History of the Kings of Judah.

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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 21:14 - Then I will reject even the remnant of my own people who are left, and I will hand them over as plunder for their enemies.

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2Ki 21:16 - Manasseh also murdered many innocent people until Jerusalem was filled from one end to the other with innocent blood. This was in addition to the sin that he caused the people of Judah to commit, leading them to do evil in the LORD's sight.

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2Ki 22:19 - You were sorry and humbled yourself before the LORD when you heard what I said against this city and its people—that this land would be cursed and become desolate. You tore your clothing in despair and wept before me in repentance. And I have indeed heard you, says the LORD.

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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 23:2 - And the king went up to the Temple of the LORD with all the people of Judah and Jerusalem, along with the priests and the prophets—all the people from the least to the greatest. There the king read to them the entire Book of the Covenant that had been found in the LORD's Temple.

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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 23:6 - 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 23:11 - 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 23:12 - Josiah tore down the altars that the kings of Judah had built on the palace roof above the upper room of Ahaz. The king destroyed the altars that Manasseh had built in the two courtyards of the LORD's Temple. He smashed them to bits[fn] and scattered the pieces in the Kidron Valley.

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2Ki 23:15 - The king also tore down the altar at Bethel—the pagan shrine that Jeroboam son of Nebat had made when he caused Israel to sin. He burned down the shrine and ground it to dust, and he burned the Asherah pole.

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2Ki 23:19 - Then Josiah demolished all the buildings at the pagan shrines in the towns of Samaria, just as he had done at Bethel. They had been built by the various kings of Israel and had made the LORD[fn] very angry.

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2Ki 23:20 - He executed the priests of the pagan shrines on their own altars, and he burned human bones on the altars to desecrate them. Finally, he returned to Jerusalem.

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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 23:30 - 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 23:34 - Pharaoh Neco then installed Eliakim, another of Josiah's sons, to reign in place of his father, and he changed Eliakim's name to Jehoiakim. Jehoahaz was taken to Egypt as a prisoner, where he died.

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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 24:11 - Nebuchadnezzar himself arrived at the city during the siege.

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2Ki 24:15 - Nebuchadnezzar led King Jehoiachin away as a captive to Babylon, along with the queen mother, his wives and officials, and all Jerusalem's elite.

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2Ki 24:16 - He also exiled 7,000 of the best troops and 1,000 craftsmen and artisans, all of whom were strong and fit for war.

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2Ki 25:6 - They took him to the king of Babylon at Riblah, where they pronounced judgment upon Zedekiah.

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2Ki 25:7 - They made Zedekiah watch as they slaughtered his sons. Then they gouged out Zedekiah's eyes, bound him in bronze chains, and led him away to Babylon.

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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 25:12 - But the captain of the guard allowed some of the poorest people to stay behind in Judah to care for the vineyards and fields.

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2Ki 25:13 - The Babylonians broke up the bronze pillars in front of the LORD's Temple, the bronze water carts, and the great bronze basin called the Sea, and they carried all the bronze away to Babylon.

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2Ki 25:20 - Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, took them all to the king of Babylon at Riblah.

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2Ki 25:23 - When all the army commanders and their men learned that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah as governor, they went to see him at Mizpah. These included Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan son of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jezaniah[fn] son of the Maacathite, and all their men.

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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 25:26 - Then all the people of Judah, from the least to the greatest, as well as the army commanders, fled in panic to Egypt, for they were afraid of what the Babylonians would do to them.

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1Ch 2:7 - The son of Carmi (a descendant of Zimri) was Achan,[fn] who brought disaster on Israel by taking plunder that had been set apart for the LORD.[fn]

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1Ch 2:24 - Soon after Hezron died in the town of Caleb-ephrathah, his wife Abijah gave birth to a son named Ashhur (the father of[fn] Tekoa).

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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 4:38 - These were the names of some of the leaders of Simeon's wealthy clans. Their families grew,

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1Ch 4:42 - Five hundred of these invaders from the tribe of Simeon went to Mount Seir, led by Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel—all sons of Ishi.

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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 5:2 - The descendants of Judah became the most powerful tribe and provided a ruler for the nation,[fn] but the birthright belonged to Joseph.

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1Ch 5:18 - There were 44,760 capable warriors in the armies of Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh. They were all skilled in combat and armed with shields, swords, and bows.

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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 5:26 - So the God of Israel caused King Pul of Assyria (also known as Tiglath-pileser) to invade the land and take away the people of Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh as captives. The Assyrians exiled them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the Gozan River, where they remain to this day.

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1Ch 6:48 - Their fellow Levites were appointed to various other tasks in the Tabernacle, the house of God.

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1Ch 6:49 - Only Aaron and his descendants served as priests. They presented the offerings on the altar of burnt offering and the altar of incense, and they performed all the other duties related to the Most Holy Place. They made atonement for Israel by doing everything that Moses, the servant of God, had commanded them.

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1Ch 7:4 - All of them had many wives and many sons, so the total number of men available for military service among their descendants was 36,000.

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1Ch 7:5 - The total number of mighty warriors from all the clans of the tribe of Issachar was 87,000. All of them were listed in their genealogical records.

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1Ch 7:40 - Each of these descendants of Asher was the head of an ancestral clan. They were all select men—mighty warriors and outstanding leaders. The total number of men available for military service was 26,000, as listed in their genealogical records.

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1Ch 8:6 - The sons of Ehud, leaders of the clans living at Geba, were exiled to Manahath.

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1Ch 9:1 - So all Israel was listed in the genealogical records in The Book of the Kings of Israel. The people of Judah were exiled to Babylon because they were unfaithful to the LORD.

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1Ch 9:13 - In all, 1,760 priests returned. They were heads of clans and very able men. They were responsible for ministering at the house of God.

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1Ch 9:19 - Shallum was the son of Kore, a descendant of Abiasaph,[fn] from the clan of Korah. He and his relatives, the Korahites, were responsible for guarding the entrance to the sanctuary, just as their ancestors had guarded the Tabernacle in the camp of the LORD.

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1Ch 9:25 - Their relatives in the villages came regularly to share their duties for seven-day periods.

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1Ch 9:30 - But it was the priests who blended the spices.

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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 10:12 - all their mighty warriors brought the bodies of Saul and his sons back to Jabesh. Then they buried their bones beneath the great tree at Jabesh, and they fasted for seven days.

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1Ch 11:2 - In the past,[fn] even when Saul was king, you were the one who really led the forces of Israel. And the LORD your God told you, ‘You will be the shepherd of my people Israel. You will be the leader of my people Israel.'”

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1Ch 11:3 - So there at Hebron, David made a covenant before the LORD with all the elders of Israel. And they anointed him king of Israel, just as the LORD had promised through Samuel.

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1Ch 11:4 - Then David and all Israel went to Jerusalem (or Jebus, as it used to be called), where the Jebusites, the original inhabitants of the land, were living.

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1Ch 11:6 - David had said to his troops, “Whoever is first to attack the Jebusites will become the commander of my armies!” And Joab, the son of David's sister Zeruiah, was first to attack, so he became the commander of David's armies.

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1Ch 11:13 - He was with David in the battle against the Philistines at Pas-dammim. The battle took place in a field full of barley, and the Israelite army fled.

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1Ch 11:15 - Once when David was at the rock near the cave of Adullam, the Philistine army was camped in the valley of Rephaim. The Three (who were among the Thirty—an elite group among David's fighting men) went down to meet him there.

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1Ch 11:21 - Abishai was the most famous of the Thirty and was their commander, though he was not one of the Three.

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1Ch 12:1 - The following men joined David at Ziklag while he was hiding from Saul son of Kish. They were among the warriors who fought beside David in battle.

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1Ch 12:16 - Others from Benjamin and Judah came to David at the stronghold.

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1Ch 12:17 - David went out to meet them and said, “If you have come in peace to help me, we are friends. But if you have come to betray me to my enemies when I am innocent, then may the God of our ancestors see it and punish you.”

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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 12:22 - Day after day more men joined David until he had a great army, like the army of God.

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1Ch 12:23 - These are the numbers of armed warriors who joined David at Hebron. They were all eager to see David become king instead of Saul, just as the LORD had promised.

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1Ch 12:25 - From the tribe of Simeon, there were 7,100 brave warriors.

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1Ch 12:32 - From the tribe of Issachar, there were 200 leaders of the tribe with their relatives. All these men understood the signs of the times and knew the best course for Israel to take.

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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 12:35 - From the tribe of Dan, there were 28,600 warriors, all prepared for battle.

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1Ch 12:36 - From the tribe of Asher, there were 40,000 trained warriors, all prepared for battle.

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1Ch 12:38 - All these men came in battle array to Hebron with the single purpose of making David the king over all Israel. In fact, everyone in Israel agreed that David should be their king.

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1Ch 12:40 - And people from as far away as Issachar, Zebulun, and Naphtali brought food on donkeys, camels, mules, and oxen. Vast supplies of flour, fig cakes, clusters of raisins, wine, olive oil, cattle, sheep, and goats were brought to the celebration. There was great joy throughout the land of Israel.

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1Ch 13:6 - Then David and all Israel went to Baalah of Judah (also called Kiriath-jearim) to bring back the Ark of God, which bears the name[fn] of the LORD who is enthroned between the cherubim.

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1Ch 13:13 - So David did not move the Ark into the City of David. Instead, he took it to the house of Obed-edom of Gath.

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1Ch 14:2 - And David realized that the LORD had confirmed him as king over Israel and had greatly blessed his kingdom for the sake of his people Israel.

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1Ch 14:8 - When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over all Israel, they mobilized all their forces to capture him. But David was told they were coming, so he marched out to meet them.

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1Ch 14:10 - So David asked God, “Should I go out to fight the Philistines? Will you hand them over to me?”
The LORD replied, “Yes, go ahead. I will hand them over to you.”

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1Ch 14:11 - So David and his troops went up to Baal-perazim and defeated the Philistines there. “God did it!” David exclaimed. “He used me to burst through my enemies like a raging flood!” So they named that place Baal-perazim (which means “the Lord who bursts through”).

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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 15:3 - Then David summoned all Israel to Jerusalem to bring the Ark of the LORD to the place he had prepared for it.

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1Ch 15:16 - David also ordered the Levite leaders to appoint a choir of Levites who were singers and musicians to sing joyful songs to the accompaniment of harps, lyres, and cymbals.

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1Ch 16:15 - Remember his covenant forever—
the commitment he made to a thousand generations.

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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 16:20 - They wandered from nation to nation,
from one kingdom to another.

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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 16:34 - Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good!
His faithful love endures forever.

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1Ch 16:37 - David arranged for Asaph and his fellow Levites to serve regularly before the Ark of the LORD's Covenant, doing whatever needed to be done each day.

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1Ch 16:38 - This group included Obed-edom (son of Jeduthun), Hosah, and sixty-eight other Levites as gatekeepers.

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1Ch 16:41 - David also appointed Heman, Jeduthun, and the others chosen by name to give thanks to the LORD, for “his faithful love endures forever.”

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1Ch 16:42 - They used their trumpets, cymbals, and other instruments to accompany their songs of praise to God.[fn] And the sons of Jeduthun were appointed as gatekeepers.

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1Ch 16:43 - Then all the people returned to their homes, and David turned and went home to bless his own family.

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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 17:13 - I will be his father, and he will be my son. I will never take my favor from him as I took it from the one who ruled before you.

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1Ch 17:22 - You chose Israel to be your very own people forever, and you, O LORD, became their God.

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1Ch 17:27 - And now, it has pleased you to bless the house of your servant, so that it will continue forever before you. For when you grant a blessing, O LORD, it is an eternal blessing!”

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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 18:7 - David brought the gold shields of Hadadezer's officers to Jerusalem,

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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 19:2 - David said, “I am going to show loyalty to Hanun because his father, Nahash, was always loyal to me.” So David sent messengers to express sympathy to Hanun about his father's death.
But when David's ambassadors arrived in the land of Ammon,

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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 19:7 - They also hired 32,000 chariots and secured the support of the king of Maacah and his army. These forces camped at Medeba, where they were joined by the Ammonite troops that Hanun had recruited from his own towns.

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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 19:12 - “If the Arameans are too strong for me, then come over and help me,” Joab told his brother. “And if the Ammonites are too strong for you, I will help you.

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1Ch 19:14 - When Joab and his troops attacked, the Arameans began to run away.

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1Ch 19:15 - And when the Ammonites saw the Arameans running, they also ran from Abishai and retreated into the city. Then Joab returned to Jerusalem.

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1Ch 20:3 - He also made slaves of the people of Rabbah and forced them to labor with saws, iron picks, and iron axes.[fn] That is how David dealt with the people of all the Ammonite towns. Then David and all the army returned to Jerusalem.

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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 21:13 - “I'm in a desperate situation!” David replied to Gad. “But let me fall into the hands of the LORD, for his mercy is very great. Do not let me fall into human hands.”

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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 21:23 - “Take it, my lord the king, and use it as you wish,” Araunah said to David. “I will give the oxen for the burnt offerings, and the threshing boards for wood to build a fire on the altar, and the wheat for the grain offering. I will give it all to you.”

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1Ch 21:27 - Then the LORD spoke to the angel, who put the sword back into its sheath.

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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 22:3 - David provided large amounts of iron for the nails that would be needed for the doors in the gates and for the clamps, and he gave more bronze than could be weighed.

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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 22:8 - “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 22:14 - “I have worked hard to provide materials for building the Temple of the LORD—nearly 4,000 tons of gold, 40,000 tons of silver,[fn] and so much iron and bronze that it cannot be weighed. I have also gathered timber and stone for the walls, though you may need to add more.

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1Ch 22:15 - You have a large number of skilled stonemasons and carpenters and craftsmen of every kind.

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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 23:3 - All the Levites who were thirty years old or older were counted, and the total came to 38,000.

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1Ch 23:11 - Jahath was the family leader, and Ziza was next. Jeush and Beriah were counted as a single family because neither had many sons.

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1Ch 23:14 - As for Moses, the man of God, his sons were included with the tribe of Levi.

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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 23:26 - Now the Levites will no longer need to carry the Tabernacle and its furnishings from place to place.”

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1Ch 23:29 - They were in charge of the sacred bread that was set out on the table, the choice flour for the grain offerings, the wafers made without yeast, the cakes cooked in olive oil, and the other mixed breads. They were also responsible to check all the weights and measures.

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1Ch 24:4 - Eleazar's descendants were divided into sixteen groups and Ithamar's into eight, for there were more family leaders among the descendants of Eleazar.

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1Ch 24:19 - Each group carried out its appointed duties in the house of the LORD according to the procedures established by their ancestor Aaron in obedience to the commands of the LORD, the God of Israel.

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1Ch 25:1 - David and the army commanders then appointed men from the families of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun to proclaim God's messages to the accompaniment of lyres, harps, and cymbals. Here is a list of their names and their work:

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1Ch 26:1 - These are the divisions of the gatekeepers: From the Korahites, there was Meshelemiah son of Kore, of the family of Abiasaph.[fn]

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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 26:13 - They were assigned by families for guard duty at the various gates, without regard to age or training, for it was all decided by means of sacred lots.

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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 26:17 - Six Levites were assigned each day to the east gate, four to the north gate, four to the south gate, and two pairs at the storehouse.

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1Ch 26:18 - Six were assigned each day to the west gate, four to the gateway leading up to the Temple, and two to the courtyard.[fn]

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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 26:32 - There were 2,700 capable men among the relatives of Jeriah. King David sent them to the east side of the Jordan River and put them in charge of the tribes of Reuben and Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh. They were responsible for all matters related to God and to the king.

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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 27:7 - Asahel, the brother of Joab, was commander of the fourth division of 24,000 troops, which was on duty during the fourth month. Asahel was succeeded by his son Zebadiah.

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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 28:2 - David rose to his feet and said: “My brothers and my people! It was my desire to build a temple where the Ark of the LORD's Covenant, God's footstool, could rest permanently. I made the necessary preparations for building it,

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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 28:6 - He said to me, ‘Your son Solomon will build my Temple and its courtyards, for I have chosen him as my son, and I will be his father.

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1Ch 28:9 - “And Solomon, my son, learn to know the God of your ancestors intimately. Worship and serve him with your whole heart and a willing mind. For the LORD sees every heart and knows every plan and thought. If you seek him, you will find him. But if you forsake him, he will reject you forever.

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1Ch 28:10 - So take this seriously. The LORD has chosen you to build a Temple as his sanctuary. Be strong, and do the work.”

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1Ch 28:12 - David also gave Solomon all the plans he had in mind[fn] for the courtyards of the LORD's Temple, the outside rooms, the treasuries, and the rooms for the gifts dedicated to the LORD.

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1Ch 28:13 - The king also gave Solomon the instructions concerning the work of the various divisions of priests and Levites in the Temple of the LORD. And he gave specifications for the items in the Temple that were to be used for worship.

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1Ch 28:21 - The various divisions of priests and Levites will serve in the Temple of God. Others with skills of every kind will volunteer, and the officials and the entire nation are at your command.”

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1Ch 29:2 - Using every resource at my command, I have gathered as much as I could for building the Temple of my God. Now there is enough gold, silver, bronze, iron, and wood, as well as great quantities of onyx, other precious stones, costly jewels, and all kinds of fine stone and marble.

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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 29:7 - For the construction of the Temple of God, they gave about 188 tons of gold,[fn] 10,000 gold coins,[fn] 375 tons of silver,[fn] 675 tons of bronze,[fn] and 3,750 tons of iron.[fn]

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1Ch 29:8 - They also contributed numerous precious stones, which were deposited in the treasury of the house of the LORD under the care of Jehiel, a descendant of Gershon.

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1Ch 29:18 - “O LORD, the God of our ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, make your people always want to obey you. See to it that their love for you never changes.

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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 1:1 - Solomon son of David took firm control of his kingdom, for the LORD his God was with him and made him very powerful.

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2Ch 1:3 - Then he led the entire assembly to the place of worship in Gibeon, for God's Tabernacle[fn] was located there. (This was the Tabernacle that Moses, the LORD's servant, had made in the wilderness.)

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2Ch 1:4 - David had already moved the Ark of God from Kiriath-jearim to the tent he had prepared for it in Jerusalem.

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2Ch 1:13 - Then Solomon returned to Jerusalem from the Tabernacle at the place of worship in Gibeon, and he reigned over Israel.

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2Ch 1:15 - The king made silver and gold as plentiful in Jerusalem as stone. And valuable cedar timber was as common as the sycamore-fig trees that grow in the foothills of Judah.[fn]

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2Ch 2:4 - 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 2:9 - An immense amount of timber will be needed, for the Temple I am going to build will be very large and magnificent.

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2Ch 2:10 - In payment for your woodcutters, I will send 100,000 bushels of crushed wheat, 100,000 bushels of barley,[fn] 110,000 gallons of wine, and 110,000 gallons of olive oil.[fn]”

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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 2:16 - We will cut whatever timber you need from the Lebanon mountains and will float the logs in rafts down the coast of the Mediterranean Sea[fn] to Joppa. From there you can transport the logs up to Jerusalem.”

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2Ch 3:6 - He decorated the walls of the Temple with beautiful jewels and with gold from the land of Parvaim.

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2Ch 3:8 - He made the Most Holy Place 30 feet wide, corresponding to the width of the Temple, and 30 feet deep. He overlaid its interior with 23 tons[fn] of fine gold.

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2Ch 3:13 - So the wingspan of the two cherubim side by side was 30 feet. They stood on their feet and faced out toward the main room of the Temple.

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2Ch 4:6 - He also made ten smaller basins for washing the utensils for the burnt offerings. He set five on the south side and five on the north. But the priests washed themselves in the Sea.

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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 4:18 - Solomon used such great quantities of bronze that its weight could not be determined.

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2Ch 4:22 - the lamp snuffers, bowls, dishes, and incense burners—all of solid gold;
the doors for the entrances to the Most Holy Place and the main room of the Temple, overlaid with gold.

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2Ch 5:1 - So Solomon finished all his work on the Temple of the LORD. Then he brought all the gifts his father, David, had dedicated—the silver, the gold, and the various articles—and he stored them in the treasuries of the Temple of God.

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2Ch 5:2 - Solomon then summoned to Jerusalem the elders of Israel and all the heads of tribes—the leaders of the ancestral families of Israel. They were to bring the Ark of the LORD's Covenant to the Temple from its location in the City of David, also known as Zion.

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2Ch 5:7 - Then the priests carried the Ark of the LORD's Covenant into the inner sanctuary of the Temple—the Most Holy Place—and placed it beneath the wings of the cherubim.

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2Ch 5:9 - These poles were so long that their ends could be seen from the Temple's main room—the Holy Place[fn]—but not from the outside. They are still there to this day.

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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 6:2 - Now I have built a glorious Temple for you, a place where you can live forever!”

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2Ch 6:5 - ‘From the day I brought my people out of the land of Egypt, I have never chosen a city among any of the tribes of Israel as the place where a Temple should be built to honor my name. Nor have I chosen a king to lead my people Israel.

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2Ch 6:13 - Now Solomon had made a bronze platform 7½ feet long, 7½ feet wide, and 4½ feet high[fn] and had placed it at the center of the Temple's outer courtyard. He stood on the platform, and then he knelt in front of the entire community of Israel and lifted his hands toward heaven.

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2Ch 6:20 - May you watch over this Temple day and night, this place where you have said you would put your name. May you always hear the prayers I make toward this place.

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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 6:23 - 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 6:25 - then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of your people Israel and return them to this land you gave to them and to their ancestors.

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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 6:27 - 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 6:29 - and if your people Israel pray about their troubles or sorrow, raising their hands toward this Temple,

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2Ch 6:32 - “In the future, foreigners who do not belong to your people Israel will hear of you. They will come from distant lands when they hear of your great name and your strong hand and your powerful arm. And when they pray toward this Temple,

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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 6:36 - “If they sin against you—and who has never sinned?—you might become angry with them and let their enemies conquer them and take them captive to a foreign land far away or near.

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2Ch 6:40 - “O my God, may your eyes be open and your ears attentive to all the prayers made to you in this place.

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2Ch 6:41 - “And now arise, O LORD God, and enter your resting place, along with the Ark, the symbol of your power. May your priests, O LORD God, be clothed with salvation; may your loyal servants rejoice in your goodness.

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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 7:6 - The priests took their assigned positions, and so did the Levites who were singing, “His faithful love endures forever!” They accompanied the singing with music from the instruments King David had made for praising the LORD. Across from the Levites, the priests blew the trumpets, while all Israel stood.

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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 7:20 - 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 8:3 - Solomon also fought against the town of Hamath-zobah and conquered it.

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2Ch 8:8 - These were descendants of the nations whom the people of Israel had not destroyed. So Solomon conscripted them for his labor force, and they serve in the labor force to this day.

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2Ch 8:9 - But Solomon did not conscript any of the Israelites for his labor force. Instead, he assigned them to serve as fighting men, officers in his army, commanders of his chariots, and charioteers.

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2Ch 8:11 - Solomon moved his wife, Pharaoh's daughter, from the City of David to the new palace he had built for her. He said, “My wife must not live in King David's palace, for the Ark of the LORD has been there, and it is holy ground.”

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2Ch 8:14 - In assigning the priests to their duties, Solomon followed the regulations of his father, David. He also assigned the Levites to lead the people in praise and to assist the priests in their daily duties. And he assigned the gatekeepers to their gates by their divisions, following the commands of David, the man of God.

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2Ch 8:15 - Solomon did not deviate in any way from David's commands concerning the priests and Levites and the treasuries.

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2Ch 8:17 - Later Solomon went to Ezion-geber and Elath,[fn] ports along the shore of the Red Sea[fn] in the land of Edom.

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2Ch 8:18 - Hiram sent him ships commanded by his own officers and manned by experienced crews of sailors. These ships sailed to Ophir with Solomon's men and brought back to Solomon almost seventeen tons[fn] of gold.

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2Ch 9:1 - When the queen of Sheba heard of Solomon's fame, she came to Jerusalem to test him with hard questions. She arrived with a large group of attendants and a great caravan of camels loaded with spices, large quantities of gold, and precious jewels. When she met with Solomon, she talked with him about everything she had on her mind.

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2Ch 9:8 - 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 9:12 - 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 9:20 - All of King Solomon's drinking cups were solid gold, as were all the utensils in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon. They were not made of silver, for silver was considered worthless in Solomon's day!

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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 9:27 - The king made silver as plentiful in Jerusalem as stone. And valuable cedar timber was as common as the sycamore-fig trees that grow in the foothills of Judah.[fn]

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2Ch 10:1 - Rehoboam went to Shechem, where all Israel had gathered to make him king.

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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 10:16 - When all Israel realized[fn] 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 all the people of Israel returned home.

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2Ch 10:18 - King Rehoboam sent Adoniram,[fn] who was in charge of the labor force, to restore order, but the people of Israel stoned him to death. When this news reached King Rehoboam, he quickly jumped into his chariot and fled to Jerusalem.

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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 11:4 - ‘This is what the LORD says: Do not fight against your relatives. Go back home, for what has happened is my doing!'” So they obeyed the message of the LORD and did not fight against Jeroboam.

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2Ch 11:5 - Rehoboam remained in Jerusalem and fortified various towns for the defense of Judah.

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2Ch 11:12 - He also put shields and spears in these towns as a further safety measure. So only Judah and Benjamin remained under his control.

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2Ch 11:14 - The Levites even abandoned their pasturelands and property and moved to Judah and Jerusalem, because Jeroboam and his sons would not allow them to serve the LORD as priests.

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2Ch 11:16 - From all the tribes of Israel, those who sincerely wanted to worship the LORD, the God of Israel, followed the Levites to Jerusalem, where they could offer sacrifices to the LORD, the God of their ancestors.

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2Ch 11:17 - This strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and for three years they supported Rehoboam son of Solomon, for during those years they faithfully followed in the footsteps of David and Solomon.

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2Ch 11:22 - Rehoboam appointed Maacah's son Abijah as leader among the princes, making it clear that he would be the next king.

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2Ch 12:4 - Shishak conquered Judah's fortified towns and then advanced to attack Jerusalem.

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2Ch 12:5 - The prophet Shemaiah then met with Rehoboam and Judah's leaders, who had all fled to Jerusalem because of Shishak. Shemaiah told them, “This is what the LORD says: You have abandoned me, so I am abandoning you to Shishak.”

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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 12:8 - But they will become his subjects, so they will know the difference between serving me and serving earthly rulers.”

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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 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 13:8 - “Do you really think you can stand against the kingdom of the LORD that is led by the descendants of David? You may have a vast army, and you have those gold calves that Jeroboam made as your gods.

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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 13:16 - The Israelite army fled from Judah, and God handed them over to Judah in defeat.

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2Ch 14:10 - so Asa deployed his armies for battle in the valley north of Mareshah.[fn]

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2Ch 14:15 - They also attacked the camps of herdsmen and captured many sheep, goats, and camels before finally returning to Jerusalem.

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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 15:10 - The people gathered at Jerusalem in late spring,[fn] during the fifteenth year of Asa's reign.

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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 16:10 - 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 17:12 - So Jehoshaphat became more and more powerful and built fortresses and storage cities throughout Judah.

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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 18:3 - “Will you go with me to Ramoth-gilead?” King Ahab of Israel asked King Jehoshaphat of Judah.
Jehoshaphat replied, “Why, of course! You and I are as one, and my troops are your troops. We will certainly join you in battle.”

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2Ch 18:5 - So the king of Israel summoned the prophets, 400 of them, and asked them, “Should we go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should I hold back?”
They all replied, “Yes, go right ahead! God will give the king victory.”

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2Ch 18:7 - The king of Israel replied to Jehoshaphat, “There is one more man who could consult the LORD for us, but I hate him. He never prophesies anything but trouble for me! His name is Micaiah son of Imlah.”
Jehoshaphat replied, “That's not the way a king should talk! Let's hear what he has to say.”

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2Ch 18:11 - All the other prophets agreed. “Yes,” they said, “go up to Ramoth-gilead and be victorious, for the LORD will give the king victory!”

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2Ch 18:14 - When Micaiah arrived before the king, Ahab asked him, “Micaiah, should we go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should I hold back?”
Micaiah replied sarcastically, “Yes, go up and be victorious, for you will have victory over them!”

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2Ch 18:16 - Then Micaiah told him, “In a vision I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains, like sheep without a shepherd. And the LORD said, ‘Their master has been killed.[fn] Send them home in peace.'”

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2Ch 18:26 - Give them this order from the king: ‘Put this man in prison, and feed him nothing but bread and water until I return safely from the battle!'”

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2Ch 18:28 - So King Ahab of Israel and King Jehoshaphat of Judah led their armies against Ramoth-gilead.

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2Ch 18:29 - The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “As we go into battle, I will disguise myself so no one will recognize me, but you wear your royal robes.” So the king of Israel disguised himself, and they went into battle.

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2Ch 19:1 - When King Jehoshaphat of Judah arrived safely home in Jerusalem,

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2Ch 19:2 - Jehu son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him. “Why should you help the wicked and love those who hate the LORD?” he asked the king. “Because of what you have done, the LORD is very angry with you.

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2Ch 19:4 - Jehoshaphat lived in Jerusalem, but he went out among the people, traveling from Beersheba to the hill country of Ephraim, encouraging the people to return to the LORD, the God of their ancestors.

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2Ch 19:8 - In Jerusalem, Jehoshaphat appointed some of the Levites and priests and clan leaders in Israel to serve as judges for cases involving the LORD's regulations and for civil disputes.

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2Ch 19:11 - “Amariah the high priest will have final say in all cases involving the LORD. Zebadiah son of Ishmael, a leader from the tribe of Judah, will have final say in all civil cases. The Levites will assist you in making sure that justice is served. Take courage as you fulfill your duties, and may the LORD be with those who do what is right.”

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2Ch 20:1 - After this, the armies of the Moabites, Ammonites, and some of the Meunites[fn] declared war on Jehoshaphat.

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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 20:10 - “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 20:17 - But you will not even need to fight. Take your positions; then stand still and watch the LORD's victory. He is with you, O people of Judah and Jerusalem. Do not be afraid or discouraged. Go out against them tomorrow, for the LORD is with you!”

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2Ch 20:19 - Then the Levites from the clans of Kohath and Korah stood to praise the LORD, the God of Israel, with a very loud shout.

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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 20:21 - 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 20:23 - The armies of Moab and Ammon turned against their allies from Mount Seir and killed every one of them. After they had destroyed the army of Seir, they began attacking each other.

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2Ch 20:26 - On the fourth day they gathered in the Valley of Blessing,[fn] which got its name that day because the people praised and thanked the LORD there. It is still called the Valley of Blessing today.

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2Ch 20:27 - Then all the men returned to Jerusalem, with Jehoshaphat leading them, overjoyed that the LORD had given them victory over their enemies.

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2Ch 20:28 - They marched into Jerusalem to the music of harps, lyres, and trumpets, and they proceeded to the Temple of the LORD.

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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 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 21:9 - So Jehoram went out with his full army and all his chariots. The Edomites surrounded him and his chariot commanders, but he went out at night and attacked them[fn] under cover of darkness.

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2Ch 21:15 - You yourself will suffer with a severe intestinal disease that will get worse each day until your bowels come out.”

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2Ch 21:18 - After all this, the LORD struck Jehoram with the severe intestinal disease.

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2Ch 21:19 - The disease grew worse and worse, and at the end of two years it caused his bowels to come out, and he died in agony. His people did not build a great funeral fire to honor him as they had done for his ancestors.

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2Ch 22:5 - Following their evil advice, Ahaziah joined King Joram,[fn] the son of King Ahab of Israel, in his war against King Hazael of Aram at Ramoth-gilead. When the Arameans wounded Joram in the battle,

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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 22:11 - But Ahaziah's sister Jehosheba,[fn] the daughter of King Jehoram, took Ahaziah's infant son, Joash, and stole him away from among the rest of the king's children, who were about to be killed. She put Joash and his nurse in a bedroom. In this way, Jehosheba, wife of Jehoiada the priest and sister of Ahaziah, hid the child so that Athaliah could not murder him.

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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 23:2 - These men traveled secretly throughout Judah and summoned the Levites and clan leaders in all the towns to come to Jerusalem.

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2Ch 23:4 - This is what you must do. When you priests and Levites come on duty on the Sabbath, a third of you will serve as gatekeepers.

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2Ch 23:6 - Remember, only the priests and Levites on duty may enter the Temple of the LORD, for they are set apart as holy. The rest of the people must obey the LORD's instructions and stay outside.

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2Ch 23:7 - You Levites, form a bodyguard around the king and keep your weapons in hand. Kill anyone who tries to enter the Temple. Stay with the king wherever he goes.”

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2Ch 23:12 - When Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and the shouts of praise to the king, she hurried to the LORD's Temple to see what was happening.

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2Ch 23:17 - And all the people went over to the temple of Baal and tore it down. They demolished the altars and smashed the idols, and they killed Mattan the priest of Baal in front of the altars.

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2Ch 23:19 - He also stationed gatekeepers at the gates of the LORD's Temple to keep out those who for any reason were ceremonially unclean.

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2Ch 23:20 - Then the commanders, nobles, rulers, and all the people of the land escorted the king from the Temple of the LORD. They went through the upper gate and into the palace, and they seated the king on the royal throne.

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2Ch 24:5 - He summoned the priests and Levites and gave them these instructions: “Go to all the towns of Judah and collect the required annual offerings, so that we can repair the Temple of your God. Do not delay!” But the Levites did not act immediately.

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2Ch 24:6 - So the king called for Jehoiada the high priest and asked him, “Why haven't you demanded that the Levites go out and collect the Temple taxes from the towns of Judah and from Jerusalem? Moses, the servant of the LORD, levied this tax on the community of Israel in order to maintain the Tabernacle of the Covenant.[fn]”

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2Ch 24:10 - This pleased all the leaders and the people, and they gladly brought their money and filled the chest with it.

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2Ch 24:11 - Whenever the chest became full, the Levites would carry it to the king's officials. Then the court secretary and an officer of the high priest would come and empty the chest and take it back to the Temple again. This went on day after day, and a large amount of money was collected.

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2Ch 24:12 - The king and Jehoiada gave the money to the construction supervisors, who hired masons and carpenters to restore the Temple of the LORD. They also hired metalworkers, who made articles of iron and bronze for the LORD's Temple.

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2Ch 24:14 - When all the repairs were finished, they brought the remaining money to the king and Jehoiada. It was used to make various articles for the Temple of the LORD—articles for worship services and for burnt offerings, including ladles and other articles made of gold and silver. And the burnt offerings were sacrificed continually in the Temple of the LORD during the lifetime of Jehoiada the priest.

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2Ch 24:24 - Although the Arameans attacked with only a small army, the LORD helped them conquer the much larger army of Judah. The people of Judah had abandoned the LORD, the God of their ancestors, so judgment was carried out against Joash.

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2Ch 25:5 - Then Amaziah organized the army, assigning generals and captains[fn] for all Judah and Benjamin. He took a census and found that he had an army of 300,000 select troops, twenty years old and older, all trained in the use of spear and shield.

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2Ch 25:10 - So Amaziah discharged the hired troops and sent them back to Ephraim. This made them very angry with Judah, and they returned home in a great rage.

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2Ch 25:11 - Then Amaziah summoned his courage and led his army to the Valley of Salt, where they killed 10,000 Edomite troops from Seir.

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2Ch 25:13 - Meanwhile, the hired troops that Amaziah had sent home raided several of the towns of Judah between Samaria and Beth-horon. They killed 3,000 people and carried off great quantities of plunder.

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2Ch 25:14 - When King Amaziah returned from slaughtering the Edomites, he brought with him idols taken from the people of Seir. He set them up as his own gods, bowed down in front of them, and offered sacrifices to them!

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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 25:20 - But Amaziah refused to listen, for God was determined to destroy him for turning to the gods of Edom.

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2Ch 25:22 - Judah was routed by the army of Israel, and its army scattered and fled for home.

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2Ch 25:23 - King Jehoash of Israel captured Judah's king, Amaziah son of Joash and grandson of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh. Then he brought him to Jerusalem, where he demolished 600 feet[fn] of Jerusalem's wall, from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate.

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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 26:11 - 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 26:12 - These regiments of mighty warriors were commanded by 2,600 clan leaders.

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2Ch 26:14 - Uzziah provided the entire army with shields, spears, helmets, coats of mail, bows, and sling stones.

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2Ch 26:16 - But when he had become powerful, he also became proud, which led to his downfall. He sinned against the LORD his God by entering the sanctuary of the LORD's Temple and personally burning incense on the incense altar.

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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 27:2 - Jotham did what was pleasing in the LORD's sight. He did everything his father, Uzziah, had done, except that Jotham did not sin by entering the Temple of the LORD. But the people continued in their corrupt ways.

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2Ch 28:5 - Because of all this, the LORD his God allowed the king of Aram to defeat Ahaz and to exile large numbers of his people to Damascus. The armies of the king of Israel also defeated Ahaz and inflicted many casualties on his army.

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2Ch 28:8 - The armies of Israel captured 200,000 women and children from Judah and seized tremendous amounts of plunder, which they took back to Samaria.

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2Ch 28:9 - But a prophet of the LORD named Oded was there in Samaria when the army of Israel returned home. He went out to meet them and said, “The LORD, the God of your ancestors, was angry with Judah and let you defeat them. But you have gone too far, killing them without mercy, and all heaven is disturbed.

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2Ch 28:10 - And now you are planning to make slaves of these people from Judah and Jerusalem. What about your own sins against the LORD your God?

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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 28:15 - Then the four men just mentioned by name came forward and distributed clothes from the plunder to the prisoners who were naked. They provided clothing and sandals to wear, gave them enough food and drink, and dressed their wounds with olive oil. They put those who were weak on donkeys and took all the prisoners back to their own people in Jericho, the city of palms. Then they returned to Samaria.

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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 28:23 - He offered sacrifices to the gods of Damascus who had defeated him, for he said, “Since these gods helped the kings of Aram, they will help me, too, if I sacrifice to them.” But instead, they led to his ruin and the ruin of all Judah.

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2Ch 28:27 - When Ahaz died, he was buried in Jerusalem but not in the royal cemetery of the kings of Judah. Then his son Hezekiah became the next king.

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2Ch 29:4 - He summoned the priests and Levites to meet him at the courtyard east of the Temple.

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2Ch 29:8 - “That is why the LORD's anger has fallen upon Judah and Jerusalem. He has made them an object of dread, horror, and ridicule, as you can see with your own eyes.

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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 29:17 - They began the work in early spring, on the first day of the new year,[fn] and in eight days they had reached the entry room of the LORD's Temple. Then they purified the Temple of the LORD itself, which took another eight days. So the entire task was completed in sixteen days.

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2Ch 29:20 - Early the next morning King Hezekiah gathered the city officials and went to the Temple of the LORD.

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2Ch 29:31 - Then Hezekiah declared, “Now that you have consecrated yourselves to the LORD, bring your sacrifices and thanksgiving offerings to the Temple of the LORD.” So the people brought their sacrifices and thanksgiving offerings, and all whose hearts were willing brought burnt offerings, too.

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2Ch 29:32 - The people brought to the LORD 70 bulls, 100 rams, and 200 male lambs for burnt offerings.

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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 30:3 - 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 30:6 - At the king's command, runners were sent throughout Israel and Judah. They carried letters that said: “O people of Israel, return to the LORD, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel,[fn] so that he will return to the few of us who have survived the conquest of the Assyrian kings.

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2Ch 30:7 - Do not be like your ancestors and relatives who abandoned the LORD, the God of their ancestors, and became an object of derision, as you yourselves can see.

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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 30:9 - “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 30:11 - However, some people from Asher, Manasseh, and Zebulun humbled themselves and went to Jerusalem.

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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 30:14 - They set to work and removed the pagan altars from Jerusalem. They took away all the incense altars and threw them into the Kidron Valley.

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2Ch 30:15 - On the fourteenth day of the second month, one month later than usual,[fn] the people slaughtered the Passover lamb. This shamed the priests and Levites, so they purified themselves and brought burnt offerings to the Temple of the LORD.

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2Ch 30:24 - King Hezekiah gave the people 1,000 bulls and 7,000 sheep and goats for offerings, and the officials donated 1,000 bulls and 10,000 sheep and goats. Meanwhile, many more priests purified themselves.

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2Ch 30:27 - Then the priests and Levites stood and blessed the people, and God heard their prayer from his holy dwelling in heaven.

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2Ch 31:1 - When the festival ended, the Israelites who attended went to all the towns of Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh, and they smashed all the sacred pillars, cut down the Asherah poles, and removed the pagan shrines and altars. After this, the Israelites returned to their own towns and homes.

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2Ch 31:2 - Hezekiah then organized the priests and Levites into divisions to offer the burnt offerings and peace offerings, and to worship and give thanks and praise to the LORD at the gates of the Temple.

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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 31:5 - When the people of Israel heard these requirements, they responded generously by bringing the first share of their grain, new wine, olive oil, honey, and all the produce of their fields. They brought a large quantity—a tithe of all they produced.

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2Ch 31:10 - And Azariah the high priest, from the family of Zadok, replied, “Since the people began bringing their gifts to the LORD's Temple, we have had enough to eat and plenty to spare. The LORD has blessed his people, and all this is left over.”

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2Ch 31:11 - Hezekiah ordered that storerooms be prepared in the Temple of the LORD. When this was done,

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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 31:18 - Food allotments were also given to the families of all those listed in the genealogical records, including their little babies, wives, sons, and daughters. For they had all been faithful in purifying themselves.

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2Ch 32:6 - He appointed military officers over the people and assembled them before him in the square at the city gate. Then Hezekiah encouraged them by saying:

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2Ch 32:11 - Hezekiah has said, ‘The LORD our God will rescue us from the king of Assyria.' Surely Hezekiah is misleading you, sentencing you to death by famine and thirst!

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2Ch 32:20 - Then King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz cried out in prayer to God in heaven.

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2Ch 32:21 - And the LORD sent an angel who destroyed the Assyrian army with all its commanders and officers. So Sennacherib was forced to return home in disgrace to his own land. And when he entered the temple of his god, some of his own sons killed him there with a sword.

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2Ch 32:23 - 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 32:28 - He also constructed many storehouses for his grain, new wine, and olive oil; and he made many stalls for his cattle and pens for his flocks of sheep and goats.

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2Ch 32:29 - He built many towns and acquired vast flocks and herds, for God had given him great wealth.

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2Ch 33:4 - He built pagan altars in the Temple of the LORD, the place where the LORD had said, “My name will remain in Jerusalem forever.”

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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 33:11 - So the LORD sent the commanders of the Assyrian armies, and they took Manasseh prisoner. They put a ring through his nose, bound him in bronze chains, and led him away to Babylon.

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2Ch 33:13 - And when he prayed, the LORD listened to him and was moved by his request. So the LORD brought Manasseh back to Jerusalem and to his kingdom. Then Manasseh finally realized that the LORD alone is God!

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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 34:7 - He destroyed the pagan altars and the Asherah poles, and he crushed the idols into dust. He cut down all the incense altars throughout the land of Israel. Finally, he returned to Jerusalem.

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2Ch 34:9 - They gave Hilkiah the high priest the money that had been collected by the Levites who served as gatekeepers at the Temple of God. The gifts were brought by people from Manasseh, Ephraim, and from all the remnant of Israel, as well as from all Judah, Benjamin, and the people of Jerusalem.

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2Ch 34:11 - They hired carpenters and builders, who purchased finished stone for the walls and timber for the rafters and beams. They restored what earlier kings of Judah had allowed to fall into ruin.

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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 34:30 - And the king went up to the Temple of the LORD with all the people of Judah and Jerusalem, along with the priests and the Levites—all the people from the greatest to the least. There the king read to them the entire Book of the Covenant that had been found in the LORD's Temple.

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2Ch 35:2 - Josiah also assigned the priests to their duties and encouraged them in their work at the Temple of the LORD.

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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 35:7 - Then Josiah provided 30,000 lambs and young goats for the people's Passover offerings, along with 3,000 cattle, all from the king's own flocks and herds.

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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 35:9 - The Levite leaders—Conaniah and his brothers Shemaiah and Nethanel, as well as Hashabiah, Jeiel, and Jozabad—gave 5,000 lambs and young goats and 500 cattle to the Levites for their 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 35:20 - After Josiah had finished restoring the Temple, King Neco of Egypt led his army up from Egypt to do battle at Carchemish on the Euphrates River, and Josiah and his army marched out to fight him.[fn]

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2Ch 35:24 - So they lifted Josiah out of his chariot and placed him in another chariot. Then they brought him back to Jerusalem, where he died. He was buried there in the royal cemetery. And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for him.

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2Ch 35:25 - The prophet Jeremiah composed funeral songs for Josiah, and to this day choirs still sing these sad songs about his death. These songs of sorrow have become a tradition and are recorded in The Book of Laments.

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2Ch 36:1 - Then the people of the land took Josiah's son Jehoahaz and made him the next king in Jerusalem.

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2Ch 36:3 - Then he was deposed by the king of Egypt, who demanded that Judah pay 7,500 pounds of silver and 75 pounds of gold[fn] as tribute.

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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 36:5 - 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 36:6 - Then King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came to Jerusalem and captured it, and he bound Jehoiakim in bronze chains and led him away to Babylon.

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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 36:10 - In the spring of the year[fn] King Nebuchadnezzar took Jehoiachin to Babylon. Many treasures from the Temple of the LORD were also taken to Babylon at that time. And Nebuchadnezzar installed Jehoiachin's uncle,[fn] Zedekiah, as the next king in Judah and Jerusalem.

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2Ch 36:18 - The king took home to Babylon all the articles, large and small, used in the Temple of God, and the treasures from both the LORD's Temple and from the palace of the king and his officials.

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2Ch 36:19 - Then his army burned the Temple of God, tore down the walls of Jerusalem, burned all the palaces, and completely destroyed everything of value.[fn]

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2Ch 36:20 - The few who survived were taken as exiles to Babylon, and they became servants to the king and his sons until the kingdom of Persia came to power.

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2Ch 36:21 - So the message of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah was fulfilled. The land finally enjoyed its Sabbath rest, lying desolate until the seventy years were fulfilled, just as the prophet had said.

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Ezr 1:3 - Any of you who are his people may go to Jerusalem in Judah to rebuild this Temple of the LORD, the God of Israel, who lives in Jerusalem. And may your God be with you!

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Ezr 1:4 - Wherever this Jewish remnant is found, let their neighbors contribute toward their expenses by giving them silver and gold, supplies for the journey, and livestock, as well as a voluntary offering for the Temple of God in Jerusalem.”

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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 2:1 - Here is the list of the Jewish exiles of the provinces who returned from their captivity. King Nebuchadnezzar had deported them to Babylon, but now they returned to Jerusalem and the other towns in Judah where they originally lived.

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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 2:69 - and each leader gave as much as he could. The total of their gifts came to 61,000 gold coins,[fn] 6,250 pounds[fn] of silver, and 100 robes for the priests.

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Ezr 3:1 - In early autumn,[fn] when the Israelites had settled in their towns, all the people assembled in Jerusalem with a unified purpose.

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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 3:8 - 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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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 4:22 - Be diligent, and don't neglect this matter, for we must not permit the situation to harm the king's interests.”

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Ezr 4:23 - When this letter from King Artaxerxes was read to Rehum, Shimshai, and their colleagues, they hurried to Jerusalem. Then, with a show of strength, they forced the Jews to stop building.

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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 5:12 - But because our ancestors angered the God of heaven, he abandoned them to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon,[fn] who destroyed this Temple and exiled the people to Babylonia.

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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 6:5 - Furthermore, the gold and silver cups, which were taken to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar from the Temple of God in Jerusalem, must be returned to Jerusalem and put back where they belong. Let them be taken back to the Temple of God.”

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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 6:17 - During the dedication ceremony for the Temple of God, 100 young bulls, 200 rams, and 400 male lambs were sacrificed. And 12 male goats were presented as a sin offering for the twelve tribes of Israel.

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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 7:9 - He had arranged to leave Babylon on April 8, the first day of the new year,[fn] and he arrived at Jerusalem on August 4,[fn] for the gracious hand of his God was on him.

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Ezr 7:13 - “I decree that any of the people of Israel in my kingdom, including the priests and Levites, may volunteer to return to Jerusalem with you.

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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 7:16 - “Furthermore, you are to take any silver and gold that you may obtain from the province of Babylon, as well as the voluntary offerings of the people and the priests that are presented for the Temple of their God in Jerusalem.

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Ezr 7:19 - “But as for the cups we are entrusting to you for the service of the Temple of your God, deliver them all to the God of Jerusalem.

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Ezr 7:23 - Be careful to provide whatever the God of heaven demands for his Temple, for why should we risk bringing God's anger against the realm of the king and his sons?

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Ezr 7:26 - Anyone who refuses to obey the law of your God and the law of the king will be punished immediately, either by death, banishment, confiscation of goods, or imprisonment.”

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Ezr 8:17 - I sent them to Iddo, the leader of the Levites at Casiphia, to ask him and his relatives and the Temple servants to send us ministers for the Temple of God at Jerusalem.

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Ezr 8:20 - and 220 Temple servants. The Temple servants were assistants to the Levites—a group of Temple workers first instituted by King David and his officials. They were all listed by name.

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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 8:27 - 20 gold bowls, equal in value to 1,000 gold coins,[fn]
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Ezr 8:29 - Guard these treasures well until you present them to the leading priests, the Levites, and the leaders of Israel, who will weigh them at the storerooms of the LORD's Temple in Jerusalem.”

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Ezr 8:30 - So the priests and the Levites accepted the task of transporting these treasures of silver and gold to the Temple of our God in Jerusalem.

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Ezr 8:31 - We broke camp at the Ahava Canal on April 19[fn] and started off to Jerusalem. And the gracious hand of our God protected us and saved us from enemies and bandits along the way.

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Ezr 8:32 - So we arrived safely in Jerusalem, where we rested for three days.

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Ezr 9:6 - I prayed, “O my God, I am utterly ashamed; I blush to lift up my face to you. For our sins are piled higher than our heads, and our guilt has reached to the heavens.

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Ezr 9:8 - “But now we have been given a brief moment of grace, for the LORD our God has allowed a few of us to survive as a remnant. He has given us security in this holy place. Our God has brightened our eyes and granted us some relief from our slavery.

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Ezr 9:11 - Your servants the prophets warned us when they said, ‘The land you are entering to possess is totally defiled by the detestable practices of the people living there. From one end to the other, the land is filled with corruption.

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Ezr 10:6 - Then Ezra left the front of the Temple of God and went to the room of Jehohanan son of Eliashib. He spent the night[fn] there without eating or drinking anything. He was still in mourning because of the unfaithfulness of the returned exiles.

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Ezr 10:7 - Then a proclamation was made throughout Judah and Jerusalem that all the exiles should come to Jerusalem.

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Ezr 10:8 - Those who failed to come within three days would, if the leaders and elders so decided, forfeit all their property and be expelled from the assembly of the exiles.

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Ezr 10:9 - Within three days, all the people of Judah and Benjamin had gathered in Jerusalem. This took place on December 19,[fn] and all the people were sitting in the square before the Temple of God. They were trembling both because of the seriousness of the matter and because it was raining.

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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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Ezr 10:14 - Let our leaders act on behalf of us all. Let everyone who has a pagan wife come at a scheduled time, accompanied by the leaders and judges of his city, so that the fierce anger of our God concerning this affair may be turned away from us.”

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Neh 1:9 - But if you return to me and obey my commands and live by them, then even if you are exiled to the ends of the earth, I will bring you back to the place I have chosen for my name to be honored.'

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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 2:3 - 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 2:8 - 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 2:11 - So I arrived in Jerusalem. Three days later,

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Neh 2:12 - I slipped out during the night, taking only a few others with me. I had not told anyone about the plans God had put in my heart for Jerusalem. We took no pack animals with us except the donkey I was riding.

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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 2:18 - Then I told them about how the gracious hand of God had been on me, and about my conversation with the king.
They replied at once, “Yes, let's rebuild the wall!” So they began the good work.

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Neh 3:5 - Next were the people from Tekoa, though their leaders refused to work with the construction supervisors.

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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 4:4 - Then I prayed, “Hear us, our God, for we are being mocked. May their scoffing fall back on their own heads, and may they themselves become captives in a foreign land!

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Neh 4:11 - Meanwhile, our enemies were saying, “Before they know what's happening, we will swoop down on them and kill them and end their work.”

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Neh 4:13 - So I placed armed guards behind the lowest parts of the wall in the exposed areas. I stationed the people to stand guard by families, armed with swords, spears, and bows.

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Neh 4:15 - When our enemies heard that we knew of their plans and that God had frustrated them, we all returned to our work on the wall.

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Neh 5:4 - And others said, “We have had to borrow money on our fields and vineyards to pay our taxes.

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Neh 5:5 - We belong to the same family as those who are wealthy, and our children are just like theirs. Yet we must sell our children into slavery just to get enough money to live. We have already sold some of our daughters, and we are helpless to do anything about it, for our fields and vineyards are already mortgaged to others.”

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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 5:18 - 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 5:19 - Remember, O my God, all that I have done for these people, and bless me for it.

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Neh 6:6 - and this is what it said: “There is a rumor among the surrounding nations, and Geshem[fn] tells me it is true, that you and the Jews are planning to rebel and that is why you are building the wall. According to his reports, you plan to be their king.

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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 6:10 - Later I went to visit Shemaiah son of Delaiah and grandson of Mehetabel, who was confined to his home. He said, “Let us meet together inside the Temple of God and bolt the doors shut. Your enemies are coming to kill you tonight.”

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Neh 6:11 - But I replied, “Should someone in my position run from danger? Should someone in my position enter the Temple to save his life? No, I won't do it!”

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Neh 6:13 - They were hoping to intimidate me and make me sin. Then they would be able to accuse and discredit me.

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Neh 6:15 - So on October 2[fn] the wall was finished—just fifty-two days after we had begun.

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Neh 6:18 - For many in Judah had sworn allegiance to him because his father-in-law was Shecaniah son of Arah, and his son Jehohanan was married to the daughter of Meshullam son of Berekiah.

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Neh 7:5 - So my God gave me the idea to call together all the nobles and leaders of the city, along with the ordinary citizens, for registration. I had found the genealogical record of those who had first returned to Judah. This is what was written there:

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Neh 7:6 - Here is the list of the Jewish exiles of the provinces who returned from their captivity. King Nebuchadnezzar had deported them to Babylon, but now they returned to Jerusalem and the other towns in Judah where they originally lived.

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Neh 7:39 - These are the priests who returned from exile:

The family of Jedaiah (through the line of Jeshua)

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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 7:71 - The other leaders gave to the treasury a total of 20,000 gold coins[fn] and some 2,750 pounds[fn] of silver for the work.

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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 8:3 - He faced the square just inside the Water Gate from early morning until noon and read aloud to everyone who could understand. All the people listened closely to the Book of the Law.

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Neh 8:7 - The Levites—Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, and Pelaiah—then instructed the people in the Law while everyone remained in their places.

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Neh 8:15 - He had said that a proclamation should be made throughout their towns and in Jerusalem, telling the people to go to the hills to get branches from olive, wild olive,[fn] myrtle, palm, and other leafy trees. They were to use these branches to make shelters in which they would live during the festival, as prescribed in the Law.

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Neh 9:11 - You divided the sea for your people so they could walk through on dry land! And then you hurled their enemies into the depths of the sea. They sank like stones beneath the mighty waters.

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Neh 9:15 - “You gave them bread from heaven when they were hungry and water from the rock when they were thirsty. You commanded them to go and take possession of the land you had sworn to give them.

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Neh 9:17 - They refused to obey and did not remember the miracles you had done for them. Instead, they became stubborn and appointed a leader to take them back to their slavery in Egypt! But you are a God of forgiveness, gracious and merciful, slow to become angry, and rich in unfailing love. You did not abandon them,

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Neh 9:23 - You made their descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and brought them into the land you had promised to their ancestors.

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Neh 9:24 - “They went in and took possession of the land. You subdued whole nations before them. Even the Canaanites, who inhabited the land, were powerless! Your people could deal with these nations and their kings as they pleased.

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Neh 9:25 - Our ancestors captured fortified cities and fertile land. They took over houses full of good things, with cisterns already dug and vineyards and olive groves and fruit trees in abundance. So they ate until they were full and grew fat and enjoyed themselves in all your blessings.

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Neh 9:28 - “But as soon as they were at peace, your people again committed evil in your sight, and once more you let their enemies conquer them. Yet whenever your people turned and cried to you again for help, you listened once more from heaven. In your wonderful mercy, you rescued them many times!

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Neh 9:29 - “You warned them to return to your Law, but they became proud and obstinate and disobeyed your commands. They did not follow your regulations, by which people will find life if only they obey. They stubbornly turned their backs on you and refused to listen.

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Neh 10:32 - “In addition, we promise to obey the command to pay the annual Temple tax of one-eighth of an ounce of silver[fn] for the care of the Temple of our God.

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Neh 10:33 - This will provide for the Bread of the Presence; for the regular grain offerings and burnt offerings; for the offerings on the Sabbaths, the new moon celebrations, and the annual festivals; for the holy offerings; and for the sin offerings to make atonement for Israel. It will provide for everything necessary for the work of the Temple of our God.

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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 10:35 - “We promise to bring the first part of every harvest to the LORD's Temple year after year—whether it be a crop from the soil or from our fruit trees.

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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 10:37 - We will store the produce in the storerooms of the Temple of our God. We will bring the best of our flour and other grain offerings, the best of our fruit, and the best of our new wine and olive oil. And we promise to bring to the Levites a tenth of everything our land produces, for it is the Levites who collect the tithes in all our rural towns.

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Neh 10:38 - “A priest—a descendant of Aaron—will be with the Levites as they receive these tithes. And a tenth of all that is collected as tithes will be delivered by the Levites to the Temple of our God and placed in the storerooms.

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Neh 10:39 - The people and the Levites must bring these offerings of grain, new wine, and olive oil to the storerooms and place them in the sacred containers near the ministering priests, the gatekeepers, and the singers. “We promise together not to neglect the Temple of our God.”

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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 12:9 - Their associates, Bakbukiah and Unni, stood opposite them during the service.

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Neh 12:24 - These were the family leaders of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, Jeshua, Binnui,[fn] Kadmiel, and other associates, who stood opposite them during the ceremonies of praise and thanksgiving, one section responding to the other, as commanded by David, the man of God.

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Neh 12:27 - For the dedication of the new wall of Jerusalem, the Levites throughout the land were asked to come to Jerusalem to assist in the ceremonies. They were to take part in the joyous occasion with their songs of thanksgiving and with the music of cymbals, harps, and lyres.

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Neh 12:28 - The singers were brought together from the region around Jerusalem and from the villages of the Netophathites.

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Neh 13:2 - For they had not provided the Israelites with food and water in the wilderness. Instead, they hired Balaam to curse them, though our God turned the curse into a blessing.

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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 13:10 - I also discovered that the Levites had not been given their prescribed portions of food, so they and the singers who were to conduct the worship services had all returned to work their fields.

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Neh 13:12 - And once more all the people of Judah began bringing their tithes of grain, new wine, and olive oil to the Temple storerooms.

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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 13:26 - “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 13:31 - I also made sure that the supply of wood for the altar and the first portions of the harvest were brought at the proper times. Remember this in my favor, O my God.

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Est 1:5 - When it was all over, the king gave a banquet for all the people, from the greatest to the least, who were in the fortress of Susa. It lasted for seven days and was held in the courtyard of the palace garden.

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Est 1:22 - He sent letters to all parts of the empire, to each province in its own script and language, proclaiming that every man should be the ruler of his own home and should say whatever he pleases.[fn]

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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 2:7 - 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 2:8 - As a result of the king's decree, Esther, along with many other young women, was brought to the king's harem at the fortress of Susa and placed in Hegai's care.

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Est 2:14 - That evening she was taken to the king's private rooms, and the next morning she was brought to the second harem,[fn] where the king's wives lived. There she would be under the care of Shaashgaz, the king's eunuch in charge of the concubines. She would never go to the king again unless he had especially enjoyed her and requested her by name.

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Est 2:23 - When an investigation was made and Mordecai's story was found to be true, the two men were impaled on a sharpened pole. This was all recorded in The Book of the History of King Xerxes' Reign.

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Est 3:7 - So in the month of April,[fn] during the twelfth year of King Xerxes' reign, lots were cast in Haman's presence (the lots were called purim) to determine the best day and month to take action. And the day selected was March 7, nearly a year later.[fn]

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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 3:13 - Dispatches were sent by swift messengers into all the provinces of the empire, giving the order that all Jews—young and old, including women and children—must be killed, slaughtered, and annihilated on a single day. This was scheduled to happen on March 7 of the next year.[fn] The property of the Jews would be given to those who killed them.

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Est 3:14 - A copy of this decree was to be issued as law in every province and proclaimed to all peoples, so that they would be ready to do their duty on the appointed day.

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Est 3:15 - At the king's command, the decree went out by swift messengers, and it was also proclaimed in the fortress of Susa. Then the king and Haman sat down to drink, but the city of Susa fell into confusion.

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Est 4:2 - He went as far as the gate of the palace, for no one was allowed to enter the palace gate while wearing clothes of mourning.

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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 4:11 - “All the king's officials and even the people in the provinces know that anyone who appears before the king in his inner court without being invited is doomed to die unless the king holds out his gold scepter. And the king has not called for me to come to him for thirty days.”

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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 5:1 - On the third day of the fast, Esther put on her royal robes and entered the inner court of the palace, just across from the king's hall. The king was sitting on his royal throne, facing the entrance.

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Est 5:4 - 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 5:5 - The king turned to his attendants and said, “Tell Haman to come quickly to a banquet, as Esther has requested.” So the king and Haman went to Esther's banquet.

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Est 5:8 - If I have found favor with the king, and if it pleases the king to grant my request and do what I ask, please come with Haman tomorrow to the banquet I will prepare for you. Then I will explain what this is all about.”

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Est 5:10 - However, he restrained himself and went on home.
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Est 5:12 - Then Haman added, “And that's not all! Queen Esther invited only me and the king himself to the banquet she prepared for us. And she has invited me to dine with her and the king again tomorrow!”

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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 6:12 - Afterward Mordecai returned to the palace gate, but Haman hurried home dejected and completely humiliated.

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Est 7:4 - For my people and I have been sold to those who would kill, slaughter, and annihilate us. If we had merely been sold as slaves, I could remain quiet, for that would be too trivial a matter to warrant disturbing the king.”

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Est 7:7 - Then the king jumped to his feet in a rage and went out into the palace garden.
Haman, however, stayed behind to plead for his life with Queen Esther, for he knew that the king intended to kill him.

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Est 8:13 - A copy of this decree was to be issued as law in every province and proclaimed to all peoples, so that the Jews would be ready to take revenge on their enemies on the appointed day.

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Est 9:20 - Mordecai recorded these events and sent letters to the Jews near and far, throughout all the provinces of King Xerxes,

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Est 9:22 - He told them to celebrate these days with feasting and gladness and by giving gifts of food to each other and presents to the poor. This would commemorate a time when the Jews gained relief from their enemies, when their sorrow was turned into gladness and their mourning into joy.

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Est 9:28 - These days would be remembered and kept from generation to generation and celebrated by every family throughout the provinces and cities of the empire. This Festival of Purim would never cease to be celebrated among the Jews, nor would the memory of what happened ever die out among their descendants.

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Est 9:32 - So the command of Esther confirmed the practices of Purim, and it was all written down in the records.

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Est 10:2 - His great achievements and the full account of the greatness of Mordecai, whom the king had promoted, are recorded in The Book of the History of the Kings of Media and Persia.

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Job 1:11 - But reach out and take away everything he has, and he will surely curse you to your face!”

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Job 2:5 - But reach out and take away his health, and he will surely curse you to your face!”

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Job 2:9 - His wife said to him, “Are you still trying to maintain your integrity? Curse God and die.”

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Job 3:4 - Let that day be turned to darkness.
Let it be lost even to God on high,
and let no light shine on it.

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Job 3:6 - Let that night be blotted off the calendar,
never again to be counted among the days of the year,
never again to appear among the months.

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Job 3:9 - Let its morning stars remain dark.
Let it hope for light, but in vain;
may it never see the morning light.

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Job 5:11 - He gives prosperity to the poor
and protects those who suffer.

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Job 6:9 - I wish he would crush me.
I wish he would reach out his hand and kill me.

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Job 6:28 - Look at me!
Would I lie to your face?

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Job 7:9 - Just as a cloud dissipates and vanishes,
those who die[fn] will not come back.

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Job 7:10 - They are gone forever from their home—
never to be seen again.

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Job 7:16 - I hate my life and don't want to go on living.
Oh, leave me alone for my few remaining days.

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Job 7:17 - “What are people, that you should make so much of us,
that you should think of us so often?

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Job 7:18 - For you examine us every morning
and test us every moment.

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Job 7:21 - Why not just forgive my sin
and take away my guilt?
For soon I will lie down in the dust and die.
When you look for me, I will be gone.”

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Job 9:24 - The whole earth is in the hands of the wicked,
and God blinds the eyes of the judges.
If he's not the one who does it, who is?

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Job 9:32 - “God is not a mortal like me,
so I cannot argue with him or take him to trial.

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Job 10:9 - Remember that you made me from dust—
will you turn me back to dust so soon?

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Job 10:16 - And if I hold my head high, you hunt me like a lion
and display your awesome power against me.

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Job 10:19 - It would be as though I had never existed,
going directly from the womb to the grave.

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Job 10:21 - before I leave—never to return—
for the land of darkness and utter gloom.

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Job 10:22 - It is a land as dark as midnight,
a land of gloom and confusion,
where even the light is dark as midnight.'”

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Job 11:7 - “Can you solve the mysteries of God?
Can you discover everything about the Almighty?

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Job 12:4 - Yet my friends laugh at me,
for I call on God and expect an answer.
I am a just and blameless man,
yet they laugh at me.

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Job 12:5 - People who are at ease mock those in trouble.
They give a push to people who are stumbling.

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Job 12:22 - “He uncovers mysteries hidden in darkness;
he brings light to the deepest gloom.

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Job 13:5 - If only you could be silent!
That's the wisest thing you could do.

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Job 13:16 - But this is what will save me—I am not godless.
If I were, I could not stand before him.

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Job 13:27 - You put my feet in stocks.
You examine all my paths.
You trace all my footprints.

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Job 14:5 - You have decided the length of our lives.
You know how many months we will live,
and we are not given a minute longer.

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Job 14:20 - You always overpower them, and they pass from the scene.
You disfigure them in death and send them away.

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Job 15:8 - Were you listening at God's secret council?
Do you have a monopoly on wisdom?

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Job 15:22 - They dare not go out into the darkness
for fear they will be murdered.

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Job 15:23 - They wander around, saying, ‘Where can I find bread?'[fn]
They know their day of destruction is near.

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Job 15:28 - But their cities will be ruined.
They will live in abandoned houses
that are ready to tumble down.

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Job 16:8 - As if to prove I have sinned, you've reduced me to skin and bones.
My gaunt flesh testifies against me.

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Job 16:10 - People jeer and laugh at me.
They slap my cheek in contempt.
A mob gathers against me.

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Job 16:11 - God has handed me over to sinners.
He has tossed me into the hands of the wicked.

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Job 16:13 - and now his archers surround me.
His arrows pierce me without mercy.
The ground is wet with my blood.[fn]

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Job 17:12 - These men say that night is day;
they claim that the darkness is light.

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Job 17:16 - No, my hope will go down with me to the grave.
We will rest together in the dust!”

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Job 18:18 - They will be thrust from light into darkness,
driven from the world.

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Job 19:18 - Even young children despise me.
When I stand to speak, they turn their backs on me.

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Job 19:23 - “Oh, that my words could be recorded.
Oh, that they could be inscribed on a monument,

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Job 20:6 - Though the pride of the godless reaches to the heavens
and their heads touch the clouds,

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Job 20:7 - yet they will vanish forever,
thrown away like their own dung.
Those who knew them will ask,
‘Where are they?'

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Job 20:18 - They will give back everything they worked for.
Their wealth will bring them no joy.

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Job 20:28 - A flood will sweep away their house.
God's anger will descend on them in torrents.

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Job 21:5 - Look at me and be stunned.
Put your hand over your mouth in shock.

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Job 21:30 - Evil people are spared in times of calamity
and are allowed to escape disaster.

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Job 21:32 - When they are carried to the grave,
an honor guard keeps watch at their tomb.

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Job 22:4 - Is it because you're so pious that he accuses you
and brings judgment against you?

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Job 22:26 - “Then you will take delight in the Almighty
and look up to God.

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Job 23:3 - If only I knew where to find God,
I would go to his court.

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Job 23:7 - Honest people can reason with him,
so I would be forever acquitted by my judge.

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Job 23:8 - I go east, but he is not there.
I go west, but I cannot find him.

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Job 24:5 - Like wild donkeys in the wilderness,
the poor must spend all their time looking for food,
searching even in the desert for food for their children.

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Job 24:14 - The murderer rises in the early dawn
to kill the poor and needy;
at night he is a thief.

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Job 24:25 - Can anyone claim otherwise?
Who can prove me wrong?”

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Job 27:14 - They may have many children,
but the children will die in war or starve to death.

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Job 28:11 - They dam up the trickling streams
and bring to light the hidden treasures.

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Job 30:31 - My harp plays sad music,
and my flute accompanies those who weep.

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Job 31:5 - “Have I lied to anyone
or deceived anyone?

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Job 33:22 - They are at death's door;
the angels of death wait for them.

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Job 33:24 - he will be gracious and say,
‘Rescue him from the grave,
for I have found a ransom for his life.'

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Job 33:28 - God rescued me from the grave,
and now my life is filled with light.'

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Job 34:15 - all life would cease,
and humanity would turn again to dust.

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Job 35:5 - Look up into the sky,
and see the clouds high above you.

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Job 36:7 - He never takes his eyes off the innocent,
but he sets them on thrones with kings
and exalts them forever.

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Job 36:27 - He draws up the water vapor
and then distills it into rain.

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Job 37:12 - The clouds churn about at his direction.
They do whatever he commands throughout the earth.

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Job 37:13 - He makes these things happen either to punish people
or to show his unfailing love.

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Job 37:18 - he makes the skies reflect the heat like a bronze mirror.
Can you do that?

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Job 38:20 - Can you take each to its home?
Do you know how to get there?

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Job 38:23 - (I have reserved them as weapons for the time of trouble,
for the day of battle and war.)

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Job 38:24 - Where is the path to the source of light?
Where is the home of the east wind?

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Job 38:37 - Who is wise enough to count all the clouds?
Who can tilt the water jars of heaven

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Job 39:14 - She lays her eggs on top of the earth,
letting them be warmed in the dust.

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Job 39:16 - She is harsh toward her young,
as if they were not her own.
She doesn't care if they die.

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Job 39:21 - It paws the earth and rejoices in its strength
when it charges out to battle.

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Job 40:13 - Bury them in the dust.
Imprison them in the world of the dead.

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Job 40:23 - It is not disturbed by the raging river,
not concerned when the swelling Jordan rushes around it.

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Job 41:13 - Who can strip off its hide,
and who can penetrate its double layer of armor?[fn]

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Job 41:32 - The water glistens in its wake,
making the sea look white.

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Job 42:10 - When Job prayed for his friends, the LORD restored his fortunes. In fact, the LORD gave him twice as much as before!

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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 4:7 - You have given me greater joy
than those who have abundant harvests of grain and new wine.

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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 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 5:11 - But let all who take refuge in you rejoice;
let them sing joyful praises forever.
Spread your protection over them,
that all who love your name may be filled with joy.

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Psa 6:1 - For the choir director: A psalm of David, to be accompanied by an eight-stringed instrument.[fn]

O LORD, don't rebuke me in your anger
or discipline me in your rage.

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Psa 7:5 - then let my enemies capture me.
Let them trample me into the ground
and drag my honor in the dust.
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Psa 7:7 - Gather the nations before you.
Rule over them from on high.

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Psa 7:15 - They dig a deep pit to trap others,
then fall into it themselves.

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Psa 7:16 - The trouble they make for others backfires on them.
The violence they plan falls on their own heads.

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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 9:3 - My enemies retreated;
they staggered and died when you appeared.

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Psa 9:5 - You have rebuked the nations and destroyed the wicked;
you have erased their names forever.

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Psa 9:6 - The enemy is finished, in endless ruins;
the cities you uprooted are now forgotten.

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Psa 9:7 - But the LORD reigns forever,
executing judgment from his throne.

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Psa 9:17 - The wicked will go down to the grave.[fn]
This is the fate of all the nations who ignore God.

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Psa 9:18 - But the needy will not be ignored forever;
the hopes of the poor will not always be crushed.

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Psa 10:6 - They think, “Nothing bad will ever happen to us!
We will be free of trouble forever!”

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Psa 10:8 - They lurk in ambush in the villages,
waiting to murder innocent people.
They are always searching for helpless victims.

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Psa 10:11 - The wicked think, “God isn't watching us!
He has closed his eyes and won't even see what we do!”

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Psa 10:14 - But you see the trouble and grief they cause.
You take note of it and punish them.
The helpless put their trust in you.
You defend the orphans.

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Psa 10:16 - The LORD is king forever and ever!
The godless nations will vanish from the land.

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Psa 11:1 - For the choir director: A psalm of David.

I trust in the LORD for protection.
So why do you say to me,
“Fly like a bird to the mountains for safety!

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Psa 11:2 - The wicked are stringing their bows
and fitting their arrows on the bowstrings.
They shoot from the shadows
at those whose hearts are right.

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Psa 11:4 - But the LORD is in his holy Temple;
the LORD still rules from heaven.
He watches everyone closely,
examining every person on earth.

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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 12:7 - Therefore, LORD, we know you will protect the oppressed,
preserving them forever from this lying generation,

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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 13:3 - Turn and answer me, O LORD my God!
Restore the sparkle to my eyes, or I will die.

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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 15:5 - Those who lend money without charging interest,
and who cannot be bribed to lie about the innocent.
Such people will stand firm forever.

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Psa 16:10 - For you will not leave my soul among the dead[fn]
or allow your holy one[fn] to rot in the grave.

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Psa 16:11 - You will show me the way of life,
granting me the joy of your presence
and the pleasures of living with you forever.[fn]

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Psa 17:12 - They are like hungry lions, eager to tear me apart—
like young lions hiding in ambush.

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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 18:6 - 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 18:19 - He led me to a place of safety;
he rescued me because he delights in me.

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Psa 18:34 - He trains my hands for battle;
he strengthens my arm to draw a bronze bow.

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Psa 18:35 - You have given me your shield of victory.
Your right hand supports me;
your help has made me great.

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Psa 18:39 - You have armed me with strength for the battle;
you have subdued my enemies under my feet.

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Psa 18:43 - You gave me victory over my accusers.
You appointed me ruler over nations;
people I don't even know now serve me.

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Psa 18:44 - As soon as they hear of me, they submit;
foreign nations cringe before me.

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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 19:9 - Reverence for the LORD is pure,
lasting forever.
The laws of the LORD are true;
each one is fair.

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Psa 19:14 - May the words of my mouth
and the meditation of my heart
be pleasing to you,
O LORD, my rock and my redeemer.

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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 21:4 - He asked you to preserve his life,
and you granted his request.
The days of his life stretch on forever.

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Psa 21:6 - You have endowed him with eternal blessings
and given him the joy of your presence.

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Psa 21:9 - You will throw them in a flaming furnace
when you appear.
The LORD will consume them in his anger;
fire will devour them.

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Psa 21:11 - Although they plot against you,
their evil schemes will never succeed.

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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 22:2 - Every day I call to you, my God, but you do not answer.
Every night you hear my voice, but I find no relief.

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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 22:19 - O LORD, do not stay far away!
You are my strength; come quickly to my aid!

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Psa 22:26 - The poor will eat and be satisfied.
All who seek the LORD will praise him.
Their hearts will rejoice with everlasting joy.

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Psa 22:29 - Let the rich of the earth feast and worship.
Bow before him, all who are mortal,
all whose lives will end as dust.

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Psa 23:2 - He lets me rest in green meadows;
he leads me beside peaceful streams.

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Psa 23:6 - Surely your goodness and unfailing love will pursue me
all the days of my life,
and I will live in the house of the LORD
forever.

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Psa 24:3 - Who may climb the mountain of the LORD?
Who may stand in his holy place?

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Psa 27:12 - Do not let me fall into their hands.
For they accuse me of things I've never done;
with every breath they threaten me with violence.

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Psa 28:1 - A psalm of David.

I pray to you, O LORD, my rock.
Do not turn a deaf ear to me.
For if you are silent,
I might as well give up and die.

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Psa 28:5 - They care nothing for what the LORD has done
or for what his hands have made.
So he will tear them down,
and they will never be rebuilt!

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Psa 29:10 - The LORD rules over the floodwaters.
The LORD reigns as king forever.

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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 30:3 - You brought me up from the grave,[fn] O LORD.
You kept me from falling into the pit of death.

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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 30:6 - When I was prosperous, I said,
“Nothing can stop me now!”

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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 30:11 - You have turned my mourning into joyful dancing.
You have taken away my clothes of mourning and clothed me with joy,

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Psa 30:12 - that I might sing praises to you and not be silent.
O LORD my God, I will give you thanks forever!

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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 31:2 - Turn your ear to listen to me;
rescue me quickly.
Be my rock of protection,
a fortress where I will be safe.

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Psa 31:5 - I entrust my spirit into your hand.
Rescue me, LORD, for you are a faithful God.

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Psa 31:8 - You have not handed me over to my enemies
but have set me in a safe place.

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Psa 31:17 - Don't let me be disgraced, O LORD,
for I call out to you for help.
Let the wicked be disgraced;
let them lie silent in the grave.[fn]

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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 33:11 - But the LORD's plans stand firm forever;
his intentions can never be shaken.

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Psa 33:12 - What joy for the nation whose God is the LORD,
whose people he has chosen as his inheritance.

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Psa 33:15 - He made their hearts,
so he understands everything they do.

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Psa 33:17 - Don't count on your warhorse to give you victory—
for all its strength, it cannot save you.

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Psa 34:15 - The eyes of the LORD watch over those who do right;
his ears are open to their cries for help.

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Psa 35:2 - Put on your armor, and take up your shield.
Prepare for battle, and come to my aid.

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Psa 35:4 - Bring shame and disgrace on those trying to kill me;
turn them back and humiliate those who want to harm 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 35:23 - Wake up! Rise to my defense!
Take up my case, my God and my Lord.

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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 37:15 - But their swords will stab their own hearts,
and their bows will be broken.

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Psa 37:18 - Day by day the LORD takes care of the innocent,
and they will receive an inheritance that lasts forever.

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Psa 37:26 - The godly always give generous loans to others,
and their children are a blessing.

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Psa 37:27 - Turn from evil and do good,
and you will live in the land forever.

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Psa 37:28 - For the LORD loves justice,
and he will never abandon the godly.
He will keep them safe forever,
but the children of the wicked will die.

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Psa 37:29 - The godly will possess the land
and will live there forever.

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Psa 37:33 - But the LORD will not let the wicked succeed
or let the godly be condemned when they are put on trial.

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Psa 38:1 - A psalm of David, asking God to remember him.

O LORD, don't rebuke me in your anger
or discipline me in your rage!

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Psa 38:17 - I am on the verge of collapse,
facing constant pain.

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Psa 38:22 - Come quickly to help me,
O Lord my savior.

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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 40:4 - Oh, the joys of those who trust the LORD,
who have no confidence in the proud
or in those who worship idols.

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Psa 40:13 - Please, LORD, rescue me!
Come quickly, LORD, and help me.

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Psa 40:14 - May those who try to destroy me
be humiliated and put to shame.
May those who take delight in my trouble
be turned back in disgrace.

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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 41:2 - The LORD protects them
and keeps them alive.
He gives them prosperity in the land
and rescues them from their enemies.

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Psa 41:12 - You have preserved my life because I am innocent;
you have brought me into your presence forever.

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Psa 41:13 - Praise the LORD, the God of Israel,
who lives from everlasting to everlasting.
Amen and amen!

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Psa 42:1 - For the choir director: A psalm[fn] of the descendants of Korah.

As the deer longs for streams of water,
so I long for you, O God.

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Psa 42:7 - I hear the tumult of the raging seas
as your waves and surging tides sweep over me.

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Psa 43:3 - Send out your light and your truth;
let them guide me.
Let them lead me to your holy mountain,
to the place where you live.

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Psa 44:1 - For the choir director: A psalm[fn] of the descendants of Korah.

O God, we have heard it with our own ears—
our ancestors have told us
of all you did in their day,
in days long ago:

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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 44:10 - You make us retreat from our enemies
and allow those who hate us to plunder our land.

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Psa 44:14 - You have made us the butt of their jokes;
they shake their heads at us in scorn.

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Psa 44:18 - Our hearts have not deserted you.
We have not strayed from your path.

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Psa 44:23 - Wake up, O Lord! Why do you sleep?
Get up! Do not reject us forever.

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Psa 44:25 - We collapse in the dust,
lying face down in the dirt.

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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 45:2 - You are the most handsome of all.
Gracious words stream from your lips.
God himself has blessed you forever.

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Psa 45:6 - Your throne, O God,[fn] endures forever and ever.
You rule with a scepter of justice.

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Psa 45:15 - What a joyful and enthusiastic procession
as they enter the king's palace!

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Psa 45:17 - I will bring honor to your name in every generation.
Therefore, the nations will praise you forever and ever.

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Psa 46:1 - For the choir director: A song of the descendants of Korah, to be sung by soprano voices.[fn]

God is our refuge and strength,
always ready to help in times of trouble.

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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 48:8 - We had heard of the city's glory,
but now we have seen it ourselves—
the city of the LORD of Heaven's Armies.
It is the city of our God;
he will make it safe forever.
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Psa 48:13 - Take note of the fortified walls,
and tour all the citadels,
that you may describe them
to future generations.

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Psa 48:14 - For that is what God is like.
He is our God forever and ever,
and he will guide us until we die.

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Psa 49:1 - For the choir director: A psalm of the descendants of Korah.

Listen to this, all you people!
Pay attention, everyone in the world!

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Psa 49:4 - I listen carefully to many proverbs
and solve riddles with inspiration from a harp.

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Psa 49:9 - to live forever
and never see the grave.

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Psa 49:11 - The grave is their eternal home,
where they will stay forever.
They may name their estates after themselves,

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Psa 50:17 - For you refuse my discipline
and treat my words like trash.

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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 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 52:5 - But God will strike you down once and for all.
He will pull you from your home
and uproot you from the land of the living.
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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 52:9 - I will praise you forever, O God,
for what you have done.
I will trust in your good name
in the presence of your faithful people.

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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 55:15 - Let death stalk my enemies;
let the grave[fn] swallow them alive,
for evil makes its home within them.

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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 55:23 - But you, O God, will send the wicked
down to the pit of destruction.
Murderers and liars will die young,
but I am trusting you to save me.

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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 56:5 - They are always twisting what I say;
they spend their days plotting to harm me.

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Psa 56:9 - My enemies will retreat when I call to you for help.
This I know: God is on my side!

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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 57:3 - He will send help from heaven to rescue me,
disgracing those who hound me.
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Psa 57:6 - My enemies have set a trap for me.
I am weary from distress.
They have dug a deep pit in my path,
but they themselves have fallen into it.
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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 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 59:4 - I have done nothing wrong,
yet they prepare to attack me.
Wake up! See what is happening and help me!

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Psa 59:6 - They come out at night,
snarling like vicious dogs
as they prowl the streets.

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Psa 59:14 - My enemies come out at night,
snarling like vicious dogs
as they prowl the streets.

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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 60:9 - Who will bring me into the fortified city?
Who will bring me victory over Edom?

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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 61:4 - Let me live forever in your sanctuary,
safe beneath the shelter of your wings!
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Psa 61:7 - May he reign under God's protection forever.
May your unfailing love and faithfulness watch over him.

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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 62:1 - 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 63:6 - I lie awake thinking of you,
meditating on you through the night.

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Psa 63:9 - But those plotting to destroy me will come to ruin.
They will go down into the depths of the earth.

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Psa 63:10 - They will die by the sword
and become the food of jackals.

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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 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 66:6 - He made a dry path through the Red Sea,[fn]
and his people went across on foot.
There we rejoiced in him.

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Psa 66:9 - Our lives are in his hands,
and he keeps our feet from stumbling.

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Psa 66:11 - You captured us in your net
and laid the burden of slavery on our backs.

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Psa 66:12 - Then you put a leader over us.[fn]
We went through fire and flood,
but you brought us to a place of great abundance.

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Psa 66:13 - Now I come to your Temple with burnt offerings
to fulfill the vows I made to you—

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Psa 67:1 - For the choir director: A song. A psalm, to be accompanied by stringed instruments.

May God be merciful and bless us.
May his face smile with favor on us.
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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 68:16 - Why do you look with envy, O rugged mountains,
at Mount Zion, where God has chosen to live,
where the LORD himself will live forever?

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Psa 68:18 - When you ascended to the heights,
you led a crowd of captives.
You received gifts from the people,
even from those who rebelled against you.
Now the LORD God will live among us there.

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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 69:2 - Deeper and deeper I sink into the mire;
I can't find a foothold.
I am in deep water,
and the floods overwhelm me.

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Psa 69:10 - When I weep and fast,
they scoff at me.

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Psa 69:11 - When I dress in burlap to show sorrow,
they make fun of me.

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Psa 69:12 - I am the favorite topic of town gossip,
and all the drunks sing about me.

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Psa 69:21 - But instead, they give me poison[fn] for food;
they offer me sour wine for my thirst.

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Psa 69:22 - Let the bountiful table set before them become a snare
and their prosperity become a trap.[fn]

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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 70:2 - May those who try to kill me
be humiliated and put to shame.
May those who take delight in my trouble
be turned back in disgrace.

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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 71:3 - Be my rock of safety
where I can always hide.
Give the order to save me,
for you are my rock and my fortress.

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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 71:12 - O God, don't stay away.
My God, please hurry to help me.

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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 72:17 - May the king's name endure forever;
may it continue as long as the sun shines.
May all nations be blessed through him
and bring him praise.

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Psa 72:19 - Praise his glorious name forever!
Let the whole earth be filled with his glory.
Amen and amen!

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Psa 73:7 - These fat cats have everything
their hearts could ever wish for!

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Psa 73:8 - They scoff and speak only evil;
in their pride they seek to crush others.

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Psa 73:9 - They boast against the very heavens,
and their words strut throughout the earth.

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Psa 73:12 - Look at these wicked people—
enjoying a life of ease while their riches multiply.

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Psa 73:14 - I get nothing but trouble all day long;
every morning brings me pain.

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Psa 73:17 - Then I went into your sanctuary, O God,
and I finally understood the destiny of the wicked.

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Psa 73:19 - In an instant they are destroyed,
completely swept away by terrors.

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Psa 73:26 - My health may fail, and my spirit may grow weak,
but God remains the strength of my heart;
he is mine forever.

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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 74:3 - Walk through the awful ruins of the city;
see how the enemy has destroyed your sanctuary.

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Psa 74:5 - They swung their axes
like woodcutters in a forest.

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Psa 74:7 - They burned your sanctuary to the ground.
They defiled the place that bears your name.

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Psa 74:10 - How long, O God, will you allow our enemies to insult you?
Will you let them dishonor your name forever?

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Psa 74:11 - Why do you hold back your strong right hand?
Unleash your powerful fist and destroy them.

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Psa 74:19 - Don't let these wild beasts destroy your turtledoves.
Don't forget your suffering people forever.

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Psa 74:20 - Remember your covenant promises,
for the land is full of darkness and violence!

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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 75:5 - Don't raise your fists in defiance at the heavens
or speak with such arrogance.'”

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Psa 75:8 - For the LORD holds a cup in his hand
that is full of foaming wine mixed with spices.
He pours out the wine in judgment,
and all the wicked must drink it,
draining it to the dregs.

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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 76:9 - You stand up to judge those who do evil, O God,
and to rescue the oppressed of the earth.
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Psa 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 77:7 - Has the Lord rejected me forever?
Will he never again be kind to me?

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Psa 77:8 - Is his unfailing love gone forever?
Have his promises permanently failed?

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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 78:4 - We will not hide these truths from our children;
we will tell the next generation
about the glorious deeds of the LORD,
about his power and his mighty wonders.

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Psa 78:25 - They ate the food of angels!
God gave them all they could hold.

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Psa 78:28 - He caused the birds to fall within their camp
and all around their tents.

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Psa 78:44 - For he turned their rivers into blood,
so no one could drink from the streams.

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Psa 78:45 - He sent vast swarms of flies to consume them
and hordes of frogs to ruin them.

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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 78:49 - He loosed on them his fierce anger—
all his fury, rage, and hostility.
He dispatched against them
a band of destroying angels.

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Psa 78:50 - He turned his anger against them;
he did not spare the Egyptians' lives
but ravaged them with the plague.

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Psa 78:54 - He brought them to the border of his holy land,
to this land of hills he had won for them.

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Psa 78:57 - They turned back and were as faithless as their parents.
They were as undependable as a crooked bow.

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Psa 78:61 - He allowed the Ark of his might to be captured;
he surrendered his glory into enemy hands.

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Psa 78:62 - He gave his people over to be butchered by the sword,
because he was so angry with his own people—his special possession.

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Psa 78:66 - He routed his enemies
and sent them to eternal shame.

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Psa 78:69 - There he built his sanctuary as high as the heavens,
as solid and enduring as the earth.

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Psa 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 79:5 - O LORD, how long will you be angry with us? Forever?
How long will your jealousy burn like fire?

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Psa 79:12 - O Lord, pay back our neighbors seven times
for the scorn they have hurled at you.

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Psa 79:13 - Then we your people, the sheep of your pasture,
will thank you forever and ever,
praising your greatness from generation to generation.

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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 80:2 - to Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh.
Show us your mighty power.
Come to rescue us!

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Psa 80:6 - You have made us the scorn[fn] of neighboring nations.
Our enemies treat us as a joke.

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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 81:15 - Those who hate the LORD would cringe before him;
they would be doomed forever.

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Psa 83:8 - Assyria has joined them, too,
and is allied with the descendants of Lot.
Interlude

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Psa 83:17 - Let them be ashamed and terrified forever.
Let them die in disgrace.

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Psa 84:1 - For the choir director: A psalm of the descendants of Korah, to be accompanied by a stringed instrument.[fn]

How lovely is your dwelling place,
O LORD of Heaven's Armies.

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Psa 84:2 - I long, yes, I faint with longing
to enter the courts of the LORD.
With my whole being, body and soul,
I will shout joyfully to the living God.

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Psa 84:4 - What joy for those who can live in your house,
always singing your praises.
Interlude

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Psa 84:6 - When they walk through the Valley of Weeping,[fn]
it will become a place of refreshing springs.
The autumn rains will clothe it with blessings.

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Psa 84:7 - They will continue to grow stronger,
and each of them will appear before God in Jerusalem.[fn]

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Psa 85:1 - For the choir director: A psalm of the descendants of Korah.

LORD, you poured out blessings on your land!
You restored the fortunes of Israel.[fn]

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Psa 85:5 - Will you be angry with us always?
Will you prolong your wrath to all generations?

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Psa 85:13 - Righteousness goes as a herald before him,
preparing the way for his steps.

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Psa 86:12 - With all my heart I will praise you, O Lord my God.
I will give glory to your name forever,

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Psa 86:17 - Send me a sign of your favor.
Then those who hate me will be put to shame,
for you, O LORD, help and comfort me.

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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 88:2 - Now hear my prayer;
listen to my cry.

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Psa 88:4 - I am as good as dead,
like a strong man with no strength left.

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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 89:2 - Your unfailing love will last forever.
Your faithfulness is as enduring as the heavens.

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Psa 89:4 - ‘I will establish your descendants as kings forever;
they will sit on your throne from now until eternity.'”
Interlude

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Psa 89:28 - I will love him and be kind to him forever;
my covenant with him will never end.

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Psa 89:29 - I will preserve an heir for him;
his throne will be as endless as the days of heaven.

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Psa 89:36 - His dynasty will go on forever;
his kingdom will endure as the sun.

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Psa 89:37 - It will be as eternal as the moon,
my faithful witness in the sky!”
Interlude

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Psa 89:39 - You have renounced your covenant with him;
you have thrown his crown in the dust.

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Psa 89:44 - You have ended his splendor
and overturned his throne.

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Psa 89:46 - O LORD, how long will this go on?
Will you hide yourself forever?
How long will your anger burn like fire?

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Psa 89:52 - Praise the LORD forever!
Amen and amen!

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Psa 90:3 - You turn people back to dust, saying,
“Return to dust, you mortals!”

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Psa 90:8 - You spread out our sins before you—
our secret sins—and you see them all.

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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 92:7 - Though the wicked sprout like weeds
and evildoers flourish,
they will be destroyed forever.

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Psa 92:8 - But you, O LORD, will be exalted forever.

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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 94:15 - Judgment will again be founded on justice,
and those with virtuous hearts will pursue it.

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Psa 94:22 - But the LORD is my fortress;
my God is the mighty rock where I hide.

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Psa 95:11 - So in my anger I took an oath:
‘They will never enter my place of rest.'”

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Psa 96:8 - Give to the LORD the glory he deserves!
Bring your offering and come into his courts.

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Psa 99:9 - Exalt the LORD our God,
and worship at his holy mountain in Jerusalem,
for the LORD our God 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 100:4 - Enter his gates with thanksgiving;
go into his courts with praise.
Give thanks to him and praise his name.

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Psa 100:5 - For the LORD is good.
His unfailing love continues forever,
and his faithfulness continues to each generation.

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Psa 101:8 - My daily task will be to ferret out the wicked
and free the city of the LORD from their grip.

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Psa 102:12 - But you, O LORD, will sit on your throne forever.
Your fame will endure to every generation.

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Psa 102:18 - Let this be recorded for future generations,
so that a people not yet born will praise the LORD.

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Psa 102:28 - The children of your people
will live in security.
Their children's children
will thrive in your presence.”

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Psa 103:9 - He will not constantly accuse us,
nor remain angry forever.

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Psa 104:5 - You placed the world on its foundation
so it would never be moved.

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Psa 104:8 - Mountains rose and valleys sank
to the levels you decreed.

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Psa 104:11 - They provide water for all the animals,
and the wild donkeys quench their thirst.

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Psa 104:19 - You made the moon to mark the seasons,
and the sun knows when to set.

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Psa 104:29 - But if you turn away from them, they panic.
When you take away their breath,
they die and turn again to dust.

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Psa 104:31 - May the glory of the LORD continue forever!
The LORD takes pleasure in all he has made!

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Psa 105:8 - He always stands by his covenant—
the commitment he made to a thousand generations.

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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 105:13 - They wandered from nation to nation,
from one kingdom to another.

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Psa 105:17 - Then he sent someone to Egypt ahead of them—
Joseph, who was sold as a slave.

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Psa 105:23 - Then Israel arrived in Egypt;
Jacob lived as a foreigner in the land of Ham.

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Psa 105:29 - He turned their water into blood,
poisoning all the fish.

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Psa 105:39 - The LORD spread a cloud above them as a covering
and gave them a great fire to light the darkness.

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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 106:15 - So he gave them what they asked for,
but he sent a plague along with it.

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Psa 106:31 - So he has been regarded as a righteous man
ever since that time.

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Psa 106:36 - They worshiped their idols,
which led to their downfall.

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Psa 106:41 - He handed them over to pagan nations,
and they were ruled by those who hated them.

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Psa 106:46 - He even caused their captors
to treat them with kindness.

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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 107:7 - He led them straight to safety,
to a city where they could live.

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Psa 107:23 - Some went off to sea in ships,
plying the trade routes of the world.

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Psa 107:29 - He calmed the storm to a whisper
and stilled the waves.

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Psa 107:33 - He changes rivers into deserts,
and springs of water into dry, thirsty land.

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Psa 107:34 - He turns the fruitful land into salty wastelands,
because of the wickedness of those who live there.

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Psa 107:35 - But he also turns deserts into pools of water,
the dry land into springs of water.

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Psa 108:10 - Who will bring me into the fortified city?
Who will bring me victory over Edom?

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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 109:7 - When his case comes up for judgment,
let him be pronounced guilty.
Count his prayers as sins.

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Psa 109:13 - May all his offspring die.
May his family name be blotted out in a single generation.

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Psa 109:18 - Cursing is as natural to him as his clothing,
or the water he drinks,
or the rich food he eats.

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Psa 110:4 - The LORD has taken an oath and will not break his vow:
“You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”

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Psa 111:2 - How amazing are the deeds of the LORD!
All who delight in him should ponder them.

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Psa 111:3 - Everything he does reveals his glory and majesty.
His righteousness never fails.

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Psa 111:5 - He gives food to those who fear him;
he always remembers his covenant.

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Psa 111:8 - They are forever true,
to be obeyed faithfully and with integrity.

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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 111:10 - Fear of the LORD is the foundation of true wisdom.
All who obey his commandments will grow in wisdom.
Praise him forever!

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Psa 112:3 - They themselves will be wealthy,
and their good deeds will last forever.

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Psa 112:6 - Such people will not be overcome by evil.
Those who are righteous will be long remembered.

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Psa 112:9 - They share freely and give generously to those in need.
Their good deeds will be remembered forever.
They will have influence and honor.

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Psa 114:3 - The Red Sea[fn] saw them coming and hurried out of their way!
The water of the Jordan River turned away.

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Psa 114:5 - What's wrong, Red Sea, that made you hurry out of their way?
What happened, Jordan River, that you turned away?

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Psa 114:8 - He turned the rock into a pool of water;
yes, a spring of water flowed from solid rock.

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Psa 115:17 - The dead cannot sing praises to the LORD,
for they have gone into the silence of the grave.

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Psa 116:7 - Let my soul be at rest again,
for the LORD has been good to me.

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Psa 117:2 - For he loves us with unfailing love;
the LORD's faithfulness endures forever.
Praise the LORD!

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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 118:2 - Let all Israel repeat:
“His faithful love endures forever.”

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Psa 118:3 - Let Aaron's descendants, the priests, repeat:
“His faithful love endures forever.”

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Psa 118:4 - Let all who fear the LORD repeat:
“His faithful love endures forever.”

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Psa 118:5 - In my distress I prayed to the LORD,
and the LORD answered me and set me free.

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Psa 118:14 - The LORD is my strength and my song;
he has given me victory.

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Psa 118:21 - I thank you for answering my prayer
and giving me victory!

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Psa 118:22 - The stone that the builders rejected
has now become the cornerstone.

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Psa 118:28 - You are my God, and I will praise you!
You are my God, and I will exalt you!

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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 119:36 - Give me an eagerness for your laws
rather than a love for money!

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Psa 119:38 - Reassure me of your promise,
made to those who fear you.

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Psa 119:44 - I will keep on obeying your instructions
forever and ever.

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Psa 119:59 - I pondered the direction of my life,
and I turned to follow your laws.

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Psa 119:74 - May all who fear you find in me a cause for joy,
for I have put my hope in your word.

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Psa 119:78 - Bring disgrace upon the arrogant people who lied about me;
meanwhile, I will concentrate on your commandments.

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Psa 119:81 - Kaph
I am worn out waiting for your rescue,
but I have put my hope in your word.

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Psa 119:82 - My eyes are straining to see your promises come true.
When will you comfort me?

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Psa 119:89 - Lamedh
Your eternal word, O LORD,
stands firm in heaven.

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Psa 119:90 - Your faithfulness extends to every generation,
as enduring as the earth you created.

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Psa 119:93 - I will never forget your commandments,
for by them you give me life.

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Psa 119:98 - Your commands make me wiser than my enemies,
for they are my constant guide.

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Psa 119:111 - Your laws are my treasure;
they are my heart's delight.

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Psa 119:112 - I am determined to keep your decrees
to the very end.

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Psa 119:114 - You are my refuge and my shield;
your word is my source of hope.

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Psa 119:122 - Please guarantee a blessing for me.
Don't let the arrogant oppress me!

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Psa 119:123 - My eyes strain to see your rescue,
to see the truth of your promise fulfilled.

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Psa 119:142 - Your justice is eternal,
and your instructions are perfectly true.

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Psa 119:144 - Your laws are always right;
help me to understand them so I may live.

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Psa 119:147 - I rise early, before the sun is up;
I cry out for help and put my hope in your words.

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Psa 119:152 - I have known from my earliest days
that your laws will last forever.

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Psa 119:160 - The very essence of your words is truth;
all your just regulations will stand forever.

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Psa 121:1 - A song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem.

I look up to the mountains—
does my help come from there?

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Psa 121:3 - He will not let you stumble;
the one who watches over you will not slumber.

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Psa 122:1 - A song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem. A psalm of David.

I was glad when they said to me,
“Let us go to the house of the LORD.”

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Psa 122:5 - Here stand the thrones where judgment is given,
the thrones of the dynasty of David.

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Psa 122:6 - Pray for peace in Jerusalem.
May all who love this city prosper.

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Psa 123:2 - We keep looking to the LORD our God for his mercy,
just as servants keep their eyes on their master,
as a slave girl watches her mistress for the slightest signal.

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Psa 124:6 - Praise the LORD,
who did not let their teeth tear us apart!

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Psa 125:1 - A song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem.

Those who trust in the LORD are as secure as Mount Zion;
they will not be defeated but will endure forever.

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Psa 125:5 - But banish those who turn to crooked ways, O LORD.
Take them away with those who do evil.
May Israel have peace!

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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 127:2 - It is useless for you to work so hard
from early morning until late at night,
anxiously working for food to eat;
for God gives rest to his loved ones.

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Psa 129:5 - May all who hate Jerusalem[fn]
be turned back in shameful defeat.

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Psa 130:2 - Hear my cry, O Lord.
Pay attention to my prayer.

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Psa 130:5 - I am counting on the LORD;
yes, I am counting on him.
I have put my hope in his word.

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Psa 132:3 - “I will not go home;
I will not let myself rest.

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Psa 132:7 - Let us go to the sanctuary of the LORD;
let us worship at the footstool of his throne.

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Psa 132:8 - Arise, O LORD, and enter your resting place,
along with the Ark, the symbol of your power.

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Psa 132:13 - For the LORD has chosen Jerusalem[fn];
he has desired it for his home.

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Psa 132:14 - “This is my resting place forever,” he said.
“I will live here, for this is the home I desired.

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Psa 134:2 - Lift up holy hands in prayer,
and praise the LORD.

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Psa 135:4 - For the LORD has chosen Jacob for himself,
Israel for his own special treasure.

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Psa 135:7 - He causes the clouds to rise over the whole earth.
He sends the lightning with the rain
and releases the wind from his storehouses.

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Psa 135:13 - Your name, O LORD, endures forever;
your fame, O LORD, is known to every generation.

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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 136:8 - the sun to rule the day,
His faithful love endures forever.

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Psa 136:9 - and the moon and stars to rule the night.
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 136:11 - He brought Israel out of Egypt.
His faithful love endures forever.

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Psa 136:12 - He acted with a strong hand and powerful arm.
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 136:14 - He led Israel safely through,
His faithful love endures forever.

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Psa 136:15 - but he hurled Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea.
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 136:18 - He killed powerful kings—
His faithful love endures forever.

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Psa 136:19 - Sihon king of the Amorites,
His faithful love endures forever.

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Psa 136:20 - and Og king of Bashan.
His faithful love endures forever.

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Psa 136:21 - God gave the land of these kings as an inheritance—
His faithful love endures forever.

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Psa 136:22 - a special possession to his servant Israel.
His faithful love endures forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 136:23

Psa 136:23 - He remembered us in our weakness.
His faithful love endures forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 136:24

Psa 136:24 - He saved us from our enemies.
His faithful love endures forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 136:25

Psa 136:25 - He gives food to every living thing.
His faithful love endures forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 136:26

Psa 136:26 - Give thanks to the God of heaven.
His faithful love endures forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 138:8

Psa 138:8 - The LORD will work out his plans for my life—
for your faithful love, O LORD, endures forever.
Don't abandon me, for you made me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 139:1

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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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 139:8

Psa 139:8 - If I go up to heaven, you are there;
if I go down to the grave,[fn] you are there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 139:9

Psa 139:9 - If I ride the wings of the morning,
if I dwell by the farthest oceans,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 139:20

Psa 139:20 - They blaspheme you;
your enemies misuse your name.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 139:22

Psa 139:22 - Yes, I hate them with total hatred,
for your enemies are my enemies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 140:1

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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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 140:11

Psa 140:11 - Don't let liars prosper here in our land.
Cause great disasters to fall on the violent.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 141:4

Psa 141:4 - Don't let me drift toward evil
or take part in acts of wickedness.
Don't let me share in the delicacies
of those who do wrong.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 142:4

Psa 142:4 - I look for someone to come and help me,
but no one gives me a passing thought!
No one will help me;
no one cares a bit what happens to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 143:2

Psa 143:2 - Don't put your servant on trial,
for no one is innocent before you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 143:3

Psa 143:3 - My enemy has chased me.
He has knocked me to the ground
and forces me to live in darkness like those in the grave.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 143:7

Psa 143:7 - Come quickly, LORD, and answer me,
for my depression deepens.
Don't turn away from me,
or I will die.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 144:1

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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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 144:13

Psa 144:13 - May our barns be filled
with crops of every kind.
May the flocks in our fields multiply by the thousands,
even tens of thousands,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 145:1

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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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 145:2

Psa 145:2 - I will praise you every day;
yes, I will praise you forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 145:15

Psa 145:15 - The eyes of all look to you in hope;
you give them their food as they need it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 145:21

Psa 145:21 - I will praise the LORD,
and may everyone on earth bless his holy name
forever and ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 146:4

Psa 146:4 - When they breathe their last, they return to the earth,
and all their plans die with them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 146:6

Psa 146:6 - He made heaven and earth,
the sea, and everything in them.
He keeps every promise forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 146:10

Psa 146:10 - The LORD will reign forever.
He will be your God, O Jerusalem,[fn] throughout the generations.
Praise the LORD!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 148:6

Psa 148:6 - He set them in place forever and ever.
His decree will never be revoked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 1:1

Pro 1:1 - These are the proverbs of Solomon, David's son, king of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 1:6

Pro 1:6 - by exploring the meaning in these proverbs and parables,
the words of the wise and their riddles.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 1:7

Pro 1:7 - Fear of the LORD is the foundation of true knowledge,
but fools despise wisdom and discipline.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 1:11

Pro 1:11 - They may say, “Come and join us.
Let's hide and kill someone!
Just for fun, let's ambush the innocent!

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 1:16

Pro 1:16 - They rush to commit evil deeds.
They hurry to commit murder.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 2:2

Pro 2:2 - Tune your ears to wisdom,
and concentrate on understanding.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 2:10

Pro 2:10 - For wisdom will enter your heart,
and knowledge will fill you with joy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 3:30

Pro 3:30 - Don't pick a fight without reason,
when no one has done you harm.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 4:4

Pro 4:4 - My father taught me,
“Take my words to heart.
Follow my commands, and you will live.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 4:13

Pro 4:13 - Take hold of my instructions; don't let them go.
Guard them, for they are the key to life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 4:27

Pro 4:27 - Don't get sidetracked;
keep your feet from following evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 5:5

Pro 5:5 - Her feet go down to death;
her steps lead straight to the grave.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 5:10

Pro 5:10 - Strangers will consume your wealth,
and someone else will enjoy the fruit of your labor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 5:16

Pro 5:16 - Why spill the water of your springs in the streets,
having sex with just anyone?[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 5:21

Pro 5:21 - For the LORD sees clearly what a man does,
examining every path he takes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:3

Pro 6:3 - follow my advice and save yourself,
for you have placed yourself at your friend's mercy.
Now swallow your pride;
go and beg to have your name erased.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:33

Pro 6:33 - He will be wounded and disgraced.
His shame will never be erased.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 7:6

Pro 7:6 - While I was at the window of my house,
looking through the curtain,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 7:15

Pro 7:15 - You're the one I was looking for!
I came out to find you, and here you are!

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 7:20

Pro 7:20 - He has taken a wallet full of money with him
and won't return until later this month.[fn]”

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 7:23

Pro 7:23 - awaiting the arrow that would pierce its heart.
He was like a bird flying into a snare,
little knowing it would cost him his life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 7:25

Pro 7:25 - Don't let your hearts stray away toward her.
Don't wander down her wayward path.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 7:27

Pro 7:27 - Her house is the road to the grave.[fn]
Her bedroom is the den of death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:22

Pro 8:22 - “The LORD formed me from the beginning,
before he created anything else.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:36

Pro 8:36 - But those who miss me injure themselves.
All who hate me love death.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 9:2

Pro 9:2 - She has prepared a great banquet,
mixed the wines, and set the table.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:25

Pro 10:25 - When the storms of life come, the wicked are whirled away,
but the godly have a lasting foundation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 11:19

Pro 11:19 - Godly people find life;
evil people find death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 11:26

Pro 11:26 - People curse those who hoard their grain,
but they bless the one who sells in time of need.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:13

Pro 12:13 - The wicked are trapped by their own words,
but the godly escape such trouble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:24

Pro 12:24 - Work hard and become a leader;
be lazy and become a slave.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:28

Pro 12:28 - The way of the godly leads to life;
that path does not lead to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 13:12

Pro 13:12 - Hope deferred makes the heart sick,
but a dream fulfilled is a tree of life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 13:17

Pro 13:17 - An unreliable messenger stumbles into trouble,
but a reliable messenger brings healing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 14:12

Pro 14:12 - There is a path before each person that seems right,
but it ends in death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 14:13

Pro 14:13 - Laughter can conceal a heavy heart,
but when the laughter ends, the grief remains.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 14:15

Pro 14:15 - Only simpletons believe everything they're told!
The prudent carefully consider their steps.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 16:4

Pro 16:4 - The LORD has made everything for his own purposes,
even the wicked for a day of disaster.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 16:25

Pro 16:25 - There is a path before each person that seems right,
but it ends in death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 16:33

Pro 16:33 - We may throw the dice,[fn]
but the LORD determines how they fall.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:16

Pro 17:16 - It is senseless to pay tuition to educate a fool,
since he has no heart for learning.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:17

Pro 17:17 - A friend is always loyal,
and a brother is born to help in time of need.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:20

Pro 17:20 - The crooked heart will not prosper;
the lying tongue tumbles into trouble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 18:3

Pro 18:3 - Doing wrong leads to disgrace,
and scandalous behavior brings contempt.

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Pro 18:6 - Fools' words get them into constant quarrels;
they are asking for a beating.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 19:18

Pro 19:18 - Discipline your children while there is hope.
Otherwise you will ruin their lives.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 19:21

Pro 19:21 - You can make many plans,
but the LORD's purpose will prevail.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 19:23

Pro 19:23 - Fear of the LORD leads to life,
bringing security and protection from harm.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 19:24

Pro 19:24 - Lazy people take food in their hand
but don't even lift it to their mouth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 20:2

Pro 20:2 - The king's fury is like a lion's roar;
to rouse his anger is to risk your life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 20:30

Pro 20:30 - Physical punishment cleanses away evil;[fn]
such discipline purifies the heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 21:17

Pro 21:17 - Those who love pleasure become poor;
those who love wine and luxury will never be rich.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 21:31

Pro 21:31 - The horse is prepared for the day of battle,
but the victory belongs to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 22:14

Pro 22:14 - The mouth of an immoral woman is a dangerous trap;
those who make the LORD angry will fall into it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 22:18

Pro 22:18 - For it is good to keep these sayings in your heart
and always ready on your lips.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 22:20

Pro 22:20 - I have written thirty sayings[fn] for you,
filled with advice and knowledge.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 22:26

Pro 22:26 - Don't agree to guarantee another person's debt
or put up security for someone else.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 23:5

Pro 23:5 - In the blink of an eye wealth disappears,
for it will sprout wings
and fly away like an eagle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 23:9

Pro 23:9 - Don't waste your breath on fools,
for they will despise the wisest advice.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 23:10

Pro 23:10 - Don't cheat your neighbor by moving the ancient boundary markers;
don't take the land of defenseless orphans.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 23:12

Pro 23:12 - Commit yourself to instruction;
listen carefully to words of knowledge.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 23:31

Pro 23:31 - Don't gaze at the wine, seeing how red it is,
how it sparkles in the cup, how smoothly it goes down.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:11

Pro 24:11 - Rescue those who are unjustly sentenced to die;
save them as they stagger to their death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:24

Pro 24:24 - A judge who says to the wicked, “You are innocent,”
will be cursed by many people and denounced by the nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:27

Pro 24:27 - Do your planning and prepare your fields
before building your house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 25:8

Pro 25:8 - don't be in a hurry to go to court.
For what will you do in the end
if your neighbor deals you a shameful defeat?

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 25:9

Pro 25:9 - When arguing with your neighbor,
don't betray another person's secret.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 25:12

Pro 25:12 - To one who listens, valid criticism
is like a gold earring or other gold jewelry.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:13

Pro 26:13 - The lazy person claims, “There's a lion on the road!
Yes, I'm sure there's a lion out there!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:18

Pro 26:18 - Just as damaging
as a madman shooting a deadly weapon

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:21

Pro 26:21 - A quarrelsome person starts fights
as easily as hot embers light charcoal or fire lights wood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:22

Pro 26:22 - Rumors are dainty morsels
that sink deep into one's heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:27

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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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:1

Pro 27:1 - Don't brag about tomorrow,
since you don't know what the day will bring.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:10

Pro 27:10 - Never abandon a friend—
either yours or your father's.
When disaster strikes, you won't have to ask your brother for assistance.
It's better to go to a neighbor than to a brother who lives far away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:24

Pro 27:24 - for riches don't last forever,
and the crown might not be passed to the next generation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:26

Pro 27:26 - your sheep will provide wool for clothing,
and your goats will provide the price of a field.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:27

Pro 27:27 - And you will have enough goats' milk for yourself,
your family, and your servant girls.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 28:10

Pro 28:10 - Those who lead good people along an evil path
will fall into their own trap,
but the honest will inherit good things.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 29:14

Pro 29:14 - If a king judges the poor fairly,
his throne will last forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:4

Pro 30:4 - Who but God goes up to heaven and comes back down?
Who holds the wind in his fists?
Who wraps up the oceans in his cloak?
Who has created the whole wide world?
What is his name—and his son's name?
Tell me if you know!

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:10

Pro 30:10 - Never slander a worker to the employer,
or the person will curse you, and you will pay for it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:32

Pro 30:32 - If you have been a fool by being proud or plotting evil,
cover your mouth in shame.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 31:3

Pro 31:3 - do not waste your strength on women,
on those who ruin kings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 31:17

Pro 31:17 - She is energetic and strong,
a hard worker.

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Pro 31:19 - Her hands are busy spinning thread,
her fingers twisting fiber.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 1:4

Ecc 1:4 - Generations come and generations go, but the earth never changes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 1:5

Ecc 1:5 - The sun rises and the sun sets, then hurries around to rise again.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 1:7

Ecc 1:7 - Rivers run into the sea, but the sea is never full. Then the water returns again to the rivers and flows out again to the sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 1:11

Ecc 1:11 - We don't remember what happened in the past, and in future generations, no one will remember what we are doing now.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:3

Ecc 2:3 - After much thought, I decided to cheer myself with wine. And while still seeking wisdom, I clutched at foolishness. In this way, I tried to experience the only happiness most people find during their brief life in this world.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:16

Ecc 2:16 - For the wise and the foolish both die. The wise will not be remembered any longer than the fool. In the days to come, both will be forgotten.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 3:14

Ecc 3:14 - And I know that whatever God does is final. Nothing can be added to it or taken from it. God's purpose is that people should fear him.

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Ecc 3:20 - Both go to the same place—they came from dust and they return to dust.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 3:21

Ecc 3:21 - For who can prove that the human spirit goes up and the spirit of animals goes down into the earth?

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 5:1

Ecc 5:1 - [fn]As you enter the house of God, keep your ears open and your mouth shut. It is evil to make mindless offerings to God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 5:13

Ecc 5:13 - There is another serious problem I have seen under the sun. Hoarding riches harms the saver.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 5:16

Ecc 5:16 - And this, too, is a very serious problem. People leave this world no better off than when they came. All their hard work is for nothing—like working for the wind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 6:6

Ecc 6:6 - He might live a thousand years twice over but still not find contentment. And since he must die like everyone else—well, what's the use?

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 6:7

Ecc 6:7 - All people spend their lives scratching for food, but they never seem to have enough.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:2

Ecc 7:2 - Better to spend your time at funerals than at parties.
After all, everyone dies—
so the living should take this to heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:21

Ecc 7:21 - Don't eavesdrop on others—you may hear your servant curse you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 8:9

Ecc 8:9 - I have thought deeply about all that goes on here under the sun, where people have the power to hurt each other.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 8:10

Ecc 8:10 - I have seen wicked people buried with honor. Yet they were the very ones who frequented the Temple and are now praised[fn] in the same city where they committed their crimes! This, too, is meaningless.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:1

Ecc 9:1 - This, too, I carefully explored: Even though the actions of godly and wise people are in God's hands, no one knows whether God will show them favor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:6

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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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:12

Ecc 9:12 - People can never predict when hard times might come. Like fish in a net or birds in a trap, people are caught by sudden tragedy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:2

Ecc 10:2 - A wise person chooses the right road;
a fool takes the wrong one.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:15

Ecc 10:15 - Fools are so exhausted by a little work
that they can't even find their way home.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:19

Ecc 10:19 - A party gives laughter,
wine gives happiness,
and money gives everything!

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 11:6

Ecc 11:6 - Plant your seed in the morning and keep busy all afternoon, for you don't know if profit will come from one activity or another—or maybe both.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 12:4

Ecc 12:4 - Remember him before the door to life's opportunities is closed and the sound of work fades. Now you rise at the first chirping of the birds, but then all their sounds will grow faint.

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Ecc 12:5 - Remember him before you become fearful of falling and worry about danger in the streets; before your hair turns white like an almond tree in bloom, and you drag along without energy like a dying grasshopper, and the caperberry no longer inspires sexual desire. Remember him before you near the grave, your everlasting home, when the mourners will weep at your funeral.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 1:4

Sng 1:4 - Take me with you; come, let's run!
The king has brought me into his bedroom.

Young Women of Jerusalem
How happy we are for you, O king.
We praise your love even more than wine.

Young Woman
How right they are to adore you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 2:4

Sng 2:4 - He escorts me to the banquet hall;
it's obvious how much he loves me.

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Sng 3:4 - Then scarcely had I left them
when I found my love!
I caught and held him tightly,
then I brought him to my mother's house,
into my mother's bed, where I had been conceived.

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Sng 4:4 - Your neck is as beautiful as the tower of David,
jeweled with the shields of a thousand heroes.

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Sng 4:16 - Young Woman
Awake, north wind!
Rise up, south wind!
Blow on my garden
and spread its fragrance all around.
Come into your garden, my love;
taste its finest fruits.

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Sng 5:1 - Young Man
I have entered my garden, my treasure,[fn] my bride!
I gather myrrh with my spices
and eat honeycomb with my honey.
I drink wine with my milk.

Young Women of Jerusalem
Oh, lover and beloved, eat and drink!
Yes, drink deeply of your love!

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Sng 6:2 - Young Woman
My lover has gone down to his garden,
to his spice beds,
to browse in the gardens
and gather the lilies.

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Sng 6:11 - Young Woman
I went down to the grove of walnut trees
and out to the valley to see the new spring growth,
to see whether the grapevines had budded
or the pomegranates were in bloom.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 7:9

Sng 7:9 - May your kisses be as exciting as the best wine,
flowing gently over lips and teeth.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 7:11

Sng 7:11 - Come, my love, let us go out to the fields
and spend the night among the wildflowers.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 7:12

Sng 7:12 - Let us get up early and go to the vineyards
to see if the grapevines have budded,
if the blossoms have opened,
and if the pomegranates have bloomed.
There I will give you my love.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 8:2

Sng 8:2 - I would bring you to my childhood home,
and there you would teach me.[fn]
I would give you spiced wine to drink,
my sweet pomegranate wine.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:5

Isa 1:5 - Why do you continue to invite punishment?
Must you rebel forever?
Your head is injured,
and your heart is sick.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:14

Isa 1:14 - I hate your new moon celebrations and your annual festivals.
They are a burden to me. I cannot stand them!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:25

Isa 1:25 - I will raise my fist against you.
I will melt you down and skim off your slag.
I will remove all your impurities.

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Isa 2:3 - People from many nations will come and say,
“Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD,
to the house of Jacob's God.
There he will teach us his ways,
and we will walk in his paths.”
For the LORD's teaching will go out from Zion;
his word will go out from Jerusalem.

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Isa 2:4 - The LORD will mediate between nations
and will settle international disputes.
They will hammer their swords into plowshares
and their spears into pruning hooks.
Nation will no longer fight against nation,
nor train for war anymore.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 2:10

Isa 2:10 - Crawl into caves in the rocks.
Hide in the dust
from the terror of the LORD
and the glory of his majesty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 2:19

Isa 2:19 - When the LORD rises to shake the earth,
his enemies will crawl into holes in the ground.
They will hide in caves in the rocks
from the terror of the LORD
and the glory of his majesty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 2:21

Isa 2:21 - while they crawl away into caverns
and hide among the jagged rocks in the cliffs.
They will try to escape the terror of the LORD
and the glory of his majesty
as he rises to shake the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 3:13

Isa 3:13 - The LORD takes his place in court
and presents his case against his people!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 3:14

Isa 3:14 - The LORD comes forward to pronounce judgment
on the elders and rulers of his people:
“You have ruined Israel, my vineyard.
Your houses are filled with things stolen from the poor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 3:26

Isa 3:26 - The gates of Zion will weep and mourn.
The city will be like a ravaged woman,
huddled on the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 4:3

Isa 4:3 - All who remain in Zion
will be a holy people—
those who survive the destruction of Jerusalem
and are recorded among the living.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 4:6

Isa 4:6 - It will be a shelter from daytime heat
and a hiding place from storms and rain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:5

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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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:6

Isa 5:6 - I will make it a wild place
where the vines are not pruned and the ground is not hoed,
a place overgrown with briers and thorns.
I will command the clouds
to drop no rain on it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:9

Isa 5:9 - But I have heard the LORD of Heaven's Armies
swear a solemn oath:
“Many houses will stand deserted;
even beautiful mansions will be empty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:30

Isa 5:30 - They will roar over their victims on that day of destruction
like the roaring of the sea.
If someone looks across the land,
only darkness and distress will be seen;
even the light will be darkened by clouds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 6:13

Isa 6:13 - If even a tenth—a remnant—survive,
it will be invaded again and burned.
But as a terebinth or oak tree leaves a stump when it is cut down,
so Israel's stump will be a holy seed.”

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Isa 7:2 - The news had come to the royal court of Judah: “Syria is allied with Israel[fn] against us!” So the hearts of the king and his people trembled with fear, like trees shaking in a storm.

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Isa 7:3 - Then the LORD said to Isaiah, “Take your son Shear-jashub[fn] and go out to meet King Ahaz. You will find him at the end of the aqueduct that feeds water into the upper pool, near the road leading to the field where cloth is washed.[fn]

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Isa 7:6 - ‘We will attack Judah and capture it for ourselves. Then we will install the son of Tabeel as Judah's king.'

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Isa 7:11 - “Ask the LORD your God for a sign of confirmation, Ahaz. Make it as difficult as you want—as high as heaven or as deep as the place of the dead.[fn]”

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Isa 7:19 - They will come in vast hordes and settle in the fertile areas and also in the desolate valleys, caves, and thorny places.

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Isa 7:23 - In that day the lush vineyards, now worth 1,000 pieces of silver,[fn] will become patches of briers and thorns.

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Isa 7:25 - No one will go to the fertile hillsides where the gardens once grew, for briers and thorns will cover them. Cattle, sheep, and goats will graze there.

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Isa 8:1 - Then the LORD said to me, “Make a large signboard and clearly write this name on it: Maher-shalal-hash-baz.[fn]”

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Isa 8:14 - He will keep you safe.
But to Israel and Judah
he will be a stone that makes people stumble,
a rock that makes them fall.
And for the people of Jerusalem
he will be a trap and a snare.

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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 8:20 - Look to God's instructions and teachings! People who contradict his word are completely in the dark.

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Isa 8:21 - They will go from one place to another, weary and hungry. And because they are hungry, they will rage and curse their king and their God. They will look up to heaven

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Isa 8:22 - and down at the earth, but wherever they look, there will be trouble and anguish and dark despair. They will be thrown out into the darkness.

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Isa 9:7 - His government and its peace
will never end.
He will rule with fairness and justice from the throne of his ancestor David
for all eternity.
The passionate commitment of the LORD of Heaven's Armies
will make this happen!

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Isa 9:20 - They will attack their neighbor on the right
but will still be hungry.
They will devour their neighbor on the left
but will not be satisfied.
In the end they will even eat their own children.[fn]

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Isa 10:2 - They deprive the poor of justice
and deny the rights of the needy among my people.
They prey on widows
and take advantage of orphans.

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Isa 10:4 - You will stumble along as prisoners
or lie among the dead.
But even then the LORD's anger will not be satisfied.
His fist is still poised to strike.

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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 10:16 - Therefore, the Lord, the LORD of Heaven's Armies,
will send a plague among Assyria's proud troops,
and a flaming fire will consume its glory.

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Isa 10:17 - The LORD, the Light of Israel, will be a fire;
the Holy One will be a flame.
He will devour the thorns and briers with fire,
burning up the enemy in a single night.

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Isa 10:26 - The LORD of Heaven's Armies will lash them with his whip, as he did when Gideon triumphed over the Midianites at the rock of Oreb, or when the LORD's staff was raised to drown the Egyptian army in the sea.

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Isa 10:28 - Look, the Assyrians are now at Aiath.
They are passing through Migron
and are storing their equipment at Micmash.

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Isa 10:29 - They are crossing the pass
and are camping at Geba.
Fear strikes the town of Ramah.
All the people of Gibeah, the hometown of Saul,
are running for their lives.

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Isa 11:12 - He will raise a flag among the nations
and assemble the exiles of Israel.
He will gather the scattered people of Judah
from the ends of the earth.

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Isa 12:2 - See, God has come to save me.
I will trust in him and not be afraid.
The LORD GOD is my strength and my song;
he has given me victory.”

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Isa 13:14 - Everyone in Babylon will run about like a hunted gazelle,
like sheep without a shepherd.
They will try to find their own people
and flee to their own land.

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Isa 13:20 - Babylon will never be inhabited again.
It will remain empty for generation after generation.
Nomads will refuse to camp there,
and shepherds will not bed down their sheep.

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Isa 14:2 - The nations of the world will help the LORD's people to return, and those who come to live in their land will serve them. Those who captured Israel will themselves be captured, and Israel will rule over its enemies.

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Isa 14:11 - Your might and power were buried with you.[fn]
The sound of the harp in your palace has ceased.
Now maggots are your sheet,
and worms your blanket.'

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Isa 14:12 - “How you are fallen from heaven,
O shining star, son of the morning!
You have been thrown down to the earth,
you who destroyed the nations of the world.

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Isa 14:13 - For you said to yourself,
‘I will ascend to heaven and set my throne above God's stars.
I will preside on the mountain of the gods
far away in the north.[fn]

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Isa 14:15 - Instead, you will be brought down to the place of the dead,
down to its lowest depths.

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Isa 14:19 - but you will be thrown out of your grave
like a worthless branch.
Like a corpse trampled underfoot,
you will be dumped into a mass grave
with those killed in battle.
You will descend to the pit.

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Isa 14:20 - You will not be given a proper burial,
for you have destroyed your nation
and slaughtered your people.
The descendants of such an evil person
will never again receive honor.

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Isa 14:23 - “I will make Babylon a desolate place of owls,
filled with swamps and marshes.
I will sweep the land with the broom of destruction.
I, the LORD of Heaven's Armies, have spoken!”

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Isa 14:25 - I will break the Assyrians when they are in Israel;
I will trample them on my mountains.
My people will no longer be their slaves
nor bow down under their heavy loads.

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Isa 16:10 - Gone now is the gladness,
gone the joy of harvest.
There will be no singing in the vineyards,
no more happy shouts,
no treading of grapes in the winepresses.
I have ended all their harvest joys.

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Isa 16:12 - The people of Moab will worship at their pagan shrines,
but it will do them no good.
They will cry to the gods in their temples,
but no one will be able to save them.

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Isa 17:1 - This message came to me concerning Damascus:
“Look, the city of Damascus will disappear!
It will become a heap of ruins.

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Isa 17:2 - The towns of Aroer will be deserted.
Flocks will graze in the streets and lie down undisturbed,
with no one to chase them away.

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Isa 17:7 - Then at last the people will look to their Creator
and turn their eyes to the Holy One of Israel.

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Isa 17:11 - They may sprout on the day you set them out;
yes, they may blossom on the very morning you plant them,
but you will never pick any grapes from them.
Your only harvest will be a load of grief and unrelieved pain.

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Isa 18:7 - 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 19:1 - This message came to me concerning Egypt:
Look! The LORD is advancing against Egypt,
riding on a swift cloud.
The idols of Egypt tremble.
The hearts of the Egyptians melt with fear.

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Isa 19:4 - I will hand Egypt over
to a hard, cruel master.
A fierce king will rule them,”
says the Lord, the LORD of Heaven's Armies.

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Isa 19:8 - The fishermen will lament for lack of work.
Those who cast hooks into the Nile will groan,
and those who use nets will lose heart.

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Isa 19:17 - Just to speak the name of Israel will terrorize them, for the LORD of Heaven's Armies has laid out his plans against them.

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Isa 19:20 - It will be a sign and a witness that the LORD of Heaven's Armies is worshiped in the land of Egypt. When the people cry to the LORD for help against those who oppress them, he will send them a savior who will rescue them.

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Isa 19:23 - In that day Egypt and Assyria will be connected by a highway. The Egyptians and Assyrians will move freely between their lands, and they will both worship God.

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Isa 20:1 - In the year when King Sargon of Assyria sent his commander in chief to capture the Philistine city of Ashdod,[fn]

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Isa 20:6 - They will say, ‘If this can happen to Egypt, what chance do we have? We were counting on Egypt to protect us from the king of Assyria.'”

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Isa 21:4 - My mind reels and my heart races.
I longed for evening to come,
but now I am terrified of the dark.

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Isa 21:8 - Then the watchman[fn] called out,
“Day after day I have stood on the watchtower, my lord.
Night after night I have remained at my post.

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Isa 21:9 - Now at last—look!
Here comes a man in a chariot
with a pair of horses!”
Then the watchman said,
“Babylon is fallen, fallen!
All the idols of Babylon
lie broken on the ground!”

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Isa 21:14 - O people of Tema,
bring water to these thirsty people,
food to these weary refugees.

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Isa 22:1 - This message came to me concerning Jerusalem—the Valley of Vision[fn]:
What is happening?
Why is everyone running to the rooftops?

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Isa 22:8 - Judah's defenses have been stripped away.
You run to the armory[fn] for your weapons.

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Isa 22:9 - You inspect the breaks in the walls of Jerusalem.[fn]
You store up water in the lower pool.

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Isa 22:10 - You survey the houses and tear some down
for stone to strengthen the walls.

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Isa 22:11 - Between the city walls, you build a reservoir
for water from the old pool.
But you never ask for help from the One who did all this.
You never considered the One who planned this long ago.

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Isa 22:15 - This is what the Lord, the LORD of Heaven's Armies, said to me: “Confront Shebna, the palace administrator, and give him this message:

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Isa 22:18 - crumple you into a ball,
and toss you away into a distant, barren land.
There you will die,
and your glorious chariots will be broken and useless.
You are a disgrace to your master!

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Isa 22:21 - I will dress him in your royal robes and will give him your title and your authority. And he will be a father to the people of Jerusalem and Judah.

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Isa 22:23 - He will bring honor to his family name, for I will drive him firmly in place like a nail in the wall.

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Isa 23:6 - Send word now to Tarshish!
Wail, you people who live in distant lands!

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Isa 23:12 - He says, “Never again will you rejoice,
O daughter of Sidon, for you have been crushed.
Even if you flee to Cyprus,
you will find no rest.”

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Isa 23:13 - Look at the land of Babylonia[fn]—
the people of that land are gone!
The Assyrians have handed Babylon over
to the wild animals of the desert.
They have built siege ramps against its walls,
torn down its palaces,
and turned it to a heap of rubble.

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Isa 23:17 - Yes, after seventy years the LORD will revive Tyre. But she will be no different than she was before. She will again be a prostitute to all kingdoms around the world.

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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 24:18 - Those who flee in terror will fall into a trap,
and those who escape the trap will be caught in a snare.
Destruction falls like rain from the heavens;
the foundations of the earth shake.

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Isa 24:22 - They will be rounded up and put in prison.
They will be shut up in prison
and will finally be punished.

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Isa 25:2 - You turn mighty cities into heaps of ruins.
Cities with strong walls are turned to rubble.
Beautiful palaces in distant lands disappear
and will never be rebuilt.

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Isa 26:20 - Go home, my people,
and lock your doors!
Hide yourselves for a little while
until the LORD's anger has passed.

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Isa 27:10 - The fortified towns will be silent and empty,
the houses abandoned, the streets overgrown with weeds.
Calves will graze there,
chewing on twigs and branches.

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Isa 28:4 - It sits at the head of a fertile valley,
but its glorious beauty will fade like a flower.
Whoever sees it will snatch it up,
as an early fig is quickly picked and eaten.

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Isa 28:13 - So the LORD will spell out his message for them again,
one line at a time,
one line at a time,
a little here,
and a little there,
so that they will stumble and fall.
They will be injured, trapped, and captured.

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Isa 28:16 - Therefore, this is what the Sovereign LORD says:
“Look! I am placing a foundation stone in Jerusalem,[fn]
a firm and tested stone.
It is a precious cornerstone that is safe to build on.
Whoever believes need never be shaken.[fn]

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Isa 28:17 - I will test you with the measuring line of justice
and the plumb line of righteousness.
Since your refuge is made of lies,
a hailstorm will knock it down.
Since it is made of deception,
a flood will sweep it away.

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Isa 28:18 - I will cancel the bargain you made to cheat death,
and I will overturn your deal to dodge the grave.
When the terrible enemy sweeps through,
you will be trampled into the ground.

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Isa 28:28 - Grain for bread is easily crushed,
so he doesn't keep on pounding it.
He threshes it under the wheels of a cart,
but he doesn't pulverize it.

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Isa 29:4 - Then deep from the earth you will speak;
from low in the dust your words will come.
Your voice will whisper from the ground
like a ghost conjured up from the grave.

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Isa 29:8 - A hungry person dreams of eating
but wakes up still hungry.
A thirsty person dreams of drinking
but is still faint from thirst when morning comes.
So it will be with your enemies,
with those who attack Mount Zion.”

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Isa 29:12 - When you give it to those who cannot read, they will say, “We don't know how to read.”

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Isa 29:17 - Soon—and it will not be very long—
the forests of Lebanon will become a fertile field,
and the fertile field will yield bountiful crops.

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Isa 30:2 - For without consulting me,
you have gone down to Egypt for help.
You have put your trust in Pharaoh's protection.
You have tried to hide in his shade.

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Isa 30:3 - But by trusting Pharaoh, you will be humiliated,
and by depending on him, you will be disgraced.

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Isa 30:5 - all who trust in him will be ashamed.
He will not help you.
Instead, he will disgrace you.”

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Isa 30:6 - This message came to me concerning the animals in the Negev:
The caravan moves slowly
across the terrible desert to Egypt—
donkeys weighed down with riches
and camels loaded with treasure—
all to pay for Egypt's protection.
They travel through the wilderness,
a place of lionesses and lions,
a place where vipers and poisonous snakes live.
All this, and Egypt will give you nothing in return.

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Isa 30:8 - Now go and write down these words.
Write them in a book.
They will stand until the end of time
as a witness

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Isa 30:29 - But the people of God will sing a song of joy,
like the songs at the holy festivals.
You will be filled with joy,
as when a flutist leads a group of pilgrims
to Jerusalem, the mountain of the LORD—
to the Rock of Israel.

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Isa 31:1 - What sorrow awaits those who look to Egypt for help,
trusting their horses, chariots, and charioteers
and depending on the strength of human armies
instead of looking to the LORD,
the Holy One of Israel.

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Isa 31:8 - “The Assyrians will be destroyed,
but not by the swords of men.
The sword of God will strike them,
and they will panic and flee.
The strong young Assyrians
will be taken away as captives.

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Isa 32:15 - until at last the Spirit is poured out
on us from heaven.
Then the wilderness will become a fertile field,
and the fertile field will yield bountiful crops.

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Isa 33:2 - But LORD, be merciful to us,
for we have waited for you.
Be our strong arm each day
and our salvation in times of trouble.

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Isa 33:20 - Instead, you will see Zion as a place of holy festivals.
You will see Jerusalem, a city quiet and secure.
It will be like a tent whose ropes are taut
and whose stakes are firmly fixed.

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Isa 33:23 - The enemies' sails hang loose
on broken masts with useless tackle.
Their treasure will be divided by the people of God.
Even the lame will take their share!

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Isa 34:2 - For the LORD is enraged against the nations.
His fury is against all their armies.
He will completely destroy[fn] them,
dooming them to slaughter.

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Isa 34:9 - The streams of Edom will be filled with burning pitch,
and the ground will be covered with fire.

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Isa 34:10 - This judgment on Edom will never end;
the smoke of its burning will rise forever.
The land will lie deserted from generation to generation.
No one will live there anymore.

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Isa 34:12 - It will be called the Land of Nothing,
and all its nobles will soon be gone.[fn]

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Isa 34:13 - Thorns will overrun its palaces;
nettles and thistles will grow in its forts.
The ruins will become a haunt for jackals
and a home for owls.

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Isa 34:17 - He has surveyed and divided the land
and deeded it over to those creatures.
They will possess it forever,
from generation to generation.

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Isa 35:7 - The parched ground will become a pool,
and springs of water will satisfy the thirsty land.
Marsh grass and reeds and rushes will flourish
where desert jackals once lived.

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Isa 35:10 - Those who have been ransomed by the LORD will return.
They will enter Jerusalem[fn] singing,
crowned with everlasting joy.
Sorrow and mourning will disappear,
and they will be filled with joy and gladness.

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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 36:6 - On Egypt? If you lean on Egypt, it will be like a reed that splinters beneath your weight and pierces your hand. Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, is completely unreliable!

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Isa 36:9 - With your tiny army, how can you think of challenging even the weakest contingent of my master's troops, even with the help of Egypt's chariots and charioteers?

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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 36:17 - Then I will arrange to take you to another land like this one—a land of grain and new wine, bread and vineyards.

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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 37:7 - Listen! I myself will move against him,[fn] and the king will receive a message that he is needed at home. So he will return to his land, where I will have him killed with a sword.'”

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Isa 37:10 - “This message is for King Hezekiah of Judah. Don't let your God, in whom you trust, deceive you with promises that Jerusalem will not be captured by the king of Assyria.

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Isa 37:19 - And they have thrown the gods of these nations into the fire and burned them. But of course the Assyrians could destroy them! They were not gods at all—only idols of wood and stone shaped by human hands.

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Isa 37:23 - “Whom have you been defying and ridiculing?
Against whom did you raise your voice?
At whom did you look with such haughty eyes?
It was the Holy One of Israel!

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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 37:29 - And because of your raging against me
and your arrogance, which I have heard for myself,
I will put my hook in your nose
and my bit in your mouth.
I will make you return
by the same road on which you came.”

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Isa 37:33 - “And this is what the LORD says about the king of Assyria:
“‘His armies will not enter Jerusalem.
They will not even shoot an arrow at it.
They will not march outside its gates with their shields
nor build banks of earth against its walls.

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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 38:14 - Delirious, I chattered like a swallow or a crane,
and then I moaned like a mourning dove.
My eyes grew tired of looking to heaven for help.
I am in trouble, Lord. Help me!”

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Isa 38:22 - And Hezekiah had asked, “What sign will prove that I will go to the Temple of the LORD?”

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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 40:2 - “Speak tenderly to Jerusalem.
Tell her that her sad days are gone
and her sins are pardoned.
Yes, the LORD has punished her twice over
for all her sins.”

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Isa 40:4 - Fill in the valleys,
and level the mountains and hills.
Straighten the curves,
and smooth out the rough places.

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Isa 40:8 - The grass withers and the flowers fade,
but the word of our God stands forever.”

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Isa 40:16 - All the wood in Lebanon's forests
and all Lebanon's animals would not be enough
to make a burnt offering worthy of our God.

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Isa 40:17 - The nations of the world are worth nothing to him.
In his eyes they count for less than nothing—
mere emptiness and froth.

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Isa 40:23 - He judges the great people of the world
and brings them all to nothing.

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Isa 40:24 - They hardly get started, barely taking root,
when he blows on them and they wither.
The wind carries them off like chaff.

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Isa 40:26 - Look up into the heavens.
Who created all the stars?
He brings them out like an army, one after another,
calling each by its name.
Because of his great power and incomparable strength,
not a single one is missing.

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Isa 41:2 - “Who has stirred up this king from the east,
rightly calling him to God's service?
Who gives this man victory over many nations
and permits him to trample their kings underfoot?
With his sword, he reduces armies to dust.
With his bow, he scatters them like chaff before the wind.

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Isa 41:4 - Who has done such mighty deeds,
summoning each new generation from the beginning of time?
It is I, the LORD, the First and the Last.
I alone am he.”

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Isa 41:12 - You will look in vain
for those who tried to conquer you.
Those who attack you
will come to nothing.

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Isa 41:18 - I will open up rivers for them on the high plateaus.
I will give them fountains of water in the valleys.
I will fill the desert with pools of water.
Rivers fed by springs will flow across the parched ground.

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Isa 41:19 - I will plant trees in the barren desert—
cedar, acacia, myrtle, olive, cypress, fir, and pine.

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Isa 41:27 - I was the first to tell Zion,
‘Look! Help is on the way!'[fn]
I will send Jerusalem a messenger with good news.

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Isa 42:3 - He will not crush the weakest reed
or put out a flickering candle.
He will bring justice to all who have been wronged.

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Isa 42:6 - “I, the LORD, have called you to demonstrate my righteousness.
I will take you by the hand and guard you,
and I will give you to my people, Israel,
as a symbol of my covenant with them.
And you will be a light to guide the nations.

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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 42:15 - I will level the mountains and hills
and blight all their greenery.
I will turn the rivers into dry land
and will dry up all the pools.

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Isa 42:16 - I will lead blind Israel down a new path,
guiding them along an unfamiliar way.
I will brighten the darkness before them
and smooth out the road ahead of them.
Yes, I will indeed do these things;
I will not forsake them.

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Isa 42:17 - But those who trust in idols,
who say, ‘You are our gods,'
will be turned away in shame.

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Isa 42:22 - But his own people have been robbed and plundered,
enslaved, imprisoned, and trapped.
They are fair game for anyone
and have no one to protect them,
no one to take them back home.

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Isa 42:23 - Who will hear these lessons from the past
and see the ruin that awaits you in the future?

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Isa 42:24 - Who allowed Israel to be robbed and hurt?
It was the LORD, against whom we sinned,
for the people would not walk in his path,
nor would they obey his law.

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Isa 43:14 - This is what the LORD says—your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel:
“For your sakes I will send an army against Babylon,
forcing the Babylonians[fn] to flee in those ships they are so proud of.

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Isa 43:27 - From the very beginning, your first ancestor sinned against me;
all your leaders broke my laws.

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Isa 43:28 - That is why I have disgraced your priests;
I have decreed complete destruction[fn] for Jacob
and shame for Israel.

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Isa 44:7 - Who is like me?
Let him step forward and prove to you his power.
Let him do as I have done since ancient times
when I established a people and explained its future.

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Isa 44:15 - Then he uses part of the wood to make a fire.
With it he warms himself and bakes his bread.
Then—yes, it's true—he takes the rest of it
and makes himself a god to worship!
He makes an idol
and bows down in front of it!

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Isa 44:17 - Then he takes what's left
and makes his god: a carved idol!
He falls down in front of it,
worshiping and praying to it.
“Rescue me!” he says.
“You are my god!”

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Isa 44:19 - The person who made the idol never stops to reflect,
“Why, it's just a block of wood!
I burned half of it for heat
and used it to bake my bread and roast my meat.
How can the rest of it be a god?
Should I bow down to worship a piece of wood?”

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Isa 44:25 - I expose the false prophets as liars
and make fools of fortune-tellers.
I cause the wise to give bad advice,
thus proving them to be fools.

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Isa 45:18 - For the LORD is God,
and he created the heavens and earth
and put everything in place.
He made the world to be lived in,
not to be a place of empty chaos.
“I am the LORD,” he says,
“and there is no other.

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Isa 46:1 - Bel and Nebo, the gods of Babylon,
bow as they are lowered to the ground.
They are being hauled away on ox carts.
The poor beasts stagger under the weight.

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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 47:1 - “Come down, virgin daughter of Babylon, and sit in the dust.
For your days of sitting on a throne have ended.
O daughter of Babylonia,[fn] never again will you be
the lovely princess, tender and delicate.

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Isa 47:5 - “O beautiful Babylon, sit now in darkness and silence.
Never again will you be known as the queen of kingdoms.

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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 47:7 - You said, ‘I will reign forever as queen of the world!'
You did not reflect on your actions
or think about their consequences.

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Isa 47:11 - So disaster will overtake you,
and you won't be able to charm it away.
Calamity will fall upon you,
and you won't be able to buy your way out.
A catastrophe will strike you suddenly,
one for which you are not prepared.

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Isa 48:12 - “Listen to me, O family of Jacob,
Israel my chosen one!
I alone am God,
the First and the Last.

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Isa 49:4 - I replied, “But my work seems so useless!
I have spent my strength for nothing and to no purpose.
Yet I leave it all in the LORD's hand;
I will trust God for my reward.”

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Isa 49:6 - He says, “You will do more than restore the people of Israel to me.
I will make you a light to the Gentiles,
and you will bring my salvation to the ends of the earth.”

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Isa 49:8 - This is what the LORD says:
“At just the right time, I will respond to you.[fn]
On the day of salvation I will help you.
I will protect you and give you to the people
as my covenant with them.
Through you I will reestablish the land of Israel
and assign it to its own people again.

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Isa 49:11 - And I will make my mountains into level paths for them.
The highways will be raised above the valleys.

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Isa 49:20 - The generations born in exile will return and say,
‘We need more room! It's crowded here!'

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Isa 49:22 - This is what the Sovereign LORD says:
“See, I will give a signal to the godless nations.
They will carry your little sons back to you in their arms;
they will bring your daughters on their shoulders.

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Isa 50:6 - I offered my back to those who beat me
and my cheeks to those who pulled out my beard.
I did not hide my face
from mockery and spitting.

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Isa 51:1 - “Listen to me, all who hope for deliverance—
all who seek the LORD!
Consider the rock from which you were cut,
the quarry from which you were mined.

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Isa 51:2 - Yes, think about Abraham, your ancestor,
and Sarah, who gave birth to your nation.
Abraham was only one man when I called him.
But when I blessed him, he became a great nation.”

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Isa 51:4 - “Listen to me, my people.
Hear me, Israel,
for my law will be proclaimed,
and my justice will become a light to the nations.

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Isa 51:5 - My mercy and justice are coming soon.
My salvation is on the way.
My strong arm will bring justice to the nations.
All distant lands will look to me
and wait in hope for my powerful arm.

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Isa 51:6 - Look up to the skies above,
and gaze down on the earth below.
For the skies will disappear like smoke,
and the earth will wear out like a piece of clothing.
The people of the earth will die like flies,
but my salvation lasts forever.
My righteous rule will never end!

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Isa 51:8 - For the moth will devour them as it devours clothing.
The worm will eat at them as it eats wool.
But my righteousness will last forever.
My salvation will continue from generation to generation.”

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Isa 51:11 - Those who have been ransomed by the LORD will return.
They will enter Jerusalem[fn] singing,
crowned with everlasting joy.
Sorrow and mourning will disappear,
and they will be filled with joy and gladness.

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Isa 51:16 - And I have put my words in your mouth
and hidden you safely in my hand.
I stretched out[fn] the sky like a canopy
and laid the foundations of the earth.
I am the one who says to Israel,
‘You are my people!'”

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Isa 51:23 - Instead, I will hand that cup to your tormentors,
those who said, ‘We will trample you into the dust
and walk on your backs.'”

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Isa 52:4 - This is what the Sovereign LORD says: “Long ago my people chose to live in Egypt. Now they are oppressed by Assyria.

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Isa 53:8 - Unjustly condemned,
he was led away.[fn]
No one cared that he died without descendants,
that his life was cut short in midstream.[fn]
But he was struck down
for the rebellion of my people.

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Isa 53:12 - I will give him the honors of a victorious soldier,
because he exposed himself to death.
He was counted among the rebels.
He bore the sins of many and interceded for rebels.

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Isa 54:3 - For you will soon be bursting at the seams.
Your descendants will occupy other nations
and resettle the ruined cities.

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Isa 54:16 - “I have created the blacksmith
who fans the coals beneath the forge
and makes the weapons of destruction.
And I have created the armies that destroy.

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Isa 54:17 - But in that coming day
no weapon turned against you will succeed.
You will silence every voice
raised up to accuse you.
These benefits are enjoyed by the servants of the LORD;
their vindication will come from me.
I, the LORD, have spoken!

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Isa 55:2 - Why spend your money on food that does not give you strength?
Why pay for food that does you no good?
Listen to me, and you will eat what is good.
You will enjoy the finest food.

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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 55:13 - Where once there were thorns, cypress trees will grow.
Where nettles grew, myrtles will sprout up.
These events will bring great honor to the LORD's name;
they will be an everlasting sign of his power and love.”

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Isa 56:6 - “I will also bless the foreigners who commit themselves to the LORD,
who serve him and love his name,
who worship him and do not desecrate the Sabbath day of rest,
and who hold fast to my covenant.

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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 57:11 - “Are you afraid of these idols?
Do they terrify you?
Is that why you have lied to me
and forgotten me and my words?
Is it because of my long silence
that you no longer fear me?

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Isa 57:16 - For I will not fight against you forever;
I will not always be angry.
If I were, all people would pass away—
all the souls I have made.

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Isa 58:4 - What good is fasting
when you keep on fighting and quarreling?
This kind of fasting
will never get you anywhere with me.

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Isa 58:7 - Share your food with the hungry,
and give shelter to the homeless.
Give clothes to those who need them,
and do not hide from relatives who need your help.

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Isa 59:6 - Their webs can't be made into clothing,
and nothing they do is productive.
All their activity is filled with sin,
and violence is their trademark.

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Isa 59:21 - “And this is my covenant with them,” says the LORD. “My Spirit will not leave them, and neither will these words I have given you. They will be on your lips and on the lips of your children and your children's children forever. I, the LORD, have spoken!

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Isa 60:5 - Your eyes will shine,
and your heart will thrill with joy,
for merchants from around the world will come to you.
They will bring you the wealth of many lands.

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Isa 60:19 - “No longer will you need the sun to shine by day,
nor the moon to give its light by night,
for the LORD your God will be your everlasting light,
and your God will be your glory.

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Isa 60:21 - All your people will be righteous.
They will possess their land forever,
for I will plant them there with my own hands
in order to bring myself glory.

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Isa 60:22 - The smallest family will become a thousand people,
and the tiniest group will become a mighty nation.
At the right time, I, the LORD, will make it happen.”

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Isa 61:3 - To all who mourn in Israel,[fn]
he will give a crown of beauty for ashes,
a joyous blessing instead of mourning,
festive praise instead of despair.
In their righteousness, they will be like great oaks
that the LORD has planted for his own glory.

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Isa 61:4 - They will rebuild the ancient ruins,
repairing cities destroyed long ago.
They will revive them,
though they have been deserted for many generations.

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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 63:3 - “I have been treading the winepress alone;
no one was there to help me.
In my anger I have trampled my enemies
as if they were grapes.
In my fury I have trampled my foes.
Their blood has stained my clothes.

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Isa 63:6 - I crushed the nations in my anger
and made them stagger and fall to the ground,
spilling their blood upon the earth.”

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Isa 63:8 - He said, “They are my very own people.
Surely they will not betray me again.”
And he became their Savior.

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Isa 63:10 - But they rebelled against him
and grieved his Holy Spirit.
So he became their enemy
and fought against them.

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Isa 64:10 - Your holy cities are destroyed.
Zion is a wilderness;
yes, Jerusalem is a desolate ruin.

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Isa 65:6 - “Look, my decree is written out[fn] in front of me:
I will not stand silent;
I will repay them in full!
Yes, I will repay them—

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Isa 65:7 - both for their own sins
and for those of their ancestors,”
says the LORD.
“For they also burned incense on the mountains
and insulted me on the hills.
I will pay them back in full!

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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 65:12 - now I will ‘destine' you for the sword.
All of you will bow down before the executioner.
For when I called, you did not answer.
When I spoke, you did not listen.
You deliberately sinned—before my very eyes—
and chose to do what you know I despise.”

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Isa 65:15 - Your name will be a curse word among my people,
for the Sovereign LORD will destroy you
and will call his true servants by another name.

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Isa 65:23 - They will not work in vain,
and their children will not be doomed to misfortune.
For they are people blessed by the LORD,
and their children, too, will be blessed.

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Isa 66:3 - But those who choose their own ways—
delighting in their detestable sins—
will not have their offerings accepted.
When such people sacrifice a bull,
it is no more acceptable than a human sacrifice.
When they sacrifice a lamb,
it's as though they had sacrificed a dog!
When they bring an offering of grain,
they might as well offer the blood of a pig.
When they burn frankincense,
it's as if they had blessed an idol.

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Isa 66:8 - Who has ever seen anything as strange as this?
Who ever heard of such a thing?
Has a nation ever been born in a single day?
Has a country ever come forth in a mere moment?
But by the time Jerusalem's[fn] birth pains begin,
her children will be born.

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Isa 66:12 - This is what the LORD says:
“I will give Jerusalem a river of peace and prosperity.
The wealth of the nations will flow to her.
Her children will be nursed at her breasts,
carried in her arms, and held on her lap.

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Isa 66:17 - “Those who ‘consecrate' and ‘purify' themselves in a sacred garden with its idol in the center—feasting on pork and rats and other detestable meats—will come to a terrible end,” says the LORD.

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Isa 66:19 - I will perform a sign among them. And I will send those who survive to be messengers to the nations—to Tarshish, to the Libyans[fn] and Lydians[fn] (who are famous as archers), to Tubal and Greece,[fn] and to all the lands beyond the sea that have not heard of my fame or seen my glory. There they will declare my glory to the nations.

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Isa 66:20 - They will bring the remnant of your people back from every nation. They will bring them to my holy mountain in Jerusalem as an offering to the LORD. They will ride on horses, in chariots and wagons, and on mules and camels,” says the LORD.

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Isa 66:24 - And as they go out, they will see
the dead bodies of those who have rebelled against me.
For the worms that devour them will never die,
and the fire that burns them will never go out.
All who pass by
will view them with utter horror.”

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Jer 1:5 - “I knew you before I formed you in your mother's womb.
Before you were born I set you apart
and appointed you as my prophet to the nations.”

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Jer 1:9 - Then the LORD reached out and touched my mouth and said,
“Look, I have put my words in your mouth!

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Jer 2:7 - “And when I brought you into a fruitful land
to enjoy its bounty and goodness,
you defiled my land and
corrupted the possession I had promised you.

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Jer 2:8 - The priests did not ask,
‘Where is the LORD?'
Those who taught my word ignored me,
the rulers turned against me,
and the prophets spoke in the name of Baal,
wasting their time on worthless idols.

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Jer 2:10 - “Go west and look in the land of Cyprus[fn];
go east and search through the land of Kedar.
Has anyone ever heard of anything
as strange as this?

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Jer 2:14 - “Why has Israel become a slave?
Why has he been carried away as plunder?

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Jer 2:15 - Strong lions have roared against him,
and the land has been destroyed.
The towns are now in ruins,
and no one lives in them anymore.

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Jer 2:21 - But I was the one who planted you,
choosing a vine of the purest stock—the very best.
How did you grow into this corrupt wild vine?

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Jer 2:29 - Why do you accuse me of doing wrong?
You are the ones who have rebelled,”
says the LORD.

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Jer 3:2 - “Look at the shrines on every hilltop.
Is there any place you have not been defiled
by your adultery with other gods?
You sit like a prostitute beside the road waiting for a customer.
You sit alone like a nomad in the desert.
You have polluted the land with your prostitution
and your wickedness.

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Jer 3:3 - That's why even the spring rains have failed.
For you are a brazen prostitute and completely shameless.

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Jer 3:5 - Surely you won't be angry forever!
Surely you can forget about it!'
So you talk,
but you keep on doing all the evil you can.”

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Jer 3:8 - She saw that I divorced faithless Israel because of her adultery. But that treacherous sister Judah had no fear, and now she, too, has left me and given herself to prostitution.

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Jer 3:9 - Israel treated it all so lightly—she thought nothing of committing adultery by worshiping idols made of wood and stone. So now the land has been polluted.

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Jer 3:12 - Therefore, go and give this message to Israel.[fn] This is what the LORD says:
“O Israel, my faithless people,
come home to me again,
for I am merciful.
I will not be angry with you forever.

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Jer 3:13 - Only acknowledge your guilt.
Admit that you rebelled against the LORD your God
and committed adultery against him
by worshiping idols under every green tree.
Confess that you refused to listen to my voice.
I, the LORD, have spoken!

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Jer 3:14 - “Return home, you wayward children,”
says the LORD,
“for I am your master.
I will bring you back to the land of Israel[fn]—
one from this town and two from that family—
from wherever you are scattered.

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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 3:19 - “I thought to myself,
‘I would love to treat you as my own children!'
I wanted nothing more than to give you this beautiful land—
the finest possession in the world.
I looked forward to your calling me ‘Father,'
and I wanted you never to turn from me.

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Jer 3:20 - But you have been unfaithful to me, you people of Israel!
You have been like a faithless wife who leaves her husband.
I, the LORD, have spoken.”

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Jer 3:23 - Our worship of idols on the hills
and our religious orgies on the mountains
are a delusion.
Only in the LORD our God
will Israel ever find salvation.

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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 4:6 - Raise a signal flag as a warning for Jerusalem[fn]:
‘Flee now! Do not delay!'
For I am bringing terrible destruction upon you
from the north.”

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Jer 4:7 - A lion stalks from its den,
a destroyer of nations.
It has left its lair and is headed your way.
It's going to devastate your land!
Your towns will lie in ruins,
with no one living in them anymore.

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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 4:23 - I looked at the earth, and it was empty and formless.
I looked at the heavens, and there was no light.

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Jer 4:29 - At the noise of charioteers and archers,
the people flee in terror.
They hide in the bushes
and run for the mountains.
All the towns have been abandoned—
not a person remains!

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Jer 4:30 - What are you doing,
you who have been plundered?
Why do you dress up in beautiful clothing
and put on gold jewelry?
Why do you brighten your eyes with mascara?
Your primping will do you no good!
The allies who were your lovers
despise you and seek to kill you.

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Jer 5:3 - LORD, you are searching for honesty.
You struck your people,
but they paid no attention.
You crushed them,
but they refused to be corrected.
They are determined, with faces set like stone;
they have refused to repent.

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Jer 5:11 - The people of Israel and Judah
are full of treachery against me,”
says the LORD.

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Jer 5:13 - God's prophets are all windbags
who don't really speak for him.
Let their predictions of disaster fall on themselves!'”

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Jer 5:14 - Therefore, this is what the LORD God of Heaven's Armies says:
“Because the people are talking like this,
my messages will flame out of your mouth
and burn the people like kindling wood.

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Jer 5:18 - “Yet even in those days I will not blot you out completely,” says the LORD.

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Jer 5:20 - “Make this announcement to Israel,[fn]
and say this to Judah:

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Jer 5:31 - the prophets give false prophecies,
and the priests rule with an iron hand.
Worse yet, my people like it that way!
But what will you do when the end comes?

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Jer 6:3 - Enemies will surround you, like shepherds camped around the city.
Each chooses a place for his troops to devour.

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Jer 6:4 - They shout, ‘Prepare for battle!
Attack at noon!'
‘No, it's too late; the day is fading,
and the evening shadows are falling.'

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Jer 6:10 - To whom can I give warning?
Who will listen when I speak?
Their ears are closed,
and they cannot hear.
They scorn the word of the LORD.
They don't want to listen at all.

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Jer 6:12 - Their homes will be turned over to their enemies,
as will their fields and their wives.
For I will raise my powerful fist
against the people of this land,”
says the LORD.

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Jer 6:23 - They are armed with bows and spears.
They are cruel and show no mercy.
They sound like a roaring sea
as they ride forward on horses.
They are coming in battle formation,
planning to destroy you, beautiful Jerusalem.[fn]”

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Jer 6:25 - Don't go out to the fields!
Don't travel on the roads!
The enemy's sword is everywhere
and terrorizes us at every turn!

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Jer 6:29 - The bellows fiercely fan the flames
to burn out the corruption.
But it does not purify them,
for the wickedness remains.

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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 7:12 - “‘Go now to the place at Shiloh where I once put the Tabernacle that bore my name. See what I did there because of all the wickedness of my people, the Israelites.

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Jer 7:23 - This is what I told them: ‘Obey me, and I will be your God, and you will be my people. Do everything as I say, and all will be well!'

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Jer 7:24 - “But my people would not listen to me. They kept doing whatever they wanted, following the stubborn desires of their evil hearts. They went backward instead of forward.

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Jer 7:33 - The bodies of my people will be food for the vultures and wild animals, and no one will be left to scare them away.

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Jer 7:34 - I will put an end to the happy singing and laughter in the streets of Jerusalem. The joyful voices of bridegrooms and brides will no longer be heard in the towns of Judah. The land will lie in complete desolation.

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Jer 8:2 - They will spread out their bones on the ground before the sun, moon, and stars—the gods my people have loved, served, and worshiped. Their bones will not be gathered up again or buried but will be scattered on the ground like manure.

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Jer 8:8 - “‘How can you say, “We are wise because we have the word of the LORD,”
when your teachers have twisted it by writing lies?

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Jer 8:14 - “Then the people will say,
‘Why should we wait here to die?
Come, let's go to the fortified towns and die there.
For the LORD our God has decreed our destruction
and has given us a cup of poison to drink
because we sinned against the LORD.

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Jer 8:15 - We hoped for peace, but no peace came.
We hoped for a time of healing, but found only terror.'

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Jer 8:17 - I will send these enemy troops among you
like poisonous snakes you cannot charm.
They will bite you, and you will die.
I, the Lord, have spoken!”

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Jer 9:3 - “My people bend their tongues like bows
to shoot out lies.
They refuse to stand up for the truth.
They only go from bad to worse.
They do not know me,”
says the LORD.

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Jer 9:11 - “I will make Jerusalem into a heap of ruins,” says the LORD.
“It will be a place haunted by jackals.
The towns of Judah will be ghost towns,
with no one living in them.”

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Jer 9:16 - I will scatter them around the world, in places they and their ancestors never heard of, and even there I will chase them with the sword until I have destroyed them completely.”

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Jer 9:21 - For death has crept in through our windows
and has entered our mansions.
It has killed off the flower of our youth:
Children no longer play in the streets,
and young men no longer gather in the squares.

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Jer 9:22 - This is what the LORD says:
“Bodies will be scattered across the fields like clumps of manure,
like bundles of grain after the harvest.
No one will be left to bury them.”

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Jer 10:13 - When he speaks in the thunder,
the heavens roar with rain.
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 10:22 - Listen! Hear the terrifying roar of great armies
as they roll down from the north.
The towns of Judah will be destroyed
and become a haunt for jackals.

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Jer 11:4 - For I said to your ancestors when I brought them out of the iron-smelting furnace of Egypt, “If you obey me and do whatever I command you, then you will be my people, and I will be your God.”

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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 11:19 - I was like a lamb being led to the slaughter. I had no idea that they were planning to kill me! “Let's destroy this man and all his words,” they said. “Let's cut him down, so his name will be forgotten forever.”

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Jer 12:3 - But as for me, LORD, you know my heart.
You see me and test my thoughts.
Drag these people away like sheep to be butchered!
Set them aside to be slaughtered!

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Jer 12:7 - “I have abandoned my people, my special possession.
I have surrendered my dearest ones to their enemies.

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Jer 12:10 - “Many rulers have ravaged my vineyard,
trampling down the vines
and turning all its beauty into a barren wilderness.

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Jer 12:11 - They have made it an empty wasteland;
I hear its mournful cry.
The whole land is desolate,
and no one even cares.

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Jer 12:15 - But afterward I will return and have compassion on all of them. I will bring them home to their own lands again, each nation to its own possession.

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Jer 13:7 - So I went to the Euphrates and dug it out of the hole where I had hidden it. But now it was rotting and falling apart. The loincloth was good for nothing.

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Jer 13:10 - These wicked people refuse to listen to me. They stubbornly follow their own desires and worship other gods. Therefore, they will become like this loincloth—good for nothing!

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Jer 13:11 - As a loincloth clings to a man's waist, so I created Judah and Israel to cling to me, says the LORD. They were to be my people, my pride, my glory—an honor to my name. But they would not listen to me.

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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 13:21 - What will you say when the LORD takes the allies you have cultivated
and appoints them as your rulers?
Pangs of anguish will grip you,
like those of a woman in labor!

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Jer 13:24 - “I will scatter you like chaff
that is blown away by the desert winds.

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Jer 14:8 - O Hope of Israel, our Savior in times of trouble,
why are you like a stranger to us?
Why are you like a traveler passing through the land,
stopping only for the night?

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Jer 14:11 - Then the LORD said to me, “Do not pray for these people anymore.

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Jer 14:18 - If I go out into the fields,
I see the bodies of people slaughtered by the enemy.
If I walk the city streets,
I see people who have died of starvation.
The prophets and priests continue with their work,
but they don't know what they're doing.”

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Jer 14:19 - LORD, have you completely rejected Judah?
Do you really hate Jerusalem?[fn]
Why have you wounded us past all hope of healing?
We hoped for peace, but no peace came.
We hoped for a time of healing, but found only terror.

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Jer 15:2 - And if they say to you, ‘But where can we go?' tell them, ‘This is what the LORD says:
“‘Those who are destined for death, to death;
those who are destined for war, to war;
those who are destined for famine, to famine;
those who are destined for captivity, to captivity.'

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Jer 15:3 - “I will send four kinds of destroyers against them,” says the LORD. “I will send the sword to kill, the dogs to drag away, the vultures to devour, and the wild animals to finish up what is left.

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Jer 15:4 - Because of the wicked things Manasseh son of Hezekiah, king of Judah, did in Jerusalem, I will make my people an object of horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.

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Jer 15:5 - “Who will feel sorry for you, Jerusalem?
Who will weep for you?
Who will even bother to ask how you are?

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Jer 15:9 - The mother of seven grows faint and gasps for breath;
her sun has gone down while it is still day.
She sits childless now,
disgraced and humiliated.
And I will hand over those who are left
to be killed by the enemy.
I, the LORD, have spoken!”

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Jer 15:11 - The LORD replied,
“I will take care of you, Jeremiah.
Your enemies will ask you to plead on their behalf
in times of trouble and distress.

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Jer 15:13 - At no cost to them,
I will hand over your wealth and treasures
as plunder to your enemies,
for sin runs rampant in your land.

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Jer 15:15 - Then I said,
“LORD, you know what's happening to me.
Please step in and help me. Punish my persecutors!
Please give me time; don't let me die young.
It's for your sake that I am suffering.

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Jer 15:16 - When I discovered your words, I devoured them.
They are my joy and my heart's delight,
for I bear your name,
O LORD God of Heaven's Armies.

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Jer 16:4 - They will die from terrible diseases. No one will mourn for them or bury them, and they will lie scattered on the ground like manure. They will die from war and famine, and their bodies will be food for the vultures and wild animals.”

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Jer 16:5 - This is what the LORD says: “Do not go to funerals to mourn and show sympathy for these people, for I have removed my protection and peace from them. I have taken away my unfailing love and my mercy.

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Jer 16:7 - No one will offer a meal to comfort those who mourn for the dead—not even at the death of a mother or father. No one will send a cup of wine to console them.

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Jer 16:8 - “And do not go to their feasts and parties. Do not eat and drink with them at all.

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Jer 16:13 - So I will throw you out of this land and send you into a foreign land where you and your ancestors have never been. There you can worship idols day and night—and I will grant you no favors!'

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Jer 16:15 - Instead, they will say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives, who brought the people of Israel back to their own land from the land of the north and from all the countries to which he had exiled them.' For I will bring them back to this land that I gave their ancestors.

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Jer 17:17 - LORD, don't terrorize me!
You alone are my hope in the day of disaster.

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Jer 17:25 - then kings and their officials will go in and out of these gates forever. There will always be a descendant of David sitting on the throne here in Jerusalem. Kings and their officials will always ride in and out among the people of Judah in chariots and on horses, and this city will remain forever.

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Jer 17:26 - And from all around Jerusalem, from the towns of Judah and Benjamin, from the western foothills[fn] and the hill country and the Negev, the people will come with their burnt offerings and sacrifices. They will bring their grain offerings, frankincense, and thanksgiving offerings to the LORD's Temple.

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Jer 18:2 - “Go down to the potter's shop, and I will speak to you there.”

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Jer 18:3 - So I did as he told me and found the potter working at his wheel.

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Jer 18:15 - But my people are not so reliable, for they have deserted me;
they burn incense to worthless idols.
They have stumbled off the ancient highways
and walk in muddy paths.

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Jer 18:16 - Therefore, their land will become desolate,
a monument to their stupidity.
All who pass by will be astonished
and will shake their heads in amazement.

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Jer 18:21 - So let their children starve!
Let them die by the sword!
Let their wives become childless widows.
Let their old men die in a plague,
and let their young men be killed in battle!

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Jer 18:22 - Let screaming be heard from their homes
as warriors come suddenly upon them.
For they have dug a pit for me
and have hidden traps along my path.

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Jer 18:23 - LORD, you know all about their murderous plots against me.
Don't forgive their crimes and blot out their sins.
Let them die before you.
Deal with them in your anger.

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Jer 19:2 - Go out through the Gate of Broken Pots to the garbage dump in the valley of Ben-Hinnom, and give them this message.

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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 19:8 - I will reduce Jerusalem to ruins, making it a monument to their stupidity. All who pass by will be astonished and will gasp at the destruction they see there.

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Jer 20:2 - So he arrested Jeremiah the prophet and had him whipped and put in stocks at the Benjamin Gate of the LORD's Temple.

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Jer 20:4 - For this is what the LORD says: ‘I will send terror upon you and all your friends, and you will watch as they are slaughtered by the swords of the enemy. I will hand the people of Judah over to the king of Babylon. He will take them captive to Babylon or run them through with the sword.

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Jer 20:5 - And I will let your enemies plunder Jerusalem. All the famed treasures of the city—the precious jewels and gold and silver of your kings—will be carried off to Babylon.

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Jer 20:7 - O LORD, you misled me,
and I allowed myself to be misled.
You are stronger than I am,
and you overpowered me.
Now I am mocked every day;
everyone laughs at me.

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Jer 20:8 - When I speak, the words burst out.
“Violence and destruction!” I shout.
So these messages from the LORD
have made me a household joke.

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Jer 21:4 - ‘This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I will make your weapons useless against the king of Babylon and the Babylonians[fn] who are outside your walls attacking you. In fact, I will bring your enemies right into the heart of this city.

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Jer 21:7 - And after all that, says the LORD, I will hand over King Zedekiah, his staff, and everyone else in the city who survives the disease, war, and famine. I will hand them over to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon and to their other enemies. He will slaughter them and show them no mercy, pity, or compassion.'

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Jer 21:9 - Everyone who stays in Jerusalem will die from war, famine, or disease, but those who go out and surrender to the Babylonians will live. Their reward will be life!

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Jer 21:10 - For I have decided to bring disaster and not good upon this city, says the LORD. It will be handed over to the king of Babylon, and he will reduce it to ashes.'

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Jer 22:1 - This is what the LORD said to me: “Go over and speak directly to the king of Judah. Say to him,

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Jer 22:5 - But if you refuse to pay attention to this warning, I swear by my own name, says the LORD, that this palace will become a pile of rubble.'”

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Jer 22:6 - Now this is what the LORD says concerning Judah's royal palace:
“I love you as much as fruitful Gilead
and the green forests of Lebanon.
But I will turn you into a desert,
with no one living within your walls.

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Jer 22:7 - I will call for wreckers,
who will bring out their tools to dismantle you.
They will tear out all your fine cedar beams
and throw them on the fire.

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Jer 22:17 - “But you! You have eyes only for greed and dishonesty!
You murder the innocent,
oppress the poor, and reign ruthlessly.”

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Jer 22:20 - Weep for your allies in Lebanon.
Shout for them in Bashan.
Search for them in the regions east of the river.[fn]
See, they are all destroyed.
Not one is left to help you.

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Jer 22:25 - I will hand you over to those who seek to kill you, those you so desperately fear—to King Nebuchadnezzar[fn] of Babylon and the mighty Babylonian[fn] army.

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Jer 22:26 - I will expel you and your mother from this land, and you will die in a foreign country, not in your native land.

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Jer 22:27 - You will never again return to the land you yearn for.

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Jer 22:28 - “Why is this man Jehoiachin like a discarded, broken jar?
Why are he and his children to be exiled to a foreign land?

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Jer 23:3 - But I will gather together the remnant of my flock from the countries where I have driven them. I will bring them back to their own sheepfold, and they will be fruitful and increase in number.

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Jer 23:8 - Instead, they will say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives, who brought the people of Israel back to their own land from the land of the north and from all the countries to which he had exiled them.' Then they will live in their own land.”

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Jer 23:12 - “Therefore, the paths they take
will become slippery.
They will be chased through the dark,
and there they will fall.
For I will bring disaster upon them
at the time fixed for their punishment.
I, the LORD, have spoken!

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Jer 23:19 - Look! The LORD's anger bursts out like a storm,
a whirlwind that swirls down on the heads of the wicked.

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Jer 24:1 - After King Nebuchadnezzar[fn] of Babylon exiled Jehoiachin[fn] son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, to Babylon along with the officials of Judah and all the craftsmen and artisans, the LORD gave me this vision. I saw two baskets of figs placed in front of the LORD's Temple in Jerusalem.

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Jer 24:5 - “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: The good figs represent the exiles I sent from Judah to the land of the Babylonians.[fn]

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Jer 24:6 - I will watch over and care for them, and I will bring them back here again. I will build them up and not tear them down. I will plant them and not uproot them.

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Jer 24:7 - I will give them hearts that recognize me as the LORD. They will be my people, and I will be their God, for they will return to me wholeheartedly.

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Jer 24:9 - I will make them an object of horror and a symbol of evil to every nation on earth. They will be disgraced and mocked, taunted and cursed, wherever I scatter them.

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Jer 24:10 - And I will send war, famine, and disease until they have vanished from the land of Israel, which I gave to them and their ancestors.”

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Jer 25:9 - I will gather together all the armies of the north under King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, whom I have appointed as my deputy. I will bring them all against this land and its people and against the surrounding nations. I will completely destroy[fn] you and make you an object of horror and contempt and a ruin forever.

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Jer 25:11 - This entire land will become a desolate wasteland. Israel and her neighboring lands will serve the king of Babylon for seventy years.

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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 25:18 - I went to Jerusalem and the other towns of Judah, and their kings and officials drank from the cup. From that day until this, they have been a desolate ruin, an object of horror, contempt, and cursing.

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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 25:33 - In that day those the LORD has slaughtered will fill the earth from one end to the other. No one will mourn for them or gather up their bodies to bury them. They will be scattered on the ground like manure.

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Jer 25:34 - Weep and moan, you evil shepherds!
Roll in the dust, you leaders of the flock!
The time of your slaughter has arrived;
you will fall and shatter like a fragile vase.

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Jer 25:38 - He has left his den like a strong lion seeking its prey,
and their land will be made desolate
by the sword of the enemy
and the LORD's fierce anger.

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Jer 26:6 - then I will destroy this Temple as I destroyed Shiloh, the place where the Tabernacle was located. And I will make Jerusalem an object of cursing in every nation on earth.'”

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Jer 26:10 - When the officials of Judah heard what was happening, they rushed over from the palace and sat down at the New Gate of the Temple to hold court.

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Jer 26:15 - But if you kill me, rest assured that you will be killing an innocent man! The responsibility for such a deed will lie on you, on this city, and on every person living in it. For it is absolutely true that the LORD sent me to speak every word you have heard.”

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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 26:21 - When King Jehoiakim and the army officers and officials heard what he was saying, the king sent someone to kill him. But Uriah heard about the plan and escaped in fear to Egypt.

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Jer 26:22 - Then King Jehoiakim sent Elnathan son of Acbor to Egypt along with several other men to capture Uriah.

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Jer 26:23 - They took him prisoner and brought him back to King Jehoiakim. The king then killed Uriah with a sword and had him buried in an unmarked grave.

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Jer 26:24 - Nevertheless, Ahikam son of Shaphan stood up for Jeremiah and persuaded the court not to turn him over to the mob to be killed.

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Jer 27:3 - Then send messages to the kings of Edom, Moab, Ammon, Tyre, and Sidon through their ambassadors who have come to see King Zedekiah in Jerusalem.

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Jer 27:22 - ‘They will all be carried away to Babylon and will stay there until I send for them,' says the LORD. ‘Then I will bring them back to Jerusalem again.'”

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Jer 28:3 - Within two years I will bring back all the Temple treasures that King Nebuchadnezzar carried off to Babylon.

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Jer 28:6 - He said, “Amen! May your prophecies come true! I hope the LORD does everything you say. I hope he does bring back from Babylon the treasures of this Temple and all the captives.

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Jer 28:7 - But listen now to the solemn words I speak to you in the presence of all these people.

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Jer 28:8 - The ancient prophets who preceded you and me spoke against many nations, always warning of war, disaster, and disease.

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Jer 28:9 - So a prophet who predicts peace must show he is right. Only when his predictions come true can we know that he is really from the LORD.”

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Jer 28:11 - And Hananiah said again to the crowd that had gathered, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Just as this yoke has been broken, within two years I will break the yoke of oppression from all the nations now subject to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon.'” With that, Jeremiah left the Temple area.

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Jer 29:1 - Jeremiah wrote a letter from Jerusalem to the elders, priests, prophets, and all the people who had been exiled to Babylon by King Nebuchadnezzar.

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Jer 29:3 - He sent the letter with Elasah son of Shaphan and Gemariah son of Hilkiah when they went to Babylon as King Zedekiah's ambassadors to Nebuchadnezzar. This is what Jeremiah's letter said:

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Jer 29:7 - And work for the peace and prosperity of the city where I sent you into exile. Pray to the LORD for it, for its welfare will determine your welfare.”

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Jer 29:8 - This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies, the God of Israel, says: “Do not let your prophets and fortune-tellers who are with you in the land of Babylon trick you. Do not listen to their dreams,

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Jer 29:10 - This is what the LORD says: “You will be in Babylon for seventy years. But then I will come and do for you all the good things I have promised, and I will bring you home again.

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Jer 29:21 - This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies, the God of Israel, says about your prophets—Ahab son of Kolaiah and Zedekiah son of Maaseiah—who are telling you lies in my name: “I will turn them over to Nebuchadnezzar[fn] for execution before your eyes.

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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 29:28 - Jeremiah sent a letter here to Babylon, predicting that our captivity will be a long one. He said, ‘Build homes, and plan to stay. Plant gardens, and eat the food they produce.'”

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Jer 29:29 - But when Zephaniah the priest received Shemaiah's letter, he took it to Jeremiah and read it to him.

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Jer 30:3 - For the time is coming when I will restore the fortunes of my people of Israel and Judah. I will bring them home to this land that I gave to their ancestors, and they will possess it again. I, the LORD, have spoken!”

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Jer 30:6 - Now let me ask you a question:
Do men give birth to babies?
Then why do they stand there, ashen-faced,
hands pressed against their sides
like a woman in labor?

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Jer 30:13 - There is no one to help you
or to bind up your injury.
No medicine can heal you.

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Jer 30:16 - “But all who devour you will be devoured,
and all your enemies will be sent into exile.
All who plunder you will be plundered,
and all who attack you will be attacked.

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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 31:3 - Long ago the LORD said to Israel:
“I have loved you, my people, with an everlasting love.
With unfailing love I have drawn you to myself.

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Jer 31:6 - The day will come when watchmen will shout
from the hill country of Ephraim,
‘Come, let us go up to Jerusalem[fn]
to worship the LORD our God.'”

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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 31:10 - “Listen to this message from the LORD,
you nations of the world;
proclaim it in distant coastlands:
The LORD, who scattered his people,
will gather them and watch over them
as a shepherd does his flock.

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Jer 31:13 - The young women will dance for joy,
and the men—old and young—will join in the celebration.
I will turn their mourning into joy.
I will comfort them and exchange their sorrow for rejoicing.

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Jer 31:21 - Set up road signs;
put up guideposts.
Mark well the path
by which you came.
Come back again, my virgin Israel;
return to your towns here.

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Jer 31:22 - How long will you wander,
my wayward daughter?
For the LORD will cause something new to happen—
Israel will embrace her God.[fn]”

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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 31:35 - It is the LORD who provides the sun to light the day
and the moon and stars to light the night,
and who stirs the sea into roaring waves.
His name is the LORD of Heaven's Armies,
and this is what he says:

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Jer 31:37 - This is what the LORD says:
“Just as the heavens cannot be measured
and the foundations of the earth cannot be explored,
so I will not consider casting them away
for the evil they have done.
I, the LORD, have spoken!

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Jer 32:4 - King Zedekiah will be captured by the Babylonians[fn] and taken to meet the king of Babylon face to face.

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Jer 32:5 - He will take Zedekiah to Babylon, and I will deal with him there,' says the LORD. ‘If you fight against the Babylonians, you will never succeed.'”

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Jer 32:7 - “Your cousin Hanamel son of Shallum will come and say to you, ‘Buy my field at Anathoth. By law you have the right to buy it before it is offered to anyone else.'”

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Jer 32:8 - Then, just as the LORD had said he would, my cousin Hanamel came and visited me in the prison. He said, “Please buy my field at Anathoth in the land of Benjamin. By law you have the right to buy it before it is offered to anyone else, so buy it for yourself.” Then I knew that the message I had heard was from the LORD.

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Jer 32:10 - I signed and sealed the deed of purchase before witnesses, weighed out the silver, and paid him.

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Jer 32:14 - “This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘Take both this sealed deed and the unsealed copy, and put them into a pottery jar to preserve them for a long time.'

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Jer 32:18 - You show unfailing love to thousands, but you also bring the consequences of one generation's sin upon the next. You are the great and powerful God, the LORD of Heaven's Armies.

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Jer 32:19 - You have all wisdom and do great and mighty miracles. You see the conduct of all people, and you give them what they deserve.

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Jer 32:24 - “See how the siege ramps have been built against the city walls! Through war, famine, and disease, the city will be handed over to the Babylonians, who will conquer it. Everything has happened just as you said.

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Jer 32:25 - And yet, O Sovereign LORD, you have told me to buy the field—paying good money for it before these witnesses—even though the city will soon be handed over to the Babylonians.”

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Jer 32:28 - Therefore, this is what the LORD says: I will hand this city over to the Babylonians and to Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, and he will capture it.

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Jer 32:36 - “Now I want to say something more about this city. You have been saying, ‘It will fall to the king of Babylon through war, famine, and disease.' But this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says:

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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 32:38 - They will be my people, and I will be their God.

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Jer 32:39 - And I will give them one heart and one purpose: to worship me forever, for their own good and for the good of all their descendants.

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Jer 32:40 - And I will make an everlasting covenant with them: I will never stop doing good for them. I will put a desire in their hearts to worship me, and they will never leave me.

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Jer 32:43 - Fields will again be bought and sold in this land about which you now say, ‘It has been ravaged by the Babylonians, a desolate land where people and animals have all disappeared.'

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Jer 33:4 - For this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: You have torn down the houses of this city and even the king's palace to get materials to strengthen the walls against the siege ramps and swords of the enemy.

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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 33:11 - the sounds of joy and laughter. The joyful voices of bridegrooms and brides will be heard again, along with the joyous songs of people bringing thanksgiving offerings to the LORD. They will sing,
‘Give thanks to the LORD of Heaven's Armies,
for the LORD is good.
His faithful love endures forever!' For I will restore the prosperity of this land to what it was in the past, says the LORD.

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Jer 34:2 - “Go to King Zedekiah of Judah, and tell him, ‘This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I am about to hand this city over to the king of Babylon, and he will burn it down.

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Jer 34:3 - You will not escape his grasp but will be captured and taken to meet the king of Babylon face to face. Then you will be exiled to Babylon.

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Jer 34:11 - but later they changed their minds. They took back the men and women they had freed, forcing them to be slaves again.

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Jer 34:16 - But now you have shrugged off your oath and defiled my name by taking back the men and women you had freed, forcing them to be slaves once again.

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Jer 34:17 - “Therefore, this is what the LORD says: Since you have not obeyed me by setting your countrymen free, I will set you free to be destroyed by war, disease, and famine. You will be an object of horror to all the nations of the earth.

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Jer 34:21 - “I will hand over King Zedekiah of Judah and his officials to the army of the king of Babylon. And although Babylon's king has left Jerusalem for a while,

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Jer 34:22 - I will call the Babylonian armies back again. They will fight against this city and will capture it and burn it down. I will see to it that all the towns of Judah are destroyed, with no one living there.”

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Jer 35:2 - “Go to the settlement where the families of the Recabites live, and invite them to the LORD's Temple. Take them into one of the inner rooms, and offer them some wine.”

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Jer 35:4 - I took them to the Temple, and we went into the room assigned to the sons of Hanan son of Igdaliah, a man of God. This room was located next to the one used by the Temple officials, directly above the room of Maaseiah son of Shallum, the Temple gatekeeper.

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Jer 35:11 - But when King Nebuchadnezzar[fn] of Babylon attacked this country, we were afraid of the Babylonian and Syrian[fn] armies. So we decided to move to Jerusalem. That is why we are here.”

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Jer 36:4 - So Jeremiah sent for Baruch son of Neriah, and as Jeremiah dictated all the prophecies that the LORD had given him, Baruch wrote them on a scroll.

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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 36:6 - 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 36:12 - he went down to the secretary's room in the palace where the administrative officials were meeting. Elishama the secretary was there, along with Delaiah son of Shemaiah, Elnathan son of Acbor, Gemariah son of Shaphan, Zedekiah son of Hananiah, and all the other officials.

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Jer 36:13 - When Micaiah told them about the messages Baruch was reading to the people,

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Jer 36:14 - the officials sent Jehudi son of Nethaniah, grandson of Shelemiah and great-grandson of Cushi, to ask Baruch to come and read the messages to them, too. So Baruch took the scroll and went to them.

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Jer 36:15 - “Sit down and read the scroll to us,” the officials said, and Baruch did as they requested.

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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 36:21 - The king sent Jehudi to get the scroll. Jehudi brought it from Elishama's room and read it to the king as all his officials stood by.

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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 37:4 - Jeremiah had not yet been imprisoned, so he could come and go among the people as he pleased.

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Jer 37:7 - “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: The king of Judah sent you to ask me what is going to happen. Tell him, ‘Pharaoh's army is about to return to Egypt, though he came here to help you.

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Jer 37:12 - Jeremiah started to leave the city on his way to the territory of Benjamin, to claim his share of the property among his relatives there.[fn]

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Jer 37:14 - “That's not true!” Jeremiah protested. “I had no intention of doing any such thing.” But Irijah wouldn't listen, and he took Jeremiah before the officials.

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Jer 37:15 - They were furious with Jeremiah and had him flogged and imprisoned in the house of Jonathan the secretary. Jonathan's house had been converted into a prison.

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Jer 37:16 - Jeremiah was put into a dungeon cell, where he remained for many days.

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Jer 37:17 - Later King Zedekiah secretly requested that Jeremiah come to the palace, where the king asked him, “Do you have any messages from the LORD?”
“Yes, I do!” said Jeremiah. “You will be defeated by the king of Babylon.”

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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 37:20 - Listen, my lord the king, I beg you. Don't send me back to the dungeon in the house of Jonathan the secretary, for I will die there.”

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Jer 37:21 - So King Zedekiah commanded that Jeremiah not be returned to the dungeon. Instead, he was imprisoned in the courtyard of the guard in the royal palace. The king also commanded that Jeremiah be given a loaf of fresh bread every day as long as there was any left in the city. So Jeremiah was put in the palace prison.

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Jer 38:2 - “This is what the LORD says: ‘Everyone who stays in Jerusalem will die from war, famine, or disease, but those who surrender to the Babylonians[fn] will live. Their reward will be life. They will live!'

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Jer 38:3 - The LORD also says: ‘The city of Jerusalem will certainly be handed over to the army of the king of Babylon, who will capture it.'”

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Jer 38:6 - So the officials took Jeremiah from his cell and lowered him by ropes into an empty cistern in the prison yard. It belonged to Malkijah, a member of the royal family. There was no water in the cistern, but there was a thick layer of mud at the bottom, and Jeremiah sank down into it.

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Jer 38:7 - But Ebed-melech the Ethiopian,[fn] an important court official, heard that Jeremiah was in the cistern. At that time the king was holding court at the Benjamin Gate,

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Jer 38:10 - 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 38:11 - So Ebed-melech took the men with him and went to a room in the palace beneath the treasury, where he found some old rags and discarded clothing. He carried these to the cistern and lowered them to Jeremiah on a rope.

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Jer 38:14 - One day King Zedekiah sent for Jeremiah and had him brought to the third entrance of the LORD's Temple. “I want to ask you something,” the king said. “And don't try to hide the truth.”

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Jer 38:16 - So King Zedekiah secretly promised him, “As surely as the LORD our Creator lives, I will not kill you or hand you over to the men who want you dead.”

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Jer 38:18 - But if you refuse to surrender, you will not escape! This city will be handed over to the Babylonians, and they will burn it to the ground.'”

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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 38:26 - If this happens, just tell them you begged me not to send you back to Jonathan's dungeon, for fear you would die there.”

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Jer 39:16 - “Say to Ebed-melech the Ethiopian,[fn] ‘This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies, the God of Israel, says: I will do to this city everything I have threatened. I will send disaster, not prosperity. You will see its destruction,

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Jer 39:17 - but I will rescue you from those you fear so much.

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Jer 39:18 - Because you trusted me, I will give you your life as a reward. I will rescue you and keep you safe. I, the LORD, have spoken!'”

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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 40:4 - But I am going to take off your chains and let you go. If you want to come with me to Babylon, you are welcome. I will see that you are well cared for. But if you don't want to come, you may stay here. The whole land is before you—go wherever you like.

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Jer 40:5 - If you decide to stay, then return to Gedaliah son of Ahikam and grandson of Shaphan. He has been appointed governor of Judah by the king of Babylon. Stay there with the people he rules. But it's up to you; go wherever you like.”
Then Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, gave Jeremiah some food and money and let him go.

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Jer 40:6 - So Jeremiah returned to Gedaliah son of Ahikam at Mizpah, and he lived in Judah with the few who were still left in the land.

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Jer 40:7 - The leaders of the Judean guerrilla bands in the countryside heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam as governor over the poor people who were left behind in Judah—the men, women, and children who hadn't been exiled to Babylon.

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Jer 40:8 - So they went to see Gedaliah at Mizpah. These included: Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan and Jonathan sons of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth, the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, Jezaniah son of the Maacathite, and all their men.

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Jer 40:10 - “As for me, I will stay at Mizpah to represent you before the Babylonians who come to meet with us. Settle in the towns you have taken, and live off the land. Harvest the grapes and summer fruits and olives, and store them away.”

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Jer 40:12 - they began to return to Judah from the places to which they had fled. They stopped at Mizpah to meet with Gedaliah and then went into the Judean countryside to gather a great harvest of grapes and other crops.

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Jer 40:13 - Soon after this, Johanan son of Kareah and the other guerrilla leaders came to Gedaliah at Mizpah.

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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 41:5 - eighty men arrived from Shechem, Shiloh, and Samaria to worship at the Temple of the LORD. They had shaved off their beards, torn their clothes, and cut themselves, and had brought along grain offerings and frankincense.

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Jer 41:6 - Ishmael left Mizpah to meet them, weeping as he went. When he reached them, he said, “Oh, come and see what has happened to Gedaliah!”

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Jer 41:7 - But as soon as they were all inside the town, Ishmael and his men killed all but ten of them and threw their bodies into a cistern.

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Jer 41:9 - The cistern where Ishmael dumped the bodies of the men he murdered was the large one dug by King Asa when he fortified Mizpah to protect himself against King Baasha of Israel. Ishmael son of Nethaniah filled it with corpses.

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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 41:17 - They took them all to the village of Geruth-kimham near Bethlehem, where they prepared to leave for Egypt.

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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 42:12 - I will be merciful to you by making him kind, so he will let you stay here in your land.'

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Jer 42:14 - instead, we will go to Egypt where we will be free from war, the call to arms, and hunger,'

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Jer 42:15 - then hear the LORD's message to the remnant of Judah. This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘If you are determined to go to Egypt and live there,

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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 42:18 - “This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘Just as my anger and fury have been poured out on the people of Jerusalem, so they will be poured out on you when you enter Egypt. You will be an object of damnation, horror, cursing, and mockery. And you will never see your homeland again.'

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Jer 42:19 - “Listen, you remnant of Judah. The LORD has told you: ‘Do not go to Egypt!' Don't forget this warning I have given you today.

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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 43:3 - Baruch son of Neriah has convinced you to say this, because he wants us to stay here and be killed by the Babylonians[fn] or be carried off into exile.”

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Jer 43:7 - The people refused to obey the voice of the LORD and went to Egypt, going as far as the city of Tahpanhes.

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Jer 43:11 - And when he comes, he will destroy the land of Egypt. He will bring death to those destined for death, captivity to those destined for captivity, and war to those destined for war.

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Jer 44:6 - And so my fury boiled over and fell like fire on the towns of Judah and into the streets of Jerusalem, and they are still a desolate ruin today.

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Jer 44:8 - Why provoke my anger by burning incense to the idols you have made here in Egypt? You will only destroy yourselves and make yourselves an object of cursing and mockery for all the nations of the earth.

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Jer 44:12 - I will take this remnant of Judah—those who were determined to come here and live in Egypt—and I will consume them. They will fall here in Egypt, killed by war and famine. All will die, from the least to the greatest. They will be an object of damnation, horror, cursing, and mockery.

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Jer 44:14 - Of that remnant who fled to Egypt, hoping someday to return to Judah, there will be no survivors. Even though they long to return home, only a handful will do so.”

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Jer 44:22 - It was because the LORD could no longer bear all the disgusting things you were doing that he made your land an object of cursing—a desolate ruin without inhabitants—as it is today.

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Jer 44:28 - Only a small number will escape death and return to Judah from Egypt. Then all those who came to Egypt will find out whose words are true—mine or theirs!

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Jer 44:29 - “‘And this is the proof I give you,' says the LORD, ‘that all I have threatened will happen to you and that I will punish you here.'

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Jer 44:30 - This is what the LORD says: ‘I will turn Pharaoh Hophra, king of Egypt, over to his enemies who want to kill him, just as I turned King Zedekiah of Judah over to King Nebuchadnezzar[fn] of Babylon.'”

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Jer 45:5 - Are you seeking great things for yourself? Don't do it! I will bring great disaster upon all these people; but I will give you your life as a reward wherever you go. I, the LORD, have spoken!'”

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Jer 46:3 - “Prepare your shields,
and advance into battle!

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Jer 46:11 - “Go up to Gilead to get medicine,
O virgin daughter of Egypt!
But your many treatments
will bring you no healing.

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Jer 46:14 - “Shout it out in Egypt!
Publish it in the cities of Migdol, Memphis,[fn] and Tahpanhes!
Mobilize for battle,
for the sword will devour everyone around you.

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Jer 46:16 - They stumble and fall over each other
and say among themselves,
‘Come, let's go back to our people,
to the land of our birth.
Let's get away from the sword of the enemy!'

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Jer 46:19 - Pack up! Get ready to leave for exile,
you citizens of Egypt!
The city of Memphis will be destroyed,
without a single inhabitant.

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Jer 46:24 - Egypt will be humiliated;
she will be handed over to people from the north.”

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Jer 46:28 - Do not be afraid, Jacob, my servant,
for I am with you,” says the LORD.
“I will completely destroy the nations to which I have exiled you,
but I will not completely destroy you.
I will discipline you, but with justice;
I cannot let you go unpunished.”

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Jer 47:2 - This is what the LORD says:
“A flood is coming from the north
to overflow the land.
It will destroy the land and everything in it—
cities and people alike.
People will scream in terror,
and everyone in the land will wail.

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Jer 47:6 - “Now, O sword of the LORD,
when will you be at rest again?
Go back into your sheath;
rest and be still.

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Jer 48:4 - All Moab is destroyed.
Her little ones will cry out.[fn]

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Jer 48:9 - Oh, that Moab had wings
so she could fly away,[fn]
for her towns will be left empty,
with no one living in them.

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Jer 48:11 - “From his earliest history, Moab has lived in peace,
never going into exile.
He is like wine that has been allowed to settle.
He has not been poured from flask to flask,
and he is now fragrant and smooth.

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Jer 48:14 - “You used to boast, ‘We are heroes,
mighty men of war.'

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Jer 48:15 - But now Moab and his towns will be destroyed.
His most promising youth are doomed to slaughter,”
says the King, whose name is the LORD of Heaven's Armies.

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Jer 48:18 - “Come down from your glory
and sit in the dust, you people of Dibon,
for those who destroy Moab will shatter Dibon, too.
They will tear down all your towers.

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Jer 48:21 - Judgment has been poured out on the towns of the plateau—
on Holon and Jahaz[fn] and Mephaath,

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Jer 48:26 - “Let him stagger and fall like a drunkard,
for he has rebelled against the LORD.
Moab will wallow in his own vomit,
ridiculed by all.

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Jer 48:27 - Did you not ridicule the people of Israel?
Were they caught in the company of thieves
that you should despise them as you do?

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Jer 48:34 - “Instead, their awful cries of terror can be heard from Heshbon clear across to Elealeh and Jahaz; from Zoar all the way to Horonaim and Eglath-shelishiyah. Even the waters of Nimrim are dried up now.

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Jer 48:39 - How it is shattered! Hear the wailing! See the shame of Moab! It has become an object of ridicule, an example of ruin to all its neighbors.”

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Jer 48:44 - “Those who flee in terror will fall into a trap,
and those who escape the trap will step into a snare.
I will see to it that you do not get away,
for the time of your judgment has come,”
says the LORD.

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Jer 49:2 - In the days to come,” says the LORD,
“I will sound the battle cry against your city of Rabbah.
It will become a desolate heap of ruins,
and the neighboring towns will be burned.
Then Israel will take back the land
you took from her,” says the LORD.

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Jer 49:5 - But look! I will bring terror upon you,”
says the Lord, the LORD of Heaven's Armies.
“Your neighbors will chase you from your land,
and no one will help your exiles as they flee.

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Jer 49:8 - Turn and flee!
Hide in deep caves, you people of Dedan!
For when I bring disaster on Edom,[fn]
I will punish you, too!

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Jer 49:13 - For I have sworn by my own name,” says the LORD, “that Bozrah will become an object of horror and a heap of ruins; it will be mocked and cursed. All its towns and villages will be desolate forever.”

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Jer 49:14 - I have heard a message from the LORD
that an ambassador was sent to the nations to say,
“Form a coalition against Edom,
and prepare for battle!”

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Jer 49:17 - “Edom will be an object of horror.
All who pass by will be appalled
and will gasp at the destruction they see there.

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Jer 49:19 - I will come like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan,
leaping on the sheep in the pasture.
I will chase Edom from its land,
and I will appoint the leader of my choice.
For who is like me, and who can challenge me?
What ruler can oppose my will?”

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Jer 49:24 - Damascus has become feeble,
and all her people turn to flee.
Fear, anguish, and pain have gripped her
as they grip a woman in labor.

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Jer 49:30 - Run for your lives,” says the LORD.
“Hide yourselves in deep caves, you people of Hazor,
for King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon has plotted against you
and is preparing to destroy you.

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Jer 49:31 - “Go up and attack that complacent nation,”
says the LORD.
“Its people live alone in the desert
without walls or gates.

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Jer 49:32 - Their camels and other livestock will all be yours.
I will scatter to the winds these people
who live in remote places.[fn]
I will bring calamity upon them
from every direction,” says the LORD.

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Jer 50:3 - For a nation will attack her from the north
and bring such destruction that no one will live there again.
Everything will be gone;
both people and animals will flee.

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Jer 50:10 - Babylonia[fn] will be looted
until the attackers are glutted with loot.
I, the LORD, have spoken!

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Jer 50:13 - Because of the LORD's anger,
Babylon will become a deserted wasteland.
All who pass by will be horrified
and will gasp at the destruction they see there.

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Jer 50:16 - Take from Babylon all those who plant crops;
send all the harvesters away.
Because of the sword of the enemy,
everyone will run away and rush back to their own lands.

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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 50:23 - Babylon, the mightiest hammer in all the earth,
lies broken and shattered.
Babylon is desolate among the nations!

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Jer 50:27 - Destroy even her young bulls—
it will be terrible for them, too!
Slaughter them all!
For Babylon's day of reckoning has come.

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Jer 50:28 - Listen to the people who have escaped from Babylon,
as they tell in Jerusalem
how the LORD our God has taken vengeance
against those who destroyed his Temple.

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Jer 50:39 - “Soon Babylon will be inhabited by desert animals and hyenas.
It will be a home for owls.
Never again will people live there;
it will lie desolate forever.

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Jer 50:42 - They are armed with bows and spears.
They are cruel and show no mercy.
As they ride forward on horses,
they sound like a roaring sea.
They are coming in battle formation,
planning to destroy you, Babylon.

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Jer 50:44 - “I will come like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan,
leaping on the sheep in the pasture.
I will chase Babylon from its land,
and I will appoint the leader of my choice.
For who is like me, and who can challenge me?
What ruler can oppose my will?”

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Jer 51:2 - Foreigners will come and winnow her,
blowing her away as chaff.
They will come from every side
to rise against her in her day of trouble.

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Jer 51:9 - We would have helped her if we could,
but nothing can save her now.
Let her go; abandon her.
Return now to your own land.
For her punishment reaches to the heavens;
it is so great it cannot be measured.

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Jer 51:10 - The LORD has vindicated us.
Come, let us announce in Jerusalem[fn]
everything the LORD our God has done.

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Jer 51:11 - Sharpen the arrows!
Lift up the shields![fn]
For the LORD has inspired the kings of the Medes
to march against Babylon and destroy her.
This is his vengeance against those
who desecrated his Temple.

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Jer 51:13 - You are a city by a great river,
a great center of commerce,
but your end has come.
The thread of your life is cut.

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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 51:26 - You will be desolate forever.
Even your stones will never again be used for building.
You will be completely wiped out,”
says the LORD.

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Jer 51:29 - The earth trembles and writhes in pain,
for everything the LORD has planned against Babylon stands unchanged.
Babylon will be left desolate without a single inhabitant.

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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 51:35 - Make Babylon suffer as she made us suffer,”
say the people of Zion.
“Make the people of Babylonia pay for spilling our blood,”
says Jerusalem.

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Jer 51:37 - and Babylon will become a heap of ruins,
haunted by jackals.
She will be an object of horror and contempt,
a place where no one lives.

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Jer 51:40 - “I will bring them down
like lambs to the slaughter,
like rams and goats to be sacrificed.

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Jer 51:41 - “How Babylon[fn] is fallen—
great Babylon, praised throughout the earth!
Now she has become an object of horror
among the nations.

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Jer 51:51 - “We are ashamed,” the people say.
“We are insulted and disgraced
because the LORD's Temple
has been defiled by foreigners.”

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Jer 51:55 - For the LORD is destroying Babylon.
He will silence her loud voice.
Waves of enemies pound against her;
the noise of battle rings through the city.

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Jer 51:58 - This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies says:
“The thick walls of Babylon will be leveled to the ground,
and her massive gates will be burned.
The builders from many lands have worked in vain,
for their work will be destroyed by fire!”

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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 51:61 - He said to Seraiah, “When you get to Babylon, read aloud everything on this scroll.

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Jer 51:62 - Then say, ‘LORD, you have said that you will destroy Babylon so that neither people nor animals will remain here. She will lie empty and abandoned forever.'

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Jer 51:63 - When you have finished reading the scroll, tie it to a stone and throw it into the Euphrates River.

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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 52:7 - Then a section of the city wall was broken down, and all the soldiers fled. Since the city was surrounded by the Babylonians,[fn] they waited for nightfall. Then they slipped through the gate between the two walls behind the king's garden and headed toward the Jordan Valley.[fn]

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Jer 52:9 - They took him to the king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath. There the king of Babylon pronounced judgment upon Zedekiah.

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Jer 52:11 - Then they gouged out Zedekiah's eyes, bound him in bronze chains, and led him away to Babylon. Zedekiah remained there in prison until the day of his death.

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Jer 52:12 - On August 17 of that year,[fn] which was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar's reign, Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard and an official of the Babylonian king, arrived in Jerusalem.

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Jer 52:16 - But Nebuzaradan allowed some of the poorest people to stay behind in Judah to care for the vineyards and fields.

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Jer 52:17 - The Babylonians broke up the bronze pillars in front of the LORD's Temple, the bronze water carts, and the great bronze basin called the Sea, and they carried all the bronze away to Babylon.

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Jer 52:20 - The weight of the bronze from the two pillars, the Sea with the twelve bronze oxen beneath it, and the water carts was too great to be measured. These things had been made for the LORD's Temple in the days of King Solomon.

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Jer 52:26 - Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, took them all to the king of Babylon at Riblah.

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Jer 52:34 - So the Babylonian king gave him a regular food allowance as long as he lived. This continued until the day of his death.

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Lam 1:1 - Jerusalem, once so full of people,
is now deserted.
She who was once great among the nations
now sits alone like a widow.
Once the queen of all the earth,
she is now a slave.

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Lam 1:2 - She sobs through the night;
tears stream down her cheeks.
Among all her lovers,
there is no one left to comfort her.
All her friends have betrayed her
and become her enemies.

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Lam 1:5 - Her oppressors have become her masters,
and her enemies prosper,
for the LORD has punished Jerusalem
for her many sins.
Her children have been captured
and taken away to distant lands.

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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 1:8 - Jerusalem has sinned greatly,
so she has been tossed away like a filthy rag.
All who once honored her now despise her,
for they have seen her stripped naked and humiliated.
All she can do is groan
and hide her face.

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Lam 1:10 - The enemy has plundered her completely,
taking every precious thing she owns.
She has seen foreigners violate her sacred Temple,
the place the LORD had forbidden them to enter.

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Lam 1:13 - “He has sent fire from heaven that burns in my bones.
He has placed a trap in my path and turned me back.
He has left me devastated,
racked with sickness all day long.

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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 2:1 - The Lord in his anger
has cast a dark shadow over beautiful Jerusalem.[fn]
The fairest of Israel's cities lies in the dust,
thrown down from the heights of heaven.
In his day of great anger,
the Lord has shown no mercy even to his Temple.[fn]

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Lam 2:2 - Without mercy the Lord has destroyed
every home in Israel.[fn]
In his anger he has broken down
the fortress walls of beautiful Jerusalem.[fn]
He has brought them to the ground,
dishonoring the kingdom and its rulers.

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Lam 2:9 - Jerusalem's gates have sunk into the ground.
He has smashed their locks and bars.
Her kings and princes have been exiled to distant lands;
her law has ceased to exist.
Her prophets receive
no more visions from the LORD.

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Lam 2:10 - The leaders of beautiful Jerusalem
sit on the ground in silence.
They are clothed in burlap
and throw dust on their heads.
The young women of Jerusalem
hang their heads in shame.

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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 2:19 - Rise during the night and cry out.
Pour out your hearts like water to the Lord.
Lift up your hands to him in prayer,
pleading for your children,
for in every street
they are faint with hunger.

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Lam 2:21 - “See them lying in the streets—
young and old,
boys and girls,
killed by the swords of the enemy.
You have killed them in your anger,
slaughtering them without mercy.

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Lam 3:2 - He has led me into darkness,
shutting out all light.

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Lam 3:12 - He has drawn his bow
and made me the target for his arrows.

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Lam 3:21 - Yet I still dare to hope
when I remember this:

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Lam 3:26 - So it is good to wait quietly
for salvation from the LORD.

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Lam 3:31 - For no one is abandoned
by the Lord forever.

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Lam 3:56 - You heard me when I cried, “Listen to my pleading!
Hear my cry for help!”

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Lam 3:57 - Yes, you came when I called;
you told me, “Do not fear.”

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Lam 3:60 - You have seen the vengeful plots
my enemies have laid against me.

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Lam 4:2 - See how the precious children of Jerusalem,[fn]
worth their weight in fine gold,
are now treated like pots of clay
made by a common potter.

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Lam 4:3 - Even the jackals feed their young,
but not my people Israel.
They ignore their children's cries,
like ostriches in the desert.

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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 4:17 - We looked in vain for our allies
to come and save us,
but we were looking to nations
that could not help us.

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Lam 5:6 - We submitted to Egypt and Assyria
to get enough food to survive.

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Lam 5:15 - Joy has left our hearts;
our dancing has turned to mourning.

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Lam 5:19 - But LORD, you remain the same forever!
Your throne continues from generation to generation.

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Lam 5:20 - Why do you continue to forget us?
Why have you abandoned us for so long?

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Eze 2:10 - which he unrolled. And I saw that both sides were covered with funeral songs, words of sorrow, and pronouncements of doom.

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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 3:10 - Then he added, “Son of man, let all my words sink deep into your own heart first. Listen to them carefully for yourself.

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Eze 3:11 - Then go to your people in exile and say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says!' Do this whether they listen to you or not.”

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Eze 3:15 - Then I came to the colony of Judean exiles in Tel-abib, beside the Kebar River. I was overwhelmed and sat among them for seven days.

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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 3:22 - Then the LORD took hold of me and said, “Get up and go out into the valley, and I will speak to you there.”

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Eze 3:23 - So I got up and went, and there I saw the glory of the LORD, just as I had seen in my first vision by the Kebar River. And I fell face down on the ground.

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Eze 3:26 - And I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth so that you will be speechless and unable to rebuke them, for they are rebels.

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Eze 4:5 - I am requiring you to bear Israel's sins for 390 days—one day for each year of their sin.

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Eze 4:6 - After that, turn over and lie on your right side for 40 days—one day for each year of Judah's sin.

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Eze 4:7 - “Meanwhile, keep staring at the siege of Jerusalem. Lie there with your arm bared and prophesy her destruction.

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Eze 4:9 - “Now go and get some wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet, and emmer wheat, and mix them together in a storage jar. Use them to make bread for yourself during the 390 days you will be lying on your side.

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Eze 4:14 - Then I said, “O Sovereign LORD, must I be defiled by using human dung? For I have never been defiled before. From the time I was a child until now I have never eaten any animal that died of sickness or was killed by other animals. I have never eaten any meat forbidden by the law.”

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Eze 5:4 - Then take some of these hairs out and throw them into the fire, burning them up. A fire will then spread from this remnant and destroy all of Israel.

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Eze 5:10 - Parents will eat their own children, and children will eat their parents. I will punish you and scatter to the winds the few who survive.

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Eze 5:12 - A third of your people will die in the city from disease and famine. A third of them will be slaughtered by the enemy outside the city walls. And I will scatter a third to the winds, chasing them with my sword.

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Eze 5:14 - “So I will turn you into a ruin, a mockery in the eyes of the surrounding nations and to all who pass by.

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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 6:14 - I will crush them and make their cities desolate from the wilderness in the south to Riblah[fn] in the north. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”

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Eze 7:20 - They were proud of their beautiful jewelry
and used it to make detestable idols and vile images.
Therefore, I will make all their wealth
disgusting to them.

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Eze 7:21 - I will give it as plunder to foreigners,
to the most wicked of nations,
and they will defile it.

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Eze 7:22 - I will turn my eyes from them
as these robbers invade and defile my treasured land.

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Eze 8:3 - He reached out what seemed to be a hand and took me by the hair. Then the Spirit lifted me up into the sky and transported me to Jerusalem in a vision from God. I was taken to the north gate of the inner courtyard of the Temple, where there is a large idol that has made the LORD very jealous.

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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 9:1 - Then the LORD thundered, “Bring on the men appointed to punish the city! Tell them to bring their weapons with them!”

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Eze 9:3 - Then the glory of the God of Israel rose up from between the cherubim, where it had rested, and moved to the entrance of the Temple. And the LORD called to the man dressed in linen who was carrying the writer's case.

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Eze 9:5 - Then I heard the LORD say to the other men, “Follow him through the city and kill everyone whose forehead is not marked. Show no mercy; have no pity!

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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 9:10 - So I will not spare them or have any pity on them. I will fully repay them for all they have done.”

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Eze 10:2 - Then the LORD spoke to the man in linen clothing and said, “Go between the whirling wheels beneath the cherubim, and take a handful of burning coals and scatter them over the city.” He did this as I watched.

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Eze 10:4 - Then the glory of the LORD rose up from above the cherubim and went over to the door of the Temple. The Temple was filled with this cloud of glory, and the courtyard glowed brightly with the glory of the LORD.

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Eze 10:7 - Then one of the cherubim reached out his hand and took some live coals from the fire burning among them. He put the coals into the hands of the man in linen clothing, and the man took them and went out.

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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 11:9 - I will drive you out of Jerusalem and hand you over to foreigners, who will carry out my judgments against you.

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Eze 11:11 - No, this city will not be an iron pot for you, and you will not be like meat safe inside it. I will judge you even to the borders of Israel,

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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 11:15 - “Son of man, the people still left in Jerusalem are talking about you and your relatives and all the people of Israel who are in exile. They are saying, ‘Those people are far away from the LORD, so now he has given their land to us!'

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Eze 11:16 - “Therefore, tell the exiles, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Although I have scattered you in the countries of the world, I will be a sanctuary to you during your time in exile.

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Eze 11:20 - so they will obey my decrees and regulations. Then they will truly be my people, and I will be their God.

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Eze 11:21 - But as for those who long for vile images and detestable idols, I will repay them fully for their sins. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken!”

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Eze 11:24 - Afterward the Spirit of God carried me back again to Babylonia,[fn] to the people in exile there. And so ended the vision of my visit to Jerusalem.

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Eze 12:3 - “So now, son of man, pretend you are being sent into exile. Pack the few items an exile could carry, and leave your home to go somewhere else. Do this right in front of the people so they can see you. For perhaps they will pay attention to this, even though they are such rebels.

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Eze 12:5 - Dig a hole through the wall while they are watching and go out through it.

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Eze 12:13 - Then I will throw my net over him and capture him in my snare. I will bring him to Babylon, the land of the Babylonians,[fn] though he will never see it, and he will die there.

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Eze 12:14 - I will scatter his servants and warriors to the four winds and send the sword after them.

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Eze 12:20 - The cities will be destroyed and the farmland made desolate. Then you will know that I am the LORD.'”

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Eze 12:27 - “Son of man, the people of Israel are saying, ‘He's talking about the distant future. His visions won't come true for a long, long time.'

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Eze 13:9 - I will raise my fist against all the prophets who see false visions and make lying predictions, and they will be banished from the community of Israel. I will blot their names from Israel's record books, and they will never again set foot in their own land. Then you will know that I am the Sovereign LORD.

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Eze 13:11 - Tell these whitewashers that their wall will soon fall down. A heavy rainstorm will undermine it; great hailstones and mighty winds will knock it down.

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Eze 13:13 - “Therefore, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I will sweep away your whitewashed wall with a storm of indignation, with a great flood of anger, and with hailstones of fury.

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Eze 13:20 - “This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I am against all your magic charms, which you use to ensnare my people like birds. I will tear them from your arms, setting my people free like birds set free from a cage.

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Eze 13:21 - I will tear off the magic veils and save my people from your grasp. They will no longer be your victims. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

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Eze 14:8 - I will turn against such people and make a terrible example of them, eliminating them from among my people. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

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Eze 14:11 - In this way, the people of Israel will learn not to stray from me, polluting themselves with sin. They will be my people, and I will be their God. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken!'”

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Eze 14:15 - “Or suppose I were to send wild animals to invade the country, kill the people, and make the land too desolate and dangerous to pass through.

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Eze 14:16 - As surely as I live, says the Sovereign LORD, even if those three men were there, they wouldn't be able to save their own sons or daughters. They alone would be saved, but the land would be made desolate.

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Eze 15:3 - Can its wood be used for making things, like pegs to hang up pots and pans?

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Eze 15:4 - No, it can only be used for fuel, and even as fuel, it burns too quickly.

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Eze 15:5 - Vines are useless both before and after being put into the fire!

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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 15:8 - And I will make the land desolate because my people have been unfaithful to me. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken!”

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Eze 16:7 - And I helped you to thrive like a plant in the field. You grew up and became a beautiful jewel. Your breasts became full, and your body hair grew, but you were still naked.

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Eze 16:19 - Imagine it! You set before them as a sacrifice the choice flour, olive oil, and honey I had given you, says the Sovereign LORD.

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Eze 16:20 - “Then you took your sons and daughters—the children you had borne to me—and sacrificed them to your gods. Was your prostitution not enough?

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Eze 16:27 - That is why I struck you with my fist and reduced your boundaries. I handed you over to your enemies, the Philistines, and even they were shocked by your lewd conduct.

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Eze 16:36 - This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Because you have poured out your lust and exposed yourself in prostitution to all your lovers, and because you have worshiped detestable idols,[fn] and because you have slaughtered your children as sacrifices to your gods,

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Eze 16:39 - Then I will give you to these many nations who are your lovers, and they will destroy you. They will knock down your pagan shrines and the altars to your idols. They will strip you and take your beautiful jewels, leaving you stark naked.

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Eze 16:43 - But first, because you have not remembered your youth but have angered me by doing all these evil things, I will fully repay you for all of your sins, says the Sovereign LORD. For you have added lewd acts to all your detestable sins.

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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 17:3 - Give them this message from the Sovereign LORD:
“A great eagle with broad wings and long feathers,
covered with many-colored plumage,
came to Lebanon.
He seized the top of a cedar tree

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Eze 17:4 - and plucked off its highest branch.
He carried it away to a city filled with merchants.
He planted it in a city of traders.

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Eze 17:5 - He also took a seedling from the land
and planted it in fertile soil.
He placed it beside a broad river,
where it could grow like a willow tree.

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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 17:8 - even though it was already planted in good soil
and had plenty of water
so it could grow into a splendid vine
and produce rich leaves and luscious fruit.

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Eze 17:12 - “Say to these rebels of Israel: Don't you understand the meaning of this riddle of the eagles? The king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, took away her king and princes, and brought them to Babylon.

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Eze 17:14 - so Israel would not become strong again and revolt. Only by keeping her treaty with Babylon could Israel survive.

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Eze 17:15 - “Nevertheless, this man of Israel's royal family rebelled against Babylon, sending ambassadors to Egypt to request a great army and many horses. Can Israel break her sworn treaties like that and get away with it?

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Eze 17:19 - “So this is what the Sovereign LORD says: As surely as I live, I will punish him for breaking my covenant and disregarding the solemn oath he made in my name.

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Eze 17:21 - And all his best warriors[fn] will be killed in battle, and those who survive will be scattered to the four winds. Then you will know that I, the LORD, have spoken.

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Eze 17:23 - It will become a majestic cedar, sending forth its branches and producing seed. Birds of every sort will nest in it, finding shelter in the shade of its branches.

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Eze 18:12 - oppresses the poor and helpless, steals from debtors by refusing to let them redeem their security, worships idols, commits detestable sins,

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Eze 18:15 - This son refuses to worship idols on the mountains and does not commit adultery.

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Eze 18:30 - “Therefore, I will judge each of you, O people of Israel, according to your actions, says the Sovereign LORD. Repent, and turn from your sins. Don't let them destroy you!

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Eze 18:31 - Put all your rebellion behind you, and find yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. For why should you die, O people of Israel?

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Eze 19:4 - Then the nations heard about him,
and he was trapped in their pit.
They led him away with hooks
to the land of Egypt.

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Eze 19:9 - With hooks, they dragged him into a cage
and brought him before the king of Babylon.
They held him in captivity,
so his voice could never again be heard
on the mountains of Israel.

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Eze 19:14 - A fire has burst out from its branches
and devoured its fruit.
Its remaining limbs are not
strong enough to be a ruler's scepter. “This is a funeral song, and it will be used in a funeral.”

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Eze 20:6 - I took a solemn oath that day that I would bring them out of Egypt to a land I had discovered and explored for them—a good land, a land flowing with milk and honey, the best of all lands anywhere.

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Eze 20:10 - So I brought them out of Egypt and led them into the wilderness.

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Eze 20:12 - And I gave them my Sabbath days of rest as a sign between them and me. It was to remind them that I am the LORD, who had set them apart to be holy.

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Eze 20:15 - But I took a solemn oath against them in the wilderness. I swore I would not bring them into the land I had given them, a land flowing with milk and honey, the most beautiful place on earth.

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Eze 20:17 - Nevertheless, I took pity on them and held back from destroying them in the wilderness.

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Eze 20:20 - and keep my Sabbath days holy, for they are a sign to remind you that I am the LORD your God.'

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Eze 20:27 - “Therefore, son of man, give the people of Israel this message from the Sovereign LORD: Your ancestors continued to blaspheme and betray me,

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Eze 20:28 - for when I brought them into the land I had promised them, they offered sacrifices on every high hill and under every green tree they saw! They roused my fury as they offered up sacrifices to their gods. They brought their perfumes and incense and poured out their liquid offerings to them.

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Eze 20:35 - I will bring you into the wilderness of the nations, and there I will judge you face to face.

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Eze 20:38 - I will purge you of all those who rebel and revolt against me. I will bring them out of the countries where they are in exile, but they will never enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

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Eze 20:40 - For on my holy mountain, the great mountain of Israel, says the Sovereign LORD, the people of Israel will someday worship me, and I will accept them. There I will require that you bring me all your offerings and choice gifts and sacrifices.

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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 21:10 - It is sharpened for terrible slaughter
and polished to flash like lightning!
Now will you laugh?
Those far stronger than you have fallen beneath its power![fn]

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Eze 21:11 - Yes, the sword is now being sharpened and polished;
it is being prepared for the executioner.

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Eze 21:15 - Let their hearts melt with terror,
for the sword glitters at every gate.
It flashes like lightning
and is polished for slaughter!

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Eze 21:28 - “And now, son of man, prophesy concerning the Ammonites and their mockery. Give them this message from the Sovereign LORD:
“A sword, a sword
is drawn for your slaughter.
It is polished to destroy,
flashing like lightning!

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Eze 21:31 - I will pour out my fury on you
and blow on you with the fire of my anger.
I will hand you over to cruel men
who are skilled in destruction.

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Eze 22:4 - you are guilty because of the blood you have shed. You are defiled because of the idols you have made. Your day of destruction has come! You have reached the end of your years. I will make you an object of mockery throughout the world.

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Eze 22:19 - So tell them, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Because you are all worthless slag, I will bring you to my crucible in Jerusalem.

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Eze 22:20 - Just as copper, iron, lead, and tin are melted down in a furnace, I will melt you down in the heat of my fury.

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Eze 22:30 - “I looked for someone who might rebuild the wall of righteousness that guards the land. I searched for someone to stand in the gap in the wall so I wouldn't have to destroy the land, but I found no one.

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Eze 22:31 - So now I will pour out my fury on them, consuming them with the fire of my anger. I will heap on their heads the full penalty for all their sins. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken!”

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Eze 23:9 - “And so I handed her over to her Assyrian lovers, whom she desired so much.

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Eze 23:10 - They stripped her, took away her children as their slaves, and then killed her. After she received her punishment, her reputation was known to every woman in the land.

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Eze 23:16 - When she saw these paintings, she longed to give herself to them, so she sent messengers to Babylonia to invite them to come to her.

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Eze 23:17 - So they came and committed adultery with her, defiling her in the bed of love. After being defiled, however, she rejected them in disgust.

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Eze 23:28 - “For this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I will surely hand you over to your enemies, to those you loathe, those you rejected.

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Eze 23:31 - Because you have followed in your sister's footsteps, I will force you to drink the same cup of terror she drank.

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Eze 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 24:2 - “Son of man, write down today's date, because on this very day the king of Babylon is beginning his attack against Jerusalem.

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Eze 24:3 - Then give these rebels an illustration with this message from the Sovereign LORD:
“Put a pot on the fire,
and pour in some water.

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Eze 24:4 - Fill it with choice pieces of meat—
the rump and the shoulder
and all the most tender cuts.

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Eze 24:8 - So I will splash her blood on a rock
for all to see,
an expression of my anger
and vengeance against her.

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Eze 24:24 - Ezekiel is an example for you; you will do just as he has done. And when that time comes, you will know that I am the Sovereign LORD.”

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Eze 24:26 - And on that day a survivor from Jerusalem will come to you in Babylon and tell you what has happened.

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Eze 24:27 - And when he arrives, your voice will suddenly return so you can talk to him, and you will be a symbol for these people. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”

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Eze 25:4 - I will allow nomads from the eastern deserts to overrun your country. They will set up their camps among you and pitch their tents on your land. They will harvest all your fruit and drink the milk from your livestock.

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Eze 25:5 - And I will turn the city of Rabbah into a pasture for camels, and all the land of the Ammonites into a resting place for sheep and goats. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

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Eze 25:7 - I will raise my fist of judgment against you. I will give you as plunder to many nations. I will cut you off from being a nation and destroy you completely. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

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Eze 25:10 - And I will hand Moab over to nomads from the eastern deserts, just as I handed over Ammon. Yes, the Ammonites will no longer be counted among the nations.

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Eze 25:11 - In the same way, I will bring my judgment down on the Moabites. Then they will know that I am 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 26:4 - They will destroy the walls of Tyre and tear down its towers. I will scrape away its soil and make it a bare rock!

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Eze 26:5 - It will be just a rock in the sea, a place for fishermen to spread their nets, for I have spoken, says the Sovereign LORD. Tyre will become the prey of many nations,

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Eze 26:10 - The hooves of his horses will choke the city with dust, and the noise of the charioteers and chariot wheels will shake your walls as they storm through your broken gates.

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Eze 26:12 - “They will plunder all your riches and merchandise and break down your walls. They will destroy your lovely homes and dump your stones and timbers and even your dust into the sea.

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Eze 26:14 - I will make your island a bare rock, a place for fishermen to spread their nets. You will never be rebuilt, for I, the LORD, have spoken. Yes, the Sovereign LORD has spoken!

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Eze 26:20 - I will send you to the pit to join those who descended there long ago. Your city will lie in ruins, buried beneath the earth, like those in the pit who have entered the world of the dead. You will have no place of respect here in the land of the living.

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Eze 26:21 - I will bring you to a terrible end, and you will exist no more. You will be looked for, but you will never again be found. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken!”

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Eze 27:17 - Judah and Israel traded for your wares, offering wheat from Minnith, figs,[fn] honey, olive oil, and balm.

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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 27:20 - “Dedan sent merchants to trade their expensive saddle blankets with you.

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Eze 27:36 - The merchants among the nations
shake their heads at the sight of you,[fn]
for you have come to a horrible end
and will exist no more.'”

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Eze 28:7 - I will now bring against you a foreign army,
the terror of the nations.
They will draw their swords against your marvelous wisdom
and defile your splendor!

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Eze 28:18 - You defiled your sanctuaries
with your many sins and your dishonest trade.
So I brought fire out from within you,
and it consumed you.
I reduced you to ashes on the ground
in the sight of all who were watching.

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Eze 28:19 - All who knew you are appalled at your fate.
You have come to a terrible end,
and you will exist no more.”

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Eze 29:4 - I will put hooks in your jaws
and drag you out on the land
with fish sticking to your scales.

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Eze 29:5 - I will leave you and all your fish
stranded in the wilderness to die.
You will lie unburied on the open ground,
for I have given you as food to the wild animals and birds.

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Eze 29:10 - I am now the enemy of both you and your river. I will make the land of Egypt a totally desolate wasteland, from Migdol to Aswan, as far south as the border of Ethiopia.[fn]

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Eze 29:12 - I will make Egypt desolate, and it will be surrounded by other desolate nations. Its cities will be empty and desolate for forty years, surrounded by other ruined cities. I will scatter the Egyptians to distant lands.

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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 30:23 - I will scatter the Egyptians to many lands throughout the world.

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Eze 30:24 - I will strengthen the arms of Babylon's king and put my sword in his hand. But I will break the arms of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and he will lie there mortally wounded, groaning in pain.

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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 30:26 - I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, dispersing them throughout the earth. Then they will know that I am 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 31:4 - Deep springs watered it
and helped it to grow tall and luxuriant.
The water flowed around it like a river,
streaming to all the trees nearby.

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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 31:10 - “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 31:11 - I will hand it over to a mighty nation that will destroy it as its wickedness deserves. I have already discarded it.

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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 31:15 - “This is what the Sovereign LORD says: When Assyria went down to the grave,[fn] I made the deep springs mourn. I stopped its rivers and dried up its abundant water. I clothed Lebanon in black and caused the trees of the field to wilt.

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Eze 31:16 - I made the nations shake with fear at the sound of its fall, for I sent it down to the grave with all the others who descend to the pit. And all the other proud trees of Eden, the most beautiful and the best of Lebanon, the ones whose roots went deep into the water, took comfort to find it there with them in the depths of the earth.

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Eze 31:17 - Its allies, too, were all destroyed and had passed away. They had gone down to the grave—all those nations that had lived in its shade.

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Eze 31:18 - “O Egypt, to which of the trees of Eden will you compare your strength and glory? You, too, will be brought down to the depths with all these other nations. You will lie there among the outcasts[fn] who have died by the sword. This will be the fate of Pharaoh and all his hordes. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken!”

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Eze 32:9 - “I will disturb many hearts when I bring news of your downfall to distant nations you have never seen.

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Eze 32:15 - And when I destroy Egypt
and strip you of everything you own
and strike down all your people,
then you will know that I am the LORD.

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Eze 32:18 - “Son of man, weep for the hordes of Egypt and for the other mighty nations.[fn] For I will send them down to the world below in company with those who descend to the pit.

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Eze 32:24 - “Elam lies there surrounded by the graves of all its hordes, those who were slaughtered by the sword. They struck terror in the hearts of people everywhere, but now they have descended as outcasts to the world below. Now they lie in the pit and share the shame of those who have gone before them.

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Eze 32:27 - They are not buried in honor like their fallen heroes, who went down to the grave[fn] with their weapons—their shields covering their bodies[fn] and their swords beneath their heads. Their guilt rests upon them because they brought terror to everyone while they were still alive.

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Eze 32:29 - “Edom is there with its kings and princes. Mighty as they were, they also lie among those slaughtered by the sword, with the outcasts who have gone down to the pit.

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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 33:2 - “Son of man, give your people this message: ‘When I bring an army against a country, the people of that land choose one of their own to be a watchman.

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Eze 33:24 - “Son of man, the scattered remnants of Judah living among the ruined cities keep saying, ‘Abraham was only one man, yet he gained possession of the entire land. We are many; surely the land has been given to us as a possession.'

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Eze 33:27 - “Say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: As surely as I live, those living in the ruins will die by the sword. And I will send wild animals to eat those living in the open fields. Those hiding in the forts and caves will die of disease.

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Eze 34:5 - So my sheep have been scattered without a shepherd, and they are easy prey for any wild animal.

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Eze 34:8 - As surely as I live, says the Sovereign LORD, you abandoned my flock and left them to be attacked by every wild animal. And though you were my shepherds, you didn't search for my sheep when they were lost. You took care of yourselves and left the sheep to starve.

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Eze 34:10 - This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I now consider these shepherds my enemies, and I will hold them responsible for what has happened to my flock. I will take away their right to feed the flock, and I will stop them from feeding themselves. I will rescue my flock from their mouths; the sheep will no longer be their prey.

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Eze 34:13 - I will bring them back home to their own land of Israel from among the peoples and nations. I will feed them on the mountains of Israel and by the rivers and in all the places where people live.

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Eze 34:22 - So I will rescue my flock, and they will no longer be abused. I will judge between one animal of the flock and another.

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Eze 34:24 - And I, the LORD, will be their God, and my servant David will be a prince among my people. I, the LORD, have spoken!

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Eze 35:6 - As surely as I live, says the Sovereign LORD, since you show no distaste for blood, I will give you a bloodbath of your own. Your turn has come!

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Eze 35:7 - I will make Mount Seir utterly desolate, killing off all who try to escape and any who return.

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Eze 35:12 - Then you will know that I, the LORD, have heard every contemptuous word you spoke against the mountains of Israel. For you said, ‘They are desolate; they have been given to us as food to eat!'

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Eze 36:2 - This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Your enemies have taunted you, saying, ‘Aha! Now the ancient heights belong to us!'

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Eze 36:3 - Therefore, son of man, give the mountains of Israel this message from the Sovereign LORD: Your enemies have attacked you from all directions, making you the property of many nations and the object of much mocking and slander.

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Eze 36:4 - Therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Sovereign LORD. He speaks to the hills and mountains, ravines and valleys, and to ruined wastes and long-deserted cities that have been destroyed and mocked by the surrounding nations.

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Eze 36:5 - This is what the Sovereign LORD says: My jealous anger burns against these nations, especially Edom, because they have shown utter contempt for me by gleefully taking my land for themselves as plunder.

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Eze 36:10 - I will greatly increase the population of Israel, and the ruined cities will be rebuilt and filled with people.

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Eze 36:12 - I will cause my people to walk on you once again, and you will be their territory. You will never again rob them of their children.

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Eze 36:19 - I scattered them to many lands to punish them for the evil way they had lived.

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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 36:24 - For I will gather you up from all the nations and bring you home again to your land.

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Eze 36:28 - “And you will live in Israel, the land I gave your ancestors long ago. You will be my people, and I will be your God.

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Eze 37:5 - This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Look! I am going to put breath into you and make you live again!

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Eze 37:6 - I will put flesh and muscles on you and cover you with skin. I will put breath into you, and you will come to life. Then you 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 37:10 - So I spoke the message as he commanded me, and breath came into their bodies. They all came to life and stood up on their feet—a great army.

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Eze 37:12 - Therefore, prophesy to them and say, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: O my people, I will open your graves of exile and cause you to rise again. Then I will bring you back to the land of Israel.

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Eze 37:14 - I will put my Spirit in you, and you will live again and return home to your own land. Then you will know that I, the LORD, have spoken, and I have done what I said. Yes, the LORD has spoken!'”

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Eze 37:17 - Now hold them together in your hand as if they were one piece of wood.

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Eze 37:19 - say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I will take Ephraim and the northern tribes and join them to Judah. I will make them one piece of wood in my hand.'

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Eze 37:21 - And give them this message from the Sovereign LORD: I will gather the people of Israel from among the nations. I will bring them home to their own land from the places where they have been scattered.

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Eze 37:22 - I will unify them into one nation on the mountains of Israel. One king will rule them all; no longer will they be divided into two nations or into two kingdoms.

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Eze 37:23 - They will never again pollute themselves with their idols[fn] and vile images and rebellion, for I will save them from their sinful backsliding. I will cleanse them. Then they will truly be my people, and I will be their God.

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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 37:26 - And I will make a covenant of peace with them, an everlasting covenant. I will give them their land and increase their numbers,[fn] and I will put my Temple among them forever.

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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 38:7 - “Get ready; be prepared! Keep all the armies around you mobilized, and take command of them.

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Eze 38:8 - A long time from now you will be called into action. In the distant future you will swoop down on the land of Israel, which will be enjoying peace after recovering from war and after its people have returned from many lands to the mountains of Israel.

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Eze 38:12 - I will go to those formerly desolate cities that are now filled with people who have returned from exile in many nations. I will capture vast amounts of plunder, for the people are rich with livestock and other possessions now. They think the whole world revolves around them!'

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Eze 38:13 - But Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish will ask, ‘Do you really think the armies you have gathered can rob them of silver and gold? Do you think you can drive away their livestock and seize their goods and carry off plunder?'

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Eze 39:4 - You and your army and your allies will all die on the mountains. I will feed you to the vultures and wild animals.

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Eze 39:13 - Everyone in Israel will help, for it will be a glorious victory for Israel when I demonstrate my glory on that day, says the Sovereign LORD.

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Eze 39:15 - Whenever bones are found, a marker will be set up so the burial crews will take them to be buried in the Valley of Gog's Hordes.

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Eze 39:19 - Gorge yourselves with flesh until you are glutted; drink blood until you are drunk. This is the sacrificial feast I have prepared for you.

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Eze 39:23 - The nations will then know why Israel was sent away to exile—it was punishment for sin, for they were unfaithful to their God. Therefore, I turned away from them and let their enemies destroy them.

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Eze 40:2 - In a vision from God he took me to the land of Israel and set me down on a very high mountain. From there I could see toward the south what appeared to be a city.

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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 40:6 - 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 40:15 - The full length of the gateway passage was 87½ feet[fn] from one end to the other.

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Eze 40:17 - Then the man brought me through the gateway into the outer courtyard of the Temple. A stone pavement ran along the walls of the courtyard, and thirty rooms were built against the walls, opening onto the pavement.

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Eze 40:28 - Then the man took me to the south gateway leading into the inner courtyard. He measured it, and it had the same measurements as the other gateways.

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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 40:32 - Then he took me to the east gateway leading to the inner courtyard. He measured it, and it had the same measurements as the other gateways.

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Eze 40:34 - Its entry room faced into the outer courtyard. It had palm tree decorations on its columns, and there were eight steps leading to its entrance.

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Eze 40:35 - Then he took me around to the north gateway leading to the inner courtyard. He measured it, and it had the same measurements as the other gateways.

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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 40:44 - Inside the inner courtyard were two rooms,[fn] one beside the north gateway, facing south, and the other beside the south[fn] gateway, facing north.

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Eze 40:48 - Then he brought me to the entry room of the Temple. He measured the walls on either side of the opening to the entry room, and they were 8¾ feet thick. The entrance itself was 24½ feet wide, and the walls on each side of the entrance were an additional 5¼ feet long.[fn]

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Eze 41:1 - After that, the man brought me into the sanctuary of the Temple. He measured the walls on either side of its doorway, and they were 10½ feet[fn] thick.

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Eze 41:3 - Then he went beyond the sanctuary into the inner room. He measured the walls on either side of its entrance, and they were 3½ feet[fn] thick. The entrance was 10½ feet wide, and the walls on each side of the entrance were 12¼ feet[fn] long.

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Eze 41:16 - were all paneled with wood, as were the frames of the recessed windows. The inner walls of the Temple were paneled with wood above and below the windows.

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Eze 41:26 - On both sides of the entry room were recessed windows decorated with carved palm trees. The side rooms along the outside wall also had roofs.

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Eze 42:1 - Then the man led me out of the Temple courtyard by way of the north gateway. We entered the outer courtyard and came to a group of rooms against the north wall of the inner courtyard.

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Eze 42:8 - This wall added length to the outer block of rooms, which extended for only 87½ feet, while the inner block—the rooms toward the Temple—extended for 175 feet.

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Eze 42:14 - When the priests leave the sanctuary, they must not go directly to the outer courtyard. They must first take off the clothes they wore while ministering, because these clothes are holy. They must put on other clothes before entering the parts of the building complex open to the public.”

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Eze 43:4 - And the glory of the LORD came into the Temple through the east gateway.

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Eze 43:5 - Then the Spirit took me up and brought me into the inner courtyard, and the glory of the LORD filled the Temple.

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Eze 44:5 - And the LORD said to me, “Son of man, take careful notice. Use your eyes and ears, and listen to everything I tell you about the regulations concerning the LORD's Temple. Take careful note of the procedures for using the Temple's entrances and exits.

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Eze 44:9 - “So this is what the Sovereign LORD says: No foreigners, including those who live among the people of Israel, will enter my sanctuary if they have not been circumcised and have not surrendered themselves to the LORD.

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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 44:14 - They are to serve as the Temple caretakers, taking charge of the maintenance work and performing general duties.

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Eze 44:16 - They alone will enter my sanctuary and approach my table to serve me. They will fulfill all my requirements.

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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 44:22 - They may choose their wives only from among the virgins of Israel or the widows of the priests. They may not marry other widows or divorced women.

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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 44:28 - “The priests will not have any property or possession of land, for I alone am their special possession.

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Eze 45:2 - A section of this land, measuring 875 feet by 875 feet,[fn] will be set aside for the Temple. An additional strip of land 87½ feet[fn] wide is to be left empty all around it.

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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 45:15 - and one sheep or goat for every 200 in your flocks in Israel. These will be the grain offerings, burnt offerings, and peace offerings that will make atonement for the people who bring them, says the Sovereign LORD.

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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 46:19 - In my vision, the man brought me through the entrance beside the gateway and led me to the sacred rooms assigned to the priests, which faced toward the north. He showed me a place at the extreme west end of these rooms.

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Eze 46:20 - He explained, “This is where the priests will cook the meat from the guilt offerings and sin offerings and bake the flour from the grain offerings into bread. They will do it here to avoid carrying the sacrifices through the outer courtyard and endangering the people by transmitting holiness to them.”

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Eze 46:21 - Then he brought me back to the outer courtyard and led me to each of its four corners. In each corner I saw an enclosure.

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Eze 47:8 - Then he said to me, “This river flows east through the desert into the valley of the Dead Sea.[fn] The waters of this stream will make the salty waters of the Dead Sea fresh and pure.

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Eze 47:11 - But the marshes and swamps will not be purified; they will still be salty.

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Eze 47:12 - Fruit trees of all kinds will grow along both sides of the river. The leaves of these trees will never turn brown and fall, and there will always be fruit on their branches. There will be a new crop every month, for they are watered by the river flowing from the Temple. The fruit will be for food and the leaves for healing.”

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Eze 47:14 - Otherwise each tribe will receive an equal share. I took a solemn oath and swore that I would give this land to your ancestors, and it will now come to you as your possession.

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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 48:18 - Outside the city there will be a farming area that stretches 3⅓ miles to the east and 3⅓ miles to the west[fn] along the border of the sacred area. This farmland will produce food for the people working in the city.

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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 1:1 - During the third year of King Jehoiakim's reign in Judah,[fn] King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it.

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Dan 1:2 - The Lord gave him victory over King Jehoiakim of Judah and permitted him to take some of the sacred objects from the Temple of God. So Nebuchadnezzar took them back to the land of Babylonia[fn] and placed them in the treasure-house of his god.

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Dan 1:9 - Now God had given the chief of staff both respect and affection for Daniel.

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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 2:5 - But the king said to the astrologers, “I am serious about this. If you don't tell me what my dream was and what it means, you will be torn limb from limb, and your houses will be turned into heaps of rubble!

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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 2:34 - As you watched, a rock was cut from a mountain, but not by human hands. It struck the feet of iron and clay, smashing them to bits.

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Dan 2:35 - The whole statue was crushed into small pieces of iron, clay, bronze, silver, and gold. Then the wind blew them away without a trace, like chaff on a threshing floor. But the rock that knocked the statue down became a great mountain that covered the whole earth.

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Dan 2:44 - “During the reigns of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed or conquered. It will crush all these kingdoms into nothingness, and it will stand forever.

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Dan 3:2 - Then he sent messages to the high officers, officials, governors, advisers, treasurers, judges, magistrates, and all the provincial officials to come to the dedication of the statue he had set up.

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Dan 3:3 - So all these officials[fn] came and stood before the statue King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.

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Dan 3:6 - Anyone who refuses to obey will immediately be thrown into a blazing furnace.”

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Dan 3:9 - They said to King Nebuchadnezzar, “Long live the king!

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Dan 3:11 - That decree also states that those who refuse to obey must be thrown into a blazing furnace.

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Dan 3:15 - I will give you one more chance to bow down and worship the statue I have made when you hear the sound of the musical instruments.[fn] But if you refuse, you will be thrown immediately into the blazing furnace. And then what god will be able to rescue you from my power?”

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Dan 3:19 - Nebuchadnezzar was so furious with Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego that his face became distorted with rage. He commanded that the furnace be heated seven times hotter than usual.

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Dan 3:20 - Then he ordered some of the strongest men of his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego and throw them into the blazing furnace.

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Dan 3:21 - So they tied them up and threw them into the furnace, fully dressed in their pants, turbans, robes, and other garments.

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Dan 3:23 - So Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, securely tied, fell into the roaring flames.

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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 3:29 - Therefore, I make this decree: If any people, whatever their race or nation or language, speak a word against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, they will be torn limb from limb, and their houses will be turned into heaps of rubble. There is no other god who can rescue like this!”

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Dan 4:3 - How great are his signs, how powerful his wonders! His kingdom will last forever, his rule through all generations.

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Dan 4:11 - The tree grew very tall and strong, reaching high into the heavens for all the world to see.

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Dan 4:20 - The tree you saw was growing very tall and strong, reaching high into the heavens for all the world to see.

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Dan 4:22 - That tree, Your Majesty, is you. For you have grown strong and great; your greatness reaches up to heaven, and your rule to the ends of the earth.

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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 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 5:10 - But when the queen mother heard what was happening, she hurried to the banquet hall. She said to Belshazzar, “Long live the king! Don't be so pale and frightened.

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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 6:7 - We are all in agreement—we administrators, officials, high officers, advisers, and governors—that the king should make a law that will be strictly enforced. Give orders that for the next thirty days any person who prays to anyone, divine or human—except to you, Your Majesty—will be thrown into the den of lions.

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Dan 6:10 - But when Daniel learned that the law had been signed, he went home and knelt down as usual in his upstairs room, with its windows open toward Jerusalem. He prayed three times a day, just as he had always done, giving thanks to his God.

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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 6:16 - 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 6:18 - 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 6:21 - Daniel answered, “Long live the king!

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Dan 6:24 - Then the king gave orders to arrest the men who had maliciously accused Daniel. He had them thrown into the lions' den, along with their wives and children. The lions leaped on them and tore them apart before they even hit the floor of the den.

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Dan 6:26 - “I decree that everyone throughout my kingdom should tremble with fear before the God of Daniel. For he is the living God, and he will endure forever. His kingdom will never be destroyed, and his rule will never end.

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Dan 7:2 - In my vision that night, I, Daniel, saw a great storm churning the surface of a great sea, with strong winds blowing from every direction.

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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 7:11 - I continued to watch because I could hear the little horn's boastful speech. I kept watching until the fourth beast was killed and its body was destroyed by fire.

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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 8:17 - 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 8:19 - Then he said, “I am here to tell you what will happen later in the time of wrath. What you have seen pertains to the very end of time.

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Dan 8:26 - “This vision about the 2,300 evenings and mornings[fn] is true. But none of these things will happen for a long time, so keep this vision a secret.”

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Dan 9:2 - During the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, learned from reading the word of the LORD, as revealed to Jeremiah the prophet, that Jerusalem must lie desolate for seventy years.[fn]

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Dan 9:16 - In view of all your faithful mercies, Lord, please turn your furious anger away from your city Jerusalem, your holy mountain. All the neighboring nations mock Jerusalem and your people because of our sins and the sins of our ancestors.

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Dan 10:3 - All that time I had eaten no rich food. No meat or wine crossed my lips, and I used no fragrant lotions until those three weeks had passed.

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Dan 10:8 - So I was left there all alone to see this amazing vision. My strength left me, my face grew deathly pale, and I felt very weak.

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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 11:1 - I have been standing beside Michael[fn] to support and strengthen him since the first year of the reign of Darius the Mede.)[fn]

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Dan 11:4 - But at the height of his power, his kingdom will be broken apart and divided into four parts. It will not be ruled by the king's descendants, nor will the kingdom hold the authority it once had. For his empire will be uprooted and given to others.

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Dan 11:7 - But when one of her relatives[fn] becomes king of the south, he will raise an army and enter the fortress of the king of the north and defeat him.

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Dan 11:8 - When he returns to Egypt, he will carry back their idols with him, along with priceless articles of gold and silver. For some years afterward he will leave the king of the north alone.

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Dan 11:9 - “Later the king of the north will invade the realm of the king of the south but will soon return to his own land.

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Dan 11:13 - “A few years later the king of the north will return with a fully equipped army far greater than before.

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Dan 11:18 - “After this, he will turn his attention to the coastland and conquer many cities. But a commander from another land will put an end to his insolence and cause him to retreat in shame.

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Dan 11:19 - He will take refuge in his own fortresses but will stumble and fall and be seen no more.

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Dan 11:27 - Seeking nothing but each other's harm, these kings will plot against each other at the conference table, attempting to deceive each other. But it will make no difference, for the end will come at the appointed time.

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Dan 11:28 - “The king of the north will then return home with great riches. On the way he will set himself against the people of the holy covenant, doing much damage before continuing his journey.

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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 11:33 - “Wise leaders will give instruction to many, but these teachers will die by fire and sword, or they will be jailed and robbed.

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Dan 11:35 - And some of the wise will fall victim to persecution. In this way, they will be refined and cleansed and made pure until the time of the end, for the appointed time is still to come.

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Dan 11:36 - “The king will do as he pleases, exalting himself and claiming to be greater than every god, even blaspheming the God of gods. He will succeed, but only until the time of wrath is completed. For what has been determined will surely take place.

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Dan 11:40 - “Then at the time of the end, the king of the south will attack the king of the north. The king of the north will storm out with chariots, charioteers, and a vast navy. He will invade various lands and sweep through them like a flood.

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Dan 11:41 - He will enter the glorious land of Israel,[fn] and many nations will fall, but Moab, Edom, and the best part of Ammon will escape.

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Dan 11:42 - He will conquer many countries, and even Egypt will not escape.

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Dan 11:45 - He will stop between the glorious holy mountain and the sea and will pitch his royal tents. But while he is there, his time will suddenly run out, and no one will help him.

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Dan 12:2 - Many of those whose bodies lie dead and buried will rise up, some to everlasting life and some to shame and everlasting disgrace.

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Dan 12:3 - Those who are wise will shine as bright as the sky, and those who lead many to righteousness will shine like the stars forever.

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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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Dan 12:12 - And blessed are those who wait and remain until the end of the 1,335 days!

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Dan 12:13 - “As for you, go your way until the end. You will rest, and then at the end of the days, you will rise again to receive the inheritance set aside for you.”

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Hos 2:12 - I will destroy her grapevines and fig trees,
things she claims her lovers gave her.
I will let them grow into tangled thickets,
where only wild animals will eat the fruit.

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Hos 2:14 - “But then I will win her back once again.
I will lead her into the desert
and speak tenderly to her there.

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Hos 2:19 - I will make you my wife forever,
showing you righteousness and justice,
unfailing love and compassion.

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Hos 4:7 - The more priests there are,
the more they sin against me.
They have exchanged the glory of God
for the shame of idols.[fn]

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Hos 4:15 - “Though you, Israel, are a prostitute,
may Judah avoid such guilt.
Do not join the false worship at Gilgal or Beth-aven,[fn]
even though they take oaths there in the LORD's name.

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Hos 5:5 - “The arrogance of Israel testifies against her;
Israel and Ephraim will stumble under their load of guilt.
Judah, too, will fall with them.

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Hos 5:9 - One thing is certain, Israel[fn]:
On your day of punishment,
you will become a heap of rubble.

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Hos 5:15 - Then I will return to my place
until they admit their guilt and turn to me.
For as soon as trouble comes,
they will earnestly search for me.”

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Hos 7:4 - They are all adulterers,
always aflame with lust.
They are like an oven that is kept hot
while the baker is kneading the dough.

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Hos 7:10 - Their arrogance testifies against them,
yet they don't return to the LORD their God
or even try to find him.

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Hos 7:11 - “The people of Israel have become like silly, witless doves,
first calling to Egypt, then flying to Assyria for help.

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Hos 7:13 - “What sorrow awaits those who have deserted me!
Let them die, for they have rebelled against me.
I wanted to redeem them,
but they have told lies about me.

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Hos 7:15 - I trained them and made them strong,
yet now they plot evil against me.

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Hos 7:16 - They look everywhere except to the Most High.
They are as useless as a crooked bow.
Their leaders will be killed by their enemies
because of their insolence toward me.
Then the people of Egypt
will laugh at them.

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Hos 8:1 - “Sound the alarm!
The enemy descends like an eagle on the people of the LORD,
for they have broken my covenant
and revolted against my law.

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Hos 8:9 - Like a wild donkey looking for a mate,
they have gone up to Assyria.
The people of Israel[fn] have sold themselves—
sold themselves to many lovers.

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Hos 8:11 - “Israel has built many altars to take away sin,
but these very altars became places for sinning!

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Hos 8:12 - Even though I gave them all my laws,
they act as if those laws don't apply to them.

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Hos 8:13 - The people of Israel love their rituals of sacrifice,
but to me their sacrifices are all meaningless.
I will hold my people accountable for their sins,
and I will punish them.
They will return to Egypt.

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Hos 8:14 - Israel has forgotten its Maker and built great palaces,
and Judah has fortified its cities.
Therefore, I will send down fire on their cities
and will burn up their fortresses.”

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Hos 9:3 - You may no longer stay here in the LORD's land.
Instead, you will return to Egypt,
and in Assyria you will eat food
that is ceremonially unclean.

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Hos 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 9:10 - The LORD says, “O Israel, when I first found you,
it was like finding fresh grapes in the desert.
When I saw your ancestors,
it was like seeing the first ripe figs of the season.
But then they deserted me for Baal-peor,
giving themselves to that shameful idol.
Soon they became vile,
as vile as the god they worshiped.

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Hos 9:13 - I have watched Israel become as beautiful as Tyre.
But now Israel will bring out her children for slaughter.”

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Hos 9:15 - The LORD says, “All their wickedness began at Gilgal;
there I began to hate them.
I will drive them from my land
because of their evil actions.
I will love them no more
because all their leaders are rebels.

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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 10:12 - I said, ‘Plant the good seeds of righteousness,
and you will harvest a crop of love.
Plow up the hard ground of your hearts,
for now is the time to seek the LORD,
that he may come
and shower righteousness upon you.'

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Hos 11:9 - No, I will not unleash my fierce anger.
I will not completely destroy Israel,
for I am God and not a mere mortal.
I am the Holy One living among you,
and I will not come to destroy.

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Hos 11:11 - Like a flock of birds, they will come from Egypt.
Trembling like doves, they will return from Assyria.
And I will bring them home again,”
says the LORD.

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Hos 12:1 - [fn] The people of Israel[fn] feed on the wind;
they chase after the east wind all day long.
They pile up lies and violence;
they are making an alliance with Assyria
while sending olive oil to buy support from Egypt.

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Hos 12:12 - Jacob fled to the land of Aram,
and there he[fn] earned a wife by tending sheep.

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Hos 13:6 - But when you had eaten and were satisfied,
you became proud and forgot me.

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Joe 1:3 - Tell your children about it in the years to come,
and let your children tell their children.
Pass the story down from generation to generation.

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Joe 1:5 - Wake up, you drunkards, and weep!
Wail, all you wine-drinkers!
All the grapes are ruined,
and all your sweet wine is gone.

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Joe 1:7 - It has destroyed my grapevines
and ruined my fig trees,
stripping their bark and destroying it,
leaving the branches white and bare.

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Joe 1:14 - Announce a time of fasting;
call the people together for a solemn meeting.
Bring the leaders
and all the people of the land
into the Temple of the LORD your God,
and cry out to him there.

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Joe 1:15 - The day of the LORD is near,
the day when destruction comes from the Almighty.
How terrible that day will be!

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Joe 2:2 - It is a day of darkness and gloom,
a day of thick clouds and deep blackness.
Suddenly, like dawn spreading across the mountains,
a great and mighty army appears.
Nothing like it has been seen before
or will ever be seen again.

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Joe 2:5 - Look at them as they leap along the mountaintops.
Listen to the noise they make—like the rumbling of chariots,
like the roar of fire sweeping across a field of stubble,
or like a mighty army moving into battle.

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Joe 2:17 - Let the priests, who minister in the LORD's presence,
stand and weep between the entry room to the Temple and the altar.
Let them pray, “Spare your people, LORD!
Don't let your special possession become an object of mockery.
Don't let them become a joke for unbelieving foreigners who say,
‘Has the God of Israel left them?'”

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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 2:20 - I will drive away these armies from the north.
I will send them into the parched wastelands.
Those in the front will be driven into the Dead Sea,
and those at the rear into the Mediterranean.[fn]
The stench of their rotting bodies will rise over the land.”
Surely the LORD has done great things!

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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 2:25 - The LORD says, “I will give you back what you lost
to the swarming locusts, the hopping locusts,
the stripping locusts, and the cutting locusts.[fn]
It was I who sent this great destroying army against you.

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Joe 2:26 - Once again you will have all the food you want,
and you will praise the LORD your God,
who does these miracles for you.
Never again will my people be disgraced.

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Joe 2:27 - Then you will know that I am among my people Israel,
that I am the LORD your God, and there is no other.
Never again will my people be disgraced.

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Joe 2:31 - The sun will become dark,
and the moon will turn blood red
before that great and terrible[fn] day of the LORD arrives.

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Joe 3:2 - I will gather the armies of the world
into the valley of Jehoshaphat.[fn]
There I will judge them
for harming my people, my special possession,
for scattering my people among the nations,
and for dividing up my land.

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Joe 3:4 - “What do you have against me, Tyre and Sidon and you cities of Philistia? Are you trying to take revenge on me? If you are, then watch out! I will strike swiftly and pay you back for everything you have done.

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Joe 3:5 - You have taken my silver and gold and all my precious treasures, and have carried them off to your pagan temples.

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Joe 3:7 - “But I will bring them back from all the places to which you sold them, and I will pay you back for everything you have done.

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Joe 3:8 - I will sell your sons and daughters to the people of Judah, and they will sell them to the people of Arabia,[fn] a nation far away. I, the LORD, have spoken!”

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Joe 3:10 - Hammer your plowshares into swords
and your pruning hooks into spears.
Train even your weaklings to be warriors.

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Joe 3:12 - “Let the nations be called to arms.
Let them march to the valley of Jehoshaphat.
There I, the LORD, will sit
to pronounce judgment on them all.

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Joe 3:19 - But Egypt will become a wasteland
and Edom will become a wilderness,
because they attacked the people of Judah
and killed innocent people in their land.

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Joe 3:20 - “But Judah will be filled with people forever,
and Jerusalem will endure through all generations.

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Amo 1:4 - So I will send down fire on King Hazael's palace,
and the fortresses of King Ben-hadad will be destroyed.

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Amo 1:6 - This is what the LORD says:
“The people of Gaza have sinned again and again,
and I will not let them go unpunished!
They sent whole villages into exile,
selling them as slaves to Edom.

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Amo 1:9 - This is what the LORD says:
“The people of Tyre have sinned again and again,
and I will not let them go unpunished!
They broke their treaty of brotherhood with Israel,
selling whole villages as slaves to Edom.

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Amo 1:11 - This is what the LORD says:
“The people of Edom have sinned again and again,
and I will not let them go unpunished!
They chased down their relatives, the Israelites, with swords,
showing them no mercy.
In their rage, they slashed them continually
and were unrelenting in their anger.

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Amo 1:12 - So I will send down fire on Teman,
and the fortresses of Bozrah will be destroyed.”

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Amo 2:1 - This is what the LORD says:
“The people of Moab have sinned again and again,[fn]
and I will not let them go unpunished!
They desecrated the bones of Edom's king,
burning them to ashes.

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Amo 2:7 - They trample helpless people in the dust
and shove the oppressed out of the way.
Both father and son sleep with the same woman,
corrupting my holy name.

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Amo 2:11 - I chose some of your sons to be prophets
and others to be Nazirites.
Can you deny this, my people of Israel?”
asks the LORD.

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Amo 4:2 - The Sovereign LORD has sworn this by his holiness:
“The time will come when you will be led away
with hooks in your noses.
Every last one of you will be dragged away
like a fish on a hook!

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Amo 4:3 - You will be led out through the ruins of the wall;
you will be thrown from your fortresses,[fn]”
says the LORD.

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Amo 4:4 - “Go ahead and offer sacrifices to the idols at Bethel.
Keep on disobeying at Gilgal.
Offer sacrifices each morning,
and bring your tithes every three days.

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Amo 4:8 - People staggered from town to town looking for water,
but there was never enough.
But still you would not return to me,”
says the LORD.

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Amo 4:10 - “I sent plagues on you
like the plagues I sent on Egypt long ago.
I killed your young men in war
and led all your horses away.[fn]
The stench of death filled the air!
But still you would not return to me,”
says the LORD.

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Amo 4:13 - For the LORD is the one who shaped the mountains,
stirs up the winds, and reveals his thoughts to mankind.
He turns the light of dawn into darkness
and treads on the heights of the earth.
The LORD God of Heaven's Armies is his name!

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Amo 5:5 - Don't worship at the pagan altars at Bethel;
don't go to the shrines at Gilgal or Beersheba.
For the people of Gilgal will be dragged off into exile,
and the people of Bethel will be reduced to nothing.”

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Amo 5:7 - You twist justice, making it a bitter pill for the oppressed.
You treat the righteous like dirt.

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Amo 5:8 - It is the LORD who created the stars,
the Pleiades and Orion.
He turns darkness into morning
and day into night.
He draws up water from the oceans
and pours it down as rain on the land.
The LORD is his name!

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Amo 5:16 - Therefore, this is what the Lord, the LORD God of Heaven's Armies, says:
“There will be crying in all the public squares
and mourning in every street.
Call for the farmers to weep with you,
and summon professional mourners to wail.

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Amo 5:19 - In that day you will be like a man who runs from a lion—
only to meet a bear.
Escaping from the bear, he leans his hand against a wall in his house—
and he's bitten by a snake.

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Amo 6:2 - But go over to Calneh
and see what happened there.
Then go to the great city of Hamath
and down to the Philistine city of Gath.
You are no better than they were,
and look at how they were destroyed.

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Amo 6:3 - You push away every thought of coming disaster,
but your actions only bring the day of judgment closer.

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Amo 6:12 - Can horses gallop over boulders?
Can oxen be used to plow them?
But that's how foolish you are when you turn justice into poison
and the sweet fruit of righteousness into bitterness.

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Amo 6:14 - “O people of Israel, I am about to bring an enemy nation against you,”
says the LORD God of Heaven's Armies.
“They will oppress you throughout your land—
from Lebo-hamath in the north
to the Arabah Valley in the south.”

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Amo 7:12 - Then Amaziah sent orders to Amos: “Get out of here, you prophet! Go on back to the land of Judah, and earn your living by prophesying there!

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Amo 7:13 - Don't bother us with your prophecies here in Bethel. This is the king's sanctuary and the national place of worship!”

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Amo 8:4 - Listen to this, you who rob the poor
and trample down the needy!

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Amo 8:7 - Now the LORD has sworn this oath
by his own name, the Pride of Israel[fn]:
“I will never forget
the wicked things you have done!

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Amo 8:10 - I will turn your celebrations into times of mourning
and your singing into weeping.
You will wear funeral clothes
and shave your heads to show your sorrow—
as if your only son had died.
How very bitter that day will be!

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Amo 9:1 - Then I saw a vision of the Lord standing beside the altar. He said,
“Strike the tops of the Temple columns,
so that the foundation will shake.
Bring down the roof
on the heads of the people below.
I will kill with the sword those who survive.
No one will escape!

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Amo 9:2 - “Even if they dig down to the place of the dead,[fn]
I will reach down and pull them up.
Even if they climb up into the heavens,
I will bring them down.

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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 9:4 - Even if their enemies drive them into exile,
I will command the sword to kill them there.
I am determined to bring disaster upon them
and not to help them.”

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Amo 9:6 - The LORD's home reaches up to the heavens,
while its foundation is on the earth.
He draws up water from the oceans
and pours it down as rain on the land.
The LORD is his name!

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Amo 9:8 - “I, the Sovereign LORD,
am watching this sinful nation of Israel.
I will destroy it
from the face of the earth.
But I will never completely destroy the family of Israel,[fn]”
says the LORD.

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Oba 1:1 - This is the vision that the Sovereign LORD revealed to Obadiah concerning the land of Edom.
We have heard a message from the LORD
that an ambassador was sent to the nations to say,
“Get ready, everyone!
Let's assemble our armies and attack Edom!”

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Oba 1:10 - “Because of the violence you did
to your close relatives in Israel,[fn]
you will be filled with shame
and destroyed forever.

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Oba 1:11 - When they were invaded,
you stood aloof, refusing to help them.
Foreign invaders carried off their wealth
and cast lots to divide up Jerusalem,
but you acted like one of Israel's enemies.

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Oba 1:13 - You should not have plundered the land of Israel
when they were suffering such calamity.
You should not have gloated over their destruction
when they were suffering such calamity.
You should not have seized their wealth
when they were suffering such calamity.

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Oba 1:15 - “The day is near when I, the LORD,
will judge all godless nations!
As you have done to Israel,
so it will be done to you.
All your evil deeds
will fall back on your own heads.

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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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Jon 1:2 - “Get up and go to the great city of Nineveh. Announce my judgment against it because I have seen how wicked its people are.”

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Jon 1:3 - But Jonah got up and went in the opposite direction to get away from the LORD. He went down to the port of Joppa, where he found a ship leaving for Tarshish. He bought a ticket and went on board, hoping to escape from the LORD by sailing to Tarshish.

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Jon 1:4 - But the LORD hurled a powerful wind over the sea, causing a violent storm that threatened to break the ship apart.

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Jon 1:5 - 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 1:12 - “Throw me into the sea,” Jonah said, “and it will become calm again. I know that this terrible storm is all my fault.”

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Jon 1:15 - Then the sailors picked Jonah up and threw him into the raging sea, and the storm stopped at once!

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Jon 2:3 - You threw me into the ocean depths,
and I sank down to the heart of the sea.
The mighty waters engulfed me;
I was buried beneath your wild and stormy waves.

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Jon 2:5 - “I sank beneath the waves,
and the waters closed over me.
Seaweed wrapped itself around my head.

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Jon 2:6 - I sank down to the very roots of the mountains.
I was imprisoned in the earth,
whose gates lock shut forever.
But you, O LORD my God,
snatched me from the jaws of death!

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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 3:2 - “Get up and go to the great city of Nineveh, and deliver the message I have given you.”

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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 3:4 - On the day Jonah entered the city, he shouted to the crowds: “Forty days from now Nineveh will be destroyed!”

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Jon 4:2 - So he complained to the LORD about it: “Didn't I say before I left home that you would do this, LORD? That is why I ran away to Tarshish! I knew that you are a merciful and compassionate God, slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love. You are eager to turn back from destroying people.

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Mic 1:2 - Attention! Let all the people of the world listen!
Let the earth and everything in it hear.
The Sovereign LORD is making accusations against you;
the Lord speaks from his holy Temple.

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Mic 1:6 - “So I, the LORD, will make the city of Samaria
a heap of ruins.
Her streets will be plowed up
for planting vineyards.
I will roll the stones of her walls into the valley below,
exposing her foundations.

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Mic 1:7 - All her carved images will be smashed.
All her sacred treasures will be burned.
These things were bought with the money
earned by her prostitution,
and they will now be carried away
to pay prostitutes elsewhere.”

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Mic 1:12 - The people of Maroth[fn] anxiously wait for relief,
but only bitterness awaits them
as the LORD's judgment reaches
even to the gates of Jerusalem.

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Mic 1:14 - Send farewell gifts to Moresheth-gath[fn];
there is no hope of saving it.
The town of Aczib[fn]
has deceived the kings of Israel.

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Mic 2:8 - Yet to this very hour
my people rise against me like an enemy!
You steal the shirts right off the backs
of those who trusted you,
making them as ragged as men
returning from battle.

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Mic 2:11 - Suppose a prophet full of lies would say to you,
“I'll preach to you the joys of wine and alcohol!”
That's just the kind of prophet you would like!

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Mic 3:3 - Yes, you eat my people's flesh,
strip off their skin,
and break their bones.
You chop them up
like meat for the cooking pot.

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Mic 3:5 - This is what the LORD says:
“You false prophets are leading my people astray!
You promise peace for those who give you food,
but you declare war on those who refuse to feed you.

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Mic 4:2 - People from many nations will come and say,
“Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD,
to the house of Jacob's God.
There he will teach us his ways,
and we will walk in his paths.”
For the LORD's teaching will go out from Zion;
his word will go out from Jerusalem.

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Mic 4:3 - The LORD will mediate between peoples
and will settle disputes between strong nations far away.
They will hammer their swords into plowshares
and their spears into pruning hooks.
Nation will no longer fight against nation,
nor train for war anymore.

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Mic 4:5 - Though the nations around us follow their idols,
we will follow the LORD our God forever and ever.

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Mic 4:7 - Those who are weak will survive as a remnant;
those who were exiles will become a strong nation.
Then I, the LORD, will rule from Jerusalem[fn]
as their king forever.”

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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 6:14 - You will eat but never have enough.
Your hunger pangs and emptiness will remain.
And though you try to save your money,
it will come to nothing in the end.
You will save a little,
but I will give it to those who conquer you.

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Mic 6:16 - You keep only the laws of evil King Omri;
you follow only the example of wicked King Ahab!
Therefore, I will make an example of you,
bringing you to complete ruin.
You will be treated with contempt,
mocked by all who see you.”

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Mic 7:2 - The godly people have all disappeared;
not one honest person is left on the earth.
They are all murderers,
setting traps even for their own brothers.

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Mic 7:9 - I will be patient as the LORD punishes me,
for I have sinned against him.
But after that, he will take up my case
and give me justice for all I have suffered from my enemies.
The LORD will bring me into the light,
and I will see his righteousness.

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Mic 7:10 - Then my enemies will see that the LORD is on my side.
They will be ashamed that they taunted me, saying,
“So where is the LORD—
that God of yours?”
With my own eyes I will see their downfall;
they will be trampled like mud in the streets.

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Mic 7:12 - People from many lands will come and honor you—
from Assyria all the way to the towns of Egypt,
from Egypt all the way to the Euphrates River,[fn]
and from distant seas and mountains.

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Mic 7:13 - But the land[fn] will become empty and desolate
because of the wickedness of those who live there.

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Mic 7:18 - Where is another God like you,
who pardons the guilt of the remnant,
overlooking the sins of his special people?
You will not stay angry with your people forever,
because you delight in showing unfailing love.

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Mic 7:19 - Once again you will have compassion on us.
You will trample our sins under your feet
and throw them into the depths of the ocean!

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Nah 1:15 - [fn]Look! A messenger is coming over the mountains with good news!
He is bringing a message of peace.
Celebrate your festivals, O people of Judah,
and fulfill all your vows,
for your wicked enemies will never invade your land again.
They will be completely destroyed!

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Nah 2:1 - [fn]Your enemy is coming to crush you, Nineveh.
Man the ramparts! Watch the roads!
Prepare your defenses! Call out your forces!

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Nah 3:6 - I will cover you with filth
and show the world how vile you really are.

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Nah 3:10 - Yet Thebes fell,
and her people were led away as captives.
Her babies were dashed to death
against the stones of the streets.
Soldiers threw dice[fn] to get Egyptian officers as servants.
All their leaders were bound in chains.

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Nah 3:12 - All your fortresses will fall.
They will be devoured like the ripe figs
that fall into the mouths
of those who shake the trees.

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Nah 3:14 - Get ready for the siege!
Store up water!
Strengthen the defenses!
Go into the pits to trample clay,
and pack it into molds,
making bricks to repair the walls.

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Hab 1:4 - The law has become paralyzed,
and there is no justice in the courts.
The wicked far outnumber the righteous,
so that justice has become perverted.

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Hab 1:8 - Their horses are swifter than cheetahs[fn]
and fiercer than wolves at dusk.
Their charioteers charge from far away.
Like eagles, they swoop down to devour their prey.

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Hab 1:9 - “On they come, all bent on violence.
Their hordes advance like a desert wind,
sweeping captives ahead of them like sand.

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Hab 1:10 - They scoff at kings and princes
and scorn all their fortresses.
They simply pile ramps of earth
against their walls and capture them!

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Hab 1:12 - O LORD my God, my Holy One, you who are eternal—
surely you do not plan to wipe us out?
O LORD, our Rock, you have sent these Babylonians to correct us,
to punish us for our many sins.

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Hab 2:3 - This vision is for a future time.
It describes the end, and it will be fulfilled.
If it seems slow in coming, wait patiently,
for it will surely take place.
It will not be delayed.

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Hab 2:6 - “But soon their captives will taunt them.
They will mock them, saying,
‘What sorrow awaits you thieves!
Now you will get what you deserve!
You've become rich by extortion,
but how much longer can this go on?'

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Hab 2:7 - Suddenly, your debtors will take action.
They will turn on you and take all you have,
while you stand trembling and helpless.

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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 3:11 - The sun and moon stood still in the sky
as your brilliant arrows flew
and your glittering spear flashed.

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Hab 3:13 - You went out to rescue your chosen people,
to save your anointed ones.
You crushed the heads of the wicked
and stripped their bones from head to toe.

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Hab 3:15 - You trampled the sea with your horses,
and the mighty waters piled high.

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Hab 3:16 - I trembled inside when I heard this;
my lips quivered with fear.
My legs gave way beneath me,[fn]
and I shook in terror.
I will wait quietly for the coming day
when disaster will strike the people who invade us.

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Hab 3:19 - The Sovereign LORD is my strength!
He makes me as surefooted as a deer,[fn]
able to tread upon the heights. (For the choir director: This prayer is to be accompanied by stringed instruments.)

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Zep 1:13 - So their property will be plundered,
their homes will be ransacked.
They will build new homes
but never live in them.
They will plant vineyards
but never drink wine from them.

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Zep 2:4 - Gaza and Ashkelon will be abandoned,
Ashdod and Ekron torn down.

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Zep 2:9 - Now, as surely as I live,”
says the LORD of Heaven's Armies, the God of Israel,
“Moab and Ammon will be destroyed—
destroyed as completely as Sodom and Gomorrah.
Their land will become a place of stinging nettles,
salt pits, and eternal desolation.
The remnant of my people will plunder them
and take their land.”

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Zep 2:13 - And the LORD will strike the lands of the north with his fist,
destroying the land of Assyria.
He will make its great capital, Nineveh, a desolate wasteland,
parched like a desert.

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Zep 2:15 - This is the boisterous city,
once so secure.
“I am the greatest!” it boasted.
“No other city can compare with me!”
But now, look how it has become an utter ruin,
a haven for wild animals.
Everyone passing by will laugh in derision
and shake a defiant fist.

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Zep 3:3 - Its leaders are like roaring lions
hunting for their victims.
Its judges are like ravenous wolves at evening time,
who by dawn have left no trace of their prey.

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Zep 3:5 - But the LORD is still there in the city,
and he does no wrong.
Day by day he hands down justice,
and he does not fail.
But the wicked know no shame.

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Zep 3:8 - Therefore, be patient,” says the LORD.
“Soon I will stand and accuse these evil nations.
For I have decided to gather the kingdoms of the earth
and pour out my fiercest anger and fury on them.
All the earth will be devoured
by the fire of my jealousy.

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Zep 3:9 - “Then I will purify the speech of all people,
so that everyone can worship the LORD together.

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Zep 3:11 - On that day you will no longer need to be ashamed,
for you will no longer be rebels against me.
I will remove all proud and arrogant people from among you.
There will be no more haughtiness on my holy mountain.

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Zep 3:19 - 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 1:5 - This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies says: Look at what's happening to you!

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Hag 1:6 - You have planted much but harvest little. You eat but are not satisfied. You drink but are still thirsty. You put on clothes but cannot keep warm. Your wages disappear as though you were putting them in pockets filled with holes!

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Hag 1:7 - “This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies says: Look at what's happening to you!

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Hag 1:9 - You hoped for rich harvests, but they were poor. And when you brought your harvest home, I blew it away. Why? Because my house lies in ruins, says the LORD of Heaven's Armies, while all of you are busy building your own fine houses.

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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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Hag 2:16 - When you hoped for a twenty-bushel crop, you harvested only ten. When you expected to draw fifty gallons from the winepress, you found only twenty.

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Zec 1:15 - But I am very angry with the other nations that are now enjoying peace and security. I was only a little angry with my people, but the nations inflicted harm on them far beyond my intentions.

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Zec 1:21 - “What are these men coming to do?” I asked.
The angel replied, “These four horns—these nations—scattered and humbled Judah. Now these blacksmiths have come to terrify those nations and throw them down and destroy them.”

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Zec 2:3 - Then the angel who was with me went to meet a second angel who was coming toward him.

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Zec 2:5 - Then I, myself, will be a protective wall of fire around Jerusalem, says the LORD. And I will be the glory inside the city!'”

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Zec 2:7 - Come away, people of Zion, you who are exiled in Babylon!”

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Zec 2:11 - Many nations will join themselves to the LORD on that day, and they, too, will be my people. I will live among you, and you will know that the LORD of Heaven's Armies sent me to you.

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Zec 4:10 - Do not despise these small beginnings, for the LORD rejoices to see the work begin, to see the plumb line in Zerubbabel's hand.”
(The seven lamps[fn] represent the eyes of the LORD that search all around the world.)

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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 5:8 - The angel said, “The woman's name is Wickedness,” and he pushed her back into the basket and closed the heavy lid again.

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Zec 6:10 - “Heldai, Tobijah, and Jedaiah will bring gifts of silver and gold from the Jews exiled in Babylon. As soon as they arrive, meet them at the home of Josiah son of Zephaniah.

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Zec 6:14 - “The crown will be a memorial in the Temple of the LORD to honor those who gave it—Heldai,[fn] Tobijah, Jedaiah, and Josiah[fn] son of Zephaniah.”

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Zec 7:2 - The people of Bethel had sent Sharezer and Regemmelech,[fn] along with their attendants, to seek the LORD's favor.

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Zec 7:14 - As with a whirlwind, I scattered them among the distant nations, where they lived as strangers. Their land became so desolate that no one even traveled through it. They turned their pleasant land into a desert.”

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Zec 8:8 - I will bring them home again to live safely in Jerusalem. They will be my people, and I will be faithful and just toward them as their God.

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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 8:21 - The people of one city will say to the people of another, ‘Come with us to Jerusalem to ask the LORD to bless us. Let's worship the LORD of Heaven's Armies. I'm determined to go.'

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Zec 9:4 - But now the Lord will strip away Tyre's possessions
and hurl its fortifications into the sea,
and it will be burned to the ground.

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Zec 9:17 - How wonderful and beautiful they will be!
The young men will thrive on abundant grain,
and the young women will flourish on new wine.

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Zec 10:10 - I will bring them back from Egypt
and gather them from Assyria.
I will resettle them in Gilead and Lebanon
until there is no more room for them all.

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Zec 11:6 - Likewise, I will no longer have pity on the people of the land,” says the LORD. “I will let them fall into each other's hands and into the hands of their king. They will turn the land into a wilderness, and I will not rescue them.”

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Zec 11:7 - So I cared for the flock intended for slaughter—the flock that was oppressed. Then I took two shepherd's staffs and named one Favor and the other Union.

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Zec 11:13 - And the LORD said to me, “Throw it to the potter[fn]”—this magnificent sum at which they valued me! So I took the thirty coins and threw them to the potter in the Temple of the LORD.

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Zec 14:2 - I will gather all the nations to fight against Jerusalem. The city will be taken, the houses looted, and the women raped. Half the population will be taken into captivity, and the rest will be left among the ruins of the city.

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Zec 14:8 - On that day life-giving waters will flow out from Jerusalem, half toward the Dead Sea and half toward the Mediterranean,[fn] flowing continuously in both summer and winter.

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Zec 14:9 - And the LORD will be king over all the earth. On that day there will be one LORD—his name alone will be worshiped.

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Zec 14:14 - Judah, too, will be fighting at Jerusalem. The wealth of all the neighboring nations will be captured—great quantities of gold and silver and fine clothing.

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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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Mal 1:3 - but I rejected his brother, Esau, and devastated his hill country. I turned Esau's inheritance into a desert for jackals.”

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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 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 2:3 - I will punish your descendants and splatter your faces with the manure from your festival sacrifices, and I will throw you on the manure pile.

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Mal 2:9 - “So I have made you despised and humiliated in the eyes of all the people. For you have not obeyed me but have shown favoritism in the way you carry out my instructions.”

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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 2:13 - Here is another thing you do. You cover the LORD's altar with tears, weeping and groaning because he pays no attention to your offerings and doesn't accept them with pleasure.

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Mal 3:1 - “Look! I am sending my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. Then the Lord you are seeking will suddenly come to his Temple. The messenger of the covenant, whom you look for so eagerly, is surely coming,” says the LORD of Heaven's Armies.

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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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Mal 3:17 - “They will be my people,” says the LORD of Heaven's Armies. “On the day when I act in judgment, they will be my own special treasure. I will spare them as a father spares an obedient child.

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