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κυρίῳ — 724x G2962 κύριος
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Occurrences: 724 times in 665 verses
Speech: Noun
Parsing: Dative Singular Masculine
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:3 - When it was time for the harvest, Cain presented some of his crops as a gift to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:7 - Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your descendants.[fn]” And Abram built an altar there and dedicated it to the LORD, who had appeared to him.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:18 - So Abram moved his camp to Hebron and settled near the oak grove belonging to Mamre. There he built another altar to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:14 - This is my request. I will ask one of them, ‘Please give me a drink from your jug.' If she says, ‘Yes, have a drink, and I will water your camels, too!'—let her be the one you have selected as Isaac's wife. This is how I will know that you have shown unfailing love to my master.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:26 - The man bowed low and worshiped the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:36 - “When Sarah, my master's wife, was very old, she gave birth to my master's son, and my master has given him everything he owns.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:39 - “But I said to my master, ‘What if I can't find a young woman who is willing to go back with me?'
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:44 - If she says, “Yes, have a drink, and I will draw water for your camels, too,” let her be the one you have selected to be the wife of my master's son.'
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:48 - “Then I bowed low and worshiped the LORD. I praised the LORD, the God of my master, Abraham, because he had led me straight to my master's niece to be his son's wife.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:52 - When Abraham's servant heard their answer, he bowed down to the ground and worshiped the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:35 - Once again Leah became pregnant and gave birth to another son. She named him Judah,[fn] for she said, “Now I will praise the LORD!” And then she stopped having children.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:4 - He told them, “Give this message to my master Esau: ‘Humble greetings from your servant Jacob. Until now I have been living with Uncle Laban,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:5 - and now I own cattle, donkeys, flocks of sheep and goats, and many servants, both men and women. I have sent these messengers to inform my lord of my coming, hoping that you will be friendly to me.'”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:18 - You must reply, ‘They belong to your servant Jacob, but they are a gift for his master Esau. Look, he is coming right behind us.'”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:2 - The LORD was with Joseph, so he succeeded in everything he did as he served in the home of his Egyptian master.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:1 - Some time later, Pharaoh's chief cup-bearer and chief baker offended their royal master.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:7 - “Why do you look so worried today?” he asked them.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:9 - If you find his cup with any one of us, let that man die. And all the rest of us, my lord, will be your slaves.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:16 - Judah answered, “Oh, my lord, what can we say to you? How can we explain this? How can we prove our innocence? God is punishing us for our sins. My lord, we have all returned to be your slaves—all of us, not just our brother who had your cup in his sack.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:20 - And we responded, ‘Yes, my lord, we have a father who is an old man, and his youngest son is a child of his old age. His full brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother's children, and his father loves him very much.'
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:22 - But we said to you, ‘My lord, the boy cannot leave his father, for his father would die.'
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:8 - Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and begged, “Plead with the LORD to take the frogs away from me and my people. I will let your people go, so they can offer sacrifices to the LORD.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:26 - But Moses replied, “That wouldn't be right. The Egyptians detest the sacrifices that we offer to the LORD our God. Look, if we offer our sacrifices here where the Egyptians can see us, they will stone us.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 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.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:28 - “All right, go ahead,” Pharaoh replied. “I will let you go into the wilderness to offer sacrifices to the LORD your God. But don't go too far away. Now hurry and pray for me.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:29 - Moses answered, “As soon as I leave you, I will pray to the LORD, and tomorrow the swarms of flies will disappear from you and your officials and all your people. But I am warning you, Pharaoh, don't lie to us again and refuse to let the people go to sacrifice to the LORD.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:24 - Finally, Pharaoh called for Moses. “Go and worship the LORD,” he said. “But leave your flocks and herds here. You may even take your little ones with you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:25 - “No,” Moses said, “you must provide us with animals for sacrifices and burnt offerings to the LORD our God.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:26 - All our livestock must go with us, too; not a hoof can be left behind. We must choose our sacrifices for the LORD our God from among these animals. And we won't know how we are to worship the LORD until we get there.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:11 - “These are your instructions for eating this meal: Be fully dressed,[fn] wear your sandals, and carry your walking stick in your hand. Eat the meal with urgency, for this is the LORD's Passover.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:27 - And you will reply, ‘It is the Passover sacrifice to the LORD, for he passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt. And though he struck the Egyptians, he spared our families.'” When Moses had finished speaking, all the people bowed down to the ground and worshiped.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:31 - Pharaoh sent for Moses and Aaron during the night. “Get out!” he ordered. “Leave my people—and take the rest of the Israelites with you! Go and worship the LORD as you have requested.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:42 - On this night the LORD kept his promise to bring his people out of the land of Egypt. So this night belongs to him, and it must be commemorated every year by all the Israelites, from generation to generation.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:48 - “If there are foreigners living among you who want to celebrate the LORD's Passover, let all their males be circumcised. Only then may they celebrate the Passover with you like any native-born Israelite. But no uncircumcised male may ever eat the Passover meal.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:12 - you must present all firstborn sons and firstborn male animals to the LORD, for they belong to him.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:15 - Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, so the LORD killed all the firstborn males throughout the land of Egypt, both people and animals. That is why I now sacrifice all the firstborn males to the LORD—except that the firstborn sons are always bought back.'
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:1 - Then Moses and the people of Israel sang this song to the LORD:
“I will sing to the LORD,
for he has triumphed gloriously;
he has hurled both horse and rider
into the sea.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:21 - And Miriam sang this song:
“Sing to the LORD,
for he has triumphed gloriously;
he has hurled both horse and rider
into the sea.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:23 - He told them, “This is what the LORD commanded: Tomorrow will be a day of complete rest, a holy Sabbath day set apart for the LORD. So bake or boil as much as you want today, and set aside what is left for tomorrow.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:25 - Moses said, “Eat this food today, for today is a Sabbath day dedicated to the LORD. There will be no food on the ground today.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:15 - Moses built an altar there and named it Yahweh-Nissi (which means “the LORD is my banner”).
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:22 - Even the priests who regularly come near to the LORD must purify themselves so that the LORD does not break out and destroy them.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:10 - but the seventh day is a Sabbath day of rest dedicated to the LORD your God. On that day no one in your household may do any work. This includes you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, your livestock, and any foreigners living among you.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:4 - “If his master gave him a wife while he was a slave and they had sons or daughters, then only the man will be free in the seventh year, but his wife and children will still belong to his master.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:8 - If she does not satisfy her owner, he must allow her to be bought back again. But he is not allowed to sell her to foreigners, since he is the one who broke the contract with her.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:29 - But suppose the ox had a reputation for goring, and the owner had been informed but failed to keep it under control. If the ox then kills someone, it must be stoned, and the owner must also be put to death.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:32 - But if the ox gores a slave, either male or female, the animal's owner must pay the slave's owner thirty silver coins,[fn] and the ox must be stoned.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:34 - The owner of the pit must pay full compensation to the owner of the animal, but then he gets to keep the dead animal.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:36 - But if the ox had a reputation for goring, yet its owner failed to keep it under control, he must pay full compensation—a live ox for the dead one—but he may keep the dead ox.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:12 - But if the animal was indeed stolen, the guilty person must pay compensation to the owner.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:20 - “Anyone who sacrifices to any god other than the LORD must be destroyed.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:25 - “You must serve only the LORD your God. If you do, I[fn] will bless you with food and water, and I will protect you from illness.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:1 - Then the LORD instructed Moses: “Come up here to me, and bring along Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and seventy of Israel's elders. All of you must worship from a distance.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:25 - Afterward take the various breads from their hands, and burn them on the altar along with the burnt offering. It is a pleasing aroma to the LORD, a special gift for him.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:28 - In the future, whenever the people of Israel lift up a peace offering, a portion of it must be set aside for Aaron and his descendants. This is their permanent right, and it is a sacred offering from the Israelites to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:10 - “Once a year Aaron must purify[fn] the altar by smearing its horns with blood from the offering made to purify the people from their sin. This will be a regular, annual event from generation to generation, for this is the LORD's most holy altar.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:12 - “Whenever you take a census of the people of Israel, each man who is counted must pay a ransom for himself to the LORD. Then no plague will strike the people as you count them.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:13 - Each person who is counted must give a small piece of silver as a sacred offering to the LORD. (This payment is half a shekel,[fn] based on the sanctuary shekel, which equals twenty gerahs.)
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:14 - All who have reached their twentieth birthday must give this sacred offering to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:15 - When this offering is given to the LORD to purify your lives, making you right with him,[fn] the rich must not give more than the specified amount, and the poor must not give less.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:20 - They must wash with water whenever they go into the Tabernacle to appear before the LORD and when they approach the altar to burn up their special gifts to the LORD—or they will die!
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:37 - Never use this formula to make this incense for yourselves. It is reserved for the LORD, and you must treat it as holy.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:15 - You have six days each week for your ordinary work, but the seventh day must be a Sabbath day of complete rest, a holy day dedicated to the LORD. Anyone who works on the Sabbath must be put to death.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:29 - Then Moses told the Levites, “Today you have ordained yourselves[fn] for the service of the LORD, for you obeyed him even though it meant killing your own sons and brothers. Today you have earned a blessing.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:2 - You have six days each week for your ordinary work, but the seventh day must be a Sabbath day of complete rest, a holy day dedicated to the LORD. Anyone who works on that day must be put to death.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:5 - Take a sacred offering for the LORD. Let those with generous hearts present the following gifts to the LORD:
gold, silver, and bronze;
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:21 - All whose hearts were stirred and whose spirits were moved came and brought their sacred offerings to the LORD. They brought all the materials needed for the Tabernacle,[fn] for the performance of its rituals, and for the sacred garments.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:22 - Both men and women came, all whose hearts were willing. They brought to the LORD their offerings of gold—brooches, earrings, rings from their fingers, and necklaces. They presented gold objects of every kind as a special offering to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:29 - So the people of Israel—every man and woman who was eager to help in the work the LORD had given them through Moses—brought their gifts and gave them freely to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:30 - Finally, they made the sacred medallion—the badge of holiness—of pure gold. They engraved it like a seal with these words: HOLY TO THE LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:2 - “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. When you present an animal as an offering to the LORD, you may take it from your herd of cattle or your flock of sheep and goats.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:9 - But the internal organs and the legs must first be washed with water. Then the priest will burn the entire sacrifice on the altar as a burnt offering. It is a special gift, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:10 - “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.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:13 - But the internal organs and the legs must first be washed with water. Then the priest will burn the entire sacrifice on the altar as a burnt offering. It is a special gift, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:14 - “If you present a bird as a burnt offering to the LORD, choose either a turtledove or a young pigeon.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:17 - Then, grasping the bird by its wings, the priest will tear the bird open, but without tearing it apart. Then he will burn it as a burnt offering on the wood burning on the altar. It is a special gift, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:1 - “When you present grain as an offering to the LORD, the offering must consist of choice flour. You are to pour olive oil on it, sprinkle it with frankincense,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:2 - and bring it to Aaron's sons, the priests. The priest will scoop out a handful of the flour moistened with oil, together with all the frankincense, and burn this representative portion on the altar. It is a special gift, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:4 - “If your offering is a grain offering baked in an oven, it must be made of choice flour, but without any yeast. It may be presented in the form of thin cakes mixed with olive oil or wafers spread with olive oil.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:6 - Break it in pieces and pour olive oil on it; it is a grain offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:8 - “No matter how a grain offering for the LORD has been prepared, bring it to the priest, who will present it at the altar.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:9 - The priest will take a representative portion of the grain offering and burn it on the altar. It is a special gift, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:11 - “Do not use yeast in preparing any of the grain offerings you present to the LORD, because no yeast or honey may be burned as a special gift presented to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:13 - Season all your grain offerings with salt to remind you of God's eternal covenant. Never forget to add salt to your grain offerings.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:14 - “If you present a grain offering to the LORD from the first portion of your harvest, bring fresh grain that is coarsely ground and roasted on a fire.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:16 - The priest will take a representative portion of the grain moistened with oil, together with all the frankincense, and burn it as a special gift presented to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:1 - “If you present an animal from the herd as a peace offering to the LORD, it may be a male or a female, but it must have no defects.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:3 - The priest must present part of this peace offering as a special gift to the LORD. This includes all the fat around the internal organs,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:5 - and Aaron's sons will burn them on top of the burnt offering on the wood burning on the altar. It is a special gift, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:6 - “If you present an animal from the flock as a peace offering to the LORD, it may be a male or a female, but it must have no defects.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:11 - and the priest will burn them on the altar. It is a special gift of food presented to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:14 - The priest must present part of this offering as a special gift to the LORD. This includes all the fat around the internal organs,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:16 - and the priest will burn them on the altar. It is a special gift of food, a pleasing aroma to the LORD. All the fat belongs to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:3 - “If the high priest[fn] sins, bringing guilt upon the entire community, he must give a sin offering for the sin he has committed. He must present to the LORD a young bull with no defects.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:31 - 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:6 - Then you must bring to the LORD as the penalty for your sin a female from the flock, either a sheep or a goat. This is a sin offering with which the priest will purify you from your sin, making you right with the LORD.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:12 - Take the flour to the priest, who will scoop out a handful as a representative portion. He will burn it on the altar on top of the special gifts presented to the LORD. It is an offering for sin.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:15 - “If one of you commits a sin by unintentionally defiling the LORD's sacred property, you must bring a guilt offering to the LORD. The offering must be your own ram with no defects, or you may buy one of equal value with silver, as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:15 - The priest on duty will take from the grain offering a handful of the choice flour moistened with olive oil, together with all the frankincense. He will burn this representative portion on the altar as a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:20 - “On the day Aaron and his sons are anointed, they must present to the LORD a grain offering of two quarts[fn] of choice flour, half to be offered in the morning and half to be offered in the evening.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:21 - It must be carefully mixed with olive oil and cooked on a griddle. Then slice[fn] this grain offering and present it as a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:5 - and the priests will burn them on the altar as a special gift presented to the LORD. This is the guilt offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:11 - “These are the instructions regarding the different kinds of peace offerings that may be presented to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:14 - One of each kind of bread must be presented as a gift to the LORD. It will then belong to the priest who splatters the blood of the peace offering against the altar.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:25 - Anyone who eats fat from an animal presented as a special gift to the LORD will be cut off from the community.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:29 - “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. When you present a peace offering to the LORD, bring part of it as a gift to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:30 - Present it to the LORD with your own hands as a special gift to the LORD. Bring the fat of the animal, together with the breast, and lift up the breast as a special offering to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:35 - This is their rightful share. The special gifts presented to the LORD have been reserved for Aaron and his descendants from the time they were set apart to serve the LORD as priests.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:21 - After washing the internal organs and the legs with water, Moses burned the entire ram on the altar as a burnt offering. It was a pleasing aroma, a special gift presented to the LORD, just as the LORD had commanded him.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:28 - Moses then took all the offerings back from them and burned them on the altar on top of the burnt offering. This was the ordination offering. It was a pleasing aroma, a special gift presented to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:19 - Then Aaron answered Moses, “Today my sons presented both their sin offering and their burnt offering to the LORD. And yet this tragedy has happened to me. If I had eaten the people's sin offering on such a tragic day as this, would the LORD have been pleased?”
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:8 - He is to cast sacred lots to determine which goat will be reserved as an offering to the LORD and which will carry the sins of the people to the wilderness of Azazel.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:9 - Aaron will then present as a sin offering the goat chosen by lot for the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:4 - instead of bringing it to the entrance of the Tabernacle[fn] to present it as an offering to the LORD, that person will be as guilty as a murderer.[fn] Such a person has shed blood and will be cut off from the community.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:5 - The purpose of this rule is to stop the Israelites from sacrificing animals in the open fields. It will ensure that they bring their sacrifices to the priest at the entrance of the Tabernacle, so he can present them to the LORD as peace offerings.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:6 - Then the priest will be able to splatter the blood against the LORD's altar at the entrance of the Tabernacle, and he will burn the fat as a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:9 - but does not bring it to the entrance of the Tabernacle to offer it to the LORD, that person will be cut off from the community.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:5 - “When you sacrifice a peace offering to the LORD, offer it properly so you[fn] will be accepted by God.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:21 - The man, however, must bring a ram as a guilt offering and present it to the LORD at the entrance of the Tabernacle.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:24 - In the fourth year the entire crop must be consecrated to the LORD as a celebration of praise.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:7 - “Priests may not marry a woman defiled by prostitution, and they may not marry a woman who is divorced from her husband, for the priests are set apart as holy to their God.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:3 - Give them the following instructions.
“In all future generations, if any of your descendants is ceremonially unclean when he approaches the sacred offerings that the people of Israel consecrate to the LORD, he must be cut off from my presence. I am the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:15 - The priests must not let the Israelites defile the sacred offerings brought to the LORD
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:20 - Do not present an animal with defects, because the LORD will not accept it on your behalf.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:24 - If an animal has damaged testicles or is castrated, you may not offer it to the LORD. You must never do this in your own land,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:29 - When you bring a thanksgiving offering to the LORD, sacrifice it properly so you will be accepted.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:3 - “You have six days each week for your ordinary work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath day of complete rest, an official day for holy assembly. It is the LORD's Sabbath day, and it must be observed wherever you live.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:4 - “In addition to the Sabbath, these are the LORD's appointed festivals, the official days for holy assembly that are to be celebrated at their proper times each year.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:5 - “The LORD's Passover begins at sundown on the fourteenth day of the first month.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:6 - On the next day, the fifteenth day of the month, you must begin celebrating the Festival of Unleavened Bread. This festival to the LORD continues for seven days, and during that time the bread you eat must be made without yeast.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:8 - For seven days you must present special gifts to the LORD. On the seventh day the people must again stop all their ordinary work to observe an official day for holy assembly.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:13 - With it you must present a grain offering consisting of four quarts[fn] of choice flour moistened with olive oil. It will be a special gift, a pleasing aroma to the LORD. You must also offer one quart[fn] of wine as a liquid offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:16 - Keep counting until the day after the seventh Sabbath, fifty days later. Then present an offering of new grain to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:17 - From wherever you live, bring two loaves of bread to be lifted up before the LORD as a special offering. Make these loaves from four quarts of choice flour, and bake them with yeast. They will be an offering to the LORD from the first of your crops.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:18 - Along with the bread, present seven one-year-old male lambs with no defects, one young bull, and two rams as burnt offerings to the LORD. These burnt offerings, together with the grain offerings and liquid offerings, will be a special gift, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:20 - “The priest will lift up the two lambs as a special offering to the LORD, together with the loaves representing the first of your crops. These offerings, which are holy to the LORD, belong to the priests.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:25 - You must do no ordinary work on that day. Instead, you are to present special gifts to the LORD.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:27 - “Be careful to celebrate the Day of Atonement on the tenth day of that same month—nine days after the Festival of Trumpets.[fn] You must observe it as an official day for holy assembly, a day to deny yourselves[fn] and present special gifts to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:34 - “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. Begin celebrating the Festival of Shelters[fn] on the fifteenth day of the appointed month—five days after the Day of Atonement.[fn] This festival to the LORD will last for seven days.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:36 - For seven days you must present special gifts to the LORD. The eighth day is another holy day on which you present your special gifts to the LORD. This will be a solemn occasion, and no ordinary work may be done that day.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:38 - These festivals must be observed in addition to the LORD's regular Sabbath days, and the offerings are in addition to your personal gifts, the offerings you give to fulfill your vows, and the voluntary offerings you present to the LORD.)
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:39 - “Remember that this seven-day festival to the LORD—the Festival of Shelters—begins on the fifteenth day of the appointed month,[fn] after you have harvested all the produce of the land. The first day and the eighth day of the festival will be days of complete rest.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:7 - Put some pure frankincense near each row to serve as a representative offering, a special gift presented to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:9 - The loaves of bread will belong to Aaron and his descendants, who must eat them in a sacred place, for they are most holy. It is the permanent right of the priests to claim this portion of the special gifts presented to the LORD.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:4 - but during the seventh year the land must have a Sabbath year of complete rest. It is the LORD's Sabbath. Do not plant your fields or prune your vineyards during that year.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:2 - “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. If anyone makes a special vow to dedicate someone to the LORD by paying the value of that person,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:9 - “If your vow involves giving an animal that is acceptable as an offering to the LORD, any gift to the LORD will be considered holy.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:11 - If your vow involves an unclean animal—one that is not acceptable as an offering to the LORD—then you must bring the animal to the priest.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:14 - “If someone dedicates a house to the LORD, the priest will come to assess its value. The priest's assessment will be final, whether high or low.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:16 - “If someone dedicates to the LORD a piece of his family property, its value will be assessed according to the amount of seed required to plant it—fifty shekels of silver for a field planted with five bushels of barley seed.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:21 - When the field is released in the Year of Jubilee, it will be holy, a field specially set apart[fn] for the LORD. It will become the property of the priests.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:22 - “If someone dedicates to the LORD a field he has purchased but which is not part of his family property,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:23 - the priest will assess its value based on the number of years left until the next Year of Jubilee. On that day he must give the assessed value of the land as a sacred donation to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:26 - “You may not dedicate a firstborn animal to the LORD, for the firstborn of your cattle, sheep, and goats already belong to him.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:28 - “However, anything specially set apart for the LORD—whether a person, an animal, or family property—must never be sold or bought back. Anything devoted in this way has been set apart as holy, and it belongs to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:30 - “One-tenth of the produce of the land, whether grain from the fields or fruit from the trees, belongs to the LORD and must be set apart to him as holy.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:32 - Count off every tenth animal from your herds and flocks and set them apart for the LORD as holy.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:8 - But if the person who was wronged is dead, and there are no near relatives to whom restitution can be made, the payment belongs to the LORD and must be given to the priest. Those who are guilty must also bring a ram as a sacrifice, and they will be purified and made right with the LORD.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:9 - All the sacred offerings that the Israelites bring to a priest will belong to him.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:2 - “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel.
“If any of the people, either men or women, take the special vow of a Nazirite, setting themselves apart to the LORD in a special way,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:5 - “They must never cut their hair throughout the time of their vow, for they are holy and set apart to the LORD. Until the time of their vow has been fulfilled, they must let their hair grow long.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:6 - And they must not go near a dead body during the entire period of their vow to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:8 - This requirement applies as long as they are set apart to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 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,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:17 - then the ram for a peace offering, along with the basket of bread made without yeast. The priest must also present the prescribed grain offering and liquid offering to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:21 - “This is the ritual law of the Nazirites, who vow to bring these offerings to the LORD. They may also bring additional offerings if they can afford it. And they must be careful to do whatever they vowed when they set themselves apart as Nazirites.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 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]
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:7 - and said, “We have become ceremonially unclean by touching a dead body. But why should we be prevented from presenting the LORD's offering at the proper time with the rest of the Israelites?”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:10 - “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel: If any of the people now or in future generations are ceremonially unclean at Passover time because of touching a dead body, or if they are on a journey and cannot be present at the ceremony, they may still celebrate the LORD's Passover.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:13 - “But those who neglect to celebrate the Passover at the regular time, even though they are ceremonially clean and not away on a trip, will be cut off from the community of Israel. If they fail to present the LORD's offering at the proper time, they will suffer the consequences of their guilt.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:14 - And if foreigners living among you want to celebrate the Passover to the LORD, they must follow these same decrees and regulations. The same laws apply both to native-born Israelites and to the foreigners living among you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:20 - You will eat it for a whole month until you gag and are sick of it. For you have rejected the LORD, who is here among you, and you have whined to him, saying, “Why did we ever leave Egypt?”'”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:6 - And the LORD said to them, “Now listen to what I say:
“If there were prophets among you,
I, the LORD, would reveal myself in visions.
I would speak to them in dreams.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:43 - When you face the Amalekites and Canaanites in battle, you will be slaughtered. The LORD will abandon you because you have abandoned the LORD.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:3 - you will offer special gifts as a pleasing aroma to the LORD. These gifts may take the form of a burnt offering, a sacrifice to fulfill a vow, a voluntary offering, or an offering at any of your annual festivals, and they may be taken from your herds of cattle or your flocks of sheep and goats.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:4 - When you present these offerings, you must also give the LORD a grain offering of two quarts[fn] of choice flour mixed with one quart[fn] of olive oil.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:5 - For each lamb offered as a burnt offering or a special sacrifice, you must also present one quart of wine as a liquid offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:7 - and give a third of a gallon of wine as a liquid offering. This will be a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:8 - “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,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:10 - and give two quarts of wine as a liquid offering. This will be a special gift, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:14 - And if any foreigners visit you or live among you and want to present a special gift as a pleasing aroma to the LORD, they must follow these same procedures.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:19 - and you eat the crops that grow there, you must set some aside as a sacred offering to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:25 - With it the priest will purify the whole community of Israel, making them right with the LORD,[fn] and they will be forgiven. For it was an unintentional sin, and they have corrected it with their offerings to the LORD—the special gift and the sin offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:6 - I myself have chosen your fellow Levites from among the Israelites to be your special assistants. They are a gift to you, dedicated to the LORD for service in the Tabernacle.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:12 - “I also give you the harvest gifts brought by the people as offerings to the LORD—the best of the olive oil, new wine, and grain.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:13 - All the first crops of their land that the people present to the LORD belong to you. Any member of your family who is ceremonially clean may eat this food.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:15 - “The firstborn of every mother, whether human or animal, that is offered to the LORD will be yours. But you must always redeem your firstborn sons and the firstborn of ceremonially unclean animals.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:17 - “However, you may not redeem the firstborn of cattle, sheep, or goats. They are holy and have been set apart for the LORD. Sprinkle their blood on the altar, and burn their fat as a special gift, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:19 - Yes, I am giving you all these holy offerings that the people of Israel bring to the LORD. They are for you and your sons and daughters, to be eaten as your permanent share. This is an eternal and unbreakable covenant[fn] between the LORD and you, and it also applies to your descendants.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:24 - because I have given them the Israelites' tithes, which have been presented as sacred offerings to the LORD. This will be the Levites' share. That is why I said they would receive no allotment of land among the Israelites.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:26 - “Give these instructions to the Levites: When you receive from the people of Israel the tithes I have assigned as your allotment, give a tenth of the tithes you receive—a tithe of the tithe—to the LORD as a sacred offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:28 - You must present one-tenth of the tithe received from the Israelites as a sacred offering to the LORD. This is the LORD's sacred portion, and you must present it to Aaron the priest.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:29 - Be sure to give to the LORD the best portions of the gifts given to you.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:2 - Then the people of Israel made this vow to the LORD: “If you will hand these people over to us, we will completely destroy[fn] all their towns.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:4 - The LORD issued the following command to Moses: “Seize all the ringleaders and execute them before the LORD in broad daylight, so his fierce anger will turn away from the people of Israel.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:6 - This is the regular burnt offering instituted at Mount Sinai as a special gift, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:7 - Along with it you must present the proper liquid offering of one quart of alcoholic drink with each lamb, poured out in the Holy Place as an offering to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:8 - 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:11 - “On the first day of each month, present an extra burnt offering to the LORD of two young bulls, one ram, and seven one-year-old male lambs, all with no defects.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:13 - and two quarts with each lamb. This burnt offering will be a special gift, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:15 - “On the first day of each month, you must also offer one male goat for a sin offering to the LORD. This is in addition to the regular burnt offering and its accompanying liquid offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:16 - “On the fourteenth day of the first month,[fn] you must celebrate the LORD's Passover.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:19 - As a special gift you must present a burnt offering to the LORD—two young bulls, one ram, and seven one-year-old male lambs, all with no defects.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:24 - On each of the seven days of the festival, this is how you must prepare the food offering that is presented as a special gift, a pleasing aroma to the LORD. These will be offered in addition to the regular burnt offerings and liquid offerings.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:26 - “At the Festival of Harvest,[fn] when you present the first of your new grain to the LORD, you must call an official day for holy assembly, and you may do no ordinary work on that day.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:12 - “Five days later, on the fifteenth day of the same month,[fn] you must call another holy assembly of all the people, and you may do no ordinary work on that day. It is the beginning of the Festival of Shelters,[fn] a seven-day festival to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:39 - “You must present these offerings to the LORD at your annual festivals. These are in addition to the sacrifices and offerings you present in connection with vows, or as voluntary offerings, burnt offerings, grain offerings, liquid offerings, or peace offerings.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:2 - A man who makes a vow to the LORD or makes a pledge under oath must never break it. He must do exactly what he said he would do.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:3 - “If a young woman makes a vow to the LORD or a pledge under oath while she is still living at her father's home,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:37 - of which 675 were the LORD's share;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:38 - 36,000 cattle, of which 72 were the LORD's share;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:39 - 30,500 donkeys, of which 61 were the LORD's share;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:40 - and 16,000 virgin girls, of whom 32 were the LORD's share.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:41 - Moses gave all the LORD's share to Eleazar the priest, just as the LORD had directed him.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:50 - So we are presenting the items of gold we captured as an offering to the LORD from our share of the plunder—armbands, bracelets, rings, earrings, and necklaces. This will purify our lives before the LORD and make us right with him.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:52 - In all, the gold that the generals and captains presented as a gift to the LORD weighed about 420 pounds.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:2 - They said, “Sir, the LORD instructed you to divide the land by sacred lot among the people of Israel. You were told by the LORD to give the grant of land owned by our brother Zelophehad to his daughters.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:32 - “But even after all he did, you refused to trust the LORD your God,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:4 - But all of you who were faithful to the LORD your God are still alive today—every one of you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:14 - but the seventh day is a Sabbath day of rest dedicated to the LORD your God. On that day no one in your household may do any work. This includes you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, your oxen and donkeys and other livestock, and any foreigners living among you. All your male and female servants must rest as you do.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:6 - For you are a holy people, who belong to the LORD your God. Of all the people on earth, the LORD your God has chosen you to be his own special treasure.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:25 - “You must burn their idols in fire, and you must not covet the silver or gold that covers them. You must not take it or it will become a trap to you, for it is detestable to the LORD your God.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:12 - “And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you? He requires only that you fear the LORD your God, and live in a way that pleases him, and love him and serve him with all your heart and soul.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:4 - “Do not worship the LORD your God in the way these pagan peoples worship their gods.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:31 - You must not worship the LORD your God the way the other nations worship their gods, for they perform for their gods every detestable act that the LORD hates. They even burn their sons and daughters as sacrifices to their gods.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:2 - You have been set apart as holy to the LORD your God, and he has chosen you from all the nations of the earth to be his own special treasure.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:21 - “You must not eat anything that has died a natural death. You may give it to a foreigner living in your town, or you may sell it to a stranger. But do not eat it yourselves, for you are set apart as holy to the LORD your God.
“You must not cook a young goat in its mother's milk.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:2 - This is how it must be done. Everyone must cancel the loans they have made to their fellow Israelites. They must not demand payment from their neighbors or relatives, for the LORD's time of release has arrived.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:19 - “You must set aside for the LORD your God all the firstborn males from your flocks and herds. Do not use the firstborn of your herds to work your fields, and do not shear the firstborn of your flocks.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:21 - But if this firstborn animal has any defect, such as lameness or blindness, or if anything else is wrong with it, you must not sacrifice it to the LORD your God.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:1 - “In honor of the LORD your God, celebrate the Passover each year in the early spring, in the month of Abib,[fn] for that was the month in which the LORD your God brought you out of Egypt by night.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:2 - Your Passover sacrifice may be from either the flock or the herd, and it must be sacrificed to the LORD your God at the designated place of worship—the place he chooses for his name to be honored.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:8 - For the next six days you may not eat any bread made with yeast. On the seventh day proclaim another holy day in honor of the LORD your God, and no work may be done on that day.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:10 - Then celebrate the Festival of Harvest[fn] to honor the LORD your God. Bring him a voluntary offering in proportion to the blessings you have received from him.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:15 - For seven days you must celebrate this festival to honor the LORD your God at the place he chooses, for it is he who blesses you with bountiful harvests and gives you success in all your work. This festival will be a time of great joy for all.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:1 - “Never sacrifice sick or defective cattle, sheep, or goats to the LORD your God, for he detests such gifts.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:12 - Anyone who does these things is detestable to the LORD. It is because the other nations have done these detestable things that the LORD your God will drive them out ahead of you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:5 - “A woman must not put on men's clothing, and a man must not wear women's clothing. Anyone who does this is detestable in the sight of the LORD your God.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:15 - “If slaves should escape from their masters and take refuge with you, you must not hand them over to their masters.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:18 - When you are bringing an offering to fulfill a vow, you must not bring to the house of the LORD your God any offering from the earnings of a prostitute, whether a man[fn] or a woman, for both are detestable to the LORD your God.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:21 - “When you make a vow to the LORD your God, be prompt in fulfilling whatever you promised him. For the LORD your God demands that you promptly fulfill all your vows, or you will be guilty of sin.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:23 - But once you have voluntarily made a vow, be careful to fulfill your promise to the LORD your God.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:16 - All who cheat with dishonest weights and measures are detestable to the LORD your God.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 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.'
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:19 - And if you do, he will set you high above all the other nations he has made. Then you will receive praise, honor, and renown. You will be a nation that is holy to the LORD your God, just as he promised.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:5 - “Then build an altar there to the LORD your God, using natural, uncut stones. You must not shape the stones with an iron tool.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:6 - Build the altar of uncut stones, and use it to offer burnt offerings to the LORD your God.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:7 - Also sacrifice peace offerings on it, and celebrate by feasting there before the LORD your God.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:9 - 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:15 - ‘Cursed is anyone who carves or casts an idol and secretly sets it up. These idols, the work of craftsmen, are detestable to the LORD.'
And all the people will reply, ‘Amen.'
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:47 - If you do not serve the LORD your God with joy and enthusiasm for the abundant benefits you have received,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:29 - “The LORD our God has secrets known to no one. We are not accountable for them, but we and our children are accountable forever for all that he has revealed to us, so that we may obey all the terms of these instructions.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:6 - Is this the way you repay the LORD,
you foolish and senseless people?
Isn't he your Father who created you?
Has he not made you and established you?
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:17 - Jericho and everything in it must be completely destroyed[fn] as an offering to the LORD. Only Rahab the prostitute and the others in her house will be spared, for she protected our spies.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:19 - Everything made from silver, gold, bronze, or iron is sacred to the LORD and must be brought into his treasury.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:19 - Then Joshua said to Achan, “My son, give glory to the LORD, the God of Israel, by telling the truth. Make your confession and tell me what you have done. Don't hide it from me.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:30 - Then Joshua built an altar to the LORD, the God of Israel, on Mount Ebal.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:31 - He followed the commands that Moses the LORD's servant had written in the Book of Instruction: “Make me an altar from stones that are uncut and have not been shaped with iron tools.”[fn] Then on the altar they presented burnt offerings and peace offerings to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:8 - but my brothers who went with me frightened the people from entering the Promised Land. For my part, I wholeheartedly followed the LORD my God.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:24 - “The truth is, we have built this altar because we fear that in the future your descendants will say to ours, ‘What right do you have to worship the LORD, the God of Israel?
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:27 - but as a memorial. It will remind our descendants and your descendants that we, too, have the right to worship the LORD at his sanctuary with our burnt offerings, sacrifices, and peace offerings. Then your descendants will not be able to say to ours, ‘You have no claim to the LORD.'
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:8 - Rather, cling tightly to the LORD your God as you have done until now.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:14 - “So fear the LORD and serve him wholeheartedly. Put away forever the idols your ancestors worshiped when they lived beyond the Euphrates River and in Egypt. Serve the LORD alone.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:15 - But if you refuse to serve the LORD, then choose today whom you will serve. Would you prefer the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates? Or will it be the gods of the Amorites in whose land you now live? But as for me and my family, we will serve the LORD.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:18 - It was the LORD who drove out the Amorites and the other nations living here in the land. So we, too, will serve the LORD, for he alone is our God.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:19 - Then Joshua warned the people, “You are not able to serve the LORD, for he is a holy and jealous God. He will not forgive your rebellion and your sins.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:21 - But the people answered Joshua, “No, we will serve the LORD!”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:24 - The people said to Joshua, “We will serve the LORD our God. We will obey him alone.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 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.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:31 - The people of Israel served the LORD throughout the lifetime of Joshua and of the elders who outlived him—those who had personally experienced all that the LORD had done for Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:1 - After the death of Joshua, the Israelites asked the LORD, “Which tribe should go first to attack the Canaanites?”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:5 - So they called the place Bokim (which means “weeping”), and they offered sacrifices there to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:7 - And the Israelites served the LORD throughout the lifetime of Joshua and the leaders who outlived him—those who had seen all the great things the LORD had done for Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:3 - “Listen, you kings!
Pay attention, you mighty rulers!
For I will sing to the LORD.
I will make music to the LORD, the God of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:24 - And Gideon built an altar to the LORD there and named it Yahweh-Shalom (which means “the LORD is peace”). The altar remains in Ophrah in the land of the clan of Abiezer to this day.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:26 - Then build an altar to the LORD your God here on this hilltop sanctuary, laying the stones carefully. Sacrifice the bull as a burnt offering on the altar, using as fuel the wood of the Asherah pole you cut down.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:18 - As soon as I and those with me blow the rams' horns, blow your horns, too, all around the entire camp, and shout, ‘For the LORD and for Gideon!'”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:20 - Then all three groups blew their horns and broke their jars. They held the blazing torches in their left hands and the horns in their right hands, and they all shouted, “A sword for the LORD and for Gideon!”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:16 - Then the Israelites put aside their foreign gods and served the LORD. And he was grieved by their misery.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:30 - And Jephthah made a vow to the LORD. He said, “If you give me victory over the Ammonites,
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:31 - I will give to the LORD whatever comes out of my house to meet me when I return in triumph. I will sacrifice it as a burnt offering.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:16 - “I will stay,” the angel of the LORD replied, “but I will not eat anything. However, you may prepare a burnt offering as a sacrifice to the LORD.” (Manoah didn't realize it was the angel of the LORD.)
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:19 - Then Manoah took a young goat and a grain offering and offered it on a rock as a sacrifice to the LORD. And as Manoah and his wife watched, the LORD did an amazing thing.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:2 - One day he said to his mother, “I heard you place a curse on the person who stole 1,100 pieces[fn] of silver from you. Well, I have the money. I was the one who took it.”
“The LORD bless you for admitting it,” his mother replied.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:3 - He returned the money to her, and she said, “I now dedicate these silver coins to the LORD. In honor of my son, I will have an image carved and an idol cast.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:23 - For they had gone up to Bethel and wept in the presence of the LORD until evening. They had asked the LORD, “Should we fight against our relatives from Benjamin again?”
And the LORD had said, “Go out and fight against them.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:27 - The Israelites went up seeking direction from the LORD. (In those days the Ark of the Covenant of God was in Bethel,
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:7 - How can we find wives for the few who remain, since we have sworn by the LORD not to give them our daughters in marriage?”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:19 - Then they thought of the annual festival of the LORD held in Shiloh, south of Lebonah and north of Bethel, along the east side of the road that goes from Bethel to Shechem.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:20 - “May the LORD bless him!” Naomi told her daughter-in-law. “He is showing his kindness to us as well as to your dead husband.[fn] That man is one of our closest relatives, one of our family redeemers.”
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:10 - “The LORD bless you, my daughter!” Boaz exclaimed. “You are showing even more family loyalty now than you did before, for you have not gone after a younger man, whether rich or poor.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:3 - Each year Elkanah would travel to Shiloh to worship and sacrifice to the LORD of Heaven's Armies at the Tabernacle. The priests of the LORD at that time were the two sons of Eli—Hophni and Phinehas.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:11 - And she made this vow: “O LORD of Heaven's Armies, if you will look upon my sorrow and answer my prayer and give me a son, then I will give him back to you. He will be yours for his entire lifetime, and as a sign that he has been dedicated to the LORD, his hair will never be cut.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 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,
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:25 - After sacrificing the bull, they brought the boy to Eli.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:28 - Now I am giving him to the LORD, and he will belong to the LORD his whole life.” And they[fn] worshiped the LORD there.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:1 - Then Hannah prayed:
“My heart rejoices in the LORD!
The LORD has made me strong.[fn]
Now I have an answer for my enemies;
I rejoice because you rescued me.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 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.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:20 - Before they returned home, Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife and say, “May the LORD give you other children to take the place of this one she gave to the LORD.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:25 - If someone sins against another person, God[fn] can mediate for the guilty party. But if someone sins against the LORD, who can intercede?” But Eli's sons wouldn't listen to their father, for the LORD was already planning to put them to death.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:1 - Meanwhile, the boy Samuel served the LORD by assisting Eli. Now in those days messages from the LORD were very rare, and visions were quite uncommon.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:20 - And all Israel, from Dan in the north to Beersheba in the south, knew that Samuel was confirmed as a prophet of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:21 - The LORD continued to appear at Shiloh and gave messages to Samuel there at the Tabernacle.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:5 - Make these things to show honor to the God of Israel. Perhaps then he will stop afflicting you, your gods, and your land.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 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.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:15 - Several men of the tribe of Levi lifted the Ark of the LORD and the chest containing the gold rats and gold tumors from the cart and placed them on the large rock. Many sacrifices and burnt offerings were offered to the LORD that day by the people of Beth-shemesh.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:17 - The five gold tumors sent by the Philistines as a guilt offering to the LORD were gifts from the rulers of Ashdod, Gaza, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:4 - So the Israelites got rid of their images of Baal and Ashtoreth and worshiped only the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:9 - So Samuel took a young lamb and offered it to the LORD as a whole burnt offering. He pleaded with the LORD to help Israel, and the LORD answered him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 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.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:22 - So they asked the LORD, “Where is he?”
And the LORD replied, “He is hiding among the baggage.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:20 - “Don't be afraid,” Samuel reassured them. “You have certainly done wrong, but make sure now that you worship the LORD with all your heart, and don't turn your back on him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:23 - “As for me, I will certainly not sin against the LORD by ending my prayers for you. And I will continue to teach you what is good and right.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 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!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:33 - Someone reported to Saul, “Look, the men are sinning against the LORD by eating meat that still has blood in it.”
“That is very wrong,” Saul said. “Find a large stone and roll it over here.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:34 - Then go out among the troops and tell them, ‘Bring the cattle, sheep, and goats here to me. Kill them here, and drain the blood before you eat them. Do not sin against the LORD by eating meat with the blood still in it.'”
So that night all the troops brought their animals and slaughtered them there.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:35 - Then Saul built an altar to the LORD; it was the first of the altars he built to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 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.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:13 - When Samuel finally found him, Saul greeted him cheerfully. “May the LORD bless you,” he said. “I have carried out the LORD's command!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:15 - “It's true that the army spared the best of the sheep, goats, and cattle,” Saul admitted. “But they are going to sacrifice them to the LORD your God. We have destroyed everything else.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:22 - But Samuel replied,
“What is more pleasing to the LORD:
your burnt offerings and sacrifices
or your obedience to his voice?
Listen! Obedience is better than sacrifice,
and submission is better than offering the fat of rams.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:25 - But now, please forgive my sin and come back with me so that I may worship the LORD.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:30 - Then Saul pleaded again, “I know I have sinned. But please, at least honor me before the elders of my people and before Israel by coming back with me so that I may worship the LORD your God.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:31 - So Samuel finally agreed and went back with him, and Saul worshiped the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:2 - But Samuel asked, “How can I do that? If Saul hears about it, he will kill me.”
“Take a heifer with you,” the LORD replied, “and say that you have come to make a sacrifice to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 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.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:12 - So Jesse sent for him. He was dark and handsome, with beautiful eyes.
And the LORD said, “This is the one; anoint him.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:16 - Let us find a good musician to play the harp whenever the tormenting spirit troubles you. He will play soothing music, and you will soon be well again.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:16 - Jonathan went to find David and encouraged him to stay strong in his faith in God.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:21 - “The LORD bless you,” Saul said. “At last someone is concerned about me!
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:6 - “The LORD knows I shouldn't have done that to my lord the king,” he said to his men. “The LORD forbid that I should do this to my lord the king and attack the LORD's anointed one, for the LORD himself has chosen him.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:21 - Now swear to me by the LORD that when that happens you will not kill my family and destroy my line of descendants!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:26 - “Now, my lord, as surely as the LORD lives and you yourself live, since the LORD has kept you from murdering and taking vengeance into your own hands, let all your enemies and those who try to harm you be as cursed as Nabal is.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:27 - And here is a present that I, your servant, have brought to you and your young men.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:28 - Please forgive me if I have offended you in any way. The LORD will surely reward you with a lasting dynasty, for you are fighting the LORD's battles. And you have not done wrong throughout your entire life.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:29 - “Even when you are chased by those who seek to kill you, your life is safe in the care of the LORD your God, secure in his treasure pouch! But the lives of your enemies will disappear like stones shot from a sling!
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:30 - When the LORD has done all he promised and has made you leader of Israel,
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:31 - don't let this be a blemish on your record. Then your conscience won't have to bear the staggering burden of needless bloodshed and vengeance. And when the LORD has done these great things for you, please remember me, your servant!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 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?
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:6 - David was now in great danger because all his men were very bitter about losing their sons and daughters, and they began to talk of stoning him. But David found strength in the LORD his God.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:10 - “So I killed him,” the Amalekite told David, “for I knew he couldn't live. Then I took his crown and his armband, and I have brought them here to you, my lord.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 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.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:5 - he sent them this message: “May the LORD bless you for being so loyal to your master Saul and giving him a decent burial.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:8 - When they arrived at Hebron, they presented Ishbosheth's head to David. “Look!” they exclaimed to the king. “Here is the head of Ishbosheth, the son of your enemy Saul who tried to kill you. Today the LORD has given my lord the king revenge on Saul and his entire family!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:11 - King David dedicated all these gifts to the LORD, as he did with the silver and gold from the other nations he had defeated—
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:13 - Then David confessed to Nathan, “I have sinned against the LORD.”
Nathan replied, “Yes, but the LORD has forgiven you, and you won't die for this sin.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:7 - After four years,[fn] Absalom said to the king, “Let me go to Hebron to offer a sacrifice to the LORD and fulfill a vow I made to him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 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.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:28 - Then Ahimaaz cried out to the king, “Everything is all right!” He bowed before the king with his face to the ground and said, “Praise to the LORD your God, who has handed over the rebels who dared to stand against my lord the king.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:7 - Now go out there and congratulate your troops, for I swear by the LORD that if you don't go out, not a single one of them will remain here tonight. Then you will be worse off than ever before.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:28 - All my relatives and I could expect only death from you, my lord, but instead you have honored me by allowing me to eat at your own table! What more can I ask?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:6 - So let seven of Saul's sons be handed over to us, and we will execute them before the LORD at Gibeon, on the mountain of the LORD.[fn]
“All right,” the king said, “I will do it.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:1 - David sang this song to the LORD on the day the LORD rescued him from all his enemies and from Saul.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:16 - So the Three broke through the Philistine lines, drew some water from the well by the gate in Bethlehem, and brought it back to David. But he refused to drink it. Instead, he poured it out as an offering to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:18 - That day Gad came to David and said to him, “Go up and build an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:21 - “Why have you come, my lord the king?” Araunah asked.
David replied, “I have come to buy your threshing floor and to build an altar to the LORD there, so that he will stop the plague.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 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.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:24 - But the king replied to Araunah, “No, I insist on buying it, for I will not present burnt offerings to the LORD my God that have cost me nothing.” So David paid him fifty pieces of silver[fn] for the threshing floor and the oxen.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:25 - David built an altar there to the LORD and sacrificed burnt offerings and peace offerings. And the LORD answered his prayer for the land, and the plague on Israel was stopped.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:2 - So his advisers told him, “Let us find a young virgin to wait on you and look after you, my lord. She will lie in your arms and keep you warm.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:17 - She replied, “My lord, you made a vow before the LORD your God when you said to me, ‘Your son Solomon will surely be the next king and will sit on my throne.'
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:30 - your son Solomon will be the next king and will sit on my throne this very day, just as I vowed to you before the LORD, the God of Israel.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:8 - “And remember Shimei son of Gera, the man from Bahurim in Benjamin. He cursed me with a terrible curse as I was fleeing to Mahanaim. When he came down to meet me at the Jordan River, I swore by the LORD that I would not kill him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:2 - The Temple that King Solomon built for the LORD was 90 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 45 feet high.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:63 - Solomon offered to the LORD a peace offering of 22,000 cattle and 120,000 sheep and goats. And so the king and all the people of Israel dedicated the Temple of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:8 - “Yes, it is,” Elijah replied. “Now go and tell your master, ‘Elijah is here.'”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:11 - And now you say, ‘Go and tell your master, “Elijah is here.”'
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:13 - Has no one told you, my lord, about the time when Jezebel was trying to kill the LORD's prophets? I hid 100 of them in two caves and supplied them with food and water.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:14 - And now you say, ‘Go and tell your master, “Elijah is here.”' Sir, if I do that, Ahab will certainly kill me.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:10 - Elijah replied, “I have zealously served the LORD God Almighty. But the people of Israel have broken their covenant with you, torn down your altars, and killed every one of your prophets. I am the only one left, and now they are trying to kill me, too.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:14 - He replied again, “I have zealously served the LORD God Almighty. But the people of Israel have broken their covenant with you, torn down your altars, and killed every one of your prophets. I am the only one left, and now they are trying to kill me, too.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:9 - So Ahab told the messengers from Ben-hadad, “Say this to my lord the king: ‘I will give you everything you asked for the first time, but I cannot accept this last demand of yours.'” So the messengers returned to Ben-hadad with that response.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:4 - So Naaman told the king what the young girl from Israel had said.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:17 - Then Naaman said, “All right, but please allow me to load two of my mules with earth from this place, and I will take it back home with me. From now on I will never again offer burnt offerings or sacrifices to any other god except the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:33 - While Elisha was still saying this, the messenger arrived. And the king[fn] said, “All this misery is from the LORD! Why should I wait for the LORD any longer?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:16 - Then Jehu said, “Now come with me, and see how devoted I am to the LORD.” So Jehonadab rode along with him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:17 - Then Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king and the people that they would be the LORD's people. He also made a covenant between the king and the people.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:17 - Then he commanded, “Open that eastern window,” and he opened it. Then he said, “Shoot!” So he shot an arrow. Elisha proclaimed, “This is the LORD's arrow, an arrow of victory over Aram, for you will completely conquer the Arameans at Aphek.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:7 - This disaster came upon the people of Israel because they worshiped other gods. They sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them safely out of Egypt and had rescued them from the power of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:12 - Yes, they worshiped idols,[fn] despite the LORD's specific and repeated warnings.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:36 - But worship only the LORD, who brought you out of Egypt with great strength and a powerful arm. Bow down to him alone, and offer sacrifices only to him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:5 - Hezekiah trusted in the LORD, the God of Israel. There was no one like him among all the kings of Judah, either before or after his time.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:6 - He remained faithful to the LORD in everything, and he carefully obeyed all the commands the LORD had given Moses.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:23 - “I'll tell you what! Strike a bargain with my master, the king of Assyria. I will give you 2,000 horses if you can find that many men to ride on them!
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:21 - King Josiah then issued this order to all the people: “You must celebrate the Passover to the LORD your God, as required in this Book of the Covenant.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:23 - This Passover was celebrated to the LORD in Jerusalem in the eighteenth year of King Josiah's reign.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 10:13 - So Saul died because he was unfaithful to the LORD. He failed to obey the LORD's command, and he even consulted a medium
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:18 - So the Three broke through the Philistine lines, drew some water from the well by the gate in Bethlehem, and brought it back to David. But David refused to drink it. Instead, he poured it out as an offering to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:8 - Give thanks to the LORD and proclaim his greatness.
Let the whole world know what he has done.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:23 - Let the whole earth sing to the LORD!
Each day proclaim the good news that he saves.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:28 - O nations of the world, recognize the LORD,
recognize that the LORD is glorious and strong.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:29 - Give to the LORD the glory he deserves!
Bring your offering and come into his presence.
Worship the LORD in all his holy splendor.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:34 - Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good!
His faithful love endures forever.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:36 - Praise the LORD, the God of Israel,
who lives from everlasting to everlasting! And all the people shouted “Amen!” and praised the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:40 - They sacrificed the regular burnt offerings to the LORD each morning and evening on the altar set aside for that purpose, obeying everything written in the Law of the LORD, as he had commanded Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:11 - King David dedicated all these gifts to the LORD, along with the silver and gold he had taken from the other nations—from Edom, Moab, Ammon, Philistia, and Amalek.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:3 - But Joab replied, “May the LORD increase the number of his people a hundred times over! But why, my lord the king, do you want to do this? Are they not all your servants? Why must you cause Israel to sin?”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:18 - Then the angel of the LORD told Gad to instruct David to go up and build an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:22 - David said to Araunah, “Let me buy this threshing floor from you at its full price. Then I will build an altar to the LORD there, so that he will stop the plague.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:24 - But King David replied to Araunah, “No, I insist on buying it for the full price. I will not take what is yours and give it to the LORD. I will not present burnt offerings that have cost me nothing!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:26 - David built an altar there to the LORD and sacrificed burnt offerings and peace offerings. And when David prayed, the LORD answered him by sending fire from heaven to burn up the offering on the altar.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:5 - David said, “My son Solomon is still young and inexperienced. And since the Temple to be built for the LORD must be a magnificent structure, famous and glorious throughout the world, I will begin making preparations for it now.” So David collected vast amounts of building materials before his death.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:6 - Then David sent for his son Solomon and instructed him to build a Temple for the LORD, the God of Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:11 - “Now, my son, may the LORD be with you and give you success as you follow his directions in building the Temple of the LORD your God.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:19 - Now seek the LORD your God with all your heart and soul. Build the sanctuary of the LORD God so that you can bring the Ark of the LORD's Covenant and the holy vessels of God into the Temple built to honor the LORD's name.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:5 - Another 4,000 will work as gatekeepers, and 4,000 will praise the LORD with the musical instruments I have made.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:30 - And each morning and evening they stood before the LORD to sing songs of thanks and praise to him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:31 - They assisted with the burnt offerings that were presented to the LORD on Sabbath days, at new moon celebrations, and at all the appointed festivals. The required number of Levites served in the LORD's presence at all times, following all the procedures they had been given.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:3 - From the sons of Jeduthun, there were Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Shimei,[fn] Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six in all. They worked under the direction of their father, Jeduthun, who proclaimed God's messages to the accompaniment of the lyre, offering thanks and praise to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:7 - They and their families were all trained in making music before the LORD, and each of them—288 in all—was an accomplished musician.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:1 - Then King David turned to the entire assembly and said, “My son Solomon, whom God has clearly chosen as the next king of Israel, is still young and inexperienced. The work ahead of him is enormous, for the Temple he will build is not for mere mortals—it is for the LORD God himself!
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:5 - and for the other gold and silver work to be done by the craftsmen. Now then, who will follow my example and give offerings to the LORD today?”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:9 - The people rejoiced over the offerings, for they had given freely and wholeheartedly to the LORD, and King David was filled with joy.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:20 - Then David said to the whole assembly, “Give praise to the LORD your God!” And the entire assembly praised the LORD, the God of their ancestors, and they bowed low and knelt before the LORD and the king.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 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.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 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.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:12 - Praise the LORD, the God of Israel, who made the heavens and the earth! He has given King David a wise son, gifted with skill and understanding, who will build a Temple for the LORD and a royal palace for himself.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:13 - The trumpeters and singers performed together in unison to praise and give thanks to the LORD. Accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and other instruments, they raised their voices and praised the LORD with these words:
“He is good!
His faithful love endures forever!” At that moment a thick cloud filled the Temple of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 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!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:12 - Then Solomon presented burnt offerings to the LORD on the altar he had built for him in front of the entry room of the Temple.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:8 - Praise the LORD your God, who delights in you and has placed you on the throne as king to rule for him. Because God loves Israel and desires this kingdom to last forever, he has made you king over them so you can rule with justice and righteousness.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:14 - The Levites even abandoned their pasturelands and property and moved to Judah and Jerusalem, because Jeroboam and his sons would not allow them to serve the LORD as priests.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:16 - From all the tribes of Israel, those who sincerely wanted to worship the LORD, the God of Israel, followed the Levites to Jerusalem, where they could offer sacrifices to the LORD, the God of their ancestors.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:10 - “But as for us, the LORD is our God, and we have not abandoned him. Only the descendants of Aaron serve the LORD as priests, and the Levites alone may help them in their work.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:11 - They present burnt offerings and fragrant incense to the LORD every morning and evening. They place the Bread of the Presence on the holy table, and they light the gold lampstand every evening. We are following the instructions of the LORD our God, but you have abandoned him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:11 - On that day they sacrificed to the LORD 700 cattle and 7,000 sheep and goats from the plunder they had taken in the battle.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:14 - They shouted out their oath of loyalty to the LORD with trumpets blaring and rams' horns sounding.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:16 - Next was Amasiah son of Zicri, who volunteered for the LORD's service, with 200,000 troops under his command.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:6 - and he said to them, “Always think carefully before pronouncing judgment. Remember that you do not judge to please people but to please the LORD. He will be with you when you render the verdict in each case.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:10 - Whenever a case comes to you from fellow citizens in an outlying town, whether a murder case or some other violation of God's laws, commands, decrees, or regulations, you must warn them not to sin against the LORD, so that he will not be angry with you and them. Do this and you will not be guilty.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:18 - Then King Jehoshaphat bowed low with his face to the ground. And all the people of Judah and Jerusalem did the same, worshiping the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 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.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 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.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:21 - After consulting the people, the king appointed singers to walk ahead of the army, singing to the LORD and praising him for his holy splendor. This is what they sang:
“Give thanks to the LORD;
his faithful love endures forever!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:16 - Then Jehoiada made a covenant between himself and the king and the people that they would be the LORD's people.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:18 - Jehoiada now put the priests and Levites in charge of the Temple of the LORD, following all the directions given by David. He also commanded them to present burnt offerings to the LORD, as prescribed by the Law of Moses, and to sing and rejoice as David had instructed.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:9 - Then a proclamation was sent throughout Judah and Jerusalem, telling the people to bring to the LORD the tax that Moses, the servant of God, had required of the Israelites in the wilderness.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:9 - Amaziah asked the man of God, “But what about all that silver I paid to hire the army of Israel?”
The man of God replied, “The LORD is able to give you much more than this!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:16 - But when he had become powerful, he also became proud, which led to his downfall. He sinned against the LORD his God by entering the sanctuary of the LORD's Temple and personally burning incense on the incense altar.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:18 - They confronted King Uzziah and said, “It is not for you, Uzziah, to burn incense to the LORD. That is the work of the priests alone, the descendants of Aaron who are set apart for this work. Get out of the sanctuary, for you have sinned. The LORD God will not honor you for this!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 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?
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 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.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:27 - Then Hezekiah ordered that the burnt offering be placed on the altar. As the burnt offering was presented, songs of praise to the LORD were begun, accompanied by the trumpets and other instruments of David, the former king of Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 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.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:32 - The people brought to the LORD 70 bulls, 100 rams, and 200 male lambs for burnt offerings.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 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.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:5 - So they sent a proclamation throughout all Israel, from Beersheba in the south to Dan in the north, inviting everyone to come to Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover of the LORD, the God of Israel. The people had not been celebrating it in great numbers as required in the Law.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 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.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:17 - Since many of the people had not purified themselves, the Levites had to slaughter their Passover lamb for them, to set them apart for the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:21 - So the people of Israel who were present in Jerusalem joyously celebrated the Festival of Unleavened Bread for seven days. Each day the Levites and priests sang to the LORD, accompanied by loud instruments.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:22 - Hezekiah encouraged all the Levites regarding the skill they displayed as they served the LORD. The celebration continued for seven days. Peace offerings were sacrificed, and the people gave thanks to the LORD, the God of their ancestors.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:6 - The people who had moved to Judah from Israel, and the people of Judah themselves, brought in the tithes of their cattle, sheep, and goats and a tithe of the things that had been dedicated to the LORD their God, and they piled them up in great heaps.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:14 - Kore son of Imnah the Levite, who was the gatekeeper at the East Gate, was put in charge of distributing the voluntary offerings given to God, the gifts, and the things that had been dedicated to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 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.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:16 - Then he restored the altar of the LORD and sacrificed peace offerings and thanksgiving offerings on it. He also encouraged the people of Judah to worship the LORD, the God of Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:33 - So Josiah removed all detestable idols from the entire land of Israel and required everyone to worship the LORD their God. And throughout the rest of his lifetime, they did not turn away from the LORD, the God of their ancestors.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:1 - Then Josiah announced that the Passover of the LORD would be celebrated in Jerusalem, and so the Passover lamb was slaughtered on the fourteenth day of the first month.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:3 - He issued this order to the Levites, who were to teach all Israel and who had been set apart to serve the LORD: “Put the holy Ark in the Temple that was built by Solomon son of David, the king of Israel. You no longer need to carry it back and forth on your shoulders. Now spend your time serving the LORD your God and his people Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:12 - They divided the burnt offerings among the people by their family groups, so they could offer them to the LORD as prescribed in the Book of Moses. They did the same with the cattle.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:18 - Never since the time of the prophet Samuel had there been such a Passover. None of the kings of Israel had ever kept a Passover as Josiah did, involving all the priests and Levites, all the people of Jerusalem, and people from all over Judah and Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:6 - Fifteen days before the Festival of Shelters began,[fn] the priests had begun to sacrifice burnt offerings to the LORD. This was even before they had started to lay the foundation of the LORD's Temple.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:11 - With praise and thanks, they sang this song to the LORD:
“He is so good!
His faithful love for Israel endures forever!” Then all the people gave a great shout, praising the LORD because the foundation of the LORD's Temple had been laid.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:1 - The enemies of Judah and Benjamin heard that the exiles were rebuilding a Temple to the LORD, the God of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:3 - But Zerubbabel, Jeshua, and the other leaders of Israel replied, “You may have no part in this work. We alone will build the Temple for the LORD, the God of Israel, just as King Cyrus of Persia commanded us.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:28 - And I said to these priests, “You and these treasures have been set apart as holy to the LORD. This silver and gold is a voluntary offering to the LORD, the God of our ancestors.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:35 - Then the exiles who had come out of captivity sacrificed burnt offerings to the God of Israel. They presented twelve bulls for all the people of Israel, as well as ninety-six rams and seventy-seven male lambs. They also offered twelve male goats as a sin offering. All this was given as a burnt offering to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:11 - So now confess your sin to the LORD, the God of your ancestors, and do what he demands. Separate yourselves from the people of the land and from these pagan women.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:6 - Then Ezra praised the LORD, the great God, and all the people chanted, “Amen! Amen!” as they lifted their hands. Then they bowed down and worshiped the LORD with their faces to the ground.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:9 - Then Nehemiah the governor, Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who were interpreting for the people said to them, “Don't mourn or weep on such a day as this! For today is a sacred day before the LORD your God.” For the people had all been weeping as they listened to the words of the Law.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:10 - And Nehemiah[fn] continued, “Go and celebrate with a feast of rich foods and sweet drinks, and share gifts of food with people who have nothing prepared. This is a sacred day before our Lord. Don't be dejected and sad, for the joy of the LORD is your strength!”
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:3 - They remained standing in place for three hours[fn] while the Book of the Law of the LORD their God was read aloud to them. Then for three more hours they confessed their sins and worshiped the LORD their God.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:7 - “Where have you come from?” the LORD asked Satan.
Satan answered the LORD, “I have been patrolling the earth, watching everything that's going on.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:21 - He said,
“I came naked from my mother's womb,
and I will be naked when I leave.
The LORD gave me what I had,
and the LORD has taken it away.
Praise the name of the LORD!”
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:4 - Satan replied to the LORD, “Skin for skin! A man will give up everything he has to save his life.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:2 - “Yes, I know all this is true in principle.
But how can a person be declared innocent in God's sight?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:14 - And yet they say to God, ‘Go away.
We want no part of you and your ways.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:3 - Is it any advantage to the Almighty if you are righteous?
Would it be any gain to him if you were perfect?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:13 - And don't tell me, ‘He is too wise for us.
Only God can convince him.'
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:3 - Then Job replied to the LORD,
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:1 - Then Job replied to the LORD:
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:11 - Serve the LORD with reverent fear,
and rejoice with trembling.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:1 - A psalm of David, which he sang to the LORD concerning Cush of the tribe of Benjamin.

I come to you for protection, O LORD my God.
Save me from my persecutors—rescue me!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:17 - I will thank the LORD because he is just;
I will sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:11 - Sing praises to the LORD who reigns in Jerusalem.[fn]
Tell the world about his unforgettable deeds.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 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!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 13:5 - But I trust in your unfailing love.
I will rejoice because you have rescued me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:2 - I said to the LORD, “You are my Master!
Every good thing I have comes from you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:30 - Our children will also serve him.
Future generations will hear about the wonders of the Lord.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 26:1 - A psalm of David.

Declare me innocent, O LORD,
for I have acted with integrity;
I have trusted in the LORD without wavering.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:6 - Then I will hold my head high
above my enemies who surround me.
At his sanctuary I will offer sacrifices with shouts of joy,
singing and praising the LORD with music.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 29:1 - A psalm of David.

Honor the LORD, you heavenly beings[fn];
honor the LORD for his glory and strength.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 29:2 - Honor the LORD for the glory of his name.
Worship the LORD in the splendor of his holiness.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:4 - Sing to the LORD, all you godly ones!
Praise his holy name.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:6 - I hate those who worship worthless idols.
I trust in the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:5 - Finally, I confessed all my sins to you
and stopped trying to hide my guilt.
I said to myself, “I will confess my rebellion to the LORD.”
And you forgave me! All my guilt is gone.
Interlude
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:1 - Let the godly sing for joy to the LORD;
it is fitting for the pure to praise him.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:2 - Praise the LORD with melodies on the lyre;
make music for him on the ten-stringed harp.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:20 - We put our hope in the LORD.
He is our help and our shield.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:2 - I will boast only in the LORD;
let all who are helpless take heart.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:9 - Then I will rejoice in the LORD.
I will be glad because he rescues me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:7 - Be still in the presence of the LORD,
and wait patiently for him to act.
Don't worry about evil people who prosper
or fret about their wicked schemes.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 56:10 - I praise God for what he has promised;
yes, I praise the LORD for what he has promised.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 64:10 - The godly will rejoice in the LORD
and find shelter in him.
And those who do what is right
will praise him.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:32 - Sing to God, you kingdoms of the earth.
Sing praises to the Lord.
Interlude
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:28 - But as for me, how good it is to be near God!
I have made the Sovereign LORD my shelter,
and I will tell everyone about the wonderful things you do.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 76:11 - Make vows to the LORD your God, and keep them.
Let everyone bring tribute to the Awesome One.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:6 - For who in all of heaven can compare with the LORD?
What mightiest angel is anything like the LORD?
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:2 - This I declare about the LORD:
He alone is my refuge, my place of safety;
he is my God, and I trust him.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:1 - A psalm. A song to be sung on the Sabbath Day.

It is good to give thanks to the LORD,
to sing praises to the Most High.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 95:1 - Come, let us sing to the LORD!
Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 96:1 - Sing a new song to the LORD!
Let the whole earth sing to the LORD!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 96:2 - Sing to the LORD; praise his name.
Each day proclaim the good news that he saves.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 96:7 - O nations of the world, recognize the LORD;
recognize that the LORD is glorious and strong.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 96:8 - Give to the LORD the glory he deserves!
Bring your offering and come into his courts.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 96:9 - Worship the LORD in all his holy splendor.
Let all the earth tremble before him.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 97:12 - May all who are godly rejoice in the LORD
and praise his holy name!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 98:1 - A psalm.

Sing a new song to the LORD,
for he has done wonderful deeds.
His right hand has won a mighty victory;
his holy arm has shown his saving power!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 98:5 - Sing your praise to the LORD with the harp,
with the harp and melodious song,
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 100:1 - A psalm of thanksgiving.

Shout with joy to the LORD, all the earth!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 100:2 - Worship the LORD with gladness.
Come before him, singing with joy.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:22 - when multitudes gather together
and kingdoms come to worship the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:33 - I will sing to the LORD as long as I live.
I will praise my God to my last breath!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:34 - May all my thoughts be pleasing to him,
for I rejoice in the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:1 - Give thanks to the LORD and proclaim his greatness.
Let the whole world know what he has done.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:1 - Praise the LORD!
Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good!
His faithful love endures forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:1 - Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good!
His faithful love endures forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:8 - Let them praise the LORD for his great love
and for the wonderful things he has done for them.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:15 - Let them praise the LORD for his great love
and for the wonderful things he has done for them.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:21 - Let them praise the LORD for his great love
and for the wonderful things he has done for them.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:31 - Let them praise the LORD for his great love
and for the wonderful things he has done for them.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:30 - But I will give repeated thanks to the LORD,
praising him to everyone.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 110:1 - A psalm of David.

The LORD said to my Lord,
“Sit in the place of honor at my right hand
until I humble your enemies,
making them a footstool under your feet.”
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 115:15 - May you be blessed by the LORD,
who made heaven and earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 115:16 - The heavens belong to the LORD,
but he has given the earth to all humanity.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 116:12 - What can I offer the LORD
for all he has done for me?
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 116:18 - I will fulfill my vows to the LORD
in the presence of all his people—
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:1 - Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good!
His faithful love endures forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:19 - Open for me the gates where the righteous enter,
and I will go in and thank the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:29 - Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good!
His faithful love endures forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:126 - LORD, it is time for you to act,
for these evil people have violated your instructions.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 130:7 - O Israel, hope in the LORD;
for with the LORD there is unfailing love.
His redemption overflows.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:2 - He made a solemn promise to the LORD.
He vowed to the Mighty One of Israel,[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:5 - until I find a place to build a house for the LORD,
a sanctuary for the Mighty One of Israel.”
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:1 - Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good!
His faithful love endures forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:3 - Give thanks to the Lord of lords.
His faithful love endures forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:26 - Give thanks to the God of heaven.
His faithful love endures forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:6 - I said to the LORD, “You are my God!”
Listen, O LORD, to my cries for mercy!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:7 - Sing out your thanks to the LORD;
sing praises to our God with a harp.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 149:1 - Praise the LORD!
Sing to the LORD a new song.
Sing his praises in the assembly of the faithful.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:3 - Their purpose is to teach people to live disciplined and successful lives,
to help them do what is right, just, and fair.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:20 - The LORD detests people with crooked hearts,
but he delights in those with integrity.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:2 - The LORD approves of those who are good,
but he condemns those who plan wickedness.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:22 - The LORD detests lying lips,
but he delights in those who tell the truth.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:8 - The LORD detests the sacrifice of the wicked,
but he delights in the prayers of the upright.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:9 - The LORD detests the way of the wicked,
but he loves those who pursue godliness.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:11 - Even Death and Destruction[fn] hold no secrets from the LORD.
How much more does he know the human heart!
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:26 - The LORD detests evil plans,
but he delights in pure words.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:28 - The heart of the godly thinks carefully before speaking;
the mouth of the wicked overflows with evil words.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:11 - The LORD demands accurate scales and balances;
he sets the standards for fairness.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:3 - Fire tests the purity of silver and gold,
but the LORD tests the heart.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:23 - The LORD detests double standards;
he is not pleased by dishonest scales.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:27 - The sacrifice of an evil person is detestable,
especially when it is offered with wrong motives.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:20 - Just as Death and Destruction[fn] are never satisfied,
so human desire is never satisfied.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:13 - Then Isaiah said, “Listen well, you royal family of David! Isn't it enough to exhaust human patience? Must you exhaust the patience of my God as well?
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 18:7 - At that time the LORD of Heaven's Armies will receive gifts
from this land divided by rivers,
from this tall, smooth-skinned people,
who are feared far and wide for their conquests and destruction.
They will bring the gifts to Jerusalem,[fn]
where the LORD of Heaven's Armies dwells.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:19 - In that day there will be an altar to the LORD in the heart of Egypt, and there will be a monument to the LORD at its border.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:21 - The LORD will make himself known to the Egyptians. Yes, they will know the LORD and will give their sacrifices and offerings to him. They will make a vow to the LORD and will keep it.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:13 - In that day the great trumpet will sound. Many who were dying in exile in Assyria and Egypt will return to Jerusalem to worship the LORD on his holy mountain.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:6 - The sword of the LORD is drenched with blood
and covered with fat—
with the blood of lambs and goats,
with the fat of rams prepared for sacrifice.
Yes, the LORD will offer a sacrifice in the city of Bozrah.
He will make a mighty slaughter in Edom.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:8 - “I'll tell you what! Strike a bargain with my master, the king of Assyria. I will give you 2,000 horses if you can find that many men to ride on them!
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:4 - I replied, “But my work seems so useless!
I have spent my strength for nothing and to no purpose.
Yet I leave it all in the LORD's hand;
I will trust God for my reward.”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:6 - “I will also bless the foreigners who commit themselves to the LORD,
who serve him and love his name,
who worship him and do not desecrate the Sabbath day of rest,
and who hold fast to my covenant.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:10 - I am overwhelmed with joy in the LORD my God!
For he has dressed me with the clothing of salvation
and draped me in a robe of righteousness.
I am like a bridegroom in his wedding suit
or a bride with her jewels.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:3 - In those days Israel was holy to the LORD,
the first of his children.[fn]
All who harmed his people were declared guilty,
and disaster fell on them.
I, the LORD, have spoken!”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:12 - “They have lied about the LORD
and said, ‘He won't bother us!
No disasters will come upon us.
There will be no war or famine.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:16 - Give glory to the LORD your God
before it is too late.
Acknowledge him before he brings darkness upon you,
causing you to stumble and fall on the darkening mountains.
For then, when you look for light,
you will find only terrible darkness and gloom.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:7 - “But blessed are those who trust in the LORD
and have made the LORD their hope and confidence.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:13 - Sing to the LORD!
Praise the LORD!
For though I was poor and needy,
he rescued me from my oppressors.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 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!'”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:9 - For my people will serve the LORD their God
and their king descended from David—
the king I will raise up for them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:38 - “The day is coming,” says the LORD, “when all Jerusalem will be rebuilt for me, from the Tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:40 - And the entire area—including the graveyard and ash dump in the valley, and all the fields out to the Kidron Valley on the east as far as the Horse Gate—will be holy to the LORD. The city will never again be captured or destroyed.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:23 - All these terrible things happened to you because you have burned incense to idols and sinned against the LORD. You have refused to obey him and have not followed his instructions, his decrees, and his laws.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:10 - For this is the day of the Lord, the LORD of Heaven's Armies,
a day of vengeance on his enemies.
The sword will devour until it is satisfied,
yes, until it is drunk with your blood!
The Lord, the LORD of Heaven's Armies, will receive a sacrifice today
in the north country beside the Euphrates River.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:7 - All who found them devoured them.
Their enemies said,
‘We did nothing wrong in attacking them,
for they sinned against the LORD,
their true place of rest,
and the hope of their ancestors.'
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:24 - Listen, Babylon, for I have set a trap for you.
You are caught, for you have fought against the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:25 - The LORD has opened his armory
and brought out weapons to vent his fury.
The terror that falls upon the Babylonians
will be the work of the Sovereign LORD of Heaven's Armies.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:24 - You are to present them to the LORD, and the priests are to sprinkle salt on them and offer them as a burnt offering to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:1 - “When you divide the land among the tribes of Israel, you must set aside a section for the LORD as his holy portion. This piece of land will be 8⅓ miles long and 6⅔ miles wide.[fn] The entire area will be holy.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:23 - On each of the seven days of the feast he will prepare a burnt offering to the LORD, consisting of seven young bulls and seven rams without defects. A male goat will also be given each day for a sin offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:4 - “Each Sabbath day the prince will present to the LORD a burnt offering of six lambs and one ram, all with no defects.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:12 - When the prince offers a voluntary burnt offering or peace offering to the LORD, the east gateway to the inner courtyard will be opened for him, and he will offer his sacrifices as he does on Sabbath days. Then he will leave, and the gateway will be shut behind him.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:13 - “Each morning you must sacrifice a one-year-old lamb with no defects as a burnt offering to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:14 - With the lamb, a grain offering must also be given to the LORD—about three quarts of flour with a third of a gallon of olive oil[fn] to moisten the choice flour. This will be a permanent law for you.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:9 - “The area set aside for the LORD's Temple will be 8⅓ miles long and 6⅔ miles wide.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:14 - None of this special land may ever be sold or traded or used by others, for it belongs to the LORD; it is set apart as holy.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:9 - But the Lord our God is merciful and forgiving, even though we have rebelled against him.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 1:7 - But I will show love to the people of Judah. I will free them from their enemies—not with weapons and armies or horses and charioteers, but by my power as the LORD their God.”
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 3:5 - But afterward the people will return and devote themselves to the LORD their God and to David's descendant, their king.[fn] In the last days, they will tremble in awe of the LORD and of his goodness.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:1 - Hear the word of the LORD, O people of Israel!
The LORD has brought charges against you, saying:
“There is no faithfulness, no kindness,
no knowledge of God in your land.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:2 - Now the LORD is bringing charges against Judah.
He is about to punish Jacob[fn] for all his deceitful ways,
and pay him back for all he has done.
Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:14 - Who knows? Perhaps he will give you a reprieve,
sending you a blessing instead of this curse.
Perhaps you will be able to offer grain and wine
to the LORD your God as before.
Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:17 - Let the priests, who minister in the LORD's presence,
stand and weep between the entry room to the Temple and the altar.
Let them pray, “Spare your people, LORD!
Don't let your special possession become an object of mockery.
Don't let them become a joke for unbelieving foreigners who say,
‘Has the God of Israel left them?'”
Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:23 - 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:21 - Those who have been rescued[fn] will go up to[fn] Mount Zion in Jerusalem
to rule over the mountains of Edom.
And the LORD himself will be king!”
Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:16 - The sailors were awestruck by the LORD's great power, and they offered him a sacrifice and vowed to serve him.
Unchecked Copy BoxJon 2:9 - But I will offer sacrifices to you with songs of praise,
and I will fulfill all my vows.
For my salvation comes from the LORD alone.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 4:13 - “Rise up and crush the nations, O Jerusalem!”[fn]
says the LORD.
“For I will give you iron horns and bronze hooves,
so you can trample many nations to pieces.
You will present their stolen riches to the LORD,
their wealth to the LORD of all the earth.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 6:2 - And now, O mountains,
listen to the LORD's complaint!
He has a case against his people.
He will bring charges against Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:17 - Like snakes crawling from their holes,
they will come out to meet the LORD our God.
They will fear him greatly,
trembling in terror at his presence.
Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:18 - yet I will rejoice in the LORD!
I will be joyful in the God of my salvation!
Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:17 - “Because you have sinned against the LORD,
I will make you grope around like the blind.
Your blood will be poured into the dust,
and your bodies will lie rotting on the ground.”
Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:2 - No one can tell it anything;
it refuses all correction.
It does not trust in the LORD
or draw near to its God.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 4:14 - Then he said to me, “They represent the two heavenly beings who stand in the court of the Lord of all the earth.”
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 6:5 - The angel replied, “These are the four spirits[fn] of heaven who stand before the Lord of all the earth. They are going out to do his work.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:7 - The people of Israel[fn] will become like mighty warriors,
and their hearts will be made happy as if by wine.
Their children, too, will see it and be glad;
their hearts will rejoice in the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:12 - By my power[fn] I will make my people strong,
and by my authority they will go wherever they wish.
I, the LORD, have spoken!”
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:5 - And the clans of Judah will say to themselves, ‘The people of Jerusalem have found strength in the LORD of Heaven's Armies, their God.'
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:7 - yet there will be continuous day! Only the LORD knows how this could happen. There will be no normal day and night, for at evening time it will still be light.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:16 - In the end, the enemies of Jerusalem who survive the plague will go up to Jerusalem each year to worship the King, the LORD of Heaven's Armies, and to celebrate the Festival of Shelters.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:17 - Any nation in the world that refuses to come to Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of Heaven's Armies, will have no rain.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:20 - On that day even the harness bells of the horses will be inscribed with these words: HOLY TO THE LORD. And the cooking pots in the Temple of the LORD will be as sacred as the basins used beside the altar.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:21 - In fact, every cooking pot in Jerusalem and Judah will be holy to the LORD of Heaven's Armies. All who come to worship will be free to use any of these pots to boil their sacrifices. And on that day there will no longer be traders[fn] in the Temple of the LORD of Heaven's Armies.
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:14 - “Cursed is the cheat who promises to give a fine ram from his flock but then sacrifices a defective one to the Lord. For I am a great king,” says the LORD of Heaven's Armies, “and my name is feared among the nations!
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:12 - May the LORD cut off from the nation of Israel[fn] every last man who has done this and yet brings an offering to the LORD of Heaven's Armies.
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:3 - He will sit like a refiner of silver, burning away the dross. He will purify the Levites, refining them like gold and silver, so that they may once again offer acceptable sacrifices to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:4 - Then once more the LORD will accept the offerings brought to him by the people of Judah and Jerusalem, as he did in the past.
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