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In a place of green grass, there he has made me dwell: he has nourished me by the water of rest.

And the desert places of Jordan shall blossom and rejoice; the glory of Libanus has been given to it, and the honour of Carmel; and my people shall see the glory of the Lord, and the majesty of God.

speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them, Whatsoever man or woman shall specially vow a vow to separate oneself with purity to the Lord,

thine elders and thy judges shall come forth, and shall measure the distances of the cities round about the slain man:

For the wrath of the Lord is upon all nations, and his anger upon the number of them, to destroy them, and give them up to slaughter.

And his concubine departed from him, and went away from him to the house of her father to Bethleem Juda, and she was there four months.

And a man shall hide his words, and be hidden, as from rushing water, and shall appear in Sion as a rushing river, glorious in a thirsty land.

And the Lord said to me, Fear him not, for I have delivered him, and all his people, and all his land, into thy hands; and thou shalt do to him as thou didst to Seon king of the Amorites who dwelt in Esebon.

Because he has inclined his ear to me, therefore will I call upon him while I live.

Lord, have mercy upon us; for we have trusted in thee: the seed of the rebellious is gone to destruction, but our deliverance was in a time of affliction.

And Ezekias turned his face to the wall, and prayed to the Lord, saying,

And if thou pass through water, I am with thee; and the rivers shall not overflow thee: and if thou go through fire, thou shalt not be burned; the flame shall not burn thee.

Serve the Lord with gladness; come before his presence with exultation.

And Abessalom rose early, and stood by the side of the way of the gate: and it came to pass that every man who had a cause, came to the king for judgment, and Abessalom cried to him, and said to him, Of what city art thou? And he said, Thy servant is of one of the tribes of Israel.

(for I am weighed in a just balance, and the Lord knows my innocence:)

And David said to Anchus, Thus now thou shalt know what thy servant will do. And Anchus said to David, So will I make thee captain of my body-guard continually.

The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament proclaims the work of his hands.

And he restored the eleven hundred pieces of silver to his mother; and his mother said, I had wholly consecrated the money to the Lord out of my hand for my son, to make a graven and a molten image, and now I will restore it to thee.

And the Philistines call their priests, and their prophets, and their enchanters, saying, What shall we do to the ark of the Lord? teach us wherewith we shall send it away to its place.

For I will grievously afflict Ariel: and her strength and her wealth shall be mine.

And they departed from Raphidin, and came into the wilderness of Sina, and there Israel encamped before the mountain.

Behold, the anger of the Lord is strong and severe, as descending hail where there is no shelter, violently descending; as a great body of water sweeping away the soil, he shall make rest for the land.

Open ye the gates, let the nation enter that keeps righteousness, and keeps truth,

And the Lord said, Judas shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.

The Lord is my firm support, and my refuge, and my deliverer; my God is my helper, I will hope in him; he is my defender, and the horn of my salvation, and my helper.

And the Lord said to him, What is this thing that is in thine hand? and he said, A rod.

Or as a servant that fears his master, and one who has grasped a shadow? or as a hireling waiting for his pay?

How long wilt thou speak these things, how long shall the breath of thy mouth be abundant in words?

Let my judgment come forth from thy presence; let mine eyes behold righteousness.

The Lord hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee.

In that day there shall be a fair vineyard, and a desire to commence a song concerning it.

even they that proceed to go down into Egypt, but they have not enquired of me, that they might be helped by Pharao, and protected by the Egyptians.

To whom are the dwellers in the island become like, the merchants of Phoenice, passing over the sea

And the Lord said to me,

male and female he made them, and blessed them; and he called his name Adam, in the day in which he made them.

The city is filled with shouting men: thy slain are not slain with swords, nor are thy dead those who have died in battle.

And Israel vowed a vow to the Lord, and said, If thou wilt deliver this people into my power, I will devote it and its cities to thee.

Speak to Aaron and to his sons, and let them take heed concerning the holy things of the children of Israel, so they shall not profane my holy name in any of the things which they consecrate to me: I am the Lord.

And the people shall be as the priest, and the servant as the lord, and the maid as the mistress; the buyer shall be as the seller, the lender as the borrower, and the debtor as his creditor.

Moses my servant is dead; now then arise, go over Jordan, thou and all this people, into the land, which I give them.

And Joshua said to all the people, Thus says the Lord God of Israel, Your fathers at first sojourned beyond the river, even Thara, the father of Abraam and the father of Nachor; and they served other gods.

And the sons of Dan sent from their families five men of valour, from Saraa and from Esthaol, to spy out the land and to search it; and they said to them, Go and search out the land. And they came as far as the mount of Ephraim to the house of Michaias and they lodged there,

And he lifted up his eyes and beheld, and lo! three men stood before him; and having seen them he ran to meet them from the door of his tent, and did obeisance to the ground.

My hands formed a musical instrument, and my fingers tuned a psaltery.

And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, and walked after the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, who led Israel to sin; he departed not from them.

And the five curtains shall be joined one to another, and the other five curtains shall be closely connected the one with the other.

And Esau took to himself wives of the daughters of the Chananites; Ada, the daughter of Aelom the Chettite; and Olibema, daughter of Ana the son of Sebegon, the Evite;

And the Egyptians shall be stirred up against the Egyptians: and a man shall fight against his brother, and a man against his neighbor, city against city, and law against law.

then the Lord spoke to Esaias the son of Amos, saying, Go and take the sackcloth off thy loins, and loose thy sandals from off thy feet, and do thus, going naked and barefoot.

Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them, I am the Lord your God.

Oh that I were as in months past, wherein God preserved me!

And the Philistines took the ark of the Lord, and brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.

so a fearful and a grievous vision was declared to me: he that is treacherous deals treacherously, the transgressor transgresses. The Elamites are upon me, and the ambassadors of the Persians come against me: now will I groan and comfort myself.

For thou hast made cities a heap, even cities made strong that their foundations should not fall: the city of ungodly men shall not be built for ever.

For wrath destroys the foolish one, and envy slays him that has gone astray.

abandoned for ever, to be a fold and resting-place for flocks, and there shall be none to go after them.

I said to the Lord, Thou art my Lord; for thou has no need of my goodness.

Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Joadim of Jerusalem.

Watching care will not let a man slumber, as a sore disease breaketh sleep,

Then the king's countenance changed, and his thoughts troubled him, and the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one another.

And Pharao said, Who is he that I should hearken to his voice, so that I should send away the children of Israel? I do not know the Lord, and I will not let Israel go.

And he said, Behold, I am grown old, and know not the day of my death.

And if there should be found in any one of thy cities, which the Lord thy God gives thee, a man or a woman who shall do that which is evil before the Lord thy God, so as to transgress his covenant,

And I will establish my covenant between me and thee, and I will multiply thee exceedingly.

Sing to the Lord a new song: his praise is in the assembly of the saints.

and all the land of Ephraim and Manasse, and all the land of Juda to the farthest sea;

Grieve for yourselves; for even Debon, where your altar is, shall be destroyed: thither shall ye go up to weep, over Nabau of the land of Moab: howl ye: baldness shall be on every head, and all arms shall be wounded.

Praise him on account of his mighty acts: praise him according to his abundant greatness.

And Amnon was distressed even to sickness, because of Themar his sister; for she was a virgin, and it seemed very difficult for Amnon to do anything to her.

Oh that one would indeed weigh the wrath that is upon me, and take up my griefs in a balance together!

For thou shalt be as a young bird taken away from a bird that has flown: even thou shalt be so, daughter of Moab: and then do thou, O Arnon,

He sends messengers by the sea, and paper letters on the water: for swift messengers shall go to a lofty nation, and to a strange and harsh people. Who is beyond it? a nation not looked for, and trodden down.

And the Philistines prepare to fight with Israel, and the battle was turned against them; and the men of Israel fell before the Philistines, and there were smitten in the battle in the field four thousand men.

For he has strengthened the bars of thy gates; he has blessed thy children within thee.

And the king said to Siba, What meanest thou by these? and Siba, said, The asses are for the household of the king to sit upon, and the loaves and the dates are for the young men to eat, and the wine is for them that are faint in the wilderness to drink.

Lift up a standard on the mountain of the plain, exalt the voice to them, beckon with the hand, open the gates, ye rulers.

Wherever pride enters, there will be also disgrace: but the mouth of the lowly meditates wisdom.

Hast thou been often spoken to in distress? but who shall endure the force of thy words?

And let us rise and go up to Baethel, and let us there make an alter to God who hearkened to me in the day of calamity, who was with me, and preserved me throughout in the journey, by which I went.

Behold, my God is my Saviour; I will trust in him, and not be afraid: for the Lord is my glory and my praise, and is become my salvation.

And Sara said to Abram, Behold, the Lord has restrained me from bearing, go therefore in to my maid, that I may get children for myself through her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sara.

And Joab sent to Thecoe, and took thence a cunning woman, and said to her, Mourn, I pray thee, and put on mourning apparel, and anoint thee not with oil, and thou shalt be as a woman mourning for one that is dead thus for many days.

If thou buy a Hebrew servant, six years shall he serve thee, and in the seventh year he shall go forth free for nothing.

And Joshua called together all the children of Israel, and their elders, and their chiefs, and their judges, and their officers; and said to them, I am old and advanced in years.

Praise ye him, all his angels: praise ye him, all his hosts.

And the Gentiles shall take them, and bring them into their place: and they shall inherit them, and they shall be multiplied upon the land for servants and handmaidens: and they that took them captives shall become captives to them; and they that had lordship over them shall be under their rule.

Therefore he has wisely brought evils upon them, and his word shall not be frustrated; and he shall rise up against the houses of wicked men, and against their vain hope,

And it came to pass at that time that Heli was sleeping in his place; and his eyes began to fail, and could not see.

And all the tribes of Israel stood before the Lord in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen that drew sword.

Charge the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them, Ye are entering into the land of Chanaan: it shall be to you for an inheritance, the land of Chanaan with its boundaries.

For behold, I have opened my mouth, and my tongue has spoken.

While I live will I praise the Lord: I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist.

And make me witnesses of faithful men, Urias, and Zacharias the son of Barachias.

And the women began the strain, and said, Saul has smitten his thousands, and David his ten thousands.

Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them, Whatsoever woman shall have conceived and born a male child shall be unclean seven days, she shall be unclean according to the days of separation for her monthly courses.

O people walking in darkness, behold a great light: ye that dwell in the region and shadow of death, a light shall shine upon you.

perverting the cause of the poor, violently wresting the judgment of the needy ones of my people, that the widow may be a prey to them, and the orphan a spoil.

and unleavened loaves kneaded with oil, and unleavened cakes anointed with oil: thou shalt make them of fine flour of wheat.

And the Lord, said to the devil, Whence comest thou? Then the devil said before the Lord, I am come from going through the world, and walking about the whole earth.

saying,