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And the first day shall be a holy convocation to you: ye shall do no servile work.

And the children of Israel increased and multiplied, and became numerous and grew exceedingly strong, and the land multiplied them.

And she said, My request and my petition are:

And it came to pass as they were smiting, that I fell upon my face, and cried out, and said, Alas, O Lord! wilt thou destroy the remnant of Israel, in pouring out thy wrath upon Jerusalem?

And behold a talent of lead lifted up: and behold a woman sat in the midst of the measure.

And these the years of the days of the life of Abraam as many as he lived, a hundred and seventy-five years.

May the Lord preserve thee from all evil: the Lord shall keep thy soul.

Instruction is to them that use it a gracious reward; and whithersoever it may turn, it shall prosper.

In what way shall I forgive thee for these things? Thy sons have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: and I fed them to the full, and they committed adultery, and lodged in harlots' houses.

and the sun go down, and then he shall be clean; and then shall he eat of all the holy things, for they are his bread.

A fool's mouth is ruin to him, and his lips are a snare to his soul.

Who art thou, the great mountain before Zorobabel, that thou shouldest prosper? whereas I will bring out the stone of the inheritance, the grace of it the equal of my grace.

Therefore thus saith the Lord; Your dead whom ye have smitten in the midst of it, these are the flesh, and thiscity is the caldron: but I will bring you forth out of the midst of it.

But do ye increase and multiply, and fill the earth, and have dominion over it.

And all the household of Joseph, and his brethren, and all the house of his father, and his kindred; and they left behind the sheep and the oxen in the land of Gesem.

They shall not take a woman who is a harlot and profaned, or a woman put away from her husband; for he is holy to the Lord his God.

And the word of the Lord came to Zacharias, saying,

And the staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam, and the spear's head was formed of six hundred shekels of iron; and his armour-bearer went before him.

The oracles of the Lord are pure oracles; as silver tried in the fire, proved in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.

The poise of the balance is righteousness with the Lord; and his works are righteous measures.

And all the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered, and the rams of Nabaeoth shall come; and acceptable sacrifices shall be offered on my altar, and my house of prayer shall be glorified.

And the angel of the Lord testified to Jesus, saying,

And ye shall be holy, for I the Lord your God am holy.

And he took two cows, and cut them in pieces, and sent them into all the coasts of Israel by the hand of messengers, saying, Whoso comes not forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall they do to his oxen: and a transport from the Lord came upon the people of Israel, and they came out to battle as one man.

Now the end is come to thee, and I will send judgment upon thee: and I will take vengeance on thy ways, and will recompense all thine abominations upon thee.

And their feet run to wickedness, swift to shed blood; their thoughts also are thoughts of murder; destruction and misery are in their ways;

And I meditated; I communed with my heart by night, and diligently searched my spirit, saying,

therefore, behold, the Lord brings up upon you the water of the river, strong and abundant, even the king of the Assyrians, and his glory: and he shall come up over every valley of yours, and shall walk over every wall of yours:

Behold, all ye are children of Israel; and consider and take counsel here among yourselves.

And David said to his men, The Lord forbid it me, that I should do this ting to my lord the anointed of the Lord, to lift my hand against him; for he is the anointed of the Lord.

The lips of the wise are bound by discretion: but the hearts of the foolish are not safe.

Cursed be their wrath, for it was willful, and their anger, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.

And he brought me to the porch of the court.

And if it should be at all eaten on the third day, it is unfit for sacrifice: it shall not be accepted.

He shall drink of the brook in the way; therefore shall he lift up the head.

For I will not trust in my bow, and my sword shall not save me.

For thus saith the Lord Almighty; Yet once I will shake the heaven, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land;

And the sons of Aaron the priests shall pile up the divided parts, and the head, and the fat on the wood on the fire, the wood which is on the altar.

and said to them, By no means, brethren, do not act villanously.

Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother, for she is thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.

And slain men shall fall in the midst of you, and ye shall know that I am the Lord.

When the stars were made, all my angels praised me with a loud voice.

That they might set their hope on God, and not forget the works of God, but diligently seek his commandments.

Praise the Lord from the earth, ye serpents, and all deeps.

Therefore thus saith the Lord, Because your occasion for sin has been taken from the nations round about you, and ye have not walked in my statutes, nor kept mine ordinances, nay, ye have not even done according to the ordinances of the nations round about you; therefore thus saith the Lord;

And as for me, when I came out of Mesopotamia of Syria, Rachel, thy mother, died in the land of Chanaan, as I drew night to the horse-course of Chabratha of the land , so as to come to Ephratha; and I buried her in the road of the course; this is Bethlehem.

thus saith the Lord of hosts, This counsel shall not abide, nor come to pass.

And they shall no longer offer their sacrifices to vain gods after which they go a whoring; it shall be a perpetual statute to you for your generations.

And we cried aloud to the Lord; and he put a cloud and darkness between us and the Egyptians, and he brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes have seen all that the Lord did in the land of Egypt; and ye were in the wilderness many days.

Break thy bread to the hungry, and lead the unsheltered poor to thy house: if thou seest one naked, clothe him, and thou shalt not disregard the relations of thine own seed.

All things are adverse to a foolish man; but wise lips are the weapons of discretion.

So thou shalt set thy face to the siege of Jerusalem, and shalt strengthen thine arm, and shalt prophesy against it.

I said, But do ye fear me, and receive instruction, and ye shall not be cut off from the face of the land for all the vengeance I have brought upon her: prepare thou, rise early: all their produce is spoilt.

But the king spared Memphibosthe son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the oath of the Lord that was between them, even between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.

On a lofty and high mountain, there is thy bed, and thither thou carriedst up thy meat-offerings:

At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, the riders on horses slumbered.

And Joseph settled his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best land, in the land of Ramesses, as Pharao commanded.

The Lord the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, who took me out of my father's house, and out of the land whence I sprang, who spoke to me, and who swore to me, saying, I will give this land to thee and to thy seed, he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife to my son from thence.

And he sent forth a raven; and it went forth and returned not until the water was dried from off the earth.

And he shall take the two goats, and place them before the Lord by the door of the tabernacle of witness.

Nay rather, but let mine enemies be as the overthrow of the ungodly, and they that rise up against me, as the destruction of transgressors.

And Urias arrived and went in to him, and David asked him how Joab was, and how the people were, and how the war went on.

He shall send out his word, and melt them: he shall blow with his wind, and the waters shall flow.

But the house of Israel will not be willing to hearken to thee; for they will not hearken to me: for all the house of Israel are stubborn and hard-hearted.

And he that touches the skin of him that has the issue, shall wash his garments and bathe himself in water, and shall be unclean till evening.

And the men of Azotus saw that it was so, and they said, The ark of the God of Israel shall not abide with us, for his hand is heavy upon us and upon Dagon our god.

And the sea cost shall be for the remnant of the house of Juda; they shall pasture upon them in the houses of Ascalon; they shall rest in the evening because of the children of Juda; for the Lord their God has visited them, and he will turn away their captivity.

I will bring them to my holy mountain, and gladden them in my house of prayer: their whole-burnt-offerings and their sacrifices shall be acceptable upon mine altar; for my house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations,

I will give thee thanks with uprightness of heart, when I have learnt the judgments of thy righteousness.

for it is better for thee that it should be said, Come up to me, than that one should humble thee in the presence of the prince; speak of that which thine eyes have seen.

The sons, and the sons of his sons with him; daughters, and the daughters of his daughters; and he brought all his seed into Egypt.

And he shall sprinkle seven times upon him that was cleansed of his leprosy, and he shall be clean; and he shall let go the living bird into the field.

And Elisaie said to her, At this time next year, as the season is, thou shalt be alive, and embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my lord, do not lie to thy servant.

And he looked behind him, and saw me, and called me; and I said, Behold, here am I.

When he is judged, let him go forth condemned: and let his prayer become sin.

Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a sceptre of righteousness.

And he will carry round the encircling clouds by his governance, to perform their works: whatsoever he shall command them,

And Abraam rose up and did obeisance to the people of the land, to the sons of Chet.

There are some who, having nothing, enrich themselves: and there are some who bring themselves down in the midst of much wealth.

let the ungodly leave his ways, and the transgressor his counsels: and let him return to the Lord, and he shall find mercy; for he shall abundantly pardon your sins.

Be strong, therefore, and quit thyself like a man, to observe and do as Moses my servant commanded thee; and thou shalt not turn therefrom to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest be wise in whatsoever thou mayest do.

And their legs were straight; and their feet were winged, and there were sparks, like gleaming brass, and their wings were light.

O my God, my soul has been troubled within me: therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Ermonites, from the little hill.

Wast thou angry, O Lord, with the rivers? or was thy wrath against the rivers, or thine anger against the sea? for thou wilt mount on thine horses, and thy chariots are salvation.

For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Juda his beloved plant: I expected it to bring forth judgment, and it brought forth iniquity; and not righteousness, but a cry.

And Moses was a hundred and twenty years old at his death; his eyes were not dimmed, nor were his natural powers destroyed.

And I will bring to thee to the torrent of Kison Sisara the captain of the host of Jabin, and his chariots, and his multitude, and I will deliver them into thine hands.

Wilt thou find out the traces of the Lord? or hast thou come to the end of that which the Almighty has made?

And he gave him the copy of the writing that was published in Susa concerning their destruction, to shew to Esther; and told him to charge her to go in and intreat the king, and to beg him for the people, remembering, said he, the days of thy low estate, how thou wert nursed by my hand: because Aman who holds the next place to the king has spoken against us for death. Do thou call upon the Lord, and speak to the king concerning us, to deliver us from death.

Begin the song with thanksgiving to the Lord; sing praises on the harp to our God:

and he touched my mouth, and said, Behold, this has touched thy lips, and will take away thine iniquities, and will purge off thy sins.

Yea, he renders to a man accordingly as each of them does, and in a man's path he will find him.

And this is the blessing of Juda; Hear, Lord, the voice of Juda, and do thou visit his people: his hands shall contend for him, and thou shalt be a help from his enemies.

And the men followed after them in the way to Jordan to the fords; and the gate was shut.

And it shall be that every one that sees thee shall go down from thee, and shall say, Wretched Nineve! who shall lament for her? whence shall I seek comfort for her?

Now then ye did not send me hither, but God; and he hath made me as a father of Pharao, and lord of all his house, and ruler of all the land of Egypt.

That thy beloved ones may be delivered, save with thy right hand, and hear me. God has spoken in his sanctuary;

And this was in former time the ordinance in Israel for redemption, and for a bargain, to confirm every word: A man loosed his shoe, and gave it to his neighbour that redeemed his right; and this was a testimony in Israel.

For a little while I left thee: but with great mercy will I have compassion upon thee.

ZAIN. Her Nazarites were made purer than snow, they were whiter than milk, they were purified as with fire, their polishing was superior to sapphire stone.