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And the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud: for the glory of the Lord filled the house of God.

Joas began to reign in the seventh year of Ju, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Sabia of Bersabee.

At that time the Lord said to me, Hew for thyself two stone tables as the first, and come up to me into the mountain, and thou shalt make for thyself an ark of wood.

And when the Lord thy God shall bring thee into the land, into which thou goest to possess it, and shall remove great nations from before thee, the Chettite, and Gergesite, and Amorite, and Chananite, and Pherezite, and Evite, and Jebusite, seven nations more numerous and stronger than you,

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

Honour a physician with the honour due unto him for the uses which ye may have of him: for the Lord hath created him.

And it came to pass, when the Lord was going to take Eliu with a whirlwind as it were into heaven, that Eliu and Elisaie went out of Galgala.

O death, how bitter is the remembrance of thee to a man that liveth at rest in his possessions, unto the man that hath nothing to vex him, and that hath prosperity in all things: yea, unto him that is yet able to receive meat!

And they razed the cities, and cast every man his stone on every good piece of land and filled it; and they stopped every well, and cut down every good tree, until they left only the stones of the wall cast down; and the slingers compassed the land, and smote it.

that he may judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment.

And he spoke kindly to him, and set his throne above the thrones of the kings that were with him in Babylon;

And he sent Heliakim the steward, and Somnas the scribe, and the elders of the priests, clothed with sackcloth, to Esaias the prophet the son of 30.

And be ready by the morning, and thou shalt go up to the mount Sina, and shalt stand there for me on the top of the mountain.

And ye shall know this day; for I speak not to your children, who know not and have not seen the discipline of the Lord thy God, and his wonderful works, and his strong hand, and his high arm,

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.

And thou shalt do to Gai, as thou didst to Jericho and its king; and thou shalt take to thyself the spoil of its cattle; set now for thyself an ambush for the city behind.

In thy righteousness deliver me and rescue me: incline thine ear to me, and save me.

But my feet were almost overthrown; my goings very nearly slipped.

And Joshua sent men to Gai, which is by Baethel, saying, Spy out Gai: and the men went up and spied Gai.

made war with Balla king of Sodom, and with Barsa king of Gomorrha, and with Sennaar, king of Adama, and with Symobor king of Seboim and the king of Balac, this is Segor.

for thus says the king of the Assyrians, Gain my favour, and come forth to me, and every man shall drink of the wine of his own vine, and every man shall eat of his own fig-tree, and shall drink water out of his own cistern;

Save me, O God; for the waters have come in to my soul.

Draw nigh, O God, to my help.

For it came to pass that the children of Israel had transgressed against the Lord their God, who had brought them up out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharao king of Egypt, and they feared other gods,

Speak to the children of Israel, and let them turn and encamp before the village, between Magdol and the sea, opposite Beel-sepphon: before them shalt thou encamp by the sea.

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

Let God arise, and let his enemies be scattered; and let them that hate him flee from before him.

Deliver my soul, O Lord, from unjust lips, and from a deceitful tongue.

God be merciful to us, and bless us; and cause his face to shine upon us. Pause.

And the Lord said to Joshua, Behold, I deliver Jericho into thy power, and its king in it, and its mighty men.

Praise becomes thee, O God, in Sion; and to thee shall the vow be performed.

Twenty years old was Achaz when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem; and he did not that which was right in the eyes of the Lord his God faithfully, as David his father had done.

For iron comes out of the earth, and brass is hewn out like stone.

and Moses said to Aaron, Take to thyself a young calf of the herd for a sin-offering, and a ram for a whole-burnt-offering, unblemished, and offer them before the Lord.

Hear my prayer, O God, when I make my petition to thee; deliver my soul from fear of the enemy.

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.

And thou shalt write upon the tables the words which were on the first tables which thou didst break, and thou shalt put them into the ark.

O God, my God, I cry to thee early; my soul has thirsted for thee: how often has my flesh longed after thee, in a barren and trackless and dry land!

And when Balac son of Sepphor saw all that Israel did to the Amorite,

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

Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Jechelia of Jerusalem.

Shall not my soul be subjected to God? for of him is my salvation.

O sing praises to his name; give glory to his praise.

Then Elius the son of Barachiel, the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram, of the country of Ausis, was angered: and he was very angry with Job, because he justified himself before the Lord.

Assemble yourselves, that I may tell you what shall happen to you in the last days. Gather yourselves together, and hear me, sons of Jacob; hear Israel, hear your father.

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.

but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.

For there is none holy as the Lord, and there is none righteous as our God; there is none holy besides thee.

Deliver me from mine enemies, O God; and ransom me from those that rise up against me.

Speak to the congregation of the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them, Ye shall be holy; for I the Lord your God am holy.

And Abram was very rich in cattle, and silver, and gold.

And the seven ill-favoured and lean cows devoured the seven well-favoured and choice-fleshed cows; and Pharao awoke.

According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so spoke Nathan to David.

And Balac did as Balaam told him; and he offered up a calf and a ram on every altar.

And Joas did that which was right in the sight of the Lord all the days that Jodae the priest instructed him.

Have mercy, upon me, O God, have mercy upon me: for my soul has trusted in thee: and in the shadow of thy wings will I hope, until the iniquity have passed away.

If ye do indeed speak righteousness, then do ye judge rightly, ye sons of men.

O God, hearken to my petition; attend to my prayer.

Remember thy congregation which thou hast purchased from the beginning; thou didst ransom the rod of thine inheritance; this mount Sion wherein thou hast dwelt.

And the Lord said to Ju, Because of all thy deeds wherein thou hast acted well in doing that which was right in my eyes, according to all things which thou hast done to the house of Achaab as they were in my heart, thy sons to the fourth generation shall sit upon the throne of Israel.

And Jacob saw the countenance of Laban, and behold it was not toward him as before.

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;

Take men from the people, one of each tribe,

Hearken, O God, to my prayer; and disregard not my supplication.

a people great and many and tall, the sons of Enac, whom thou knowest, and concerning whom thou hast heard say, Who can stand before the children of Enac?

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 people cried to Moses: and Moses prayed to the Lord, and the fire was quenched.

And she looked, and, behold, the king stood near a pillar according to the manner; and the singers and the trumpeters were before the king and all the people of the land even rejoicing and sounding with trumpets: and Gotholia rent her garments, and cried, A conspiracy, a conspiracy.

If however thou wilt not send my people away, but yet detainest them:

Charge the children of Israel, and let them send forth out of the camp every leper, and every one who has in issue of the reins, and every one who is unclean from a dead body.

And she conceived, and bore a male child; and having seen that he was fair, they hid him three months.

And Booz took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye here; and they sat down.

And he had two wives; the name of the one was Anna, and the name of the second Phennana. And Phennana had children, but Anna had no child.

The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. They have corrupted themselves, and become abominable in iniquities: there is none that does good.

And now is not Booz our kinsman, with whose damsels thou wast? behold, he winnows barley this night in the floor.

And it came to pass after three days, that the scribes went through the camp;

And he went with them, and they came to Jordan, and began to cut down wood.

Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.

Hear these words, all ye nations, hearken, all ye that dwell upon the earth:

And thou shalt make for it golden wreaths twisted round about, and thou shalt make for it a crown of an hand-breadth round about.

Out of Sion comes the excellence of his beauty.

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.

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 Ruth the Moabitess said to Noemin, Let me go now to the field, and I will glean among the ears behind the man with whomsoever I shall find favour: and she said to her, Go, daughter.

And I will send at the same time my angel before thy face, and he shall cast out the Amorite and the Chettite, and the Pherezite and Gergesite, and Evite, and Jebusite, and Chananite.

Clap your hands, all ye nations; shout to God with a voice of exultation.

And he brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying, Now then, as soon as this letter shall reach thee, behold, I have sent to thee my servant Naiman, and thou shalt recover him from his leprosy.

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

And thou shalt take the cruse of oil, and pour it on his head, and say thou, Thus saith the Lord, I have anointed thee king over Israel: and thou shalt open the door, and flee, and not tarry.

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.

Let now the house of Israel say, that he is good: for his mercy endures for ever.

Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in his holy mountain.

Have mercy upon me, O God; for man has trodden me down; all the day long he warring has afflicted me.

And the king took the ring which he had taken away from Aman, and gave it to Mardochaeus: and Esther appointed Mardochaeus over all that had been Aman's.

And I will make thee a great nation, and I will bless thee and magnify thy name, and thou shalt be blessed.