And the elders of Jabesh said unto him, Give us seven days' respite, that we may send messengers unto all the coasts of Israel: and then, if there be no man to save us, we will come out to thee.
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And this shall be the priest's due from the people, from them that offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep; and they shall give unto the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.
Matthew
GospelsThen came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rabshakeh.
2 Kings
HistoryMoreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulThen shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaOpen to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and I will praise the LORD:
Psalms
PoetryThe God of this people of Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they dwelt as strangers in the land of Egypt, and with an high arm brought he them out of it.
Acts
HistoryAnd the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.
Genesis
Law / MosesWho gave Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to the robbers? did not the LORD, he against whom we have sinned? for they would not walk in his ways, neither were they obedient unto his law.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahFor the children of Israel and the children of Levi shall bring the offering of the corn, of the new wine, and the oil, unto the chambers, where are the vessels of the sanctuary, and the priests that minister, and the porters, and the singers: and we will not forsake the house of our God.
Nehemiah
HistoryThus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, unto thee, O Baruch;
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd king Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahBut we will bless the LORD from this time forth and for evermore. Praise the LORD.
Psalms
PoetryTherefore thy gates shall be open continually; they shall not be shut day nor night; that men may bring unto thee the forces of the Gentiles, and that their kings may be brought.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd they forsook the LORD, and served Baal and Ashtaroth.
Judges
History / SamuelWealth and riches shall be in his house: and his righteousness endureth for ever.
Psalms
PoetryHe telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names.
Psalms
PoetryLikewise shalt thou do with thine oxen, and with thy sheep: seven days it shall be with his dam; on the eighth day thou shalt give it me.
Exodus
LawThe children of Zaccai, seven hundred and threescore.
Ezra
HistorySo were all those that were numbered of the children of Israel, by the house of their fathers, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war in Israel;
Numbers
LawAnd they came up into Judah, and brake into it, and carried away all the substance that was found in the king's house, and his sons also, and his wives; so that there was never a son left him, save Jehoahaz, the youngest of his sons.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with fetters of brass, and carried him to Babylon.