For the Jews that were in Shushan gathered themselves together on the fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and slew three hundred men at Shushan; but on the prey they laid not their hand.
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All the firstling males that come of thy herd and of thy flock thou shalt sanctify unto the LORD thy God: thou shalt do no work with the firstling of thy bullock, nor shear the firstling of thy sheep.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.
Genesis
LawAnd Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the LORD be with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where be all his miracles which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt? but now the LORD hath forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites.
Judges
HistoryThe Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
Luke
Gospels / LukeHezrai the Carmelite, Paarai the Arbite,
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd in that day shall ye say, Praise the LORD, call upon his name, declare his doings among the people, make mention that his name is exalted.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsBut last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewIssachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens:
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAll his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomMany there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah.
Psalms
PoetryAnd for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Nethaneel the son of Zuar.
Numbers
LawAnd, behold, Boaz came from Beth-lehem, and said unto the reapers, The LORD be with you. And they answered him, The LORD bless thee.
Ruth
HistoryMoreover he that goeth into the house all the while that it is shut up shall be unclean until the even.
Leviticus
LawOf whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called:
Hebrews
General EpistlesAnd Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him; and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while.
Genesis
LawThey that sow in tears shall reap in joy.
Psalms
PoetryOne young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:
Numbers
LawThen was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd the LORD said unto Moses, Yet will I bring one plague more upon Pharaoh, and upon Egypt; afterwards he will let you go hence: when he shall let you go, he shall surely thrust you out hence altogether.
Exodus
Law / MosesBut if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely toward his virgin, if she pass the flower of her age, and need so require, let him do what he will, he sinneth not: let them marry.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd of the ten horns that were in his head, and of the other which came up, and before whom three fell; even of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spake very great things, whose look was more stout than his fellows.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielAnd the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge saith.