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Now in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king's commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them, (though it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them;)
Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the LORD that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself;
And Joiada begat Jonathan, and Jonathan begat Jaddua.
And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough: stay now thine hand. And the angel of the LORD was by the threshingplace of Araunah the Jebusite.
And the house which I build is great: for great is our God above all gods.
The nakedness of thy father's wife's daughter, begotten of thy father, she is thy sister, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
Then were the horsehoofs broken by the means of the pransings, the pransings of their mighty ones.
Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD.
From Ekron even unto the sea, all that lay near Ashdod, with their villages:
Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious.
How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality.
And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice unto the LORD of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the LORD, were there.
And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not lawful for to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood.
And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
And this is the thing that ye shall do, Ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain by man.
In the most holy place shalt thou eat it; every male shall eat it: it shall be holy unto thee.
And they said every one to his fellow, Come, and let us cast lots, that we may know for whose cause this evil is upon us. So they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah.
And after certain days, when Felix came with his wife Drusilla, which was a Jewess, he sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in Christ.
But if her husband hath utterly made them void on the day he heard them; then whatsoever proceeded out of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, shall not stand: her husband hath made them void; and the LORD shall forgive her.
Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God:
And by the border of Judah, from the east side unto the west side, shall be the offering which ye shall offer of five and twenty thousand reeds in breadth, and in length as one of the other parts, from the east side unto the west side: and the sanctuary shall be in the midst of it.
We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.
Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me:
For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the chief ruler; but the birthright was Joseph's:)
