And the letters were sent by posts into all the king's provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, even upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take the spoil of them for a prey.
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But all other flying creeping things, which have four feet, shall be an abomination unto you.
Leviticus
LawO my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.
Solomon's Song
PoetryI will love thee, O LORD, my strength.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThen answered Esther, and said, My petition and my request is;
Esther
HistoryAnd the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Numbers
LawAnd Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the LORD, which he commanded them not.
Leviticus
LawI will walk before the LORD in the land of the living.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersIn that day will I make the governors of Judah like an hearth of fire among the wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; and they shall devour all the people round about, on the right hand and on the left: and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place, even in Jerusalem.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsAnd I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even in anger, and in fury, and in great wrath.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his sheep.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelLearn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahFor it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)
1 Kings
HistoryTherefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.
Psalms
PoetryThe LORD our God be with us, as he was with our fathers: let him not leave us, nor forsake us:
1 Kings
History / JeremiahFor if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.
Hebrews
General EpistlesFor there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; neither was any thing kept secret, but that it should come abroad.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd if a stranger sojourn with you, or whosoever be among you in your generations, and will offer an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD; as ye do, so he shall do.
Numbers
Law / MosesI say again, Let no man think me a fool; if otherwise, yet as a fool receive me, that I may boast myself a little.
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulFor from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd the scribes which came down from Jerusalem said, He hath Beelzebub, and by the prince of the devils casteth he out devils.
Mark
Gospels / MarkCain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities with their villages:
Joshua
HistoryAnd he that beareth the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: they are unclean unto you.
Leviticus
LawAnd there was one named Barabbas, which lay bound with them that had made insurrection with him, who had committed murder in the insurrection.