This they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary: (a shekel is twenty gerahs:) an half shekel shall be the offering of the LORD.
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The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach unto us:
Genesis
Law / MosesBut he said, Then bring meal. And he cast it into the pot; and he said, Pour out for the people, that they may eat. And there was no harm in the pot.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat is taken away from off the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall burn it upon the altar for a sweet savour unto the LORD; and the priest shall make an atonement for him, and it shall be forgiven him.
Leviticus
LawAnd Jesus answering said unto them, Suppose ye that these Galilaeans were sinners above all the Galilaeans, because they suffered such things?
Luke
Gospels / LukeSo the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen.
Esther
History / MordecaiAnd the land shall yield her fruit, and ye shall eat your fill, and dwell therein in safety.
Leviticus
LawAll these had taken strange wives: and some of them had wives by whom they had children.
Ezra
History / EzraHe shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in the LORD.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd when he was come into the ship, he that had been possessed with the devil prayed him that he might be with him.
Mark
Gospels / MarkHim would Paul have to go forth with him; and took and circumcised him because of the Jews which were in those quarters: for they knew all that his father was a Greek.
Acts
History / LukeAnd Cornelius said, Four days ago I was fasting until this hour; and at the ninth hour I prayed in my house, and, behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing,
Acts
HistoryAnd it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death;
Judges
HistoryFor by it the elders obtained a good report.
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownBut as for us, the LORD is our God, and we have not forsaken him; and the priests, which minister unto the LORD, are the sons of Aaron, and the Levites wait upon their business:
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded:
2 Chronicles
History / EzraThou shalt fear the LORD thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesA day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high towers.
Zephaniah
Minor ProphetsHe coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThese are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,
Genesis
Law / MosesHow can it be quiet, seeing the LORD hath given it a charge against Ashkelon, and against the sea shore? there hath he appointed it.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesIf his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;