And he took a yoke of oxen, and hewed them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the coasts of Israel by the hands of messengers, saying, Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done unto his oxen. And the fear of the LORD fell on the people, and they came out with one consent.
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And now, LORD, thou art God, and hast promised this goodness unto thy servant:
1 Chronicles
HistoryThus saith the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask me of things to come concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands command ye me.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThis was the dedication of the altar, in the day when it was anointed, by the princes of Israel: twelve chargers of silver, twelve silver bowls, twelve spoons of gold:
Numbers
LawOf how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownAnd Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats; one lot for the LORD, and the other lot for the scapegoat.
Leviticus
LawYe shall not do so unto the LORD your God.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd Pilate marvelled if he were already dead: and calling unto him the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead.
Mark
GospelsAnd God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah's wife died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.
Genesis
LawSimon Peter went up, and drew the net to land full of great fishes, an hundred and fifty and three: and for all there were so many, yet was not the net broken.
John
Gospels / JohnBehold, I stand here by the well of water; and the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water:
Genesis
Law / MosesThou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.
Psalms
PoetryThe feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep. Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, in the time of the month Abib: for in the month Abib thou camest out from Egypt.
Exodus
LawThen Israel sent messengers unto the king of Edom, saying, Let me, I pray thee, pass through thy land: but the king of Edom would not hearken thereto. And in like manner they sent unto the king of Moab: but he would not consent: and Israel abode in Kadesh.
Judges
History / SamuelMoreover there are workmen with thee in abundance, hewers and workers of stone and timber, and all manner of cunning men for every manner of work.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd David said unto him, How wast thou not afraid to stretch forth thine hand to destroy the LORD'S anointed?
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them, Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the LORD is among them: wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the congregation of the LORD?
Numbers
Law / MosesHe loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son king in his stead: for the band of men that came with the Arabians to the camp had slain all the eldest. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah reigned.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraI have even from the beginning declared it to thee; before it came to pass I shewed it thee: lest thou shouldest say, Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, hath commanded them.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThe silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the LORD of hosts.
Haggai
Minor Prophets / HaggaiAnd the LORD said unto the children of Israel, Did not I deliver you from the Egyptians, and from the Amorites, from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines?
Judges
HistoryAnd the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.