Then answered one of the people, and said, Thy father straitly charged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food this day. And the people were faint.
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That the princes of Israel, heads of the house of their fathers, who were the princes of the tribes, and were over them that were numbered, offered:
Numbers
LawAnd Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd it came to pass at the time of the going down of the sun, that Joshua commanded, and they took them down off the trees, and cast them into the cave wherein they had been hid, and laid great stones in the cave's mouth, which remain until this very day.
Joshua
History / JoshuaHis lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled.
Psalms
PoetryThe crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahWherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? Oh that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me!
Job
WisdomMoreover the candlesticks with their lamps, that they should burn after the manner before the oracle, of pure gold;
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt; and he shall burn them, and carry them away captives: and he shall array himself with the land of Egypt, as a shepherd putteth on his garment; and he shall go forth from thence in peace.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielAnd by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.
Genesis
Law / MosesWho is she that looketh forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners?
Solomon's Song
PoetryAnd also I have withholden the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon, and the piece whereupon it rained not withered.
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosAnd they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to put his hand upon him.
Mark
Gospels / MarkHow long wilt thou go about, O thou backsliding daughter? for the LORD hath created a new thing in the earth, A woman shall compass a man.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsBut the angel of the LORD stood in a path of the vineyards, a wall being on this side, and a wall on that side.
Numbers
LawAnd Israel set liers in wait round about Gibeah.
Judges
HistoryAnd he said, What cities are these which thou hast given me, my brother? And he called them the land of Cabul unto this day.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd Hezekiah was glad of them, and shewed them the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment, and all the house of his armour, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah shewed them not.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahBut now this shall be the thing which we will do to Gibeah; we will go up by lot against it;
Judges
HistoryMy son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThe eighteenth to Hanani, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd they sent out unto him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest thou for any man: for thou regardest not the person of men.
Matthew
GospelsThus saith the LORD, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one saith, Destroy it not; for a blessing is in it: so will I do for my servants' sakes, that I may not destroy them all.