And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter.
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And I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all that oppressed you, and drave them out from before you, and gave you their land;
Judges
History / SamuelThen came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying?
Matthew
GospelsAnd did eat up all the herbs in their land, and devoured the fruit of their ground.
Psalms
PoetryThou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands, and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielNotwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd if the priest shall come in, and look upon it, and, behold, the plague hath not spread in the house, after the house was plaistered: then the priest shall pronounce the house clean, because the plague is healed.
Leviticus
LawAnd her spirit came again, and she arose straightway: and he commanded to give her meat.
Luke
Gospels / LukeTrust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThe mighty men of Babylon have forborn to fight, they have remained in their holds: their might hath failed; they became as women: they have burned her dwellingplaces; her bars are broken.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsBecause Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil counsel against thee, saying,
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd there came a messenger, and told him, saying, They have brought the heads of the king's sons. And he said, Lay ye them in two heaps at the entering in of the gate until the morning.
2 Kings
HistoryFor, behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water,
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahBut shall minister with their brethren in the tabernacle of the congregation, to keep the charge, and shall do no service. Thus shalt thou do unto the Levites touching their charge.
Numbers
Law / MosesOf Gad; Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
Numbers
LawAnd they departed from Punon, and pitched in Oboth.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd he had an helmet of brass upon his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelHis glory is great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersTalk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd upon Kerioth, and upon Bozrah, and upon all the cities of the land of Moab, far or near.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahWhose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;
1 Peter
General EpistlesBe it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles, and that they will hear it.
Acts
History / LukeI have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence,
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThe like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ: