And the elders of Jabesh said unto him, Give us seven days' respite, that we may send messengers unto all the coasts of Israel: and then, if there be no man to save us, we will come out to thee.
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And it shall be Aaron's and his sons' by a statute for ever from the children of Israel: for it is an heave offering: and it shall be an heave offering from the children of Israel of the sacrifice of their peace offerings, even their heave offering unto the LORD.
Exodus
LawThus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have despised the law of the LORD, and have not kept his commandments, and their lies caused them to err, after the which their fathers have walked:
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosThough an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd as for their appearances, they four had one likeness, as if a wheel had been in the midst of a wheel.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielGebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre;
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.
Matthew
GospelsAcquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.
Job
Wisdom / JobNow I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd it came to pass in the time of her travail, that, behold, twins were in her womb.
Genesis
LawThe LORD of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd at the fountain gate, which was over against them, they went up by the stairs of the city of David, at the going up of the wall, above the house of David, even unto the water gate eastward.
Nehemiah
HistoryFor he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.
Matthew
GospelsSo also Christ glorified not himself to be made an high priest; but he that said unto him, Thou art my Son, to day have I begotten thee.
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownAnd he made staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold.
Exodus
LawThis is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.
Psalms
PoetryAnd it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter.
John
Gospels / JohnThey shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up as the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand.
Habakkuk
Minor ProphetsSaying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance;
1 Chronicles
History / EzraI know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars:
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnMy covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd David answered and said, Behold the king's spear! and let one of the young men come over and fetch it.
1 Samuel
HistoryIt is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,