All these which were chosen to be porters in the gates were two hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by their genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their set office.
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And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in thy sight, then receive my present at my hand: for therefore I have seen thy face, as though I had seen the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me.
Genesis
LawThough they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down:
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosThe field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.
Joel
Minor Prophets / JoelThe inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of Beth-aven: for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the priests thereof that rejoiced on it, for the glory thereof, because it is departed from it.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaAnd I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their God.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto his place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubims.
1 Kings
HistoryLet Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.
Psalms
PoetryBut when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal of the house of Judah.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraConsider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls?
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd the table and his furniture, and the pure candlestick with all his furniture, and the altar of incense,
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd the Levite, the husband of the woman that was slain, answered and said, I came into Gibeah that belongeth to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to lodge.
Judges
HistoryThus the children of Israel were brought under at that time, and the children of Judah prevailed, because they relied upon the LORD God of their fathers.
2 Chronicles
HistoryLift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
Psalms
Poetry(For the LORD thy God is a jealous God among you) lest the anger of the LORD thy God be kindled against thee, and destroy thee from off the face of the earth.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind?
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewIn hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;
Titus
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd he called them unto him, and said unto them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan?
Mark
GospelsOut of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,
Genesis
Law / MosesHis disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThese are unclean to you among all that creep: whosoever doth touch them, when they be dead, shall be unclean until the even.
Leviticus
LawAnd the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnGet thee unto Pharaoh in the morning; lo, he goeth out unto the water; and thou shalt stand by the river's brink against he come; and the rod which was turned to a serpent shalt thou take in thine hand.
Exodus
Law / MosesThe children of Parosh, two thousand an hundred seventy and two.