And the letters were sent by posts into all the king's provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, even upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take the spoil of them for a prey.
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In four quarters were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south.
1 Chronicles
HistoryThus shall Aaron come into the holy place: with a young bullock for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering.
Leviticus
LawAnd 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 ProphetsSo will I break down the wall that ye have daubed with untempered morter, and bring it down to the ground, so that the foundation thereof shall be discovered, and it shall fall, and ye shall be consumed in the midst thereof: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that David his father had done.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAhinadab the son of Iddo had Mahanaim:
1 Kings
HistoryNow therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the river, strong and many, even the king of Assyria, and all his glory: and he shall come up over all his channels, and go over all his banks:
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThey shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.
Psalms
PoetryYea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd there he found a certain man named Aeneas, which had kept his bed eight years, and was sick of the palsy.
Acts
History / LukeThat which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee; I bare the loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, whether stolen by day, or stolen by night.
Genesis
LawAnd the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?
Matthew
GospelsHe took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God:
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaWhen a man shall have in the skin of his flesh a rising, a scab, or bright spot, and it be in the skin of his flesh like the plague of leprosy; then he shall be brought unto Aaron the priest, or unto one of his sons the priests:
Leviticus
Law / MosesIf any of them that believe not bid you to a feast, and ye be disposed to go; whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking no question for conscience sake.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesBehold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
Psalms
PoetryThe sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he is an unwise son; for he should not stay long in the place of the breaking forth of children.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsAnd the whole house he overlaid with gold, until he had finished all the house: also the whole altar that was by the oracle he overlaid with gold.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in his season; there shall be showers of blessing.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielHappy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.
Psalms
PoetryThe sons of Elpaal; Eber, and Misham, and Shamed, who built Ono, and Lod, with the towns thereof:
1 Chronicles
History / EzraUpon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the psaltery; upon the harp with a solemn sound.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThe king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.