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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Behold, their valiant ones shall cry without: the ambassadors of peace shall weep bitterly.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThen the priest shall consider: and, behold, if the leprosy have covered all his flesh, he shall pronounce him clean that hath the plague: it is all turned white: he is clean.
Leviticus
LawAnd when they had passed over, they came into the land of Gennesaret, and drew to the shore.
Mark
Gospels / MarkWho is this that cometh up as a flood, whose waters are moved as the rivers?
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahHave ye not seen a vain vision, and have ye not spoken a lying divination, whereas ye say, The LORD saith it; albeit I have not spoken?
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielI shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.
Numbers
Law / MosesBut if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right,
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the LORD, and thy words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice.
1 Samuel
HistoryThy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied, saying,
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd the men pursued after them the way to Jordan unto the fords: and as soon as they which pursued after them were gone out, they shut the gate.
Joshua
HistoryThey are joined one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be sundered.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd his offering was one silver charger, the weight thereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them were full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
Numbers
LawAnd now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,
Deuteronomy
LawFor I know not to give flattering titles; in so doing my maker would soon take me away.
Job
Wisdom / JobBeside their genealogy of males, from three years old and upward, even unto every one that entereth into the house of the LORD, his daily portion for their service in their charges according to their courses;
2 Chronicles
HistoryWhen Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language;
Psalms
PoetryTheir young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not unto them.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God home to me?
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanSo the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw.
Exodus
LawAnd there was a very sore battle that day; and Abner was beaten, and the men of Israel, before the servants of David.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanThen Bath-sheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did reverence to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live for ever.