And this shall be a statute for ever unto you: that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger that sojourneth among you:
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And after him Abdon the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, judged Israel.
Judges
HistoryAnd they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
Genesis
Law / MosesSince the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build an house, that my name might be therein; but I chose David to be over my people Israel.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd the name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, whom her mother bare to Levi in Egypt: and she bare unto Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall throw down their altars: but ye have not obeyed my voice: why have ye done this?
Judges
HistoryBut after they had rest, they did evil again before thee: therefore leftest thou them in the hand of their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them: yet when they returned, and cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and many times didst thou deliver them according to thy mercies;
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahFor he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, because that ye had heard that he had been sick.
Philippians
Pauline EpistlesSet me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.
Solomon's Song
Poetry / SolomonAnd Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God.
John
GospelsShe bare also Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbenah, and the father of Gibea: and the daughter of Caleb was Achsa.
1 Chronicles
HistoryBehold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: there shall not be a coal to warm at, nor fire to sit before it.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahBut charge Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him: for he shall go over before this people, and he shall cause them to inherit the land which thou shalt see.
Deuteronomy
LawSeeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:
1 Peter
General EpistlesThe way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd it went out to the south side to Maaleh-acrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and ascended up on the south side unto Kadesh-barnea, and passed along to Hezron, and went up to Adar, and fetched a compass to Karkaa:
Joshua
HistoryAnd Ashur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraThe wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it.
Proverbs
WisdomThen came the woman in the dawning of the day, and fell down at the door of the man's house where her lord was, till it was light.
Judges
History / SamuelThat thou mayest buy speedily with this money bullocks, rams, lambs, with their meat offerings and their drink offerings, and offer them upon the altar of the house of your God which is in Jerusalem.
Ezra
History / EzraAwake, awake, Deborah: awake, awake, utter a song: arise, Barak, and lead thy captivity captive, thou son of Abinoam.
Judges
History / SamuelAll this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielAnd he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba unto this day.
Genesis
LawAnd Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his own house.