And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation both of men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, upon the first day of the seventh month.
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The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven, or of men? And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say unto us, Why did ye not then believe him?
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd when I looked, behold, an hand was sent unto me; and, lo, a roll of a book was therein;
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielWhen Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted himself in Israel; but when he offended in Baal, he died.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsAnd to them which were in Rachal, and to them which were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to them which were in the cities of the Kenites,
1 Samuel
HistoryAll my bones shall say, LORD, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?
Psalms
PoetryIn the morning therefore ye shall be brought according to your tribes: and it shall be, that the tribe which the LORD taketh shall come according to the families thereof; and the family which the LORD shall take shall come by households; and the household which the LORD shall take shall come man by man.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat.
Leviticus
LawInstead of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom thou mayest make princes in all the earth.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersNow these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.
Genesis
LawFor it is the day of the LORD'S vengeance, and the year of recompences for the controversy of Zion.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAll the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants, were three hundred ninety and two.
Ezra
HistoryHe that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know?
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersRemember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me,
Isaiah
Major ProphetsFor this child I prayed; and the LORD hath given me my petition which I asked of him:
1 Samuel
History / SamuelBlessed be the LORD, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersDeclare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces; her idols are confounded, her images are broken in pieces.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsNevertheless there are good things found in thee, in that thou hast taken away the groves out of the land, and hast prepared thine heart to seek God.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraTherefore thou shalt say unto them, When ye have heaved the best thereof from it, then it shall be counted unto the Levites as the increase of the threshingfloor, and as the increase of the winepress.
Numbers
LawFor these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet there are five years, in the which there shall neither be earing nor harvest.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire them chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia, and out of Syria-maachah, and out of Zobah.
1 Chronicles
HistoryFor if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and ye shall destroy all this people.
Numbers
LawAlso the children of those that had been carried away, which were come out of the captivity, offered burnt offerings unto the God of Israel, twelve bullocks for all Israel, ninety and six rams, seventy and seven lambs, twelve he goats for a sin offering: all this was a burnt offering unto the LORD.