But the priests were too few, so that they could not flay all the burnt offerings: wherefore their brethren the Levites did help them, till the work was ended, and until the other priests had sanctified themselves: for the Levites were more upright in heart to sanctify themselves than the priests.
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From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off.
Job
WisdomWhereas thou camest but yesterday, should I this day make thee go up and down with us? seeing I go whither I may, return thou, and take back thy brethren: mercy and truth be with thee.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanHaving therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownAnd Joshua called for them, and he spake unto them, saying, Wherefore have ye beguiled us, saying, We are very far from you; when ye dwell among us?
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd they said unto him, From a very far country thy servants are come because of the name of the LORD thy God: for we have heard the fame of him, and all that he did in Egypt,
Joshua
HistoryFor he said, Surely they are my people, children that will not lie: so he was their Saviour.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahGo now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of the goats; and I will make them savoury meat for thy father, such as he loveth:
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd the LORD spake unto Aaron, saying,
Leviticus
LawAnd the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst,
John
GospelsBut the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd they were exceeding sorrowful, and began every one of them to say unto him, Lord, is it I?
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThus did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land.
Numbers
Law / MosesYet the LORD testified against Israel, and against Judah, by all the prophets, and by all the seers, saying, Turn ye from your evil ways, and keep my commandments and my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the prophets.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking.
Genesis
Law / MosesThe ancient and honourable, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, The LORD look upon it, and require it.
2 Chronicles
HistoryThat innocent blood be not shed in thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and so blood be upon thee.
Deuteronomy
LawNow it came to pass, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had builded the wall, and that there was no breach left therein; (though at that time I had not set up the doors upon the gates;)
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahThen sought they for Jesus, and spake among themselves, as they stood in the temple, What think ye, that he will not come to the feast?
John
Gospels / JohnWith arrows and with bows shall men come thither; because all the land shall become briers and thorns.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsOur heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way;
Psalms
PoetryOnly the land of the priests bought he not; for the priests had a portion assigned them of Pharaoh, and did eat their portion which Pharaoh gave them: wherefore they sold not their lands.
Genesis
LawSaid unto them, Ye have brought this man unto me, as one that perverteth the people: and, behold, I, having examined him before you, have found no fault in this man touching those things whereof ye accuse him: