And those men said unto him, We are defiled by the dead body of a man: wherefore are we kept back, that we may not offer an offering of the LORD in his appointed season among the children of Israel?
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For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.
1 Peter
General Epistles / PeterAnd when they had left their gods there, David gave a commandment, and they were burned with fire.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd the king said unto the man of God, Come home with me, and refresh thyself, and I will give thee a reward.
1 Kings
HistoryMoreover in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat set of the Levites, and of the priests, and of the chief of the fathers of Israel, for the judgment of the LORD, and for controversies, when they returned to Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraWhat will ye do in the solemn day, and in the day of the feast of the LORD?
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaAnd when the men of the city arose early in the morning, behold, the altar of Baal was cast down, and the grove was cut down that was by it, and the second bullock was offered upon the altar that was built.
Judges
HistoryAnd there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation;
Psalms
PoetryThat the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:
Ephesians
Pauline EpistlesAnd Samson called unto the LORD, and said, O Lord GOD, remember me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes.
Judges
HistoryAnd there went out fire from the LORD, and devoured them, and they died before the LORD.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them,
Acts
HistoryTake the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their families, by the house of their fathers,
Numbers
LawAwake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThe nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezekel,
1 Chronicles
HistoryThen said the king to Ittai the Gittite, Wherefore goest thou also with us? return to thy place, and abide with the king: for thou art a stranger, and also an exile.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd 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.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelWhen Jesus heard of it, he departed thence by ship into a desert place apart: and when the people had heard thereof, they followed him on foot out of the cities.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThese are the dukes that came of the Horites; duke Lotan, duke Shobal, duke Zibeon, duke Anah,
Genesis
Law / MosesIs it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years: and he died.
Genesis
LawAnd the righteous men, they shall judge them after the manner of adulteresses, and after the manner of women that shed blood; because they are adulteresses, and blood is in their hands.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsBut if we shall say, Of men; we fear the people; for all hold John as a prophet.
Matthew
GospelsThen the king made a great feast unto all his princes and his servants, even Esther's feast; and he made a release to the provinces, and gave gifts, according to the state of the king.