And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, unto the custody of Hege the king's chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given them:
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And he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, and hath taken away thy blessing.
Genesis
LawCanst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd they turned and went up into the mountain, and came unto the valley of Eshcol, and searched it out.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesBlessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThe morning is come unto thee, O thou that dwellest in the land: the time is come, the day of trouble is near, and not the sounding again of the mountains.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd he answered and spake unto those that stood before him, saying, Take away the filthy garments from him. And unto him he said, Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee with change of raiment.
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahBut thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother's breasts.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt.
Genesis
LawOn this side Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses to declare this law, saying,
Deuteronomy
LawIn the evening she went, and on the morrow she returned into the second house of the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king's chamberlain, which kept the concubines: she came in unto the king no more, except the king delighted in her, and that she were called by name.
Esther
HistorySo then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free.
Galatians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd as they did eat, he said, Verily I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewHe that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days.
Numbers
LawThe calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hasteth fast.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsTo them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThen Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favour in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request:
Esther
History / MordecaiGive the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king's son.
Psalms
PoetryAnd Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD.
Genesis
LawAnd hearing the multitude pass by, he asked what it meant.
Luke
GospelsAnd they of Beth-shemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley: and they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark, and rejoiced to see it.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd Moses spake so unto the children of Israel: but they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage.
Exodus
LawThe wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits.