The posts went out, being hastened by the king's commandment, and the decree was given in Shushan the palace. And the king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city Shushan was perplexed.
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And the west border was to the great sea, and the coast thereof. This is the coast of the children of Judah round about according to their families.
Joshua
HistoryAnd if thy oblation be a meat offering baken in a pan, it shall be of fine flour unleavened, mingled with oil.
Leviticus
LawAnd there went forth a wind from the LORD, and brought quails from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, as it were a day's journey on this side, and as it were a day's journey on the other side, round about the camp, and as it were two cubits high upon the face of the earth.
Numbers
LawAnd ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of the LORD your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you: and my people shall never be ashamed.
Joel
Minor Prophets / JoelThey shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThen I heard one saint speaking, and another saint said unto that certain saint which spake, How long shall be the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, and the transgression of desolation, to give both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot?
Daniel
Major ProphetsHowbeit there was no reckoning made with them of the money that was delivered into their hand, because they dealt faithfully.
2 Kings
HistoryWhen ye go, ye shall come unto a people secure, and to a large land: for God hath given it into your hands; a place where there is no want of any thing that is in the earth.
Judges
HistoryAnd the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahThe evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd he cut the ram into pieces; and Moses burnt the head, and the pieces, and the fat.
Leviticus
LawHe sealeth up the hand of every man; that all men may know his work.
Job
Wisdom / JobTherefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.
Hebrews
General EpistlesAnd he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelYet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:
Psalms
PoetryAnd it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:
Joel
Minor Prophets / JoelThere was a division therefore again among the Jews for these sayings.
John
GospelsAnd Obed begat Jehu, and Jehu begat Azariah,
1 Chronicles
History / EzraMy heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThen Manoah intreated the LORD, and said, O my Lord, let the man of God which thou didst send come again unto us, and teach us what we shall do unto the child that shall be born.
Judges
HistoryThou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersPurge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesWho died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.