And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter.
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And offered at the dedication of this house of God an hundred bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin offering for all Israel, twelve he goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.
Ezra
History / EzraFor I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd all the people brake off the golden earrings which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron.
Exodus
Law / MosesLord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersWho only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.
1 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesThis thou knowest, that all they which are in Asia be turned away from me; of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes.
2 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesBut Rabshakeh said, Hath my master sent me to thy master and to thee to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men that sit upon the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss with you?
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd this is the case of the slayer, which shall flee thither, that he may live: Whoso killeth his neighbour ignorantly, whom he hated not in time past;
Deuteronomy
LawAnd Moses told Aaron all the words of the LORD who had sent him, and all the signs which he had commanded him.
Exodus
Law / MosesYet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it.
Psalms
PoetryHe measured then the gate from the roof of one little chamber to the roof of another: the breadth was five and twenty cubits, door against door.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsGet thee unto Pharaoh in the morning; lo, he goeth out unto the water; and thou shalt stand by the river's brink against he come; and the rod which was turned to a serpent shalt thou take in thine hand.
Exodus
Law / MosesBut the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Leviticus
LawAnd for an unclean person they shall take of the ashes of the burnt heifer of purification for sin, and running water shall be put thereto in a vessel:
Numbers
LawHe rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault.
Mark
GospelsThat he that escapeth in that day shall come unto thee, to cause thee to hear it with thine ears?
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd the Levites took down the ark of the LORD, and the coffer that was with it, wherein the jewels of gold were, and put them on the great stone: and the men of Beth-shemesh offered burnt offerings and sacrificed sacrifices the same day unto the LORD.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelShe stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonDeliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.
Psalms
PoetryThough I have bound and strengthened their arms, yet do they imagine mischief against me.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsAnd the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.