And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt:
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Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?
Job
Wisdom / JobLet the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die;
Psalms
PoetryThey say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away?
Matthew
GospelsNow therefore go to, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a device against you: return ye now every one from his evil way, and make your ways and your doings good.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd when she is departed out of his house, she may go and be another man's wife.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd it came to pass, when God helped the Levites that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, that they offered seven bullocks and seven rams.
1 Chronicles
HistoryThe nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.
Job
Wisdom / JobThat in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace,
Esther
History / MordecaiCommand the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp every leper, and every one that hath an issue, and whosoever is defiled by the dead:
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd they put his armour in the house of their gods, and fastened his head in the temple of Dagon.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I be a man of God, then let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And there came down fire from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahThese were of the sons of Gad, captains of the host: one of the least was over an hundred, and the greatest over a thousand.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd the rest of the sons of Levi were these: Of the sons of Amram; Shubael: of the sons of Shubael; Jehdeiah.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraFor whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.
James
General Epistles / JamesAnd he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and they said, The LORD, he is the God; the LORD, he is the God.
1 Kings
HistorySo ye in like manner, when ye shall see these things come to pass, know that it is nigh, even at the doors.
Mark
GospelsAnd they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.
Joel
Minor ProphetsThe wings of these cherubims spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were inward.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraNow the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd he shall have it, and his seed after him, even the covenant of an everlasting priesthood; because he was zealous for his God, and made an atonement for the children of Israel.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd to stand every morning to thank and praise the LORD, and likewise at even;
1 Chronicles
HistoryThe two and twentieth to Giddalti, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: