In the first month, that is, the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, to the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar.
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And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:
Numbers
Law / MosesYea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment.
Job
Wisdom / JobI hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersFor some are already turned aside after Satan.
1 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesAnd these are the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the family of the Eranites.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up upon the land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land, even all that the hail hath left.
Exodus
LawAnd it came to pass, when the letter came to them, that they took the king's sons, and slew seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets, and sent him them to Jezreel.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahBut even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.
Luke
Gospels / LukeEvil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repayed.
Proverbs
WisdomWhen once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are:
Luke
Gospels / LukeIn whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.
Job
Wisdom / JobBut Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him.
Genesis
LawI was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD.
Psalms
PoetryLet burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again.
Psalms
PoetryYe have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts?
Malachi
Minor ProphetsNeither shall men tear themselves for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither shall men give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsSo neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard which followed me, none of us put off our clothes, saving that every one put them off for washing.
Nehemiah
HistoryAnd the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd the men are shepherds, for their trade hath been to feed cattle; and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd the border went up to Beth-hogla, and passed along by the north of Beth-arabah; and the border went up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben:
Joshua
HistoryO keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I put my trust in thee.
Psalms
PoetryHear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.
Psalms
PoetryFor he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man: