It shall be a sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls, by a statute for ever.
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The priests the Levites, and all the tribe of Levi, shall have no part nor inheritance with Israel: they shall eat the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and his inheritance.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd when Samuel had caused all the tribes of Israel to come near, the tribe of Benjamin was taken.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast sent messengers to enquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron, is it not because there is no God in Israel to enquire of his word? therefore thou shalt not come down off that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd he set judges in the land throughout all the fenced cities of Judah, city by city,
2 Chronicles
History / EzraThen answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here: if thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias.
Matthew
GospelsBut if he thrust him of hatred, or hurl at him by laying of wait, that he die;
Numbers
LawSimon Peter saith unto them, I go a fishing. They say unto him, We also go with thee. They went forth, and entered into a ship immediately; and that night they caught nothing.
John
GospelsThe eighth captain for the eighth month was Sibbecai the Hushathite, of the Zarhites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the LORD hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will love me.
Genesis
LawThe way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd the sons of Eshek his brother were, Ulam his firstborn, Jehush the second, and Eliphelet the third.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
Revelation
ApocalypticAnd for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel,
Ephesians
Pauline EpistlesAnd I sent the hornet before you, which drave them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; but not with thy sword, nor with thy bow.
Joshua
HistoryOf this there shall be for the sanctuary five hundred in length, with five hundred in breadth, square round about; and fifty cubits round about for the suburbs thereof.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsSuch knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.
Psalms
PoetryIn the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying,
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahAnd thou shalt put the mitre upon his head, and put the holy crown upon the mitre.
Exodus
LawAnd he sent away the multitude, and took ship, and came into the coasts of Magdala.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThen the king said to Haman, Make haste, and take the apparel and the horse, as thou hast said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, that sitteth at the king's gate: let nothing fail of all that thou hast spoken.
Esther
HistoryYet these may ye eat of every flying creeping thing that goeth upon all four, which have legs above their feet, to leap withal upon the earth;
Leviticus
LawWithout me they shall bow down under the prisoners, and they shall fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.