And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for twenty's sake.
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And king Jehoram went out of Samaria the same time, and numbered all Israel.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahPut me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou mayest be justified.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsDavid smote also Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to recover his border at the river Euphrates.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanO LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.
Psalms
PoetryAnd this shall be a sign unto you, saith the LORD, that I will punish you in this place, that ye may know that my words shall surely stand against you for evil:
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThen all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the children of the east were gathered together, and went over, and pitched in the valley of Jezreel.
Judges
HistoryAnd Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it.
Ruth
History / SamuelAnd the LORD smote the king, so that he was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house. And Jotham the king's son was over the house, judging the people of the land.
2 Kings
HistoryFor I know that after my death ye will utterly corrupt yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the latter days; because ye will do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAssemble yourselves, and come, all ye heathen, and gather yourselves together round about: thither cause thy mighty ones to come down, O LORD.
Joel
Minor ProphetsThus shall Aaron come into the holy place: with a young bullock for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering.
Leviticus
Law / MosesHis servants therefore took him out of that chariot, and put him in the second chariot that he had; and they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died, and was buried in one of the sepulchres of his fathers. And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraHe took also out of the city an eunuch, which had the charge of the men of war; and seven men of them that were near the king's person, which were found in the city; and the principal scribe of the host, who mustered the people of the land; and threescore men of the people of the land, that were found in the midst of the city.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsWhy doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at,
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd all the oxen for the sacrifice of the peace offerings were twenty and four bullocks, the rams sixty, the he goats sixty, the lambs of the first year sixty. This was the dedication of the altar, after that it was anointed.
Numbers
Law / MosesGive me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
Psalms
PoetryAnd Eleazar the priest took the brasen censers, wherewith they that were burnt had offered; and they were made broad plates for a covering of the altar:
Numbers
Law / MosesWhosoever shall make like unto that, to smell thereto, shall even be cut off from his people.
Exodus
Law / MosesShall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?
Job
WisdomWoe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor!
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewA drought is upon her waters; and they shall be dried up: for it is the land of graven images, and they are mad upon their idols.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd there fell ten portions to Manasseh, beside the land of Gilead and Bashan, which were on the other side Jordan;
Joshua
HistoryAnd he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;