And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them;
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And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, unto the custody of Hege the king's chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given them:
Esther
HistorySix days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day, which is the sabbath, in it there shall be none.
Exodus
Law / MosesHear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBehold, a people shall come from the north, and a great nation, and many kings shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsBut if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you; then it shall come to pass, that those which ye let remain of them shall be pricks in your eyes, and thorns in your sides, and shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell.
Numbers
Law / MosesBehold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight.
Job
WisdomYea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness unto the LORD of hosts: and all they that sacrifice shall come and take of them, and seethe therein: and in that day there shall be no more the Canaanite in the house of the LORD of hosts.
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahWherefore they came again, and told him. And he said, This is the word of the LORD, which he spake by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Jezreel shall dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel:
2 Kings
HistoryAnd Achish believed David, saying, He hath made his people Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant for ever.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnAnd the priest shall bring her near, and set her before the LORD:
Numbers
LawThou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersMy son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonBut he denied before them all, saying, I know not what thou sayest.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewFor what have I to do to judge them also that are without? do not ye judge them that are within?
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd the king went up into the house of the LORD, and all the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests, and the Levites, and all the people, great and small: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant that was found in the house of the LORD.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraThey abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit in my face.
Job
Wisdom / JobThat ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.
2 Thessalonians
Pauline Epistles / PaulIn the four corners of the court there were courts joined of forty cubits long and thirty broad: these four corners were of one measure.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielIn the LORD shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThen Asa the king took all Judah; and they carried away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha was building; and he built therewith Geba and Mizpah.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh:
Genesis
LawAnd when Saul's son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands were feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled.