And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the tabernacle of the congregation, and to make an atonement for the children of Israel: that there be no plague among the children of Israel, when the children of Israel come nigh unto the sanctuary.
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For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAh Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee:
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahYe shall not do so unto the LORD your God.
Deuteronomy
LawHave I conceived all this people? have I begotten them, that thou shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing father beareth the sucking child, unto the land which thou swarest unto their fathers?
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree;
Romans
Pauline EpistlesAnd Jesus, when he had found a young ass, sat thereon; as it is written,
John
GospelsThe priests shall not eat of any thing that is dead of itself, or torn, whether it be fowl or beast.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielThou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall: but the LORD helped me.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBy these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd when she is departed out of his house, she may go and be another man's wife.
Deuteronomy
LawThy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness may profit the son of man.
Job
WisdomAnd Joshua said, Roll great stones upon the mouth of the cave, and set men by it for to keep them:
Joshua
History / JoshuaThen the spirit came upon Amasai, who was chief of the captains, and he said, Thine are we, David, and on thy side, thou son of Jesse: peace, peace be unto thee, and peace be to thine helpers; for thy God helpeth thee. Then David received them, and made them captains of the band.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraCursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsBlessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that layeth hold on it; that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd in every several city he put shields and spears, and made them exceeding strong, having Judah and Benjamin on his side.
2 Chronicles
HistoryThen said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath: the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it?
John
GospelsUnto carpenters, and builders, and masons, and to buy timber and hewn stone to repair the house.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be, that all the people that is found therein shall be tributaries unto thee, and they shall serve thee.
Deuteronomy
LawThe LORD repented for this: It shall not be, saith the LORD.
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosAnd the priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and went in the midst of the people.
Judges
HistoryAnd the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Numbers
LawBut he himself turned again from the quarries that were by Gilgal, and said, I have a secret errand unto thee, O king: who said, Keep silence. And all that stood by him went out from him.