Thus saith the Lord GOD; The gate of the inner court that looketh toward the east shall be shut the six working days; but on the sabbath it shall be opened, and in the day of the new moon it shall be opened.
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To him that made great lights: for his mercy endureth for ever:
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersHe was with David at Pas-dammim, and there the Philistines were gathered together to battle, where was a parcel of ground full of barley; and the people fled from before the Philistines.
1 Chronicles
HistoryGo thee one way or other, either on the right hand, or on the left, whithersoever thy face is set.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielIs this thing done by my lord the king, and thou hast not shewed it unto thy servant, who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?
1 Kings
HistoryTherefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.
Psalms
PoetryLet our lord now command thy servants, which are before thee, to seek out a man, who is a cunning player on an harp: and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he shall play with his hand, and thou shalt be well.
1 Samuel
HistoryBut what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they which are gorgeously apparelled, and live delicately, are in kings' courts.
Luke
GospelsAnd he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow:
Luke
GospelsAnd why have ye brought up the congregation of the LORD into this wilderness, that we and our cattle should die there?
Numbers
LawFor thy mercy is great above the heavens: and thy truth reacheth unto the clouds.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd said, O sir, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food:
Genesis
LawAnd the LORD shall smite Egypt: he shall smite and heal it: and they shall return even to the LORD, and he shall be intreated of them, and shall heal them.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd the people blessed all the men, that willingly offered themselves to dwell at Jerusalem.
Nehemiah
HistoryThere was nothing in the ark save the two tables which Moses put therein at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of Egypt.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraEvery man may see it; man may behold it afar off.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd in it have I put the ark, wherein is the covenant of the LORD, that he made with the children of Israel.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd Shaalabbin, and Ajalon, and Jethlah,
Joshua
HistoryNow when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in unto the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king's chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed. And Esther obtained favour in the sight of all them that looked upon her.
Esther
History / MordecaiTerrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.
Job
WisdomNethaneel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,
1 Chronicles
HistoryThis shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation, about the most holy things:
Numbers
Law / MosesBut thou shalt die in peace: and with the burnings of thy fathers, the former kings which were before thee, so shall they burn odours for thee; and they will lament thee, saying, Ah lord! for I have pronounced the word, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahNow therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy sight, shew me now thy way, that I may know thee, that I may find grace in thy sight: and consider that this nation is thy people.