Because all the firstborn are mine; for on the day that I smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I hallowed unto me all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast: mine shall they be: I am the LORD.
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But since ye say, The burden of the LORD; therefore thus saith the LORD; Because ye say this word, The burden of the LORD, and I have sent unto you, saying, Ye shall not say, The burden of the LORD;
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahYe shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold.
Exodus
LawAnd the whole multitude sought to touch him: for there went virtue out of him, and healed them all.
Luke
GospelsIn the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.
Leviticus
Law / MosesDeal with thy servant according unto thy mercy, and teach me thy statutes.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersJoab the son of Zeruiah began to number, but he finished not, because there fell wrath for it against Israel; neither was the number put in the account of the chronicles of king David.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd they asked him, saying, Master, but when shall these things be? and what sign will there be when these things shall come to pass?
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd they knew that it was he which sat for alms at the Beautiful gate of the temple: and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened unto him.
Acts
HistoryAnd it came to pass, when Saul was returned from following the Philistines, that it was told him, saying, Behold, David is in the wilderness of En-gedi.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
Genesis
LawDiscretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:
Proverbs
WisdomFor who hath stood in the counsel of the LORD, and hath perceived and heard his word? who hath marked his word, and heard it?
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel.
Revelation
ApocalypticNow as he walked by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew his brother casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd thou shalt take all the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul that is above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and burn them upon the altar.
Exodus
LawAnd the children of Israel came near against the children of Benjamin the second day.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that the LORD will visit Tyre, and she shall turn to her hire, and shall commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsHe delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression.
Job
Wisdom / JobAll the saints salute you, chiefly they that are of Caesar's household.
Philippians
Pauline EpistlesOf the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi.
Numbers
LawHave I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord GOD: and not that he should return from his ways, and live?
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd he set a carved image, the idol which he had made, in the house of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen before all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever: