And when the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and, behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way: and the people that fled to the wilderness turned back upon the pursuers.
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The eighteenth to Hanani, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
1 Chronicles
History / EzraBut if the slayer shall at any time come without the border of the city of his refuge, whither he was fled;
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd they offered unto the LORD the same time, of the spoil which they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt.
Genesis
Law / MosesI will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.
Psalms
PoetryAnd it shall come to pass, after that I have plucked them out I will return, and have compassion on them, and will bring them again, every man to his heritage, and every man to his land.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, even a pillar of stone: and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon.
Genesis
LawHow our fathers went down into Egypt, and we have dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians vexed us, and our fathers:
Numbers
Law / MosesIn those days, while Mordecai sat in the king's gate, two of the king's chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those which kept the door, were wroth, and sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.
Esther
History / MordecaiIn those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came unto him, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Set thine house in order: for thou shalt die, and not live.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsFor the king said to Joab the captain of the host, which was with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, and number ye the people, that I may know the number of the people.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd he spake also unto the men of Penuel, saying, When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower.
Judges
History / SamuelThou shalt not see thy brother's ox or his sheep go astray, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt in any case bring them again unto thy brother.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God, that is in thine hand, set magistrates and judges, which may judge all the people that are beyond the river, all such as know the laws of thy God; and teach ye them that know them not.
Ezra
HistorySo they smote him, and his sons, and all his people, until there was none left him alive: and they possessed his land.
Numbers
Law / MosesThe pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground?
Obadiah
Minor Prophets / ObadiahAnd some of the Pharisees from among the multitude said unto him, Master, rebuke thy disciples.
Luke
Gospels / LukeDepart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore.
Psalms
PoetryBecause thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the priest, which were of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities.
Joshua
History / JoshuaI have declared my ways, and thou heardest me: teach me thy statutes.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersSeven days shalt thou keep a solemn feast unto the LORD thy God in the place which the LORD shall choose: because the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thine increase, and in all the works of thine hands, therefore thou shalt surely rejoice.