To confirm these days of Purim in their times appointed, according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them, and as they had decreed for themselves and for their seed, the matters of the fastings and their cry.
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And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she thrust herself unto the wall, and crushed Balaam's foot against the wall: and he smote her again.
Numbers
Law / MosesGilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver;
Psalms
PoetryElse what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead?
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulWho fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end;
Deuteronomy
LawMy mouth shall speak the praise of the LORD: and let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever.
Psalms
PoetryAnd David said to Uriah, Tarry here to day also, and to morrow I will let thee depart. So Uriah abode in Jerusalem that day, and the morrow.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey.
Matthew
GospelsNotwithstanding the children of Korah died not.
Numbers
LawHe runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers:
Job
WisdomAnd the table and his furniture, and the pure candlestick with all his furniture, and the altar of incense,
Exodus
Law / MosesShe bare also Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbenah, and the father of Gibea: and the daughter of Caleb was Achsa.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd he slew an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits high; and in the Egyptian's hand was a spear like a weaver's beam; and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd Zebadiah, and Arad, and Ader,
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd out of the city he took an officer that was set over the men of war, and five men of them that were in the king's presence, which were found in the city, and the principal scribe of the host, which mustered the people of the land, and threescore men of the people of the land that were found in the city:
2 Kings
History / JeremiahSo foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.
Psalms
PoetryAnd one kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, and the meat offering thereof, and their drink offerings.
Numbers
Law / MosesSince ye seek a proof of Christ speaking in me, which to you-ward is not weak, but is mighty in you.
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulThe children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spake unto Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and unto the princes of the congregation, saying,
Numbers
Law / MosesThat which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonThus saith the LORD, The labour of Egypt, and merchandise of Ethiopia and of the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over unto thee, and they shall be thine: they shall come after thee; in chains they shall come over, and they shall fall down unto thee, they shall make supplication unto thee, saying, Surely God is in thee; and there is none else, there is no God.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Leviticus
LawKnow ye that our brother Timothy is set at liberty; with whom, if he come shortly, I will see you.
Hebrews
General EpistlesNow no man at the table knew for what intent he spake this unto him.