And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn that openeth the matrix among the children of Israel: therefore the Levites shall be mine;
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But the firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb: and if thou redeem him not, then shalt thou break his neck. All the firstborn of thy sons thou shalt redeem. And none shall appear before me empty.
Exodus
Law / MosesWilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him?
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd David said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah, that ye should this day be adversaries unto me? shall there any man be put to death this day in Israel? for do not I know that I am this day king over Israel?
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd the arches thereof were toward the utter court; and palm trees were upon the posts thereof: and the going up to it had eight steps.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd he could not answer Abner a word again, because he feared him.
2 Samuel
HistoryThe voice of thy thunder was in the heaven: the lightnings lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:
Mark
GospelsThy substance and thy treasures will I give to the spoil without price, and that for all thy sins, even in all thy borders.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsHe hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.
Job
Wisdom / JobIn the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even! and at even thou shalt say, Would God it were morning! for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesI will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsBut if he wash them not, nor bathe his flesh; then he shall bear his iniquity.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb.
1 Samuel
HistoryI will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsSo am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.
Job
Wisdom / JobTherefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne;
Acts
History / LukeAnd they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: thus shall he deliver us from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our borders.
Micah
Minor Prophets / MicahAnd he sent them to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal the sick.
Luke
GospelsBut he said, Then bring meal. And he cast it into the pot; and he said, Pour out for the people, that they may eat. And there was no harm in the pot.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahFor I have set my face against this city for evil, and not for good, saith the LORD: it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsBut God shall wound the head of his enemies, and the hairy scalp of such an one as goeth on still in his trespasses.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersWherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:
1 Peter
General EpistlesShall I not in that day, saith the LORD, even destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau?