When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel after their number, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto the LORD, when thou numberest them; that there be no plague among them, when thou numberest them.
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When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:
Psalms
PoetryAnd Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan sware unto them and to their men, saying, Fear not to serve the Chaldeans: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd the sons of Eliab; Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. This is that Dathan and Abiram, which were famous in the congregation, who strove against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah, when they strove against the LORD:
Numbers
Law / MosesThose that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Benjamin, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred.
Numbers
LawAnd Ahab called Obadiah, which was the governor of his house. (Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly:
1 Kings
History / JeremiahI have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonI Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the midst of my body, and the visions of my head troubled me.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielAnd Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant to wife; and she bare him Attai.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraI stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.
Psalms
PoetryFulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.
Genesis
Law / MosesStir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersSo Saul died, and his three sons, and his armourbearer, and all his men, that same day together.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd they brought forth the images out of the house of Baal, and burned them.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahFor Paul had determined to sail by Ephesus, because he would not spend the time in Asia: for he hasted, if it were possible for him, to be at Jerusalem the day of Pentecost.
Acts
History / LukeBut Job answered and said,
Job
WisdomThen the high priest and the chief of the Jews informed him against Paul, and besought him,
Acts
History / LukeAnd for them, even for the priests, shall be this holy oblation; toward the north five and twenty thousand in length, and toward the west ten thousand in breadth, and toward the east ten thousand in breadth, and toward the south five and twenty thousand in length: and the sanctuary of the LORD shall be in the midst thereof.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsBut with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee.
Genesis
Law / MosesThe lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so.
Proverbs
WisdomWho layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind:
Psalms
PoetryRehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort:
Ezra
History / EzraO that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!
Job
WisdomLet love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.