All these which were chosen to be porters in the gates were two hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by their genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their set office.
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Joshua
HistoryThe son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai,
1 Chronicles
HistoryFor what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonJesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil?
John
Gospels / JohnLet a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd he did that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee: for they have provoked thee to anger before the builders.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and forgat the LORD their God, and served Baalim and the groves.
Judges
HistoryBecause thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
Revelation
ApocalypticAdina the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a captain of the Reubenites, and thirty with him,
1 Chronicles
History / EzraFor the LORD is our defence; and the Holy One of Israel is our king.
Psalms
PoetryThese are the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, to offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD, a burnt offering, and a meat offering, a sacrifice, and drink offerings, every thing upon his day:
Leviticus
LawThe people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsBut ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
1 Peter
General Epistles / PeterThen took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd Moses said unto Hobab, the son of Raguel the Midianite, Moses' father in law, We are journeying unto the place of which the LORD said, I will give it you: come thou with us, and we will do thee good: for the LORD hath spoken good concerning Israel.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow with the trumpets; and they shall be to you for an ordinance for ever throughout your generations.
Numbers
Law / MosesThy terribleness hath deceived thee, and the pride of thine heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsFor what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?
Job
WisdomWherewith shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old?
Micah
Minor Prophets / MicahAnd when Uriah was come unto him, David demanded of him how Joab did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered.
2 Samuel
HistoryYe stand this day all of you before the LORD your God; your captains of your tribes, your elders, and your officers, with all the men of Israel,
Deuteronomy
LawSo he measured the court, an hundred cubits long, and an hundred cubits broad, foursquare; and the altar that was before the house.