And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people; neither keep they the king's laws: therefore it is not for the king's profit to suffer them.
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And it shall be on the day when ye shall pass over Jordan unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, that thou shalt set thee up great stones, and plaister them with plaister:
Deuteronomy
LawAnd the king of Egypt came not again any more out of his land: for the king of Babylon had taken from the river of Egypt unto the river Euphrates all that pertained to the king of Egypt.
2 Kings
HistoryThis is the law of the burnt offering, of the meat offering, and of the sin offering, and of the trespass offering, and of the consecrations, and of the sacrifice of the peace offerings;
Leviticus
LawThou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd Tamar his daughter in law bare him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.
1 Chronicles
HistoryMoreover the LORD shall raise him up a king over Israel, who shall cut off the house of Jeroboam that day: but what? even now.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahFor to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonAnd the thing which he did displeased the LORD: wherefore he slew him also.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnTherefore Daniel went in unto Arioch, whom the king had ordained to destroy the wise men of Babylon: he went and said thus unto him; Destroy not the wise men of Babylon: bring me in before the king, and I will shew unto the king the interpretation.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielAnd as soon as we had heard these things, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more courage in any man, because of you: for the LORD your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth beneath.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, which provided victuals for the king and his household: each man his month in a year made provision.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants: and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants.
Genesis
LawIt was round about eighteen thousand measures: and the name of the city from that day shall be, The LORD is there.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.
Luke
Gospels / LukeBut they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among the people.
Matthew
GospelsAhiam the son of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur,
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them to the midst of the sea, even all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots, and his horsemen.
Exodus
LawAnd it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd the congregation shall deliver the slayer out of the hand of the revenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to the city of his refuge, whither he was fled: and he shall abide in it unto the death of the high priest, which was anointed with the holy oil.
Numbers
LawNow go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.