And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day when I chose Israel, and lifted up mine hand unto the seed of the house of Jacob, and made myself known unto them in the land of Egypt, when I lifted up mine hand unto them, saying, I am the LORD your God;
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Ye shall offer no strange incense thereon, nor burnt sacrifice, nor meat offering; neither shall ye pour drink offering thereon.
Exodus
Law / MosesThou shalt make thee no molten gods.
Exodus
LawThen they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersFor there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the candlestick, and the table, and the shewbread; which is called the sanctuary.
Hebrews
General EpistlesFather, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.
John
GospelsAnd ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubile unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family.
Leviticus
LawAnd it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.
Job
WisdomEven the very dust of your city, which cleaveth on us, we do wipe off against you: notwithstanding be ye sure of this, that the kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.
Revelation
ApocalypticAll my bones shall say, LORD, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?
Psalms
PoetryDavid therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer unto the LORD the yearly sacrifice, and his vow.
1 Samuel
HistoryLet no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.
Ephesians
Pauline Epistles / PaulUnless the LORD had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.
Psalms
PoetryAnd ye shall keep it a feast unto the LORD seven days in the year. It shall be a statute for ever in your generations: ye shall celebrate it in the seventh month.
Leviticus
LawFor he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd the elders of his house arose, and went to him, to raise him up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them.
2 Samuel
HistoryAll the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThe voice thereof shall go like a serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThey are not humbled even unto this day, neither have they feared, nor walked in my law, nor in my statutes, that I set before you and before your fathers.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahFor thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then died Jephthah the Gileadite, and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead.
Judges
History / SamuelMoreover he burnt incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and burnt his children in the fire, after the abominations of the heathen whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel.