He hired 100,000 Israelite warriors for a hundred talents of silver.

Do not completely deprive me of a truthful testimony, for I await your justice.

O sovereign Lord, my strong deliverer, you shield my head in the day of battle.

Death and Destruction are before the Lord – how much more the hearts of humans!

The sound of their voices shook the door frames, and the temple was filled with smoke.

Greet one another with a loving kiss. Peace to all of you who are in Christ.

He gave him the regulations for the divisions of priests and Levites, for all the assigned responsibilities within the Lord’s temple, and for all the items used in the service of the Lord’s temple.

The prophet Jeremiah spoke to Baruch son of Neriah while he was writing down in a scroll the words that Jeremiah spoke to him. This happened in the fourth year that Jehoiakim son of Josiah was ruling over Judah.

So the Lord saved Israel on that day from the power of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the shore of the sea.

For if anyone does any of these abominations, the persons who do them will be cut off from the midst of their people.

If there are still many years, in keeping with them he must refund most of the cost of his purchase for his redemption,

When Joshua dismissed the people, the Israelites went to their allotted portions of territory, intending to take possession of the land.

But in the eighteenth year of King Josiah’s reign, such a Passover of the Lord was observed in Jerusalem.

They also attacked the tents of the herdsmen in charge of the livestock. They carried off many sheep and camels and then returned to Jerusalem.

Because of their distress, they turned back to the Lord God of Israel. They sought him and he responded to them.

We also inquired of their names in order to inform you, so that we might write the names of the men who were their leaders.

Then we, your people, the sheep of your pasture, will continually thank you. We will tell coming generations of your praiseworthy acts.

He waters the mountains from the upper rooms of his palace; the earth is full of the fruit you cause to grow.

In the light of the king’s face there is life, and his favor is like the clouds of the spring rain.

And there will be enough goat’s milk for your food, for the food of your household, and for the sustenance of your servant girls.