What my eyes see grieves me – all the suffering of the daughters in my city.

Then the Lord spoke again to Haggai on the twenty-fourth day of the month:

Before Jesus arrived, John had proclaimed a baptism for repentance to all the people of Israel.

David took the crown from the head of their king and wore it (its weight was a talent of gold and it was set with precious stones). He took a large amount of plunder from the city.

It contained the golden altar of incense and the ark of the covenant covered entirely with gold. In this ark were the golden urn containing the manna, Aaron’s rod that budded, and the stone tablets of the covenant.

How much greater punishment do you think that person deserves who has contempt for the Son of God, and profanes the blood of the covenant that made him holy, and insults the Spirit of grace?

No longer will your name be Abram. Instead, your name will be Abraham because I will make you the father of a multitude of nations.

Timna, a concubine of Esau’s son Eliphaz, bore Amalek to Eliphaz. These were the sons of Esau’s wife Adah.

Israel settled in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen, and they owned land there. They were fruitful and increased rapidly in number.

“You must not oppress a foreigner, since you know the life of a foreigner, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.

And whenever Moses entered the tent, the pillar of cloud would descend and stand at the entrance of the tent, and the Lord would speak with Moses.

“‘Whenever a leader, by straying unintentionally, sins and violates one of the commandments of the Lord his God which must not be violated, and he pleads guilty,

All those numbered of the camp of Judah, according to their divisions, are 186,400. They will travel at the front.

Then the entire community of Israel entered the wilderness of Zin in the first month, and the people stayed in Kadesh. Miriam died and was buried there.

Moreover, you must not accept a ransom for the life of a murderer who is guilty of death; he must surely be put to death.

Samson then said, “With the jawbone of a donkey I have left them in heaps; with the jawbone of a donkey I have struck down a thousand men!”

All Israel rose up in unison and said, “Not one of us will go home! Not one of us will return to his house!

Certainly if the army had eaten some of the enemies’ provisions that they came across today, would not the slaughter of the Philistines have been even greater?”

Be strong! Let’s fight bravely for the sake of our people and the cities of our God! The Lord will do what he decides is best!”

But Uriah stayed at the door of the palace with all the servants of his lord. He did not go down to his house.