Say to them: ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: “‘A great eagle with broad wings, long feathers, with full plumage which was multi-hued, came to Lebanon and took the top of the cedar.

She will be a place where fishing nets are spread, surrounded by the sea. For I have spoken, declares the sovereign Lord. She will become plunder for the nations,

Thus Jesus no longer went around publicly among the Judeans, but went away from there to the region near the wilderness, to a town called Ephraim, and stayed there with his disciples.

When the governor gestured for him to speak, Paul replied, “Because I know that you have been a judge over this nation for many years, I confidently make my defense.

But if you marry, you have not sinned. And if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. But those who marry will face difficult circumstances, and I am trying to spare you such problems.

For I have received everything, and I have plenty. I have all I need because I received from Epaphroditus what you sent – a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, very pleasing to God.

I also heard a sound coming out of heaven like the sound of many waters and like the sound of loud thunder. Now the sound I heard was like that made by harpists playing their harps,

Early in the morning the men made a treaty with each other. Isaac sent them off; they separated on good terms.

They got their gifts ready for Joseph’s arrival at noon, for they had heard that they were to have a meal there.

When the sound of the horn grew louder and louder, Moses was speaking and God was answering him with a voice.

Since they are my servants whom I brought out from the land of Egypt, they must not be sold in a slave sale.

Do not let her be like a baby born dead, whose flesh is half-consumed when it comes out of its mother’s womb!”

You are to take it from their half-share and give it to Eleazar the priest for a raised offering to the Lord.

from Mount Hor you will draw a line to Lebo Hamath, and the direction of the border will be to Zedad.

The Lord your God will give them over to you; he will throw them into a great panic until they are destroyed.

The land assignments to the nine-and-a-half tribes were made by drawing lots, as the Lord had instructed Moses.

When Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother, captured it, Caleb gave him his daughter Acsah as a wife.

The men hiding in ambush made a mad dash to Gibeah. They attacked and put the sword to the entire city.

Now the city was spread out and large, and there were not a lot of people in it. At that time houses had not been rebuilt.

So the king issued orders for this to be done. A law was passed in Susa, and the ten sons of Haman were hanged.