because the tribe of the Reubenites by their families, the tribe of the Gadites by their families, and half of the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance.

Or who among you has become engaged to a woman but has not married her? He may go home, lest he die in battle and someone else marry her.”

Then Elisha said, “Take the arrows,” and he did so. He told the king of Israel, “Strike the ground!” He struck the ground three times and stopped.

Can wood be taken from it to make anything useful? Or can anyone make a peg from it to hang things on?

He took one from the royal family, made a treaty with him, and put him under oath. He then took the leaders of the land

They take bribes within you to shed blood. You engage in usury and charge interest; you extort money from your neighbors. You have forgotten me, declares the sovereign Lord.

They must not marry a widow or a divorcee, but they may marry a virgin from the house of Israel or a widow who is a priest’s widow.

Return to the Lord and repent! Say to him: “Completely forgive our iniquity; accept our penitential prayer, that we may offer the praise of our lips as sacrificial bulls.

Judah acquired a wife for Er his firstborn; her name was Tamar.

Take your brother too, and go right away to the man.

He took five of his brothers and introduced them to Pharaoh.

A man from the household of Levi married a woman who was a descendant of Levi.

Then he prepared his chariots and took his army with him.

This is the offering you are to accept from them: gold, silver, bronze,

“Take the Levites from among the Israelites and purify them.

So I have taken the Levites instead of all the firstborn sons among the Israelites.

Do this, Korah, you and all your company: Take censers,

So Moses took the staff from before the Lord, just as he commanded him.

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

Suppose a man marries a woman, has sexual relations with her, and then rejects her,