He was a mighty hunter before the Lord. (That is why it is said, “Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the Lord.”)

“You are to make a covering for the tent out of ram skins dyed red and over that a covering of fine leather.

“You are to make a plate of pure gold and engrave on it the way a seal is engraved: “Holiness to the Lord.”

It is to be a Sabbath of complete rest for you, and you must humble yourselves. It is a perpetual statute.

So Balak did just as Balaam had said. Balak and Balaam then offered on each altar a bull and a ram.

It is a continual burnt offering that was instituted on Mount Sinai as a pleasing aroma, an offering made by fire to the Lord.

One must not take either lower or upper millstones as security on a loan, for that is like taking a life itself as security.

There was a young man from Bethlehem in Judah. He was a Levite who had been temporarily residing among the tribe of Judah.

Who has the king of Israel come out after? Who is it that you are pursuing? A dead dog? A single flea?

Now Amnon had a friend named Jonadab, the son of David’s brother Shimeah. Jonadab was a very crafty man.

He is like a lion that wants to tear its prey to bits, like a young lion crouching in hidden places.

Whoever brings a fool into the world does so to his grief, and the father of a fool has no joy.

The words of a person’s mouth are like deep waters, and the fountain of wisdom is like a flowing brook.

If a wise person goes to court with a foolish person, there is no peace whether he is angry or laughs.

Your navel is a round mixing bowl – may it never lack mixed wine! Your belly is a mound of wheat, encircled by lilies.

The Beloved to Her Lover: Make haste, my beloved! Be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices.

“Hazor will become a permanent wasteland, a place where only jackals live. No one will live there. No human being will settle in it.”

You sat on a magnificent couch, with a table arranged in front of it where you placed my incense and my olive oil.

On that day the prince will provide for himself and for all the people of the land a bull for a sin offering.

The one who builds a city by bloodshed is as good as dead – he who starts a town by unjust deeds.