“No,” he insisted, “but you have come to see if our land is vulnerable.”

The Egyptians piled them in countless heaps, and the land stank.

“‘The land will give its fruit and you may eat until you are satisfied, and you may live securely in the land.

and you eat some of the food of the land, you must offer up a raised offering to the Lord.

However, you must not eat blood – pour it out on the ground like water.

Listen, O heavens, and I will speak; hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.

The Lord was with Joshua and he became famous throughout the land.

This is the land that remains: all the territory of the Philistines and all the Geshurites,

The land had rest for forty years; then Othniel son of Kenaz died.

“I am about to die. Be strong and become a man!

King Solomon was wealthier and wiser than any of the kings of the earth.

But he left behind some of the poor of the land and gave them fields and vineyards.

Let the heavens rejoice, and the earth be happy! Let the nations say, ‘The Lord reigns!’

King Solomon was wealthier and wiser than any of the kings of the earth.

King Ahasuerus then imposed forced labor on the land and on the coastlands of the sea.

You will laugh at destruction and famine and need not be afraid of the beasts of the earth.

You will also know that your children will be numerous, and your descendants like the grass of the earth.

to whom alone the land was given when no foreigner passed among them.

Although you were a powerful man, owning land, an honored man living on it,

Under the whole heaven he lets it go, even his lightning to the far corners of the earth.