So ten of Joseph’s brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.

“When someone’s body has a boil on its skin and it heals,

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

The Lord our God made a covenant with us at Horeb.

Naomi took the child and placed him on her lap; she became his caregiver.

Israel and the Philistines drew up their battle lines opposite one another.

Nathan told David all these words that were revealed to him.

After all this happened, the Lord afflicted him with an incurable intestinal disease.

The report they sent to him was written as follows: “To King Darius: All greetings!

Listen carefully to my words; let your ears be attentive to my explanation.

“How long will you torment me and crush me with your words?

So Job opens his mouth to no purpose; without knowledge he multiplies words.”

Do not long for the cover of night to drag people away from their homes.

Come! Witness the exploits of the Lord, who brings devastation to the earth!

My heart beats violently within me; the horrors of death overcome me.

Before him the coastlands will bow down, and his enemies will lick the dust.

If his sons reject my law and disobey my regulations,

They rejected the fruitful land; they did not believe his promise.

For he shattered the bronze gates, and hacked through the iron bars.

ז (Zayin) Remember your word to your servant, for you have given me hope.