If, however, the one who consecrated the field redeems it, he must add to it one fifth of the conversion price and it will belong to him.

All the days of his separation he must not eat anything that is produced by the grapevine, from seed to skin.

“Speak to Aaron and tell him, ‘When you set up the lamps, the seven lamps are to give light in front of the lampstand.’”

When Moses sent them to investigate the land of Canaan, he told them, “Go up through the Negev, and then go up into the hill country

Then the Lord opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said to Balaam, “What have I done to you that you have beaten me these three times?”

They traveled from Marah and came to Elim; in Elim there are twelve fountains of water and seventy palm trees, so they camped there.

And they must stand as your towns of refuge from the avenger in order that the killer may not die until he has stood trial before the community.

When your ancestors went down to Egypt, they numbered only seventy, but now the Lord your God has made you as numerous as the stars of the sky.

The men of Judah attacked, and the Lord handed the Canaanites and Perizzites over to them. They killed ten thousand men at Bezek.

The Lord was furious with Israel. He said, “This nation has violated the terms of the agreement I made with their ancestors by disobeying me.

It was quite a long time – some twenty years in all – that the ark stayed at Kiriath Jearim. All the people of Israel longed for the Lord.

In that day you will cry out because of your king whom you have chosen for yourselves, but the Lord won’t answer you in that day.”

David realized that the Lord had established him as king over Israel and that he had elevated his kingdom for the sake of his people Israel.

In the letter he wrote: “Station Uriah in the thick of the battle and then withdraw from him so he will be cut down and killed.”

Hushai replied to Absalom, “No, I will be loyal to the one whom the Lord, these people, and all the men of Israel have chosen.

The men of the city, the leaders and the nobles who lived there, followed the written orders Jezebel had sent them.

Elijah took his cloak, folded it up, and hit the water with it. The water divided, and the two of them crossed over on dry ground.

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.

They were worshiping the Lord and at the same time serving their own gods in accordance with the practices of the nations from which they had been deported.

Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem. He did evil in the sight of the Lord.