Counting every male from a month old and upward, there were 8,600. They were responsible for the care<n id="1" /> of the sanctuary.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Then the <sc>Lordsc> said to Moses, &#8220;Number all the firstborn males of the Israelites from a month old and upward, and take<n id="1" /> the number of their names.

And all the firstborn males, by the number of the names from a month old and upward, totaled 22,273.p>

and 32,000 young women who had never had sexual intercourse with a man.<n id="1" />p>

you must not fear them. You must carefully recall<n id="1" /> what the <sc>Lordsc> your God did to Pharaoh and all Egypt,

Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; ignore the stubbornness, wickedness, and sin of these people.

<p class="poetry">Remember the ancient days;p> <p class="poetry">bear in mind<n id="1" /> the years of past generations.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Ask your father and he will inform you,p> <p class="poetry">your elders, and they will tell you.p>

During David&#8217;s campaign against Edom,<n id="1" /> Joab, the commander of the army, while on a mission to bury the dead, killed every male in Edom.

For six months Joab and the entire Israelite army<n id="1" /> stayed there until they had exterminated every male in Edom.<n id="2" />

&#8220;Please, <sc>Lordsc>. Remember how I have served you<n id="1" /> faithfully and with wholehearted devotion,<n id="2" /> and how I have carried out your will.&#8221;<n id="3" /> Then Hezekiah wept bitterly.<n id="4" />p>

King Joash disregarded<n id="1" /> the loyalty his father Jehoiada had shown him and killed Jehoiada&#8217;s<n id="2" /> son. As Zechariah<n id="3" /> was dying, he said, &#8220;May the <sc>Lordsc> take notice and seek vengeance!&#8221;<n id="4" />p>

Please recall the word you commanded your servant Moses: &#8216;If you act unfaithfully, I will scatter you among the nations.<n id="1" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">When these things had been accomplished<n id="1" /> and the rage of King Ahasuerus had diminished, he remembered<n id="2" /> Vashti and what she had done and what had been decided<n id="3" /> against her.

<p class="poetry">For he never bothered to show kindness;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">he harassed the oppressed and needy,p> <p class="poetry">and killed the disheartened.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Remember, O <sc>Lordsc>, what the Edomites didp> <p class="poetry">on the day Jerusalem fell.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">They said, &#8220;Tear it down, tear it down,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">right to its very foundation!&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">However, a poor but wise man lived in the city,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and he could have delivered<n id="2" /> the city by his wisdom,p> <p class="poetry">but no one listened<n id="3" /> to that poor man.p>

<p class="poetry">The dead do not come back to life,p> <p class="poetry">the spirits of the dead do not rise.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">That is because<n id="2" /> you came in judgment<n id="3" /> and destroyed them,p> <p class="poetry">you wiped out all memory of them.p>

<p class="poetry">Remember these things, O Jacob,p> <p class="poetry">O Israel, for you are my servant.p> <p class="poetry">I formed you to be my servant;p> <p class="poetry">O Israel, I will not forget you!<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">For the honor of your name,<n id="1" /> do not treat Jerusalem<n id="2" /> with contempt.p> <p class="poetry">Do not treat with disdain the place where your glorious throne sits.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">Be mindful of your covenant with us. Do not break it!<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Should good be paid back with evil?p> <p class="poetry">Yet they are virtually digging a pit to kill me.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Just remember how I stood before youp> <p class="poetry">pleading on their behalf<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">to keep you from venting your anger on them.<n id="3" />p>