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• Exodus 28Bible

  Exodus 28 records the command to set apart Aaron and his sons as priests. It specifies the materials and construction of the holy garments the priests are to wear: the ephod, the breastplate of judgment, the robe, the gold plate, the coat, and the linen breeches.

• Deuteronomy 23Bible

  Deuteronomy 23 is a chapter of law that sets out who may enter the congregation of the LORD and gives regulations on keeping the camp clean in time of war, protecting runaway servants, interest, vows, and a neighbor's field.

• Joshua 22Bible

  Joshua 22 recounts how the tribes of Reuben and Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh, whose inheritance lay east of the Jordan, return home after the wars of conquest. A great altar they build by the Jordan brings Israel to the brink of civil war, but the conflict ends when the misunderstanding is resolved through dialogue.

• Judges 3Bible

  Judges 3 introduces the nations the LORD left to test Israel, then recounts the stories of Othniel, the first judge; Ehud, who killed King Eglon of Moab; and Shamgar, who struck down the Philistines.

• 1 Samuel 16Bible

  A chapter of 1 Samuel recounting how Samuel anoints David, the youngest son of Jesse, in Bethlehem, and how David comes to serve Saul, from whom the Spirit of the LORD has departed, by playing the harp.

• 2 Chronicles 18Bible

  This chapter recounts how Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, joins Ahab, king of Israel, in the battle for Ramoth-gilead. Unlike the four hundred prophets, the prophet Micaiah foretells defeat, and Ahab, who fights in disguise, is struck by an arrow and dies.

• Ezra 8Bible

  Ezra 8 records the families who returned from Babylon with Ezra, the gathering of Levites and the fast at the river of Ahava, and the entrusting of the temple offerings, which were brought safely to Jerusalem.

• Proverbs 4Bible

  In Proverbs 4, a father passes on to his sons the instruction he himself received and urges them to get wisdom. He contrasts the path of the righteous with the way of the wicked and teaches them to guard the heart, mouth, eyes, and feet.

• Jeremiah 37Bible

  Jeremiah 37 recounts how, during the reign of King Zedekiah, Jeremiah is arrested on a charge of desertion and imprisoned while the Babylonian army has temporarily withdrawn, and how the king secretly summons him to ask for a word from the LORD.

• Lamentations 4Bible

  Lamentations 4 is a lament over the devastation of Jerusalem when it was besieged and captured by Babylon, contrasting "once" with "now." It closes by declaring that Zion's punishment has ended and that Edom will be judged.

• Ezekiel 12Bible

  Ezekiel 12 is a chapter of the Book of Ezekiel in which the prophet packs an exile's belongings and digs through a wall. This symbolic act foretells the captivity of Jerusalem's king and people. The chapter also refutes the people's proverb that the fulfillment of prophecy is delayed.

• Ezekiel 44Bible

  Ezekiel 44 is part of the vision of the new temple. It contains the command to keep shut the outer east gate through which the LORD entered, along with the duties and ordinances of the Levites and of the priests descended from Zadok who are to serve in the temple.

• Hosea 4Bible

  Hosea 4 is the chapter in which the LORD brings charges against the people and priests of the northern kingdom of Israel. It pronounces judgment on the sin and idolatry that arose from their lack of the knowledge of God.

• Hosea 6Bible

  Hosea 6 contains a song in which the people of Israel urge one another to return to the LORD (vv. 1–3), followed by God's lament and rebuke that their steadfast love vanishes as quickly as the morning dew.

• Hosea 10Bible

  Hosea 10 is a prophecy that rebukes the Northern Kingdom of Israel for multiplying altars and images as its prosperity grew and for serving the calf of Bethaven. It foretells the destruction of its king and its high places. Amid this judgment it issues a call to repentance: "Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy."

• Micah 6Bible

  Micah 6 is the chapter in which the LORD calls the mountains as witnesses and pleads His case against His people. He requires justice, mercy, and a humble walk with God rather than sacrifices, rebukes dishonest commerce and the sin of following the ways of the kings of northern Israel, and pronounces judgment.

• 2 Corinthians 6Bible

  In 2 Corinthians 6, Paul urges the Corinthian believers not to receive the grace of God in vain and describes the ministry he has maintained through suffering. He then appeals to them to open their hearts and exhorts them not to be yoked together with unbelievers.

• Philippians 3Bible

  Philippians 3 is the chapter in which Paul warns against those who insist on circumcision and, in place of the righteousness of the law, speaks of the knowledge of Christ and the righteousness that comes through faith. It closes with a picture of the life of faith as pressing toward the mark and with the hope of heavenly citizenship.

• 2 Timothy 3Bible

  2 Timothy 3 warns against the vices of people who will appear in the last days and against false teachers. Looking back on the persecutions he has endured, Paul urges Timothy to continue in the Scriptures he has known from childhood.

• Hebrews 7Bible

  Hebrews 7 describes Melchizedek, king of Salem and priest, and teaches that the priesthood of Jesus after the order of Melchizedek is superior to the Levitical priesthood and is eternal.