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• Matthew 5Bible

  Matthew 5 is the first part of the Sermon on the Mount. It contains the Beatitudes, the sayings about salt and light, Jesus' declaration that he came to fulfill the law, and six teachings introduced with "But I say unto you."

• Matthew 6Bible

  Matthew 6 is the central portion of the Sermon on the Mount. Jesus teaches that almsgiving, prayer, and fasting are not to be done to be seen by others, gives the Lord's Prayer, and urges his hearers to seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness rather than wealth and anxious concerns.

• 2 Corinthians 10Bible

  2 Corinthians 10 is the chapter in which Paul defends his apostolic authority against those who disparage him as weak. It speaks of the weapons of spiritual warfare, of authority given for building up, and of glorying in the Lord.

• Numbers 5Bible

  Numbers 5 contains the ordinance for putting the unclean out of the camp, the ordinance for confessing and making restitution for wrongs done to another person, and the "law of jealousy," a procedure carried out before the priest when a husband suspects his wife of adultery.

• Numbers 29Bible

  Numbers 29 is a legal text that prescribes the kinds and numbers of offerings for the feasts of the seventh month: the day of blowing the trumpets (the first day), the Day of Atonement (the tenth day), the Feast of Tabernacles (seven days beginning on the fifteenth), and the solemn assembly on the eighth day.

• Joshua 6Bible

  Joshua 6 recounts how Israel marched around the city of Jericho for seven days, brought down its walls with trumpet blasts and a great shout, and took the city. Rahab the harlot and her family were spared, in keeping with the promise made by the spies.

• 1 Chronicles 18Bible

  1 Chronicles 18 records David's successive conquests of the Philistines, Moab, Zobah, Aram, and Edom, his dedication of the spoils to the LORD, and a list of the chief officials of David's kingdom.

• Ezra 4Bible

  Ezra 4 records how the returned exiles declined an offer from the surrounding inhabitants to help with the building, how opposition and accusations followed, and how work on the Jerusalem temple was halted until the second year of King Darius.

• Isaiah 7Bible

  Isaiah 7 is the chapter in which Isaiah urges Ahaz, king of Judah, who is afraid of the allied forces of Aram and the northern kingdom of Israel, to have faith, and delivers to him the sign of Immanuel. The chapter then foretells the Assyrian invasion.

• Ezekiel 27Bible

  Ezekiel 27 is the chapter in which God commands Ezekiel to take up a lament for Tyre. It portrays Tyre as a magnificently adorned great ship and celebrates its splendid trade, then depicts the city's downfall as the ship breaking apart in the midst of the seas while its sailors wail.

• Ezekiel 29Bible

  Ezekiel 29 opens the book's prophecies against Egypt. It pronounces judgment on Pharaoh, who boasts that the Nile is his own, by likening him to a great crocodile, and it foretells that the land of Egypt will be handed over to Nebuchadnezzar.

• Exodus 9Bible

  Exodus 9 records the fifth (the plague on livestock), sixth (boils), and seventh (hail) of the ten plagues. Pharaoh confesses his wrongdoing, yet once the hail stops he hardens his heart again.

• Leviticus 4Bible

  Leviticus 4 sets out the regulations for the sin offering for unintentional violations of the LORD's prohibitions. It prescribes different offerings and different ways of handling the blood for the anointed priest, the whole congregation, a ruler, and one of the common people.

• Leviticus 9Bible

  Leviticus 9 records the eighth day, after the seven days of priestly ordination were completed. On that day Aaron offered sacrifices for the first time and blessed the people, and then the glory of the LORD appeared and fire came out and consumed the offerings.

• Isaiah 26Bible

  Isaiah 26 opens with a song to be sung "in that day" in the land of Judah. It speaks of the peace of those who trust in the Lord, judgment on the proud, prayer in distress, and the promise that the dead will live again.

• Revelation 14Bible

  Revelation 14 is the chapter of Revelation that presents the Lamb standing on Mount Zion with the 144,000, the proclamations of the three angels, the blessing on those who die in the Lord, and two harvest visions: the reaping of grain and the gathering of grapes.

• Leviticus 19Bible

  Leviticus 19 is a collection of ordinances, gathered under the command "Ye shall be holy," that address worship, relations with one's neighbor, protection of the poor and the stranger, and justice in judgment and commerce. The chapter contains the verse "thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself."

• Deuteronomy 4Bible

  Deuteronomy 4 concludes Moses' first address. It urges Israel to keep the law without adding to it or taking from it, warns against making idols, records the setting apart of three cities of refuge east of the Jordan, and introduces the setting of the second address.

• Jeremiah 27Bible

  Jeremiah 27 is the chapter in which Jeremiah wears a yoke on his neck and tells Judah and five neighboring nations to serve the king of Babylon. He also warns that prophecies of the temple vessels' imminent return from Babylon are false.

• Hebrews 8:6–13Bible Verses

  Hebrews 8:6–13 is a passage in which the author of Hebrews quotes the "new covenant" prophecy of Jeremiah 31 to present Jesus Christ as the mediator of a better covenant than the first. It is frequently cited and discussed in treatments of the relationship between law and gospel and between the church and Israel.