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• Baal-zephonBible

  Baal-zephon is a place near the site where the Israelites encamped before crossing the Red Sea during the Exodus. It appears in Exodus 14 and Numbers 33, and its exact location is unknown.

• Nehemiah 8Bible

  Nehemiah 8 records how, on the first day of the seventh month, Ezra read the book of the law in the square before the Water Gate in Jerusalem while the Levites explained its meaning, and how the people then kept the Feast of Tabernacles.

• Kibroth-hattaavahBible

  Kibroth-hattaavah was a place in the wilderness where the Israelites encamped after leaving Mount Sinai. It received its name, "graves of craving," because those who craved meat and were struck down by a plague were buried there.

• Numbers 25Bible

  Numbers 25 records how Israel, while at Shittim, committed whoredom with the women of Moab and worshiped Baal-peor, bringing a plague upon the people. Phinehas stopped the plague and received the covenant of an everlasting priesthood, and God commanded Israel to strike Midian.

• Unleavened BreadBible

  Unleavened bread (Hebrew matzah) is flat bread baked without leaven. In the Bible it was eaten at Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread in commemoration of the Exodus, and it was also used as a sacrificial offering.

• Shiphrah and PuahPeople

  Shiphrah and Puah were two Hebrew midwives named in Exodus 1. Because they feared God, they refused to obey the Egyptian king's command to kill Hebrew baby boys.

• Exodus 36Bible

  Exodus 36 records how the people's freewill offerings exceeded what was needed, so that Moses ordered them to stop bringing more, and how Bezalel, Oholiab, and the other workers made the Tabernacle's curtains, coverings, boards, bars, veil, and door hanging.

• Proverbs 2Bible

  Proverbs 2 is a father's instruction teaching that whoever seeks wisdom as silver and hidden treasure will come to understand the fear of the LORD and will be protected from the way of evil men and from the strange woman.

• Deuteronomy 30Bible

  Deuteronomy 30 contains the promise that if scattered Israel returns to the LORD, he will gather and restore them, together with Moses' exhortation that, because the commandment is near, the people should choose life rather than death.

• Nehemiah 13Bible

  The final chapter of the Book of Nehemiah, recording the reforms Nehemiah carried out after returning from the royal court: concerning the temple chambers, the portions due to the Levites, trade on the Sabbath, and marriages with foreigners.

• Nehemiah 10Bible

  Nehemiah 10 records the leaders who set their seals to the covenant in which the community that had returned from exile pledged to keep the Law, along with the covenant's provisions, including the prohibition of intermarriage, the observance of the Sabbath, and offerings for the upkeep of the temple.

• Exodus 17Bible

  Exodus 17 records how Moses struck the rock to bring forth water for the people, who quarreled with him at Rephidim because there was no water, and how Israel defeated Amalek in its first battle while Moses held up his hands.

• Numbers 34Bible

  Numbers 34 sets the southern, western, northern, and eastern boundaries of the land of Canaan that Israel is to enter, and appoints Eleazar, Joshua, and ten tribal leaders to divide the land by lot.

• 1 Samuel 10Bible

  1 Samuel 10 recounts how Samuel privately anoints Saul and foretells three signs, after which Saul is publicly chosen as king before all the people at Mizpeh.

• Deuteronomy 19:18-21Bible Verses

  A provision in Deuteronomy on perjury. It requires that a person who bears false witness in court receive the very penalty he intended to bring upon another. Because it contains the principle of "eye for eye, tooth for tooth," it is frequently discussed in connection with the Sermon on the Mount.

• Psalm 44:22Bible Verses

  A verse from Psalm 44, a communal lament, in which Israel protests to God that its people are being killed not because of their sin but "for thy sake." Because Paul quotes it in Romans 8:36, it is frequently cited in discussions of suffering and faith.

• Deuteronomy 28:13–15Bible Verses

  Deuteronomy 28:13–15 is the transitional passage in Deuteronomy 28 where Moses declares that Israel's obedience to the law will make it "the head, and not the tail," and that disobedience will bring curses. In Korean churches it is often quoted as a word of blessing, and some critics say this use cuts the promise off from its conditions and context.

• Isaiah 55:10–11Bible Verses

  A passage declaring that God's word, like the rain and snow that make the earth bring forth fruit, does not return void but accomplishes his purpose. It is frequently cited in discussions of the power of the word and of confidence in preaching and evangelism.

• Exodus 34:6Bible Verses

  The words the LORD proclaimed on Mount Sinai as he passed before Moses, declaring his name and character and naming in turn his mercy, grace, slowness to anger, steadfast love (hesed), and faithfulness. Because this classic confession of God's character recurs throughout the Old Testament, it is frequently cited in discussions of the divine attributes and of forgiveness.

• Deuteronomy 5:12–15Bible Verses

  This passage is Deuteronomy's restatement of the Sabbath commandment from the Ten Commandments. Unlike the Exodus version, it grounds the commandment in Israel's deliverance from slavery in Egypt and in the rest owed to servants and sojourners. It is frequently cited in discussions of the Sabbath and the Lord's Day.