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Exodus 40
[Bible]Exodus 40 is the final chapter of the Book of Exodus. In obedience to God's command, Moses sets up the tabernacle on the first day of the first month of the second year after the Exodus. The book closes as the cloud covers the tent of meeting and the glory of the LORD fills the tabernacle.
Numbers 36
[Bible]Numbers 36 is the final chapter of the Book of Numbers. When the heads of the families of the children of Gilead fear that the inheritance (land) granted to the daughters of Zelophehad might pass to another tribe, Moses, in accordance with the word of the LORD, rules that daughters who inherit must marry within the tribe of their fathers.
Deuteronomy 6
[Bible]Deuteronomy 6 is the chapter in which Moses delivers the confession of the one God that begins "Hear, O Israel" (the Shema), together with the command to love God. He urges Israel to teach these words to their children and not to forget the LORD even in times of plenty.
Joshua 5
[Bible]Joshua 5 is the chapter in which Israel, having crossed the Jordan River, performs circumcision and keeps the Passover at Gilgal. The manna then ceases, and near Jericho Joshua meets the captain of the host of the LORD.
Judges 15
[Bible]Judges 15 recounts how Samson, whose wife has been given to another man, takes revenge on the Philistines; is bound by the men of Judah and handed over to the enemy; kills a thousand men with the jawbone of a donkey; and, when he is thirsty, cries out to the LORD and receives a spring of water.
2 Kings 19
[Bible]In this chapter, Hezekiah, facing the threats of Sennacherib king of Assyria, sends messengers to Isaiah and prays in the temple. God answers: the angel of the LORD strikes down 185,000 Assyrian soldiers, and Sennacherib is later killed in his own land.
2 Chronicles 5
[Bible]This chapter records how Solomon brought the Ark of the Covenant into the Most Holy Place of the completed temple, and how the cloud of the LORD's glory filled the temple as the Levites and priests praised God together.
2 Chronicles 19
[Bible]2 Chronicles 19 recounts how Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, who had allied himself with Ahab, is rebuked by the seer Jehu, then brings the people back to the LORD and reorganizes the judicial system by appointing judges in the provincial cities and in Jerusalem.
Psalm 3
[Bible]Psalm 3 is an eight-verse prayer presented as a psalm David composed when he fled from his son Absalom. Facing many enemies, the psalmist confesses the LORD as his shield and asks for deliverance.
Psalm 15
[Bible]Psalm 15 is a psalm of David, five verses in length, that answers the question "Who shall abide in the LORD's tabernacle?" by describing the life and conduct of such a person.
Psalm 8
[Bible]Psalm 8 is a hymn of praise in Book One of the Psalms that extols the name of the LORD as excellent in all the earth. It celebrates God, who remembers lowly humanity before the vastness of the heavens, crowns human beings with glory and honor, and gives them dominion over all things.
Psalm 16
[Bible]Psalm 16, titled "Michtam of David," is a psalm of trust confessing that the LORD alone is the psalmist's good and inheritance and that the LORD will not abandon him even in the face of death. The New Testament cites it as testimony to the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Psalm 20
[Bible]Psalm 20 is a prayer offered by the people on behalf of their king as he faces crisis or war. It is best known for its confession that the people will trust in the name of the LORD rather than in military might (v. 7).
Psalm 55
[Bible]Psalm 55 is a lament psalm of David in which one betrayed by a close friend cries out to God amid an enemy's oppression and the terror of death, and finally arrives at the confession of trust, "Cast thy burden upon the LORD."
Psalm 37
[Bible]Psalm 37 is a wisdom psalm attributed to David. It urges readers not to fret because of the wicked who seem to prosper, but to trust in the LORD and wait for Him. It repeatedly contrasts the wicked, who wither like grass, with the meek and the righteous, who inherit the land.
Psalm 57
[Bible]Psalm 57 is a lament whose superscription sets it at the time when David hid in a cave while fleeing from Saul. It opens with a prayer to take refuge in the shadow of God's wings and closes with a vow to awaken the dawn and praise the Lord among the nations.
Psalm 96
[Bible]Psalm 96 is a hymn of praise that calls all the earth and all peoples to sing a new song to the LORD. It proclaims that the LORD reigns as King and is coming to judge the world with righteousness and truth.
Psalm 107
[Bible]Psalm 107 is a psalm of thanksgiving that opens Book V of the Psalms. It recounts in turn how wanderers in the wilderness, prisoners, the sick, and those caught in storms at sea cried out and were delivered, and it calls on all to praise the steadfast love of the LORD.
Psalm 100
[Bible]Psalm 100 is a short, five-verse hymn of praise that calls all the earth to serve the LORD with gladness and to come before him with thanksgiving and praise. Its superscription is "A Psalm of Thanksgiving."
Psalm 98
[Bible]Psalm 98 is a nine-verse hymn of praise that summons the whole earth, the sea, and even the hills to celebrate with a new song the salvation the LORD has wrought. It closes in expectation of the LORD as King, who comes to judge the world with righteousness and equity.