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• Joshua 10

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  Joshua 10 recounts Joshua's victory over the five Amorite kings who attacked Gibeon and the conquest of the cities of southern Canaan. It includes the account of the sun and moon standing still.

• Joshua 14

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  Joshua 14 opens the distribution of the land west of the Jordan. It sets out the principle by which Eleazar and Joshua divide the land by lot among the nine and a half tribes. It also records how Caleb, at eighty-five, claims the hill country promised to him and receives Hebron as his inheritance.

• Nehemiah 5

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  Nehemiah 5 recounts how, during the rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem, it came to light that poor people were selling their children into servitude because of debts and taxes. Nehemiah then compelled the nobles and officials to stop charging interest and to return the property they held in pledge. The chapter closes with Nehemiah recalling his own conduct as governor, when he declined the governor's allowance.

• Psalm 125

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  Psalm 125 is the sixth of the "Songs of Degrees." It declares that those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved, and that the LORD surrounds and protects His people.

• Proverbs 27

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  Proverbs 27 belongs to the collection of Solomon's proverbs compiled by the men of Hezekiah (chapters 25–29). It contains a warning against boasting about tomorrow, teachings on a friend's rebuke and on friendship, sayings about praise and testing, and an exhortation to tend one's flocks and property.

• Isaiah 54

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  Isaiah 54 is a prophecy promising restoration to Zion, who has become like a forsaken woman. Drawing on God's oath after Noah's flood, it proclaims an unchanging covenant of peace.

• Ezekiel 3

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  Ezekiel 3 concludes the call narrative of the prophet Ezekiel. In it he eats the scroll given to him by God, is appointed a "watchman" over the captive people of Israel, and is confined to his house and made unable to speak.

• Ezekiel 7

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  Ezekiel 7 is a prophecy of judgment proclaiming that "the end" has come upon the land of Israel. It declares that sword, pestilence, and famine will strike, that silver and gold will not save the people, and that even their leaders will be rendered powerless.

• Ezekiel 14

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  Ezekiel 14 rebukes the elders of Israel who come to inquire of the prophet while harboring idols in their hearts. It pronounces judgment on Jerusalem, declaring that even if righteous men such as Noah, Daniel, and Job were present, their righteousness could deliver only their own lives.

• Psalm 122:1

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  Psalm 122:1 is the verse in which a pilgrim declares his gladness upon hearing the invitation, "Let us go into the house of the LORD." It is regarded as a classic expression of delight in worship and is frequently used, for example, as a call to worship.

• Pergamum

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  Pergamum was a city in western Asia Minor and the site of the third of the seven churches addressed in Revelation 2. The letter to this church describes it as the place "where Satan's seat is."

• Geshem

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  Geshem was an Arabian who, together with Sanballat and Tobiah, mocked and obstructed Nehemiah's work of rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem. He appears in Nehemiah 2 and 6.

• Genesis 1

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  The first chapter of Genesis, which recounts how God, by His word, made light, the sky, the land and seas, the heavenly bodies, and living creatures over six days, and created male and female in His own image.

• Genesis 4

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  Genesis 4 recounts the offerings of Cain and Abel, the two sons of Adam and Eve; the first murder; Cain's punishment and descendants; and the birth of Seth. The chapter contains 26 verses.

• Exodus 9

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  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.

• Judges 2

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  Judges 2 records the Angel of the LORD rebuking Israel's disobedience at Bochim and describes the apostasy of the generation that arose after Joshua's death. It then summarizes the recurring pattern of the period of the judges: sin, oppression, crying out, and deliverance through judges.

• Judges 3

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  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.

• Nehemiah 2

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  In this chapter Nehemiah receives permission and letters from the Persian king Artaxerxes, travels to Jerusalem, inspects the ruined walls by night, proposes to the people of Judah that the wall be rebuilt, and answers the mockery of his opponents.

• Esther 2

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  Esther 2 recounts how, after the deposition of Queen Vashti, King Ahasuerus seeks a new queen and the Jewish woman Esther is chosen, and how Mordecai exposes a plot against the king, a deed recorded in the royal chronicles.

• Psalm 23

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  Psalm 23 is a six-verse poem that likens the LORD to a shepherd and to a host who prepares a banquet, expressing trust in his care and abiding presence. It bears the superscription "A Psalm of David."