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Genesis 20
[Bible]Genesis 20 recounts how Abraham, while sojourning in Gerar, presented his wife Sarah as his sister. Abimelech, king of Gerar, took her, but after God warned him in a dream, he returned her.
Exodus 3
[Bible]Exodus 3 is the chapter in which God appears to Moses in the burning bush at Mount Horeb and calls him. God commissions him to bring Israel out of Egypt and reveals His name as "I AM THAT I AM" and "the LORD."
Exodus 10
[Bible]Exodus 10 records the eighth plague on Egypt, locusts, and the ninth, darkness. Pharaoh offers to let Israel go on certain conditions but finally drives Moses from his presence.
Leviticus 3
[Bible]Leviticus 3 sets out the procedure for the peace offering, presented from the herd or the flock (cattle, sheep, or goats). It declares that all the fat belongs to the LORD and closes with a perpetual statute forbidding the eating of fat and blood.
Numbers 3
[Bible]Numbers 3 records the genealogy of Aaron's sons and the tribe of Levi. It sets apart the Levites as those given to God in place of Israel's firstborn, assigns each Levite family its camp position and tabernacle duties, and then numbers both the Levites and the firstborn, requiring a redemption price for the difference.
Deuteronomy 3
[Bible]Deuteronomy 3 recounts Moses' recollection of the defeat of Og king of Bashan and the distribution of the land east of the Jordan among the tribes, and it relates how his prayer to enter the Promised Land was refused.
1 Chronicles 11
[Bible]1 Chronicles 11 recounts how all Israel made David king at Hebron and how David captured Jebus (Jerusalem) and made it the city of David. The chapter also contains a list of David's mighty men.
1 Chronicles 4
[Bible]1 Chronicles 4 contains the genealogies of various clans of the tribe of Judah and of the tribe of Simeon, along with records of their settlements and migrations. It is best known for the "Prayer of Jabez" in verses 9–10.
1 Chronicles 19
[Bible]1 Chronicles 19 records a war that began when Hanun, king of the Ammonites, humiliated the envoys David had sent to console him. It recounts how Joab and David defeated the Ammonites and the Aramean coalition that came to their aid.
Ezra 3
[Bible]Ezra 3 recounts how the people who had returned from Babylon rebuilt the altar in Jerusalem, offered burnt offerings, and kept the Feast of Tabernacles, and how in the following year they laid the foundation of the temple amid both praise and weeping.
Nehemiah 4
[Bible]Nehemiah 4 recounts how the rebuilding of Jerusalem's walls met with ridicule from Sanballat and Tobiah and with a plot to attack the city, and how Nehemiah prayed, armed the people, and kept the work going as the builders labored with one hand and held a weapon with the other.
Ezra 1
[Bible]Ezra 1 records how Cyrus king of Persia, in his first year, issued a decree permitting the exiles of Judah to return to Jerusalem and build the temple, and how he returned to Sheshbazzar the temple vessels that Nebuchadnezzar had carried away.
Esther 3
[Bible]Esther 3 is the chapter in which King Ahasuerus promotes Haman, Mordecai refuses to bow to him, and the enraged Haman casts Pur (the lot) to fix a date and secures a decree ordering the destruction of all the Jews in the Persian Empire.
Esther 8
[Bible]Esther 8 is the chapter in which, after Haman's death, Mordecai receives the king's ring and, at Esther's entreaty, a new decree is issued throughout Persia allowing the Jews to defend themselves.
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.
Bethesda
[Bible]Bethesda was a pool by the Sheep Gate in Jerusalem where Jesus, on the Sabbath, healed a man who had been ill for thirty-eight years (John 5:1–18).
Libya
[Bible]Libya (Lubim) is the biblical name for the land of North Africa west of Egypt and for its people. In the Old Testament its people appear alongside the Egyptian army; in the New Testament the region is named as a place of origin for the crowd gathered in Jerusalem at Pentecost.
Holiness
[Bible]Holiness is a central biblical concept denoting that which belongs to God and is set apart for Him. It refers first to the nature of God and extends to the people, places, times, and objects dedicated to Him, as well as to the life of His people.
Soul (Bible)
[Bible]In the Bible, "soul" translates the Hebrew nephesh and the Greek psyche, words that encompass breath, life, a living being, and the self. Interpretations differ on the constituent elements of the human person and on the state of the person after death.
Proverbs 3
[Bible]Proverbs 3 is a chapter of fatherly instruction addressed to a son. It urges trust in the LORD and a firm hold on wisdom, describes the blessings of gaining wisdom, and teaches right conduct toward one's neighbor.