Old Testament
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The Lord is slow to anger, abounding in love and forgiving sin and rebellion. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished
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Chapter I: The Lord's Census
1 Yahweh spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the Tent of Meeting, on the first day of the second month, in the…
Chapter II: The Tribal Camp's Arrangement
1 Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, 2 “The children of Israel shall encamp every man by his own standard, with…
Chapter III: The Tribe of Levites
1 Now this is the history of the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that Yahweh spoke with Moses in Mount Sinai. …
Chapter IV: The Kohathites Clan
1 Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, 2 “Take a census of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, by the…
Chapter V: The Purity of the Camp
1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Command the children of Israel that they put out of the camp every leper, everyone w…
Chapter VI: The Nazirite vows
1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them: ‘When either man or woman shall make…
Chpt VII: The Dedication of the Tabernacle
1 On the day that Moses had finished setting up the tabernacle, and had anointed it and sanctified it with all its furni…
Chapter VIII: Setting Up the Lamps
1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Speak to Aaron, and tell him, ‘When you light the lamps, the seven lamps shall give …
Chapter IX: The Passover Celebration
1 Yahweh spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they had come out of the…
Chapter X: The Silver Trumpets
1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Make two trumpets of silver. You shall make them of beaten work. You shall use them …
Chapter XI: Fire From the Lord
1 The people were complaining in the ears of Yahweh. When Yahweh heard it, his anger burned; and Yahweh’s fire burned am…
Chapter XII: Miriam and Aaron Oppose Moses
1 Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married; for he had married a Cushite wo…
Chapter XIII: Exploring Canaan
1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Send men, that they may spy out the land of Canaan, which I give to the children of …
Chapter XIV: The People Rebel
1 All the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night. 2 All the children of Israel mu…
Chapter XV: Supplementary Offerings
1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘When you have come into the land of…
Chapter XVI: Korah, Dathan and Abiram
1 Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, with Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, th…
Chapter XVII: The Budding of Aaron’s Staff
1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Speak to the children of Israel, and take rods from them, one for each fathers’ hous…
Chapter XVIII: Duties of Priests and Levites
1 Yahweh said to Aaron, “You and your sons and your fathers’ house with you shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary; an…
Chapter XIX: The Water of Cleansing
1 Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, 2 “This is the statute of the law which Yahweh has commanded. Tell the chi…
Chapter XX: Water From the Rock
1 The children of Israel, even the whole congregation, came into the wilderness of Zin in the first month. The people st…
Chapter XXI: Arad Destroyed
1 The Canaanite, the king of Arad, who lived in the South, heard that Israel came by the way of Atharim. He fought again…
Chapter XXII: Balak Summons Balaam
1 The children of Israel traveled, and encamped in the plains of Moab beyond the Jordan at Jericho. 2 Balak the son of Z…
Chapter XXIII: Balaam’s First Message
1 Balaam said to Balak, “Build here seven altars for me, and prepare here seven bulls and seven rams for me.” 2 Balak di…
Chapter XXIV: it pleased the Lord to bless Israel
1 When Balaam saw that it pleased Yahweh to bless Israel, he didn’t go, as at the other times, to use divination, but he…
Chapter XXV: Moab Seduces Israel
1 Israel stayed in Shittim; and the people began to play the prostitute with the daughters of Moab; 2 for they called th…
Chapter XXVI: The Second Census
1 After the plague, Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying, 2 “Take a census of all th…
Chapter XXVII: Zelophehad’s Daughters
1 Then the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the…
Chapter XXVIII: Daily Offerings
1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Command the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘See that you present my offering, my…
Chapter XXIX: The Festival of Trumpets
1 “‘In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a holy convocation; you shall do no regular work…
Chapter XXX: When a man makes a vow
1 Moses spoke to the heads of the tribes of the children of Israel, saying, “This is the thing which Yahweh has commande…
Chapter XXXI: Vengeance on the Midianites
1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Avenge the children of Israel on the Midianites. Afterward you shall be gathered to …
Chapter XXXII: The Transjordan Tribes
1 Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of livestock. They saw the land of Jazer…
Chapter XXXIII: Stages in Israel’s Journey
1 These are the journeys of the children of Israel, when they went out of the land of Egypt by their armies under the ha…
Chapter XXXIV: Boundaries of Canaan
1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Command the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘When you come into the land of Canaa…
Chapter XXXV: Towns for the Levites
1 Yahweh spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying, 2 “Command the children of Israel to giv…
Chapter XXXVI: Zelophehad’s Daughters
1 The heads of the fathers’ households of the family of the children of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, …
