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Ask a QuestionWhen this became known all over Joppa, many put their trust in the Master. Peter stayed on a long time in Joppa as a guest of Simon the Tanner.
I, Paul, bid you good-bye in my own handwriting. I do this in all my letters, so examine my signature as proof that the letter is genuine.
A man met him as he was wandering through the fields and asked him, "What are you looking for?"
Then he sent his brothers off. As they left he told them, "Take it easy on the journey; try to get along with each other."
After the child was weaned, she presented him to Pharaoh's daughter who adopted him as her son. She named him Moses (Pulled-Out), saying, "I pulled him out of the water."
The magicians said to Pharaoh, "This is God's doing." But Pharaoh was stubborn and wouldn't listen. Just as God had said.
"Set them in gold filigree. The twelve stones correspond to the names of the Israelites, with twelve names engraved, one on each, as on a seal for the twelve tribes.
The king of Edom answered, "Not on your life. If you so much as set a foot on my land, I'll kill you."
God told me, "Now get going. Lead your people as they resume the journey to take possession of the land that I promised their ancestors that I'd give to them."
Jericho was shut up tight as a drum because of the People of Israel: no one going in, no one coming out.
So the People of Israel gave these cities with their pastures to the Levites just as God had ordered through Moses, that is, by lot.
Gideon said, "They were my brothers, my mother's sons. As God lives, if you had let them live, I would let you live."
As Saul more and more realized that God was with David, and how much his own daughter, Michal, loved him, his fear of David increased and settled into hate. Saul hated David.
The counsel that Ahithophel gave in those days was treated as if God himself had spoken. That was the reputation of Ahithophel's counsel to David; it was the same with Absalom.
Immediately the two of them did "see what's really going on" - saw themselves naked! They sewed fig leaves together as makeshift clothes for themselves.
The slave-drivers were merciless, saying, "Complete your daily quota of bricks - the same number as when you were given straw."
"Listen carefully to everything I tell you. Don't pay attention to other gods - don't so much as mention their names.
"Don't pervert justice. Don't show favoritism to either the poor or the great. Judge on the basis of what is right.
Naphtali: "Naphtali brims with blessings, spills over with God's blessings As he takes possession of the sea and southland."
But Samuel refused: "No, I can't come alongside you in this. You rejected God's command. Now God has rejected you as king over Israel."