Samson said to the young man who held his hand, “Position me so I can touch the pillars that support the temple. ¹  Then I can lean on them.”

The sovereign Lord who commands armies will do this. ¹  He touches the earth and it dissolves; ²  all who live on it mourn. The whole earth ³  rises like the River Nile, ⁴  and then grows calm ⁵  like the Nile in Egypt. ⁶ 

Since they are detestable to you, you must not eat their meat and their carcass you must detest.

So David sent a message to Joab that said, “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” So Joab sent Uriah to David.

You give me ¹  your protective shield; ²  your willingness to help enables me to prevail. ³ 

the ten sons of Haman son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews. But they did not confiscate their property.

Neither gold nor crystal ¹  can be compared with it, nor can a vase ²  of gold match its worth.

Your wickedness affects only ¹  a person like yourself, and your righteousness only other people. ² 

Though a thousand may fall beside you, and a multitude on your right side, it ¹  will not reach you.

When worries threaten to overwhelm me, ¹  your soothing touch makes me happy. ² 

hands, but cannot touch, feet, but cannot walk. They cannot even clear their throats. ¹ 

So it is with ¹  the one who has sex with ²  his neighbor’s wife; no one ³  who touches ⁴  her will escape ⁵  punishment. ⁶ 

He pursues them and passes by unharmed; ¹  he advances with great speed. ² 

Then ¹  a hand touched me and set me on my hands and knees. ² 

Heal the sick, raise the dead, ¹  cleanse lepers, cast out demons. Freely you received, freely give.

The Pharisees ¹  (who loved money) heard all this and ridiculed ²  him.

For they refreshed my spirit and yours. So then, recognize people like this.

For they could not bear what was commanded: “If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned.” ¹ 

The blood will be a sign for you on the houses where you are, so that when I see ¹  the blood I will pass over you, ²  and this plague ³  will not fall on you to destroy you ⁴  when I attack ⁵  the land of Egypt. ⁶ 

Take a branch of hyssop, ¹  dip it in the blood that is in the basin, ²  and apply to the top of the doorframe and the two side posts some of the blood that is in the basin. Not one of you is to go out ³  the door of his house until morning.