Discovery Box| (0.40) | Ezr 5:17 |
| “Now if the king is so inclined, 1 let a search be conducted in the royal archives 2 there in Babylon in order to determine whether King Cyrus did in fact issue orders for this temple of God to be rebuilt in Jerusalem. Then let the king send us a decision concerning this matter.” |
| (0.40) | Ezr 6:5 |
| Furthermore let the gold and silver vessels of the temple of God, which Nebuchadnezzar brought from the temple in Jerusalem and carried to Babylon, be returned and brought to their proper place in the temple in Jerusalem. Let them be deposited in the temple of God.’ |
| (0.40) | Ezr 6:8 |
| “I also hereby issue orders as to what you are to do with those elders of the Jews in order to rebuild this temple of God. From the royal treasury, from the taxes of Trans-Euphrates the complete costs are to be given to these men, so that there may be no interruption of the work. 1 |
| (0.40) | Neh 1:6 |
| may your ear be attentive and your eyes be open to hear the prayer of your servant that I am praying to you today throughout both day and night on behalf of your servants the Israelites. I am confessing the sins of the Israelites that we have committed 1 against you – both I myself and my family 2 have sinned. |
| (0.40) | Neh 5:13 |
| I also shook out my garment, 1 and I said, “In this way may God shake out from his house and his property every person who does not carry out 2 this matter. In this way may he be shaken out and emptied!” All the assembly replied, “So be it!” and they praised the LORD. Then the people did as they had promised. 3 |
| (0.40) | Neh 13:13 |
| I gave instructions 1 that Shelemiah the priest, Zadok the scribe, and a certain Levite named Pedaiah be put in charge of 2 the storerooms, and that Hanan son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah, be their assistant, 3 for they were regarded as trustworthy. It was then their responsibility to oversee the distribution to their colleagues. 4 |
| (0.40) | Neh 13:19 |
| When the evening shadows 1 began to fall on the gates of Jerusalem before the Sabbath, I ordered 2 the doors to be closed. I further directed that they were not to be opened until after the Sabbath. I positioned 3 some of my young men at the gates so that no load could enter on the Sabbath day. |
| (0.40) | Est 1:19 |
| If the king is so inclined, 1 let a royal edict go forth from him, and let it be written in the laws of Persia and Media that cannot be repealed, 2 that Vashti 3 may not come into the presence of King Ahasuerus, and let the king convey her royalty to another 4 who is more deserving than she. 5 |
| (0.40) | Est 1:22 |
| He sent letters throughout all the royal provinces, to each province according to its own script and to each people according to its own language, 1 that every man should be ruling his family 2 and should be speaking the language of his own people. 3 |
| (0.40) | Est 2:8 |
| It so happened that when the king’s edict and his law became known 1 many young women were taken to Susa the citadel to be placed under the authority of Hegai. Esther also was taken to the royal palace 2 to be under the authority of Hegai, who was overseeing the women. |
| (0.40) | Est 6:9 |
| Then let this clothing and this horse be given to one of the king’s noble officials. Let him 1 then clothe the man whom the king wishes to honor, and let him lead him about through the plaza of the city on the horse, calling 2 before him, ‘So shall it be done to the man whom the king wishes to honor!’” |
| (0.40) | Est 7:2 |
| On the second day of the banquet of wine the king asked Esther, “What is your request, Queen Esther? It shall be granted to you. And what is your petition? Ask up to half the kingdom, and it shall be done!” |
| (0.40) | Est 9:12 |
| Then the king said to Queen Esther, “In Susa the citadel the Jews have killed and destroyed five hundred men and the ten sons of Haman! What then have they done in the rest of the king’s provinces? What is your request? It shall be given to you. What other petition do you have? It shall be done.” |
| (0.40) | Est 9:28 |
| These days were to be remembered and to be celebrated in every generation and in every family, every province, and every city. The Jews were not to fail to observe these days of Purim; the remembrance of them was not to cease among their descendants. |
| (0.40) | Psa 72:16 |
| May there be 1 an abundance 2 of grain in the earth; on the tops 3 of the mountains may it 4 sway! 5 May its 6 fruit trees 7 flourish 8 like the forests of Lebanon! 9 May its crops |
| (0.40) | Isa 18:7 |
| At that time tribute will be brought to the Lord who commands armies, by a people that are tall and smooth-skinned, a people that are feared far and wide, a nation strong and victorious, whose land rivers divide. 1 The tribute 2 will be brought to the place where the Lord who commands armies has chosen to reside, on Mount Zion. 3 |
| (0.40) | Isa 22:25 |
| “At that time,” 1 says the Lord who commands armies, “the peg fastened into a solid place will come loose. It will be cut off and fall, and the load hanging on it will be cut off.” 2 Indeed, 3 the Lord has spoken. |
| (0.40) | Isa 30:26 |
| The light of the full moon will be like the sun’s glare and the sun’s glare will be seven times brighter, like the light of seven days, 1 when the Lord binds up his people’s fractured bones 2 and heals their severe wound. 3 |
| (0.40) | Isa 44:26 |
| who fulfills the oracles of his prophetic servants 1 and brings to pass the announcements 2 of his messengers, who says about Jerusalem, 3 ‘She will be inhabited,’ and about the towns of Judah, ‘They will be rebuilt, her ruins I will raise up,’ |
| (0.40) | Isa 56:7 |
| I will bring them to my holy mountain; I will make them happy in the temple where people pray to me. 1 Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on my altar, for my temple will be known as a temple where all nations may pray.” 2 |
