Discovery Box| (0.16) | Neh 8:4 |
| Ezra the scribe stood on a towering wooden platform 1 constructed for this purpose. Standing near him on his right were Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Masseiah. On his left were Pedaiah, Mishael, Malkijah, Hashum, Hashbaddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam. |
| (0.16) | Neh 8:10 |
| He said to them, “Go and eat delicacies and drink sweet drinks and send portions to those for whom nothing is prepared. For this day is holy to our Lord. 1 Do not grieve, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.” |
| (0.16) | Neh 8:15 |
| and that they should make a proclamation and disseminate this message 1 in all their cities and in Jerusalem: 2 “Go to the hill country and bring back olive branches and branches of wild olive trees, myrtle trees, date palms, and other leafy trees to construct temporary shelters, as it is written.” |
| (0.16) | Neh 8:16 |
| So the people went out and brought these things 1 back and constructed temporary shelters for themselves, each on his roof and in his courtyard and in the courtyards of the temple 2 of God and in the plaza of the Water Gate and the plaza of the Ephraim Gate. |
| (0.16) | Neh 10:34 |
| “We – the priests, the Levites, and the people – have cast lots concerning the wood offerings, to bring them to the temple of our God according to our families 1 at the designated times year by year to burn on the altar of the LORD our God, as is written in the law. |
| (0.16) | Neh 10:37 |
| We will also bring the first of our coarse meal, of our contributions, of the fruit of every tree, of new wine, and of olive oil to the priests at the storerooms of the temple of our God, along with a tenth of the produce 1 of our land to the Levites, for the Levites are the ones who collect the tithes in all the cities where we work. 2 |
| (0.16) | Neh 10:39 |
| The Israelites and the Levites will bring the contribution of the grain, the new wine, and the olive oil to the storerooms where the utensils of the sanctuary are kept, and where the priests who minister stay, along with the gatekeepers and the singers. We will not neglect the temple of our God.” |
| (0.16) | Est 2:3 |
| And let the king appoint officers throughout all the provinces of his kingdom to gather all the attractive young women to Susa the citadel, to the harem 1 under the authority of Hegai, the king’s eunuch who oversees the women, and let him provide whatever cosmetics they desire. 2 |
| (0.16) | Est 9:1 |
| In the twelfth month (that is, the month of Adar), on its thirteenth day, the edict of the king and his law were to be executed. It was on this day that the enemies of the Jews had supposed that they would gain power over them. But contrary to expectations, the Jews gained power over their enemies. |
| (0.16) | Est 9:22 |
| as the time when the Jews gave themselves rest from their enemies – the month when their trouble was turned to happiness and their mourning to a holiday. These were to be days of banqueting, happiness, sending gifts to one another, and providing for the poor. |
| (0.16) | Est 9:27 |
| Therefore, because of the account found in this letter and what they had faced in this regard and what had happened to them, the Jews established as binding on themselves, their descendants, and all who joined their company that they should observe these two days without fail, just as written and at the appropriate time on an annual basis. |
| (0.16) | Job 1:5 |
| When 1 the days of their feasting were finished, 2 Job would send 3 for them and sanctify 4 them; he would get up early 5 in the morning and offer burnt offerings according to 6 the number of them all. For Job thought, “Perhaps 7 my children 8 have sinned and cursed 9 God in their hearts.” This was Job’s customary practice. |
| (0.16) | Job 4:13 |
| In the troubling thoughts 1 of the dreams 2 in the night when a deep sleep 3 falls on men, |
| (0.16) | Job 6:18 |
| Caravans 1 turn aside from their routes; they go 2 into the wasteland 3 and perish. 4 |
| (0.16) | Job 9:17 |
| he who 1 crushes 2 me with a tempest, and multiplies my wounds for no reason. 3 |
| (0.16) | Job 9:18 |
| He does not allow 1 me to recover 2 my breath, for he fills 3 me with bitterness. |
| (0.16) | Job 10:10 |
| Did you not pour 1 me out like milk, and curdle 2 me like cheese? 3 |
| (0.16) | Job 10:11 |
| You clothed 1 me with skin and flesh and knit me together 2 with bones and sinews. |
| (0.16) | Job 13:5 |
| If only you would keep completely silent! 1 For you, that would be wisdom. 2 |
| (0.16) | Job 13:6 |
| “Listen now to my argument, 1 and be attentive to my lips’ contentions. 2 |
