The Lord says, “When that time comes, ¹  the bones of the kings of Judah and its leaders, the bones of the priests and prophets and of all the other people who lived in Jerusalem will be dug up from their graves.

David ¹  brought the bones of Saul and of Jonathan his son from there; they also gathered up the bones of those who had been executed.

The king ¹  said, “Leave it alone! No one must touch his bones.” So they left his bones undisturbed, as well as the bones of the Israelite prophet buried beside him. ² 

So I prophesied as I was commanded. There was a sound when I prophesied – I heard ¹  a rattling, and the bones came together, bone to bone.

a trembling ¹  gripped me – and a terror! – and made all my bones shake. ² 

so that I ¹  would prefer ²  strangling, ³  and ⁴  death ⁵  more ⁶  than life. ⁷ 

You clothed ¹  me with skin and flesh and knit me together ²  with bones and sinews.

his body ¹  well nourished, ²  and the marrow of his bones moist. ³ 

Its bones are tubes of bronze, its limbs like bars of iron.

Because of the anxiety that makes me groan, my bones protrude from my skin. ¹ 

This will bring ¹  healing to your body, ²  and refreshment ³  to your inner self. ⁴ 

ב (Bet) He has made my mortal skin ¹  waste away; he has broken my bones.

Then the man said, “This one at last ¹  is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; this one will be called ²  ‘woman,’ for she was taken out of ³  man.” ⁴ 

Take the choice bone of the flock, heap up bones under it; boil rapidly, and boil its bones in it.

Then he said to me, “Prophesy over these bones, and tell them: ‘Dry bones, hear the word of the Lord.

Then he said to me, “Son of man, these bones are all the house of Israel. Look, they are saying, ‘Our bones are dry, our hope has perished; we are cut off.’

Abraham and his son Ishmael were circumcised on the very same day.

Then the Lord said to Moses that same day,

My bones stick to my skin and my flesh; ¹  I have escaped ²  alive ³  with only the skin of my teeth.

His bones ¹  were full of his youthful vigor, ²  but that vigor will lie down with him in the dust.