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He said, “Behold, it is still high day; it is not time for the livestock to be gathered together. Water the sheep and go, pasture them.”
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He said, “What shall I give you?” Jacob said, “You shall not give me anything. If you will do this for me, I will again pasture your flock and keep it:
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And he set a distance of three days' journey between himself and Jacob, and Jacob pastured the rest of Laban's flock.
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These are the sons of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah; he is the Anah who found the hot springs in the wilderness, as he pastured the donkeys of Zibeon his father.
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These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was pasturing the flock with his brothers. He was a boy with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives. And Joseph brought a bad report of them to their father.
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Joseph Sold by His Brothers
Now his brothers went to pasture their father's flock near Shechem.
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And Israel said to Joseph, “Are not your brothers pasturing the flock at Shechem? Come, I will send you to them.” And he said to him, “Here I am.”
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“I am seeking my brothers,” he said. “Tell me, please, where they are pasturing the flock.”
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They said to Pharaoh, “We have come to sojourn in the land, for there is no pasture for your servants' flocks, for the famine is severe in the land of Canaan. And now, please let your servants dwell in the land of Goshen.”
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And when the days of weeping for him were past, Joseph spoke to the household of Pharaoh, saying, “If now I have found favor in your eyes, please speak in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,
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But Moses said to the Lord, “Oh, my Lord, I am not eloquent, either in the past or since you have spoken to your servant, but I am slow of speech and of tongue.”
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“You shall no longer give the people straw to make bricks, as in the past; let them go and gather straw for themselves.
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But the number of bricks that they made in the past you shall impose on them, you shall by no means reduce it, for they are idle. Therefore they cry, ‘Let us go and offer sacrifice to our God.’
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And the foremen of the people of Israel, whom Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten and were asked, “Why have you not done all your task of making bricks today and yesterday, as in the past?”
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But if the ox has been accustomed to gore in the past, and its owner has been warned but has not kept it in, and it kills a man or a woman, the ox shall be stoned, and its owner also shall be put to death.
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Or if it is known that the ox has been accustomed to gore in the past, and its owner has not kept it in, he shall repay ox for ox, and the dead beast shall be his.
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But the fields of pastureland belonging to their cities may not be sold, for that is their possession forever.
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“Command the people of Israel to give to the Levites some of the inheritance of their possession as cities for them to dwell in. And you shall give to the Levites pasturelands around the cities.
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The cities shall be theirs to dwell in, and their pasturelands shall be for their cattle and for their livestock and for all their beasts.
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The pasturelands of the cities, which you shall give to the Levites, shall reach from the wall of the city outward a thousand cubits all around.
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And you shall measure, outside the city, on the east side two thousand cubits, and on the south side two thousand cubits, and on the west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits, the city being in the middle. This shall belong to them as pastureland for their cities.
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All the cities that you give to the Levites shall be forty-eight, with their pasturelands.
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The Lord Alone Is God
“For ask now of the days that are past, which were before you, since the day that God created man on the earth, and ask from one end of heaven to the other, whether such a great thing as this has ever happened or was ever heard of.
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that the manslayer might flee there, anyone who kills his neighbor unintentionally, without being at enmity with him in time past; he may flee to one of these cities and save his life:
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“This is the provision for the manslayer, who by fleeing there may save his life. If anyone kills his neighbor unintentionally without having hated him in the past—
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lest the avenger of blood in hot anger pursue the manslayer and overtake him, because the way is long, and strike him fatally, though the man did not deserve to die, since he had not hated his neighbor in the past.
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For the people of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim. And no portion was given to the Levites in the land, but only cities to dwell in, with their pasturelands for their livestock and their substance.
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And if the avenger of blood pursues him, they shall not give up the manslayer into his hand, because he struck his neighbor unknowingly, and did not hate him in the past.
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Cities and Pasturelands Allotted to Levi
Then the heads of the fathers' houses of the Levites came to Eleazar the priest and to Joshua the son of Nun and to the heads of the fathers' houses of the tribes of the people of Israel.
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And they said to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, “The Lord commanded through Moses that we be given cities to dwell in, along with their pasturelands for our livestock.”
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So by command of the Lord the people of Israel gave to the Levites the following cities and pasturelands out of their inheritance.
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These cities and their pasturelands the people of Israel gave by lot to the Levites, as the Lord had commanded through Moses.
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They gave them Kiriath-arba (Arba being the father of Anak), that is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, along with the pasturelands around it.
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And to the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron, the city of refuge for the manslayer, with its pasturelands, Libnah with its pasturelands,
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Jattir with its pasturelands, Eshtemoa with its pasturelands,
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Holon with its pasturelands, Debir with its pasturelands,
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Ain with its pasturelands, Juttah with its pasturelands, Beth-shemesh with its pasturelands—nine cities out of these two tribes;
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then out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its pasturelands, Geba with its pasturelands,
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Anathoth with its pasturelands, and Almon with its pasturelands—four cities.
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The cities of the descendants of Aaron, the priests, were in all thirteen cities with their pasturelands.
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To them were given Shechem, the city of refuge for the manslayer, with its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer with its pasturelands,
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Kibzaim with its pasturelands, Beth-horon with its pasturelands—four cities;
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and out of the tribe of Dan, Elteke with its pasturelands, Gibbethon with its pasturelands,
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Aijalon with its pasturelands, Gath-rimmon with its pasturelands—four cities;
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and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Taanach with its pasturelands, and Gath-rimmon with its pasturelands—two cities.
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The cities of the clans of the rest of the Kohathites were ten in all with their pasturelands.
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And to the Gershonites, one of the clans of the Levites, were given out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with its pasturelands, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Beeshterah with its pasturelands—two cities;
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and out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishion with its pasturelands, Daberath with its pasturelands,
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Jarmuth with its pasturelands, En-gannim with its pasturelands—four cities;
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and out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with its pasturelands, Abdon with its pasturelands,
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Helkath with its pasturelands, and Rehob with its pasturelands—four cities;
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and out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its pasturelands, the city of refuge for the manslayer, Hammoth-dor with its pasturelands, and Kartan with its pasturelands—three cities.
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The cities of the several clans of the Gershonites were in all thirteen cities with their pasturelands.
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And to the rest of the Levites, the Merarite clans, were given out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with its pasturelands, Kartah with its pasturelands,
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Dimnah with its pasturelands, Nahalal with its pasturelands—four cities;
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and out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with its pasturelands, Jahaz with its pasturelands,
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Kedemoth with its pasturelands, and Mephaath with its pasturelands—four cities;
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and out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its pasturelands, the city of refuge for the manslayer, Mahanaim with its pasturelands,
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Heshbon with its pasturelands, Jazer with its pasturelands—four cities in all.
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The cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the people of Israel were in all forty-eight cities with their pasturelands.
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These cities each had its pasturelands around it. So it was with all these cities.
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Then Samuel said, “Bring here to me Agag the king of the Amalekites.” And Agag came to him cheerfully. Agag said, “Surely the bitterness of death is past.”
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And Abner conferred with the elders of Israel, saying, “For some time past you have been seeking David as king over you.
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In times past, when Saul was king over us, it was you who led out and brought in Israel. And the Lord said to you, ‘You shall be shepherd of my people Israel, and you shall be prince over Israel.’”
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Now, therefore, thus you shall say to my servant David, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, that you should be prince over my people Israel.
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But if you return to the city and say to Absalom, ‘I will be your servant, O king; as I have been your father's servant in time past, so now I will be your servant,’ then you will defeat for me the counsel of Ahithophel.
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ten fat oxen, and twenty pasture-fed cattle, a hundred sheep, besides deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fattened fowl.
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They journeyed to the entrance of Gedor, to the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks,
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where they found rich, good pasture, and the land was very broad, quiet, and peaceful, for the former inhabitants there belonged to Ham.
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These, registered by name, came in the days of Hezekiah, king of Judah, and destroyed their tents and the Meunites who were found there, and marked them for destruction to this day, and settled in their place, because there was pasture there for their flocks.
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and they lived in Gilead, in Bashan and in its towns, and in all the pasturelands of Sharon to their limits.
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to them they gave Hebron in the land of Judah and its surrounding pasturelands,
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To the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of refuge: Hebron, Libnah with its pasturelands, Jattir, Eshtemoa with its pasturelands,
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Hilen with its pasturelands, Debir with its pasturelands,
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Ashan with its pasturelands, and Beth-shemesh with its pasturelands;
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and from the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon, Geba with its pasturelands, Alemeth with its pasturelands, and Anathoth with its pasturelands. All their cities throughout their clans were thirteen.
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So the people of Israel gave the Levites the cities with their pasturelands.
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They were given the cities of refuge: Shechem with its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer with its pasturelands,
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Jokmeam with its pasturelands, Beth-horon with its pasturelands,
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Aijalon with its pasturelands, Gath-rimmon with its pasturelands,
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and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Aner with its pasturelands, and Bileam with its pasturelands, for the rest of the clans of the Kohathites.
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To the Gershomites were given out of the clan of the half-tribe of Manasseh: Golan in Bashan with its pasturelands and Ashtaroth with its pasturelands;
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and out of the tribe of Issachar: Kedesh with its pasturelands, Daberath with its pasturelands,
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Ramoth with its pasturelands, and Anem with its pasturelands;
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out of the tribe of Asher: Mashal with its pasturelands, Abdon with its pasturelands,
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Hukok with its pasturelands, and Rehob with its pasturelands;
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and out of the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee with its pasturelands, Hammon with its pasturelands, and Kiriathaim with its pasturelands.
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To the rest of the Merarites were allotted out of the tribe of Zebulun: Rimmono with its pasturelands, Tabor with its pasturelands,
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and beyond the Jordan at Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan, out of the tribe of Reuben: Bezer in the wilderness with its pasturelands, Jahzah with its pasturelands,
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Kedemoth with its pasturelands, and Mephaath with its pasturelands;
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and out of the tribe of Gad: Ramoth in Gilead with its pasturelands, Mahanaim with its pasturelands,
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Heshbon with its pasturelands, and Jazer with its pasturelands.
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And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the chief officer over them in time past; the Lord was with him.
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In times past, even when Saul was king, it was you who led out and brought in Israel. And the Lord your God said to you, ‘You shall be shepherd of my people Israel, and you shall be prince over my people Israel.’”
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And David said to all the assembly of Israel, “If it seems good to you and from the Lord our God, let us send abroad to our brothers who remain in all the lands of Israel, as well as to the priests and Levites in the cities that have pasturelands, that they may be gathered to us.
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Now, therefore, thus shall you say to my servant David, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, to be prince over my people Israel,
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Over the herds that pastured in Sharon was Shitrai the Sharonite; over the herds in the valleys was Shaphat the son of Adlai.
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A spirit glided past my face; the hair of my flesh stood up.
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Oh that you would hide me in Sheol, that you would conceal me until your wrath be past, that you would appoint me a set time, and remember me!
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My days are past; my plans are broken off, the desires of my heart.
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Some move landmarks; they seize flocks and pasture them.
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He ranges the mountains as his pasture, and he searches after every green thing.
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He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters.
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But the wicked will perish; the enemies of the Lord are like the glory of the pastures; they vanish—like smoke they vanish away.
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The pastures of the wilderness overflow, the hills gird themselves with joy,
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My mouth will tell of your righteous acts, of your deeds of salvation all the day, for their number is past my knowledge.
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Arise, O God, Defend Your Cause
A Maskil of Asaph.
O God, why do you cast us off forever? Why does your anger smoke against the sheep of your pasture?
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But we your people, the sheep of your pasture, will give thanks to you forever; from generation to generation we will recount your praise.
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who said, “Let us take possession for ourselves of the pastures of God.”
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For a thousand years in your sight are but as yesterday when it is past, or as a watch in the night.
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For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. Today, if you hear his voice,
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Know that the Lord, he is God! It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
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Tell me, you whom my soul loves, where you pasture your flock, where you make it lie down at noon; for why should I be like one who veils herself beside the flocks of your companions?
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Solomon and His Bride Delight in Each Other
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If you do not know, O most beautiful among women, follow in the tracks of the flock, and pasture your young goats beside the shepherds' tents.
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for behold, the winter is past; the rain is over and gone.
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Then shall the lambs graze as in their pasture, and nomads shall eat among the ruins of the rich.
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And they will all come and settle in the steep ravines, and in the clefts of the rocks, and on all the thornbushes, and on all the pastures.
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This is the word that the Lord spoke concerning Moab in the past.
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And he will give rain for the seed with which you sow the ground, and bread, the produce of the ground, which will be rich and plenteous. In that day your livestock will graze in large pastures,
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For the palace is forsaken, the populous city deserted; the hill and the watchtower will become dens forever, a joy of wild donkeys, a pasture of flocks;
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saying to the prisoners, ‘Come out,’ to those who are in darkness, ‘Appear.’ They shall feed along the ways; on all bare heights shall be their pasture;
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Sharon shall become a pasture for flocks, and the Valley of Achor a place for herds to lie down, for my people who have sought me.
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Shepherds with their flocks shall come against her; they shall pitch their tents around her; they shall pasture, each in his place.
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“The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.”
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“I will take up weeping and wailing for the mountains, and a lamentation for the pastures of the wilderness, because they are laid waste so that no one passes through, and the lowing of cattle is not heard; both the birds of the air and the beasts have fled and are gone.
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The Righteous Branch
“Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture!” declares the Lord.
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For the land is full of adulterers; because of the curse the land mourns, and the pastures of the wilderness are dried up. Their course is evil, and their might is not right.
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A voice—the cry of the shepherds, and the wail of the lords of the flock! For the Lord is laying waste their pasture,
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Behold, like a lion coming up from the jungle of the Jordan against a perennial pasture, I will suddenly make him run away from her. And I will appoint over her whomever I choose. For who is like me? Who will summon me? What shepherd can stand before me?
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“Though you rejoice, though you exult, O plunderers of my heritage, though you frolic like a heifer in the pasture, and neigh like stallions,
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I will restore Israel to his pasture, and he shall feed on Carmel and in Bashan, and his desire shall be satisfied on the hills of Ephraim and in Gilead.
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“Behold, like a lion coming up from the thicket of the Jordan against a perennial pasture, I will suddenly make them run away from her, and I will appoint over her whomever I choose. For who is like me? Who will summon me? What shepherd can stand before me?
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From the daughter of Zion all her majesty has departed. Her princes have become like deer that find no pasture; they fled without strength before the pursuer.
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I will make Rabbah a pasture for camels and Ammon a fold for flocks. Then you will know that I am the Lord.
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I will feed them with good pasture, and on the mountain heights of Israel shall be their grazing land. There they shall lie down in good grazing land, and on rich pasture they shall feed on the mountains of Israel.
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Is it not enough for you to feed on the good pasture, that you must tread down with your feet the rest of your pasture; and to drink of clear water, that you must muddy the rest of the water with your feet?
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And you are my sheep, human sheep of my pasture, and I am your God, declares the Lord God.”
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therefore thus says the Lord God: Surely I have spoken in my hot jealousy against the rest of the nations and against all Edom, who gave my land to themselves as a possession with wholehearted joy and utter contempt, that they might make its pasturelands a prey.
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Like a stubborn heifer, Israel is stubborn; can the Lord now feed them like a lamb in a broad pasture?
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How the beasts groan! The herds of cattle are perplexed because there is no pasture for them; even the flocks of sheep suffer.
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To you, O Lord, I call. For fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and flame has burned all the trees of the field.
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Even the beasts of the field pant for you because the water brooks are dried up, and fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness.
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Fear not, you beasts of the field, for the pastures of the wilderness are green; the tree bears its fruit; the fig tree and vine give their full yield.
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Judgment on Israel's Neighbors
And he said: “The Lord roars from Zion and utters his voice from Jerusalem; the pastures of the shepherds mourn, and the top of Carmel withers.”
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I will surely assemble all of you, O Jacob; I will gather the remnant of Israel; I will set them together like sheep in a fold, like a flock in its pasture, a noisy multitude of men.
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And you, O seacoast, shall be pastures, with meadows for shepherds and folds for flocks.
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The Resurrection
When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him.
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it seemed good to me also, having followed all things closely for some time past, to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus,
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I am the door. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture.
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In past generations he allowed all the nations to walk in their own ways.
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For Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus, so that he might not have to spend time in Asia, for he was hastening to be at Jerusalem, if possible, on the day of Pentecost.
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By faith Sarah herself received power to conceive, even when she was past the age, since she considered him faithful who had promised.
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For the time that is past suffices for doing what the Gentiles want to do, living in sensuality, passions, drunkenness, orgies, drinking parties, and lawless idolatry.
