Bible Cross References
they read
Nehemiah 8:3-8
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And he read from it in the open square that was in front of the Water Gate from morning until midday, before the men and women and those who could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive to the Book of the Law.
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So Ezra the scribe stood on a platform of wood which they had made for the purpose; and beside him, at his right hand, stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Urijah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah; and at his left hand Pedaiah, Mishael, Malchijah, Hashum, Hashbadana, Zechariah, and Meshullam.
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And Ezra opened the book in the eyes of all the people, for he was standing above all the people; and when he opened it, all the people stood up.
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And Ezra blessed Jehovah, the great God. Then all the people answered, Amen, Amen! while lifting up their hands. And they bowed down and prostrated themselves before Jehovah with their faces to the ground.
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Also Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, helped the people to understand the Law; and the people stood in their place.
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So they read distinctly from the book, in the Law of God; and they gave the sense, and helped them to understand the reading.
Nehemiah 9:3
And they stood up in their place and read from the Book of the Law of Jehovah their God for a fourth part of the day; and for another fourth they confessed and prostrated themselves before Jehovah their God.
Deuteronomy 31:11
when all Israel comes to appear before Jehovah your God in the place which He chooses, you shall read this Law before all Israel in their ears.
Deuteronomy 31:12
Gather the people together, men and women and little ones, and the sojourner who is within your gates, that they may hear and that they may learn to fear Jehovah your God and take heed to do all the Words of this Law,
2 Kings 23:2
And the king went up to the house of Jehovah with all the men of Judah, and with him all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; the priests and the prophets and all the people, both small and great. And he read in their ears all the Words of the Book of the Covenant which was found in the house of Jehovah.
Isaiah 34:16
Search from the book of Jehovah, and read; not one of these shall fail, not one shall lack her mate; for My mouth has commanded, and His Spirit has gathered them.
Luke 4:16-19
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So He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up. And as His custom was, He went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up to read.
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And He was handed the book of the prophet Isaiah. And when He had opened the book, He found the place where it was written:
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The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He has anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim deliverance to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set free with deliverance those who are oppressed;
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to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.
Luke 10:26
He said to him, What is written in the Law? How do you read it?
Acts 13:15
And after the reading of the Law and the Prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent to them, saying, Men and brethren, if you have any word of exhortation to the people, speak.
Acts 15:21
For Moses has had throughout many generations those who preach him in every city, being read in the synagogues every Sabbath.
the Ammonite
Nehemiah 13:23
In those days I also saw Jews who had married women of Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.
Deuteronomy 23:3-5
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An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter the assembly of Jehovah; even to the tenth generation none of them shall enter the assembly of Jehovah, perpetually;
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because they did not meet you with bread and water on the way when you came out of Egypt, and because they hired against you Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse you.
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Nevertheless Jehovah your God would not listen to Balaam, but Jehovah your God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because Jehovah your God has loved you.
Isaiah 15:1-16
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The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste; it is cut off; because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste; it is cut off.
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One has gone up to the house, even to Dibon, the high places, to weep. Moab shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba; baldness shall be on all their heads, and every beard cut off.
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In the streets they shall clothe themselves with sackcloth; on the tops of their houses and in their streets everyone shall howl, weeping bitterly.
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And Heshbon and Elealeh shall cry for help; their voice shall be heard as far as Jahaz. So the armed soldiers of Moab shall shout; he trembles for his life.
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My heart shall call out to Moab; his fugitives flee to Zoar like a three year old heifer. He goes up the ascent to Luhith with weeping; for in the way of Horonaim they shall raise up an outcry of destruction.
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For the waters of Nimrim are desolate; for the grass has dried up and the new grass fails; there is nothing green.
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Therefore they shall carry off the abundance they have produced and stored, over to the Brook of the Willows.
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For the cry has gone around all the borders of Moab, its howling even to Eglaim; its howling even to Beer-elim.
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For the waters of Dimon are full of blood, for I will lay more upon Dimon; upon the escapees of Moab, lions, even upon the remnant of the land.
Jeremiah 48:1-47
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Thus says Jehovah of Hosts, the God of Israel, against Moab: Woe to Nebo, for it is plundered! Kirjathaim is dried up and captured. The Fortress is dried up and dismayed.
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No more praise of Moab. In Heshbon they have plotted evil against it, saying, Come and let us cut it off from being a nation. Also you shall be silenced, O madmen; the sword shall pursue you.
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A voice of crying shall be heard from Horonaim, plundering and great destruction.
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Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard.
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For at the ascent to Luhith they go up with continual weeping; for at the descent from Horonaim the enemies have heard a cry of destruction.
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Flee, save your lives, and be like a bush in the wilderness.
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For because you have trusted in your works and in your treasures, you shall also be captured. And Chemosh shall go into captivity along with his priests and his rulers.
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And the robber shall come upon every city, and no city shall escape. Also the valley shall perish, and the plain shall be destroyed, as Jehovah has spoken.
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Give wings to Moab so that it may flee and get away; for its cities shall be desolate, without an inhabitant in them.
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Cursed is he who does the work of Jehovah deceitfully, and cursed is he who keeps back his sword from blood.
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Moab has been at ease from his youth, and he has settled on his dregs and has not been emptied from vessel to vessel, nor has he gone into captivity. Therefore his taste remained in him, and his scent has not changed.
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Therefore behold, the days are coming, says Jehovah, that I will send ones to lean him, tip him over, and empty his vessels, and shatter his jars.
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And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel their confidence.
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How can you say, We are mighty and strong men for war?
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Moab is plundered and has gone up out of her cities. And his chosen young men have gone down to the slaughter, says the King, whose name is Jehovah of Hosts.
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The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hurries quickly.
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All you who are around him, mourn him. And all you who know his name, say, How is the strong staff broken; the beautiful rod!
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O daughter dwelling in Dibon, come down from your glory and sit in thirst. For the plunderer of Moab has come upon you; he has destroyed your strongholds.
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O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way and watch. Ask him who flees and her who escapes; say, What is happening?
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Moab is withered up, and it is broken down. Howl and cry! Tell it in Arnon that Moab is plundered.
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And judgment has come upon the plains; upon Holon, and upon Jahazah, and upon Mephaath,
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and upon Dibon, and upon Nebo, and upon Beth-diblathaim,
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and upon Kirjathaim, and upon Beth-gamul, and upon Beth-meon,
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and upon Kerioth, and upon Bozrah, and upon all the cities of the land of Moab, far or near.
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The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, says Jehovah.
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Make him drunk, for he magnified himself against Jehovah. Moab also shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be an object of derision.
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For was not Israel an object of derision to you? Was he found among thieves? For ever since you spoke of him, you skipped for joy.
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O you who dwell in Moab, leave the cities and live in the rock, and be like the dove that makes her nest in the sides of the mouth of the cave.
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We have heard of the pride of Moab (he is exceedingly proud), his loftiness, and his pride, and his arrogance, and the haughtiness of his heart.
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I know his wrath, says Jehovah, but it is not so; his boast, but they have not done it.
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Therefore I will wail for Moab, and I will cry out for all Moab, and shall mourn for the men of Kir-hares.
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O vine of Sibmah, I will weep for you with the weeping of Jazer. Your plants have gone over the sea; they reach to the sea of Jazer. A plunderer has fallen upon your summer fruits and upon your vintage.
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And joy and gladness are taken from the plentiful field, and from the land of Moab. And I have caused wine to fail from the winepresses; no one shall tread the grapes with shouting; no joyous shouting.
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From the cry of Heshbon to Elealeh, and to Jahaz, they have uttered their voice, from Zoar to Horonaim, like a three year old heifer; for the waters of Nimrim also shall be desolate.
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Moreover, I will put an end to him who offers in the high places in Moab, says Jehovah, who burns incense to his gods.
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Therefore my heart shall mourn for Moab like flutes, and my heart shall mourn like flutes for the men of Kir-hares, because the riches that he has gotten have perished.
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For every head shall be bald, and every beard clipped. On all the hands shall be cuttings, and on the loins sackcloth.
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On all the housetops of Moab, and in its streets, there is weeping for all. For I have broken Moab like a vessel in which no one has pleasure, says Jehovah.
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They shall howl, saying, How is it broken down! How has Moab turned the back with shame! Thus Moab shall be an object of derision, and a terror to all those around him.
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For thus says Jehovah: Behold, he shall fly like an eagle and shall spread his wings over Moab.
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Kerioth is taken, and the strongholds are seized; and the mighty men's hearts in Moab in that day shall be like the heart of a woman in birth pangs.
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And Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he has magnified himself against Jehovah.
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Fear and the pit and the snare shall be upon you, O inhabitant of Moab, says Jehovah.
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He who flees from the terror shall fall into the pit; and he who goes up out of the pit shall be caught in the snare. For I will bring upon it, even upon Moab, the year of their judgment, says Jehovah.
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Those who fled stood under the shadow of Heshbon from fatigue, but a fire shall come out from Heshbon, and a flame out of the midst of Sihon, and shall devour the corner of Moab and the crown of the head of the sons of desolation.
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Woe to you, O Moab! The people of Chemosh perish; for your sons have been taken captive, and your daughters into captivity.
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But I will bring back the captives of Moab in the latter days, says Jehovah. Thus far is the judgment of Moab.
Ezekiel 25:1-11
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The Word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
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Son of man, set your face against the Ammonites, and prophesy against them.
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Say to the Ammonites, Hear the Word of the Lord Jehovah! Thus says the Lord Jehovah: Because you said, Aha! against My sanctuary when it was profaned, and against the land of Israel when it was desolate, and against the house of Judah when they went into captivity,
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behold, therefore, I will deliver you as a possession to the men of the East, and they shall set their encampments among you and make their dwellings among you; they shall eat your fruit, and they shall drink your milk.
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And I will make Rabbah a stable for camels and Ammon a resting place for flocks. And you shall know that I am Jehovah.
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For thus says the Lord Jehovah: Because you clapped your hands, stamped your feet, and rejoiced in heart with all your contempt for the land of Israel,
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behold, therefore, I will stretch out My hand against you, and give you as plunder to the nations; I will cut you off from the peoples, and I will cause you to perish from the earth; I will destroy you, and you shall know that I am Jehovah.
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Thus says the Lord Jehovah: Because Moab and Seir say, Behold, the house of Judah is like all the nations,
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therefore, behold, I will clear the territory of Moab of cities, of the cities on its borders, the glory of the land, Beth Jeshimoth, Baal Meon, and Kirjathaim.
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To the men of the East I will give it as a possession, along with the Ammonites, that the Ammonites may not be remembered among the nations.
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And I will execute judgments upon Moab, and they shall know that I am Jehovah.
Amos 2:1-3
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Thus says Jehovah: For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not turn back from punishing it, for he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime.
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But I will send a fire against Moab, which shall devour the palaces of Kerioth. And Moab shall die with uproar, with a war cry, and with the sound of the shofar.
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And I will cut off the judge in its midst, and will kill all its rulers with him, says Jehovah.
Moabite
Nehemiah 2:10
When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant the Ammonite, heard of it, it made them shudder over the great evil, that a man had come to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.
Nehemiah 2:19
But when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the servant the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arab heard of it, they mocked and despised us, and said, What is this thing that you are doing? Will you rebel against the king?
Nehemiah 4:3
Now Tobiah the Ammonite was beside him, and he said, Whatever they build, if even a fox goes up on it, he will break down their stone wall.
Psalm 83:7-9
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Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;
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Assyria also has joined with them; they have helped the sons of Lot. Selah
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Deal with them as with Midian, as with Sisera, as with Jabin at the Brook Kishon,
Jeremiah 49:1-6
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Thus says Jehovah to the sons of Ammon: Has Israel no sons? Or has he no heir? Why does their king inherit Gad, and his people dwell in his cities?
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Therefore behold, the days are coming, says Jehovah, that I will cause a shout of war to be heard in Rabbah of the sons of Ammon. And it shall be a heap of ruins, and her daughter-villages shall be burned with fire. Then Israel shall take possession of his inheritance, says Jehovah.
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Wail, O Heshbon; for Ai is plundered! Cry, daughters of Rabbah; clothe yourselves with sackcloth, mourn, and run to and fro by the hedges! For their king shall go into captivity with his priests and his rulers together.
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Why do you glory in the valleys, your flowing valleys, O backsliding daughter; who trusted in her treasures, saying, Who shall come against me?
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Behold, I will bring a fear upon you, says the Lord Jehovah of Hosts, from all those who are around you. And you shall be driven out, each man straight forward; and there shall be no one to gather those who stray.
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And afterward I will bring back the captives of the sons of Ammon, says Jehovah.
Amos 1:13-15
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Thus says Jehovah: For three transgressions of the sons of Ammon, and for four, I will not turn back from punishing it, for they ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead, that they might make their border larger.
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But I will kindle a fire against the wall of Rabbah, which shall devour its palaces, with a war cry in the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the windstorm.
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And their king shall go into captivity, he and his rulers together, says Jehovah.