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132 : Basic English : 1 Samuel 7,8,9; Psalms 112,113 1. So the men of Kiriath-jearim came and took the ark of the Lord to the house of Abinadab in Gibeah, and they made his son Eleazar holy and put the ark in his care. 2. And the ark was in Kiriath-jearim for a long time, as much as twenty years: and all Israel was searching after the Lord with weeping. 3. Then Samuel said to all Israel, If with a...

131 : Basic English : 1 Samuel 4,5,6; Psalms 110,111 1. Now at that time the Philistines came together to make war against Israel, and the men of Israel went out to war against the Philistines and took up their position at the side of Eben-ezer: and the Philistines put their forces in position in Aphek. 2. And the Philistines put their forces in order against Israel, and the fighting was hard, and...

130 : Basic English : 1 Samuel 2,3; Psalms 108,109 1. And Hannah, in prayer before the Lord, said, My heart is glad in the Lord, my horn is lifted up in the Lord: my mouth is open wide over my haters; because my joy is in your salvation. 2. No other is holy as the Lord, for there is no other God but you: there is no Rock like our God. 3. Say no more words of pride; let not uncontrolled sayings com...

129 : Basic English : Ruth 4; 1 Samuel 1; Psalms 107 1. And Boaz went up to the public place of the town, and took his seat there: and the near relation of whom he had been talking came by; and Boaz, crying out to him by name, said, Come and be seated here. And he came and was seated. 2. Then he got ten of the responsible men of the town, and said, Be seated here. And they took their seats. 3. The...

128 : Basic English : Ruth 2,3; Psalms 106 1. And Naomi had a relation of her husband, a man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech; and his name was Boaz. 2. And Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, Now let me go into the field and take up the heads of grain after him in whose eyes I may have grace. And she said to her, Go, my daughter. 3. And she went, and came and took up the heads of grain in the...

127 : Basic English : Judges 21; Ruth 1; Psalms 105 1. Now the men of Israel had taken an oath in Mizpah, saying, Not one of us will give his daughter as a wife to Benjamin. 2. And the people came to Beth-el, waiting there till evening before God, and gave themselves up to bitter weeping. 3. And they said, O Lord, the God of Israel, why has this fate come on Israel, that today one tribe has been c...

126 : Basic English : Judges 20; Psalms 104 1. Then all the children of Israel took up arms, and the people came together like one man, from Dan to Beer-sheba, and the land of Gilead, before the Lord at Mizpah. 2. And the chiefs of the people, out of all the tribes of Israel, took their places in the meeting of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen armed with swords. 3. (Now the childre...

125 : Basic English : Judges 18,19; Psalms 103 1. In those days there was no king in Israel, and in those days the Danites were looking for a heritage for themselves, to be their living-place; for up to that time no distribution of land had been made to them among the tribes of Israel. 2. So the children of Dan sent five men from among their number, strong men, from Zorah and from Eshtaol, to take...

124 : Basic English : Judges 16,17; Psalms 101,102 1. Now Samson went to Gaza, and there he saw a loose woman and went in to her. 2. And it was said to the Gazites, Samson is here. So they went round, watching for him all day at the doorway of the town, but at night they kept quiet, saying, When daylight comes we will put him to death. 3. And Samson was there till the middle of the night; then he...

123 : Basic English : Judges 14,15; Gospel of Luke 24 1. Now Samson went down to Timnah, and saw a woman in Timnah, of the daughters of the Philistines; 2. And when he came back he said to his father and mother, I have seen a woman in Timnah, of the daughters of the Philistines: get her now for me for my wife. 3. Then his father and mother said to him, Is there no woman among the daughters of your...

122 : Basic English : Judges 12,13; Gospel of Luke 23 1. Now the men of Ephraim came together and took up arms and went over to Zaphon; and they said to Jephthah, Why did you go over to make war against the children of Ammon without sending for us to go with you? Now we will put your house on fire over you. 2. And Jephthah said to them, I and my people were in danger, and the children of Ammon wer...

121 : Basic English : Judges 10,11; Gospel of Luke 22 1. Now after Abimelech, Tola, the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar, became the saviour of Israel; he was living in Shamir in the hill-country of Ephraim. 2. He was judge over Israel for twenty-three years; and at his death his body was put to rest in the earth in Shamir. 3. And after him came Jair the Gileadite, who was judge ove...

120 : Basic English : Judges 9; Gospel of Luke 21 1. Now Abimelech, the son of Jerubbaal, went to Shechem to his mother's family, and said to them and to all the family of his mother's father, 2. Say now in the ears of all the townsmen of Shechem, Is it better for you to be ruled by all the seventy sons of Jerubbaal or by one man only? And keep in mind that I am your bone and your flesh. 3. So his...

119 : Basic English : Judges 7,8; Gospel of Luke 20 1. Then Jerubbaal, that is, Gideon, and all the people with him, got up early and put up their tents by the side of the water-spring of Harod; the tents of Midian were on the north side of him, under the hill of Moreh in the valley. 2. And the Lord said to Gideon, So great is the number of your people, that if I give the Midianites into their han...

118 : Basic English : Judges 6; Gospel of Luke 19 1. And the children of Israel did evil in the eyes of the Lord; and the Lord gave them up into the hand of Midian for seven years. 2. And Midian was stronger than Israel; and because of the Midianites, the children of Israel made holes for themselves in the mountains, and hollows in the rocks, and strong places. 3. And whenever Israel's grain was p...

117 : Basic English : Judges 4,5; Gospel of Luke 18 1. And the children of Israel again did evil in the eyes of the Lord when Ehud was dead. 2. And the Lord gave them up into the hands of Jabin, king of Canaan, who was ruling in Hazor; the captain of his army was Sisera, who was living in Harosheth of the Gentiles. 3. Then the children of Israel made prayer to the Lord; for he had nine hundred iro...

116 : Basic English : Judges 2,3; Gospel of Luke 17 1. Now the angel of the Lord came up from Gilgal to Bochim. And he said, *** I took you out of Egypt, guiding you into the land which I gave by an oath to your fathers; and I said, My agreement with you will never be broken by me: 2. And you are to make no agreement with the people of this land; you are to see that their altars are broken down: b...

115 : Basic English : Joshua 24; Judges 1; Gospel of Luke 16 1. Then Joshua got all the tribes of Israel together at Shechem; and he sent for the responsible men of Israel and their chiefs and their judges and their overseers; and they took their place before God. 2. And Joshua said to all the people, These are the words of the Lord, the God of Israel: In the past your fathers, Terah, the father o...

114 : Basic English : Joshua 22,23; Gospel of Luke 15 1. Then Joshua sent for the Reubenites and the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh, 2. And said to them, You have kept all the orders of Moses, the Lord's servant, and have done everything I gave you orders to do: 3. You have now been with your brothers for a long time; till this day you have been doing the orders of the Lord your God. 4. An...

113 : Basic English : Joshua 20,21; Gospel of Luke 14 1. And the Lord said to Joshua, 2. Say to the children of Israel, Let certain towns be marked out as safe places, as I said to you by the mouth of Moses, 3. So that any man who in error and without design has taken the life of another, may go in flight to them: and they will be safe places for you from him who has the right of punishment for bl...

112 : Basic English : Joshua 19; Gospel of Luke 13 1. And the second heritage came out for the tribe of Simeon by their families; and their heritage was in the middle of the heritage of the children of Judah. 2. And they had for their heritage Beer-sheba and Shema and Moladah 3. And Hazar-shual and Balah and Ezem 4. And Eltolad and Bethul and Hormah 5. And Ziklag and Beth-marcaboth and Hazar-susah...

111 : Basic English : Joshua 16,17,18; Gospel of Luke 12 1. And the limit of the land marked out for the children of Joseph went out from Jordan at Jericho, at the waters of Jericho on the east, in the waste land, going up from Jericho through the hill-country to Beth-el; 2. And it goes out from Beth-el to Luz, and on as far as the limit of the Archites to Ataroth; 3. And it goes down to the west...

110 : Basic English : Joshua 15; Gospel of Luke 11 1. Now the part of the land marked out for the children of Judah by families, went up to the edge of Edom, as far as the waste land of Zin to the south, to the farthest point of it on the south. 2. Their south limit was from the farthest part of the Salt Sea, from the inlet looking to the south: 3. From there it goes south of the slope up to Akrab...

109 : Basic English : Joshua 13,14; Gospel of Luke 10 1. Now Joshua was old and full of years; and the Lord said to him, You are old and full of years, and there is still very much land to be taken. 2. This is the land which is still to be taken: all the country of the Philistines, and all the Geshurites; 3. From the Shihor, which is before Egypt, to the edge of Ekron to the north, which is taken...

108 : Basic English : Joshua 11,12; Gospel of Luke 9 1. Now Jabin, king of Hazor, hearing of these things, sent to Jobab, king of Madon, and to the king of Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph, 2. And to the kings on the north in the hill-country, and in the Arabah south of Chinneroth, and in the lowland, and in the highlands of Dor on the west, 3. And to the Canaanites on the east and on the west...