(NIV)
Then the
Lord God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.
(ESV)
then the
Lord God formed the
man of
dust from the
ground and
breathed into his
nostrils the
breath of
life, and the
man became a
living creature.
(NIV)
Once when Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau came in from the open country, famished.
(ESV)
Once when
Jacob was
cooking stew,
Esau came in from the
field, and
he was
exhausted.
(NIV)
and on the vine were three branches. As soon as it budded, it blossomed, and its clusters ripened into grapes.
(ESV)
and on the
vine there were
three branches. As soon as
it budded, its
blossoms shot forth, and the
clusters ripened into
grapes.
(NIV)
When the money of the people of Egypt and Canaan was gone, all Egypt came to Joseph and said, ‘Give us food. Why should we die before your eyes? Our money is all gone.’
(ESV)
And when the
money was all
spent in the
land of
Egypt and in the
land of
Canaan,
all the
Egyptians came to Joseph and
said, “
Give us
food.
Why should we
die before your
eyes?
For our
money is
gone.”
(NIV)
When that year was over, they came to him the following year and said, ‘We cannot hide from our lord the fact that since our money is gone and our livestock belongs to you, there is nothing left for our lord except our bodies and our land.
(ESV)
And when that
year was
ended,
they came to him the
following year and
said to him, “We will
not hide from my
lord that our
money is all
spent. The
herds of
livestock are my
lord’s. There is
nothing left in the
sight of my
lord but our
bodies and
our land.
(NIV)
It will become fine dust over the whole land of Egypt, and festering boils will break out on people and animals throughout the land.’
(ESV)
It shall
become fine dust over all the
land of
Egypt, and become
boils breaking out in
sores on man and
beast throughout
all the
land of
Egypt.”
(NIV)
So they took soot from a furnace and stood before Pharaoh. Moses tossed it into the air, and festering boils broke out on people and animals.
(ESV)
So they
took soot from the
kiln and
stood before Pharaoh. And
Moses threw it in the
air, and it
became boils breaking out in
sores on
man and
beast.
(NIV)
The magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils that were on them and on all the Egyptians.
(ESV)
And the
magicians could not stand before Moses because of the
boils, for the
boils came upon the
magicians and upon
all the
Egyptians.
(NIV)
Do not eat the meat raw or boiled in water, but roast it over a fire – with the head, legs and internal organs.
(ESV)
Do not
eat any of it
raw or
boiled in
water, but
roasted, its
head with its
legs and its
inner parts.
(NIV)
He said to them, ‘This is what the
Lord commanded: “Tomorrow is to be a day of sabbath rest, a holy sabbath to the
Lord. So bake what you want to bake and boil what you want to boil. Save whatever is left and keep it until morning.”’
(ESV)
he
said to them, “
This is
what the
Lord has
commanded: ‘
Tomorrow is a day of
solemn rest, a
holy Sabbath to the
Lord;
bake what you will
bake and
boil what you will
boil, and
all that is
left over lay aside to be
kept till the
morning.’”
(NIV)
Now I know that the
Lord is greater than all other gods, for he did this to those who had treated Israel arrogantly.’
(ESV)
Now I
know that the
Lord is
greater than
all gods,
because in this
affair they
dealt arrogantly with the
people.”
(NIV)
But if anyone schemes and kills someone deliberately, that person is to be taken from my altar and put to death.
(ESV)
But
if a
man willfully attacks
another to
kill him by
cunning,
you shall
take him from my
altar, that he may
die.
(NIV)
‘Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the
Lord your God.
‘Do not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.
(ESV)
“The
best of the
firstfruits of your
ground you shall
bring into the
house of the
Lord your
God.
“You shall
not boil a
young goat in its
mother’s milk.
(NIV)
‘Take the ram for the ordination and cook the meat in a sacred place.
(ESV)
“You shall
take the
ram of
ordination and
boil its
flesh in a
holy place.
(NIV)
‘Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the
Lord your God.
‘Do not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.’
(ESV)
The
best of the
firstfruits of your
ground you shall
bring to the
house of the
Lord your
God.
You shall
not boil a
young goat in its
mother’s milk.”
(NIV)
The clay pot that the meat is cooked in must be broken; but if it is cooked in a bronze pot, the pot is to be scoured and rinsed with water.
(ESV)
And the
earthenware vessel in
which it is
boiled shall be
broken. But if it is
boiled in a
bronze vessel, that shall be
scoured and
rinsed in
water.
(NIV)
Moses then said to Aaron and his sons, ‘Cook the meat at the entrance to the tent of meeting and eat it there with the bread from the basket of ordination offerings, as I was commanded: “Aaron and his sons are to eat it.”
(ESV)
And
Moses said to Aaron and his
sons, “
Boil the
flesh at the
entrance of the
tent of
meeting, and there
eat it and the
bread that is in the
basket of
ordination offerings, as I
commanded,
saying, ‘
Aaron and his
sons shall
eat it.’
(NIV)
‘When someone has a boil on their skin and it heals,
(ESV)
“
If there
is in the
skin of one’s
body a
boil and it
heals,
(NIV)
and in the place where the boil was, a white swelling or reddish-white spot appears, they must present themselves to the priest.
(ESV)
and in the
place of the
boil there comes a
white swelling or a
reddish-white spot, then it shall be
shown to the
priest.
(NIV)
The priest is to examine it, and if it appears to be more than skin deep and the hair in it has turned white, the priest shall pronounce that person unclean. It is a defiling skin disease that has broken out where the boil was.
(ESV)
And the
priest shall
look, and if it
appears deeper than the
skin and its
hair has
turned white, then the
priest shall pronounce him
unclean. It is a
case of
leprous disease that has
broken out in the
boil.
(NIV)
But if the spot is unchanged and has not spread, it is only a scar from the boil, and the priest shall pronounce them clean.
(ESV)
But if the
spot remains in one
place and does
not spread, it is the
scar of the
boil, and the
priest shall pronounce
him clean.
(NIV)
‘“Anyone who sells a house in a walled city retains the right of redemption a full year after its sale. During that time the seller may redeem it.
(ESV)
“If a
man sells a
dwelling house in a
walled city, he may
redeem it
within a year of its
sale. For a full
year he shall have the right of
redemption.
(NIV)
Your strength will be spent in vain, because your soil will not yield its crops, nor will the trees of your land yield their fruit.
(ESV)
And your
strength shall be
spent in
vain, for your
land shall
not yield its
increase, and the
trees of the
land shall
not yield their fruit.
(NIV)
‘“After the Nazirite has shaved off the hair that symbolises their dedication, the priest is to place in their hands a boiled shoulder of the ram, and one thick loaf and one thin loaf from the basket, both made without yeast.
(ESV)
And the
priest shall
take the
shoulder of the
ram, when it is
boiled, and
one unleavened loaf out
of the
basket and
one unleavened wafer, and shall
put them
on the
hands of the
Nazirite,
after he has
shaved the hair of
his consecration,
(NIV)
The people went around gathering it, and then ground it in a hand-mill or crushed it in a mortar. They cooked it in a pot or made it into loaves. And it tasted like something made with olive oil.
(ESV)
The
people went
about and
gathered it and
ground it in
handmills or
beat it in
mortars and
boiled it in
pots and
made cakes of it. And the
taste of it was like the
taste of
cakes baked with
oil.
(NIV)
Your children will be shepherds here for forty years, suffering for your unfaithfulness, until the last of your bodies lies in the wilderness.
(ESV)
And your
children shall
be shepherds in the
wilderness forty years and shall
suffer for your
faithlessness,
until the last of your
dead bodies lies in the
wilderness.
(NIV)
I, the
Lord, have spoken, and I will surely do these things to this whole wicked community, which has banded together against me. They will meet their end in this wilderness; here they will die.’
(ESV)
I, the
Lord, have
spoken.
Surely this will I
do to
all this wicked congregation who are
gathered together against me: in
this wilderness they shall come to a full
end, and
there they shall
die.”
(NIV)
Anyone who even comes near the tabernacle of the
Lord will die. Are we all going to die?’
(ESV)
Everyone who
comes near, who
comes near to the
tabernacle of the
Lord, shall
die. Are we all
to perish?”
(NIV)
The
Lord’s anger burned against Israel and he made them wander in the wilderness for forty years, until the whole generation of those who had done evil in his sight was gone.
(ESV)
And the
Lord’s anger was
kindled against
Israel, and he made them
wander in the
wilderness forty years,
until all the
generation that had
done evil in the
sight of the
Lord was
gone.
(NIV)
So I told you, but you would not listen. You rebelled against the
Lord’s command and in your arrogance you marched up into the hill country.
(ESV)
So I
spoke to you, and you would
not listen; but you
rebelled against the
command of the
Lord and
presumptuously went up into the
hill country.
(NIV)
Thirty-eight years passed from the time we left Kadesh Barnea until we crossed the Zered Valley. By then, that entire generation of fighting men had perished from the camp, as the
Lord had sworn to them.
(ESV)
And the
time from our
leaving Kadesh-barnea until we
crossed the
brook Zered was
thirty-eight years,
until the
entire generation, that is, the
men of
war, had
perished from the
camp, as the
Lord had
sworn to
them.
(NIV)
The
Lord’s hand was against them until he had completely eliminated them from the camp.
(ESV)
For
indeed the
hand of the
Lord was against them, to
destroy them
from the
camp,
until they had
perished.
(NIV)
Now when the last of these fighting men among the people had died,
(ESV)
“So as soon
as all the
men of
war had
perished and were
dead from
among the
people,
(NIV)
Do not eat anything you find already dead. You may give it to the foreigner residing in any of your towns, and they may eat it, or you may sell it to any other foreigner. But you are a people holy to the
Lord your God.
Do not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.
(ESV)
“You shall
not eat anything that has
died naturally. You may
give it to the
sojourner who is within your
towns, that he may
eat it, or you may
sell it to a
foreigner.
For you are a
people holy to the
Lord your
God.
“You shall
not boil a
young goat in its
mother’s milk.
(NIV)
Roast it and eat it at the place the
Lord your God will choose. Then in the morning return to your tents.
(ESV)
And you shall
cook it and
eat it at the
place that the
Lord your
God will
choose. And in the
morning you shall
turn and
go to
your tents.
(NIV)
All the people will hear and be afraid, and will not be contemptuous again.
(ESV)
And
all the
people shall
hear and
fear and
not act presumptuously again.
(NIV)
But a prophet who presumes to speak in my name anything I have not commanded, or a prophet who speaks in the name of other gods, is to be put to death.’
(ESV)
But the
prophet who presumes to
speak a
word in my
name that I have
not commanded him to
speak, or
who speaks in the
name of
other gods,
that same
prophet shall
die.’
(NIV)
The
Lord will afflict you with the boils of Egypt and with tumours, festering sores and the itch, from which you cannot be cured.
(ESV)
The
Lord will
strike you
with the
boils of
Egypt, and with
tumors and
scabs and
itch, of
which you
cannot be
healed.
(NIV)
The
Lord will afflict your knees and legs with painful boils that cannot be cured, spreading from the soles of your feet to the top of your head.
(ESV)
The
Lord will
strike you
on the
knees and
on the
legs with
grievous boils of
which you
cannot be
healed,
from the
sole of your
foot to the crown of
your head.
(NIV)
After Moses finished writing in a book the words of this law from beginning to end,
(ESV)
When
Moses had
finished writing the
words of
this law in a
book to the very
end,
(NIV)
And Moses recited the words of this song from beginning to end in the hearing of the whole assembly of Israel:
(ESV)
Then
Moses spoke the
words of
this song until they were
finished, in the
ears of
all the
assembly of
Israel:
(NIV)
The Israelites grieved for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days, until the time of weeping and mourning was over.
(ESV)
And the
people of
Israel wept for
Moses in the
plains of
Moab thirty days. Then the
days of
weeping and
mourning for
Moses were
ended.
(NIV)
the water from upstream stopped flowing. It piled up in a heap a great distance away, at a town called Adam in the vicinity of Zarethan, while the water flowing down to the Sea of the Arabah (that is, the Dead Sea) was completely cut off. So the people crossed over opposite Jericho.
(ESV)
the
waters coming down from
above stood and
rose up in a heap very far away, at
Adam, the
city that is
beside Zarethan, and those
flowing down toward the
Sea of the
Arabah,
the
Salt Sea, were
completely cut off. And the
people passed over opposite Jericho.
(NIV)
The priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the
Lord stopped in the middle of the Jordan and stood on dry ground, while all Israel passed by until the whole nation had completed the crossing on dry ground.
(ESV)
Now the
priests bearing the
ark of the
covenant of the
Lord stood firmly on
dry ground in the
midst of the
Jordan,
and
all Israel was
passing over on
dry ground until all the
nation finished passing over the
Jordan.
(NIV)
When the whole nation had finished crossing the Jordan, the
Lord said to Joshua,
(ESV)
When all the
nation had
finished passing over the
Jordan, the
Lord said to Joshua,
(NIV)
Now the priests who carried the ark remained standing in the middle of the Jordan until everything the
Lord had commanded Joshua was done by the people, just as Moses had directed Joshua. The people hurried over,
(ESV)
For the
priests bearing the
ark stood in the
midst of the
Jordan until
everything was
finished that the
Lord commanded Joshua to
tell the
people, according to all that
Moses had
commanded Joshua.
The
people passed over in
haste.
(NIV)
and as soon as all of them had crossed, the ark of the
Lord and the priests came to the other side while the people watched.
(ESV)
And
when all the
people had
finished passing over, the
ark of the
Lord and the
priests passed over before the
people.
(NIV)
The Israelites had moved about in the wilderness for forty years until all the men who were of military age when they left Egypt had died, since they had not obeyed the
Lord. For the
Lord had sworn to them that they would not see the land that he had solemnly promised their ancestors to give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.
(ESV)
For the
people of
Israel walked forty years in the
wilderness,
until all the
nation, the
men of
war who
came out of
Egypt,
perished,
because they did
not obey the
voice of the
Lord; the
Lord swore to them that he would
not let them
see the
land that the
Lord had
sworn to their
fathers to
give to us, a
land flowing with
milk and
honey.
(NIV)
And after the whole nation had been circumcised, they remained where they were in camp until they were healed.
(ESV)
When the
circumcising of the
whole nation was finished, they
remained in their
places in the
camp until they were
healed.
(NIV)
When Israel had finished killing all the men of Ai in the fields and in the wilderness where they had chased them, and when every one of them had been put to the sword, all the Israelites returned to Ai and killed those who were in it.
(ESV)
When
Israel had
finished killing all the
inhabitants of
Ai in the
open wilderness where they
pursued them, and
all of them to the very last had
fallen by the
edge of the
sword,
all Israel returned to
Ai and
struck it down with the
edge of the
sword.
(NIV)
So Joshua and the Israelites defeated them completely, but a few survivors managed to reach their fortified cities.
(ESV)
When
Joshua and the
sons of
Israel had
finished striking them with a great blow until they were
wiped out, and when the
remnant that
remained of them had
entered into the
fortified cities,
(NIV)
Now it was the practice of the priests that, whenever any of the people offered a sacrifice, the priest’s servant would come with a three-pronged fork in his hand while the meat was being boiled
(ESV)
The
custom of the
priests with the
people was that when
any man offered sacrifice, the
priest’s servant would
come, while the
meat was
boiling, with a
three-pronged fork in
his hand,
(NIV)
But even before the fat was burned, the priest’s servant would come and say to the person who was sacrificing, ‘Give the priest some meat to roast; he won’t accept boiled meat from you, but only raw.’
(ESV)
Moreover, before the
fat was
burned, the
priest’s servant would
come and
say to the
man who was
sacrificing, “
Give meat for the
priest to
roast, for he will
not accept boiled meat from you but
only raw.”
(NIV)
So he asked Jesse, ‘Are these all the sons you have?’
‘There is still the youngest,’ Jesse answered. ‘He is tending the sheep.’
Samuel said, ‘Send for him; we will not sit down until he arrives.’
(ESV)
Then
Samuel said to Jesse, “Are
all your
sons here?” And he
said,
“There
remains yet the
youngest, but
behold, he is
keeping the
sheep.” And
Samuel said to Jesse,
“
Send and
get him,
for we will
not sit down till he
comes here.”
(NIV)
So Tamar went to the house of her brother Amnon, who was lying down. She took some dough, kneaded it, made the bread in his sight and baked it.
(ESV)
So
Tamar went to her
brother Amnon’s house, where
he was lying
down. And she
took dough and
kneaded it and
made cakes in his
sight and
baked the
cakes.
(NIV)
Zadok was there, too, and all the Levites who were with him were carrying the ark of the covenant of God. They set down the ark of God, and Abiathar offered sacrifices until all the people had finished leaving the city.
(ESV)
And
Abiathar came up, and
behold,
Zadok came
also with
all the
Levites,
bearing the
ark of the
covenant of
God. And they
set down the
ark of
God until the
people had all
passed out
of the
city.
(NIV)
She continued, ‘Long ago they used to say, “Get your answer at Abel,” and that settled it.
(ESV)
Then she
said, “They
used to
say in
former times, ‘Let them
but ask counsel at
Abel,’ and
so they
settled a matter.
(NIV)
‘To the faithful you show yourself faithful,
to the blameless you show yourself blameless,
(ESV)
“
With the
merciful you show yourself
merciful;
with the
blameless man you show
yourself blameless;
(NIV)
So he overlaid the whole interior with gold. He also overlaid with gold the altar that belonged to the inner sanctuary.
(ESV)
And he
overlaid the whole
house with
gold, until
all the
house was
finished.
Also the whole
altar that belonged to the
inner sanctuary he
overlaid with
gold.
(NIV)
The capitals on top were in the shape of lilies. And so the work on the pillars was completed.
(ESV)
And
on the
tops of the
pillars was
lily-work. Thus the
work of the
pillars was
finished.
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