Then God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel, and settle there. Build an...

Later, they set out from Bethel, and while they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth, and her labor was difficult. During her sever

Now Jacob lived in the land where his father had resided, the land of Canaan....

Some time later, Joseph’s brothers had gone to pasture their father’s flocks...

Now the famine was still severe in the land. So when Jacob’s sons had eaten all...

When the news reached Pharaoh’s house that Joseph’s brothers had come, Pharaoh...

So Israel set out with all that he had, and when he came to Beersheba, he...

Now Jacob had sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph to get directions to Goshen....

Some time later Joseph was told, “Your father is ill.” So he set out with his...

Then Jacob called for his sons and said, “Gather around so that I can tell you...

These are the names of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt with Jacob, each with his family: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah; Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin;

Then Moses went back to his father-in-law Jethro and said to him, “Please let me...

Then Moses led Israel from the Red Sea, and they went out into the Desert of...

Now Moses’ father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian, heard about all that God...

Now when the people saw that Moses was delayed in coming down from the mountain,...

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Speak to the whole congregation of Israel and tell...

So Moses, Aaron, and the leaders of the congregation numbered the Kohathites by...

On the day Moses finished setting up the tabernacle, he anointed and consecrated...

But Moses said to the LORD, “The Egyptians will hear of it, for by Your strength...

Early the next morning they got up and went up toward the ridge of the hill...

The next day the whole congregation of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron,...

From Kadesh, Moses sent messengers to tell the king of Edom, “This is what your...

Then Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying, “Let us pass...

So Israel lived in the land of the Amorites. After Moses had sent spies to...

Then Balaam said to Balak, “Build for me seven altars here, and prepare for me...

While Israel was staying in Shittim, the men began to indulge in sexual immorality with the daughters of Moab, who also invited them to the sacrifices for their

These are the words that Moses spoke to all Israel in the wilderness east of the Jordan—in the Arabah opposite Suph—between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, a

Then we turned back and headed for the wilderness by way of the Red Sea, as the...

Hear now, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances I am teaching you to follow, so that you may live and may enter and take possession of the land that the LORD, t

Then Moses summoned all Israel and said to them: Hear, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances that I declare in your hearing this day. Learn them and observe the

These are the commandments and statutes and ordinances that the LORD your God...

Hear, O Israel: Today you are about to cross the Jordan to go in and dispossess...

And now, O Israel, what does the LORD your God ask of you but to fear the LORD...

When the LORD your God cuts off before you the nations you are entering to dispossess, and you drive them out and live in their land, be careful not to be ensna

You are to appoint judges and officials for your tribes in every town that the LORD your God is giving you. They are to judge the people with righteous judgment

If a case is too difficult for you to judge, whether the controversy within your...

When you enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you and have taken...

The Levitical priests—indeed the whole tribe of Levi—shall have no portion or...

When the LORD your God has cut off the nations whose land He is giving you, and...

When you go out to war against your enemies and see horses, chariots, and an...

If one is found slain, lying in a field in the land that the LORD your God is...

If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father and...

Suppose a man marries a woman, has relations with her, and comes to hate her,...

When brothers dwell together and one of them dies without a son, the widow must not marry outside the family. Her husband’s brother is to take her as his wife a

When you enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance,...

Then Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people: “Keep all the...

When Moses had finished speaking these words to all Israel, he said to them, “I am now a hundred and twenty years old; I am no longer able to come and go, and t

Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak; hear, O earth, the words of my mouth. Let...

Then Joshua and all Israel with him moved on from Makkedah to Libnah and fought...

Now when Jabin king of Hazor heard about these things, he sent word to Jobab...

Then the sons of Judah approached Joshua at Gilgal, and Caleb son of Jephunneh...

Then the whole congregation of Israel assembled at Shiloh and set up the Tent of...

A long time after the LORD had given Israel rest from all the enemies around...

Some time later, Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died at the age of...

At that time Manasseh failed to drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shean,...

Then the LORD raised up judges, who saved them from the hands of those who...

Then the angel of the LORD came and sat down under the oak in Ophrah that belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, where his son Gideon was threshing wheat in a winepre

After the time of Abimelech, a man of Issachar, Tola son of Puah, the son of Dodo, rose up to save Israel. He lived in Shamir, in the hill country of Ephraim. T

Then the men of Ephraim assembled and crossed the Jordan to Zaphon. They said to...

After Jephthah, Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel. He had thirty sons, as well as...

One day Samson went down to Timnah, where he saw a young Philistine woman. So he...

Later on, at the time of the wheat harvest, Samson took a young goat and went to...

Now the lords of the Philistines gathered together to offer a great sacrifice to...

Now a man named Micah from the hill country of Ephraim said to his mother, “The...

Samuel lay down until the morning; then he opened the doors of the house of the...

That same day a Benjamite ran from the battle line all the way to Shiloh, with...

Then Samuel said to all Israel, “I have listened to your voice in all that you...

And Saul waited seven days for the time appointed by Samuel, but Samuel did not...

So Saul inquired of God, “Shall I go down after the Philistines? Will You give...

After David had finished speaking with Saul, the souls of Jonathan and David were knit together, and Jonathan loved him as himself. And from that day Saul kept

Then Saul ordered his son Jonathan and all his servants to kill David. But...

After Saul had returned from pursuing the Philistines, he was told, “David is in...

When David had finished saying these things, Saul called back, “Is that your...

Then Abigail hurried and took two hundred loaves of bread, two skins of wine,...

Now in those days the Philistines gathered their forces for warfare against...

Then Saul said to his servants, “Find me a woman who is a medium, so I can go...

Now the Philistines brought all their forces together at Aphek, while Israel...

On the third day David and his men arrived in Ziklag, and the Amalekites had...

Then David took up this lament for Saul and his son Jonathan, and he ordered...

One day Abner son of Ner and the servants of Ish-bosheth son of Saul marched out from Mahanaim to Gibeon. So Joab son of Zeruiah, along with the servants of Dav

Now the king and his men marched to Jerusalem against the Jebusites who inhabited the land. The Jebusites said to David: “You will never get in here. Even the b

When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over Israel, they...

David again assembled the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand in all. And he and all his troops set out for Baale of Judah to bring up from there the ark of G

Now it was reported to King David, “The LORD has blessed the house of Obed-edom...

As the ark of the LORD was entering the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal...

Some time later, David defeated the Philistines, subdued them, and took...

Some time later, the king of the Ammonites died and was succeeded by his son Hanun. And David said, “I will show kindness to Hanun son of Nahash, just as his fa

In the spring, at the time when kings march out to war, David sent out Joab and...

Then the LORD sent Nathan to David, and when he arrived, he said, “There were...

Then Absalom and all the men of Israel came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel was with him. And David’s friend Hushai the Archite went to Absalom and said to him, “L

Once again the Philistines waged war against Israel, and David and his servants...

Again the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He stirred up David against them, saying, “Go and take a census of Israel and Judah.” So the king said to

Then Nathan said to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, “Have you not heard that...

Later, Solomon formed an alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt by marrying his daughter. Solomon brought her to the City of David until he had finished building h

Now when Hiram king of Tyre heard that Solomon had been anointed king in his father’s place, he sent envoys to Solomon; for Hiram had always been a friend of Da

Then Solomon declared: “The LORD has said that He would dwell in the thick...

Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in front of the whole assembly...

Now when Solomon had finished praying this entire prayer and petition to the...

Now when Solomon had finished building the house of the LORD and the royal...

Then the LORD raised up against Solomon an adversary, Hadad the Edomite, from the royal line of Edom. Earlier, when David was in Edom, Joab the commander of the