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3m
Leviticus 1:1-17
The Burnt Offering

Then the LORD called to Moses and spoke to him from the Tent of Meeting, saying,...

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2m
Leviticus 2:1-16
The Grain Offering

“When anyone brings a grain offering to the LORD, his offering must consist of...

#covenant+2
3m
Leviticus 3:1-17
The Peace Offering

“If one’s offering is a peace offering and he offers an animal from the herd,...

#covenant+2
2m
Leviticus 5:14 - 6:7
The Guilt Offering

Then the LORD said to Moses, “If someone acts unfaithfully and sins...

#forgiveness+2
1m
Leviticus 7:1-10
The Guilt Offering

“Now this is the law of the guilt offering, which is most holy: The guilt...

#forgiveness+2
4m
Leviticus 7:11-38
Laws for the Aaronic Priesthood

Now this is the law of the peace offering that one may present to the LORD: If...

#covenant+2
2m
Leviticus 12:1-8
Purification after Childbirth

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Say to the Israelites, ‘A woman who becomes...

#covenant+3
2m
Leviticus 13:47-59
Mildew

If any fabric is contaminated with mildew —any wool or linen garment, any weave...

#healing+2
5m
Leviticus 14:1-32
Cleansing of Skin Disease

Then the LORD said to Moses, “This is the law for the one afflicted with a skin...

#healing+2
3m
Leviticus 14:33-57
Cleansing of Mildew

Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “When you enter the land of Canaan, which...

#healing+2
4m
Leviticus 15:1-33
Unclean Discharges

And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “Say to the Israelites, ‘When any man has a bodily discharge, the discharge is unclean. This uncleanness is from his disch

#purification+3
1m
Leviticus 23:9-14
The Feast of Firstfruits

And the LORD said to Moses, “Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘When you enter...

#covenant+2
2m
Leviticus 23:15-25
The Feast of Weeks & The Feast of Trumpets

From the day after the Sabbath, the day you brought the sheaf of the wave offering, you are to count off seven full weeks. You shall count off fifty days until

#covenant+2
4m
Leviticus 27:1-34
Voluntary Contributions

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Speak to the Israelites and say to them, ‘When...

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1m
Numbers 5:1-10
Cleansing the Camps & Restitution for Trespasses

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Command the Israelites to send away from the camp anyone with a skin disease, anyone who has a bodily discharge, and anyone who is

#judgment+3
3m
Numbers 5:11-31
The Adultery Test

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Speak to the Israelites and tell them that if any...

#authority+2
4m
Numbers 6:1-27
The Nazirite Vow & Aaron’s Blessing

And the LORD said to Moses, “Speak to the Israelites and tell them that if a man or woman makes a special vow, the vow of a Nazirite, to separate himself to the

#covenant+2
2m
Numbers 10:1-10
The Two Silver Trumpets

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Make two trumpets of hammered silver to be used...

#guidance+2
2m
Numbers 15:22-36
Offerings for Unintentional Sins & A Sabbath-Breaker Stoned

Now if you stray unintentionally and do not obey all these commandments that the LORD has spoken to Moses— all that the LORD has commanded you through Moses fro

#forgiveness+2
3m
Numbers 19:1-22
The Red Heifer

Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “This is the statute of the law that the LORD has commanded: Instruct the Israelites to bring you an unblemished red heif

#purification+3
1m
Deuteronomy 18:9-14
Sorcery Forbidden

When you enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you, do not imitate the...

#idolatry+2
1m
Deuteronomy 18:15-22
The Prophet like Moses

The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your...

#prophetic+3
1m
Deuteronomy 19:15-21
The Testimony of Two or Three Witnesses

A lone witness is not sufficient to establish any wrongdoing or sin against a...

#judgment+2
5m
Deuteronomy 31:1-30
The Future Leadership of Israel

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

#covenant+4
4m
1 Samuel 6:1 - 7:2
The Ark Returned to Israel

When the ark of the LORD had been in the land of the Philistines seven months,...

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2m
1 Samuel 14:24-36
Jonathan Eats the Honey

Now the men of Israel were in distress that day, for Saul had placed the troops...

#deliverance+3
2m
1 Kings 8:1-11
The Ark Enters the Temple

At that time Solomon assembled before him in Jerusalem the elders of Israel—all...

#ark+1
3m
2 Kings 12:1-16
Joash Repairs the Temple

In the seventh year of Jehu, Joash became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem...

#stewardship+3
6m
2 Kings 23:1-30
Josiah of Judah

Then the king summoned all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem. And he went up to the house of the LORD with all the people of Judah and Jerusalem, as well as the

#covenant+3
4m
1 Chronicles 9:1-44
The People of Jerusalem

So all Israel was recorded in the genealogies written in the Book of the Kings...

#genealogy+2
1m
1 Chronicles 13:1-7
David Fetches the Ark

Then David conferred with all his leaders, the commanders of hundreds and of...

#ark+2
3m
1 Chronicles 23:1-32
The Levites

When David was old and full of years, he installed his son Solomon as king over Israel. Then he gathered all the leaders of Israel, as well as the priests and L

#genealogy+2
2m
1 Chronicles 28:11-21
The Plans for the Temple

Then David gave his son Solomon the plans for the portico of the temple, its...

#covenant+2
5m
2 Chronicles 3:1 - 5:1
Construction of the Temple

Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the LORD had appeared to his father David. This was the place that David h

#covenant+2
8m
2 Chronicles 6:12 - 7:22
Dedication of the Temple (Part 2)

Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in front of the whole assembly of Israel and spread out his hands. Now Solomon had made a bronze platform five c

#covenant+3
5m
2 Chronicles 6:12 - 7:3
Solomon’s Prayer of Dedication & Fire from Heaven

Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in front of the whole assembly of Israel and spread out his hands. Now Solomon had made a bronze platform five c

#covenant+4
2m
2 Chronicles 7:4-10
Sacrifices of Dedication

Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the LORD. And King...

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3m
2 Chronicles 8:1-18
Solomon's Additional Achievements

Now at the end of the twenty years during which Solomon had built the house of...

#authority+2
4m
2 Chronicles 10:16 - 12:12
The Kingdom Divided

When all Israel saw that the king had refused to listen to them, they answered...

#deliverance+3
3m
2 Chronicles 24:1-16
Joash Repairs the Temple & Jehoiada’s Death and Burial

Joash was seven years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem forty...

#generosity+3
5m
2 Chronicles 29:1-36
The Temple

Hezekiah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother’s name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.

#covenant+3
4m
2 Chronicles 30:1-27
The Passover

Then Hezekiah sent word throughout all Israel and Judah, and he also wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh inviting them to come to the house of the LORD in Jer

#mercy+3
4m
2 Chronicles 31:1-21
The People Return to the LORD

When all this had ended, the Israelites in attendance went out to the cities of Judah and broke up the sacred pillars, chopped down the Asherah poles, and tore

#idolatry+4
1m
2 Chronicles 34:29-33
Josiah Renews the Covenant

Then the king summoned all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem. And he went up to...

#covenant+3
3m
2 Chronicles 35:1-19
Josiah Restores the Passover

Then Josiah celebrated the Passover to the LORD in Jerusalem, and the Passover...

#covenant+3
1m
Ezra 1:1-6
The Proclamation of Cyrus

In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, to fulfill the word of the LORD...

#deliverance+3
2m
Ezra 3:8-13
Temple Rebuilding Begins

In the second month of the second year after they had arrived at the house of...

#redemption+3
6m
Ezra 5:1 - 6:22
Completion of the Temple

Later, the prophets Haggai and Zechariah son of Iddo prophesied to the Jews in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel, who was over them. Then Zer

#deliverance+3
2m
Ezra 7:1-10
Ezra Arrives at Jerusalem

Many years later, during the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra son of...

#genealogy+2
3m
Ezra 7:11-28
Artaxerxes’ Letter for Ezra & Ezra Blesses God

This is the text of the letter King Artaxerxes had given to Ezra the priest and...

#authority+3
1m
Ezra 8:21-23
Fasting for Protection

And there by the Ahava Canal I proclaimed a fast, so that we might humble...

#humility+3
3m
Ezra 9:1-15
Intermarriage with Neighboring Peoples & Ezra’s Prayer of Confession

After these things had been accomplished, the leaders approached me and said, “The people of Israel, including the priests and Levites, have not kept themselves

#idolatry+3
1m
Ezra 10:1-5
Shecaniah Encourages Ezra

While Ezra prayed and made this confession, weeping and falling facedown before...

#covenant+3
3m
Nehemiah 5:1-19
Economic Problems

About that time there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their fellow Jews. Some were saying, “We and our sons and daughters are numerou

#famine+3
5m
Nehemiah 7:1-73
The List of Returning Exiles

When the wall had been rebuilt and I had set the doors in place, the...

#genealogy+3
1m
Nehemiah 8:13-18
The Feast of Tabernacles

On the second day of the month, the heads of all the families, along with the...

#covenant+3
2m
Nehemiah 10:30-39
The Vows of the Covenant

We will not give our daughters in marriage to the people of the land, and we...

#covenant+3
4m
Nehemiah 11:1-36
The Land Resettled

Now the leaders of the people settled in Jerusalem, and the rest of the people cast lots to bring one out of ten to live in the holy city of Jerusalem, while th

#genealogy+2
2m
Nehemiah 12:27-43
The Dedication of the Wall

At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, the Levites were sought out from all...

#redemption+2
1m
Nehemiah 12:44-47
Provisions for Temple Worship

And on that same day men were appointed over the rooms that housed the supplies,...

#generosity+2
4m
Isaiah 28:1-29
Woe to Ephraim

Woe to the majestic crown of Ephraim’s drunkards, to the fading flower of his...

#judgment+3
2m
Isaiah 66:18-24
Call to the Nations

“And I, knowing their deeds and thoughts, am coming to gather all nations and...

#judgment+3
5m
Jeremiah 2:1-37
The Sin of the People

Now the word of the LORD came to me, saying, “Go and proclaim in the hearing of...

#idolatry+3
4m
Jeremiah 4:5-31
Judgment is Coming (Part 1)

Announce in Judah, proclaim in Jerusalem, and say: “Blow the ram’s horn throughout the land. Cry aloud and say, ‘Assemble yourselves and let us flee to the fort

#judgment+3
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Jeremiah 5:1 - 6:30
Judgment is Coming (Part 2)

“Go up and down the streets of Jerusalem. Look now and take note; search her squares. If you can find a single person, anyone who acts justly, anyone who seeks

#judgment+4
3m
Jeremiah 7:30 - 8:13
The Temple Sermon (Part 2)

For the people of Judah have done evil in My sight, declares the LORD. They have set up their abominations in the house that bears My Name, and so have defiled

#idolatry+3
4m
Jeremiah 13:1-27
Parables and Warning

This is what the LORD said to me: “Go and buy yourself a linen loincloth and put...

#judgment+3
5m
Jeremiah 14:1 - 15:9
Drought, Famine, Sword, and Plague

This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought:...

#judgment+3
4m
Jeremiah 23:9-40
The False Prophets

As for the prophets: My heart is broken within me, and all my bones tremble. I...

#deceit+4
3m
Jeremiah 34:8-22
Freedom for Hebrew Slaves

After King Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people in Jerusalem to...

#covenant+3
4m
Lamentations 2:1-22
God’s Anger over Jerusalem

How the Lord has covered the Daughter of Zion with the cloud of His anger! He...

#judgment+3
3m
Lamentations 4:1-22
The Siege of Jerusalem

How the gold has become tarnished, the pure gold has become dull! The gems of...

#judgment+3
4m
Ezekiel 22:1-31
The Sin of Jerusalem

Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying, “As for you, son of man, will you...

#idolatry+3
2m
Ezekiel 40:38-49
Ezekiel Measures the New Temple

There was a chamber with a doorway by the portico in each of the inner gateways. There the burnt offering was to be washed. Inside the portico of the gateway we

#stewardship+1
2m
Ezekiel 42:1-14
Chambers for the Priests

Then the man led me out northward into the outer court, and he brought me to the...

#stewardship+1
1m
Ezekiel 42:15-20
The Outer Measurements

Now when the man had finished measuring the interior of the temple area, he led...

#guidance
1m
Ezekiel 45:1-6
Consecration of the Land

“When you divide the land by lot as an inheritance, you are to set aside a...

#stewardship+2
2m
Ezekiel 45:13-25
Offerings and Feasts

This is the contribution you are to offer: a sixth of an ephah from each homer...

#covenant+3
3m
Ezekiel 46:1-18
The Prince’s Offerings

“This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘The gate of the inner court that faces east...

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1m
Ezekiel 46:19-24
The Courts for Boiling and Baking

Then the man brought me through the entrance at the side of the gate into the...

#stewardship+1
5m
Ezekiel 48:1-35
Distribution of the Land

“Now these are the names of the tribes: At the northern frontier, Dan will have one portion bordering the road of Hethlon to Lebo-hamath and running on to Hazar

#covenant+2
2m
Hosea 6:1-11
The Unrepentance of Israel and Judah

Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us to pieces, but He will heal...

#covenant+3
3m
Joel 1:1-20
A Past Day of the LORD

This is the word of the LORD that came to Joel son of Pethuel: Hear this, O elders; and give ear, all who dwell in the land. Has anything like this ever happene

#famine+4
4m
Joel 2:1-32
A Future Day of the LORD

Blow the ram’s horn in Zion; sound the alarm on My holy mountain! Let all who dwell in the land tremble, for the Day of the LORD is coming; indeed, it is near—

#judgment+3
2m
Haggai 2:10-19
Blessings for a Defiled People

On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the...

#judgment+2
5m
Zechariah 7:1 - 8:23
Fasting and Restoration

In the fourth year of King Darius, the word of the LORD came to Zechariah on the fourth day of the ninth month, the month of Chislev. Now the people of Bethel h

#judgment+4
3m
Malachi 1:6 - 2:9
The Polluted Offerings and Priesthood

“A son honors his father, and a servant his master. But if I am a father, where...

#covenant+3
2m
Malachi 2:10-16
Judah’s Unfaithfulness

Do we not all have one Father? Did not one God create us? Why then do we break...

#covenant+3
1m
Malachi 2:17 - 3:5
The Coming Day of Judgment

You have wearied the LORD with your words; yet you ask, “How have we wearied...

#covenant+3
2m
John 1:19-34
John the Baptist

John the Baptist rejects rumors about his own identity and publicly identifies an unknown man as the Savior who will take away the world's sins.

#baptism+3
2m
Acts 4:1-12
Peter and John before the Sanhedrin

Two men are in custody after a massive crowd gathered to hear their message about Jesus. Authorities are demanding answers, but the men are standing their groun

#persecution+4
1m
Acts 6:1-7
The Choosing of the Seven

As the group of believers expands, internal friction over resource fairness prompts a major structural change in leadership and operations.

#faith+3
2m
Hebrews 9:1-10
The Earthly Tabernacle

A breakdown of the ancient tabernacle system and why those strict religious rituals were never meant to be the final answer for our inner peace.

#covenant+2