These words, which I am ordering you today, are to be on your heart; and you are to teach them carefully to your children. You are to talk about them when you sit at home, when you are traveling on the road, when you lie down and when you get up. (Deuteronomy 6:6-7)
BIBLES
King James Version (1769 Pure Cambridge Edition) and JPS Tanakh (1917).
Both texts are in the public domain. Some original names have been restored
Isaiah 39
Tanakh 8 verses
- 1 At that time Merodach-baladan the son of Baladan, of , sent a letter and a present to ; for he heard that he had been sick, and was recovered.
- 2 And was glad of them, and showed them his treasure-house, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious oil, and all the house of his armour, and all that was found in his treasures; there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that showed them not.
- 3 Then came the unto , and said unto him: ‘What said these men? and from whence came they unto thee?’ And said: ‘They are come from a far country unto me, even from .’
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Then said he: ‘What have they seen in thy house?’ And answered: ‘All that is in my house have they seen; there is nothing among my treasures that I have not shown them.’
Cross references (5)
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Then said to : ‘Hear the of of hosts:
Cross references (2)
- 6 Behold, the days come, that all that is in thy house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store until this day, shall be carried to ; nothing shall be left, saith .
- 7 And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, whom thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be officers in the palace of the of .’
- 8 Then said unto : ‘Good is the of which thou hast spoken.’ He said moreover: ‘If but there shall be and in my days.’