For forty days the flood kept coming on the earth, and as the waters increased they lifted the ark high above the earth.

The flood continued forty days on the earth. The waters increased and bore up the ark, and it rose high above the earth.

But Abram said to the king of Sodom, ‘With raised hand I have sworn an oath to the  Lord, God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,

But Abram said to the king of Sodom, “I have lifted my hand to the  Lord, God Most High, Possessor of heaven and earth,

So Jacob took a stone and set it up as a pillar.

So Jacob took a stone and set it up as a pillar.

When he heard me scream for help, he left his cloak beside me and ran out of the house.’

And as soon as he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried out, he left his garment beside me and fled and got out of the house.”

But as soon as I screamed for help, he left his cloak beside me and ran out of the house.’

But as soon as I lifted up my voice and cried, he left his garment beside me and fled out of the house.”

Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, ‘I am Pharaoh, but without your word no one will lift hand or foot in all Egypt.’

Moreover, Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I am Pharaoh, and without your consent no one shall lift up hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.”

Moses and Aaron did just as the  Lord had commanded. He raised his staff in the presence of Pharaoh and his officials and struck the water of the Nile, and all the water was changed into blood.

Moses and Aaron did as the  Lord commanded. In the sight of Pharaoh and in the sight of his servants he lifted up the staff and struck the water in the Nile, and all the water in the Nile turned into blood.

The  Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, so that he pursued the Israelites, who were marching out boldly.

And the  Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued the people of Israel while the people of Israel were going out defiantly.

Raise your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea to divide the water so that the Israelites can go through the sea on dry ground.

Lift up your staff, and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it, that the people of Israel may go through the sea on dry ground.

‘The  Lord is my strength and my defence ;
he has become my salvation.
He is my God, and I will praise him,
my father’s God, and I will exalt him.

The  Lord is my strength and my song,
and he has become my salvation;
this is my God, and I will praise him,
my father’s God, and I will exalt him.

However, some of them paid no attention to Moses; they kept part of it until morning, but it was full of maggots and began to smell. So Moses was angry with them.

But they did not listen to Moses. Some left part of it till the morning, and it bred worms and stank. And Moses was angry with them.

As long as Moses held up his hands, the Israelites were winning, but whenever he lowered his hands, the Amalekites were winning.

Whenever Moses held up his hand, Israel prevailed, and whenever he lowered his hand, Amalek prevailed.

‘Consecrate those parts of the ordination ram that belong to Aaron and his sons: the breast that was waved and the thigh that was presented.

And you shall consecrate the breast of the wave offering that is waved and the thigh of the priests’ portion that is contributed from the ram of ordination, from what was Aaron’s and his sons’.

Those presenting an offering of silver or bronze brought it as an offering to the  Lord, and everyone who had acacia wood for any part of the work brought it.

Everyone who could make a contribution of silver or bronze brought it as the  Lord’s contribution. And every one who possessed acacia wood of any use in the work brought it.

He shall take out the memorial portion from the grain offering and burn it on the altar as a food offering, an aroma pleasing to the  Lord.

And the priest shall take from the grain offering its memorial portion and burn this on the altar, a food offering with a pleasing aroma to the  Lord.

He shall remove all the fat from the bull of the sin offering – all the fat that is connected to the internal organs,

And all the fat of the bull of the sin offering he shall remove from it, the fat that covers the entrails and all the fat that is on the entrails

just as the fat is removed from the ox sacrificed as a fellowship offering. Then the priest shall burn them on the altar of burnt offering.

(just as these are taken from the ox of the sacrifice of the peace offerings); and the priest shall burn them on the altar of burnt offering.

He shall remove all the fat from it and burn it on the altar,

And all its fat he shall take from it and burn on the altar.

The priest shall then put on his linen clothes, with linen undergarments next to his body, and shall remove the ashes of the burnt offering that the fire has consumed on the altar and place them beside the altar.

And the priest shall put on his linen garment and put his linen undergarment on his body, and he shall take up the ashes to which the fire has reduced the burnt offering on the altar and put them beside the altar.

The priest is to take a handful of the finest flour and some olive oil, together with all the incense on the grain offering, and burn the memorial portion on the altar as an aroma pleasing to the  Lord.

And one shall take from it a handful of the fine flour of the grain offering and its oil and all the frankincense that is on the grain offering and burn this as its memorial portion on the altar, a pleasing aroma to the  Lord.

The priests must not desecrate the sacred offerings the Israelites present to the  Lord

They shall not profane the holy things of the people of Israel, which they contribute to the  Lord,

and you eat the food of the land, present a portion as an offering to the  Lord.

and when you eat of the bread of the land, you shall present a contribution to the  Lord.

Present a loaf from the first of your ground meal and present it as an offering from the threshing-floor.

Of the first of your dough you shall present a loaf as a contribution; like a contribution from the threshing floor, so shall you present it.

‘“But anyone who sins defiantly, whether native-born or foreigner, utters blasphemy against the  Lord and must be cut off from the people of Israel.

But the person who does anything with a high hand, whether he is native or a sojourner, reviles the  Lord, and that person shall be cut off from among his people.

‘Tell Eleazar son of Aaron, the priest, to remove the censers from the charred remains and scatter the coals some distance away, for the censers are holy –

“Tell Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest to take up the censers out of the blaze. Then scatter the fire far and wide, for they have become holy.

‘Get away from this assembly so that I can put an end to them at once.’ And they fell face down.

“Get away from the midst of this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.” And they fell on their faces.

Whatever is set aside from the holy offerings the Israelites present to the  Lord I give to you and your sons and daughters as your perpetual share. It is an everlasting covenant of salt before the  Lord for both you and your offspring.’

All the holy contributions that the people of Israel present to the  Lord I give to you, and to your sons and daughters with you, as a perpetual due. It is a covenant of salt forever before the  Lord for you and for your offspring with you.”

Instead, I give to the Levites as their inheritance the tithes that the Israelites present as an offering to the  Lord. That is why I said concerning them: “They will have no inheritance among the Israelites.”’

For the tithe of the people of Israel, which they present as a contribution to the  Lord, I have given to the Levites for an inheritance. Therefore I have said of them that they shall have no inheritance among the people of Israel.”

‘Speak to the Levites and say to them: “When you receive from the Israelites the tithe I give you as your inheritance, you must present a tenth of that tithe as the  Lord’s offering.

“Moreover, you shall speak and say to the Levites, ‘When you take from the people of Israel the tithe that I have given you from them for your inheritance, then you shall present a contribution from it to the  Lord a tithe of the tithe.

In this way you also will present an offering to the  Lord from all the tithes you receive from the Israelites. From these tithes you must give the  Lord’s portion to Aaron the priest.

So you shall also present a contribution to the  Lord from all your tithes, which you receive from the people of Israel. And from it you shall give the  Lord’s contribution to Aaron the priest.

You must present as the  Lord’s portion the best and holiest part of everything given to you.”

Out of all the gifts to you, you shall present every contribution due to the  Lord; from each its best part is to be dedicated.’

‘Say to the Levites: “When you present the best part, it will be reckoned to you as the product of the threshing-floor or the winepress.

Therefore you shall say to them, ‘When you have offered from it the best of it, then the rest shall be counted to the Levites as produce of the threshing floor, and as produce of the winepress.

By presenting the best part of it you will not be guilty in this matter; then you will not defile the holy offerings of the Israelites, and you will not die.”’

And you shall bear no sin by reason of it, when you have contributed the best of it. But you shall not profane the holy things of the people of Israel, lest you die.’”

Then Moses raised his arm and struck the rock twice with his staff. Water gushed out, and the community and their livestock drank.

And Moses lifted up his hand and struck the rock with his staff twice, and water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their livestock.

Water will flow from their buckets;
their seed will have abundant water.
‘Their king will be greater than Agag;
their kingdom will be exalted.

Water shall flow from his buckets,
and his seed shall be in many waters;
his king shall be higher than Agag,
and his kingdom shall be exalted.

From the soldiers who fought in the battle, set apart as tribute for the  Lord one out of every five hundred, whether people, cattle, donkeys or sheep.

And levy for the  Lord a tribute from the men of war who went out to battle, one out of five hundred, of the people and of the oxen and of the donkeys and of the flocks.

All the gold from the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds that Moses and Eleazar presented as a gift to the  Lord weighed 16,750 shekels.

And all the gold of the contribution that they presented to the  Lord, from the commanders of thousands and the commanders of hundreds, was 16,750 shekels.

The Israelites set out from Rameses on the fifteenth day of the first month, the day after the Passover. They marched out defiantly in full view of all the Egyptians,

They set out from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month. On the day after the Passover, the people of Israel went out triumphantly in the sight of all the Egyptians,

Where can we go? Our brothers have made our hearts melt in fear. They say, “The people are stronger and taller than we are; the cities are large, with walls up to the sky. We even saw the Anakites there.”’

Where are we going up? Our brothers have made our hearts melt, saying “The people are greater and taller than we. The cities are great and fortified up to heaven. And besides, we have seen the sons of the Anakim there.”’

(The Emites used to live there – a people strong and numerous, and as tall as the Anakites.

( The Emim formerly lived there, a people great and many, and tall as the Anakim.

They were a people strong and numerous, and as tall as the Anakites. The  Lord destroyed them from before the Ammonites, who drove them out and settled in their place.

a people great and many, and tall as the Anakim; but the  Lord destroyed them before the Ammonites, and they dispossessed them and settled in their place,

From Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Gorge, and from the town in the gorge, even as far as Gilead, not one town was too strong for us. The  Lord our God gave us all of them.

From Aroer, which is on the edge of the Valley of the Arnon, and from the city that is in the valley, as far as Gilead, there was not a city too high for us. The  Lord our God gave all into our hands.

then your heart will become proud and you will forget the  Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.

then your heart be lifted up, and you forget the  Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery,

The people are strong and tall – Anakites! You know about them and have heard it said: ‘Who can stand up against the Anakites?’

a people great and tall, the sons of the Anakim, whom you know, and of whom you have heard it said, ‘Who can stand before the sons of Anak?’

Destroy completely all the places on the high mountains, on the hills and under every spreading tree, where the nations you are dispossessing worship their gods.

You shall surely destroy all the places where the nations whom you shall dispossess served their gods on the high mountains and on the hills and under every green tree.

and not consider himself better than his fellow Israelites and turn from the law to the right or to the left. Then he and his descendants will reign a long time over his kingdom in Israel.

that his heart may not be lifted up above his brothers, and that he may not turn aside from the commandment, either to the right hand or to the left, so that he may continue long in his kingdom, he and his children, in Israel.

The Levites shall recite to all the people of Israel in a loud voice:

And the Levites shall declare to all the men of Israel in a loud voice:

but I dreaded the taunt of the enemy,
lest the adversary misunderstand
and say, “Our hand has triumphed;
the  Lord has not done all this.”’

had I not feared provocation by the enemy,
lest their adversaries should misunderstand,
lest they should say “Our hand is triumphant,
it was not the  Lord who did all this.”’

and said to them, ‘Go over before the ark of the  Lord your God into the middle of the Jordan. Each of you is to take up a stone on his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the Israelites,

And Joshua said to them, “Pass on before the ark of the  Lord your God into the midst of the Jordan, and take up each of you a stone upon his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the people of Israel,

Then Hannah prayed and said:

‘My heart rejoices in the  Lord;
in the  Lord my horn is lifted high.
My mouth boasts over my enemies,
for I delight in your deliverance.

And Hannah prayed and said,

“My heart exults in the  Lord;
my horn is exalted in the  Lord.
My mouth derides my enemies,
because I rejoice in your salvation.

The  Lord sends poverty and wealth;
he humbles and he exalts.

The  Lord makes poor and makes rich;
he brings low and he exalts.

He raises the poor from the dust
and lifts the needy from the ash heap;
he seats them with princes
and makes them inherit a throne of honour.
‘For the foundations of the earth are the  Lord’s;
on them he has set the world.

He raises up the poor from the dust;
he lifts the needy from the ash heap
to make them sit with princes
and inherit a seat of honor.
For the pillars of the earth are the  Lord’s,
and on them he has set the world.

those who oppose the  Lord will be broken.
The Most High will thunder from heaven;
the  Lord will judge the ends of the earth.
‘He will give strength to his king
and exalt the horn of his anointed.’

The adversaries of the  Lord shall be broken to pieces;
against them he will thunder in heaven.
The  Lord will judge the ends of the earth;
he will give strength to his king
and exalt the horn of his anointed.”

So the cook took up the thigh with what was on it and set it in front of Saul. Samuel said, ‘Here is what has been kept for you. Eat, because it was set aside for you for this occasion from the time I said, “I have invited guests.”’ And Saul dined with Samuel that day.

So the cook took up the leg and what was on it and set them before Saul. And Samuel said, “See, what was kept is set before you. Eat, because it was kept for you until the hour appointed, that you might eat with the guests.”

So Saul ate with Samuel that day.

You save the humble,
but your eyes are on the haughty to bring them low.

You save a humble people,
but your eyes are on the haughty to bring them down.

‘The  Lord lives! Praise be to my Rock!
Exalted be my God, the Rock, my Saviour!

“The  Lord lives, and blessed be my rock,
and exalted be my God, the rock of my salvation,

who sets me free from my enemies.
You exalted me above my foes;
from a violent man you rescued me.

who brought me out from my enemies;
you exalted me above those who rose against me;
you delivered me from men of violence.

Also, Jeroboam son of Nebat rebelled against the king. He was one of Solomon’s officials, an Ephraimite from Zeredah, and his mother was a widow named Zeruah.

Jeroboam the son of Nebat an Ephraimite of Zeredah, a servant of Solomon, whose mother’s name was Zeruah, a widow, also lifted up his hand against the king.

Here is the account of how he rebelled against the king: Solomon had built the terraces and had filled in the gap in the wall of the city of David his father.

And this was the reason why he lifted up his hand against the king. Solomon built the Millo, and closed up the breach of the city of David his father.

Go, tell Jeroboam that this is what the  Lord, the God of Israel, says: “I raised you up from among the people and appointed you ruler over my people Israel.

Go, tell Jeroboam, ‘Thus says the  Lord, the God of Israel: “Because I exalted you from among the people and made you leader over my people Israel