Then she went off and sat down about a bow-shot away, for she thought, ‘I cannot watch the boy die.’ And as she sat there, she began to sob.

Then she went and sat down opposite him a good way off, about the distance of a bowshot, for she said, “Let me not look on the death of the child.” And as she sat opposite him, she lifted up her voice and wept.

After Abraham’s death, God blessed his son Isaac, who then lived near Beer Lahai Roi.

After the death of Abraham, God blessed Isaac his son. And Isaac settled at Beer-lahai-roi.

Isaac reopened the wells that had been dug in the time of his father Abraham, which the Philistines had stopped up after Abraham died, and he gave them the same names his father had given them.

And Isaac dug again the wells of water that had been dug in the days of Abraham his father, which the Philistines had stopped after the death of Abraham. And he gave them the names that his father had given them.

Isaac said, ‘I am now an old man and don’t know the day of my death.

He said, “Behold, I am old; I do not know the day of my death.

“Bring me some game and prepare me some tasty food to eat, so that I may give you my blessing in the presence of the Lord before I die.”

‘Bring me game and prepare for me delicious food, that I may eat it and bless you before the Lord before I die.’

Then take it to your father to eat, so that he may give you his blessing before he dies.’

And you shall bring it to your father to eat, so that he may bless you before he dies.”

So they sent word to Joseph, saying, ‘Your father left these instructions before he died:

So they sent a message to Joseph, saying, “Your father gave this command before he died:

Then they said, ‘The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Now let us take a three-day journey into the wilderness to offer sacrifices to the Lord our God, or he may strike us with plagues or with the sword.’

Then they said, “The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please let us go a three days’ journey into the wilderness that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God, lest he fall upon us with pestilence or with the sword.”

the hand of the Lord will bring a terrible plague on your livestock in the field – on your horses, donkeys and camels and on your cattle, sheep and goats.

behold the hand of the Lord will fall with a very severe plague upon your livestock that are in the field, the horses, the donkeys, the camels, the herds, and the flocks.

For by now I could have stretched out my hand and struck you and your people with a plague that would have wiped you off the earth.

For by now I could have put out my hand and struck you and your people with pestilence, and you would have been cut off from the earth.

Now forgive my sin once more and pray to the Lord your God to take this deadly plague away from me.’

Now therefore, forgive my sin, please, only this once, and plead with the Lord your God only to remove this death from me.”

Of all those that move along the ground, these are unclean for you. Whoever touches them when they are dead will be unclean till evening.

These are unclean to you among all that swarm. Whoever touches them when they are dead shall be unclean until the evening.

When one of them dies and falls on something, that article, whatever its use, will be unclean, whether it is made of wood, cloth, hide or sackcloth. Put it in water; it will be unclean till evening, and then it will be clean.

And anything on which any of them falls when they are dead shall be unclean, whether it is an article of wood or a garment or a skin or a sack, any article that is used for any purpose. It must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the evening; then it shall be clean.

The Lord spoke to Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron who died when they approached the Lord.

The Lord spoke to Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they drew near before the Lord and died,

And I will bring the sword on you to avenge the breaking of the covenant. When you withdraw into your cities, I will send a plague among you, and you will be given into enemy hands.

And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall execute vengeance for the covenant. And if you gather within your cities, I will send pestilence among you, and you shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.

Even if their own father or mother or brother or sister dies, they must not make themselves ceremonially unclean on account of them, because the symbol of their dedication to God is on their head.

Not even for his father or for his mother, for brother or sister, if they die, shall he make himself unclean, because his separation to God is on his head.

I will strike them down with a plague and destroy them, but I will make you into a nation greater and stronger than they.’

I will strike them with the pestilence and disinherit them, and I will make of you a nation greater and mightier than they.”

if these men die a natural death and suffer the fate of all mankind, then the Lord has not sent me.

If these men die as all men die, or if they are visited by the fate of all mankind then the Lord has not sent me.

Who can count the dust of Jacob
or number even a fourth of Israel?
Let me die the death of the righteous,
and may my final end be like theirs!’

Who can count the dust of Jacob
or number the fourth part of Israel?
Let me die the death of the upright,
and let my end be like his!”

The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them along with Korah, whose followers died when the fire devoured the 250 men. And they served as a warning sign.

and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died, when the fire devoured 250 men, and they became a warning.

Aaron was a hundred and twenty-three years old when he died on Mount Hor.

And Aaron was 123 years old when he died on Mount Hor.

The assembly must protect the one accused of murder from the avenger of blood and send the accused back to the city of refuge to which they fled. The accused must stay there until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with holy oil.

And the congregation shall rescue the manslayer from the hand of the avenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to his city of refuge to which he had fled, and he shall live in it until the death of the high priest who was anointed with the holy oil.

The accused must stay in the city of refuge until the death of the high priest; only after the death of the high priest may they return to their own property.

For he must remain in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest, but after the death of the high priest the manslayer may return to the land of his possession.

‘“Do not accept a ransom for anyone who has fled to a city of refuge and so allow them to go back and live on their own land before the death of the high priest.

And you shall accept no ransom for him who has fled to his city of refuge, that he may return to dwell in the land before the death of the high priest.

Otherwise, the avenger of blood might pursue him in a rage, overtake him if the distance is too great, and kill him even though he is not deserving of death, since he did it to his neighbour without malice aforethought.

lest the avenger of blood in hot anger pursue the manslayer and overtake him, because the way is long, and strike him fatally, though the man did not deserve to die, since he had not hated his neighbor in the past.

If someone guilty of a capital offence is put to death and their body is exposed on a pole,

“And if a man has committed a crime punishable by death and he is put to death, and you hang him on a tree,

Do nothing to the woman; she has committed no sin deserving death. This case is like that of someone who attacks and murders a neighbour,

But you shall do nothing to the young woman; she has committed no offense punishable by death. For this case is like that of a man attacking and murdering his neighbor,

The Lord will plague you with diseases until he has destroyed you from the land you are entering to possess.

The Lord will make the pestilence stick to you until he has consumed you off the land that you are entering to take possession of it.

See, I set before you today life and prosperity, death and destruction.

“See I have set before you today life and good, death and evil.

This day I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live

I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Therefore choose life, that you and your offspring may live,

For I know how rebellious and stiff-necked you are. If you have been rebellious against the Lord while I am still alive and with you, how much more will you rebel after I die!

For I know how rebellious and stubborn you are. Behold, even today while I am yet alive with you, you have been rebellious against the Lord. How much more after my death!

For I know that after my death you are sure to become utterly corrupt and to turn from the way I have commanded you. In days to come, disaster will fall on you because you will do evil in the sight of the Lord and arouse his anger by what your hands have made.’

For I know that after my death you will surely act corruptly and turn aside from the way that I have commanded you. And in the days to come evil will befall you, because you will do what is evil in the sight of the Lord provoking him to anger through the work of your hands.”

This is the blessing that Moses the man of God pronounced on the Israelites before his death.

This is the blessing with which Moses the man of God blessed the people of Israel before his death.

Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died, yet his eyes were not weak nor his strength gone.

Moses was 120 years old when he died. His eye was undimmed, and his vigor unabated.

After the death of Moses the servant of the Lord, the Lord said to Joshua son of Nun, Moses’ assistant:

After the death of Moses the servant of the Lord, the Lord said to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ assistant,

that you will spare the lives of my father and mother, my brothers and sisters, and all who belong to them – and that you will save us from death.’

that you will save alive my father and mother, my brothers and sisters, and all who belong to them, and deliver our lives from death.”

They are to stay in that city until they have stood trial before the assembly and until the death of the high priest who is serving at that time. Then they may go back to their own home in the town from which they fled.’

And he shall remain in that city until he has stood before the congregation for judgment, until the death of him who is high priest at the time. Then the manslayer may return to his own town and his own home, to the town from which he fled.’”

After the death of Joshua, the Israelites asked the Lord, ‘Who of us is to go up first to fight against the Canaanites?’

After the death of Joshua, the people of Israel inquired of the Lord “Who shall go up first for us against the Canaanites, to fight against them?”

But when the judge died, the people returned to ways even more corrupt than those of their ancestors, following other gods and serving and worshipping them. They refused to give up their evil practices and stubborn ways.

But whenever the judge died, they turned back and were more corrupt than their fathers, going after other gods, serving them and bowing down to them. They did not drop any of their practices or their stubborn ways.

But he said to me, “You will become pregnant and have a son. Now then, drink no wine or other fermented drink and do not eat anything unclean, because the boy will be a Nazirite of God from the womb until the day of his death.”’

but he said to me, ‘Behold, you shall conceive and bear a son. So then drink no wine or strong drink, and eat nothing unclean, for the child shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb to the day of his death.’”

Samson said, ‘Let me die with the Philistines!’ Then he pushed with all his might, and down came the temple on the rulers and all the people in it. Thus he killed many more when he died than while he lived.

And Samson said, “Let me die with the Philistines.” Then he bowed with all his strength, and the house fell upon the lords and upon all the people who were in it. So the dead whom he killed at his death were more than those whom he had killed during his life.

Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord deal with me, be it ever so severely, if even death separates you and me.’

Where you die I will die, and there will I be buried. May the Lord do so to me and more also if anything but death parts me from you.”

Boaz replied, ‘I’ve been told all about what you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband – how you left your father and mother and your homeland and came to live with a people you did not know before.

But Boaz answered her, “All that you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband has been fully told to me, and how you left your father and mother and your native land and came to a people that you did not know before.

So they called together all the rulers of the Philistines and said, ‘Send the ark of the god of Israel away; let it go back to its own place, or it will kill us and our people.’ For death had filled the city with panic; God’s hand was very heavy on it.

They sent therefore and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines and said, “Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it return to its own place, that it may not kill us and our people.” For there was a deathly panic throughout the whole city. The hand of God was very heavy there.

Then Samuel said, ‘Bring me Agag king of the Amalekites.’

Agag came to him in chains. And he thought, ‘Surely the bitterness of death is past.’

Then Samuel said, “Bring here to me Agag the king of the Amalekites.” And Agag came to him cheerfully. Agag said, “Surely the bitterness of death is past.”

Until the day Samuel died, he did not go to see Saul again, though Samuel mourned for him. And the Lord regretted that he had made Saul king over Israel.

And Samuel did not see Saul again until the day of his death but Samuel grieved over Saul. And the Lord regretted that he had made Saul king over Israel.

But David took an oath and said, ‘Your father knows very well that I have found favour in your eyes, and he has said to himself, “Jonathan must not know this or he will be grieved.” Yet as surely as the Lord lives and as you live, there is only a step between me and death.’

But David vowed again, saying, “Your father knows well that I have found favor in your eyes, and he thinks, ‘Do not let Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved.’ But truly, as the Lord lives and as your soul lives, there is but a step between me and death.”

As long as the son of Jesse lives on this earth, neither you nor your kingdom will be established. Now send someone to bring him to me, for he must die!’

For as long as the son of Jesse lives on the earth, neither you nor your kingdom shall be established. Therefore send and bring him to me, for he shall surely die.”

What you have done is not good. As surely as the Lord lives, you and your men must die, because you did not guard your master, the Lord’s anointed. Look around you. Where are the king’s spear and water jug that were near his head?’

This thing that you have done is not good. As the Lord lives, you deserve to die, because you have not kept watch over your lord, the Lord’s anointed. And now see where the king’s spear is and the jar of water that was at his head.”

After the death of Saul, David returned from striking down the Amalekites and stayed in Ziklag two days.

After the death of Saul, when David had returned from striking down the Amalekites, David remained two days in Ziklag.

Saul and Jonathan –
in life they were loved and admired,
and in death they were not parted.
They were swifter than eagles,
they were stronger than lions.

“Saul and Jonathan, beloved and lovely!
In life and in death they were not divided;
they were swifter than eagles;
they were stronger than lions.

The king sang this lament for Abner:

‘Should Abner have died as the lawless die?

And the king lamented for Abner, saying,

“Should Abner die as a fool dies?

And Michal daughter of Saul had no children to the day of her death.

And Michal the daughter of Saul had no child to the day of her death.

David burned with anger against the man and said to Nathan, ‘As surely as the Lord lives, the man who did this must die!

Then David’s anger was greatly kindled against the man, and he said to Nathan, “As the Lord lives, the man who has done this deserves to die,

But Ittai replied to the king, ‘As surely as the Lord lives, and as my lord the king lives, wherever my lord the king may be, whether it means life or death, there will your servant be.’

But Ittai answered the king, “As the Lord lives, and as my lord the king lives, wherever my lord the king shall be, whether for death or for life, there also will your servant be.”

All my grandfather’s descendants deserved nothing but death from my lord the king, but you gave your servant a place among those who eat at your table. So what right do I have to make any more appeals to the king?’

For all my father’s house were but men doomed to death before my lord the king, but you set your servant among those who eat at your table. What further right have I, then, to cry to the king?”

The waves of death swirled about me;
the torrents of destruction overwhelmed me.

“For the waves of death encompassed me,
the torrents of destruction assailed me;

The cords of the grave coiled around me;
the snares of death confronted me.

the cords of Sheol entangled me;
the snares of death confronted me.

So Gad went to David and said to him, ‘Shall there come on you three years of famine in your land? Or three months of fleeing from your enemies while they pursue you? Or three days of plague in your land? Now then, think it over and decide how I should answer the one who sent me.’

So Gad came to David and told him, and said to him, “Shall three years of famine come to you in your land? Or will you flee three months before your foes while they pursue you? Or shall there be three days’ pestilence in your land? Now consider, and decide what answer I shall return to him who sent me.”

So the Lord sent a plague on Israel from that morning until the end of the time designated, and seventy thousand of the people from Dan to Beersheba died.

So the Lord sent a pestilence on Israel from the morning until the appointed time. And there died of the people from Dan to Beersheba 70,000 men.