21 (A)He shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall inquire before the Lord for him (B)by the judgment of the Urim. (C)At his word they shall go out, and at his word they shall come in, he and all the children of Israel with him—all the congregation.”

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21 He is to stand before Eleazar the priest, who will obtain decisions for him by inquiring(A) of the Urim(B) before the Lord. At his command he and the entire community of the Israelites will go out, and at his command they will come in.”

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14 Then the men of Israel took some of their provisions; (A)but they [a]did not ask counsel of the Lord.

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  1. Joshua 9:14 Lit. did not inquire at the mouth of

14 The Israelites sampled their provisions but did not inquire(A) of the Lord.

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And (A)Jehoshaphat said, “Is there not still a prophet of the Lord here, that we may inquire of [a]Him?”

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  1. 1 Kings 22:7 Or him

But Jehoshaphat asked, “Is there no longer a prophet(A) of the Lord here whom we can inquire(B) of?”

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(A)“Please inquire of the Lord for us, for [a]Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon makes war against us. Perhaps the Lord will deal with us according to all His wonderful works, that the king may go away from us.”

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  1. Jeremiah 21:2 Heb. Nebuchadrezzar, and so elsewhere in the book

“Inquire(A) now of the Lord for us because Nebuchadnezzar[a](B) king of Babylon(C) is attacking us. Perhaps the Lord will perform wonders(D) for us as in times past so that he will withdraw from us.”

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  1. Jeremiah 21:2 Hebrew Nebuchadrezzar, of which Nebuchadnezzar is a variant; here and often in Jeremiah and Ezekiel

and said to Jeremiah the prophet, (A)“Please, let our petition be acceptable to you, and (B)pray for us to the Lord your God, for all this remnant (since we are left but (C)a few of many, as you can see),

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Jeremiah the prophet and said to him, “Please hear our petition and pray(A) to the Lord your God for this entire remnant.(B) For as you now see, though we were once many, now only a few(C) are left.

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20 For you [a]were hypocrites in your hearts when you sent me to the Lord your God, saying, ‘Pray for us to the Lord our God, and according to all that the Lord your God says, so declare to us and we will do it.

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  1. Jeremiah 42:20 Lit. used deceit against your souls

20 that you made a fatal mistake when you sent me to the Lord your God and said, ‘Pray to the Lord our God for us; tell us everything he says and we will do it.’(A)

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