H0408–אַל–al

Behold, God is with us at our head, and his priests with the trumpets of alarm to sound an alarm against you. Children of Israel, don't you fight against Yahweh, the God of your fathers; for you shall not prosper.

אַל־ 'al- “may not”

Asa cried to Yahweh his God, and said, Yahweh, there is none besides you to help, between the mighty and him who has no strength: help us, Yahweh our God; for we rely on you, and in your name are we come against this multitude. Yahweh, you are our God; don't let man prevail against you.

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But be you strong, and don't let your hands be slack; for your work shall be rewarded.

וְאַל־ (אַל) 'al- “may not”

The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of Yahweh: but I hate him; for he never prophesies good concerning me, but always evil: the same is Micaiah the son of Imla. Jehoshaphat said, Don't let the king say so.

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and he said, Listen you, all Judah, and you inhabitants of Jerusalem, and you king Jehoshaphat: Thus says Yahweh to you, Don't be afraid you, neither be dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God's.

אַל־ 'al- “may not”וְאַל־ (אַל) 'al- “may not”

You shall not need to fight in this [ergänzt: battle]: set yourselves, stand you still, and see the salvation of Yahweh with you, O Judah and Jerusalem; don't be afraid, nor be dismayed: tomorrow go out against them: for Yahweh is with you.

אַל־ 'al- “may not”וְאַל־ (אַל) 'al- “may not”

But let none come into the house of Yahweh, save the priests, and those who minister of the Levites; they shall come in, for they are holy: but all the people shall keep the charge of Yahweh.

וְאַל־ (אַל) 'al- “may not”

But there came a man of God to him, saying, O king, don't let the army of Israel go with you; for Yahweh is not with Israel, [ergänzt: to wit], with all the children of Ephraim.

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My sons, don't be negligent now; for Yahweh has chosen you to stand before him, to minister to him, and that you should be his ministers, and burn incense.

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Don't be you like your fathers, and like your brothers, who trespassed against Yahweh, the God of their fathers, so that he gave them up to desolation, as you see.

וְאַל־ (אַל) 'al- “may not”

Now don't you be stiff-necked, as your fathers were; but yield yourselves to Yahweh, and enter into his sanctuary, which he has sanctified forever, and serve Yahweh your God, that his fierce anger may turn away from you.

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Be strong and of good courage, don't be afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude who is with him; for there is a greater with us than with him:

אַל־ 'al- “may not”וְאַל־ (אַל) 'al- “may not”

Now therefore don't let Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you after this manner, neither believe you him; for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of my hand, and out of the hand of my fathers: how much less shall your God deliver you out of my hand?

אַל־ 'al- “may not”וְאַל־ (אַל) 'al- “may not”וְאַל־ (אַל) 'al- “may not”

But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, What have I to do with you, you king of Judah? [ergänzt: I come] not against you this day, but against the house with which I have war; and God has commanded me to make haste: forbear you from [ergänzt: meddling with] God, who is with me, that he not destroy you.

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now therefore don't give your daughters to their sons, neither take their daughters to your sons, nor seek their peace or their prosperity forever; that you may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children forever.

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and don't cover their iniquity, and don't let their sin be blotted out from before you; for they have provoked [ergänzt: you] to anger before the builders.

וְאַל־ (אַל) 'al- “may not”אַל־ 'al- “may not”

I looked, and rose up, and said to the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Don't be you afraid of them: remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your brothers, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.

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Nehemiah, who was the governor, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites who taught the people, said to all the people, This day is holy to Yahweh your God; don't mourn, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.

אַל־ 'al- “may not”וְאַל־ (אַל) 'al- “may not”

Then he said to them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions to him for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord: neither be you grieved; for the joy of Yahweh is your strength.

וְאַל־ (אַל) 'al- “may not”

So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for the day is holy; neither be you grieved.

וְאַל־ (אַל) 'al- “may not”

Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who keep covenant and loving kindness, don't let all the travail seem little before you, that has come on us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all your people, since the time of the kings of Assyria to this day.

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Remember me, my God, concerning this, and don't wipe out my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God, and for the observances of it.

וְאַל־ (אַל) 'al- “may not”

Then Mordecai bade them return answer to Esther, Don't think to yourself that you shall escape in the king's house, more than all the Jews.

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Go, gather together all the Jews who are present in Shushan, and fast you for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast in like manner; and so will I go in to the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.

וְאַל־ (אַל) 'al- “may not”וְאַל־ (אַל) 'al- “may not”

Then the king said to Haman, Make haste, and take the clothing and the horse, as you have said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, who sits at the king's gate: let nothing fail of all that you have spoken.

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