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sword, [and] as driven stubble to his bow.

And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn. And I
beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became
as blood; And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind. Remember
Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of
heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit [it] for ever. For [it is] evident that our Lord
sprang out of Juda; of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood. Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at his holy hill; for the LORD our
God [is] holy. And if he come to see [me], he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; [when] he goeth abroad, he telleth [it]. And
he sendeth forth two of his disciples, and saith unto them, Go ye into the city, and there shall meet you a man bearing a pitcher of water: follow
him. And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, that they separate themselves from the holy things of the children of
Israel, and that they profane not my holy name [in those things] which they hallow unto me: I [am] the LORD. And he went forward a little, and fell
on the ground, and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him. Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known [any thing]: this
hath more rest than the other. The priests said not, Where [is] the LORD? After him repaired Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of the half part
of Bethzur, unto [the place] over against the sepulchres of David, and to the pool that was made, and unto the house of the mighty. How long wilt
thou go about, O thou backsliding daughter? And your spoil shall be gathered [like] the gathering of the caterpiller: as the running to and fro of
locusts shall he run upon them. The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life. Who knoweth [if] he will return
and repent, and leave a blessing behind him; [even] a meat offering and a drink offering unto the LORD your God? And Joseph went out from the
presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt. And the rest of the sons of Levi [were these]: Of the sons of Amram; Shubael: of the
sons of Shubael; Jehdeiah. Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to war: and they besieged Ahaz,
but could not overcome [him]. Now therefore up by night, thou and the people that [is] with thee, and lie in wait in the field: And it shall be,
[that] in the morning, as soon as the sun is up, thou shalt rise early, and set upon the city: and, behold, [when] he and the people that [is] with
him come out against thee, then mayest thou do to them as thou shalt find occasion. Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take
counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin: That walk to go down into Egypt, and
have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt! Therefore shall the strength
of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt [your] confusion. And to what are they like? And Hezekiah prospered in all his works.
I will lay mine hand upon my mouth. And ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn, nor green ears, until the selfsame day that ye have brought an
offering unto your God: [it shall be] a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings. So, as much as in me is, I am ready to
preach the gospel to you that are at Rome also. After him repaired Binnui the son of Henadad another piece, from the house of Azariah unto the
turning [of the wall], even unto the corner. And it came to pass, that at midnight the LORD smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the
firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that [was] in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle. And the
settle [shall be] fourteen [cubits] long and fourteen broad in the four squares thereof; and the border about it [shall be] half a cubit; and the
bottom thereof [shall be] a cubit about; and his stairs shall look toward the east. Asher continued on the sea shore, and abode in his breaches. I
know that [there is] no good in them, but for [a man] to rejoice, and to do good in his life. Whereas thou hast searched all my stuff, what hast
thou found of all thy household stuff? If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province,
marvel not at the matter: for [he that is] higher than the highest regardeth; and [there be] higher than they. And when Jehoshaphat and his people
came to take away the spoil of them, they found among them in abundance both riches with the dead bodies, and precious jewels, which they stripped
off for themselves, more than they could carry away: and they were three days in gathering of the spoil, it was so much. And they stood before
Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, and before the princes and all the congregation, [by] the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, saying,
Our father died in the wilderness, and he was not in the company of them that gathered themselves together against the LORD in the company of Korah;
but died in his own sin, and had no sons. For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many
noble, [are called]: But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to
confound the things which are mighty; And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, [yea], and things which are not,
to bring to nought things that are: That no flesh should glory in his presence. As in water face [answereth] to face, so the heart of man to man. O
daughter of my people, gird [thee] with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, [as for] an only son, most bitter lamentation:
for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us. Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with
the seed of man, and with the seed of beast. And I will give them an heart to know me, that I [am] the LORD: and they shall be my people, and I will
be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole heart. For, [as] the LORD liveth, which saveth Israel, though it be in Jonathan my son,
he shall surely die. And they said unto him, Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous.
Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast a devil. And when the townclerk had appeased the people, he said, [Ye] men of Ephesus, what
man is there that knoweth not how that the city of the Ephesians is a worshipper of the great goddess Diana, and of the [image] which fell down from
Jupiter? The neighbours therefore, and they which before had seen him that he was blind, said, Is not this he that sat and begged? But if we hope
for that we see not, [then] do we with patience wait for [it]. I called for my lovers, [but] they deceived me: my priests and mine elders gave up
the ghost in the city, while they sought their meat to relieve their souls. And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the
Philistines. And Joab and his men went all night, and they came to Hebron at break of day. For a day in thy courts [is] better than a thousand. A
faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent. All that were numbered in the camp of Judah
[were] an hundred thousand and fourscore thousand and six thousand and four hundred, throughout their armies. Who hath measured the waters in the
hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales,
and the hills in a balance? As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour [cities] thereof, saith the LORD; [so] shall no man abide there,
neither shall any son of man dwell therein. And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel: And Aaron spake
all the words which the LORD had spoken unto Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people. The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it hath
lighted upon Israel. And now therefore thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning this city, whereof ye say, It shall be delivered into the
hand of the king of Babylon by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence; Behold, I will gather them out of all countries, whither I have
driven them in mine anger, and in my fury, and in great wrath; and I will bring them again unto this place, and I will cause them to dwell safely:
And they shall be my people, and I will be their God: And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of
them, and of their children after them: And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but
I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me. Wherefore the wrath of the LORD was upon Judah and Jerusalem, and he hath
delivered them to trouble, to astonishment, and to hissing, as ye see with your eyes. Behold, my belly [is] as wine [which] hath no vent; it is
ready to burst like new bottles. So Saul died, and his three sons, and all his house died together. But every one shall die for his own iniquity:
every man that eateth the sour grape, his teeth shall be set on edge. God [is] jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth, and [is]
furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth [wrath] for his enemies. Blessed [is] he that blesseth thee, and cursed
[is] he that curseth thee. And the Philistines put themselves in array against Israel: and when they joined battle, Israel was smitten before the
Philistines: and they slew of the army in the field about four thousand men. By thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord, and hast said, By the
multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, [and]
the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the height of his border, [and] the forest of his Carmel. And we beseech you, brethren, to know
them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you; And to esteem them very highly in love for their work’s sake. Now the
house was full of men and women; and all the lords of the Philistines [were] there; and [there were] upon the roof about three thousand men and
women, that beheld while Samson made sport. And when he came into her [tent], behold, Sisera lay dead, and the nail [was] in his temples. Then
answered Doeg the Edomite, which was set over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.
Behold, I [am] against thee, [O thou] most proud, saith the Lord GOD of hosts: for thy day is come, the time [that] I will visit thee. Jesus
answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me. Blessed [is] the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at
the posts of my doors. And if a man borrow [ought] of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof [being] not with it, he shall surely
make [it] good. After it a voice roareth: he thundereth with the voice of his excellency; and he will not stay them when his voice is heard. And
there arose certain, and bare false witness against him, saying, We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and within
three days I will build another made without hands. Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven,
thence will I bring them down: And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid
from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them: And though they go into captivity before their
enemies, thence will I command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good. They also that
dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at thy tokens: thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice. And the rest of the acts of
Azariah, and all that he did, [are] they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? And he sent Eliakim, who [was] over the
household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests covered with sackcloth, unto Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz. Wherefore their way
shall be unto them as slippery [ways] in the darkness: they shall be driven on, and fall therein: for I will bring evil upon them, [even] the year
of their visitation, saith the LORD. And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and glean ears of corn after [him] in whose
sight I shall find grace. And they ministered before the dwelling place of the tabernacle of the congregation with singing, until Solomon had built
the house of the LORD in Jerusalem: and [then] they waited on their office according to their order. God shall bless us; and all the ends of the
earth shall fear him. And when he had so said, he shewed unto them [his] hands and his side. And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for
the gourd? Hath a nation changed [their] gods, which [are] yet no gods? Likewise shall also the Son of man suffer of them. For if we believe that
Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and ye
princes of the house of Israel; [Is it] not for you to know judgment? One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to shew
the king of Babylon that his city is taken at [one] end, And that the passages are stopped, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of
war are affrighted. And Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshipped. Thus shall it be done for one bullock, or for one
ram, or for a lamb, or a kid. The word of the LORD came again to me, saying, Son of man, when the land sinneth against me by trespassing grievously,
then will I stretch out mine hand upon it, and will break the staff of the bread thereof, and will send famine upon it, and will cut off man and
beast from it: Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver [but] their own souls by their righteousness, saith
the Lord GOD. Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour? I the LORD have
said, I will surely do it unto all this evil congregation, that are gathered together against me: in this wilderness they shall be consumed, and
there they shall die. And it shall come to pass, [that] him that escapeth the sword of Hazael shall Jehu slay: and him that escapeth from the sword
of Jehu shall Elisha slay. And all the people shall say, Amen. The LORD [will be] terrible unto them: for he will famish all the gods of the earth;
and [men] shall worship him, every one from his place, [even] all the isles of the heathen. Then let them which are in Judaea flee to the mountains;
and let them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto. And the man that will do
presumptuously, and will not hearken unto the priest that standeth to minister there before the LORD thy God, or unto the judge, even that man shall
die: and thou shalt put away the evil from Israel. For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men,
who hold the truth in unrighteousness; Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed [it] unto them. Whosoever
abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him. And, behold, there are last which shall be first, and there are
first which shall be last. Children, obey [your] parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord. And the angel of the LORD went
further, and stood in a narrow place, where [was] no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left. And they brought forth the images out of
the house of Baal, and burned them. All the earth shall worship thee, and shall sing unto thee; they shall sing [to] thy name. Who [is] a God like
unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? For for this cause was the gospel preached also
to them that are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit. His cheeks [are] as a bed
of spices, [as] sweet flowers: his lips [like] lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh. And when they had taken security of Jason, and of the other,
they let them go. And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he [is] a god; either he is talking, or he is
pursuing, or he is in a journey, [or] peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked. And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name
Reuben: for she said, Surely the LORD hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will love me. The eye also [which] saw him shall [see
him] no more; neither shall his place any more behold him. Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are
turned to God: But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and [from] fornication, and [from] things strangled, and
[from] blood. And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, Every man of the children of Israel shall pitch by his own standard, with the
ensign of their father’s house: far off about the tabernacle of the congregation shall they pitch. Two tenons [shall there be] in one board, set in
order one against another: thus shalt thou make for all the boards of the tabernacle. For to [their] power, I bear record, yea, and beyond [their]
power [they were] willing of themselves; Praying us with much intreaty that we would receive the gift, and [take upon us] the fellowship of the
ministering to the saints. And he put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom put he garrisons, and all they of Edom became David’s servants. And it
came to pass in the time of her travail, that, behold, twins [were] in her womb. He shall therefore burn that garment, whether warp or woof, in
woollen or in linen, or any thing of skin, wherein the plague is: for it [is] a fretting leprosy; it shall be burnt in the fire. For as touching the
ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you: For I know the forwardness of your mind, for which I boast of you to them of
Macedonia, that Achaia was ready a year ago; and your zeal hath provoked very many. A drought [is] upon her waters; and they shall be dried up: for
it [is] the land of graven images, and they are mad upon [their] idols. And the LORD will take away from thee all sickness, and will put none of the
evil diseases of Egypt, which thou knowest, upon thee; but will lay them upon all [them] that hate thee. 1And all the doors and posts [were] square,
with the windows: and light [was] against light [in] three ranks. If the grapegatherers came to thee, would they not leave [some] grapes? Then shall
thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the
LORD shall be thy rereward. Our help [is] in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth. [Is] this your joyous [city], whose antiquity [is] of
ancient days? Then said Isaiah to Hezekiah, Hear the word of the LORD of hosts: Behold, the days come, that all that [is] in thine house, and [that]
which thy fathers have laid up in store until this day, shall be carried to Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the LORD. And of the last sons of
Adonikam, whose names [are] these, Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with them threescore males. But at the last Daniel came in before me, whose
name [was] Belteshazzar, according to the name of my god, and in whom [is] the spirit of the holy gods: and before him I told the dream, [saying], O
Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, because I know that the spirit of the holy gods [is] in thee, and no secret troubleth thee, tell me the
visions of my dream that I have seen, and the interpretation thereof. Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his! And
Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me? The desire of the righteous [is] only good: [but] the expectation of the wicked [is] wrath. I
fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess. In [thine] anger cast down the people, O God. He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a
booth [that] the keeper maketh. Every prudent [man] dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open [his] folly. According to their pasture, so were
they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me. But afterward they turned, and caused the servants and
the handmaids, whom they had let go free, to return, and brought them into subjection for servants and for handmaids. And with many such parables
spake he the word unto them, as they were able to hear [it]. And the thing pleased the children of Israel; and the children of Israel blessed God,
and did not intend to go up against them in battle, to destroy the land wherein the children of Reuben and Gad dwelt. Thine hands have made me and
fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy me. And David said, To buy the threshingfloor of thee, to build an altar unto the LORD,
that the plague may be stayed from the people. And when he had taken the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to heaven, and blessed, and
brake the loaves, and gave [them] to his disciples to set before them; and the two fishes divided he among them all. Fearfulness and trembling are
come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me. And their border was Helkath, and Hali, and Beten, and Achshaph, And Alammelech, and Amad, and
Misheal; and reacheth to Carmel westward, and to Shihorlibnath; And turneth toward the sunrising to Bethdagon, and reacheth to Zebulun, and to the
valley of Jiphthahel toward the north side of Bethemek, and Neiel, and goeth out to Cabul on the left hand, And Hebron, and Rehob, and Hammon, and
Kanah, [even] unto great Zidon; And [then] the coast turneth to Ramah, and to the strong city Tyre; and the coast turneth to Hosah; and the
outgoings thereof are at the sea from the coast to Achzib: Ummah also, and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty and two cities with their villages. And Israel
smote him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from Arnon unto Jabbok, even unto the children of Ammon: for the border of the children
of Ammon [was] strong. As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. So Joab the son of Zeruiah went first up, and was
chief. But thou, O LORD, [art] a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head. I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as
a man [that hath] no strength: Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from
thy hand. For this is [he], of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee. Thus Melzar
took away the portion of their meat, and the wine that they should drink; and gave them pulse. To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. God standeth
in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods. And, behold, there talked with him two men, which were Moses and Elias: Who appeared
in glory, and spake of his decease which he should accomplish at Jerusalem. Therefore shall the Lord, the Lord of hosts, send among his fat ones
leanness; and under his glory he shall kindle a burning like the burning of a fire. And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with
knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them. And Jehu said, Proclaim a solemn assembly for Baal. And when the people saw what Paul had
done, they lifted up their voices, saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men. Ephraim is smitten, their
root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit: yea, though they bring forth, yet will I slay [even] the beloved [fruit] of their womb. And David’s two
wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite. Blessed [be] he that cometh in the name of the
LORD: we have blessed you out of the house of the LORD. Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet. And Isaiah
said unto them, Thus shall ye say unto your master, Thus saith the LORD, Be not afraid of the words that thou hast heard, wherewith the servants of
the king of Assyria have blasphemed me. But [the sons] of Belial [shall be] all of them as thorns thrust away, because they cannot be taken with
hands: But the man [that] shall touch them must be fenced with iron and the staff of a spear; and they shall be utterly burned with fire in the
[same] place. It is turned as clay [to] the seal; and they stand as a garment. But Peter and they that were with him were heavy with sleep: and when
they were awake, they saw his glory, and the two men that stood with him. BETH. The multitude must needs come together: for they will hear that thou
art come. Or what profit [is there] of circumcision? And his host, and those that were numbered of them, [were] forty and five thousand and six
hundred and fifty. And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, [but] cast him into this pit that [is] in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him;
that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again. So [is] he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward
God. Therefore the king said unto Shimei, Thou shalt not die. Nay: but by the law of faith. And I took unto me two staves; the one I called Beauty,
and the other I called Bands; and I fed the flock. Give us help from trouble: for vain [is] the help of man. In your patience possess ye your souls.
And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God [is] judge himself. Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born
of water and [of] the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. And he fled to Megiddo, and died there. Abide in me, and I in you. Therefore
thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest
the same things. Wherefore I pray you to take [some] meat: for this is for your health: for there shall not an hair fall from the head of any of
you. [There is] none to guide her among all the sons [whom] she hath brought forth; neither [is there any] that taketh her by the hand of all the
sons [that] she hath brought up. I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth. Thou shalt
know also that thy seed [shall be] great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth. Thus saith the LORD, The people [which were] left of the
sword found grace in the wilderness; [even] Israel, when I went to cause him to rest. I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted,
[and] the right of the poor. Again the word of the LORD of hosts came [to me], saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with
great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury. For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the
night. First Moses saith, I will provoke you to jealousy by [them that are] no people, [and] by a foolish nation I will anger you. Bless the LORD, O
my soul, and forget not all his benefits: Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases; Who redeemeth thy life from destruction;
who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies; Who satisfieth thy mouth with good [things; so that] thy youth is renewed like the
eagle’s. And they shall bear the punishment of their iniquity: the punishment of the prophet shall be even as the punishment of him that seeketh
[unto him]; That the house of Israel may go no more astray from me, neither be polluted any more with all their transgressions; but that they may be
my people, and I may be their God, saith the Lord GOD. And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a
parable unto the house of Israel; And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; A great eagle with great wings, longwinged, full of feathers, which had divers
colours, came unto Lebanon, and took the highest branch of the cedar: He cropped off the top of his young twigs, and carried it into a land of
traffick; he set it in a city of merchants. To what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? And as for
thee, if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, and do according to all that I have commanded thee, and shalt observe my statutes and
my judgments; Then will I stablish the throne of thy kingdom, according as I have covenanted with David thy father, saying, There shall not fail
thee a man [to be] ruler in Israel. And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. We would have healed
Babylon, but she is not healed: forsake her, and let us go every one into his own country: for her judgment reacheth unto heaven, and is lifted up
[even] to the skies. Precious in the sight of the LORD [is] the death of his saints. And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD
unto his place, to the oracle of the house, into the most holy [place, even] under the wings of the cherubims: For the cherubims spread forth
[their] wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above. But she is happier if she so abide, after
my judgment: and I think also that I have the Spirit of God. And Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of Israel, did to the
Levites according unto all that the LORD commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did the children of Israel unto them. Therefore the princes said
unto the king, We beseech thee, let this man be put to death: for thus he weakeneth the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the
hands of all the people, in speaking such words unto them: for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt. There [is] Edom, her
kings, and all her princes, which with their might are laid by [them that were] slain by the sword: they shall lie with the uncircumcised, and with
them that go down to the pit. If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, [lay] thine hand upon thy mouth. They
were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed. Thou son of man, shew the house to the house of Israel, that they may
be ashamed of their iniquities: and let them measure the pattern. And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the centurion that stood by, Is
it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondemned? And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy
younger daughter. Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail, Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that
we may sell corn? Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was
found with child of the Holy Ghost. Plead [my cause], O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me. And they
burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, and all their goodly castles, with fire. In the nine and thirtieth year of Azariah king of Judah began
Menahem the son of Gadi to reign over Israel, [and reigned] ten years in Samaria. And she said unto him, My father, [if] thou hast opened thy mouth
unto the LORD, do to me according to that which hath proceeded out of thy mouth; forasmuch as the LORD hath taken vengeance for thee of thine
enemies, [even] of the children of Ammon. Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I [am] the LORD your God.
Then Jesus said unto the chief priests, and captains of the temple, and the elders, which were come to him, Be ye come out, as against a thief, with
swords and staves? But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. And the king took his ring from his hand,
and gave it unto Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews’ enemy. And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur
of the Chaldees. And there was very great gladness. And what hast thou found in thy servant so long as I have been with thee unto this day, that I
may not go fight against the enemies of my lord the king? And when they had called to the king, there came out to them Eliakim the son of Hilkiah,
which [was] over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder. Rehoboam [was] forty and one years old when he began
to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD did choose out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there.
And the prophet took up the carcase of the man of God, and laid it upon the ass, and brought it back: and the old prophet came to the city, to mourn
and to bury him. And those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, [were] six thousand
and two hundred. And the king said unto Haman, The silver [is] given to thee, the people also, to do with them as it seemeth good to thee. Do ye

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