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To confirm these days of Purim in their times appointed, according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them, and as they had decreed for themselves and for their seed, the matters of the fastings and their cry.
Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?
And Anab, and Eshtemoh, and Anim,
Of the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea the son of Nun.
And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.
And he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth,
This day will I begin to put the dread of thee and the fear of thee upon the nations that are under the whole heaven, who shall hear report of thee, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of thee.
Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks, unto thee do we give thanks: for that thy name is near thy wondrous works declare.
And next him was Amasiah the son of Zichri, who willingly offered himself unto the LORD; and with him two hundred thousand mighty men of valour.
And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, Which is the first commandment of all?
I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.
And Saul armed David with his armour, and he put an helmet of brass upon his head; also he armed him with a coat of mail.
And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with fetters of brass, and carried him to Babylon.
For the priests and the Levites were purified together, all of them were pure, and killed the passover for all the children of the captivity, and for their brethren the priests, and for themselves.
And if he bring a lamb for a sin offering, he shall bring it a female without blemish.
The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him?
Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.
And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God.
Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.
In that day, saith the LORD, I will smite every horse with astonishment, and his rider with madness: and I will open mine eyes upon the house of Judah, and will smite every horse of the people with blindness.
Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his words: but will arise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of them that work iniquity.
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
