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Now it came to pass, when Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem had heard how Joshua had taken Ai, and had utterly destroyed it; as he had done to Jericho and her king, so he had done to Ai and her king; and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel, and were among them;
And said unto them, Ye are the chief of the fathers of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, both ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel unto the place that I have prepared for it.
And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof.
For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
That ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour:
For yet a very little while, and the indignation shall cease, and mine anger in their destruction.
And of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasures of the house of God, and over the treasures of the dedicated things.
My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
Go ye up unto this feast: I go not up yet unto this feast; for my time is not yet full come.
When thou art come into the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations.
And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.
Be strong and of a good courage: for unto this people shalt thou divide for an inheritance the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give them.
And David said unto the young man that told him, How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son be dead?
And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive?
And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart from turning unto the LORD God of Israel.
Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that prophesy in my name, and I sent them not, yet they say, Sword and famine shall not be in this land; By sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed.
Of the sons of Joab; Obadiah the son of Jehiel, and with him two hundred and eighteen males.
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.
For Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married unto their father's brothers' sons:
Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance:
Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;
And when Saul's son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands were feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled.
Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses,
