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And when they entered unto the heathen, whither they went, they profaned my holy name, when they said to them, These are the people of the LORD, and are gone forth out of his land.
They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey.
Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also?
Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,
And honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of kine, for David, and for the people that were with him, to eat: for they said, The people is hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.
Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:
For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you.
This is the law of him that hath an issue, and of him whose seed goeth from him, and is defiled therewith;
Then shalt thou say unto them, Because your fathers have forsaken me, saith the LORD, and have walked after other gods, and have served them, and have worshipped them, and have forsaken me, and have not kept my law;
The LORD grant you that ye may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband. Then she kissed them; and they lifted up their voice, and wept.
And when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; but they were still ill favoured, as at the beginning. So I awoke.
And when they had seen it, they made known abroad the saying which was told them concerning this child.
And they shall come from the east, and from the west, and from the north, and from the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God.
When Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, then his wrath was kindled.
And thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and heave offerings of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill offerings, and the firstlings of your herds and of your flocks:
Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread: (thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded thee, in the time appointed of the month Abib; for in it thou camest out from Egypt: and none shall appear before me empty:)
Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Hear now, O house of Israel; Is not my way equal? are not your ways unequal?
So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.
For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches.
And he shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt offering; and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.
Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates:
These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not:
