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Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra the priest, the scribe, even a scribe of the words of the commandments of the LORD, and of his statutes to Israel.
A jubile shall that fiftieth year be unto you: ye shall not sow, neither reap that which groweth of itself in it, nor gather the grapes in it of thy vine undressed.
And they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according to the house of their fathers, for every gate.
And Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD besides, that we might enquire of him?
Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren;
Then said I to the angel that talked with me, Whither do these bear the ephah?
Then saith he to the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it forth; and it was restored whole, like as the other.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good.
The LORD killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.
And the border compassed from Baalah westward unto mount Seir, and passed along unto the side of mount Jearim, which is Chesalon, on the north side, and went down to Beth-shemesh, and passed on to Timnah:
Behold, I stand here by the well of water; and the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water:
And king Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah.
For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure, wherewith the LORD was wroth against you to destroy you. But the LORD hearkened unto me at that time also.
Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field.
Let the children of Israel also keep the passover at his appointed season.
But the priests were too few, so that they could not flay all the burnt offerings: wherefore their brethren the Levites did help them, till the work was ended, and until the other priests had sanctified themselves: for the Levites were more upright in heart to sanctify themselves than the priests.
And Edom said unto him, Thou shalt not pass by me, lest I come out against thee with the sword.
Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.
And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it.
And to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counsellors have freely offered unto the God of Israel, whose habitation is in Jerusalem,
So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.
And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.
The children of Bazluth, the children of Mehida, the children of Harsha,
And Aaron shall make an atonement upon the horns of it once in a year with the blood of the sin offering of atonements: once in the year shall he make atonement upon it throughout your generations: it is most holy unto the LORD.
