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And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Nethinims, and all they that had separated themselves from the people of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, every one having knowledge, and having understanding;
Ye have seen also the breaches of the city of David, that they are many: and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool.
Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, out of every tribe a man.
And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his own house.
Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine;
If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die: then the ox shall be surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be quit.
And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked:
This is the law of the beasts, and of the fowl, and of every living creature that moveth in the waters, and of every creature that creepeth upon the earth:
When the heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; yet if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou dost afflict them;
And they said unto him, Sit down now, and read it in our ears. So Baruch read it in their ears.
Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not grievous, but for you it is safe.
And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people.
So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;
And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given at Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons.
And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was threescore years old when she bare them.
And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God: and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.
And he stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands:
Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
The prince of the children of Joseph, for the tribe of the children of Manasseh, Hanniel the son of Ephod.
Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people that is with thee: for this thing is too heavy for thee; thou art not able to perform it thyself alone.
And were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God. Amen.
O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.
For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding.
