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And there was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.
If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him:
But the firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of a goat, thou shalt not redeem; they are holy: thou shalt sprinkle their blood upon the altar, and shalt burn their fat for an offering made by fire, for a sweet savour unto the LORD.
The king's daughter is all glorious within: her clothing is of wrought gold.
Then there arose and went over by number twelve of Benjamin, which pertained to Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David.
Thou shalt sanctify him therefore; for he offereth the bread of thy God: he shall be holy unto thee: for I the LORD, which sanctify you, am holy.
That is, that I may be comforted together with you by the mutual faith both of you and me.
Then shall ye know that I am the LORD, when their slain men shall be among their idols round about their altars, upon every high hill, in all the tops of the mountains, and under every green tree, and under every thick oak, the place where they did offer sweet savour to all their idols.
For we stretch not ourselves beyond our measure, as though we reached not unto you: for we are come as far as to you also in preaching the gospel of Christ:
But shall minister with their brethren in the tabernacle of the congregation, to keep the charge, and shall do no service. Thus shalt thou do unto the Levites touching their charge.
But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.
Render unto them a recompence, O LORD, according to the work of their hands.
Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.
And ye shall point out your east border from Hazar-enan to Shepham:
Speak now in the ears of the people, and let every man borrow of his neighbour, and every woman of her neighbour, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold.
And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table.
And the son of Shammai was Maon: and Maon was the father of Beth-zur.
Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes.
Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples,
But I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk ye not in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their judgments, nor defile yourselves with their idols:
And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal, and kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains of Jericho.
And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.
But his father and his mother knew not that it was of the LORD, that he sought an occasion against the Philistines: for at that time the Philistines had dominion over Israel.
Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people.
