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The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. And the king spake, and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whosoever shall read this writing, and shew me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.
And they said unto him, Wherefore saith my lord these words? God forbid that thy servants should do according to this thing:
Now, thou son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyrus;
And two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, such as he is able to get; and the one shall be a sin offering, and the other a burnt offering.
And Samuel called the people together unto the LORD to Mizpeh;
And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.
Even such as he is able to get, the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, with the meat offering: and the priest shall make an atonement for him that is to be cleansed before the LORD.
The children of Israel brought a willing offering unto the LORD, every man and woman, whose heart made them willing to bring for all manner of work, which the LORD had commanded to be made by the hand of Moses.
But they understood not this saying, and it was hid from them, that they perceived it not: and they feared to ask him of that saying.
Moreover the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, which was over the thanksgiving, he and his brethren.
All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.
And the LORD said unto Moses, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first: and I will write upon these tables the words that were in the first tables, which thou brakest.
For they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from your land; and that I should drive you out, and ye should perish.
As for me, behold, I am in your hand: do with me as seemeth good and meet unto you.
So he consented to them in this matter, and proved them ten days.
That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?
By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:
And the priests killed them, and they made reconciliation with their blood upon the altar, to make an atonement for all Israel: for the king commanded that the burnt offering and the sin offering should be made for all Israel.
And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.
And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought: for by their occupation they were tentmakers.
And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.
Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing:
Three bowls made like unto almonds, with a knop and a flower in one branch; and three bowls made like almonds in the other branch, with a knop and a flower: so in the six branches that come out of the candlestick.
And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
