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And it came to pass, when I prophesied, that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then fell I down upon my face, and cried with a loud voice, and said, Ah Lord GOD! wilt thou make a full end of the remnant of Israel?
Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.
And the letters were sent by posts into all the king's provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, even upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take the spoil of them for a prey.
Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire; his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof.
The son of Geber, in Ramoth-gilead; to him pertained the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; to him also pertained the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great cities with walls and brasen bars:
Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
And he made a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a covering of badgers' skins above that.
We therefore ought to receive such, that we might be fellowhelpers to the truth.
These are the commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses for the children of Israel in mount Sinai.
Every thing devoted in Israel shall be thine.
And gather thou all the congregation together unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse.
And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day:
Therefore hear now, I pray thee, O my lord the king: let my supplication, I pray thee, be accepted before thee; that thou cause me not to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there.
But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment, than for you.
I said, I shall not see the LORD, even the LORD, in the land of the living: I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world.
Moreover the children of Ammon passed over Jordan to fight also against Judah, and against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim; so that Israel was sore distressed.
Thou shalt have olive trees throughout all thy coasts, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olive shall cast his fruit.
And Judah gathered themselves together, to ask help of the LORD: even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek the LORD.
And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister:
Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.
For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?
Surely, shall one say, in the LORD have I righteousness and strength: even to him shall men come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed.
And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the LORD.
