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Now in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king's commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them, (though it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them;)
And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with brass.
We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,
For thus saith the LORD of hosts; Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land;
He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.
By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.
Ye said also, Behold, what a weariness is it! and ye have snuffed at it, saith the LORD of hosts; and ye brought that which was torn, and the lame, and the sick; thus ye brought an offering: should I accept this of your hand? saith the LORD.
Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.
And by him shall be the tribe of Manasseh: and the captain of the children of Manasseh shall be Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
And of the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his brethren, men of valour, a thousand and seven hundred, were officers among them of Israel on this side Jordan westward in all the business of the LORD, and in the service of the king.
In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk like blind men, because they have sinned against the LORD: and their blood shall be poured out as dust, and their flesh as the dung.
Now these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the children of Israel; Bela the son of Beor: and the name of his city was Dinhabah.
For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.
Whom I have sent again: thou therefore receive him, that is, mine own bowels:
How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! O Jonathan, thou wast slain in thine high places.
Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not accept them: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts.
The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the Lord. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe.
But as God is true, our word toward you was not yea and nay.
And some of the chief of the fathers gave to the treasure of the work twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand and two hundred pound of silver.
So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests.
But he, whom God raised again, saw no corruption.
And the king turned his face, and blessed the whole congregation of Israel: and all the congregation of Israel stood.
Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
