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And ye shall appoint the possession of the city five thousand broad, and five and twenty thousand long, over against the oblation of the holy portion: it shall be for the whole house of Israel.
And they turned aside thither, to go in and to lodge in Gibeah: and when he went in, he sat him down in a street of the city: for there was no man that took them into his house to lodging.
And when the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead heard of that which the Philistines had done to Saul;
Even all nations shall say, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger?
Then the king Ahasuerus answered and said unto Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so?
So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, Thy servant Ben-hadad saith, I pray thee, let me live. And he said, Is he yet alive? he is my brother.
So they took the money, and did as they were taught: and this saying is commonly reported among the Jews until this day.
Then all the princes of the sea shall come down from their thrones, and lay away their robes, and put off their broidered garments: they shall clothe themselves with trembling; they shall sit upon the ground, and shall tremble at every moment, and be astonished at thee.
Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.
He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them.
And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I being few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.
But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
When I shall make the land of Egypt desolate, and the country shall be destitute of that whereof it was full, when I shall smite all them that dwell therein, then shall they know that I am the LORD.
Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.
Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands:
And the LORD spake unto me, saying,
And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David;
Then the king held out the golden sceptre toward Esther. So Esther arose, and stood before the king,
Nay, ye do wrong, and defraud, and that your brethren.
In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me.
In the cities of the mountains, in the cities of the vale, and in the cities of the south, and in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, shall the flocks pass again under the hands of him that telleth them, saith the LORD.
Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
And Moses did look upon all the work, and, behold, they had done it as the LORD had commanded, even so had they done it: and Moses blessed them.
