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And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter.
He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.
Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.
Wherefore? because I love you not? God knoweth.
He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings.
And whatsoever soul it be that doeth any work in that same day, the same soul will I destroy from among his people.
For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, which shall march through the breadth of the land, to possess the dwellingplaces that are not their's.
For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
I came near unto one of them that stood by, and asked him the truth of all this. So he told me, and made me know the interpretation of the things.
Their feet are swift to shed blood:
And all the congregation of them that were come again out of the captivity made booths, and sat under the booths: for since the days of Jeshua the son of Nun unto that day had not the children of Israel done so. And there was very great gladness.
Wherefore I caused them to go forth out of the land of Egypt, and brought them into the wilderness.
Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?
But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.
Non his son, Jehoshua his son.
And when he cometh, he shall smite the land of Egypt, and deliver such as are for death to death; and such as are for captivity to captivity; and such as are for the sword to the sword.
Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim:
Woe unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.
And he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, and hath taken away thy blessing.
Then the king Ahasuerus said unto Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have hanged upon the gallows, because he laid his hand upon the Jews.
And Jehoahaz besought the LORD, and the LORD hearkened unto him: for he saw the oppression of Israel, because the king of Syria oppressed them.
For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.
On the ninth day Abidan the son of Gideoni, prince of the children of Benjamin, offered:
