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I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee.
Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Drink ye, and be drunken, and spue, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you.
Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
The ancient and honourable, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.
And Samuel said unto the cook, Bring the portion which I gave thee, of which I said unto thee, Set it by thee.
Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word:
And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then died.
And the seven years of plenteousness, that was in the land of Egypt, were ended.
Thou art become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest thyself against me.
Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, in the chambers of their kings.
In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word from the LORD, saying,
And when Joab was come out from David, he sent messengers after Abner, which brought him again from the well of Sirah: but David knew it not.
And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.
The third captain of the host for the third month was Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, a chief priest: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto strange cities.
Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour.
And ye shall keep it a feast unto the LORD seven days in the year. It shall be a statute for ever in your generations: ye shall celebrate it in the seventh month.
And thou shalt have a paddle upon thy weapon; and it shall be, when thou wilt ease thyself abroad, thou shalt dig therewith, and shalt turn back and cover that which cometh from thee:
But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a man)
Then Manoah intreated the LORD, and said, O my Lord, let the man of God which thou didst send come again unto us, and teach us what we shall do unto the child that shall be born.
These two things are come unto thee; who shall be sorry for thee? desolation, and destruction, and the famine, and the sword: by whom shall I comfort thee?
The children of Hashum, three hundred twenty and eight.
All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.
