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To confirm these days of Purim in their times appointed, according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them, and as they had decreed for themselves and for their seed, the matters of the fastings and their cry.
Only the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead,
Whereas I have not dwelt in any house since the time that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle.
But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you.
Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?
And shall also carry captives into Egypt their gods, with their princes, and with their precious vessels of silver and of gold; and he shall continue more years than the king of the north.
And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven.
My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she is thy wife: and how saidst thou, She is my sister? And Isaac said unto him, Because I said, Lest I die for her.
A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly.
Then shalt thou delight thyself in the LORD; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.
But there were certain of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts,
Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city!
Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of the LORD, how I hid an hundred men of the LORD'S prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?
Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.
O Israel, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.
And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, The LORD give thee seed of this woman for the loan which is lent to the LORD. And they went unto their own home.
And when the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were accomplished, they brought him to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord;
When that year was ended, they came unto him the second year, and said unto him, We will not hide it from my lord, how that our money is spent; my lord also hath our herds of cattle; there is not ought left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands:
For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth.
And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that hated them ruled over them.
Now also many nations are gathered against thee, that say, Let her be defiled, and let our eye look upon Zion.
O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me.
I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?
