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Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra the priest, the scribe, even a scribe of the words of the commandments of the LORD, and of his statutes to Israel.
Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt:
And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as the whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many?
And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob.
And all the people went over Jordan. And when the king was come over, the king kissed Barzillai, and blessed him; and he returned unto his own place.
Ye shall do no servile work therein: but ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
For the word of the LORD is right; and all his works are done in truth.
Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed?
O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.
Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.
The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. And it came to pass in the month Chisleu, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace,
Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it for you? the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light.
And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed.
But on the morrow all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, Ye have killed the people of the LORD.
For the LORD our God, he it is that brought us up and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and which did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way wherein we went, and among all the people through whom we passed:
According to the lot shall the possession thereof be divided between many and few.
Moreover he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them: and after that his brethren talked with him.
And she said, According unto your words, so be it. And she sent them away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the window.
And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be a token unto thee, that I have sent thee: When thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain.
The LORD reigneth; let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of isles be glad thereof.
And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:
But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.
My lord, hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver; what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.
Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
