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The posts went out, being hastened by the king's commandment, and the decree was given in Shushan the palace. And the king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city Shushan was perplexed.
Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:
Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment.
And the name of the daughter of Asher was Sarah.
And they brought up the ark, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle, these did the priests and the Levites bring up.
In the same quarters were possessions of the chief man of the island, whose name was Publius; who received us, and lodged us three days courteously.
Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift.
His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, and fitly set.
And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants: and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants.
And they lay themselves down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god.
And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for the LORD. So they made him ride in his chariot.
But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head.
And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!
Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? they die, even without wisdom.
And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate shall sit upon the ground.
Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues.
And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified against them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and went after the heathen that were round about them, concerning whom the LORD had charged them, that they should not do like them.
Awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.
Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:
And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, Therefore we turn again to thee now, that thou mayest go with us, and fight against the children of Ammon, and be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.
And when they had fulfilled the days, as they returned, the child Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem; and Joseph and his mother knew not of it.
And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.
Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether is better for you, either that all the sons of Jerubbaal, which are threescore and ten persons, reign over you, or that one reign over you? remember also that I am your bone and your flesh.
And one kid of the goats, to make an atonement for you.
