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But when Esther came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, (for the mountain did burn with fire,) that ye came near unto me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders;
And the king said unto Esther the queen, The Jews have slain and destroyed five hundred men in Shushan the palace, and the ten sons of Haman; what have they done in the rest of the king's provinces? now what is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: or what is thy request further? and it shall be done.
Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.
He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.
And he brought the other ram, the ram of consecration: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram.
From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.
And I John saw these things, and heard them. And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which shewed me these things.
Then sent the king an answer unto Rehum the chancellor, and to Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of their companions that dwell in Samaria, and unto the rest beyond the river, Peace, and at such a time.
For Mordecai the Jew was next unto king Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and accepted of the multitude of his brethren, seeking the wealth of his people, and speaking peace to all his seed.
Let them therefore give us two bullocks; and let them choose one bullock for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay it on wood, and put no fire under: and I will dress the other bullock, and lay it on wood, and put no fire under:
This was the dedication of the altar, in the day when it was anointed, by the princes of Israel: twelve chargers of silver, twelve silver bowls, twelve spoons of gold:
And the LORD said unto me, Take unto thee yet the instruments of a foolish shepherd.
Then Job answered the LORD, and said,
For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down, and he reared up altars for Baalim, and made groves, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.
None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am the LORD.
A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if thou deliver him, yet thou must do it again.
Now Joshua was old and stricken in years; and the LORD said unto him, Thou art old and stricken in years, and there remaineth yet very much land to be possessed.
And the LORD said, Judah shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If it be marvellous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in these days, should it also be marvellous in mine eyes? saith the LORD of hosts.
And Jesus went up into a mountain, and there he sat with his disciples.
For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.
