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Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,
Thou shalt make thee fringes upon the four quarters of thy vesture, wherewith thou coverest thyself.
Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.
And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints.
Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flying fowl:
All ye beasts of the field, come to devour, yea, all ye beasts in the forest.
And they departed from Kibroth-hattaavah, and encamped at Hazeroth.
And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver.
Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy commandments are my delights.
Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified himself rather than God.
And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he rent his clothes; and he passed by upon the wall, and the people looked, and, behold, he had sackcloth within upon his flesh.
Thou hast borne thy lewdness and thine abominations, saith the LORD.
And the LORD spake to Manasseh, and to his people: but they would not hearken.
The LORD God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds' feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places. To the chief singer on my stringed instruments.
Come ye, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to morrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant.
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
So that the face of a man was toward the palm tree on the one side, and the face of a young lion toward the palm tree on the other side: it was made through all the house round about.
To whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw water for thy camels also, until they have done drinking.
Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad.
My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth:
And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
