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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.
I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times.
The revenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he meeteth him, he shall slay him.
Behold, thou art wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that they can hide from thee:
Then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the revenger of blood according to these judgments:
Neither shewed they kindness to the house of Jerubbaal, namely, Gideon, according to all the goodness which he had shewed unto Israel.
Hast thou not heard long ago how I have done it, and of ancient times that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste fenced cities into ruinous heaps.
And he said unto the people, Pass on, and compass the city, and let him that is armed pass on before the ark of the LORD.
For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:
At that time Berodach-baladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present unto Hezekiah: for he had heard that Hezekiah had been sick.
The censers of these sinners against their own souls, let them make them broad plates for a covering of the altar: for they offered them before the LORD, therefore they are hallowed: and they shall be a sign unto the children of Israel.
And Moses was fourscore years old, and Aaron fourscore and three years old, when they spake unto Pharaoh.
Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts.
And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river.
Then set it empty upon the coals thereof, that the brass of it may be hot, and may burn, and that the filthiness of it may be molten in it, that the scum of it may be consumed.
And every little chamber was one reed long, and one reed broad; and between the little chambers were five cubits; and the threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate within was one reed.
And his fellowservant fell down at his feet, and besought him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.
And it came to pass in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, in the ninth month, that they proclaimed a fast before the LORD to all the people in Jerusalem, and to all the people that came from the cities of Judah unto Jerusalem.
Then shall it be for a man to burn: for he will take thereof, and warm himself; yea, he kindleth it, and baketh bread; yea, he maketh a god, and worshippeth it; he maketh it a graven image, and falleth down thereto.
The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage.
Thine, O LORD, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art exalted as head above all.
And the sons of Shemidah were, Ahian, and Shechem, and Likhi, and Aniam.
One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.
Mine enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are mad against me are sworn against me.
