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Wash thyself therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy raiment upon thee, and get thee down to the floor: but make not thyself known unto the man, until he shall have done eating and drinking.
And there went up some of the children of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims, unto Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.
And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and avenger.
For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward;
And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them:
Yet also I lifted up my hand unto them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands;
I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high.
For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.
Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.
And they went, and found as he had said unto them: and they made ready the passover.
They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold.
The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.
Ye shall not fear them: for the LORD your God he shall fight for you.
And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof; but when ye entered, ye defiled my land, and made mine heritage an abomination.
The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he that receiveth gifts overthroweth it.
What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord GOD of hosts.
And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,
Then when he was come into Galilee, the Galilaeans received him, having seen all the things that he did at Jerusalem at the feast: for they also went unto the feast.
Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive.
Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people according unto the greatness of thy mercy, and as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.
When I had waited, (for they spake not, but stood still, and answered no more;)
Then shall an oath of the LORD be between them both, that he hath not put his hand unto his neighbour's goods; and the owner of it shall accept thereof, and he shall not make it good.
And the Jews' passover was nigh at hand: and many went out of the country up to Jerusalem before the passover, to purify themselves.
