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Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Beth-lehem-judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.
And it came to pass, when the people removed from their tents, to pass over Jordan, and the priests bearing the ark of the covenant before the people;
For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,
And the man said unto Eli, I am he that came out of the army, and I fled to day out of the army. And he said, What is there done, my son?
Go and get thee in unto king David, and say unto him, Didst not thou, my lord, O king, swear unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? why then doth Adonijah reign?
And when they entered unto the heathen, whither they went, they profaned my holy name, when they said to them, These are the people of the LORD, and are gone forth out of his land.
For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.
And the officers which were over thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, came near unto Moses:
For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:
And when all the Moabites heard that the kings were come up to fight against them, they gathered all that were able to put on armour, and upward, and stood in the border.
Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass's colt unto the choice vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes:
In the wilderness, Beth-arabah, Middin, and Secacah,
Fire, and hail; snow, and vapour; stormy wind fulfilling his word:
How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?
Therefore shall ye observe all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: I am the LORD.
Thou hast with thine arm redeemed thy people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah.
Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.
And Moses said unto his father in law, Because the people come unto me to enquire of God:
The people of thy holiness have possessed it but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary.
In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the LORD.
And Me-jarkon, and Rakkon, with the border before Japho.
Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free.
The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me.
