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Since the day that I brought forth my people out of the land of Egypt I chose no city among all the tribes of Israel to build an house in, that my name might be there; neither chose I any man to be a ruler over my people Israel:
And in every several city of Judah he made high places to burn incense unto other gods, and provoked to anger the LORD God of his fathers.
And when Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city, and that the smoke of the city ascended, then they turned again, and slew the men of Ai.
Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.
His offering was one silver charger of the weight of an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
And now, behold, I know well that thou shalt surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in thine hand.
Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the LORD thy God for any vow: for even both these are abomination unto the LORD thy God.
And after that went the Levites in to do their service in the tabernacle of the congregation before Aaron, and before his sons: as the LORD had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did they unto them.
So Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and saw not the king's face.
And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written,
And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and told him all that befell unto them; saying,
Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.
And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?
But go ye now unto my place which was in Shiloh, where I set my name at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel.
For in the days of David and Asaph of old there were chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God.
And Moses numbered, as the LORD commanded him, all the firstborn among the children of Israel.
And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger, which God gave unto Abraham.
While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.
At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A dry wind of the high places in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people, not to fan, nor to cleanse,
Make ye mention to the nations; behold, publish against Jerusalem, that watchers come from a far country, and give out their voice against the cities of Judah.
Ye fools, did not he that made that which is without make that which is within also?
For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.
Though it be given him to be in safety, whereon he resteth; yet his eyes are upon their ways.
So Manasseh made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to err, and to do worse than the heathen, whom the LORD had destroyed before the children of Israel.
