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For who will hearken unto you in this matter? but as his part is that goeth down to the battle, so shall his part be that tarrieth by the stuff: they shall part alike.
Thou answeredst them, O LORD our God: thou wast a God that forgavest them, though thou tookest vengeance of their inventions.
For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.
The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season.
As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
Thus saith the LORD, The people which were left of the sword found grace in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went to cause him to rest.
And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: is it better for thee to be a priest unto the house of one man, or that thou be a priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel?
If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.
And they departed from Hashmonah, and encamped at Moseroth.
And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man:
Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.
Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed: lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should seem vile unto thee.
For the people were numbered, and, behold, there were none of the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead there.
For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:
Then the king said, Cause Haman to make haste, that he may do as Esther hath said. So the king and Haman came to the banquet that Esther had prepared.
He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.
And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for our's only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
And he built fenced cities in Judah: for the land had rest, and he had no war in those years; because the LORD had given him rest.
Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose, that he might know your estate, and comfort your hearts;
And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create: for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy.
And thou shalt burn the whole ram upon the altar: it is a burnt offering unto the LORD: it is a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
