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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 will bring it forth, saith the LORD of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.
And two golden rings shalt thou make to it under the crown of it, by the two corners thereof, upon the two sides of it shalt thou make it; and they shall be for places for the staves to bear it withal.
He said unto him, I am a prophet also as thou art; and an angel spake unto me by the word of the LORD, saying, Bring him back with thee into thine house, that he may eat bread and drink water. But he lied unto him.
So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ:
And the stones were according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet, every one with his name, according to the twelve tribes.
For they shall eat, and not have enough: they shall commit whoredom, and shall not increase: because they have left off to take heed to the LORD.
As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.
For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.
Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
And the man of God said unto the king, If thou wilt give me half thine house, I will not go in with thee, neither will I eat bread nor drink water in this place:
For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.
And he said, O my Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou wilt send.
And for a drink offering thou shalt offer the third part of an hin of wine, for a sweet savour unto the LORD.
What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good?
Hezekiah also had said, What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the LORD?
And they took up Asahel, and buried him in the sepulchre of his father, which was in Beth-lehem. And Joab and his men went all night, and they came to Hebron at break of day.
And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabesh-gilead, which had stolen them from the street of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hanged them, when the Philistines had slain Saul in Gilboa:
But as a wife that committeth adultery, which taketh strangers instead of her husband!
That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying,
Princes also did sit and speak against me: but thy servant did meditate in thy statutes.
For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe.
And they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father's house, the offspring and the issue, all vessels of small quantity, from the vessels of cups, even to all the vessels of flagons.
And he judged Israel twenty and three years, and died, and was buried in Shamir.
