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And the king said unto Esther at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed.
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways.
And the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of the valiantest, and commanded them, saying, Go and smite the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the children.
O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: because his mercy endureth for ever.
He made also ten lavers, and put five on the right hand, and five on the left, to wash in them: such things as they offered for the burnt offering they washed in them; but the sea was for the priests to wash in.
Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal;
And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed.
And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and dwelt in the top of the rock Etam.
My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
Say ye unto your brethren, Ammi; and to your sisters, Ruhamah.
For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;
O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save!
And she said, Let thine handmaid find grace in thy sight. So the woman went her way, and did eat, and her countenance was no more sad.
And Abner said to him, Turn thee aside to thy right hand or to thy left, and lay thee hold on one of the young men, and take thee his armour. But Asahel would not turn aside from following of him.
All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house.
Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:
Thou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people.
This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt: where I heard a language that I understood not.
And he said unto him, Went not mine heart with thee, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants?
The king's strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.
And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.
