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Then the king Ahasuerus said unto Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have hanged upon the gallows, because he laid his hand upon the Jews.
Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the defenced cities, and let us be silent there: for the LORD our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.
And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith the LORD.
When Joab and all the host that was with him were come, they told Joab, saying, Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he hath sent him away, and he is gone in peace.
Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes have broken the crown of thy head.
And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked.
The children of Hanan, the children of Giddel, the children of Gahar,
So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.
Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army.
For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.
And their children, whom he raised up in their stead, them Joshua circumcised: for they were uncircumcised, because they had not circumcised them by the way.
When a ruler hath sinned, and done somewhat through ignorance against any of the commandments of the LORD his God concerning things which should not be done, and is guilty;
And said unto them; Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you. And they went their way.
If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers;
And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, and found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads.
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.
For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
But they had heard only, That he which persecuted us in times past now preacheth the faith which once he destroyed.
To morrow about this time I will send thee a man out of the land of Benjamin, and thou shalt anoint him to be captain over my people Israel, that he may save my people out of the hand of the Philistines: for I have looked upon my people, because their cry is come unto me.
And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.
She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet.
He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow.
And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice unto the LORD of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the LORD, were there.
Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak.
