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Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in unto the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king's chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed. And Esther obtained favour in the sight of all them that looked upon her.
And he said unto me, Son of man, the place of my throne, and the place of the soles of my feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel for ever, and my holy name, shall the house of Israel no more defile, neither they, nor their kings, by their whoredom, nor by the carcases of their kings in their high places.
Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment.
But as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the LORD.
And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother: and his mother made savoury meat, such as his father loved.
That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down: according to his substance shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice therein.
And at Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon; whose wife's name was Maachah:
And these are the goings out of the city on the north side, four thousand and five hundred measures.
And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.
Then he shall minister in the name of the LORD his God, as all his brethren the Levites do, which stand there before the LORD.
No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.
And he said unto his servant, Come, and let us draw near to one of these places to lodge all night, in Gibeah, or in Ramah.
Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:
And the children of Benjamin said, They are smitten down before us, as at the first. But the children of Israel said, Let us flee, and draw them from the city unto the highways.
Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints,
The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies.
Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts.
Therefore my people shall know my name: therefore they shall know in that day that I am he that doth speak: behold, it is I.
Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.
And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on.
I said, I shall not see the LORD, even the LORD, in the land of the living: I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world.
And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter.
But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water.
And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.
