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Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur, that is, the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them;
And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.
And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beer-sheba, which belongeth to Judah, and left his servant there.
House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the LORD.
For the king of the north shall return, and shall set forth a multitude greater than the former, and shall certainly come after certain years with a great army and with much riches.
And teach customs, which are not lawful for us to receive, neither to observe, being Romans.
And ye shall give her unto Eleazar the priest, that he may bring her forth without the camp, and one shall slay her before his face:
I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.
That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.
Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.
The LORD our God spake unto us in Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt long enough in this mount:
And their coast was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the children of Ammon, unto Aroer that is before Rabbah;
For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them.
Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, to the intent ye may believe; nevertheless let us go unto him.
And Ezra the priest stood up, and said unto them, Ye have transgressed, and have taken strange wives, to increase the trespass of Israel.
And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against;
Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory?
So shall ye know that I am the LORD your God dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers pass through her any more.
Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.
Then there shall be a place which the LORD your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command you; your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto the LORD:
For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
But they held their peace: for by the way they had disputed among themselves, who should be the greatest.
