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Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,
The children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto the Grecians, that ye might remove them far from their border.
For whether is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth? is not he that sitteth at meat? but I am among you as he that serveth.
When they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people;
And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord GOD, thou knowest.
And the sons of Elkanah; Amasai, and Ahimoth.
Dan also and Javan going to and fro occupied in thy fairs: bright iron, cassia, and calamus, were in thy market.
Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart.
And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she is thy wife: and how saidst thou, She is my sister? And Isaac said unto him, Because I said, Lest I die for her.
Yet there is both straw and provender for our asses; and there is bread and wine also for me, and for thy handmaid, and for the young man which is with thy servants: there is no want of any thing.
And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, I am indeed a widow woman, and mine husband is dead.
A blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the LORD your God, which I command you this day:
O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.
He spake unto them in the cloudy pillar: they kept his testimonies, and the ordinance that he gave them.
And Jehoiada made a covenant between him, and between all the people, and between the king, that they should be the LORD'S people.
After this manner he made the ten bases: all of them had one casting, one measure, and one size.
Who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not with chains:
And the sons of Judah after their families were; of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites: of Pharez, the family of the Pharzites: of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites.
And the LORD said unto Joshua, Fear them not: for I have delivered them into thine hand; there shall not a man of them stand before thee.
Turn again our captivity, O LORD, as the streams in the south.
And the children of Israel saw the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses' face shone: and Moses put the vail upon his face again, until he went in to speak with him.
And Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king and the people, that they should be the LORD'S people; between the king also and the people.
Let Israel now say, that his mercy endureth for ever.
And their brethren, according to their generations, nine hundred and fifty and six. All these men were chief of the fathers in the house of their fathers.
