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Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, 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,
Thou art the God that doest wonders: thou hast declared thy strength among the people.
Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee.
That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth.
After that they have borne their shame, and all their trespasses whereby they have trespassed against me, when they dwelt safely in their land, and none made them afraid.
As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number them after their families, by the house of their fathers;
And that doeth not any of those duties, but even hath eaten upon the mountains, and defiled his neighbour's wife,
The merchants among the people shall hiss at thee; thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt be any more.
Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope:
The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs.
Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: and he that hateth reproof shall die.
I am clean without transgression, I am innocent; neither is there iniquity in me.
Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.
Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
And Jesus said unto him, Thou hast both seen him, and it is he that talketh with thee.
Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.
Now it came to pass, after that Amaziah was come from the slaughter of the Edomites, that he brought the gods of the children of Seir, and set them up to be his gods, and bowed down himself before them, and burned incense unto them.
Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and ye shall give also unto the Levites suburbs for the cities round about them.
For there shall be no more any vain vision nor flattering divination within the house of Israel.
Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations.
For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.
These are the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, to offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD, a burnt offering, and a meat offering, a sacrifice, and drink offerings, every thing upon his day:
And herein I give my advice: for this is expedient for you, who have begun before, not only to do, but also to be forward a year ago.
And all these kings and their land did Joshua take at one time, because the LORD God of Israel fought for Israel.
