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O LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and prepare their heart unto thee:
And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath,
It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.
And it came to pass from that time forth, that the half of my servants wrought in the work, and the other half of them held both the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the habergeons; and the rulers were behind all the house of Judah.
Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against your pillows, wherewith ye there hunt the souls to make them fly, and I will tear them from your arms, and will let the souls go, even the souls that ye hunt to make them fly.
But if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan.
And they laid hands on them, and put them in hold unto the next day: for it was now eventide.
Then came the word of the LORD unto Samuel, saying,
For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?
And when we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, through the way of the plain from Elath, and from Ezion-gaber, we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.
And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see on that day when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself.
Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy;
How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights!
Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts; and I will discover thy skirts upon thy face, and I will shew the nations thy nakedness, and the kingdoms thy shame.
And there went forth a wind from the LORD, and brought quails from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, as it were a day's journey on this side, and as it were a day's journey on the other side, round about the camp, and as it were two cubits high upon the face of the earth.
Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
This is the lamentation wherewith they shall lament her: the daughters of the nations shall lament her: they shall lament for her, even for Egypt, and for all her multitude, saith the Lord GOD.
Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off:
Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate,
Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.
But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.
By thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord, and hast said, By the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the height of his border, and the forest of his Carmel.
And his firstborn son Abdon, then Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Ner, and Nadab,
Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.
