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And they came in, and possessed it; but they obeyed not thy voice, neither walked in thy law; they have done nothing of all that thou commandedst them to do: therefore thou hast caused all this evil to come upon them:
If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself:
But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country.
How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel!
Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants?
And there came a voice from heaven, saying, Thou art my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
The plain also, and Jordan, and the coast thereof, from Chinnereth even unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, under Ashdoth-pisgah eastward.
(There are eleven days' journey from Horeb by the way of mount Seir unto Kadesh-barnea.)
And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of the LORD unto Beth-el: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense.
And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until he had finished all the house: also the whole altar that was by the oracle he overlaid with gold.
Of Gershom; Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,
And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.
Grace be to you and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury?
For the LORD hath made Jordan a border between us and you, ye children of Reuben and children of Gad; ye have no part in the LORD: so shall your children make our children cease from fearing the LORD.
And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of my master Abraham, who hath not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth: I being in the way, the LORD led me to the house of my master's brethren.
This spake he, signifying by what death he should glorify God. And when he had spoken this, he saith unto him, Follow me.
And one went in, and told his lord, saying, Thus and thus said the maid that is of the land of Israel.
And when he had gone over those parts, and had given them much exhortation, he came into Greece,
And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.
And the wave breast and heave shoulder shall ye eat in a clean place; thou, and thy sons, and thy daughters with thee: for they be thy due, and thy sons' due, which are given out of the sacrifices of peace offerings of the children of Israel.
Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground?
Neither shouldest thou have stood in the crossway, to cut off those of his that did escape; neither shouldest thou have delivered up those of his that did remain in the day of distress.
