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He sent messengers therefore unto Balaam the son of Beor to Pethor, which is by the river of the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out from Egypt: behold, they cover the face of the earth, and they abide over against me:
Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Like these good figs, so will I acknowledge them that are carried away captive of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans for their good.
Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal.
And as for the people that remained in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, even over them he made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, ruler.
And command them to say unto their masters, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say unto your masters;
He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me.
And they took away their cattle; of their camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of asses two thousand, and of men an hundred thousand.
Some therefore cried one thing, and some another: for the assembly was confused; and the more part knew not wherefore they were come together.
And the man that committeth adultery with another man's wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.
They say still unto them that despise me, The LORD hath said, Ye shall have peace; and they say unto every one that walketh after the imagination of his own heart, No evil shall come upon you.
Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry.
Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks.
But we ourselves will go ready armed before the children of Israel, until we have brought them unto their place: and our little ones shall dwell in the fenced cities because of the inhabitants of the land.
Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.
And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be mighty upon the earth.
And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.
For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
Or ever I was aware, my soul made me like the chariots of Amminadib.
Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the images: and the kingdom was quiet before him.
I will sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O LORD, will I sing.
And the whole assembly took counsel to keep other seven days: and they kept other seven days with gladness.
For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.
Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead?
