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And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: is it better for thee to be a priest unto the house of one man, or that thou be a priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel?
And he washed his face, and went out, and refrained himself, and said, Set on bread.
These men are peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade therein; for the land, behold, it is large enough for them; let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our daughters.
But shew kindness unto the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be of those that eat at thy table: for so they came to me when I fled because of Absalom thy brother.
His parents answered them and said, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind:
But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of the LORD came upon him.
For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.
Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God.
And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God's sake,
And he said, It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome: but the noise of them that sing do I hear.
For thus saith the Lord GOD; The city that went out by a thousand shall leave an hundred, and that which went forth by an hundred shall leave ten, to the house of Israel.
But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows,
Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well.
For which cause both thou and all thy company are gathered together against the LORD: and what is Aaron, that ye murmur against him?
Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.
Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, was there no hail.
And the LORD brought us forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with great terribleness, and with signs, and with wonders:
And when they had called to the king, there came out to them Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder.
Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high.
Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with divers seeds: lest the fruit of thy seed which thou hast sown, and the fruit of thy vineyard, be defiled.
I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
And they began to pray him to depart out of their coasts.
