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\w Next|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*, \w Meremoth|strong="H4822"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Uriah|strong="H0223"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hakkoz|strong="H6976"\w* \w made|strong="H2388"\w* \w repairs|strong="H2388"\w*. \w Next|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*, \w Meshullam|strong="H4918"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Berechiah|strong="H1296"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Meshezabel|strong="H4898"\w* \w made|strong="H2388"\w* \w repairs|strong="H2388"\w*. \w Next|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*, \w Zadok|strong="H6659"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Baana|strong="H1195"\w* \w made|strong="H2388"\w* \w repairs|strong="H2388"\w*.


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\w Next|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Tekoites|strong="H8621"\w* \w made|strong="H2388"\w* \w repairs|strong="H2388"\w*; \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w nobles|strong="H0117"\w* \w didn’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w put|strong="H0935"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w necks|strong="H6677"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Lord’s|strong="H0113"\w* \w work|strong="H5656"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Joiada|strong="H3111"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Paseah|strong="H6454"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Meshullam|strong="H4918"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Besodeiah|strong="H1152"\w* \w repaired|strong="H2388"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*. \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w laid|strong="H2388"\w* \w its|strong="H0853"\w* beams \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w set|strong="H5975"\w* \w up|strong="H5975"\w* \w its|strong="H0853"\w* \w doors|strong="H1817"\w*, \w its|strong="H0853"\w* \w bolts|strong="H4514"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w its|strong="H0853"\w* \w bars|strong="H1280"\w*.


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\w Next|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*, \w Melatiah|strong="H4424"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Gibeonite|strong="H1393"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w Jadon|strong="H3036"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Meronothite|strong="H4824"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w Gibeon|strong="H1391"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w Mizpah|strong="H4709"\w*, \w repaired|strong="H2388"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* residence \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w governor|strong="H6346"\w* \w beyond|strong="H5676"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w River|strong="H5104"\w*.


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\w Next|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, \w Uzziel|strong="H5816"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Harhaiah, \w goldsmiths|strong="H6884"\w*, \w made|strong="H2388"\w* \w repairs|strong="H2388"\w*. \w Next|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, \w Hananiah|strong="H2608"\w*, \w one|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w perfumers|strong="H7546"\w*, \w made|strong="H2388"\w* \w repairs|strong="H2388"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w fortified|strong="H2388"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w even|strong="H5704"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w wide|strong="H7342"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w*.


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\w Next|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*, \w Rephaiah|strong="H7509"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hur|strong="H2354"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w ruler|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w half|strong="H2677"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w district|strong="H6418"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w made|strong="H2388"\w* \w repairs|strong="H2388"\w*.


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\w Next|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*, \w Jedaiah|strong="H3042"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Harumaph|strong="H2739"\w* \w made|strong="H2388"\w* \w repairs|strong="H2388"\w* \w across|strong="H5921"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*. \w Next|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, \w Hattush|strong="H2407"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hashabneiah|strong="H2813"\w* \w made|strong="H2388"\w* \w repairs|strong="H2388"\w*.


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\w Malchijah|strong="H4441"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Harim|strong="H2766"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hasshub|strong="H2815"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Pahathmoab \w repaired|strong="H2388"\w* \w another|strong="H8145"\w* portion \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w tower|strong="H4026"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w furnaces|strong="H8574"\w*.


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\w Next|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, \w Shallum|strong="H7967"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hallohesh|strong="H3873"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w ruler|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w half|strong="H2677"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w district|strong="H6418"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* \w made|strong="H2388"\w* \w repairs|strong="H2388"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Hanun|strong="H2586"\w* \w and|strong="H2388"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w Zanoah|strong="H2182"\w* \w repaired|strong="H2388"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w valley|strong="H1516"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*. \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w it|strong="H5704"\w*, \w and|strong="H2388"\w* \w set|strong="H5975"\w* \w up|strong="H5975"\w* \w its|strong="H0853"\w* \w doors|strong="H1817"\w*, \w its|strong="H0853"\w* \w bolts|strong="H4514"\w*, \w and|strong="H2388"\w* \w its|strong="H0853"\w* \w bars|strong="H1280"\w*, \w and|strong="H2388"\w* one \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w*<n>A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimetres.</n> \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* dung \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*.<pb/>


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\w After|strong="H0310"\w* \w him|strong="H0310"\w*, \w Nehemiah|strong="H5166"\w* \w the|strong="H0310"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Azbuk|strong="H5802"\w*, \w the|strong="H0310"\w* \w ruler|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w half|strong="H2677"\w* \w the|strong="H0310"\w* \w district|strong="H6418"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Beth|strong="H1004"\w* Zur, \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w repairs|strong="H2388"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H0310"\w* \w place|strong="H1004"\w* \w opposite|strong="H5048"\w* \w the|strong="H0310"\w* \w tombs|strong="H6913"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H0310"\w* \w pool|strong="H1295"\w* \w that|strong="H1732"\w* \w was|strong="H1732"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H0310"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0310"\w* \w mighty|strong="H1368"\w* \w men|strong="H1368"\w*.


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\w After|strong="H0310"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w*—\w Rehum|strong="H7348"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Bani|strong="H1137"\w* \w made|strong="H2388"\w* \w repairs|strong="H2388"\w*. \w Next|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, \w Hashabiah|strong="H2811"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w ruler|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w half|strong="H2677"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w district|strong="H6418"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Keilah|strong="H7084"\w*, \w made|strong="H2388"\w* \w repairs|strong="H2388"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w district|strong="H6418"\w*.


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\w After|strong="H0310"\w* \w him|strong="H0310"\w*, \w their|strong="H0310"\w* \w brothers|strong="H0251"\w*, \w Bavvai|strong="H0942"\w* \w the|strong="H0310"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Henadad|strong="H2582"\w*, \w the|strong="H0310"\w* \w ruler|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w half|strong="H2677"\w* \w the|strong="H0310"\w* \w district|strong="H6418"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Keilah|strong="H7084"\w* \w made|strong="H2388"\w* \w repairs|strong="H2388"\w*.


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\w Next|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, \w Ezer|strong="H5829"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jeshua|strong="H3442"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w ruler|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Mizpah|strong="H4709"\w*, \w repaired|strong="H2388"\w* \w another|strong="H8145"\w* portion \w across|strong="H5921"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w ascent|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* armoury \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* turning \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* wall.


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\w After|strong="H0310"\w* \w him|strong="H0310"\w*, \w Baruch|strong="H1263"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zabbai|strong="H2079"\w* earnestly \w repaired|strong="H2388"\w* \w another|strong="H8145"\w* \w portion|strong="H4480"\w*, \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* turning \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* wall \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w door|strong="H6607"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Eliashib|strong="H0475"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w high|strong="H1419"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*.


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\w After|strong="H0310"\w* \w them|strong="H0310"\w*, \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hasshub|strong="H2815"\w* \w made|strong="H2388"\w* \w repairs|strong="H2388"\w* across \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H0310"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*. \w After|strong="H0310"\w* \w them|strong="H0310"\w*, \w Azariah|strong="H5838"\w* \w the|strong="H0310"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Maaseiah|strong="H4641"\w* \w the|strong="H0310"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ananiah|strong="H6055"\w* \w made|strong="H2388"\w* \w repairs|strong="H2388"\w* \w beside|strong="H0681"\w* \w his|strong="H2388"\w* \w own|strong="H2388"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.


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\w After|strong="H0310"\w* \w them|strong="H0310"\w*, \w Zadok|strong="H6659"\w* \w the|strong="H0310"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Immer|strong="H0564"\w* \w made|strong="H2388"\w* \w repairs|strong="H2388"\w* across \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H8104"\w* \w own|strong="H2388"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*. \w After|strong="H0310"\w* \w him|strong="H0310"\w*, \w Shemaiah|strong="H8098"\w* \w the|strong="H0310"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shecaniah|strong="H7935"\w*, \w the|strong="H0310"\w* \w keeper|strong="H8104"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0310"\w* \w east|strong="H4217"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*, \w made|strong="H2388"\w* \w repairs|strong="H2388"\w*.


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\w After|strong="H0310"\w* \w him|strong="H0310"\w*, \w Hananiah|strong="H2608"\w* \w the|strong="H0310"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Shelemiah|strong="H8018"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hanun|strong="H2586"\w*, \w the|strong="H0310"\w* \w sixth|strong="H8345"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Zalaph|strong="H6764"\w*, \w repaired|strong="H2388"\w* \w another|strong="H8145"\w* portion. \w After|strong="H0310"\w* \w him|strong="H0310"\w*, \w Meshullam|strong="H4918"\w* \w the|strong="H0310"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Berechiah|strong="H1296"\w* \w made|strong="H2388"\w* \w repairs|strong="H2388"\w* across \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H2388"\w* \w room|strong="H5393"\w*.


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\w After|strong="H0310"\w* \w him|strong="H0310"\w*, \w Malchijah|strong="H4441"\w*, \w one|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0310"\w* \w goldsmiths|strong="H6885"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H0310"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0310"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w servants|strong="H5411"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0310"\w* \w merchants|strong="H7402"\w*, \w made|strong="H2388"\w* \w repairs|strong="H2388"\w* \w opposite|strong="H5048"\w* \w the|strong="H0310"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Hammiphkad \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H0310"\w* ascent \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0310"\w* \w corner|strong="H6438"\w*.


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\w Between|strong="H0996"\w* \w the|strong="H0996"\w* ascent \w of|strong="H8179"\w* \w the|strong="H0996"\w* \w corner|strong="H6438"\w* \w and|strong="H6629"\w* \w the|strong="H0996"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*, \w the|strong="H0996"\w* \w goldsmiths|strong="H6884"\w* \w and|strong="H6629"\w* \w the|strong="H0996"\w* \w merchants|strong="H7402"\w* \w made|strong="H2388"\w* \w repairs|strong="H2388"\w*.<pb/>


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\w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w Sanballat|strong="H5571"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w we|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* building \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w*, \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w angry|strong="H2734"\w*, \w and|strong="H3389"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* indignant, \w and|strong="H3389"\w* mocked \w the|strong="H0834"\w* Jews.


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\w He|strong="H6213"\w* spoke before \w his|strong="H3605"\w* brothers \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w army|strong="H3389"\w* \w of|strong="H3605"\w* Samaria, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* said, “\w What|strong="H6213"\w* \w are|strong="H6213"\w* \w these|strong="H3605"\w* feeble Jews \w doing|strong="H6213"\w*? \w Will|strong="H3389"\w* \w they|strong="H0935"\w* fortify themselves? \w Will|strong="H3389"\w* \w they|strong="H0935"\w* sacrifice? \w Will|strong="H3389"\w* \w they|strong="H0935"\w* finish \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w a|strong="H0935"\w* day? \w Will|strong="H3389"\w* \w they|strong="H0935"\w* revive \w the|strong="H3605"\w* stones \w out|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* heaps \w of|strong="H3605"\w* rubbish, since \w they|strong="H0935"\w* \w are|strong="H6213"\w* burnt?”<pb/>


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Now Tobiah \w the|strong="H6440"\w* Ammonite \w was|strong="H0430"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, \w and|strong="H0430"\w* \w he|strong="H0430"\w* \w said|strong="H0413"\w*, “\w What|strong="H5921"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w are|strong="H0430"\w* building, if \w a|strong="H5921"\w* fox climbed \w up|strong="H5975"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*, \w he|strong="H0430"\w* would break \w down|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* stone wall.”<pb/>


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“Hear, \w our|strong="H0587"\w* \w God|strong="H0559"\w*, \w for|strong="H3808"\w* \w we|strong="H0587"\w* \w are|strong="H3808"\w* despised. Turn back \w their|strong="H3808"\w* reproach \w on|strong="H3808"\w* \w their|strong="H3808"\w* own head. Give \w them|strong="H0559"\w* \w up|strong="H1129"\w* \w for|strong="H3808"\w* \w a|strong="H1129"\w* plunder \w in|strong="H1129"\w* \w a|strong="H1129"\w* land \w of|strong="H2346"\w* captivity.


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\w Don’t|strong="H3808"\w* cover \w their|strong="H7200"\w* iniquity. \w Don’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w let|strong="H3808"\w* \w their|strong="H7200"\w* sin \w be|strong="H3808"\w* blotted \w out|strong="H3045"\w* \w from|strong="H0935"\w* \w before|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w*; \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* insulted \w the|strong="H0853"\w* builders.”<pb/>


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\w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w we|strong="H0834"\w* built \w the|strong="H3605"\w* wall; \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* wall \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w joined|strong="H0935"\w* \w together|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* half \w its|strong="H3605"\w* height, \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* mind \w to|strong="H0559"\w* work.<pb/>


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\w But|strong="H5973"\w* \w when|strong="H0310"\w* Sanballat, Tobiah, \w the|strong="H0853"\w* Arabians, \w the|strong="H0853"\w* Ammonites, \w and|strong="H2719"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* Ashdodites heard \w that|strong="H4725"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* repairing \w of|strong="H2346"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w walls|strong="H2346"\w* \w of|strong="H2346"\w* Jerusalem went forward, \w and|strong="H2719"\w* \w that|strong="H4725"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* breaches began \w to|strong="H5973"\w* \w be|strong="H2719"\w* filled, \w they|strong="H0310"\w* \w were|strong="H4940"\w* very angry;


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\w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H1419"\w* conspired \w together|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w come|strong="H6965"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* Jerusalem, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* cause confusion amongst \w us|strong="H0413"\w*.


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\w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3588"\w* \w made|strong="H3045"\w* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* prayer \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w and|strong="H0430"\w* \w set|strong="H7725"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w watch|strong="H3045"\w* \w against|strong="H0413"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w* day \w and|strong="H0430"\w* night \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* said, “\w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w strength|strong="H2388"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* bearers \w of|strong="H1004"\w* burdens \w is|strong="H1931"\w* fading \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w much|strong="H3605"\w* rubble, \w so|strong="H4480"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w we|strong="H3117"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w not|strong="H1961"\w* able \w to|strong="H1961"\w* build \w the|strong="H3605"\w* wall.”


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\w Our|strong="H6006"\w* adversaries said, “\w They|strong="H5375"\w* \w will|strong="H3027"\w* not know \w or|strong="H0259"\w* see, until \w we|strong="H6213"\w* come \w in|strong="H1129"\w* amongst \w them|strong="H3027"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* kill \w them|strong="H3027"\w*, \w and|strong="H3027"\w* cause \w the|strong="H1129"\w* \w work|strong="H4399"\w* \w to|strong="H3027"\w* cease.”<pb/>


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\w When|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Jews \w who|strong="H0376"\w* lived \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w came|strong="H0376"\w*, \w they|strong="H0376"\w* said \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w* ten times \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H0376"\w* places, “Wherever \w you|strong="H5921"\w* turn, \w they|strong="H0376"\w* \w will|strong="H0376"\w* attack \w us|strong="H5921"\w*.”<pb/>


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Therefore \w I|strong="H0559"\w* set guards \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* lowest \w parts|strong="H6504"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* space behind \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w*, \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* open \w places|strong="H0559"\w*. \w I|strong="H0559"\w* set \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* family groups \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* swords, \w their|strong="H5921"\w* spears, \w and|strong="H0376"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* bows.


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\w I|strong="H0834"\w* looked, \w and|strong="H0430"\w* rose \w up|strong="H0853"\w*, \w and|strong="H0430"\w* \w said|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* nobles, \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w rulers|strong="H0430"\w*, \w and|strong="H0430"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* rest \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H0834"\w*, “Don’t \w be|strong="H0430"\w* afraid \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*! Remember \w the|strong="H0853"\w* Lord, \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w great|strong="H0430"\w* \w and|strong="H0430"\w* awesome, \w and|strong="H0430"\w* \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w your|strong="H0834"\w* brothers, \w your|strong="H0834"\w* sons, \w your|strong="H0834"\w* daughters, \w your|strong="H0834"\w* wives, \w and|strong="H0430"\w* \w your|strong="H0834"\w* houses.”<pb/>


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\w When|strong="H3318"\w* \w our|strong="H3318"\w* enemies heard \w that|strong="H5704"\w* \w it|strong="H5704"\w* \w was|strong="H4399"\w* \w known|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w us|strong="H6213"\w*, \w and|strong="H2388"\w* God \w had|strong="H6213"\w* \w brought|strong="H3318"\w* \w their|strong="H2388"\w* counsel \w to|strong="H5704"\w* nothing, \w all|strong="H5704"\w* \w of|strong="H3556"\w* \w us|strong="H6213"\w* \w returned|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* wall, everyone \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w his|strong="H2388"\w* \w work|strong="H4399"\w*.


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\w From|strong="H0376"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* forth, half \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w my|strong="H1961"\w* \w servants|strong="H5288"\w* \w did|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w work|strong="H4399"\w*, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* half \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w them|strong="H1961"\w* \w held|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* spears, \w the|strong="H0559"\w* shields, \w the|strong="H0559"\w* bows, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* coats \w of|strong="H0376"\w* mail; \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* rulers \w were|strong="H1961"\w* behind \w all|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* house \w of|strong="H0376"\w* Judah.


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\w Those|strong="H0834"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* built \w the|strong="H0834"\w* wall, \w and|strong="H0376"\w* \w those|strong="H0834"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* bore burdens loaded \w themselves|strong="H0310"\w*; \w everyone|strong="H0376"\w* \w with|strong="H0376"\w* \w one|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w his|strong="H0834"\w* hands \w did|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* work, \w and|strong="H0376"\w* \w with|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w other|strong="H0251"\w* held \w his|strong="H0834"\w* \w weapon|strong="H7973"\w*.


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Amongst the builders, everyone wore his sword at his side, and so built. He who sounded the trumpet was by me.


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I said to the nobles, and to the rulers and to the rest of the people, “The work is great and widely spread out, and we are separated on the wall, far from one another.


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So we did the work. Half of the people held the spears from the rising of the morning until the stars appeared.


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Likewise at the same time I said to the people, “Let everyone with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and may labour in the day.”


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So neither I, nor my brothers, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard who followed me took off our clothes. Everyone took his weapon to the water.<pb/>


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\w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w arose|strong="H1419"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w cry|strong="H6818"\w* \w of|strong="H0802"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w of|strong="H0802"\w* \w their|strong="H1961"\w* \w wives|strong="H0802"\w* \w against|strong="H0413"\w* \w their|strong="H1961"\w* \w brothers|strong="H0251"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w Jews|strong="H3064"\w*.


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\w For|strong="H3947"\w* \w there|strong="H3426"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w some|strong="H7227"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w We|strong="H0587"\w*, \w our|strong="H0834"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w our|strong="H0834"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*, \w are|strong="H0834"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w*. Let \w us|strong="H0559"\w* \w get|strong="H3947"\w* \w grain|strong="H1715"\w*, \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w we|strong="H0587"\w* \w may|strong="H1121"\w* \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w live|strong="H2421"\w*.”


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\w There|strong="H3426"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w also|strong="H0834"\w* some \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w We|strong="H0587"\w* \w are|strong="H0834"\w* \w mortgaging|strong="H6148"\w* \w our|strong="H0834"\w* \w fields|strong="H7704"\w*, \w our|strong="H0834"\w* \w vineyards|strong="H3754"\w*, \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w our|strong="H0834"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w*. Let \w us|strong="H0559"\w* \w get|strong="H3947"\w* \w grain|strong="H1715"\w*, \w because|strong="H0834"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w famine|strong="H7458"\w*.”


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\w There|strong="H3426"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w also|strong="H4428"\w* some \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w We|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* borrowed \w money|strong="H3701"\w* \w for|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* tribute using \w our|strong="H0834"\w* \w fields|strong="H7704"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w our|strong="H0834"\w* \w vineyards|strong="H3754"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* collateral.


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\w Yet|strong="H6258"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* \w our|strong="H5650"\w* \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w* \w is|strong="H0369"\w* \w as|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w our|strong="H5650"\w* \w brothers|strong="H0251"\w*, \w our|strong="H5650"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w as|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H6258"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w*. \w Behold|strong="H2009"\w*,<n>“Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.</n> \w we|strong="H0587"\w* \w bring|strong="H1323"\w* \w our|strong="H5650"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w our|strong="H5650"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* \w into|strong="H3027"\w* \w bondage|strong="H5650"\w* \w to|strong="H0369"\w* \w be|strong="H1121"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w some|strong="H2009"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w our|strong="H5650"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* \w have|strong="H0369"\w* \w been|strong="H6258"\w* \w brought|strong="H3533"\w* \w into|strong="H3027"\w* \w bondage|strong="H5650"\w*. \w It|strong="H2009"\w* \w is|strong="H0369"\w* \w also|strong="H0853"\w* \w not|strong="H0369"\w* \w in|strong="H1320"\w* \w our|strong="H5650"\w* \w power|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H0369"\w* \w help|strong="H1323"\w* \w it|strong="H2009"\w*, \w because|strong="H3027"\w* \w other|strong="H0312"\w* \w men|strong="H1121"\w* \w have|strong="H0369"\w* \w our|strong="H5650"\w* \w fields|strong="H7704"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w our|strong="H5650"\w* \w vineyards|strong="H3754"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w angry|strong="H2734"\w* \w when|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w their|strong="H8085"\w* \w cry|strong="H2201"\w* \w and|strong="H1697"\w* \w these|strong="H0428"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w*.


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\w Then|strong="H0859"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* consulted \w with|strong="H0854"\w* \w myself|strong="H3820"\w*, \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w contended|strong="H7378"\w* \w with|strong="H0854"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w nobles|strong="H2715"\w* \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w rulers|strong="H5461"\w*, \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*, “\w You|strong="H0859"\w* exact \w usury|strong="H4855"\w*, \w everyone|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w brother|strong="H0251"\w*.” \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w held|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H5414"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w assembly|strong="H6952"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*.


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\w Please|strong="H4994"\w* \w restore|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w*, even \w today|strong="H3117"\w*, \w their|strong="H7725"\w* \w fields|strong="H7704"\w*, \w their|strong="H7725"\w* \w vineyards|strong="H3754"\w*, \w their|strong="H7725"\w* \w olive|strong="H2132"\w* \w groves|strong="H2132"\w*, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w their|strong="H7725"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w*, \w also|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w hundredth|strong="H3967"\w* \w part|strong="H0859"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w money|strong="H3701"\w*, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w grain|strong="H1715"\w*, \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w new|strong="H8492"\w* \w wine|strong="H8492"\w*, \w and|strong="H3967"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w oil|strong="H3323"\w*, \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w are|strong="H0834"\w* charging \w them|strong="H7725"\w*.”<pb/>


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“\w Remember|strong="H2142"\w*, \w my|strong="H1961"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w Tobiah|strong="H2900"\w* \w and|strong="H0430"\w* \w Sanballat|strong="H5571"\w* according \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w these|strong="H0428"\w* \w their|strong="H1961"\w* \w works|strong="H4639"\w*, \w and|strong="H0430"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w prophetess|strong="H5031"\w* \w Noadiah|strong="H5129"\w* \w and|strong="H0430"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w would|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w put|strong="H2142"\w* \w me|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H0430"\w* \w fear|strong="H3372"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w I|strong="H5704"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*, “\w Don’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w let|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w gates|strong="H8179"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w opened|strong="H6605"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w sun|strong="H8121"\w* \w is|strong="H0376"\w* \w hot|strong="H2527"\w*; \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w while|strong="H5704"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w stand|strong="H5975"\w* \w guard|strong="H4929"\w*, \w let|strong="H3808"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w shut|strong="H1479"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w doors|strong="H1817"\w*, \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w you|strong="H5704"\w* bar \w them|strong="H1992"\w*; \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w appoint|strong="H5975"\w* watches \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w everyone|strong="H0376"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w his|strong="H0376"\w* \w watch|strong="H4931"\w*, \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w everyone|strong="H0376"\w* \w near|strong="H5048"\w* \w his|strong="H0376"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.”<pb/>


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• \w The|strong="H1121"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w*: \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w forty-five|strong="H0705"\w*.


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• \w The|strong="H1121"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Lod, \w Hadid|strong="H2307"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ono|strong="H0207"\w*: \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* twenty-one.


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• \w The|strong="H1121"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Senaah|strong="H5570"\w*: \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w nine|strong="H8672"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w*.<pb/>


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• \w The|strong="H1121"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*: \w The|strong="H1121"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jedaiah|strong="H3048"\w*, \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1121"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jeshua|strong="H3442"\w*: \w nine|strong="H8672"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* seventy-three.


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• \w The|strong="H1121"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Immer|strong="H0564"\w*: \w one|strong="H1121"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w fifty-two|strong="H2572"\w*.


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• \w The|strong="H1121"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Pashhur|strong="H6583"\w*: \w one|strong="H1121"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w two|strong="H3967"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* forty-seven.


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• \w The|strong="H1121"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Harim|strong="H2766"\w*: \w one|strong="H1121"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w seventeen|strong="H6240"\w*.<pb/>


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\w That|strong="H3605"\w* which \w the|strong="H3605"\w* rest \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* gave \w was|strong="H3478"\w* twenty thousand darics \w of|strong="H1121"\w* gold, plus \w two|strong="H4480"\w* thousand minas \w of|strong="H1121"\w* silver, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* sixty-seven \w priests’|strong="H3548"\w* garments.<pb/>


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So the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, some of the people, the temple servants, and all Israel lived in their cities. <pb/>When the seventh month had come, the children of Israel were in their cities.<pb/>


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\w Ezra|strong="H5830"\w* \w opened|strong="H6605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w book|strong="H5612"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* \w of|strong="H5869"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* (\w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w above|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*), \w and|strong="H5869"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w opened|strong="H6605"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w up|strong="H5975"\w*.


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\w Then|strong="H6030"\w* \w Ezra|strong="H5830"\w* \w blessed|strong="H1288"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*. <pb/>\w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w*, “\w Amen|strong="H0543"\w*, \w Amen|strong="H0543"\w*,” \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w lifting|strong="H4607"\w* \w up|strong="H0853"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w bowed|strong="H7812"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* heads, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* worshipped \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w faces|strong="H0639"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w ground|strong="H0776"\w*.


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\w Also|strong="H0853"\w* \w Jeshua|strong="H3442"\w*, \w Bani|strong="H1137"\w*, \w Sherebiah|strong="H8274"\w*, \w Jamin|strong="H3226"\w*, \w Akkub|strong="H6126"\w*, \w Shabbethai|strong="H7678"\w*, \w Hodiah|strong="H1941"\w*, \w Maaseiah|strong="H4641"\w*, \w Kelita|strong="H7042"\w*, \w Azariah|strong="H5838"\w*, \w Jozabad|strong="H3107"\w*, \w Hanan|strong="H2605"\w*, \w Pelaiah|strong="H6411"\w*, \w and|strong="H0853"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w*, caused \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w understand|strong="H0995"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w law|strong="H8451"\w*; \w and|strong="H0853"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* stayed \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w place|strong="H5977"\w*.


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\w They|strong="H0430"\w* \w read|strong="H7121"\w* \w in|strong="H0430"\w* \w the|strong="H7760"\w* \w book|strong="H5612"\w*, \w in|strong="H0430"\w* \w the|strong="H7760"\w* \w law|strong="H8451"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, distinctly; \w and|strong="H0430"\w* \w they|strong="H0430"\w* \w gave|strong="H7121"\w* \w the|strong="H7760"\w* \w sense|strong="H7922"\w*, \w so|strong="H7121"\w* \w that|strong="H7121"\w* \w they|strong="H0430"\w* \w understood|strong="H0995"\w* \w the|strong="H7760"\w* \w reading|strong="H7121"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Nehemiah|strong="H5166"\w*, \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w governor|strong="H8660"\w*, \w Ezra|strong="H5830"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w scribe|strong="H5608"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w taught|strong="H0995"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, “\w Today|strong="H3117"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w holy|strong="H6918"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*. \w Don’t|strong="H0408"\w* \w mourn|strong="H0056"\w*, \w nor|strong="H0408"\w* \w weep|strong="H1058"\w*.” \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w wept|strong="H1058"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w law|strong="H8451"\w*.


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\w Then|strong="H7971"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w*, “\w Go|strong="H7971"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w way|strong="H7971"\w*. \w Eat|strong="H0398"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* fat, \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w sweet|strong="H4477"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w portions|strong="H4490"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w him|strong="H7971"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* whom \w nothing|strong="H0369"\w* \w is|strong="H0369"\w* \w prepared|strong="H3559"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w* \w is|strong="H0369"\w* \w holy|strong="H6918"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w Lord|strong="H3068"\w*. \w Don’t|strong="H0408"\w* \w be|strong="H0408"\w* \w grieved|strong="H6087"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w joy|strong="H2304"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H0369"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w strength|strong="H4581"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w So|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w* \w calmed|strong="H2814"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, “Hold \w your|strong="H3605"\w* peace, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w is|strong="H3117"\w* \w holy|strong="H6918"\w*. \w Don’t|strong="H0408"\w* \w be|strong="H0408"\w* \w grieved|strong="H6087"\w*.”<pb/>


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Moreover \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w kingdoms|strong="H4467"\w* \w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w peoples|strong="H5971"\w*, which \w you|strong="H5414"\w* allotted according \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* portions. \w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w they|strong="H5971"\w* \w possessed|strong="H3423"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Sihon|strong="H5511"\w*, \w even|strong="H0853"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Heshbon|strong="H2809"\w*, \w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Og|strong="H5747"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Bashan|strong="H1316"\w*.


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\w For|strong="H0776"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w served|strong="H5647"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w in|strong="H0776"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* \w kingdom|strong="H4438"\w*, \w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w in|strong="H0776"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w great|strong="H7227"\w* \w goodness|strong="H2898"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*, \w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w in|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w large|strong="H7227"\w* \w and|strong="H0776"\w* rich \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*. \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w didn’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w turn|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7451"\w* \w works|strong="H5647"\w*.<pb/>


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“\w Behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w we|strong="H0587"\w* \w are|strong="H0834"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w*, \w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w our|strong="H5414"\w* \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* \w its|strong="H5414"\w* \w fruit|strong="H6529"\w* \w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w its|strong="H5414"\w* \w good|strong="H2898"\w*, \w behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w we|strong="H0587"\w* \w are|strong="H0834"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w*.


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\w It|strong="H5414"\w* \w yields|strong="H5414"\w* \w much|strong="H7235"\w* \w increase|strong="H7235"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w whom|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w set|strong="H5414"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w our|strong="H5414"\w* \w sins|strong="H2403"\w*. \w Also|strong="H4428"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* power \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w our|strong="H5414"\w* \w bodies|strong="H1472"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w our|strong="H5414"\w* \w livestock|strong="H0929"\w*, \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* \w pleasure|strong="H7522"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w we|strong="H0587"\w* \w are|strong="H0834"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w distress|strong="H6869"\w*.


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Yet for all this, we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, our Levites, and our priests, seal it.”<pb/>


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Now \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w sealed|strong="H2856"\w* \w were|strong="H3881"\w*: Nehemiah \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w governor|strong="H8269"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* son \w of|strong="H8269"\w* Hacaliah, \w and|strong="H3548"\w* Zedekiah,


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\w The|strong="H8098"\w* Levites: Jeshua \w the|strong="H8098"\w* son \w of|strong="H3548"\w* Azaniah, Binnui \w of|strong="H3548"\w* \w the|strong="H8098"\w* sons \w of|strong="H3548"\w* Henadad, Kadmiel;


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\w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H3881"\w* brothers, Shebaniah, Hodiah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan,


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\w The|strong="H1137"\w* chiefs of \w the|strong="H1137"\w* people: Parosh, Pahathmoab, Elam, Zattu, \w Bani|strong="H1137"\w*,


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\w The|strong="H1196"\w* rest of \w the|strong="H1196"\w* people, \w the|strong="H1196"\w* priests, \w the|strong="H1196"\w* Levites, \w the|strong="H1196"\w* gatekeepers, \w the|strong="H1196"\w* singers, \w the|strong="H1196"\w* temple servants, \w and|strong="H4409"\w* all those who had separated themselves from \w the|strong="H1196"\w* peoples of \w the|strong="H1196"\w* lands to \w the|strong="H1196"\w* law of God, their wives, their sons, \w and|strong="H4409"\w* their daughters—everyone who had knowledge \w and|strong="H4409"\w* understanding—


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\w joined|strong="H0914"\w* \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* brothers, \w their|strong="H3605"\w* nobles, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w entered|strong="H0413"\w* \w into|strong="H0413"\w* \w a|strong="H0776"\w* curse \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w into|strong="H0413"\w* \w an|strong="H0430"\w* oath, \w to|strong="H0413"\w* walk \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w God’s|strong="H0430"\w* \w law|strong="H8451"\w*, \w which|strong="H0802"\w* \w was|strong="H0776"\w* given \w by|strong="H0413"\w* Moses \w the|strong="H3605"\w* servant \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w observe|strong="H3045"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w do|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* commandments \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* <font size=-1>LORD</font> \w our|strong="H3605"\w* Lord, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* ordinances \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* statutes;


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\w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w we|strong="H0834"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* not \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* daughters \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* peoples \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land, nor \w take|strong="H2388"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* daughters \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* sons;


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\w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w if|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w peoples|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w bring|strong="H3947"\w* wares \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w any|strong="H5414"\w* grain \w on|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* Sabbath day \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w sell|strong="H5414"\w*, \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w we|strong="H0834"\w* \w would|strong="H0834"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w buy|strong="H3947"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w on|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* Sabbath, \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w on|strong="H0776"\w* \w a|strong="H3947"\w* holy day; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w we|strong="H0834"\w* \w would|strong="H0834"\w* forego \w the|strong="H0853"\w* seventh year crops \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* exaction \w of|strong="H1121"\w* every debt.<pb/>


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\w Also|strong="H0853"\w* \w we|strong="H3117"\w* \w made|strong="H3605"\w* ordinances \w for|strong="H0776"\w* ourselves, \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w charge|strong="H3027"\w* ourselves \w yearly|strong="H3117"\w* \w with|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* third \w part|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w a|strong="H3947"\w* shekel<n>A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces.</n> \w for|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w service|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* house \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w*:


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\w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w show|strong="H5414"\w* bread, \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* continual meal offering, \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* continual burnt offering, \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Sabbaths, \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* new moons, \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w set|strong="H5414"\w* feasts, \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* holy \w things|strong="H4687"\w*, \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* sin offerings \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w make|strong="H5414"\w* atonement \w for|strong="H5921"\w* Israel, \w and|strong="H0430"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* all \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w work|strong="H5656"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w our|strong="H5921"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.


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\w We|strong="H3605"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* priests, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Levites, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* people, cast lots \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* wood \w offering|strong="H4503"\w*, \w to|strong="H5921"\w* bring \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w into|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w according|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* fathers’ \w houses|strong="H1004"\w*, \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w times|strong="H4150"\w* \w appointed|strong="H4150"\w* year \w by|strong="H5921"\w* year, \w to|strong="H5921"\w* burn \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* <font size=-1>LORD</font> \w our|strong="H3605"\w* \w God’s|strong="H0430"\w* altar, \w as|strong="H1004"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w is|strong="H0430"\w* written \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* law;


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\w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* first fruits \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* ground \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* first fruits \w of|strong="H1004"\w* all \w fruit|strong="H6086"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* all kinds \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w trees|strong="H6086"\w*, \w year|strong="H8141"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w*, \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*;


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\w also|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* firstborn \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* sons \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* livestock, \w as|strong="H0935"\w* \w it|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* written \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* law, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* firstborn \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* herds \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* flocks, \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* priests \w who|strong="H3605"\w* minister \w in|strong="H8141"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*;


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\w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w that|strong="H0929"\w* we \w should|strong="H3548"\w* \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* first fruits \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w our|strong="H0430"\w* dough, \w our|strong="H0430"\w* wave offerings, \w the|strong="H0853"\w* fruit \w of|strong="H1121"\w* all \w kinds|strong="H0929"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* trees, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* new wine \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* oil, \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w rooms|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w our|strong="H0430"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* tithes \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w our|strong="H0430"\w* ground \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* Levites; \w for|strong="H1004"\w* \w they|strong="H0935"\w*, \w the|strong="H0853"\w* Levites, \w take|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* tithes \w in|strong="H0935"\w* all \w our|strong="H0430"\w* farming villages.


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\w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* descendent \w of|strong="H1004"\w* Aaron, \w shall|strong="H3548"\w* \w be|strong="H0430"\w* \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w* \w when|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w* \w take|strong="H0935"\w* \w tithes|strong="H4643"\w*. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w* \w shall|strong="H3548"\w* \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* \w up|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w tithe|strong="H4643"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w tithes|strong="H4643"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w rooms|strong="H3957"\w*, \w into|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* treasure \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.


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\w For|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Israel \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Levi|strong="H3881"\w* \w shall|strong="H3548"\w* \w bring|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* wave \w offering|strong="H5927"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* grain, \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* new wine, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* oil, \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w rooms|strong="H3957"\w* \w where|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* vessels \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w sanctuary|strong="H1004"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w who|strong="H3548"\w* minister, \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* gatekeepers \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* singers. We \w will|strong="H0430"\w* \w not|strong="H1961"\w* forsake \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w our|strong="H0430"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.<pb/>


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\w The|strong="H0935"\w* \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H0935"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*. \w The|strong="H0935"\w* \w rest|strong="H7605"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H0935"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w also|strong="H0935"\w* \w cast|strong="H5307"\w* \w lots|strong="H1486"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w the|strong="H0935"\w* \w holy|strong="H6944"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w nine|strong="H8672"\w* \w parts|strong="H3027"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H0935"\w* \w other|strong="H0259"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*.


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\w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w blessed|strong="H1288"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w willingly|strong="H5068"\w* \w offered|strong="H5068"\w* themselves \w to|strong="H0376"\w* \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Then|strong="H0853"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w contended|strong="H7378"\w* \w with|strong="H0854"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w nobles|strong="H2715"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w*, “\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w profane|strong="H2490"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="H7676"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*?


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So \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w merchants|strong="H7402"\w* \w and|strong="H3389"\w* sellers \w of|strong="H3605"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w kinds|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3605"\w* wares camped \w outside|strong="H2351"\w* \w of|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w once|strong="H6471"\w* \w or|strong="H4376"\w* \w twice|strong="H6471"\w*.


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\w Then|strong="H0935"\w* \w I|strong="H0518"\w* \w testified|strong="H5749"\w* \w against|strong="H0413"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*, “\w Why|strong="H4069"\w* \w do|strong="H0518"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w stay|strong="H3885"\w* \w around|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w*? \w If|strong="H0518"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w do|strong="H0518"\w* \w so|strong="H4480"\w* \w again|strong="H7971"\w*, \w I|strong="H0518"\w* \w will|strong="H3027"\w* \w lay|strong="H7971"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w on|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w*.” \w From|strong="H4480"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w on|strong="H0413"\w*, \w they|strong="H0518"\w* \w didn’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w on|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="H7676"\w*.


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\w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w commanded|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w should|strong="H0559"\w* \w purify|strong="H2891"\w* \w themselves|strong="H6942"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w should|strong="H0559"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w keep|strong="H8104"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w gates|strong="H8179"\w*, \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w sanctify|strong="H6942"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="H7676"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*. \w Remember|strong="H2142"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w*, \w my|strong="H8104"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w spare|strong="H2347"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w according|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w greatness|strong="H7230"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* loving \w kindness|strong="H2617"\w*.<pb/>


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\w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H0369"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w spoke|strong="H1696"\w* \w half|strong="H2677"\w* \w in|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1696"\w* \w speech|strong="H3956"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Ashdod|strong="H0797"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w could|strong="H5971"\w* \w not|strong="H0369"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* \w in|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H1696"\w* Jews’ \w language|strong="H3956"\w*, \w but|strong="H0369"\w* according \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H1696"\w* \w language|strong="H3956"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w each|strong="H5971"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.


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\w I|strong="H0518"\w* \w contended|strong="H7378"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*, \w cursed|strong="H7043"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*, \w struck|strong="H5221"\w* \w certain|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*, plucked \w off|strong="H5375"\w* \w their|strong="H5375"\w* \w hair|strong="H4803"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w made|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w swear|strong="H7650"\w* \w by|strong="H7650"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, “\w You|strong="H5414"\w* \w shall|strong="H1121"\w* \w not|strong="H0518"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w their|strong="H5375"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, \w nor|strong="H0518"\w* \w take|strong="H5375"\w* \w their|strong="H5375"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* \w for|strong="H0518"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, \w or|strong="H0518"\w* \w for|strong="H0518"\w* \w yourselves|strong="H5375"\w*.


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\w Didn’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w sin|strong="H2398"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w these|strong="H0428"\w* \w things|strong="H0428"\w*? \w Yet|strong="H1571"\w* amongst \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w like|strong="H3644"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w he|strong="H0430"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w loved|strong="H0157"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w made|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w Nevertheless|strong="H1571"\w* \w foreign|strong="H5237"\w* \w women|strong="H0802"\w* \w caused|strong="H1961"\w* \w even|strong="H1571"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w sin|strong="H2398"\w*.


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\w Shall|strong="H0802"\w* \w we|strong="H8085"\w* \w then|strong="H0853"\w* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H8085"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*, \w to|strong="H8085"\w* trespass \w against|strong="H3605"\w* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w marrying|strong="H3427"\w* \w foreign|strong="H5237"\w* \w women|strong="H0802"\w*?”<pb/>


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\w One|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Joiada|strong="H3111"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Eliashib|strong="H0475"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w high|strong="H1419"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, \w was|strong="H1121"\w* \w son-in-law|strong="H2860"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w Sanballat|strong="H5571"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Horonite|strong="H2772"\w*; therefore \w I|strong="H5921"\w* chased \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*.


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\w Remember|strong="H2142"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*, \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w have|strong="H0430"\w* \w defiled|strong="H1352"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w priesthood|strong="H3550"\w* \w and|strong="H0430"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w priesthood|strong="H3550"\w* \w and|strong="H0430"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w*.<pb/>


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\w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w Haman|strong="H2001"\w*, “\w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w is|strong="H4428"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*, \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w also|strong="H4428"\w*, \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w with|strong="H4428"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w as|strong="H5414"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w seems|strong="H5869"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w Then|strong="H2088"\w* \w Esther|strong="H0635"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w Hathach|strong="H2047"\w*, \w one|strong="H2088"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w eunuchs|strong="H5631"\w*, \w whom|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w appointed|strong="H5975"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w attend|strong="H6440"\w* \w her|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* go \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w Mordecai|strong="H4782"\w*, \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w find|strong="H3045"\w* \w out|strong="H3045"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w why|strong="H4100"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w*.


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\w So|strong="H3318"\w* \w Hathach|strong="H2047"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Mordecai|strong="H4782"\w*, \w to|strong="H0413"\w* the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w square|strong="H7339"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*.


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\w He|strong="H0834"\w* \w also|strong="H0853"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w copy|strong="H6572"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w writing|strong="H3791"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w decree|strong="H1881"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w out|strong="H6440"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Susa|strong="H7800"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w destroy|strong="H8045"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*, \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w show|strong="H7200"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Esther|strong="H0635"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w declare|strong="H5046"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w her|strong="H0413"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* urge \w her|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w go|strong="H0935"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w make|strong="H5414"\w* supplication \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w make|strong="H5414"\w* \w request|strong="H1245"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w her|strong="H0413"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Hathach|strong="H2047"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w Esther|strong="H0635"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w Mordecai|strong="H4782"\w*.


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\w Then|strong="H0559"\w* \w Esther|strong="H0635"\w* \w spoke|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Hathach|strong="H2047"\w*, \w and|strong="H0413"\w* \w gave|strong="H6680"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w a|strong="H6680"\w* message \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Mordecai|strong="H4782"\w*:


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“\w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w provinces|strong="H4082"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w whoever|strong="H3605"\w*, whether \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w woman|strong="H0802"\w*, \w comes|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w into|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w inner|strong="H6442"\w* \w court|strong="H2691"\w* \w without|strong="H3808"\w* being \w called|strong="H7121"\w*, \w there|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w law|strong="H1881"\w* \w for|strong="H7121"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w be|strong="H4191"\w* \w put|strong="H4191"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w death|strong="H4191"\w*, \w except|strong="H3808"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w whom|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w might|strong="H0834"\w* hold \w out|strong="H3045"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w golden|strong="H2091"\w* sceptre, \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w may|strong="H0376"\w* \w live|strong="H2421"\w*. \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w been|strong="H0834"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w these|strong="H2088"\w* \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w Then|strong="H0559"\w* \w Mordecai|strong="H4782"\w* \w asked|strong="H0559"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w this|strong="H7725"\w* \w answer|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Esther|strong="H0635"\w*: “\w Don’t|strong="H0408"\w* \w think|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w yourself|strong="H5315"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w escape|strong="H4422"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w more|strong="H5315"\w* \w than|strong="H4428"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jews|strong="H3064"\w*.


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\w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w if|strong="H0518"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w remain|strong="H5975"\w* \w silent|strong="H2790"\w* \w now|strong="H3588"\w*, \w then|strong="H0859"\w* \w relief|strong="H7305"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w deliverance|strong="H2020"\w* \w will|strong="H4310"\w* \w come|strong="H5060"\w* \w to|strong="H6256"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w Jews|strong="H3064"\w* \w from|strong="H0006"\w* \w another|strong="H0312"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w your|strong="H3045"\w* \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w will|strong="H4310"\w* \w perish|strong="H0006"\w*. \w Who|strong="H4310"\w* \w knows|strong="H3045"\w* \w if|strong="H0518"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* haven’t \w come|strong="H5060"\w* \w to|strong="H6256"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w kingdom|strong="H4438"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w such|strong="H2063"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w as|strong="H3588"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w*?”<pb/>


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\w Then|strong="H0559"\w* \w Esther|strong="H0635"\w* \w asked|strong="H0559"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w answer|strong="H7725"\w* \w Mordecai|strong="H4782"\w*,


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“\w Go|strong="H0935"\w*, \w gather|strong="H3664"\w* \w together|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jews|strong="H3064"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w are|strong="H0834"\w* \w present|strong="H4672"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Susa|strong="H7800"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w fast|strong="H6684"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w neither|strong="H3808"\w* \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* \w nor|strong="H3808"\w* \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*, \w night|strong="H3915"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*. \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w maidens|strong="H5291"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w fast|strong="H6684"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w same|strong="H3651"\w* \w way|strong="H3605"\w*. \w Then|strong="H0853"\w* \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w go|strong="H0935"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w law|strong="H1881"\w*; \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w if|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w perish|strong="H0006"\w*, \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w perish|strong="H0006"\w*.”


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\w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w Mordecai|strong="H4782"\w* went \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w way|strong="H3605"\w*, \w and|strong="H3605"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w according|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w Esther|strong="H0635"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Now|strong="H1961"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w third|strong="H7992"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, \w Esther|strong="H0635"\w* \w put|strong="H3847"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w her|strong="H5921"\w* \w royal|strong="H4438"\w* \w clothing|strong="H3847"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w inner|strong="H6442"\w* \w court|strong="H2691"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w next|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*. \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w royal|strong="H4438"\w* \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w royal|strong="H4438"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w next|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w entrance|strong="H6607"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.


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\w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w Esther|strong="H0635"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w queen|strong="H4436"\w* \w standing|strong="H5975"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w court|strong="H2691"\w*, \w she|strong="H0834"\w* \w obtained|strong="H5375"\w* favour \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H5375"\w* \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*; \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w held|strong="H1961"\w* \w out|strong="H7200"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w Esther|strong="H0635"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w golden|strong="H2091"\w* sceptre \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H5375"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*. \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w Esther|strong="H0635"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w near|strong="H7126"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w touched|strong="H5060"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w top|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* sceptre.<pb/>


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\w Then|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w asked|strong="H0559"\w* \w her|strong="H5414"\w*, “\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w would|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w like|strong="H5704"\w*, \w queen|strong="H4436"\w* \w Esther|strong="H0635"\w*? \w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w request|strong="H1246"\w*? \w It|strong="H5414"\w* \w shall|strong="H4428"\w* \w be|strong="H4428"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w even|strong="H5704"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w half|strong="H2677"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w kingdom|strong="H4438"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w Esther|strong="H0635"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w If|strong="H0518"\w* \w it|strong="H0518"\w* seems \w good|strong="H2895"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, let \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w Haman|strong="H2001"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w today|strong="H3117"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w banquet|strong="H4960"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w prepared|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w Then|strong="H0853"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Bring|strong="H0935"\w* \w Haman|strong="H2001"\w* \w quickly|strong="H4116"\w*, \w so|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w* \w may|strong="H0834"\w* \w be|strong="H1697"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w Esther|strong="H0635"\w* \w has|strong="H0834"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*.” \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w Haman|strong="H2001"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w banquet|strong="H4960"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w Esther|strong="H0635"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w prepared|strong="H6213"\w*.<pb/>


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\w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w Esther|strong="H0635"\w* \w at|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w banquet|strong="H4960"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w*, “\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w petition|strong="H7596"\w*? \w It|strong="H5414"\w* \w shall|strong="H4428"\w* \w be|strong="H4428"\w* \w granted|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*. \w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w request|strong="H1246"\w*? \w Even|strong="H5704"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w half|strong="H2677"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w kingdom|strong="H4438"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w shall|strong="H4428"\w* \w be|strong="H4428"\w* \w performed|strong="H5414"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w Then|strong="H6030"\w* \w Esther|strong="H0635"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w* \w and|strong="H0559"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w My|strong="H0559"\w* \w petition|strong="H7596"\w* \w and|strong="H0559"\w* \w my|strong="H0559"\w* \w request|strong="H1246"\w* \w is|strong="H0559"\w* this.


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\w If|strong="H0518"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* favour \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w if|strong="H0518"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w pleases|strong="H2895"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w grant|strong="H5414"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w petition|strong="H7596"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w perform|strong="H6213"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w request|strong="H1246"\w*, \w let|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w Haman|strong="H2001"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w banquet|strong="H4960"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w prepare|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w tomorrow|strong="H4279"\w* \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w has|strong="H0834"\w* \w said|strong="H0413"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w Then|strong="H6965"\w* \w Haman|strong="H2001"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w joyful|strong="H8056"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w glad|strong="H8056"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w when|strong="H3117"\w* \w Haman|strong="H2001"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w Mordecai|strong="H4782"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*, \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w didn’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w stand|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w nor|strong="H3808"\w* move \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w filled|strong="H4390"\w* \w with|strong="H4390"\w* \w wrath|strong="H2534"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w Mordecai|strong="H4782"\w*.


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Nevertheless \w Haman|strong="H2001"\w* \w restrained|strong="H0662"\w* \w himself|strong="H0413"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w went|strong="H0935"\w* \w home|strong="H1004"\w*. There, \w he|strong="H0853"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* called \w for|strong="H0413"\w* \w his|strong="H7971"\w* \w friends|strong="H0157"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w Zeresh|strong="H2238"\w* \w his|strong="H7971"\w* \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*.


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\w Haman|strong="H2001"\w* \w recounted|strong="H5608"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w glory|strong="H3519"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w riches|strong="H6239"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w multitude|strong="H7230"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w promoted|strong="H1431"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w how|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w advanced|strong="H5375"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w above|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Haman|strong="H2001"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Yes|strong="H3588"\w*, \w Esther|strong="H0635"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w queen|strong="H4436"\w* \w let|strong="H0637"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* man \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w banquet|strong="H4960"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w she|strong="H0834"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w prepared|strong="H6213"\w* \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w myself|strong="H0589"\w*; \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w tomorrow|strong="H4279"\w* \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w am|strong="H0589"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w invited|strong="H7121"\w* \w by|strong="H0413"\w* \w her|strong="H0413"\w* \w together|strong="H5973"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.


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\w Yet|strong="H0369"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* avails \w me|strong="H7200"\w* \w nothing|strong="H0369"\w*, \w so|strong="H0834"\w* long \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w Mordecai|strong="H4782"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jew|strong="H3064"\w* \w sitting|strong="H3427"\w* \w at|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w Then|strong="H0853"\w* \w Zeresh|strong="H2238"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w friends|strong="H0157"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, “\w Let|strong="H8056"\w* \w a|strong="H0935"\w* \w gallows|strong="H6086"\w* \w be|strong="H1697"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w*<n>A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimetres.</n> \w high|strong="H1364"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* \w speak|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w hanging|strong="H8518"\w* \w Mordecai|strong="H4782"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*. \w Then|strong="H0853"\w* \w go|strong="H0935"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* merrily \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w banquet|strong="H4960"\w*.” \w This|strong="H1697"\w* \w pleased|strong="H3190"\w* \w Haman|strong="H2001"\w*, \w so|strong="H6213"\w* \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w gallows|strong="H6086"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w*.<pb/>


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\w On|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w*, \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* couldn’t \w sleep|strong="H8142"\w*. \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w commanded|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w book|strong="H5612"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w records|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w chronicles|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w brought|strong="H0935"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w read|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.


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\w It|strong="H5921"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w Mordecai|strong="H4782"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Bigthana|strong="H0904"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w Teresh|strong="H8657"\w*, \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w eunuchs|strong="H5631"\w*, \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w doorkeepers|strong="H5592"\w*, \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w tried|strong="H1245"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w lay|strong="H7971"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Ahasuerus|strong="H0325"\w*.


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\w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w What|strong="H4100"\w* honour \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w dignity|strong="H1420"\w* \w has|strong="H4428"\w* \w been|strong="H3808"\w* given \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w Mordecai|strong="H4782"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w*?” <pb/>\w Then|strong="H2088"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w servants|strong="H5288"\w* \w who|strong="H5288"\w* \w attended|strong="H8334"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Nothing|strong="H3808"\w* \w has|strong="H4428"\w* \w been|strong="H3808"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Who|strong="H0834"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w court|strong="H2691"\w*?” \w Now|strong="H0935"\w* \w Haman|strong="H2001"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w into|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w outer|strong="H2435"\w* \w court|strong="H2691"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w speak|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w hanging|strong="H8518"\w* \w Mordecai|strong="H4782"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w gallows|strong="H6086"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w prepared|strong="H3559"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*.<pb/>


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\w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w servants|strong="H5288"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, “\w Behold|strong="H2009"\w*,<n>“Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.</n> \w Haman|strong="H2001"\w* \w stands|strong="H5975"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w court|strong="H2691"\w*.” <pb/>\w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “Let \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w*.”


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\w So|strong="H4480"\w* \w Haman|strong="H2001"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w*. \w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w him|strong="H0935"\w*, “\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w shall|strong="H0376"\w* \w be|strong="H0376"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w whom|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w delights|strong="H2654"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* honour?” <pb/>\w Now|strong="H0935"\w* \w Haman|strong="H2001"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w his|strong="H0834"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*, “\w Who|strong="H0834"\w* \w would|strong="H4310"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w delight|strong="H2654"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* honour \w more|strong="H4480"\w* \w than|strong="H4480"\w* \w myself|strong="H3820"\w*?”


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\w Haman|strong="H2001"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, “\w For|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w whom|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w delights|strong="H2654"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* honour,


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\w let|strong="H5414"\w* \w royal|strong="H4438"\w* \w clothing|strong="H3830"\w* \w be|strong="H4428"\w* \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* uses \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w wear|strong="H3847"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w horse|strong="H5483"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w rides|strong="H7392"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w head|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w a|strong="H5414"\w* \w royal|strong="H4438"\w* \w crown|strong="H3804"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w set|strong="H5414"\w*.


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\w Let|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w clothing|strong="H3830"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w horse|strong="H5483"\w* \w be|strong="H0376"\w* \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w one|strong="H0376"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w most|strong="H4428"\w* \w noble|strong="H6579"\w* \w princes|strong="H8269"\w*, \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w may|strong="H0376"\w* \w array|strong="H3847"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w whom|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w delights|strong="H2654"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* honour \w with|strong="H3847"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*, \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w ride|strong="H7392"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w horseback|strong="H5483"\w* \w through|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w square|strong="H7339"\w*, \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w proclaim|strong="H7121"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w*, ‘\w Thus|strong="H3602"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w shall|strong="H0376"\w* \w be|strong="H0376"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w whom|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w delights|strong="H2654"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* honour!’”<pb/>


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\w Then|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w Haman|strong="H2001"\w*, “\w Hurry|strong="H4116"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w clothing|strong="H3830"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w horse|strong="H5483"\w*, \w as|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w this|strong="H3651"\w* \w for|strong="H3605"\w* \w Mordecai|strong="H4782"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jew|strong="H3064"\w*, \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w sits|strong="H3427"\w* \w at|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*. \w Let|strong="H0408"\w* \w nothing|strong="H0408"\w* \w fail|strong="H5307"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w Then|strong="H3947"\w* \w Haman|strong="H2001"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w clothing|strong="H3830"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w horse|strong="H5483"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w arrayed|strong="H3847"\w* \w Mordecai|strong="H4782"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w* \w ride|strong="H7392"\w* through \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w square|strong="H7339"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w proclaimed|strong="H7121"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w*, “\w Thus|strong="H3602"\w* \w it|strong="H7121"\w* \w shall|strong="H0376"\w* \w be|strong="H0376"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w whom|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w delights|strong="H2654"\w* \w to|strong="H0376"\w* honour!”<pb/>


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\w Mordecai|strong="H4782"\w* \w came|strong="H0413"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0413"\w* \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*, \w but|strong="H4428"\w* \w Haman|strong="H2001"\w* \w hurried|strong="H1765"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w his|strong="H7725"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w mourning|strong="H0057"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w having|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H7725"\w* \w head|strong="H7218"\w* \w covered|strong="H2645"\w*.


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\w Haman|strong="H2001"\w* \w recounted|strong="H5608"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w Zeresh|strong="H2238"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* \w and|strong="H0802"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w friends|strong="H0157"\w* \w everything|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w happened|strong="H7136"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w*. \w Then|strong="H0853"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* \w men|strong="H2450"\w* \w and|strong="H0802"\w* \w Zeresh|strong="H2238"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w*, “\w If|strong="H0518"\w* \w Mordecai|strong="H4782"\w*, \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w whom|strong="H0834"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w begun|strong="H2490"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w fall|strong="H5307"\w*, \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w Jewish|strong="H3064"\w* \w descent|strong="H2233"\w*, \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w prevail|strong="H3201"\w* \w against|strong="H6440"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* \w surely|strong="H3588"\w* \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w him|strong="H0853"\w*.”


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\w While|strong="H5750"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w yet|strong="H5750"\w* \w talking|strong="H1696"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w eunuchs|strong="H5631"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w hurried|strong="H0926"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* \w Haman|strong="H2001"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w banquet|strong="H4960"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w Esther|strong="H0635"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w prepared|strong="H6213"\w*.<pb/>


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\w So|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0935"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w Haman|strong="H2001"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* banquet \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w Esther|strong="H0635"\w* \w the|strong="H0935"\w* \w queen|strong="H4436"\w*.


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\w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w again|strong="H8145"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w Esther|strong="H0635"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w second|strong="H8145"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w at|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w banquet|strong="H4960"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w*, “\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w petition|strong="H7596"\w*, \w queen|strong="H4436"\w* \w Esther|strong="H0635"\w*? \w It|strong="H5414"\w* \w shall|strong="H3117"\w* \w be|strong="H1571"\w* \w granted|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*. \w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w request|strong="H1246"\w*? \w Even|strong="H1571"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w half|strong="H2677"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w kingdom|strong="H4438"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w shall|strong="H3117"\w* \w be|strong="H1571"\w* \w performed|strong="H5414"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w Then|strong="H6030"\w* \w Esther|strong="H0635"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w queen|strong="H4436"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w If|strong="H0518"\w* \w I|strong="H0518"\w* \w have|strong="H5869"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* favour \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H5414"\w* \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*, \w O|strong="H5315"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w if|strong="H0518"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w pleases|strong="H2895"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w let|strong="H5414"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w life|strong="H5315"\w* \w be|strong="H5315"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w petition|strong="H7596"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w request|strong="H1246"\w*.


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\w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H5650"\w* \w sold|strong="H4376"\w*, \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w my|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w to|strong="H0369"\w* \w be|strong="H4428"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H8045"\w*, \w to|strong="H0369"\w* \w be|strong="H4428"\w* \w slain|strong="H2026"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w to|strong="H0369"\w* \w perish|strong="H0006"\w*. \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H0369"\w* \w been|strong="H0006"\w* \w sold|strong="H4376"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w male|strong="H5650"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w female|strong="H8198"\w* \w slaves|strong="H5650"\w*, \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w would|strong="H8198"\w* \w have|strong="H0369"\w* held \w my|strong="H3588"\w* peace, \w although|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* adversary \w could|strong="H5971"\w* \w not|strong="H0369"\w* \w have|strong="H0369"\w* compensated \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* loss.”<pb/>


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\w Then|strong="H2088"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Ahasuerus|strong="H0325"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w Esther|strong="H0635"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w queen|strong="H4436"\w*, “\w Who|strong="H0834"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w where|strong="H0834"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* dared presume \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H0834"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w so|strong="H3651"\w*?”<pb/>


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\w Esther|strong="H0635"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w An|strong="H6440"\w* adversary \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w an|strong="H6440"\w* \w enemy|strong="H0341"\w*, even \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7451"\w* \w Haman|strong="H2001"\w*!” <pb/>\w Then|strong="H2088"\w* \w Haman|strong="H2001"\w* \w was|strong="H0376"\w* afraid \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w queen|strong="H4436"\w*.


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\w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w arose|strong="H6965"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w wrath|strong="H2534"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w banquet|strong="H4960"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w went|strong="H6965"\w* \w into|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w palace|strong="H1055"\w* \w garden|strong="H1594"\w*. \w Haman|strong="H2001"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w make|strong="H7200"\w* \w request|strong="H1245"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w life|strong="H5315"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Esther|strong="H0635"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w queen|strong="H4436"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w there|strong="H5975"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w determined|strong="H3615"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.


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\w Then|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w palace|strong="H1004"\w* \w garden|strong="H1594"\w* \w into|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w place|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w banquet|strong="H4960"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w*; \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w Haman|strong="H2001"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w fallen|strong="H5307"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w couch|strong="H4296"\w* \w where|strong="H0834"\w* \w Esther|strong="H0635"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w*. \w Then|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Will|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w even|strong="H1571"\w* \w assault|strong="H3533"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w queen|strong="H4436"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*?” \w As|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*, \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w covered|strong="H2645"\w* \w Haman’s|strong="H2001"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Then|strong="H1696"\w* \w Harbonah|strong="H2726"\w*, \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w eunuchs|strong="H5631"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w were|strong="H0834"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w gallows|strong="H6086"\w* \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w*<n>A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimetres.</n> \w high|strong="H1364"\w*, \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w Haman|strong="H2001"\w* \w has|strong="H0834"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w Mordecai|strong="H4782"\w*, \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w spoke|strong="H1696"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w standing|strong="H5975"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w Haman’s|strong="H2001"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.” <pb/>\w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Hang|strong="H8518"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*!”<pb/>


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\w So|strong="H0834"\w* \w they|strong="H0834"\w* \w hanged|strong="H8518"\w* \w Haman|strong="H2001"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w gallows|strong="H6086"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w prepared|strong="H3559"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w Mordecai|strong="H4782"\w*. \w Then|strong="H0853"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w wrath|strong="H2534"\w* \w was|strong="H0834"\w* pacified.<pb/>


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\w On|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Ahasuerus|strong="H0325"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Haman|strong="H2001"\w*, \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Jews’|strong="H3064"\w* \w enemy|strong="H6887"\w*, \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w Esther|strong="H0635"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w queen|strong="H4436"\w*. \w Mordecai|strong="H4782"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*; \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w Esther|strong="H0635"\w* \w had|strong="H4428"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H1931"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w her|strong="H5046"\w*.


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\w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w took|strong="H5493"\w* \w off|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w ring|strong="H2885"\w*, \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w taken|strong="H5493"\w* \w from|strong="H5493"\w* \w Haman|strong="H2001"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w it|strong="H7760"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w Mordecai|strong="H4782"\w*. \w Esther|strong="H0635"\w* \w set|strong="H7760"\w* \w Mordecai|strong="H4782"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Haman|strong="H2001"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Esther|strong="H0635"\w* \w spoke|strong="H1696"\w* \w yet|strong="H3254"\w* \w again|strong="H3254"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* \w down|strong="H5307"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w feet|strong="H7272"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* begged \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* tears \w to|strong="H1696"\w* put \w away|strong="H5307"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* mischief \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Haman|strong="H2001"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Agagite|strong="H0091"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w plan|strong="H2803"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w had|strong="H0834"\w* \w planned|strong="H2803"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Jews|strong="H3064"\w*.


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\w Then|strong="H6965"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* held \w out|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w Esther|strong="H0635"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w golden|strong="H2091"\w* sceptre. \w So|strong="H6965"\w* \w Esther|strong="H0635"\w* \w arose|strong="H6965"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.


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\w She|strong="H0834"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w If|strong="H0518"\w* \w it|strong="H0518"\w* \w pleases|strong="H5869"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w if|strong="H0518"\w* \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* favour \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* \w seems|strong="H3605"\w* \w right|strong="H5869"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w am|strong="H0589"\w* pleasing \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, let \w it|strong="H0518"\w* \w be|strong="H1121"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w reverse|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w letters|strong="H5612"\w* \w devised|strong="H4284"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w Haman|strong="H2001"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Hammedatha \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Agagite|strong="H0091"\w*, \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w wrote|strong="H3789"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w destroy|strong="H0006"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jews|strong="H3064"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* \w are|strong="H0834"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w provinces|strong="H4082"\w*.


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\w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w how|strong="H0349"\w* \w can|strong="H3201"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w endure|strong="H3201"\w* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w would|strong="H0834"\w* \w come|strong="H4672"\w* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* \w my|strong="H7200"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*? \w How|strong="H0349"\w* \w can|strong="H3201"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w endure|strong="H3201"\w* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w destruction|strong="H7451"\w* \w of|strong="H4672"\w* \w my|strong="H7200"\w* \w relatives|strong="H4138"\w*?”<pb/>


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\w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Ahasuerus|strong="H0325"\w* \w laid|strong="H7760"\w* \w a|strong="H7760"\w* \w tribute|strong="H4522"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w islands|strong="H0339"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*.


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Aren’t \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w power|strong="H1369"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w might|strong="H1369"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w full|strong="H3117"\w* \w account|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w greatness|strong="H1420"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Mordecai|strong="H4782"\w*, \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w advanced|strong="H1431"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, \w written|strong="H3789"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w book|strong="H5612"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w chronicles|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Media|strong="H4074"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w Persia|strong="H6539"\w*?


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\w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w Mordecai|strong="H4782"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jew|strong="H3064"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* \w next|strong="H4932"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Ahasuerus|strong="H0325"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* amongst \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Jews|strong="H3064"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w accepted|strong="H7521"\w* \w by|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w multitude|strong="H7230"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w brothers|strong="H0251"\w*, \w seeking|strong="H1875"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w speaking|strong="H1696"\w* \w peace|strong="H7965"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w descendants|strong="H2233"\w*.


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\w There|strong="H1961"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w in|strong="H0430"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w of|strong="H0776"\w* \w Uz|strong="H5780"\w*, \w whose|strong="H0376"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w Job|strong="H0347"\w*. \w That|strong="H1931"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w was|strong="H8034"\w* \w blameless|strong="H8535"\w* \w and|strong="H0430"\w* \w upright|strong="H3477"\w*, \w and|strong="H0430"\w* \w one|strong="H0376"\w* \w who|strong="H0376"\w* feared \w God|strong="H0430"\w*,<n>The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).</n> \w and|strong="H0430"\w* \w turned|strong="H5493"\w* \w away|strong="H5493"\w* \w from|strong="H5493"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*.


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There \w were|strong="H1121"\w* \w born|strong="H3205"\w* \w to|strong="H3205"\w* \w him|strong="H3205"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*.


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\w His|strong="H3605"\w* \w possessions|strong="H4735"\w* also \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w*, \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w camels|strong="H1581"\w*, \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w yoke|strong="H6776"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w oxen|strong="H1241"\w*, \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w female|strong="H0860"\w* \w donkeys|strong="H0860"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w household|strong="H5657"\w*; \w so|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w this|strong="H1931"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w greatest|strong="H1419"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w east|strong="H6924"\w*.


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\w His|strong="H7971"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w went|strong="H1980"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w held|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H7121"\w* \w feast|strong="H4960"\w* \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w each|strong="H0376"\w* \w one|strong="H0376"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w his|strong="H7971"\w* birthday; \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w for|strong="H7121"\w* \w their|strong="H0398"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w sisters|strong="H0269"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w*.


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\w It|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w so|strong="H6213"\w*, \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w feasting|strong="H4960"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* run \w their|strong="H3605"\w* course, \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w Job|strong="H0347"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w sanctified|strong="H6942"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w rose|strong="H7925"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w early|strong="H7925"\w* \w in|strong="H0430"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w offered|strong="H5927"\w* \w burnt|strong="H5930"\w* \w offerings|strong="H5930"\w* \w according|strong="H3602"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w number|strong="H4557"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w them|strong="H7971"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w*. \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w Job|strong="H0347"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w It|strong="H3588"\w* \w may|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* renounced \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w in|strong="H0430"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w hearts|strong="H3824"\w*.” \w Job|strong="H0347"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w so|strong="H6213"\w* \w continually|strong="H3117"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Now|strong="H1961"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w God’s|strong="H0430"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w present|strong="H3320"\w* \w themselves|strong="H3320"\w* \w before|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w*,<n>When rendered in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS, “<font size=-1>LORD</font>” or “GOD” is the translation of God’s Proper Name.</n> \w Satan|strong="H7854"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* amongst \w them|strong="H5921"\w*.


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\w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Satan|strong="H7854"\w*, “\w Where|strong="H0370"\w* \w have|strong="H0776"\w* \w you|strong="H0935"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w from|strong="H0935"\w*?” <pb/>\w Then|strong="H6030"\w* \w Satan|strong="H7854"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w From|strong="H0935"\w* \w going|strong="H1980"\w* \w back|strong="H1980"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w forth|strong="H1980"\w* \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w from|strong="H0935"\w* \w walking|strong="H1980"\w* \w up|strong="H0935"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w down|strong="H1980"\w* \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w it|strong="H3068"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Satan|strong="H7854"\w*, “\w Have|strong="H0369"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* considered \w my|strong="H7760"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, \w Job|strong="H0347"\w*? \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w there|strong="H0369"\w* \w is|strong="H0369"\w* \w no|strong="H0369"\w* \w one|strong="H0376"\w* \w like|strong="H3644"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*, \w a|strong="H3588"\w* \w blameless|strong="H8535"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w an|strong="H7760"\w* \w upright|strong="H3477"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w*, \w one|strong="H0376"\w* \w who|strong="H0376"\w* \w fears|strong="H3373"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w turns|strong="H5493"\w* \w away|strong="H5493"\w* \w from|strong="H5493"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w Then|strong="H6030"\w* \w Satan|strong="H7854"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Does|strong="H3068"\w* \w Job|strong="H0347"\w* \w fear|strong="H3372"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w nothing|strong="H2600"\w*?


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\w Haven’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H0859"\w* \w made|strong="H4639"\w* \w a|strong="H0834"\w* \w hedge|strong="H7753"\w* \w around|strong="H5439"\w* \w him|strong="H3605"\w*, \w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w around|strong="H5439"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w around|strong="H5439"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w has|strong="H0834"\w*, \w on|strong="H0776"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w side|strong="H5439"\w*? \w You|strong="H0859"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w blessed|strong="H1288"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w work|strong="H4639"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*, \w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* substance \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w increased|strong="H6555"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w*.


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\w But|strong="H0518"\w* \w stretch|strong="H7971"\w* \w out|strong="H7971"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w now|strong="H4994"\w*, \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w touch|strong="H5060"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w has|strong="H0834"\w*, \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H0834"\w* renounce \w you|strong="H0834"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Satan|strong="H7854"\w*, “\w Behold|strong="H2009"\w*,<n>“Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.</n> \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w power|strong="H3027"\w*. \w Only|strong="H7535"\w* \w on|strong="H0413"\w* \w himself|strong="H3027"\w* \w don’t|strong="H0408"\w* \w stretch|strong="H7971"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.” <pb/>\w So|strong="H7971"\w* \w Satan|strong="H7854"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w presence|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w*.


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\w It|strong="H0398"\w* \w fell|strong="H1961"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w his|strong="H1961"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w his|strong="H1961"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w eating|strong="H0398"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w drinking|strong="H8354"\w* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w their|strong="H0398"\w* \w oldest|strong="H1060"\w* \w brother’s|strong="H0251"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*,


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\w that|strong="H0559"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w messenger|strong="H4397"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Job|strong="H0347"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w oxen|strong="H1241"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* ploughing, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w donkeys|strong="H0860"\w* feeding \w beside|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H0413"\w*,


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\w and|strong="H2719"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w Sabeans|strong="H7614"\w* \w attacked|strong="H5221"\w*, \w and|strong="H2719"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w them|strong="H0853"\w* \w away|strong="H3947"\w*. Yes, \w they|strong="H6310"\w* \w have|strong="H0589"\w* \w killed|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w servants|strong="H5288"\w* \w with|strong="H6310"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w edge|strong="H6310"\w* \w of|strong="H6310"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, \w and|strong="H2719"\w* \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w alone|strong="H0905"\w* \w have|strong="H0589"\w* \w escaped|strong="H4422"\w* \w to|strong="H5046"\w* \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w you|strong="H5046"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w there|strong="H2009"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w a|strong="H0935"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w wind|strong="H7307"\w* \w from|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w struck|strong="H5060"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w corners|strong="H6438"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w young|strong="H5288"\w* \w men|strong="H5288"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w are|strong="H1004"\w* \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*. \w I|strong="H0589"\w* \w alone|strong="H0905"\w* \w have|strong="H0589"\w* \w escaped|strong="H4422"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w He|strong="H8033"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Naked|strong="H6174"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w mother’s|strong="H0517"\w* \w womb|strong="H0990"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w naked|strong="H6174"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*. \w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w taken|strong="H3947"\w* \w away|strong="H7725"\w*. \w Blessed|strong="H1288"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>’s|strong="H3068"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w*.”


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\w In|strong="H0430"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w*, \w Job|strong="H0347"\w* \w didn’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w sin|strong="H2398"\w*, \w nor|strong="H3808"\w* \w charge|strong="H5414"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w with|strong="H0430"\w* wrongdoing.<pb/>


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\w Again|strong="H1961"\w*, \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w God’s|strong="H0430"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w present|strong="H3320"\w* \w themselves|strong="H3320"\w* \w before|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w*, \w Satan|strong="H7854"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* amongst \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w present|strong="H3320"\w* \w himself|strong="H3117"\w* \w before|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w*.


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\w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Satan|strong="H7854"\w*, “\w Where|strong="H0335"\w* \w have|strong="H0776"\w* \w you|strong="H0935"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w from|strong="H0935"\w*?” <pb/>\w Satan|strong="H7854"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w From|strong="H0935"\w* \w going|strong="H1980"\w* \w back|strong="H1980"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w forth|strong="H1980"\w* \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w from|strong="H0935"\w* \w walking|strong="H1980"\w* \w up|strong="H0935"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w down|strong="H1980"\w* \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w it|strong="H3068"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w The|strong="H0559"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Satan|strong="H7854"\w*, “\w Have|strong="H0369"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* considered \w my|strong="H7760"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w Job|strong="H0347"\w*? \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w there|strong="H0369"\w* \w is|strong="H0369"\w* \w no|strong="H0369"\w* \w one|strong="H0376"\w* \w like|strong="H3644"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*, \w a|strong="H3588"\w* \w blameless|strong="H8535"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w an|strong="H7760"\w* \w upright|strong="H3477"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w*, \w one|strong="H0376"\w* \w who|strong="H0376"\w* \w fears|strong="H3373"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w turns|strong="H5493"\w* \w away|strong="H5493"\w* \w from|strong="H5493"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*. \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w still|strong="H5750"\w* maintains \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w integrity|strong="H8538"\w*, \w although|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w incited|strong="H5496"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w* \w against|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w ruin|strong="H1104"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w without|strong="H0369"\w* \w cause|strong="H2600"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w Satan|strong="H7854"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, “\w Skin|strong="H5785"\w* \w for|strong="H1157"\w* \w skin|strong="H5785"\w*. Yes, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w a|strong="H5414"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H0834"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w for|strong="H1157"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w life|strong="H5315"\w*.


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\w But|strong="H0518"\w* \w stretch|strong="H7971"\w* \w out|strong="H7971"\w* \w your|strong="H6440"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w now|strong="H4994"\w*, \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w touch|strong="H5060"\w* \w his|strong="H7971"\w* \w bone|strong="H6106"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w his|strong="H7971"\w* \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w*, \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w he|strong="H0518"\w* \w will|strong="H3027"\w* renounce \w you|strong="H0518"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w your|strong="H6440"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w The|strong="H0853"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w Satan|strong="H7854"\w*, “\w Behold|strong="H2005"\w*, \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H0413"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*. \w Only|strong="H0389"\w* \w spare|strong="H8104"\w* \w his|strong="H8104"\w* \w life|strong="H5315"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w So|strong="H3318"\w* \w Satan|strong="H7854"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w presence|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w <font size=-1>LORD</font>|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w struck|strong="H5221"\w* \w Job|strong="H0347"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* painful sores \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w sole|strong="H3709"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w foot|strong="H7272"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w head|strong="H6936"\w*.


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\w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w for|strong="H3427"\w* \w himself|strong="H1931"\w* \w a|strong="H3947"\w* \w potsherd|strong="H2789"\w* \w to|strong="H3427"\w* \w scrape|strong="H1623"\w* \w himself|strong="H1931"\w* \w with|strong="H3427"\w*, \w and|strong="H3427"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* amongst \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w ashes|strong="H0665"\w*.


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\w Then|strong="H0559"\w* \w his|strong="H2388"\w* \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0559"\w* \w him|strong="H4191"\w*, “Do \w you|strong="H1288"\w* \w still|strong="H5750"\w* \w maintain|strong="H2388"\w* \w your|strong="H2388"\w* \w integrity|strong="H8538"\w*? Renounce \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w and|strong="H0430"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w he|strong="H0430"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w*, “\w You|strong="H3605"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* \w as|strong="H1571"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w foolish|strong="H5036"\w* \w women|strong="H5036"\w* \w would|strong="H0559"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w*. \w What|strong="H2896"\w*? \w Shall|strong="H3808"\w* \w we|strong="H3605"\w* \w receive|strong="H6901"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w at|strong="H0413"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* hand \w of|strong="H0430"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w and|strong="H0430"\w* \w shall|strong="H3808"\w* \w we|strong="H3605"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w receive|strong="H6901"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*?” <pb/>\w In|strong="H0413"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w Job|strong="H0347"\w* \w didn’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w sin|strong="H2398"\w* \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w lips|strong="H8193"\w*.


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\w Now|strong="H8085"\w* \w when|strong="H8085"\w* \w Job’s|strong="H0347"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w friends|strong="H7453"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w had|strong="H0376"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w each|strong="H0376"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w from|strong="H0935"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w own|strong="H0376"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w*: \w Eliphaz|strong="H0464"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Temanite|strong="H8489"\w*, \w Bildad|strong="H1085"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Shuhite|strong="H7747"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w Zophar|strong="H6691"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w Naamathite|strong="H5284"\w*; \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w made|strong="H3259"\w* \w an|strong="H0935"\w* \w appointment|strong="H3259"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* sympathise \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w comfort|strong="H5162"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*.


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\w When|strong="H0376"\w* \w they|strong="H0376"\w* \w lifted|strong="H5375"\w* \w up|strong="H5375"\w* \w their|strong="H5375"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H5375"\w* \w distance|strong="H7350"\w*, \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w didn’t|strong="H3808"\w* recognise \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, \w they|strong="H0376"\w* \w raised|strong="H5375"\w* \w their|strong="H5375"\w* \w voices|strong="H6963"\w*, \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w wept|strong="H1058"\w*; \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w they|strong="H0376"\w* \w each|strong="H0376"\w* \w tore|strong="H7167"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w robe|strong="H4598"\w*, \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w sprinkled|strong="H2236"\w* \w dust|strong="H6083"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H5375"\w* \w heads|strong="H7218"\w* towards \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w sky|strong="H8064"\w*.


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\w So|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* \w down|strong="H3427"\w* \w with|strong="H0854"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w ground|strong="H0776"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w nights|strong="H3915"\w*, \w and|strong="H0776"\w* \w no|strong="H0369"\w* \w one|strong="H0369"\w* \w spoke|strong="H1696"\w* \w a|strong="H3588"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w him|strong="H0413"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w his|strong="H7200"\w* \w grief|strong="H1697"\w* \w was|strong="H0369"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w great|strong="H1431"\w*.<pb/>


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\w After|strong="H0310"\w* \w this|strong="H3651"\w* \w Job|strong="H0347"\w* \w opened|strong="H6605"\w* \w his|strong="H7043"\w* \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w cursed|strong="H7043"\w* \w the|strong="H0853"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w his|strong="H7043"\w* birth.


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“Let \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w perish|strong="H0006"\w* \w in|strong="H3117"\w* which \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w was|strong="H3117"\w* \w born|strong="H3205"\w*, <pb/>\w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w* which \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, ‘There \w is|strong="H3117"\w* \w a|strong="H3205"\w* \w boy|strong="H1397"\w* conceived.’<pb/>


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\w Let|strong="H0408"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w darkness|strong="H2822"\w*. <pb/>\w Don’t|strong="H0408"\w* \w let|strong="H0408"\w* \w God|strong="H0433"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w above|strong="H5921"\w* \w seek|strong="H1875"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w*, <pb/>\w neither|strong="H0408"\w* \w let|strong="H0408"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w light|strong="H5105"\w* \w shine|strong="H3313"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Let|strong="H1350"\w* \w darkness|strong="H2822"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w shadow|strong="H6757"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w death|strong="H6757"\w* \w claim|strong="H1350"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* own. <pb/>\w Let|strong="H1350"\w* \w a|strong="H5921"\w* \w cloud|strong="H6053"\w* \w dwell|strong="H7931"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*. <pb/>\w Let|strong="H1350"\w* \w all|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* makes \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w black|strong="H6757"\w* \w terrify|strong="H1204"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*.<pb/>


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\w As|strong="H0935"\w* \w for|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w*, \w let|strong="H0408"\w* thick \w darkness|strong="H0652"\w* \w seize|strong="H3947"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w*. <pb/>\w Let|strong="H0408"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w not|strong="H0408"\w* rejoice amongst \w the|strong="H0935"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H0935"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w*. <pb/>\w Let|strong="H0408"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w not|strong="H0408"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w into|strong="H0935"\w* \w the|strong="H0935"\w* \w number|strong="H4557"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H0935"\w* \w months|strong="H3391"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w let|strong="H0408"\w* \w that|strong="H1931"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w barren|strong="H1565"\w*. <pb/>\w Let|strong="H0408"\w* \w no|strong="H0408"\w* \w joyful|strong="H7445"\w* voice \w come|strong="H0935"\w* therein.<pb/>


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Let \w them|strong="H3117"\w* \w curse|strong="H0779"\w* it who \w curse|strong="H0779"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, <pb/>who \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w ready|strong="H6264"\w* \w to|strong="H3117"\w* \w rouse|strong="H5782"\w* \w up|strong="H5782"\w* \w leviathan|strong="H3882"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Let|strong="H0408"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w stars|strong="H3556"\w* \w of|strong="H3556"\w* \w its|strong="H0369"\w* \w twilight|strong="H5399"\w* \w be|strong="H0408"\w* \w dark|strong="H2821"\w*. <pb/>\w Let|strong="H0408"\w* \w it|strong="H7200"\w* \w look|strong="H7200"\w* \w for|strong="H0216"\w* \w light|strong="H0216"\w*, \w but|strong="H7200"\w* \w have|strong="H0369"\w* \w none|strong="H0369"\w*, <pb/>\w neither|strong="H0369"\w* \w let|strong="H0408"\w* \w it|strong="H7200"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w eyelids|strong="H6079"\w* \w of|strong="H3556"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w morning|strong="H7837"\w*,<pb/>


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\w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w didn’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w shut|strong="H5462"\w* \w up|strong="H5462"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w doors|strong="H1817"\w* \w of|strong="H5869"\w* \w my|strong="H5641"\w* mother’s \w womb|strong="H0990"\w*, <pb/>\w nor|strong="H3808"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w hide|strong="H5641"\w* \w trouble|strong="H5999"\w* \w from|strong="H5869"\w* \w my|strong="H5641"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*.<pb/><pb/>


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“\w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w didn’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H4100"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w* \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w womb|strong="H0990"\w*? <pb/>\w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w didn’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H4100"\w* give up \w the|strong="H3318"\w* spirit \w when|strong="H3318"\w* \w my|strong="H3318"\w* \w mother|strong="H7358"\w* bore \w me|strong="H3318"\w*?<pb/>


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\w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w did|strong="H4100"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w knees|strong="H1290"\w* \w receive|strong="H6923"\w* \w me|strong="H6923"\w*? <pb/>\w Or|strong="H3588"\w* \w why|strong="H4100"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w breast|strong="H7699"\w*, \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w should|strong="H4100"\w* \w nurse|strong="H3243"\w*?<pb/>


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\w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w should|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3588"\w* \w lain|strong="H7901"\w* \w down|strong="H7901"\w* \w and|strong="H8252"\w* \w been|strong="H8252"\w* \w quiet|strong="H8252"\w*. <pb/>\w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w should|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3588"\w* \w slept|strong="H7901"\w*, \w then|strong="H0227"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* would \w have|strong="H3588"\w* \w been|strong="H8252"\w* \w at|strong="H5117"\w* \w rest|strong="H5117"\w*,<pb/>


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\w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H0776"\w* counsellors \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H1129"\w* \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*, <pb/>\w who|strong="H4428"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w up|strong="H1129"\w* \w waste|strong="H2723"\w* \w places|strong="H2723"\w* \w for|strong="H0776"\w* \w themselves|strong="H1129"\w*;<pb/>


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\w or|strong="H0176"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* \w who|strong="H8269"\w* \w had|strong="H8269"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, <pb/>\w who|strong="H8269"\w* \w filled|strong="H4390"\w* \w their|strong="H1992"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*;<pb/>


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\w or|strong="H0176"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H1961"\w* \w hidden|strong="H2934"\w* untimely \w birth|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H7200"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w*, <pb/>\w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w infants|strong="H5768"\w* \w who|strong="H3808"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w light|strong="H0216"\w*.<pb/>


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\w There|strong="H8033"\w* \w the|strong="H8033"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w cease|strong="H2308"\w* \w from|strong="H5117"\w* troubling. <pb/>\w There|strong="H8033"\w* \w the|strong="H8033"\w* \w weary|strong="H3019"\w* \w are|strong="H7563"\w* \w at|strong="H8033"\w* \w rest|strong="H5117"\w*.<pb/>


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\w There|strong="H0615"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w prisoners|strong="H0615"\w* \w are|strong="H3808"\w* \w at|strong="H3808"\w* \w ease|strong="H7599"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w*. <pb/>\w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w don’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* \w of|strong="H6963"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w taskmaster|strong="H5065"\w*.<pb/>


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\w The|strong="H0113"\w* \w small|strong="H6996"\w* \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w the|strong="H0113"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w are|strong="H5650"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*. <pb/>\w The|strong="H0113"\w* \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w free|strong="H2670"\w* \w from|strong="H5650"\w* \w his|strong="H1931"\w* \w master|strong="H0113"\w*.<pb/><pb/>


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“\w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* \w light|strong="H0216"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w who|strong="H5315"\w* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* \w in|strong="H5315"\w* misery, <pb/>\w life|strong="H5315"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w bitter|strong="H4751"\w* \w in|strong="H5315"\w* \w soul|strong="H5315"\w*,<pb/>


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\w who|strong="H0369"\w* \w long|strong="H2442"\w* \w for|strong="H2442"\w* \w death|strong="H4194"\w*, \w but|strong="H0369"\w* \w it|strong="H2658"\w* doesn’t come; <pb/>\w and|strong="H4194"\w* \w dig|strong="H2658"\w* \w for|strong="H2442"\w* \w it|strong="H2658"\w* \w more|strong="H0369"\w* than \w for|strong="H2442"\w* \w hidden|strong="H4301"\w* \w treasures|strong="H4301"\w*,<pb/>


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\w who|strong="H4672"\w* \w rejoice|strong="H8055"\w* exceedingly, <pb/>\w and|strong="H8055"\w* \w are|strong="H6913"\w* \w glad|strong="H8055"\w*, \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* can \w find|strong="H4672"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w grave|strong="H6913"\w*?<pb/>


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\w Why|strong="H0834"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* light given \w to|strong="H1870"\w* \w a|strong="H0834"\w* \w man|strong="H1397"\w* \w whose|strong="H0834"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w* \w is|strong="H0834"\w* \w hidden|strong="H5641"\w*, <pb/>\w whom|strong="H0834"\w* \w God|strong="H0433"\w* \w has|strong="H0834"\w* \w hedged|strong="H5526"\w* \w in|strong="H1870"\w*?<pb/>


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\w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w my|strong="H0935"\w* \w sighing|strong="H0585"\w* \w comes|strong="H0935"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* eat. <pb/>\w My|strong="H0935"\w* groanings \w are|strong="H6440"\w* \w poured|strong="H5413"\w* \w out|strong="H6440"\w* \w like|strong="H6440"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*.<pb/>


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\w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* \w thing|strong="H3588"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w fear|strong="H6343"\w* \w comes|strong="H0935"\w* \w on|strong="H0935"\w* \w me|strong="H0935"\w*, <pb/>\w that|strong="H0834"\w* \w which|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* am \w afraid|strong="H6342"\w* \w of|strong="H0935"\w* \w comes|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0935"\w* \w me|strong="H0935"\w*.<pb/>


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\w I|strong="H3808"\w* am \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w at|strong="H0935"\w* \w ease|strong="H7951"\w*, \w neither|strong="H3808"\w* am \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w quiet|strong="H8252"\w*, \w neither|strong="H3808"\w* \w do|strong="H0935"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H3808"\w* \w rest|strong="H5117"\w*; <pb/>\w but|strong="H3808"\w* trouble \w comes|strong="H0935"\w*.”<pb/>


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\w Then|strong="H6030"\w* \w Eliphaz|strong="H0464"\w* \w the|strong="H0559"\w* \w Temanite|strong="H8489"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*,<pb/>


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“If \w someone|strong="H4310"\w* \w ventures|strong="H5254"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w talk|strong="H1697"\w* \w with|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H0413"\w*, \w will|strong="H4310"\w* \w you|strong="H0413"\w* \w be|strong="H1697"\w* grieved? <pb/>\w But|strong="H0413"\w* \w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w can|strong="H4310"\w* withhold \w himself|strong="H0413"\w* \w from|strong="H0413"\w* \w speaking|strong="H1697"\w*?<pb/>


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\w Behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w you|strong="H3256"\w* \w have|strong="H3027"\w* \w instructed|strong="H3256"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w*, <pb/>\w you|strong="H3256"\w* \w have|strong="H3027"\w* \w strengthened|strong="H2388"\w* \w the|strong="H2388"\w* weak \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Your|strong="H6965"\w* \w words|strong="H4405"\w* \w have|strong="H4405"\w* \w supported|strong="H0553"\w* \w him|strong="H3766"\w* who was falling, <pb/>\w you|strong="H6965"\w* \w have|strong="H4405"\w* \w made|strong="H0553"\w* \w the|strong="H6965"\w* \w feeble|strong="H3782"\w* \w knees|strong="H1290"\w* \w firm|strong="H0553"\w*.<pb/>


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\w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w has|strong="H3588"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* faint. <pb/>\w It|strong="H3588"\w* \w touches|strong="H5060"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w and|strong="H0935"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* are troubled.<pb/>


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\w Isn’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w your|strong="H3808"\w* piety \w your|strong="H3808"\w* \w confidence|strong="H3690"\w*? <pb/>\w Isn’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H1870"\w* \w integrity|strong="H8537"\w* \w of|strong="H1870"\w* \w your|strong="H3808"\w* \w ways|strong="H1870"\w* \w your|strong="H3808"\w* \w hope|strong="H8615"\w*?<pb/><pb/>


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“\w Remember|strong="H2142"\w*, \w now|strong="H4994"\w*, \w whoever|strong="H4310"\w* \w perished|strong="H0006"\w*, \w being|strong="H0006"\w* \w innocent|strong="H5355"\w*? <pb/>\w Or|strong="H2142"\w* \w where|strong="H0375"\w* were \w the|strong="H2142"\w* \w upright|strong="H3477"\w* \w cut|strong="H3582"\w* \w off|strong="H3582"\w*?<pb/>


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According \w to|strong="H7200"\w* \w what|strong="H0834"\w* \w I|strong="H0834"\w* \w have|strong="H0834"\w* \w seen|strong="H7200"\w*, \w those|strong="H0834"\w* \w who|strong="H0834"\w* plough \w iniquity|strong="H0205"\w* <pb/>\w and|strong="H7200"\w* \w sow|strong="H2232"\w* \w trouble|strong="H5999"\w*, \w reap|strong="H7114"\w* \w the|strong="H0834"\w* same.<pb/>


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\w By|strong="H3615"\w* \w the|strong="H3615"\w* \w breath|strong="H7307"\w* \w of|strong="H7307"\w* \w God|strong="H0433"\w* \w they|strong="H0639"\w* \w perish|strong="H0006"\w*. <pb/>\w By|strong="H3615"\w* \w the|strong="H3615"\w* \w blast|strong="H7307"\w* \w of|strong="H7307"\w* \w his|strong="H3615"\w* \w anger|strong="H0639"\w* \w are|strong="H0433"\w* \w they|strong="H0639"\w* \w consumed|strong="H3615"\w*.<pb/>


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\w The|strong="H6963"\w* \w roaring|strong="H7581"\w* \w of|strong="H6963"\w* \w the|strong="H6963"\w* \w lion|strong="H0738"\w*, <pb/>\w and|strong="H6963"\w* \w the|strong="H6963"\w* \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* \w of|strong="H6963"\w* \w the|strong="H6963"\w* fierce \w lion|strong="H0738"\w*, <pb/>\w the|strong="H6963"\w* \w teeth|strong="H8127"\w* \w of|strong="H6963"\w* \w the|strong="H6963"\w* \w young|strong="H3715"\w* \w lions|strong="H0738"\w*, \w are|strong="H8127"\w* \w broken|strong="H5421"\w*.<pb/>


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\w The|strong="H0006"\w* \w old|strong="H1121"\w* \w lion|strong="H3918"\w* \w perishes|strong="H0006"\w* \w for|strong="H0006"\w* \w lack|strong="H1097"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w prey|strong="H2964"\w*. <pb/>\w The|strong="H0006"\w* cubs \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H0006"\w* \w lioness|strong="H3833"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w scattered|strong="H6504"\w* abroad.<pb/><pb/>


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“Now \w a|strong="H3947"\w* \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* \w was|strong="H1697"\w* secretly \w brought|strong="H3947"\w* \w to|strong="H0413"\w* \w me|strong="H0413"\w*. <pb/>\w My|strong="H3947"\w* \w ear|strong="H0241"\w* \w received|strong="H3947"\w* \w a|strong="H3947"\w* \w whisper|strong="H8102"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w it|strong="H3947"\w*.<pb/>


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\w In|strong="H5921"\w* thoughts \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w visions|strong="H2384"\w* \w of|strong="H0376"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w*, <pb/>\w when|strong="H5307"\w* \w deep|strong="H8639"\w* \w sleep|strong="H8639"\w* \w falls|strong="H5307"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w*,<pb/>


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\w fear|strong="H6343"\w* \w came|strong="H7122"\w* on me, \w and|strong="H6343"\w* \w trembling|strong="H7460"\w*, <pb/>which made \w all|strong="H7230"\w* \w my|strong="H6106"\w* \w bones|strong="H6106"\w* \w shake|strong="H6342"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Then|strong="H7307"\w* \w a|strong="H5921"\w* \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* \w passed|strong="H2498"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w*. <pb/>\w The|strong="H6440"\w* \w hair|strong="H8185"\w* \w of|strong="H7307"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w* stood \w up|strong="H5921"\w*.<pb/>


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\w It|strong="H3808"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w still|strong="H5975"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w couldn’t|strong="H3808"\w* \w discern|strong="H8085"\w* \w its|strong="H5975"\w* \w appearance|strong="H4758"\w*. <pb/>\w A|strong="H8085"\w* \w form|strong="H8544"\w* \w was|strong="H6963"\w* \w before|strong="H5048"\w* \w my|strong="H8085"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*. <pb/>\w Silence|strong="H1827"\w*, \w then|strong="H8085"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* \w a|strong="H8085"\w* \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*, \w saying|strong="H6963"\w*,<pb/>


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‘\w Shall|strong="H2891"\w* \w mortal|strong="H0582"\w* \w man|strong="H1397"\w* \w be|strong="H0582"\w* more \w just|strong="H6663"\w* \w than|strong="H0518"\w* \w God|strong="H0433"\w*? <pb/>\w Shall|strong="H2891"\w* \w a|strong="H0518"\w* \w man|strong="H1397"\w* \w be|strong="H0582"\w* more \w pure|strong="H2891"\w* \w than|strong="H0518"\w* \w his|strong="H0518"\w* Maker?<pb/>


