Hello, and welcome
to His Words are Life.
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I'm Kelly Mowrer and thank you
for coming back to read the word
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of God with me today.
We're reading in 1 Kings,
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but before we
start, let's pray together.
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Dear God, thank you for this
time apart to listen to the word
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that is for us, both
bread and nourishment, and light
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and guidance. Please send the
Holy Spirit to bring us a deeper
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understanding as we read
today. Thank you for loving us.
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We love you so much. Amen.
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We're reading in the book of
1st Kings, and were in chapter
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seven, beginning with verse
24. We're in the middle of a
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description of the temple that
king Solomon built for the Lord.
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And under the brim of it
round about there were knops
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compassing it, ten in a cubit,
compassing the sea round about:
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the knops were cast in
two rows, when it was cast.
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it stood upon 12 oxen, 3
looking toward the north,
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and 3 looking toward the west,
and 3 looking toward the south,
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and 3 looking toward the east:
and the sea was set above upon
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them, and all their
hinder parts were inward.
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And it was an hand breadth thick
and the brim thereof was wrought
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like the brim of a
cup, with flowers of lilies:
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it contained 2,000 baths.
And he made 10 bases of brass;
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four cubits was the length
of one base, and four cubits
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the breadth thereof, and
3 cubits the height of it.
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And the work of the bases was on
this manner: they had borders,
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and the borders were between
the ledges: and on the borders
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that were between the ledges
were lions, oxen and cherubim's:
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and upon the ledges there
was a base above: and beneath
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the lions and oxen were certain
additions made of thin work.
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And every base had 4 brazen
wheels, and plates of brass:
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and the four corners thereof
had undersetters under the laver
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were undersetters molten,
at the side of every addition.
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And the mouth of it within the
chapiter and above was a cubit:
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but the mouth thereof was round
after the work of the base,
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a cubit and an half: and
also upon the mouth of it were
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gravings with their
borders, foursquare, not round.
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And under the borders were four
wheels; and the axletrees of the
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wheels were joined to the base:
and the height of a wheel was a
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cubit and half a cubit. And
the work of the wheels was like
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the work of a chariot wheel:
their axletrees and their naves,
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and their felloes, and
their spokes, were all molten.
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And there were four undersetters
to the four corners of one base:
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and the undersetters were of the
very base itself. And in the top
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of the base was there a round
compass of half a cubit high:
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and on the top of the base the
ledges thereof and the borders
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thereof were of the same. For on
the plates of the ledges thereof
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and the borders thereof,
he graved cherubims, lions,
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and palm trees, according
to the proportion of every one,
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and additions round about. After
this manner he made the 10 bases
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all of them had one casting,
one measure, and one size.
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Then made he 10 lavers of brass:
one laver contained forty baths:
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and every laver was 4 cubits:
and upon every one of the
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ten bases was one laver. And he
put 5 bases on the right side of
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the house, and 5 on
the left side of the house:
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and he set the sea on the
right side of the house eastward
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over against the south.
And Hiram made the lavers,
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and the shovels, and the basins.
So Hiram made an end of doing
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all the work that he made
king Solomon for the house
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of the Lord: The 2 pillars,
and the 2 bowls of the chapiters
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that were on the top of the
2 pillars; and the 2 networks,
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to cover the 2 bowls of
the chapiters which were upon
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the top of the pillars; And 400
pomegranates for the 2 networks,
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even 2 rows of pomegranates
for one network, to cover the
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2 bowls of the chapiters
that were upon the pillars;
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And the 10 bases, and 10 lavers
on the bases; and one sea,
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and 12 oxen under the sea;
and the pots, and the shovels,
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a and the basins: and all these
vessels, which Hiram made to
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king Solomon for the house of
the Lord, were of bright brass.
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In the plain of Jordan did
the king cast them, in the clay
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ground between Succoth and
Zarthan. And Solomon left all
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the vessels unweighed, because
they were exceeding many:
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neither was the weight
of the brass found out.
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And Solomon made all
the vessels that pertained
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unto the house of the Lord:
the altar of gold, and the table
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of gold,
whereupon the shewbread was.
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And the candlesticks of pure
gold, five on the right side,
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and five on the left, before
the oracle, with the flowers,
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and the lamps, and the tongs
of gold, and the bowls, and the
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snuffers, and the basins,
and the spoons, and the censers
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of pure gold; and the hinges of
gold, both for the doors of the
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inner house, the most holy
place, and for the doors of the
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house, to wit, of the temple.
So was ended all the work
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that king Solomon made
for the house of the Lord.
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And Solomon brought in the
things which David his father
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had dedicated; even the silver,
and the gold, and the vessels,
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did he put among the treasures
of the house of the Lord.
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We're continuing to read
now in 1st Kings, chapter 8.
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And this is the
King James Version.
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Then Solomon assembled the
elders of Israel, and all the
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heads of the tribes, the chief
of the fathers of the children
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of Israel, unto king Solomon
in Jerusalem, that they might
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bring up the ark of the covenant
of the Lord out of the city of
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David which is Zion. And
all the men of Israel assembled
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themselves unto king Solomon at
the feast in the month Ethanim,
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which is the 7th month. And
all the elders of Israel came,
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and the priests took up the
ark. And they brought up the ark
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of the Lord, and the
tabernacle of the congregation,
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and all the holy vessels
that were in the tabernacle,
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even those did the priests
and the Levites bring up.
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And king Solomon, and all
the congregation of Israel,
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that were assembled unto him,
were with him before the ark,
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sacrificing sheep and oxen, that
could not be told nor numbered
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for multitude. And the
priests brought in the ark
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of the covenant of the Lord
unto his place, into the oracle
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of the house, to the most
holy place, even under the wings
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of the cherubims, For the
cherubims spread forth their
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2 wings over the place of the
ark, and the cherubims covered
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the ark and the staves thereof
above. And they drew out the
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staves, that the ends of
the staves were seen out in the
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holy place before the oracle,
and they were not seen without.
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and there they are unto this
day There was nothing in the ark
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save the 2 tables of stone,
which Moses put there at Horeb.
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And the Lord made a covenant
with the children of Israel,
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when they came out of the land
of Egypt. And it came to pass,
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when the priests were
come out of the holy place,
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that the cloud filled the house
of the Lord, so that the priests
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could not stand to
minister because of the cloud:
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for the glory of the Lord had
filled the house of the Lord.
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Then spake Solomon, The Lord
said that he would dwell in the
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thick darkness. I have surely
built thee an house to dwell in,
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a settled place for
thee to abide in forever.
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And the king turned his
face about, and blessed all
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the congregation of
Israel: and all the congregation
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of Israel stood; And he
said, Blessed be the Lord God of
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Israel, which spake with
his mouth unto David my father,
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and hath with his hand fulfilled
it, saying, Since the day that I
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brought forth my people Israel
out of Egypt, I chose no city
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out of all the tribes of Israel
to build an house, that my name
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might be therein; but I
chose David to be over my people
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Israel. And it was in the heart
of David my father to build an
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house for the name of the Lord
God of Israel. And the Lord said
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unto David my father, Whereas it
was in thine heart to build an
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house unto my name, thou didst
well that it was in thine heart.
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Nevertheless thou shalt not
build the house; but thy son
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that shall come forth out of thy
loins, he shall build the house
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unto thy name. And the Lord hath
performed his word that he spake
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and I am risen up in the room
of David my father, and sit on
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the throne of Israel, as the
Lord promised, and have built
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an house for the name
of the Lord God of Israel.
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And I have set there a place for
the ark, wherein is the covenant
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of the Lord, which he made with
our fathers, when he brought
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them out of the land of Egypt.
And Solomon stood before the
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altar of the Lord in the
presence of all the congregation
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of Israel, and spread
forth his hands toward heaven:
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And he said, Lord God of Israel,
there is no God like thee,
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in heaven above, or on the earth
beneath, who keepest covenant
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and mercy with thy
servants that walk before thee
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with all their heart: Who
hast kept with thy servant David
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my father that thou promisedst
him: thou spakest also with thy
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mouth and hast fulfilled it with
thine hand, as it is this day.
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Therefore now, Lord God of
Israel, keep with thy servant
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David my father that
thou promisedst him, saying,
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There shall not fail thee a man
in my sight to sit on the throne
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of Israel; so that thy
children take heed to their way,
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that they walk before me
as thou hast walked before me.
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And now, O God of Israel,
let thy word, I pray thee,
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be verified, which thou spakest
unto thy servant David my father
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But will God indeed dwell on
the earth? behold the heaven and
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heaven of heavens cannot contain
thee; how much less this house
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that I have builded? Yet have
thou respect unto the prayer
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of thy servant, and to his
supplication, O Lord my God,
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to hearken unto the cry and
to the prayer, which thy servant
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prayeth before thee today: That
thine eyes may be open toward
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this house night and day, even
toward the place of which thou
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hast said, My name shall be
there: that thou mayest hearken
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unto the prayer which thy
servant shall make toward this
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place. And hearken thou to the
supplication of they servant,
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and of thy people Israel,
when they shall pray toward this
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place: and hear thou in
heaven thy dwelling place:
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and when thou hearest, forgive.
If any man trespass against his
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neighbor, and an oath be laid
upon him to cause him to swear,
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and the oath come before
thine altar in this house:
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Then hear thou in heaven,
and do, and judge thy servants,
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condemning the wicked, to
bring his way upon his head;
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and justifying the righteous,
to give him according to his
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righteousness. When thy people
Israel be smitten down before
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the enemy, because they have
sinned against thee, and shall
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turn again to thee, and confess
thy name, and pray, and make
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supplication unto thee in this
house: Then hear thou in heaven
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and forgive the sin
of thy people Israel,
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and bring them again unto
the land which thou gavest unto
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their fathers. When heaven is
shut up, and there is no rain,
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because they have sinned against
thee; if they pray toward this
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place, and confess thy
name, and turn from their sin,
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when thou afflictest
them: Then hear thou in heaven,
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and forgive the sin of thy
servants, and of they people
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Israel, that thou teach them
the good way wherein they should
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walk, and give rain upon
thy land, which thou hast given
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to thy people
for an inheritance.
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If there be in the land
famine, if there be pestilence,
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blasting, mildew, locust
or if there be caterpillar;
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if their enemy besiege them
in the land of their cities;
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whatsoever plague,
whatsoever sickness there be;
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What prayer and supplication
soever be made by any man,
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or by all thy people Israel,
which shall know every man
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the plague of his own heart,
and spread forth his hands
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toward this house: Then
hear thou in heaven thy dwelling
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place, and forgive, and do, and
give to every man according to
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his ways, whose heart thou
knowest; for thou, even thou
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only, knowest the hearts
of all the children of men:
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That they may fear thee all the
days that they live in the land
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which thou gavest unto our
fathers. Moreover concerning
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a stranger, that is not of thy
people Israel, but cometh out of
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a far country for thy name's
sake; for they shall hear of
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thy great name, and of
thy strong hand, and of thy
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stretched out hand, and
of thy stretched out arm:
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when he shall come and pray
toward this house; hear thou
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in heaven thy dwelling place,
and do according to all that
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the stranger calleth to
thee for: that all people of the
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earth may know thy name,
to fear thee, as do thy people
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Israel; and that they may know
that this house, which I have
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builded, is called by thy name.
If thy people go out to battle
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against their enemy, whither
soever thou shalt send them,
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and shall pray unto the Lord
toward the city which thou hast
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chosen, and toward the house
that I have built for thy name:
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Then hear thou in heaven their
prayer and their supplication,
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and maintain their
cause. If they sin against thee,
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for there is no man that sinneth
not, and thou be angry with them
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and deliver them to the enemy,
so that they carry them away
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captives unto the land
of the enemy, far or near;
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Yet if they shall
bethink themselves in the land
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whither they were
carried captives, and repent,
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and make supplication
unto thee in the land.
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Please join me
next time. Goodbye.
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